The night has passed, and the light from the sun's rays illuminates the whole world, signaling that the day has changed.
Batu, Malang, East Java is where his village is located. This city was in the mountains and among the mountains, it was where Ara's house was and lived.
when the morning comes, the weather in this village is quite cold and cool. From the forest in the mountains, beautiful sounds of birds singing can be heard, adding to the beauty and peace of the morning.
As the sun continued to rise into the sky, its light entered Ara's room through the window in her room.
ara who was still asleep from last night's exhaustion, her long eyelashes fluttered, and soon she opened her eyes.
The first time Ara opened her eyes, the ceiling was what she saw.
"It's morning huh?!" Seeing the sunlight through the window, Ara muttered.
Then, when he moved his head to the right side, an empty chair appeared there, while below it, a plate still complete with food was quietly lying on the floor.
As she looked at the plate on the floor, Ara frowned, and gloomy images of yesterday's events flashed through her mind.
"Andra!" Ara immediately woke up and screamed.
He looked around at the room and his body for some time. only when he found the clothes on his body still there, and no longer found any sign of Andra's presence, did he finally calm down.
"Fortunately he didn't do anything obscene before leaving." Ara breathed a sigh of relief.
"A package."
just as she looked at the empty chair beside the bed again, Ara found a small box.
Picking it up, and opening it, Ara found a thick envelope inside.
"Yu God, this is so much!" When she found out that the contents of the envelope were money, Ara exclaimed.
the money in the envelope turned out to be red sheets with the number 100,000 on each. When counting them, the number is fifty pieces.
Five million rupiahs!
to most people it might be a meager amount of money, but for Ara who only lived to eat, and at most only held a million in hand, five million was something she never dreamed of.
"There's a letter too." from the small box, he also found a paper.
"Ara, while you were sleeping yesterday, a courier delivered a package to you. You were still asleep at that time and I didn't have the heart to wake you up, so I'm writing you this letter. I checked it for you and it turned out to be money. from the courier's words, he was talking about a prize from a certain competition. The courier also gave a message, what's in the package is actually not all, if you want to take all the packages, you have to pick them up yourself. The address of the place is at the bottom of the letter."
Reading the letter that Andra had left behind, Ara started to smile happily on her face. His previously angry heart immediately became better.
Finally, the prizes for the online contests have arrived!
After smiling for a moment, then Ara slightly raised her eyebrows in confusion.
the writing on the paper looks elegant, and beautiful. If Andra wrote this, it seems a bit strange.
According to rumors circulating in the village, Andra only graduated from Junior High School, after that, he no longer continued his education, and preferred to become a well-known thug in the village.
the neat looking pen strokes there, it looked more like the writing of a college scholar, rather than someone who had just graduated from Junior High.
"How can Andra write like this? Actually, who is he?" Ara muttered feeling confused.
but the confusion was only momentary, he also didn't really care about Andra's identity, even though he was a little grateful for his defense yesterday, Ara still chose never to see him again.
for now, he was more than happy to see the pile of money in hand, and smiled in a very good mood.
"Ring..." while Ara was still in joy, suddenly her cellphone received a call.
"Hello, good morning."
ara, who was still in a good mood immediately picked it up, and answered in a friendly manner, even though it was an unknown number.
"Hello Miss Sashihara, good morning. I was a person from a convection company a while ago. Yesterday I tried to contact you again, but you did not respond. So, I want to ask again, do you want to come to our company or not?" A female voice from two days ago came from behind the phone.
"So, for sure I will comethe gift package has already been sent, how could I not come!" Ara immediately answered quickly.
"Present?" The woman's voice on the phone sounded confused, and wondering.
"That's right. I have received the package from your online competition prizes, wasn't it from you?!"
no more reply from the lady on the phone.
Ara who was in a good mood didn't seem to notice the confusion from the other party, and started asking again, "Your company address, is it still the same as what was stated on the package?"
"Oh, yes! What a gift!" At the mention of gifts, the woman on the phone seemed to realize something before continuing, "The address, wait a minute, I'll send it to you again just in case."
not long after the woman hung up, Ara received a message via Whatshap, the address sent was still the same as what was written in the letter written by Andra.
Ara didn't know the exact address, but it contained a city that everyone knew.
"Jakarta." when Ara mentioned this city, a determination began to grow in her heart.
Then Ara left the room, walked towards the bedroom where her mother had previously occupied, and stopped in front of the door.
"Ara my dear, don't work too hardDon't worry Mom, work only for your future." When she looked inside, the image of her mother lying helplessly on the bed, and the words she always said before working in the fields made Ara almost unable to hold back her tears.
"Mother..." but Ara didn't want to get too lost in the sadness, and quickly held back the tears that were about to fall in her eyes.
Ara closed her eyes for a moment, gripped her hand tightly, bit her lip, and opened her eyes again with a strong determination between her eyes.
"Mother, rest in peace there. You don't have to endure pain anymore, starting today, Ara also promises not to suffer anymore. Ara can definitely have a bright future, and make mother smile when she sees Ara from there." After saying this, the shadow in front of him disappeared, and the empty room fell silent again.