
5 Years later...
The sound of a fried spoon was sweeping from the kitchen accompanied by the noise of husband and wife and their two children.
The wife was struggling with a frying pan and cooking ingredients in front of her. Occasionally his left hand wiped the sweat on his forehead and put it back on his waist. Busy with the frying pan, his eyes watch over the husband who looks messy.
"Hello....! Why doesn't anyone listen and listen to me?"
Her husband said slightly raising his voice to his two five and three-year-old children.
"Hufffs... The morning drama begins again."
Jesselyn let out her breath watching the never-ending scene until she intervened.
The man of two children ruffled his waist, he looked up and then gnawed his forehead. He had finished bathing and dressed in a neat office twenty minutes ago but now he had two buttons on his top shirt open, and the neck tie was like a schoolboy when the class ended. His tie was loosened and not in his position anymore. The shirt he had put in his pants was already outside part and the sleeves of his shirt had been rolled up to reach the elbow.
"Hey... Come on, papa can't afford a romp with you guys."
Although already exhausted Leon returned to walk slowly and began to chase his two children who ran like children kancil.
"Adnan's... Come on dong, son. It's almost seven o'clock and papa still has to go to the office to meet clients after sending you to school. Let's get some clothes and breakfast."
Adnan who only wears shorts and singlet T-shirts laughed as he continued to run around in the middle room that blends into the clean kitchen.
"Now wear the school uniform first yes, later papa buyin new toys again..."
"No! No more new toys. Enough's enough! I'll make sure Leon's brother sleeps in the other room if he's still buying new toys."
Jesselyn doesn't like the way Leon persuades children to use toys. There are already many toys that if married can buy a car unit. Even one room is designed as their children's playground where there is a variety of toy collections not to mention mini musical instruments in it.
"If you still buy new toys I make sure brother Leon sleeps outside a week and Adnan you can not snack for a week as well."
Leon and Adnan were silent to Jesselyn's voice from the kitchen.
"You listen to my mom say what just now, so you're kind of whining. Come quickly here," persuaded Leon.
"But papa promised me a new toy?" ask Adnan to come closer.
"Shttt... Don't be so loud, you'll hear." Leon blinked his eyes while forming an OKE mark using his finger.
"Esklimt. Celine wants to go to the gym."
Celine who is their second child runs up to Leon wanting to mention his request. With language that is still unclear he asked for eskrim on his papa. The little girl was like the second Jesselyn in their home because she was exactly like her mother.
"Papa... Celine wants an esklim of vanilla huh," clarifying her extreme sense of desire.
"OKAY. But Celine sat down sweet and waited until mom was done in the kitchen and nyuapin Celine, okay?"
"Holes.hole.... Papa buyin Celine esklim..." Celine ran around, cheering in excitement as she was about to get the ice cream of her fancy. Leon snorted and was lethargic because instead of obeying his words to sit sweetly, the little girl instead ran back and jumped on the sofa.
"Papa promised to buy me a toy," Adnan asked to clarify what his father had promised because he heard Celine was excited.
Leon quickly catches Adnan because of their not-too-distant distance. Afraid that Jesselyn heard what she promised Adnan, she shut Adnan's mouth with her hand.
"Shttt.. don't be so hard."
The next second Leon set his eyes on Jesselyn who was already standing near the dining table by squeezing a fried spoon in her hand.
"Hurry there. Come quickly before you get angry with papa and you get a new toy" whispered Leon throwing his gaze away from Jesselyn.
As always, Adnan is a surefire way to calm Jesselyn down when angry. Adnan is one of Jesselyn's weaknesses.
Adnan ran up to his mother and hugged her tightly. He smiled and shook his mother's hands.
"Adnan wants to help mom. Mama is tired so Adnan has to help. Papa Adnan said it's a boy so you have to help mama."
Jesselyn's face immediately changed, she who had been getting upset turned to calm hearing the words of her son. Every word that came out of Adnan's mouth was so powerful that it melted his heart.
While stroking Adnan Jessselyn's head lowered her head and returned the smile of the child who was still sitting on the kindergarten bench.
"Do you really want to help mom?"
"Yes." Yeah." Adnan nodded his head.
"If it's with mom. You're not a boy so you have to help mama, right? Now Adnan goes with papa and wears the school uniform after that we have breakfast, okay?"
"Okay, pretty mama!"
Adnan ran back to his papa and smiled revealing a row of his teeth.
"Hmmm... If the mama who said you must straighten out," Leon pinched Adnan's nose slowly feel anxious.
This morning's drama ends after Leon finishes helping Jesselyn prepare Adnan for school and changes into Celine's nightgown, which is smelly due to Pampers' improper position. Because no longer had time to eat breakfast at home, Jesselyn finally made a breakfast to bring Leon to the office.
Leon kisses Jesselyn's forehead and both of Celine's cheeks before she leaves to take Adnan to her Kindergarten school and continues to the office. The business of picking up Adnan from school they handed over to Mr. Asep who was also in charge of the rented place that Jesselyn used to live there.
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A different view is seen from a small family who also already have a four-year-old daughter. Naura Abhimanyu, the name of the little girl. He was so calm sitting bribed by his mother while playing tools similar to those his father used while working.
"Will Naura be like papa?"
Nadya smilingly watched her daughter as she deftly attached a toy stethoscope to her ear and placed the tip on the chest of a large teddy bear. The movement resembles a doctor examining the health condition of a patient.
"Yes, like papa."
"If so be diligent school, learn smart, be a great doctor and meet good men in the future, okay?"
"Hey... He's still four years old, don't discuss anything too far."
Inspiration who heard Nadya's words joined the two.
"Although it is still far away but do not blame dear if we hope like that," said Nadya.
"Not wrong, but still too far to go there discussion. And even if the time comes I will be the one to properly select the men. For my daughter to be the best, as you are for me the best."
"That's... Why are you, early in the morning, getting bigger."
"But that's the truth."
"You used to reject me out loud, in front of my family again" Nadya murmured as she continued to feed Naura.
"Not the past but the present is the most important. Isn't she darling?" Ilham said to Naura and got a nod as if approving of her papa's words.
"Well, dear doctor, it's time to go to work."
Nadya took her husband's briefcase and handed it over.
"If it's time to go home for lunch as usual."
"I will definitely go home and spend everything you cook for me."
Ilham kissed Nadya's forehead and pulled Naura's nose before leaving.
"Oh yeah, you don't forget that tomorrow we're hanging out with his brother-in-law and his wife?"
"God! I almost forgot."
"Tomorrow we'll go to Jakarta after breakfast."
"Okay, dear doctor!"
Nadya almost forgot their promise. Remembering something, he grabbed his goal from his pocket and sent someone a message. He smiled at the thought of their meeting tomorrow.
****
Mira, Jesselyn's mother is still with her daily activities in the village, which is sewing. More and more people are using his services to the point that he is overwhelmed to receive stitches.
He hired two employees to help him. Knowing this, Leon forced his mother-in-law to accept help from him in the form of sewing machines and several other purposes without Jesselyn's knowledge because she refused to accept the money given by Leon. The sewing place is getting bigger and many are asking Mira's mother to open a sewing course but due to limited time and effort she refused.
Bagas and Lena are still the same, they live in Bogor with opa and oma but when they feel kangen with Adnan and Celine they will go to Jakarta or instead Leon and Jesselyn will take their child to visit his opa-omanya and also both of their great-grandfathers. As for Naura, they were free at any time to meet her because the distance of the house they lived in was not far. Even Naura almost every day playing with her opa-omanya and also her two great-grandparents.
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A loud voice filled the house. It was only Nadya and inspiration who would go to Jakarta and leave Naura to her oma. But Bagas and Lena and opa and oma turned out to want to follow them. As a result, all the families from Bogor to Jakarta to the house that is now in Leon and Jesselyn with their two children.
Laughter, jokes and cheers filled every corner of the room. Not to mention the babbling and crying of the children. They were running around here and there as the adults were talking.
Nadya glanced at Jesselyn and raised her eyebrows giving the code.
"Ma, we can leave the children for a while, yes" Nadya asked her mother.
"You guys want to get out?"
"Yes, ma. Can ya?"
"Yes already. You and Inspiration be careful."
"Fourth, ma. Jesselyn and Leon's brother also joined the matter. Hihihi..."
"Double Date is the story? Yes already. Lagian Celine also almost slept in the arms of my mother. You're all careful and remember there's a family waiting at home."
"Thank you, ma. Good mom, especially oma."
"Easy-after. If you want it, you just said oma is good. Usually it's just the opa you say is good," the cynical oma wears a smile.
Everyone laughed hearing oma as if sulking like a child.