Aunt Melinda

Different from the Feel

Cleks!

The door to the room is open. Linda came out of the room, in a neat state. Looks like he's leaving.

"Sir…"

"I want to go to Mom's house. Ferry doesn't have to come." Linda, cut out Ferry's unfinished sentence immediately.

"But Deck…"

"Mas Ferry forgot? Wasn't yesterday the Ferry itself, which paid a farewell to mother and father. If today there is work out of town. Though it's not really out of town either."

Linda cut back on Ferry's unfinished sentence. Even Linda also did not fully know, what exactly her husband wanted to convey.

With Ferry silent, Linda again continued her steps towards the door.

But before actually opening and exiting the door, she turned her head back towards her husband. Who was still sitting in his seat earlier. Linda then said, "it's better that Mas Ferry go take a bath, and take a break. Ferry must be tired, right?"

Maybe if the one who heard Linda's words was someone else, or Ferry himself. But not in a state of guilt like this, Linda's words can be interpreted as a great concern for her husband.

But certainly not this time.

The words uttered by Linda with her flat-looking face, were innuendo and bully-an for Ferry himself.

He could say nothing more, and could only lower his head. Without hearing the words spoken by his wife.

Cleks!

Linda finally left. And after Linda's motorbike voice was no longer heard, Ferry punched the guest chair. Where was Linda sitting, and she was in a state of calm. In front of her Linda.

Bugs!

Bugs!

Bugs!

Fortunately, the guest chair at home is a chair with a sofa shape. So Ferry's hand didn't hurt much, despite punching the chair several times.

"agrh…".

Ferry shouted indistinctly, regretting everything that had happened.

"Stupid you Ferry! You idiot!"

"Assuuuu to Ferry!"

"Don't know it's lucky. Can't think straight. You're a fool Ferry!"

The meaning uttered by Ferry, was intended for himself, out of annoyance and remorse. Now she was crying out to herself in the living room.

"sorry Deck.. huuu. sorry Erli.. huuu. Hicks!"

*****

On the road, Linda could no longer hold back her tears. Back at the hotel and also at home, he was just pretending to be tough. So there were no tears for the problems he was facing.

But now, those tears were flooding both of her cheeks. His eyes could not see the road clearly.

Cekiiitts…

Finally Linda put the brakes on her bike, then stopped by the side of the road. He let out all his cries.

"Huhuhu. I, I was also wrong Ferry. Huhuhuhoo…"

"That's why, I'm giving you another chance. Huhuhuhu.this, hiks, this.this is for Erli."

On the side of the road, Linda was crying alone. And the cloudy that had started to look black from home, could not withstand the burden of rain anymore. Until a heavy rain falls.

But Linda's not flinching. He remained in his place, even though his body and clothes were soaking wet.

He doesn't care. To be sure, the sound of her cries and tears just grew louder. Because that way, the passers-by also did not know his true state. So too when he arrives at his mother's house.

The duarrr!

"Oh Allah, I am no longer strong. But I'm not strong either. If only Ferry had caught me crazy, too."

"Oh my God, I want to forgive him. Why does it hurt God…"

"It hurts so bad my chest, God!"

Linda kept shouting herself on the side of the road. And he was very grateful, because it seemed like God was giving him protection from people with the coming of rain and lightning at this time. So that what he shouted was not heard by those who passed by.

After getting tired and starting to feel the cold, Linda revived her motorbike. He launched his motor in a shivering state of his body holding back the cold.

*****

At Linda's mother's house.

"Where are you from Danang?" His mother asked, when Danang came into the house.

"There's a need for Mom. That's okay, right?" danang asked, trying to distract his mother. So that you no longer wonder.

"Yes it's okay. Sleeping again father. But it was fitting to go home, when you just left earlier. There were many neighbors who came to visit. And your father even asked you."

Danang did not speak his mother's words. He just nodded his head, then went into his father's room.

On the bed, his father was seen sleeping. Probably because of the influence of the drugs given by his mother as well. Because it is already afternoon. So his father had taken his medicine during the day.

"Erli where's Ma'am?" danang asked, because he did not see the whereabouts of his nephew.

"It's in the back. Playing with chickens. I haven't played him in the back of the house for long."

"Will it rain, ma'am?" Danang was worried about the state of his nephew, who was playing in the back with chickens. The weather is in this kind of rain.

"Wouldn't be told to come in. But it's on the terrace, not raining. Bring her little umbrella, too."

Finally, Danang breathed a sigh of relief. He would not, if his nephew were to fall ill from the rain.

Erli does like to play behind the house, if he is with his legs. And yesterday, when his brother was in the hospital, he never came to this house.

That is why, he misses playing around with his symbiotic pet chickens.

"Yes already Ma'am. Danang wants to go take a shower first" said Danang to his mother.

His mother also no longer complains, only nods. It was time to take an afternoon shower.

*****

Magrib Linda arrived at her mother's house. His clothes and body were still wet from the rain.

Tok tok!

"Assynoltom..."

Cleks!

Linda opened the door herself. Because it's not locked. After that, he closed the door again, when he entered the house.

Cleks!

Maybe his mother was praying, and Danang was in the mosque.

"Mama…"

Erli came out from inside his symbology room. Maybe he was waiting for Sumpah kakungnya, when his daughter was praying magrib.

"Darling…"

"Ehhhh. Don't hug Mama just yet. It's all wet mama's shirt."

Erli understood, with the state of his mother who had just come in a wet state. "Mama take a quick shower! Danang came home and took a shower" Erli told Linda.

"Yes Dear. Take a shower!" Linda said goodbye to her son, to go take another bath. Even though she was at home, Linda took a shower. Also, shower with rain water.