Best Defense

chapter 47

Almost two hours after Nino left to pick up the phone but has not returned. Mother and Franda wondered but none of them spoke about it, they only talked lightly about Franda's pregnancy and her birth plan later. Franda tried to take her mind off her husband, not wanting to drag on in her grief and heartache. Thinking of Nino continuously making her head hurt even more, it was better to leave it alone and focus on the baby in her womb who now needed her attention more.

Mia went in with a bag of change of clothes for Franda, she looked around the room and did not see her sister-in-law there, "Your husband?" he wondered at Franda.

Franda spread her shoulders, "Don't know." she replied nonchalantly, trying to hold back her anger in front of Mom.

"Mom, gohome... Waiting in the lobby. Let me take care of Panda here." said Mia.

"Yes, take good care of your sister. Tell Mom if anything happens." replied Mom to tell her youngest daughter.

Mia nodded, and immediately escorted Mother out after saying goodbye to Franda.

"How's it?" mia asked back.

Franda looked in surprise upon hearing her sister's question. "What?"

"Nino. What did he say?" ask Mia again.

"I'm lazy to talk about it, just let him do what, I don't care." replied Franda while kneading her temple.

"You want to eat something?" tanya Mia switched the conversation, She could catch her brother's intentions even though she knew that the pregnant woman in front of her must have been thinking about her husband.

Franda.

There was no sound in Franda's treatment room for a long time, Mia was lying on the sofa busy with her phone while her pregnant sister had been asleep for some time. Mia turned her gaze towards the door and looked at Nino who had just entered.

Nino walked over to his sleeping wife, sitting there for a long time, looking at Franda's deep face. His guilt just burst forth, the 34-year-old man could not hold back his tears. Regretting all his mistakes that caused his wife to bleed until finally lying in the hospital. In the end, a feeling of tightness in his chest so that by squeezing his shirt, one hand supports his head in the hospital bed.

The regret became more when he saw the big belly of Franda in which there is the fruit of their love that has been expected for so long, Franda, unable to imagine what will happen if the prospective child they have been waiting for is affected by his behavior. They are lucky that God still saves Franda's womb, otherwise he will be immediately vanished by his wife, lost without a trace.

"I'm sorry... I don't want to hurt you, honey. I just wait to not be in touch with him anymore. Trust me.." said Nino softly on the sidelines of his cry, more like a whisper.

Mia who heard the cry of her sister-in-law was just silent, her mother's sense still appeared even though she was also upset with the man.

"Don't cry for your own stupidity, you're done. The panda won't accept you again this time" Mia said softly and cynically.

Nino raised her head, She forgot her sister-in-law who had been sitting on the sofa behind her. He quickly wiped away his tears and moved closer to Mia.

"How can he see me?" nino asked, his gaze fixed on his sleeping wife.

Mia frowned at the stupid question of her sister-in-law, "You mean? Are you still in touch with him?" Mia asked back.

"Then you just met him because he asked you to? How could you prefer to meet her parents instead of accompanying your wife through the womb? I don't understand your way of thinking, Brother-in-law!" sindir Mia withholding her voice so as not to disturb her brother's sleep.

"That's my fault. Her father had heart disease, he was hospitalized because Jenny told him about our relationship a year ago. He wanted me to come to apologize for his daughter's guilt, but I was also guilty there. Jenny had also said to bring Franda, but there was no way I could do it, Franda could think things through, I didn't expect this to be the end" Nino said regretfully.

"Then why are you hugging her? At least you can find somewhere else if you have to, don't do it in a public place like that. Who are you showing off to?" Mia grunted in annoyance.

Nino shook her head weakly, "I didn't hug her, it happened so quickly. If you look at us, you'll see only he hugs me. I didn't reply to her at all, but I couldn't dodge that moment." replied Nino desperately. He knows the answer won't fix things, but at least he's telling the truth.

"Just meeting your former mistress is the wrong thing!" Mia continued to attack Nino with her scathing words.

Nino lowered her head again, not responding to her sister-in-law's words. What Mia said was true.

"Where have you been? Why did you come at this hour?" mia asked after a long silence.

Nino took a deep breath before speaking, "Papa Jenny died." he replied listlessly.

"Huh? So you went to see him and comfort him again? While your wife was lying in the hospital? Oh, My God! You're really fucked up right now! You're done if Panda hears this!" Mia patted her head and threw her body onto the back of the sofa. Nino's way of thinking was incredible for him.

"I have to how? I got involved there, however I got carried away with this, her father wouldn't have died if Jenny hadn't told me about our mistake."

"It's his business, his selfless daughter and making love to his own boss who already has a wife. Why blame others?" Mia responded again with her sharp sentence.

"Mia, you don't understand..."

"Yes, I don't understand because I'll never snatch people's husbands. Huh, what a shame! May God keep me away from a man like you because I'm not sure I'll finish him off as soon as I do."

Nino was speechless at the sharp words of her sister-in-law. Her tongue could not fight Mia's spicy mouth.

In the gurney, Franda, who had been lying there since she woke up when her husband sobbed beside her, she heard all the conversations of her husband and sister. Without them realizing the woman was crying in silence, all the words that came out of her husband's mouth pierced her heart so deeply that it penetrated her heart. Franda chose not to react from the beginning to know the truth, but what she heard made the tightness in her chest even more.

Franda opened her eyes, pretended to be surprised to see Nino sitting on the sofa, then got up and tried to get off the hospital bed but she struggled because her body was still weak, also the dizziness that has not disappeared completely.

"Darling, you need anything?" asked Nino as soon as he saw his wife awake, he walked over and was about to reach Franda's hand but was immediately pushed aside by his wife.

"Mia, please help me!" franda said without responding to her husband's remarks.

Mia immediately approached and helped her older sister walk to the bathroom and accompany her inside.