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Hi carry a short story by Raditya
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Dika read by the author
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myself asked the husband annoyed at the end of the
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room his wife sat on a chair looking at
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him student Mi was near the
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bedroom window They stood near the bed still
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looking at the face of their daughter who was
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Poor she just fell asleep she will wake up
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but I am her father it's okay
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if she wakes up Just a moment said the husband and
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his wife answered patiently but I am
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her mother and child You are only five
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years old need a good night's sleep so she can
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Hi if it's like this student indeed God
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a mother knows what is best for
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her child especially this child is their only child The
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dim moonlight came in from the window
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fell right on the shabby green table that
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student Mi was using she still didn't want to
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only be able to see her child sleeping with
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her mouth half open a sign that she was sleeping
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too soundly the teeth that peeked out
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under her lips looked white like fresh milk
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Besides if her child is already being carried what do you
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want to do asked the wife Just look at it
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first said the husband I want to
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kiss her forehead because every time he comes home from
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looking for money only that forehead
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accumulated tiredness strange can it disappear or not
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Hi keep asking the wife then I see her
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whispering Of course I want to say
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sorry, son Dad still can't buy
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your favorite toy that you liked on
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Instagram Last week sorry Dad was too
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naive to put all our family money in the
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cafe business Dad lost it
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all locked up this coffee coffee virus pandemic
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6 months without income
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is indeed too long to make a
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simple cafe Dad is leveled with dreams
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hi then I will say Believe me Dad
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is trying to find money
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back so we can stop eating
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once a day so you can join in buying
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Magnum ice cream that the kids next door
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like to eat in the afternoon
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Sorry but dad keeps trying, I'm sure
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in the midst of founders like this there will be
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good friends or relatives who
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lend money to provide capital for
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our business working from home
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Hi the wife is still listening
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Hi her sitting position hasn't changed
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since her husband spoke earlier the
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husband continues then I will stroke
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her hair and I put her back to
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bed See, it's safe, only
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Hi the wife looks at her husband
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instead of answering he asks back why
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his wife has never been kissed on the forehead again
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Oh yeah, this If you're allowed to carry me, you'll
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also get a kiss on the forehead, promise, said the
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husband and wife, laughing, her husband looked at her
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with sad eyes, he said,
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Oh, sorry if I disappoint you,
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Hi, I've never disappointed you,
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Hi, said the wife, Clans, Hi, student Mi,
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staring at the moon, his eyes starting to
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tear up, he was daydreaming,
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his wife let him, student Mi said,
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Hi, maybe I should have
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supported you in developing your talent,
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instead of making you stuck at home
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Hi, said what, ask the wife, sing, I ca
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Hi, that's your talent, Hi, Oh, that one,
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to ghosts, I see many people who are successful
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as content creators, make YouTube, make
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books, appear on TV, I should have
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supported you more, I should have been a
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husband who could make his wife
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comfortable in achieving her potential, he should have
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at least paid for a public speaking class
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or bought a camera when I still had
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Hi, do you really believe I can see
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ghosts, even though my friends and even my
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own family often talk about me,
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I was told, then asked the wife,
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Hi, I believe, said the husband briefly,
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sure, marrying you means believing
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in your words, what's the good of marriage
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Hi, wife, smiling thin
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Hi you why can always make
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hi one second passed they were silent in
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Hi do you remember the last time you carried me
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Hi Remember the day I proposed to you
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I still keep the photo in the
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my broken cellphone charger the husband pointed to the drawer
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the wife took a deep breath she
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looked at Karah her husband that time you
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carried me in the courtyard of the leaf cafe in
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Bogor Botanical Gardens until I was embarrassed when people looked at
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you the building I half ran
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you were too happy because I said
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I wanted After you said you wanted to
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Hi the most embarrassing thing was not
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carrying you but 10 minutes before I
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proposed to you when I showed you the
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balance of the bench at that time when I said
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I only have this much
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Hi done said any amount is enough as
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long as it is with you
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Hi I still keep the pregnancy test from
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before the wife continued Hi the video of me when
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I cried do you still keep it
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Hi still really I posted it in
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my second year that no one knows that
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I usually use to order
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your favorite fried anchovy chili sauce that is annoying to sell
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back then we still had money to
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buy things like that said the husband
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Oh sorry you must be disappointed with me
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Hi I've never been disappointed with you
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Sir said his wife then
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Hi wife Sitting still she wiped away
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her tears that had fallen One Drop
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Hi why are you suddenly crying
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Hi The wife said the student Mi went back
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her daughter still sleeping soundly her sleep was
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not right her head was between the
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pillow and her favorite doll a child
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this age is often amazing
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Hi I want to hold her said the husband
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no said the wife later she will wake up
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her husband shook his head No I have to
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hold her Seeing her sleeping like this
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I really miss her the husband
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approached his son then
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stretched out his hand but his son's body
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did not lift student Mi tried to
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take his son back this time he
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realized what happened his hand went
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through his son's body confused the husband
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looked at his wife His wife again
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wiped away a tear that had just
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you tried to borrow money from your old friend you
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became a concrete factory supervisor
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you entered the factory area ignoring
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people's warnings to wear a helmet
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just observing for a moment you said at
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that time in the middle of you walking you
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passed a concrete pillar that was about to
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inserted a rope from a moving crane
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Hey and like fate is always on
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Hey that one hit your head
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Hey student Mi felt the right side of
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his head there was a broken part crushed
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into a hollow in his head
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this warm he didn't dare look at his hand
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because he knew it must be full of blood
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Hey meanwhile the other hand
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the husband's left hand was still through
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the back of his son's neck the husband
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looked because of his wife
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Hey why didn't you say so earlier
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Hey because I wanted to let you say goodbye
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Hey the child woke up to a strange cold feeling
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on the back of his neck the child opened
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his eyes he was confused the child then
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sat up he saw his mother who was
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responding to the wet one the child then
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looked forward so as not to see
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anything Only the two of them in
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this room and the moonlight that fell on the
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for a moment the child felt a
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very strong longing in his chest as if there was a tangled
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knot being pulled in all directions
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he knew he missed being held by his father
