I Was Made a Tool to Pay My Father's Debt
The Beginning of Everything

#FLASHBACK 3 years ago

My sister and I had just come home from school but we were surprised to see my mom packing all the stuff and Dad just sitting there pensively,

"Mother, what is this..?why did you pack all your stuff..?" ask my mother

"Son, we have to move out of here immediately because this house is not ours" said the mother

"I mean mom..?" much

"Your father made his home and company a tool for his judiciary" said the mother with emotion and looked at the father

"Dad what does all this mean, why hasn't father changed..?why did you do something like this to my mom, me and my sisters, didn't you think about us before..?" much

"You know, little children don't have to go to the parent's business, keep quiet and clean up all your stuff" said the father to us

I took my two sisters out of my mother's room and invited them to clean up their belongings as well,

"Sister, where are we moving to..?" said my sister Dea with her sad face

"Dea, listen to my brother.Where we will go wherever we will stay, do not ever feel sad as long as we are still together" I said smiling

"True Arin said that it is important we both continue" said Dito, my second sister,

Me and my two sisters also cleaned up all our belongings, after finishing me and my two sisters went down to meet my father and mother who were already in the guest room,

"You guys are ready..?" ask mom

"It's mom" we said in unison

"Where are we going..?" ask Dea again who might be confused about where to go

"Honey, we will go to the house of the grandmother who was accommodated" said the mother

"But grandma is no longer a mother" said Dea innocently

"Yes, son, and we're going to occupy Grandma's house, you want to..?" ask Dea

"Iya bu Dea wants to" Dea said with a smile

We also stepped out of the house outside there was already a tub car that would take us to my grandmother's village, I was still difficult to accept the reality of the house that I left full of memories, he said,where my brother and I laughed and played together, but because my father's madness about gambling made everything have to be lost from us, making us have to take off all our possessions.

#FLASHBACK OFF

My name is Arin Anastasya I used to be called Arin, I am the first child of 3 brothers, I have 2 younger siblings who one still occupies the Junior High School and one still occupies the Elementary School,I was still in high school myself, but I had to stop my dream of going to college and pursuing a college degree because of our economic conditions,the father who is now increasingly a hobby of playing gambling without wanting to work while the mother who tried hard to work odd jobs to send me and my two sisters, to school,fortunately now I have graduated from my school so I can help mom to make money.

"Dek woke up already noon, you will be late to go to school" I said waking up my two sisters, I said,

"Sister Dito does not want to go to school, Dito wants to help his sister and mother" said Dito

"No way, you and Dea must remain in school so that the sister who helps the mother, you must be a scholar and proud of the family" I said

"Sak Dea doesn't want to go to school" Dea said

"Why sweetheart..?" much

"Dea's shame is always mocked by Dea's friends, they say Dea is now poor not to be accompanied" Dea said innocently and tears were dripping

"Dea, do not be sad, Dea must prove that Dea can even though Dea is poor" I said encouraging Dea

"But Dea has no friends" Dea said in tears

"We don't need to have many friends, Dea change Dea's thinking, Dea must think Dea school looking for knowledge to be a successful person, let's make the family proud" he said

"Yes, Dea promises to go to school" he said sweeping his tears

"Good, now you take a shower and we have breakfast together" I said

"Mother where is sis..?" ask Dito

"Mother again take the laundry to have a neighbor" I said

"Oh" said Dito then rushed to take a shower, and,

I also headed to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for them, I myself was confused what I would cook because the ingredients in our home had been depleted of rice there was only a little, I was confused,I also decided to make porridge for them breakfast, the porridge that was only served with soy sauce only I made him shed tears because I had to see my sister only have breakfast with this,

The front door opened violently I was preparing breakfast in shock and my two sisters ran to hug me out of fear,

"Damn..lose again.hah" said the father who came.

Surely Dad lost again in playing gambling, the daily life of father just like that gambling continuously, gambling continuously,

"Wa'alaikumussalam.wr.wb" we replied

"Eh Maya gave me the money" said Dad, holding Mom in custody

"There is no mas, just clothes I just took" said Mother

"It's not necessary to boong you" father took the money that was on my mother's side

"Mas no, it's money to buy children's side dishes" said the mother who tried to keep the money.

But the mother's energy is only the power of a weak woman, unable to fight the father, the money managed to hold the father and the father left again from the house the mother just sat down and cried, crying,

"Mother" I said to my mother and hugged her

"I'm sorry, son, you didn't eat because of mom" said the mother

"No mom, mom don't be sad later in the afternoon Arin will try to find a job to help mom" I said to calm my mother and two sisters who also joined in crying.

After all, I asked my two sisters for breakfast so they immediately went to school because it was noon, while my mother washed the dirty clothes she brought this morning,

"Mom, Arin said to find a job first" I told the mother who was washing

"Your sisters have departed Rin..?" ask mom

"Already ma'am, Arin said assalamu'alaikum" I kissed mother's hand and walked out

"Wa'alaikumussalam.wr.wb" mother's voice answered my greeting

I walked down a large street about 10KM from home, I walked from store to store to offer to work but no shop would accept me yet,

"The spirit of Arin cannot despair" I said to encourage myself

Finally I found a shop that had a vacancy writing, I stepped foot into the store with enthusiasm, he said,

"Excuse me mbak, is it true here is opening a vacancy..?" ask me at the cashier who works there

"It's not true, why would you propose..?" ask the cashier

"Yes, but I'm just a high school graduate" I replied

"It's okay, which is important that you can serve visitors with a friendly smile" said the cashier

"Yes, I will definitely try" I said with excitement

"Yes already mbak, let me meet the boss" invite the cashier

I nodded and followed the cashier's step we stopped in front of a room, maybe this is the boss's room,

"Let's go in" said the mother, I followed her into the room,

"This boss is someone who wants to register" said the woman

"Please come out, and sit down" said the man

"Good boss" the woman came out and I sat myself on the bench in front of the boss,

"What's your name..?" ask the man

"Arin sir" I replied

"Don't call me sir, I'm not that old" he said

"Sorry sir uh I mean sorry boss" I said

"From your CV you are adept at operating computers even your computer test scores are good, why did you choose to be a waiter..?" tannya

"I have tried to apply here and there but no one received, which is important for me the money I make halal" said I

"Alright, you are welcome to work here and from tomorrow you can come here before the store hours open because you have to clean the shop first and go home according to the hour" said the boss

"Good boss thank you, I'm sorry" I said

"Please"

I stepped out of the room and walked home happy to finally get a job,

"Good start, hopefully smooth aamiin" I said in my heart.