Short Story

Your Treasure

In the early morning, he wake up and open his eyes. His name is Handoko, he had two young sisters. He came from the poor parents, his mother was the farmer and his father was joblessness. Concernedly, they worked hard in order to could be still alive it made them didn’t have reasons to be happy. The economic problem was the main problem of their misery.

In the living room at the night, Handoko’s mother cry out loudly to her husband “why you do not do anything! You just can drunker! What should I do for you?!”

Then, handoko’s father deals a blow his wife. Day in day out the fracas always happened. A gone cone come to Handoko, the fracas of his parents made him really sad. The miracle came to Handoko because in the sadden family’s condition, he could finish his study in Senior High School, compared with his young sisters that just could finish their study in elementary school.

Handoko said to his Mom “Mom, let me go away to change my fortune, who knows that I will be a rich man”.

Mom replied “Are you sure to leave your mother here? If you are sure, just let’s go”

Handoko had strong conviction so he decided to go to Bali and in there his brightness brought him to get the job easily. He worked as a tour guide and he every month transferred money to his family in hometown. One year later he decided to continue his study to the University. During his study in the university he lived with the thoughtfulness and 4 years left he graduated from university with a subject business economic. He though that his job as the tour guide was not gave him much money so he went to Kalimantan and there, he work as the staff in the business coal. His career was always up constantly so it made the prosperity came to his family and he had so much hectares rice field in hometown. One time Handoko had planned to establish a coal business himself and his planned materialized. The grade of his business always went up. He was 33 years old but he was still single, when Handoko went to Jakarta to do some business there, he met with a beautiful actress and they were acquaintance, her name is Stefani. Their relationship became closer and they were marrying. Three years left and their marriage got problem. That because of Handoko had busy schedule in his business.

When Handoko arrived at the home, Stefani said angrily “why you came home? Do you remember if you have a wife and house?”

Handoko that just arrived at the home replied “it was really surprising me, you angry with me, you cry out? Don’t you realize that I work for you! For your necessity! I am very tired to get everything for you and you dissipate the money for shopping and buy everything that is not important!”

Then his wife went away to her hometown. During 3 years their relationship was unclear. Handoko didn’t want to divorce his wife because he thought that if they were divorcee so his treasure will be shared with her but he still gave Stefani money every month. Then, the loneliness always came every night to Handoko and when he went to Jakarta, he met again with pretty actress that now she becomes his wife and her name is Maya. Before they got married, Maya always gave advice patiently to Handoko that now he decided to divorce Stefani and share his treasure. After Maya got married with Handoko, she left her job as an actress and now she becomes a housewife. Now, Handoko becomes a good husband that can organize his time to his job and his family wisely and he more gave his care to his family in hometown.