Glass Flakes

The Guests I Expect

It was late in the evening when the car Dinda was riding entered the courtyard of the Sanjaya family home. Feeling the car he was riding stopped, Dinda who was busy with her HP also raised her head. His eyes were fixed on the black Land Rover parked right in front of him.

"That's the car" murmured Dinda.

She was determined to strengthen her heart to face the possibility of meeting her husband. Several times he set his breath to eliminate the nervousness that was afflicting him. His hands began to tremble and cold sweat began to moisten his forehead.

Come on, Dinda, last night you even had dinner with him. Why is it still like this.

"Non Dinda want help?" said Mr. Samsul who saw Dinda still silent in the car.

"No, sir, I can do it myself". Dinda opened the door and got out of the car.

Slowly he stepped his foot towards the door which inexplicably he was so afraid to enter. His hands continued to clench dampening the nervousness that increasingly mastered it.

In front of the door, he stopped and took several breaths. After the last sigh, he also steadied his steps into the door that was already in front of him.

"Assalamu'alaikum" he said hesitantly.

How surprised he was to see someone talking to his two parents-in-law.

"Momuuuk,," his screeches and hurls into the arms of his mother Atikah.

"Lho, have you gone home Din? It's so cool to talk until you don't hear you go home". Said Ambar's mother who was not aware of Dinda's return.

"You're healthy, aren't you, son?" Said Atikah's mom letting go of her daughter's hug.

"When is dateng busy? Why not call Dinda? Who's buk here?" berondong Dinda's.

"One-one Din. Mother same father just to herein".

"What father?" Tanya Dinda who had not seen the figure of Mr. Sholeh.

"There's in the bathroom. You also take a shower at night".

"Yes buk, Dinda to the room first yes".

Dinda left the room after saying goodbye to her mother and her two in-laws. With a smile that was still expanding, she ran up the stairs to her room. Not far away, someone noticed him with a smile on his lips.

That night, Mr. Sholeh and Mr. Atikah decided to stay at his house. The sister who had missed her parents invited them to sleep in her room. In the room, Adinda was watching television while laying her head on her mother's lap.

"You're still not healed Din?" Said Atikah's mother stroking Adinda's head.

"Udah kok buk" replied Dinda who thought her mother asked about her stupor last night.

"I mean your traumatized mother"

"Ohhh,,, that. You know, Dinda tried but if you see she's still scared".

"Say you've finished dinner there's Dimas too".

"But at least there has been progress you can meet him like that. You don't want your treatment, son?"

"Wait a minute, I know I stopped going to a psychiatrist. Mama told you a story?" astonished Dinda while upholding her body and sitting cross-legged beside Atikah's mother.

"Dinda, I do live far away from you. But I know everything that has to do with you son. From Ambar and Dimas" explained Atikah.

"You mean, she used to call mom that?"

"Yes, sometimes if his job is deket house he also plays there. And this, mother can now here it's yes because of Dimas".

Atikah's reply really took Dinda by surprise. He really did not expect Dimas to carry out his role as a husband and son-in-law for his family.

"I mean, I didn't come here today because I was visiting Dinda as usual?"

"No. Last night Dimas nelfon ibuk said you were sick. So he told me to come to you. He sent a ticket and he was the one who picked my mom up at the airport".

Dinda was silent listening to her mother's explanation.

"Din, Dimas is good, son. Maybe the way to find you is wrong. But he already regretted it. I didn't know her before she became a rich mother's daughter-in-law. But now what I see Dimas is really sincere son" said Atikah mother softly.

Maya is not a mother, why on earth is she anyway? Isn't he the villain? Why am I the one who feels like the bad guy here?

As Dinda struggled with her thoughts, it was seen that Mr. Sholeh entered the room after finishing chatting with Mr. Lukman in the living room. He sat himself next to his daughter.

"Bonch what the heck pout gini his face" said Mr. Sholeh stroked the top of his daughter's head. "Where's the lecture?" continued Mr. Sholeh.

"Okay sir" Dinda replied briefly.

"Are you happy, Din?" ask Mr. Sholeh.

"Yes sir".

"Din, tomorrow the same father will go to the psychiatrist?" said Atikah suddenly.

"Neither ah buk, Dinda has fallen there. The one Dinda had on the scene" Dinda answered, poking her lips.

"Din, you don't want to hang out with your rich friends first? Have a lot of friends and go anywhere by yourself without worry?" said Mr. Sholeh chimed in his wife's words.

"Dinda has friends, even yesterday Dinda also acquaintances ma temen men on campus. Dinda can handle it sir".

"What about Dimas?".

Been again Dimas again. Why do we mostly talk about him today?

Dinda did stop her treatment unilaterally. Well, maybe he's wrong. But meet with a psychiatrist? Ahhhh, he really hates it. He also wants to live a normal life. Hasn't he handled it so well? He can go to college, have friends, even if not much. He can also socialize with men although it is difficult at first. He could have done it without that pretentious psychiatrist. In addition to curing his trauma to Dimas. Well, Dimas who lately pissed him off because of people who sympathized more with him.