PART 35

"You can pick up some vegetables in my backyard. Since it's not Sunday so you can't go to the market. The market is only on Sundays," said this woman named Stella who I think is very skinny.

I'm actually surprised. Why does he look so bad? I mean. Why doesn't he take care of himself? Yes she is different from the women I see here. I have seen many women in this village whose bodies are full and look fresh, even their natural faces are really clean. But why does Stella seem to not take care of herself. Indeed, I have never met her husband. It's also strange even though I also rented my house from Stella. He should have had quite a bit of money.

Stella's child is also only one and only three years old.

"Oh okay, fine, may I just go straight to your backyard, Stella?" I asked politely.

"Oh, yeah you just go right there," Stella said irritably. Because he heard the sound of his son, Dani, whining.

I immediately thanked Stella quickly and walked to the backyard through the side of this house. Stella's house design is the same as the one I rented. But my rented house is worse than this.

Now I see there are carrots and purple cabbage. I just took it to taste.

"That's not how you take it," said a male voice behind me. I know this voice very well. Steven, hey. Why did he have to appear anyway? Is he not aware of him? He already made me cry a few hours ago. Now it's even coming up knowingly.

I did not look and immediately quickly brought my vegetables to take home.

"Later you can be angry with Stella's husband named Robert," Steven said loudly

I had to stop my way. I looked at him.

"what do you mean?" I asked nonchalantly.

"You'll see, the soil near the vegetables you picked is a mess. You clean it up first, don't be too hasty," said Steven, squatting down and tidying up what was messed up by me.

"Is Stella's husband really going to be mad at me?" I asked quietly and fearfully.

"If you can get this right... Robert won't be mad," said Steven confidently.

Then I just did what Steven ordered. I worked all this out with great difficulty. Now I see this backyard looks tidier than usual.

"You've never seen Stella's husband, have you? He's so fierce. Robert's name is very famous in this village," said Steven quietly. He seemed careful to say his words.

"Oh yeah? It's scary as hell," I said, grinning innocently. In my imagination, Robert is a tall figure with a fierce face.

"Jihan, are you done?" Stella's high voice was heard. Now I immediately rushed to leave this page. I was even being nonchalant to Steven. Leave it alone. He's so annoying.

"Hey? Aren't you thanking me?" cried Steven loudly. But I didn't care about it at all.

Now I go straight to the front door of Stella's house.

"Stella, thank you very much. This later I will make food for me to eat," I said kindly to this 45-year-old woman.

"Yes, this is for you too," he said, handing him a plastic container that contained five duck eggs.

"Wow! Today I was very lucky," I exclaimed happily.

"Brother thank you so much Stella," I exclaimed and immediately turned around. But I heard Dani's voice screaming incoherently. Like asking for something. I stopped my steps. Because I don't feel well.

The sound of the telephone inside Stella's house. My ears heard.

"Yeah, well I'll be right there giving you the money Robert," Stella said hastily. Then Stella suddenly snapped at Dani.

"Shut up! Can you shut up! At this rate I can't take you to Robert's workplace!" The yell made me head straight back to Stella's house.

"Sorry Stella. You better not do that. I might be able to look after Dani. Do you need your help?" I asked Stella carefully. I saw the face of Dani, a three year old child, whose cheeks were full of tears.

Stella sighed heavily while holding her furrowed brow. There seemed to be annoyance and welding from the downcast face.

Now Stella is approaching me with her sharp eyes.

"Okay, I trust you. Please take care of Dani okay? I don't know what else to do. I have to go see Robert. Otherwise, I could die," Stella cried with a scared face.

"I trust you, take care of Dani okay?" Stella said holding my arms firmly.

I nodded quickly. As if following him in a hurry. Now Stella went to the se room.

right and I saw him carrying a small bag. It may contain the money that Robert asked for. Last time Stella kissed Dani and he just walked away. I could only stare at Stella who was running between the grassy ground.

I saw Dani's messy face. He looked so innocent. His face froze. Maybe he's ashamed of me. Or don't like me here.

My legs tried to get closer to Dani. He who sat on the gray sofa looked away. I tried to sit next to him slowly.

I didn't touch it. Because surely he will rebel. I exhaled to gather patience. Although I've never looked after a small child. But I often see when in town. When I'm in the park I often see everything that has to do with small children. Maybe I can know a little about how to treat a child.

"Dani, are you hungry?" I asked quietly.

He didn't answer at all and instead remained silent like a statue.

"Dani, you've seen me before right? Indeed, I may not be as fun as your mother. But I can be your friend. I promise Dani. Well, let's put it this way. Now what do you want? natural to me," I said hoping Dani would agree with me.

Now I see Dani hold her breath and look slowly. He looked at my face with full attention.

I showed my sweet smile. It's really fun to be like this with small children.

Dani saw my appearance sitting next to him. My appearance in jeans and a t-shirt with the words Nirvana on it made him a bit confused.

"Yeah these are my clothes when I was in town. So maybe you just saw them, right?" I asked quietly.

"What's your name?" asked Dani nonchalantly. He doesn't even look at my face anymore. He looked ahead with both palms resting on his thighs.

"Namaki Jihan, you seem to have forgotten," I said trying to lighten the mood with a light tone.

"How about we play chase? Are you chasing me?" Dani exclaimed with a glowing face looking at me. It turned out that Dani was very easy to play with.

"Okay, okay I'm ready!" I answered firmly.