BEAUTIFUL REUNION IN TWO

61. The Unbiased Situation

With a hasty step, Tristan approached Hakimah who was waiting at one of the tables in a restaurant. The mistake was, why make the Judge wait. While he asked for time to meet tonight, and was granted by the woman.

He tried to come early. But still, Hakimah had arrived first.

Everyday in the office, Hakimah is an apparatus that is very disciplined and good at managing time.

"Sorry it's too late. It's been a while?" he said to Hakimah, who uses the time to read a book while waiting.

"Just finished five pages, Brother Tristan has arrived" replied the woman with her trademark smile.

After talking to small talk and ordering food, Hakimah began to ask her questions that were so difficult to answer.

"Is there anything Tristan wants to see me these nights?"

Tristan took a deep breath, then exhaled heavily. A burden of life that he now carries. He fixed the position of his glasses before starting to speak.

"I'd like to ask your opinion, huh. What better I should do. I have such a severe problem. But you can keep a secret, right?"

"If you don't believe, why take Imah Sis?" reply to the woman.

"I believe in you, believe in you."

"You know, my wife, Nadia." He gave a pause. "He's having an affair. With my own best friend" he said with a sad face to Hakimah.

Judge's eyes widened, so shocked to hear his expression.

It opens its own shame on others, not without cause. But because I want to see how the Judge reacts. Is the woman happy to know if she will soon part with Nadia or not. Perhaps, the problem with Nadia that became the way for him and Hakimah could unite.

"Is that right, brother? I can't believe that a woman as good as Nadia's sister would cheat on her. Same with Tristan's own friends. Has Tristan ever proven it? Or just hear rumors and gossip lopsided?"

It turned out that Hakimah still doubted his expression, so he tried to convince.

"I saw with my own eyes, they were together in a hotel room. They both admit it, too, huh. I am ashamed to say this to you. But you're no one else to me, huh."

One thing he refuses to reveal to Hakimah about Nadia's pregnancy confession, the fruit of an affair with Bimasena, all prevents Hakimah's negative prejudice about her.

The judge turned back, then the woman's gaze turned into a concerned look. The woman gave him orange juice. "Drink first Brother."

He received a glass containing orange juice from Hakimah. Drink it a mouthful, then move on.

"What do you think I should do? Should I part with Nadia?" This is when he wanted to see the reaction of Hakimah.

Now the Judge is sighing. It was as if the question was so hard for the woman to answer. Moreover, Hakimah has never married, has not known the ins and outs, bitter sweetness of the household. But Hakimah is an intelligent being, there must be a solution that comes from the woman.

"Sister, if it is true, what was done by Kak Nadia was wrong. It's a big mistake."

He smiled at me hearing the words of Hakimah.

The woman continued.

"But Brother Tristan do not leave the mistake to Sister Nadia herself. A wife is having an affair, there must be a reason."

He stared at Hakimah. I felt the Judge was going to attack him.

"The most important thing when a wife cheats is because her needs are not met. The need in question is not just a material need. But also emotional needs."

"May be a wife having an affair because it is motivated by her husband's own attitude. Maybe her husband is selfish, less caring or less considerate."

"Maybe his sexual satisfaction was not met."

This one Judge's speech makes his ears and face feel hot. Do you think Judge is not able to give sexual satisfaction to Nadia? So Nadia seeks satisfaction in other men.

"If the husband lacks attention, it could be that the wife will seek attention in others. Or maybe a husband once hurt his wife by playing with other women, so that his wife takes revenge and has an affair."

"Although the wife's material needs are met, a woman needs emotional warmth. Need attention and affection. Kisses, hugs, and whispers of love."

"So Tristan must introspect himself first. Find out where the error is. And fix the relationship with Nadia's sister."

Really, it was not such an answer that he expected from the Judge. All he needs from Hakimah is support, support that can ease his move to part with Nadia.

But unexpectedly Hakimah even defended Nadia, and asked her to improve the relationship. Same with the request of his own parents.

"So you mean, I'm sorry Nadia has trampled on my pride as a husband?" He looked at Hakimah in disbelief at the solution the woman had expressed.

"Yes Brother. Every household will face tests. This time the households of Kak Tristan and Kak Nadia are facing the test. And you're gonna have to get through this test."

The woman who was just born yesterday in this world instead gave her marital advice.

Now he regretted why expose his own household disgrace to Hakimah. The reaction was not as he had expected.

And even worse, Hakimah took something from his mini backpack, then handed it to him.

"Sir, this invitation is a plan to bring it to the house of Kak Tristan, but because Kak Tristan has a problem with Kak Nadia, I'll give it here?"

"What invitation?" tanyanya, received the invitation offered by Hakimah. I don't know why he thought something bad was going to happen.

He opened the invitation with a thumping heart. And as soon as he read the name in it, perfect his suffering as a man.

******

Herial only looked at his friends playing dominoes, in a warteg built over the city's drainage channels.

Warteg is a hangout for the street ruler's men, Julius Bora. The place spends time when there is no work.

Their domino games are accompanied by gambling as well. He did not join, other than tired of thinking about his sister's problem, his wallet was empty.

He did not stop to think, why Nadia did something that embarrassed the family. Is the debt he owed Nadia too much? So Nadia needs someone else's hand and is willing to give her body? If that is the case, then the fault lies in itself.

But when you see a man who valiantly, fearlessly, comes to see him, which woman will not be interested?

The face and posture of the man is a magnet for women. Not to mention Tristan, Bimasena is a rich man. Complete package to make his sister lose her mind.

The activity of the people inside the warteg was halted for a moment when a luxury sports car pulled over right in front of the warteg. They look at each other, because it is a step when someone parks a car as good as it is in a place like this.

"There's another order for us" exclaimed Johan with a happy face.

Usually people with money hire their services to collect debts, for security or to commit terror.

But he gasped as soon as he saw who was coming down from the gray car. The man he beat yesterday in his house.

Is that his sister's boyfriend, to have a sports car that only certain people have?

What was the man's motivation for his sister?

Dare that man come to his place now. Doesn't he know this place is a wolf's den?

"Please sit down Sir!" Johan welcomes guests in a friendly manner, thinking his guests are a hotbed of money.

"How dare you come here! You want to die in this place?" he was bluffing to drop the guts of the young man in the new one entered into the warteg.

But there was no expression of fear at all on the young man's face. Even without being asked to pull a chair and sit right in front of him.

"What do you want?" he saw a young man who was too brave for him. Though his face was still swollen and bruised after being beaten by him.

"I want to talk to Bang Herial. Please time." The man wasn't as polite and friendly yesterday anymore.

"All right, you hear me all right. Don't ever see my sister again. Never disturb their homes. If you still do, then your life will end in my hands." He won't open the negotiating room to the man.

"Bang, Nadia is now pregnant. Therefore I came, because I wanted to hold him accountable" the man in the gray shirt said.

"Nadia's pregnant? So you think Tristan is barren and then can't make Nadia pregnant?"

"It's not like that, but ... "

He did not give Bimasena time to speak.

"Get out now." Furious he stood up from his chair expelling the man.

All his friends stood up and threatened Bimasena.

Bimasena finally stood up, nodding respectfully to him "Excuse me Bang!"

But before Bimasena came out, the man stared intently one by one at the face of his friend. He showed that he was not afraid of the snares of his friends.

"Nonsense, did we just brush that guy? Dare to look at me like that" Johan said, stirred with emotion.

But he prevented it with his hands, "Don't!"

Since he had already realized, Bimasena was not a worthy opponent.