CONFINEMENT

CH 108 - BARA IN CHAFF PART II

With a growl Seto left Sariwati alone in the room, the young woman could only see her husband's back with teary eyes.

Her feelings are uncertain after the debate that occurred between her and Seto.

Sariwati looked back at the sky at the edge of the window, not long after someone came up to her and said,

"Why are you, Nduk?"

"Why don't you go with your husband to the living room?"

"Mommy Look at your husband's moody face and bend his face."

"Did you guys fight?

"Why don't you join us for dinner?"

"Your father and your father are waiting for you there."

"Not so much as your husband, too,"

"Let's eat together." Madame Warika told the child.

Sariwati did not budge and kept looking out the window.

The young lady wiped her tears, then stammered she said to the Mother, saying,

"I'm not hungry yet, Mi."

"You eat first,"

"Later if I'm hungry for sure I'll take it myself." said the young lady briefly.

Madam Warika gently stroked the back of her daughter, the middle-aged woman again said,

"Don't be stubborn, Wati."

"Aren't you paying attention to your current condition?"

"Mommy's granddaughter in your womb that also requires food intake."

"Sometimes you will know what it's like to be a mother" Mrs Warika said.

"And as for your quarrel with your husband, you're done fine."

"You're both grown up and soon you'll be parents."

"Let's go with Mami," persuaded madam Warika back.

"But Mi, I'm not hungry yet."

"Right now I just want to be alone" Sariwati replied to her mother.

"What's wrong with you, Wati?"

"Tell Mami, who knows, sharing can lighten the burden you're currently experiencing."

back Madam Warika persuaded the child.

Sariwati simply shook her head lightly from the corner of her eyes melted the clear details of tears, her lips quivering helplessly uttering a word.

Seeing that, Madam Warika hugged the child's body, Sariwati as he pleased in the arms of the mother.

"Say Wati, what happened?"

"Aren't you usually like this?"

"Did Seto make you sad?" mrs Warika asked as she led Sariwati to sit on the edge of the bed in the room.

"No, Mi."

"This has nothing to do with Seto"

"She is very kind and considerate to me, Mi." said Sariwati lirih.

Then what's Wati?" sergeant lady Warika,

Sariwati held both of the Mother's palms as she pleased,

"I'm sorry Wati, Mi."

"I'm sorry." The young woman was shriveled.

"Sorry for what, Wati?"

"Have you made a mistake we didn't know about?" tanyanya Warika is back.

Sariwati just shook her head,

"That's not Mi, that's not what I meant."

"Then what is Wati?"

"Mommy doesn't understand."

"Tell me the truth." - Madame Warika told the child.

With a deep sigh, Sariwati said,

"Let me meet her Mi, until now I still feel guilty for everything that has happened" replied Sariwati as she lowered her head.

The old woman looked at the child and said again,

"What do you mean the Surau guard youth?" said the middle-aged woman while frowning her forehead.

Sariwati nodded lightly while wiping her tears.

"For what else do you want to meet her, Wati?"

"Didn't you promise Mami before you married Seto that you'll never see the young man again" Warika said as she looked at Sariwati's face.

"I just wanted to apologize to him Mi,"

"While all this mess has involved me a little" Sariwati told her mother.

"But all this has been going on for a long time, Wati,"

"The young man refused our help when his mother met him in the detention room."

"Have a son, forget the young man."

said Madam Warika still with a look at her daughter.

"Right now you are the wife of the person and it is not good for you to meet another man who has no kinsmen. "back said the lady Warika gently gave understanding to the child.

"But Mi-" said Sariwati choked did not continue her words because the mother's hand hinted for her not to continue what she wanted to say.

"No buts, Wati,"

"Mami won't let you, but if you force Mami to grant you one condition, you must be accompanied by your husband Seto to meet the young man."

madam Warika told Sariwati, The girl tried to protest but the mother gestured back by shaking her head.

"Had it been, it's better that you come with Mami to the dining room, Mami doesn't want to happen things that will worsen the atmosphere again," concluded Ms. Warika while taking Sariwati to the living room, both of them stepped out of the room.

The atmosphere of the Governor's residence was again quiet, only visible light conversation of the residents in the middle of the magnificent building.

***

Not feeling the time passed quickly, the life of the people of the State of the Beach runs as usual, as well as the life of Muhibbin with his Nephew and adopted Brother.

Slowly they have forgotten the bittersweet happenings they experienced.

That afternoon in Surau An Nur, a young man was teaching lessons to the children present at the place. The boisterous voice of the santri understatedly read the Quran he held each. The little children were the sons of the daughters of nomads in the Coast Country.

Since the last few months Surau An Nur enlivened by children who are studying where it is the only place in the Coast Country that teaches religious knowledge.

One by one the little children were alternating forward to get the guidance of the man who was none other than Muhibbin.

With painstakingly the young man taught one by one his students, it also appears that the Holy Kingdom helped the uncle teach children his age.

Amid the fanfare of children teaching, Surau An Nur door rattled and some people burst into the courtyard.

Seeing this, Muhibbin whispered to his nephew the Holy Kingdom,

"Sir, you continue to teach you with the others, apparently we have a guest."

"Sir Lik will meet them first, you continue." Muhibbin told the Holy Kingdom, The little girl nodded and saw her uncle leaving her and the other students.

Before long Muhibbin was in the courtyard of Surau where he saw a woman dressed in kebaya with an orange veil in flops by two men of large stature.

The woman's gaze swept all over Surau An Nur and her gaze stopped on the young man who was approaching before her.

"Good Afternoon, ladies and gentlemen."

"What can I help you with?" asked the young man who was none other than Muhibbin.

"Is this really Surau An Nur?" ask the woman to Muhibbin.

"Miss, this is Surau An Nur."

"If you can know who this lady is? what can I help you with?" answer Muhibbin.

The orange-clad woman looked fixedly at Muhibbin, where she watched the young man in front of her.

"I'm looking for a guy named Muhibbin, is he here?" the woman asked back to Muhibbin, his gaze flat on the young man.

"I'm Muhibbin, Miss."

"There's a need for what you're looking for me."

"I noticed, Miss is not a Manguntur person, if I may know who and where this Miss is from?" muhibbin said to the Woman in front of him.

"So you're Muhibbin?" said the woman while observing the Youth in front of her.

"My name is Habsari Bonawati, call me Habsari."

"Yes, it's true I'm not here."

"But it doesn't matter."

"The most important thing is that I came here just to see you and ask one thing related to Sariwati" said Habsari flat.

Sontak Muhibbin was surprised by the woman named Habsari before him.

"Sorry Miss Habsari, let's sit there" Muhibbin said as he passed to a bamboo hall beside Surau, Habsari also stepped following the Youth in front of him accompanied by two sturdy men who continued to be beside him.

"Martin, Sentot! you guys wait outside."

"Let me be alone with this young man." Habsari exclaimed to both of his guards and the two men respectfully left the Woman with Muhibbin.

Muhibbin continued to pay attention to the behavior of the people in front of him.

"Let's take a seat, please."

"Sorry my place is very simple" Muhibbin said to Habsari, although the young man wondered who these people really were.

Habsari's gaze continued to stick to the Youth in front of him, his gaze was cold and it made Muhibbin wrong, behavior, and,

"Miss, maybe we first met, but if you hear what Miss said earlier, there are things you want to say to me let alone earlier you mention Sariwati's name."

"Are you still related to Sariwati?" muhibbin said to Habsari who continued to look at him coldly.

Suddenly the woman got up and her hands floated towards Muhibbin's face.

Plaac!!

"Miss! what are you doing?" pekik Muhibbin was surprised as he felt his face hot as a result of Habsari's slap.

"Basin' irresponsible man!"

"Easter!"

"And don't know ethics!" hardik Habsari on Muhibbin.

"What you've been doing with my sister all this time, huh!"

"The lowly human base is shameless, Blandong!"

habsari shouted again to spill his anger on Muhibbin. The young man was even more confused to see the woman in front of him who he had just known suddenly got angry and slapped him.

"Enough, Miss!"

"I don't understand what you mean."

"What is this really about?"

"I haven't had anything to do with Miss since she left me and got married."

"If you just want to make trouble, then please you get out of this place." exclaimed Muhibbin began to provoke his emotions.

"I remind you!"

"Stay away from my sister and don't bother her back!" said Habsari was full of rage while clutching the collar of Muhibbin clothes.

The young man shook his hand, releasing Habsari's grip on his clothes.

"You're this weird, Miss!"

"How can I disturb your sister if I haven't seen her in almost a year?"

"And you need to know that your accusation of a sense of responsibility is wrong!"

"It is your family who refused and humiliated my family when we and your family intended to propose to your sister."

"Until my entire family is killed after our arrival to your extended family home and I still doubt the results of the investigation so far that the perpetrator is not related to your family" Muhibbin said sharply.

Hearing the denial and opposition of the Youth in front of him, Habsari increasingly ascended.

"You don't know who you're dealing with yet, village man!"

"You'll regret having made trouble with my extended family!" said Habsari while getting up and leaving Muhibbin who is still languished in the bamboo hall next to Surau An Nur.

The young man's gaze continued to cling to Habsari's back until the woman disappeared behind the door.

"Basic strange woman."

"Come just angry."

"It is precisely all this chaos caused by his brother and his extended family." murmured Muhibbin as he passed into Surau where his nephew and his students were.

***

A week before the incident in Surau An Nur.

It was seen that two people were having a serious conversation in a Pavilion not far from the residence of the Governor of the Coast Country.

"Is it true that you said all that, Seto?"

"If so, all this time Wati has been doing disgrace with other men."

said a woman to the man sitting in front of her, the woman was none other than Habsari and the man near her was Seto Nugroho Sariwati's husband.

"Rubber, Ms Yu."

"During this time, Wati has never fulfilled her obligations as a wife."

"His attitude was always cold and rejected my existence as her husband."

"My patience has its limits, Ms. Yu."

"I don't accept being played like this and I will make calculations with the man who has desecrated my wife" Seto exclaimed in anger.

Habsari coldly said,

"Do you know who that guy is?"

"Did Wati tell you?" Habsari.

Seto shook his head while staring at Habsari,

"I don't know, Ms. Yu."

"I've felt all along as a puppet to cover up the disgrace in your family."

"If this news is heard by my family, you all know what will happen" Seto told Habsari.

Habsari sighed and the lady said again,

"Let me take care of all this, for now you don't need to involve our extended family in resolving this matter."

"I know what I'm gonna do."

"Now go, accompany Papi and uncle Timoti in the dining room."

"Don't let them be suspicious about what you're going through in your family" Habsari told Seto's sister-in-law.

The man nodded and got up from his seat leaving Habsari still glued to the Pavilion's porch.

"This must be the way the young man of the village did."

"Bad!" muttered Habsari while clenching her hands full of anger.

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Note Author:

*Sorry to all readers of KAHANAN because some days never update, because something happened and take a lot of thought and attention to be resolved in RL, please be understood.

Salam*s*.