[Note] A Perfect Marriage

The Past Story

This afternoon is so bright. Although the sun had started to rise, but the light was still able to illuminate the surface of the ground in the mountainous area stepped on by a woman in white clothes. She was sitting crouched in a tomb that had been overgrown with ornamental grass and there was a baby rose flower tree flourishing near her tombstone. She, the woman who was holding a bunch of roses put her flowers on a mound of earth and gently stroke the tombstone in front of her. The eyes were so deep and sad.

"Nearly two years have passed, Mom. The kids don't cry every night looking for you. Calm down by his side. Although from beginning to end there is no love I can offer, but your name will forever be tucked away in my every bow. I promise you," muttered the woman who was none other than Love, the wife of the body that inhabited the tomb.

Love wipes away the tears that have run its course on her cheeks. The woman slowly rose after raising her hand for forgiveness and the best prayer for her husband. He stepped up, bowing his head staring at every step of the way he took, while rewinding the memories of the events two years ago.

With the same slippers she was wearing today, Cinta ran down the corridor of the pelita hospital in Jakarta. The loneliness of the hallway after the night was not at all wooing Love to be able to see the condition of her husband. Sandals ankle-strap heels with a right that is not too high that makes it easier for Love to take a wide step and not forget to make a special sound at each beat of his feet.

"Sister Love?" exclaimed Rumi who was sitting in front of the treatment room of the pigeon pavilion.

"Where is Rudi?" ask for spontaneous love. A tense and worried face was inevitable.

"In there mom. I think brother's here tomorrow morning. Where are the twins?"

"They put me in Nana. Can I come in?"

Rumi nodded and immediately opened the door for her sister-in-law. Love was still silently in the doorway as her bead caught a man lying unconscious on the bed. Many hoses are hanging and attached to some parts of the body of men who usually look fit.

"Love? You coming, son?" greet Mother Rudi in a weak tone. The middle-aged woman looked pale and had no spirit at all.

"Mother, how is Rudi's condition, Mom?" tanya Cinta approached her in-laws who were still sitting next to her son.

Mira directed her sad gaze at Rudi. "You must hate him so much, right now. I'm sorry, Love."

"Rather than hate, for now it's rather a sense of disappointment, ma'am."

Mira and Rumi both bow their heads hearing the voice of Love. Yes, both of them already know the problems that are happening between the couple. Before Rudi's condition dropped, he had already said everything, and now, only a regret could they get.

"Maybe this is karma for the family–"

"Love is disappointed not only in Rudi, but also in Mother and Rumi. How can none of you say Rudi's condition to me," said Love again, but now with a glazed net.

"Sister, that's ...." Rumi looks hesitant while stealing a look at Love who is staring at him and Mira alternately.

"Sister Rudi forbids us to tell stories. She wants to stay at home quietly without having Kak Cinta think about her illness."

Love took a heavy breath and turned to look at Rudi. Slowly the woman approached her husband. He stared in a face that looked handsome even though it was as white as cotton. After spending nearly ten minutes staring at her husband, Love closed her eyes with a drop of tears.

"How's Rudi doing, Mom?" Love chose to wipe her tears and sit next to her mother-in-law.

"What's Rudi hurting, Mom?"

"He ... You know that her father used to have cancer, I did not think that the disease was also her son," replied Mira as she sobbed because she was no longer able to stem her sadness.

"So .. I mean mother ...." Love looked on in disbelief looking at her mother-in-law.

"Rudi has end-stage liver cancer. The doctor said the hope for his recovery was already very slim."

"No! You must be lying, right? You guys must have conspired to lie to me again, right?"

"No, sister," said Rumi who stood behind her mother.

"Mom told the truth. Rudi's sister was sentenced to have cancer before she was reunited with Love. She was reluctant to seek treatment and only wanted to leave when she was very angry. Then ...." Rumi stopped her sentence and clenched her two lips tightly as if there was something she was reluctant to tell further.

"What's? Then what?"

"Then ... when he got the news about Kak Cinta from his friend and he made a plan with his friend it. And we .. we are forced to accept Kak Rudi's request and hide everything from Kak Cinta. I want Rudi to survive. And after marrying Kak Cinta, I saw for myself Kak Rudi so eager to seek treatment every month," admitted Rumi who had tried to gather all her courage since then.

Love was stunned to hear the words of her sister-in-law. His chest seemed to be moving up and down faster and his breathing felt choked in the throat. He felt he had been the most bod*h person so far that he could be fooled by men many times and fell into the traps of people around him. The woman rem*s dress so tightly that her fingernails feel stuck to her soft skin.

"In the name of the mother's son, I apologize to you, son. Please forgive my son. Mother knows that her actions are so cruel that you and the children are separated from her father, but mother .. mother also cannot let her son suffer because of his illness," mira said interrupted her sobs that sounded so heartbreaking.

Love closed her eyes tightly and took a deep breath. His chest felt so painful and almost made him scream because of the tightness that felt more pressing. Suddenly the woman got up and made the two people beside her turn their heads.

"I'll excuse you, ma'am," said Love and immediately stepped out leaving the two.

The woman whose heart was breaking stepped under the light of the street sidewalk lights, with her tears she could not stop.

"Why is everything so complicated, God? Why did I become like this? What am I supposed to do now? I ... Even now I don't trust my own heart and mind, God. Why are you being so cruel to me?" Love sits on a bench, shuffling her hair with both hands. The woman looked so frustrated in the middle of the night, in the dark sky of Jakarta that enveloped her loneliness.

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Hello, Bebh .... It has not been a long time for you guys. Kangeens. Now active work in the office as usual again, so not full ngehalu (Sadly). But just calm down, this novel will not move Simi everywhere and God willing must continue, so stay tuned, yes. Bang the Throne came out, nih. See you soon, My Shining Star.