Merlinda (Ranging Back)
I'm Too Dependent

" Where are your daughters-in-law Mother ? " asked Elin smiling, while moving from Meili's side to Viona's side. And face off with Wilna.

The woman immediately looked at the alroji in her hand when Elin finished asking, "why have they been so long", she muttered, her forehead slightly wrinkled.

" You're so pretty son" Viona said praising her daughter-in-law. Tonight, Elin uses a milk-brown sleeveless jamsuit with an inflated leg. His thick hair is tied up, to show long earrings dangling until they touch the collarbone.

" Mommy is prettier" she replied. The navy dress fits perfectly in Viona's soft yellow skin, and she looks stunning alongside the diamond earrings and necklaces hanging from her body.

The middle-aged woman embraced him tightly, "tomorrow we're back in New York" she said so happily. And Elin could only try smiling sweetly to respond to her words. No, he's not unhappy. But for now, his heart was still at a loss to imagine that tomorrow, the house he was in, was no longer the place to go.

Art there was the youngest Elin, then came join, took a seat on the side of Mala, and a few seconds later, Tama also came join. Tonight the young man looks much different, he looks much neater than his brother's own wedding mall. His black hair was combed back, and for the first time, Elin, even everyone, saw the man in a suit.

Elin's eyes looked at him fixedly, spinning around the body of his only brother, even until the man sat beside him, "are I so handsome tonight", he said confidently,and Elin was still looking at him at that moment. His eyes stared in full search, "mom ", call him suddenly at Mala. The middle-aged woman immediately turned her head, "what is Tama's engagement tonight ? ", sarge. Mala turned to her son, finished Elin asked, and smiled, "No woman wants to marry your sister.

Tama's eyes grew bigger because they didn't accept it. And Elin immediately laughed at that, "Why are you so neat ? ".

" Why is it ? ", Tama asked back.

Elin shrugged, "weird", he murmured.

" You're the weird one. Your sister looks neat even you say strange ", said Tama did not accept, then a few seconds later he close his body to Elin, "my sweet brother", call him full of intrigue. Elin's forehead wrinkled, "don't get me in trouble again Tama" he said guessing immediately, even before his sister expressed her wish.

Tama poked her lips withholding a smile, "that's just your husband overdoing it" she whispered.

" But it's all because of you" Elin replied in a whisper. At that moment his body immediately shuddered, when it recalled the punishment that had happened to him. He gulped as Daniel's savage eyes that day flashed in his memory. That day, Daniel really made it hard to breathe. He drowned as the man completed his sentence, with a slight pain in his sensitive body part. The game was no longer comfortable, when it did so in a very angry state. And Elin had already sensed it, and he also promised, not wanting it to happen again. The way he looked at Daniel's eyes on the bed was far scarier than he had heard when his brother was in the police station.

" No, this time it won't be so. I really need your help brother ", said Tama, his face was clear as Elin looked at him, "please", she said with her hands rested.

Elin sighed, "what?, what do you want ? ", divorce. Tama's lips immediately grinned happily, "my car pulled Dad." he said paused. And Elin gasped to hear that, even though the sound of jazz music was delicious to hear, "I need your help to seduce Dad. And Elin immediately shook her head, "No", he said out loud.

" Because of you, I have been punished by my husband. While you are the one who wants to be free. No, no ", he said he refused.

" Please, tomorrow you're home" Tama said, and Elin shook her head, "how long did you pull your car ? ".

" One week ".

" I will then ask dad, make it two weeks" he continued, starting to wake up from his seat. Just immediately prevent it when you hear it, "alright, don't help me" he said annoyed. And Elin smiled, "I can help ", he said suddenly.

Tama turned back to her with a fluffy smile, "yes, you have to help me big brother. I must have followed your wish ", the light went on and Elin nodded, "but I also told Dad that I had paid for the damage to Lyra's car" she said with a smile on her face.

" It's the same way you moved me from the crocodile to the tiger cage" Tama chanted, and almost everyone turned to them both at the time. And Elin was already clutching her mouth, holding back a laugh.

" But wait ", said Tama suddenly, and turned back to her brother with sparkling eyes, "you don't forget my brother, that I was the winner of the race yesterday. Elin snorted in annoyance, having realized that.

" you must obey my will ", added Tama, smiling triumphantly.

" Okay", replied Elin unwillingly.

" It has to be until Dad returns my car ".

" Can't be so Tama. You're just asking me to talk to Dad ",

Tama immediately shook his index finger in front of Elin, "The loser must obey the will of the winner" he said repeating the woman's speech yesterday. And Elin could only snort angrily at that moment, and regretted the challenge she had made herself. And luckily Daniel didn't know that.

" That's them coming ", exclaimed Wilna suddenly. He pointed at the back of Elin's body. And Naina was already running around by then towards Daniel's seat. Asking the man to hold her.

" Did you guys pick up a fashion stylist and an American Hair stylist huh "huh, the sergeant to Amel and Green who arrived late today, "I forgot my Kiwiku juice. So we go back again ", said Amel while showing the bottle in his hand. Elin again snorted because the two women, "like in this house can't make kiwi juice for you", he was upset and Amel just grinned. Meanwhile, Green, in a bottle green dress, walked towards one of the chairs. He did not want to look at Elin at that moment.

Elin was a little surprised and looked at Amel who was still standing before her. After Nathan and Alfin had also joined the dining table, "why is he ? " he asked, and Amel smiled blandly.

" You don't seem to know about your best friend" he said, then followed to the dinner table. Elin stood up for a moment, with eyes looking at Green. However, when Bimo started to stand up to say a welcome word to everyone. She finally, chooses to return to the dining table and sit next to her husband and Naina.

As long as Bimo spoke, Daniel did not stop holding Elin's hand. Swiping it so gently and occasionally looking at a smile. Especially when Bimo thanked him, because he loved his daughter very well. The mood began to feel at that time. Although Elin's eyes, occasionally glanced at Green who had never looked at her since then, and the woman's nose looked red at that time.

" Me and Reymond and for our extended family, just wanted to say thank you. To the besan family ", point it at Bimo, "and to the Vernandes family, "he added, bowing a little to Banyu and Wilna, "you really entertain our family outside of being able to. And I'm really very happy tonight. Because we realize that we are a big family. We are a family ", he said proudly. His lips were etched in shade as he said it, "and please to Mr. Bimo and Ms. Mala. Trust your daughter to us. Don't be sad. "he said hanging on Mala, "anytime you want to meet your daughter, we will never prevent her. We just took him instead of seizing him ", he said in a joking tone. Mala began to smile, as did Elin, just that her smile was bland when she saw a crystal circle appear in her mother's eyes.

" I know tonight is a little difficult for your family" he continued, and is still being shown to his extended family, "I know very well, and have been in this position, when Reymond wants to take me to New York. So I know how you feel. "he said he looked at Mala, "my mother used to be like this too", he said again, and he sighed at that moment.

" And I also know how my daughter-in-law feels today" she continued, her voice starting to hoarse and Elin had already lowered her face. Even though it was Daniel, he immediately grabbed his body into an embrace.

" I can't make her not sad, but I have an offer for my daughter-in-law" she said, smiling again, though her voice was still hoarse.

" If you want, you can take your family to New York. We will prepare another house for your Father and Mother there ", he said seriously. Everyone smiles at that, Bimo no exception, "I'm serious sir", he told the man.

" If your daughter wants to, I won't turn her down" he said again, but Bimo shook his head, "we must have some distance to miss each other.

Tama turned to her father hearing that, "what the father of a former poet ", he said, made everyone laugh.

Daniel succeeded his mother, after the woman returned to her seat. Tonight, he became the most important person to talk to, even if it was only short to say a word of thanks. And indeed that is all that is said for both her parents-in-law and also, Mr and the Madam of the Vernandes family, because they want to be bothered as long as they are in Indonesia, and he didn't forget to apologize for what happened yesterday. And then everyone laughed and smothered him. Nathan was the first to do so.

The atmosphere was silent for a moment as Daniel returned to his seat.

" Will anyone else talk ? ", ask Viona. After a while, Elin got up from her seat.

" Wait son ", he said preventing, "you must be the last one to speak", he said.

" Maybe Green and Amel have something to say, before Elin moved to New York" he said to two women who had been silent since then, even Amel had been caught several times wiping his eyes.

Just then Green started to react by sighing so deeply, and then he got up from his seat.

He lowered his head for a moment, before finally making his eyes on everyone, except Elin.

Nathan, gently rubbed his hand just then.

Not yet able to speak, her tears had already dripped. He looked up, to prevent his tears from flowing faster, "sorry", he said hoarsely.

" I'm really hard to hold it" she said again. His face flushed red with trembling lips, "I don't think I'd be this weak, just because he'd come back to New York" he said. At that time Amel was down. And Elin still endured looking at him, holding back half-dead from sobbing.

Green moved to open the gift box placed by the waiter in front of him, "all day long." he paused to take a breath. And he was closed, with tears streaming down his cheeks, "me and Amel made this", he said again, lifting a binder from the box, and opening it. He showed one by one the contents in the object, the sheets filled with photos of the three of them, and some photos of Elin himself. His picture of him falling asleep in class, his photo of him crying, and his picture of him falling asleep in the back seat of Green's car, with his head dangling down. And there's also a picture of her face stuffed with birthday cake cream, and it happened on Amel's birthday, not her birthday. Because only counted how many times, the three of them had once celebrated the birthday of the woman. During this time, she has never liked her birthday, and increasingly became after her birthday celebration in Lombok almost six years ago. And they really just celebrated it together, a while back, before the woman got married.

Green's hand stopped on one of the photos. In the picture that shows the faces of their early teens, "I don't know how we found this photo.. "

" This is the first photo we became friends" she continued, and smiled slightly when they found their teenage faces without the slightest touch of makeup. Even Amel's Eyebrows looked so strange there, in stark contrast to the braid of two on his head. But it looks so funny. Alfin laughed when he saw her, "it turned out like this was my wife" he said, who managed to break the atmosphere into laughter.

" That day, the first time I knew that life was more beautiful than I imagined. I used to be just a nerd, "he said back to pause, "every day all I do is school, follow eskul, study and like that every day... "

" I'm not saying that I'm being naughty because of them. "he said after seeing people's gazes, "after they were, I realized, I realized, if we don't have to hurt ourselves to be proud of ourselves, we don't have to torture ourselves to be the same as others... "

" I swear, I would never do that to my daughter" she stared at Naina in Daniel's lap. Banyu looked at him proudly at that moment.

" They are both very valuable to me" he said back. His voice began to hoarse and he lowered his head, "my days are always there for them. Since that day, what I've been through has all been them. They became the most comfortable home before I got married. ", she told me, her tears she let down, "We're like crazy. Sometimes we laugh, but afterwards we cry. We were naughty but also a good boy ".

" Ah I can't tell you, everything we've been through. There's so many. I'm not making tonight's show like a farewell, really".

" Just after collecting all our memories first, my heart became muddled. He paused for a moment, as his breathing began to falter at that moment, "I thought that we would never be apart. We complement each other. We depend on each other, and we need each other, but today "he said it was so heavy.

" I just realized that there are all phases, "he continued sobbing, "Our friendship will not be separated just because of the distance. I made sure of it, but I realized it wasn't gonna be the same again. We won't have much time to meet, and that's what makes me so sad ".

" I'm not angry, because he married a man far away, and I'm not a selfish friend. It's just that "he said back to pause, "it's just that it feels like this time his departure is completely different", he said with a stutter, and he began to clutch his own face. He cried so much at that moment, "I just realized, that I was so dependent on my two best friends", he continued in the face he still held with both hands, " I would no longer be able to directly come up to him when I was feeling chaotic. He was really the most stupid among us, but I always wanted to see firsthand that stupid face of his... "

" And after tomorrow, everything will no longer be able to. "his tears broke just then.

Without waiting for Elin to get up from her seat, with tears in her eyes she ran to the table, to get to where Green was standing. And Amel, who was next to the woman, stood up and hugged her so tightly. The two of them were indeed not separated, but without Elin, things would be much different.

Elin went straight to the two women. She cried without speaking, and so did Green and Amel. Only the sound of sobs could be heard from the embrace. But able to juggle almost all eyes that look to come watery. Even Tama I wiped her eyes at that moment.