
Djiwa lowered her face, she felt very guilty this time. "They .. don't know about our marriage. To be honest, I didn't want to tell them. I just want to prepare you to meet them."
"Prepared? What does that mean? You mean, all this time I wasn't ready to meet them or all this time I didn't deserve to meet them? Yes, I'm just an ordinary country girl. I'm widowed. I'm an ex-con too. I'm not panting, Mom, for you. I realize that. You're saying I'm not ready to meet your parents because I'm not worthy to be their daughter-in-law?" The rose said it softly while holding back her tears.
Sadness approaches the rose. Her tears came back without her being able to take it anymore. It hurts so much to love someone who has a lot of differences with him. It is love that unites them, but it is also love that makes the Rose realize that there is such a deep gap between them that they may not be able to cross.
"Darling, that's not what I mean." The soul sees sorrow in the eyes of the Rose. He didn't want the rose to hurt. He does not want the rose to hurt. "I-i"
The rose cuts off the speech of the Soul. Rose knew her husband was trying to comfort her heart which was very sick and sad. "I'm self-conscious, Mas. I realize that I am unworthy and unworthy of you. Melati is more worthy of you. He comes from a respectable family whose social status is the same as yours. Far away compared to me. I'm just an orphan who was kicked out of the village for killing her own husband. I know what your parents will think, Mom. Where is there an old man who would accept a son-in-law like me? Being a parent would do the same. I don't want to have a daughter-in-law like myself, who has a lot of dark records in life,"
"I'm aware of Mas. I'm self-conscious. I also know I do a lot of things for me. The more I realize, the more I'm sure that we're not created to be united." The rose again wiped away the tears dripping down her cheeks.
The soul shook his head quickly. "No. We will definitely unite. You believe the same. I will never let you go at any time. The only woman I love is you, Rose. We will fight for our love. They don't care about your past. He is also not afraid if the whole world judges Mas because Mas prefers you over other women on this earth. For Mas, the only woman who is good, beautiful and has a commendable character is only you. I don't care about the others."
Djiwa pulled the Rose in his arms, at this time he could still protect his wife. Somehow later. To be sure, with all his strength Djiwa will continue to protect his wife and defend their household at any time.
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Melati never accepted such humiliation by Djiwa and the woman named Rose whom she considered not a caste with her. After being taken home by force by his parents, Melati suddenly asked to be delivered to the office of Djiwa's parents.
"Would you go there? It's not enough for you to embarrass yourself in front of those villagers?" Papa Melati looks very angry. He was upset because his daughter had done as she pleased and became more upset because Djiwa defended the village girl more than her son.
"Pa, it can't be like this. I can't accept seeing Djiwa defend that fucking village woman! I have always loved Djiwa and fought for our love. I've always wanted to show my parents that I'm worthy as a son-in-law. Whatever I do to get Angkasa Djiwa. Now, at a time when my efforts were almost successful, Djiwa chose the damned country girl instead. I don't want all my efforts to go to waste, Pa." Melati spoke with a fiery voice.
Melati's self-esteem is hurt. When Djiwa did not choose her, she felt like she was the ugliest woman in the whole world, so Djiwa saw her as a little unwilling. It turns out that the Rose has made the Soul forget Melati. More and more feel trampled on self-esteem Melati because who managed to seize Djiwa is only a village girl.
"We never know until we try, Pa. I'm sure Om Prabu Wisesa will trust my words more than his own son. Let's see Pa, what the old man will do to his son's household. Papa heard it for himself, didn't he just say that he used to live in prison? Where would the Om Prabu family that upholds self-esteem accept a daughter-in-law with such a dark past?" Melati felt confident that she would be trusted by her Father Djiwa.
"Dare right, Pa. Let's try to get him to Papa Djiwa. Let the boy know the taste has made our daughter hurt!" Mama Melati is pumping her husband. He could not see his son being treated like that.
Even Papa Melati could not say anything. What was said by his daughter was true, surely a former business opponent who is now a business partner will trust Melati more than the daughter-in-law who has been hidden by her own child. "Then we go there. Papa will call Papa's confidant to find out who the Roses are. Papa can't accept that Papa's daughter is being treated at will by the village line!"
Melati smiled happily. His father is now in a stronghold with him. Papa Melati then contacted his acquaintance and asked for the data of the Rose as soon as possible. It is not difficult for people like Mr. Danar Hadi to find the identity of the Rose. The life history of Roses who once languished in prison is now cantongi.
They then headed to Prabu Wisesa's office. The arrival of his Papa Melati made Pak Prabu Wisesa a little surprised. Because the events of recent times made their relationship stretch back. Mr. Prabu is more defensive and believes what Djiwa says. No more warm smiles like when they played chess together some time ago.
Mr. Prabu Wisesa looked at his guests one by one. Mr. Surya who faces upset, Melati who looks disheveled and also full of emotions, and the wife of Mr. Surya whose face is not much different from the two people who are with him.
"We're not going to waste your time too long. The purpose of our arrival here is to report what has been done by the father's son-in-law, in this case of course is the wife of Angkasa Djiwa." Pak Surya without a stale base immediately mentioned the purpose of their arrival.
"Holy? I didn't hear wrong? Whose daughter-in-law? My son Angkasa Djiwa is not married. How can I have a daughter-in-law, and my own child is unmarried?" ask Mr. Prabu. His forehead is deep.
"That's according to my father. The truth is, Father's son, Angkasa Djiwa is married to an ex-convict for the murder of her ex-husband. So, your son-in-law is a murderer. Don't you know?" Papa Melati was seen smiling with satisfaction when his father Djiwa was so shocked by the information he gave.
"Former killers?"
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