Bum Pads

"I love you, Aires" "Who wrote this letter?" Aires asked, bending to pick the piece of paper that has fallen at his feet, his eyes pinned hers and she swallowed, "you love me?" His voice sounded strange to her ears but she couldn't fathom the emotions behind it. Timidly she nodded finally voicing out her feelings. His gaze raked over her and she stood absolutely still, "flat chest, flat bum, teeth filled with braces and clumsy as hell, I can never love someone like you so get lost" and so she ran, with tears streaming down her cheeks like rivers of water......

Rosa had suffered emotionally and physically abused by her husband. She had endured it for five years just for the sake of her son. After she had been raped and abused by her drunken husband, she found out she had another child for him. She makes up her mind that she will run away with her baby from her husband. She left her son but take away her baby far far away. With hope, she can start a new life and found new happiness. With help from her half-sister, she living well with her baby. However, after she starts to rent a house and work, she found out that she again makes a bad decision. Her big boss is a lazy bum and always makes trouble, his temperament is worst than her baby! What is even worst??? Her big boss is her housemate! Now, she wonders is she work hard to support herself and her baby or for her big boss?

Suro Joyo ingin kembali ke kerajaannya, Krendobumi. Di tengah perjalanan diserang sosok yang sama persis dengan dirinya. Bedanya, yang menyerang berpakaian warna putih, sedangkan Suro Joyo berpakaian warna merah. Suro Joyo jadi-jadian ini samaran dari Badas Wikatra. Badas Wikatra pendekar dari golongan hitam yang memiliki kesaktian luar biasa. Satu kesaktian yang membahayakan, dirinya mampu mengubah dirinya sama persis dengan Suro Joyo sejati! Sebelumnya, dengan cara menyamar sebagai Suro Joyo, Badas Wikatra membunuh Maeso Item dan Trinil Manis. Maeso Item dan Trinil Manis guru Suro Joyo. Badas Wikatra juga telah membunuh kedua orang tua Suro Joyo, Agung Paramarta dan Niken Sari, serta para punggawa Kerajaan Krendobumi. Dalam pertarungan melawan Badas Wikatra, Suro Joyo hampir tewas. Dia ditolong Ki Tambung Bumandala. Pendekar yang dijuluki Pendekar Bisu. Suro Joyo digembleng berbagai ilmu dan kesaktian di Padepokan Carang Giring. Suro Joyo juga menapatkan Mantra Sakti Pemanggil Tombak Bowong warisan dari Maeso Item dan Trinil Manis. Setelah dirasa cukup menguasai ilmu dari Pendekar Bisu, Suro Joyo pamit ke Krendobumi untuk menumpas Badas Wikatra dan pengikutnya. Suro Joyo siap mengembalikan rakyat Krendobumi kembali ke masa kejayaan, makmur, dan sejahtera. Masa kejayaan untuk rakyat jelata, bukan untuk para punggawa. Suro Joyo tahu, melawan Badas Wikatra itu sama saja bunuh diri. Ilmu yang dimiliki Suro Joyo tak seberapa dibandingkan Badas Wikatra. Namun Suro Joyo siap bertaruh jiwa demi menegakkan keadilan dan kebenaran di alam semesta. ***

My three older brothers, Marcus, Jeremy, and Andrew Graham love me to the moon and back. Marcus clumsily practices peeling apples for me when I lie on a hospital bed. Jeremy blushes as he buys sanitary pads and prepares a warm drink for me when I have my period. Andrew spends all his pay to buy me new clothes and even declares, "Whoever bullies you will pay the price." He isn't shy to express his brotherly love for me. I once believed that my life would stay happy like this forever. However, my adopted sister, Mackenzie Falk, accuses me of swapping the graduation thesis she has been working on for three years. I suffer a heart attack on the spot.