CURTAINS OF THE PAST

LIE

"How Dear? Is everything safe?". Toni was behind his wife.

"Mama and Papa are watching TV, baby. I'll try to distract them." Whisper Iffah from behind the wall of the family room that they will pass through.

Toni nodded. He was very nervous at the time.

"Mom, Dad..." Greet Iffah when they come out of their hiding place. His hand did not stop holding Toni's hand.

"Eh... Iffah, Toni? Where are you guys going?" Chellin asked slightly jolted at the greeting from her daughter-in-law.

"We're going for a walk, Ma, Pa. Scratchy." Evil Iffah lied. He had prepared his mentality earlier. Toni is silent, though she knows that she has trouble lying to her parents.

"Well, what's the tumben?" Ask Bobi then. All they know, the son and daughter-in-law were not used to wandering at night, even though it was still a delapanan. Iffah was starting to look nervous. His face looked a little pale because of it.

"It's Pa... I told the same story Iffah, if the weather is good and the air is also very fresh. So, Iffah whines to get out." Sela Toni's.

"Oh so... Good Nak. You should also know how beautiful the city is if it is explored at night. Don't stay home." Said Bobi.

"Rubber..." Welcomed Chellin to approve her husband's words so eagerly.

"In that case, we say yes Ma, Pa." Said Iffah bidding. She did not want to lie to her husband's parents. "Assalamu'alaikum's chat..." Say them almost simultaneously.

"Wa'alaikumussalam's chat... Be careful..." Bobi and Chellin are almost identical. Toni and Iffah agree on their message and pass from there.

Toni tried to endure the pain in front of her parents as much as possible, so that they were not suspicious and ultimately worried about her condition.

"It hurts, honey?" Iffah whispers with a vibrating sound when they have reached the porch of the house.

"It hurts a little, honey. You don't have to worry. Have you booked your taxi online?" Tony tried to shift his wife's feelings.

"Be..."

"Sister-in-law, Brother Iffah.." Iffah had not yet answered a question from Toni, Suddenly Ghali came to surprise them from the courtyard of the house.

"Ghali…?" Iffah and Toni were both stunned by Ghali's presence in front of them.

JLEEBB...

Toni gulped down his saliva rough. He was so nervous at the time.

"Hey... It's me Ghali. Why is it like seeing a demon like that?" When he saw the reaction of his brother and sister-in-law. "Where are my brothers and sisters-in-law going? How come the clock is outside?"

"You're the one who reached here, Ghali?" Toni asked her sister-in-law without giving an answer.

"Eee habit... The one who went first..." Decaknya slow, but still can be heard by the ears of a couple of husband and wife. "Just get a fresh wind, uh suddenly I see blood splattered there. I was protecting. Yes, I'm back la..." Ghali's speech came to a halt when his gaze found Toni's right foot on tiptoes.

Toni who felt caught by her sister-in-law, immediately straightened her legs back.

"Csssttt... Later Papa and Mama hear." Toni's whisper still smothered Ghali's mouth.

Seems to have calmed down, Toni just released Ghali.

Ghali's eyes were reddened and glazed. Guilt quickly lodged in his mind.

"Is that his leg's blood, Brother-in-law?" Ghali asked bitterly. He really feels guilty.

Toni just nodded slowly.

"Yes Allah... His blood is so good, brother-in-law." Guilt made Ghali unable to hold back his tears from coming out.

"Aeeeh... Crybaby. Shame on the body. It's handsome, but it's crybaby." Rutuk Toni's. "Let's go sweetie." Toni immediately pulled softly the hand of Iffah about to leave Ghali there. He could not bear to see his brother-in-law feeling guilty.

"Where's sister-in-law going?" Megat Ghali held Toni's stocky arm.

"My beloved wife forced me to go to the hospital." Toni whispered a little.

"I'm in... Let me take you." Pinta Ghali.

"Can't be Ghali... Mama Papa will know." Elak Toni's.

"So brother-in-law lied to Mama and Papa, didn't she? Where did you say?"

Iffah tells how they lied to her in-laws before they got out of the house.

"Wait here..." Ghali's orders while entering the house.

"Hadee... Brother and sister are the same. My feet are hurt, even those who cry." Dengus Toni while looking for a position to sit.

Iffah is tailing from behind. "Who told you to be a good person?. Also be my husband again?." Iffah's murmur did not accept.

Toni chuckles while putting her arms around Iffah's neck who also sits with her on the porch of the ceramic-floored house.

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