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

Episode 13's

The calm given by Mrs Jejen and her friends was apparently only for a moment. He came back to insinuate me. Either blatantly or implicitly in WA groups.

I who often read his insinuations do not want to bother and spend my energy to serve his unfounded nonsense.

The event where he saw Mas Yandri with another woman was used as a card to insinuate me. Many times he discussed the importance of a wife to maintain the appearance so that the husband is at home.

***

"Even when I'm home, I'm in style. Let the eyes of the husband be so adem that if I squirm." Bu jejen said loudly and glanced at me who was walking towards the vegetable maker.

The two friends who also saw me answered Bu Jejen's words in a voice that was no less loud.

"It has to be Miss Jejen. If at home only wear shirts and shorts, how would the husband want to feel at home. In the office there are many fashionable women, who make adem eyes. Turn back to the house he's in."

And many more of their talk. I who deliberately did not listen just silently choose vegetables, occasionally chiming in questions other mothers.

"Re! How long have you been married?" ask Jejen suddenly.

I looked at him. "Almost a month ma'am."

"Loh, I guess the newlyweds. It turned out to have wanted after all," he said smiling cynically

I frowned hearing her words just now.

"Is there a problem, Mom?" ask directly.

"Oh there's no. I don't have any problems. You are the troubled one. I want to marry a child who has not been given as well. Have you checked with a doctor yet? It was barren once."

Older age does not mean wiser. Today I saw with both eyes.

"What is my mother's dream if I am barren?" my challenge.

"It has nothing to do with me at all. I'm sorry if it turns out you're barren. Later you can be left with your husband, Re."

That's enough. I started to respect Mrs Jejen for her courage to apologize when she made a mistake. But, seeing now that he was bothering me again, showing his apology was just a mere remark so that he was free from unwanted situations, not really sincere as I thought before.

I walked towards the exact spot where Mrs Jejen was standing. Looking directly into his eyes, I said,

"Even if my husband leaves me, it is a sign written in my destiny. It has nothing to do with my mother. Oh yes, and the problem of getting pregnant, the mothers know exactly that I am barren?"

Mrs Jejen and her gang were compactly shaking their heads.

"Pregnancy is God's Prerogative. If you are wondering why I have not been pregnant yet, you can ask God directly. Do I want to pray for it soon?"

Mrs Jejen just gawked at my words. As expected, he still did not realize the meaning of my words.

I went back to pick up my vegetable groceries and turned towards the house when I heard her screams,

"Good if you understand. Mother pinter also even though long thought," I cried just before closing the fence.

***

This afternoon Mas Yandri came home with a lot of packages.

"What's the buy?" I asked while closing the door.

"Ge buy Neng, this is the office boy's love."

Mas Yandri put the packages on the dining table and went to the bathroom.

I opened one by one and found a lot of home-cooked food in it. There are also some cakes and fruit.

"Will you eat this one or will you eat Neng's cooking?" I asked when Mas Yandri was sitting at the dining table.

"Yang Neng aja, Mas don't like meat too much, right."

I prepared the plate and sat with him until he finished eating.

"Who is this from? a lot of loh, know someone who wants to send this much food will mending Neng did not have to cook earlier."

"That's from Bagas, Mas's men. He said yesterday there was an event at his house" replied Mas Yandri

After eating my husband went to the front of the television.

I intend to move the food that Mas Yandri brought to another place so that I can wash the container. Tomorrow I will fill it with cake and ask Mas Yandri to return it to Bagas.

At first glance I smell a foul smell coming from the food I've moved. Feeling that I kissed wrongly, I approached Mas Yandri and asked him to confirm whether the food indeed smelled.

"Ngga stinks really Neng, smells of regular cooking."

Back in the kitchen with a frown, one thought popped into my head and made me check out the other food. All the same, it smelled foul and stinging which was strangely not smelled by Mas Yandri.

'So, you wanna play with magic.' I said in my heart and smiled.

***

"Maybe do not carelessly eat people's gifts. If it must be eaten but still doubtful, try to move it to another container first and read the Verse of the Chair. The verse of the Chair is intended, so that God will always protect us. Furthermore, if the food turns into stale in a fast tempo, immediately thrown away. But if the food's okay, it's a safe sign."

"Why can you stale that piece, Mah?"

"If the old man says first, it's a sign that there are those who have bad intentions or there are families who want to get sick, Tea. Wallahu. There's no harm in being alert, is there?"

I remember my conversation with my mother when saying goodbye to her to move following mas Yandri to this city.