Husband, If Your Father Is On Your Mother, Your Sins Are On Me

Episode 11

[I, Jejen Marisa apologize for the lies I told yesterday in this group. The real events are not what I am telling you. I overestimated the story because of the emotion to Mother Rere. To Mother Rere, I apologize profusely for my actions.]

My phone clinks many times the sign of many notifications coming in. Apparently it comes from WA Citizen Group. After a moment of silence, I typed a reply sentence.

[I, Rere Demian apologized to Ms. Jejen with a heartfelt heart. I personally also apologize for the displeased word. Hopefully this can be a lesson for all of us in the future.]

WA citizen groups are back. Some of them asked me the real chronology. However, since I have forgiven each other, I do not comment on their questions.

***

I was lip-picking with the finishing touch of my favorite liptint brand when mas Yandri came into the room.

"Come on Neng, ready?"

After a while, I stood up and pegged my reflection in the mirror. I nodded and walked with Mas Yandri towards the car.

The event in the office is quite good. The employees kindly gave their welcome and prayed that Yandri and I would be at home in this city. We talked until it didn't feel like the night was getting late. By 11, the show was over and we were home.

***

Ms. Jejen and her gang members never bother again. They tend to shy away if they see me. For a while I felt the calm I had dreamed of. Shortly after marriage, I was confronted by the bustle at the mother-in-law's house. When I just moved here, I was also confronted by the behavior of Ms. Jejen. Remembering something, I picked up my phone and squeezed my mother-in-law's contact.

"Assalamualaikum mom, healthy?" I said after my phone call was picked up on the second ring.

*Waalaikumsalam Re, thank God the mother is healthy. You how? How's yandri?"

"Thank God, ma'am, we're both healthy...."

The conversation lasted until the next half hour. We talk about light things. My mother-in-law wasn't as good as I thought. Maybe because we are far away now. Towards Dhuhur, I decided to turn off the phone line.

***

It's been a few days since Yandri came home not on time. Besides, he didn't tell me before. Living with someone will make you know if there is behavior that is out of the ordinary. Likewise with me, I feel there is a change that happened to mas Yandri. Not obvious, but I feel.

***

Tok Tok Tok!

My door was knocked on by someone at exactly 8 p.m. It's definitely not Yandri because I didn't hear the sound of his car.

Mrs Jejen stands on the terrace with a flat view. After letting him in, I went to the kitchen to make a drink.

"Drink first, ma'am," I said slowly.

Mrs Jejen looks agitated. I don't know why I'm starting to feel anxious. My instincts say something's not right.

"Look Neng Rere, I'm sorry I've been seeing you all night. But there's something I want to tell Neng Rere."

I knit an eyebrow. When someone who tends to like to talk rude suddenly speaks slowly and subtly, there must be something big that will be conveyed.

"Look Neng Re, I don't mean to complain or anything. But..," said Jejen ma'am hanging.

I saw a look of doubt on his face. I wanted to ignore it, but I was curious.

"But what is Miss Jejen? Neng doesn't understand that I don't tell stories. Nothing ma'am, just tell me."

For a few moments, Jejen stared into my eyes with an expression that was getting harder and harder. He slowly fiddled with his phone and gave it to me.

I can't imagine the expression on my face when I see the photo in Jejen's cell phone gallery. The cold started running down my back, and my knees went limp for a moment. In the lower right corner of the photo there is a watermark when taking the photo. The photo was taken about an hour ago.

Feeling weak, I leaned back.The clarity of my mind had been taken away replaced by assumptions that made me overthinking. Miss Jejen looked at me pity.

"So I went out shopping with my son, when I did not accidentally meet Mr. Yandri. I think it was Neng Rere and I intend to say hello. It turned out that after approaching, I realized that Mr. Yandri was with another woman."

Jejen's speech went deep into my brain and slowly created pain in my heart.