A Reply to My Husband

In-law Cuisine

Rania slams her bag on the bed upset with her in-laws' insatiable attitude to test her patience.

Then he laid his body on the bed thinking about his actions with Malik this afternoon. He was very sorry for doing the forbidden deed, but he also enjoyed it. Often she felt emotional when she heard there was a wife cheating on her husband but now she is too. It's hard to admit, but she's been having an affair with another man.

"I'm so stupid!" Many times Rania condemned her mistake.

"Barra .. forgive me. I'd better clean my body before Barra gets home" Rania muttered. But he had not yet moved, there was a noise below.

"That must be Barra, I must have complained something to her!" Rania rolled her eyes lazily. "Why is he coming home at this hour?"

Rania steps down and welcomes Barra, but then she remembers something in her bag. Rania ran as fast as lightning grabbed the brown envelope in her bag and hid it tightly in a place Barra would never find.

"I have to how is this?" Rania is confused. Then it came to his mind to take a shower. He immediately ran to the bathroom. After a while she came out of the bathroom, just as Barra entered the room.

"Where have you been? Mom said you just got home."

"I told you I met the Goddess."

"Till this night?"

"I have to wait for her to finish the seminar," replied Rania nervously. His heart was shrouded in guilt for having betrayed Barra.

"What are you talking about until you don't remember the time? I have to get tired of cooking because you're gone. Can't you just once not make mom angry?!"

Gone was the guilt in Rania's heart hearing Barra's words. All this time she felt she had never neglected her responsibilities as a wife.

"Barra .. I was wrong to come home late, but this is the first time. I've been doing all the housework."

"It's Ran ... I'm tired every time I come home from work and are always greeted with reports of arguments from you and your mother" Barra replied in a repressed voice over holding back emotions. "I'm tired! Next time you just shut up and do what mom says!!"

"I never fought with my mother. My mother always thought I was wrong! I've always been quiet whenever my mother insulted me. Is that not enough?!"

"Satomi ... !!! Stop blaming mom! Don't start another fight!!" Barra's tone of voice had already begun to rise.

"You started Barra, not me!!"

"I'm tired of Rania!!!" barra shouted as she stepped away from Rania. She slammed the door of the room, while Rania was glued to her place.

"I'm also tired of Barra ..." Rania shed her tears. For the umpteenth time Barra was yelling at him because of his mother.

* * *

It's been a week after Barra and Rania's last fight. They slept in separate rooms. But Rania still does her duty to take care of the house and cook Barra's favorite food even though Barra rarely eats it. Barra's attitude grew colder towards Rania. He also often went home late and a few times did not come home. Every time Rania asked her, Barra always answered if she was overtime. And Rania never took issue with it.

He knew every word that came out of his mouth would be a new problem for them. The more days she felt closer to divorce, the scourge she feared so much. Leaving this house with nothing, while at his age now it would be difficult to get a job. How he will continue his life.

Rania rushed out of her room as soon as she heard the voice of the conversation below. Barra's gone home. She wants to welcome her husband and get him better. But he had not yet reached the bottom, he had already heard the conversation of Barra and his mother.

"How did you know?"

"Hanna told mom herself." Then there was the sound of her in-laws laughing. "If you wanted me to introduce you to Hanna a long time ago, your life would be happy now."

No answer from Barra.

"Mom's happy that you're getting close to her. Divorce your wife immediately and you can be free with her." Rania's heart was as if sliced at the words of her in-laws.

"I'm going to go to the room first, Mom."

Rania turned around and walked back to her room. He paused his intention to make up with Barra.

Who's Hanna? So Barra didn't come home because she spent the night with him? Is she the woman that mom prepared to replace me? Why does it feel this sick when I do it with other men too?

Rania sat on the sofa with teary eyes. Meanwhile Barra entered without even glancing at him. He just went in to pick up a change of clothes and then came out again. After that he will sleep in another room in this house.

"Are we going to keep going like this?" ask Rania.

Barra is not flinching. He ignored Rania's voice as if there was no one else in the room. Rania's heart hurts more and more to see it.

"Well, if that's what you want. Take care of the papers immediately and you can divorce me as soon as possible."

Barra stopped and looked at Rania. But he still did not make a sound. Then he passed by without giving an answer to Rania's words.

I'm not giving up. You will receive a reply from me. I'm not a statue here. You'll pay for all your humiliation all along.

In the morning, Rania felt lazy to wake up. Until he saw the clock and realized it was time for Barra to go to work. Then he got up and rushed to the kitchen to cook breakfast. For five years he did that until he was like a robot that is tuned every waking up directly to the kitchen.

Rania stopped her steps as she passed the dining table. She saw her husband and father in-laws having breakfast. Rania looks wrong.

" Are you not well? Sit down and eat .. Mom's cooking." Barra glanced at the chair beside her which meant telling Rania to sit there. He knew very well his wife's habit of getting up early and preparing everything for him.

Rania was pleased with the question from Barra. At least it indicates that Barra is still paying attention to him.

"Just woke up? It's so good of you!" taunted his in-laws as soon as he sat down.

Rania clumsily ate her in-laws' cooking. But not until the food entered her mouth, Rania felt nauseous. He put up with the nausea and stuck the food in his mouth. But Rania is getting less powerful until she runs into the kitchen sink and spits food in her mouth there. Both Barra and her in-laws noticed Rania's behavior.

"You saw it for yourself, didn't you? He even spewed out the food that mom cooked? Doesn't that really disrespect me as your mother?"

Barra put down her spoon then followed Rania into the kitchen. He pulled Rania's hand violently.

"Can't you appreciate mom a little?! Spewing out his cooking before his own eyes? Who do you think you are?!"