Dowager Bohay

The Sorrow of Roses

"Pa, why do we suddenly have to go home anyway? If in soap operas, Mama is in the most decisive stage, where the boy's parents are pressuring their child's lover so that they divorce. Why did Dad tell Mama to come home?" Mina's mother was angry with Mr. Prabu during the trip in the car.

Pak Prabu's request suddenly told Mina's mother to come home as if there was nothing in any soap opera scenario. Has come all the way and made the Rose depressed eh asked to go home? It was completely out of context for her husband.

"Wouldn't Papa who was so eager to meet the Rose? Papa said that Papa wanted to see firsthand how the Rose and how a widow ex-convict could make Djiwa fall in love. Why did Papa suddenly seem to give up and ask to go home? Not very clear! It's the same with you, Pa, with your son Djiwa!" mother Mina's Nagging.

Mr. Prabu just resigned when the wife nagged him. He deserves to be loved anyway. Mr. Prabu who invites to meet the Rose, even Mr. Prabu himself who does not have the heart.

At first Mr. Prabu thought the Rose of a barbarian woman was as told by Melati. Seeing the CCTV video that Rendi kept when they had a fight made Pak Prabu think that his daughter-in-law was rude because she had been languishing behind bars, apparently when she met in person, he said, Roses are not what Mr. Prabu thinks they are.

The roses welcome their arrival. He said politely. The way the Rose speaks does seem innocent and innocent, typical of village girls in general but it is precisely what Pak Prabu likes. Not impressed smart and arbitrary like Melati.

Mr. Prabu continued to notice how his wife pressed the Roses. The rose could have avenged his wife by snapping back. Said the killer and other spicy words, surely Rose was very angry. The woman even held back her anger, evident from the tears she let out.

The feeling of unbearability in Mr. Prabu finally defeated the anger that he had been quieting since yesterday. He felt sorry for the rose. Can't bear to see a woman whose fate is already poor must feel the suffering again.

"Papa just can't bear it, Ma," replied Pak Prabu as he looked straight ahead with a blank look.

"Ah Papa this, so mushy so a man. Pa, Roses might have acted on purpose to make Papa believe her crocodile tears. The evidence is now that Papa is deceived. Successfully he has made Djiwa fall in heart eh now Papa also melt!" Mina's mother nagged Pak Prabu all out.

Mr. Prabu let his wife grumble until tired. He swallowed his wife's scolding. He will speak when his wife's anger has subsided.

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The rose kept crying in her room. He was sad because the words of Mother Mina kept ringing in his ears.

Roses are also beginning to be filled with fear. Mother Mina's threat to be separated from Djiwa must not be messing around. What if the two parents separate the two of them?

After crying, the rose is now restless. She was pacing back and forth in the room waiting for her husband who never came home. It was late at night but Djiwa did not go back to the shophouse.

Rose thought that Mina's mother had begun to separate herself from Djiwa. The worry came back to him. Rose quickly took her cell phone and dialed Djiwa's number.

Rose must be disappointed because Djiwa's phone is not active. Undeterred, Rawar now contact Rendi's phone. Like three dollars with his boss, Rendi's phone is also inactive. Desperate roses, where else should she contact her husband?

No one knows where Djiwa lives. Lily also must only know Rendi's cell phone number.

"Yes Allah .. Where are you, Mas? Are you really going to leave me?" mumbles Roses.

The night, the more restless the rose becomes. It was 2 pm but Djiwa had not returned and did not give news. The roses are not calm.

Since then the rose kept looking from the balcony, waiting for her husband to come. Every time you hear the sound of a motorbike or a car, the Rose comes out and finds out whether or not her husband is coming. Unfortunately, until the morning before Djiwa did not come.

The eyes of the Rose had been swollen from crying all night praying for the Soul to return. She was afraid, very afraid of losing her husband. God took Mas Pur from his side. He did not want the Djiwa family to separate themselves from Djiwa.

The sound of a knock on the door of the shophouse made the Rose wake up from her daydream. Quickly removed tears that continue to drip as if never dry. The rose was about to stand up but her legs were cramping.

"Yes, Mel," replied the Rose with a hoarse voice.

"Rose, where are you? I tapped on the shophouse, didn't you open it?" lily protest.

Little hope that knocking on the door is that the soul disappears in an instant. Lily is coming.

"I'm upstairs, Ly. Wait a minute, my legs are cramping. I'll open it." The rose ended the call. Slowly he walked and came down from the top of the shophouse.

Lily was surprised to see the pale face of the Rose and her eyes were swollen. "Roses? You why? Where is Djiwa?" ask Lily.

The rose did not answer Lily's question. He slid in the arms of his best friend and came back crying.

"Cry until you're satisfied and then tell me the same story, yes" Lily said gently and calmly.

Satisfied with crying, Lily brought a Rose sitting inside the shophouse. He made a warm sweet tea and gave it to the rose. "Drink first. You haven't eaten since yesterday?" guess Lily.

Roses nodded. She receives a warm sweet tea from Lily, her hands tremble, almost the glass she holds falls if Lily does not hold it. "Slow down."

The roses are calmer now. He leaned his head against the wall with a blank look. "Mas Djiwa hurt you?" guess Lily.

The rose did not answer. Tears came back from her eyes.

"Trouble yesterday with Mas Djiwa's parents?" guess Lily. He heard what Rose and the parents of Djiwa were talking about but did not want to interfere.

The rose is weak.

"Mas Djiwa said what?" ask Lily.

The rose shrugged both of his shoulders.

"Who? How so? Djiwa didn't defend you?" ask Lily again.

The rose shook its head. "Mas Djiwa hasn't been home since last night, Ly. The phone is inactive. Maybe her parents separated us, Ly? Will I never see Mas Djiwa again?" ask the rose with a hoarse voice.

"So Mas Djiwa hasn't come home since last night?" repeat Lily.

The rose again nodded weakly. "Is our destiny just to get here, Ly?" ask Roses.

"Destiny? What fate do you mean? Roses, not only the dormant Mas Djiwa cell phone, Mas Rendi's phone too. Djiwa has not left you. They're on some important business maybe" Lily said.

Rose sat up straight and looked at Lily as if she saw a trace of hope. "What's important?"

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