A Reply to My Husband

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Barra woke up after falling asleep for a long time. For a moment he did not move just staring blankly at the ceiling of the room. He was still confused as to what to do. She wants to turn on her phone and call her mother to take care of her here. But he did not dare to risk anyone knowing its existence through location services on his mobile phone.

Still with the towel on her body Barra tried to get up and go to the bathroom. He finally put on his wet shirt. His starving stomach forced him to wake up because from last night he had not eaten.

Barra came out of her room. With a little bit of fret he stepped out of his feet hoping that no one would notice his battered face. Barra continued to step up to look for food stalls. But then he stopped at a second-hand clothing store. He bought some used clothes to change and also a hat to hide his face. Luckily there was still cash in his wallet so he didn't need to go to an ATM.

Barra looked around. He was now in a slum and densely populated area on the outskirts of the city. As he remembered, he was able to get to this place because there was a person he could fool by saying that he was the victim of a robbery so that the person did not inquire about the injuries on his body and face.

After she changed her clothes with the second-hand clothes she had just bought, Barra continued her intention to forage. It's been far from his life all along. Usually he stayed in a star hotel, now he only stayed in a small and dirty inn. Even his boarding room was much nicer than the room he was currently renting.

Not to mention the old clothes he was wearing now. Barra wouldn't want to wear it if it wasn't like this. Barra's footsteps stopped in front of a food stall. His stomach that had been rumbling forced him to enter without caring about the state of the stall that looks dirty.

Barra ate greedily, after being full he asked for another pack to take to the inn so that later tonight he would not have to go out again to find food. Life became very difficult for him.

* * *

Barra has been a fugitive for a week. He's still hiding in the inn. The money has started to thin out while dai does not dare to take money at the ATM. Until now he still did not dare to turn on his phone.

Barra was silent looking at the reflection of herself from the small mirror stuck on the bathroom wall. Fine hairs began to fill his face. Scars and bruises also start to go unnoticed. No more handsome and charismatic Barra, now only remains.

Then he remembered his little daughter who had just been born. The child he had long desired for his presence. She really misses that little baby.

Barra walked out of the room to the receptionist of the inn to borrow a phone.

"Hello .." came a familiar voice from the other end of the phone. Barra was silent for a moment hesitating to speak.

"Hello .." the voice was heard again.

"Mother .. "reply to Barra quietly.

"Geez Barra, where have you been?! Everyone is looking for you. What have you done?Are you all right?" A series of questions came out of his mother's mouth.

"Mother, don't talk out loud! Who's at home?They'll hear. How's mom doing? How's my son?"

"We're all good. I'm at home with Imah and your son. Hanna's rarely home because she's busy looking for you. Where are you now? Don't make me worry!"

"Listen Mom, if Hanna comes home later, please tell her to stay home because I'll call her. Only he can help me."

"Yes, but where are you now?"

Barra hung up. He was going back to his room but the sound of his stomach was preventing him. He turned his steps out of the inn to look for food. In his wallet was a green piece of money. There was no way he could last any longer if he didn't take the money at the ATM but he was scared. Not to mention if he had to pay the lodging rent for the next week if he did not want to be kicked out of the inn.

Barra walked towards the food stall that had lately become the friendliest place with her. How not, the food in the stall became the only thing he could buy with the rest of his money. Barra returned to the inn carrying a plastic bag containing a pack of rice. Half for lunch and half for dinner. There was no money left in his wallet.

An innkeeper stopped his steps when he had just entered the inn.

"Sorry sir, I would like to remind you that today is the last day you stay here. If you still want to stay here then you please pay the rent for the next week first," said the employee with a thick regional accent.

"I can still be here till tonight, right?"

"Then wait till tonight." Barra passed away.

* * *

Hanna was walking alone in a narrow alley. He wore a large jacket that covered almost his entire body and also wore a mask so that no one would recognize him. Several times he looked left and right to make sure no one was following him.

Barra called him and told him to meet him at this place. Suddenly someone pulled Hanna's arm and covered her mouth. The man then attached Hanna's body to the wall of a building. The frightened Hanna tried to wriggle.

"Hanna ... relax! It's me ... Barra," whispered Barra.

Then Hanna looked at the man who had already pulled his hand.

"Mara ...?" Hanna stared in disbelief. "Why did you become like this?" Hanna's eyes glared at Barra's appearance now. "Oh my God!!! what happened to you?!!"

"Ssttt .. don't be hard. I miss you so much." Barra wanted to hug Hanna but she pushed her body.

"Don't touch me! Look at your body and your clothes are dirty like that." Hanna rubbed her clothes affected by the touch of disgusted barra like dirt.

"Why are you asking me to a place like this?"

"Hanna, I miss you so much."

"You ruined my life. What have you done?!"

"How's the little guy? Like my daughter? Is he naughty? Does he miss his Papa?" ask Barra spirit. Only then was Hanna touched by the question that barra asked.

"Yes .. she's fine. Cry often at night. Probably because no one used to carry it."

"I'd love to see it. I miss him so much." Barra's eyes sparkled as she talked about the baby she thought was her son.

"Wait for Barra, look at your condition now! You're a fugitive cop right now!"

"Help me Hanna, only you can help me."

"What can I do?"

"Anything, the important thing is that I can be free."

"I'll think of a way. I have to go now. Don't let anyone suspect I'm meeting you here." Hanna turned around and was about to leave Barra.

"Hanna ... wait!"

"What else?"

"Give me some cash. I have to pay for the inn and buy food."

Hanna snorted in annoyance but still took the money out of her purse and handed it to Barra.