HUSBAND'S HEART

61 LETTERS FROM LINDA

Twenty-three years ago.

"About Linda's boy or girl, is it, Mas Bram?" ask Holy to her husband, Bramantio who is usually called Bram.

"Where do you know, brother. Just choose a neutral color, it's funny yellow, or it's just green, it's funny too."

Bram and Suci, a married couple who are in a babyshop, a baby and children's supply outlet in the city center. They were shopping for some items to serve as a gift for the birth of a child from Linda, Bram's secretary.

After they finished choosing, they brought the items to the cashier table and asked to be wrapped in wrapping paper.

Along the way to the hospital where Linda gave birth, Bram and Suci talked. While controlling the steering wheel of the sliding-door minibus, Bram responded to each Holy utterance calmly.

"Destiny is weird sometimes, Mom. We who have been married for years and have been able but not yet God gifted a child. While Linda and Jacob, whose life is like a runaway, already have two children."

"Need faith, sir, to see the justice of God. Perhaps in our judgment, we are already capable, but God still judges us unfit. As for Jacob, this may be a form of testing and grace since Jacob decided to convert. We just wish them and their children the best."

"Linda was a strong woman, yes, Mas. They were both from the family in the capital, since Jacob was expelled from his family, Linda faithfully followed Jacob wherever he went."

"And finally met us in this city, helped us pioneer the garment business. Maybe God sent them to us this way. Otherwise we might still be sales mills trading our parents like before, hehe."

"If ndak nyales, yes we will not meet, Mas."

"Alhamdulillah. We should also thank Jacob for supporting each other as we are today, Dik."

"Yes, Jacob and Linda's service to us is huge huh, ma'am."

Until they arrive at a special hospital for mothers and children, where Linda gave birth to her second child.

Bram and Linda were astonished by the existence of several people dressed in formal black who went back and forth in and out of the hospital.

"Tamen ma'am cunzai!"

"Rang women qu."

Two of the men spoke their language. He was followed by another friend leaving the hospital.

After asking the receptionist, Bram and Suci made their way to the ward shown by the receptionist. It turned out that they were heading to the hallway where the people in black clothes had gathered. And they arrived at the door of the room in question.

Bram and Suci were shocked, thinking they had the wrong room, but seeing an empty room with one person in black standing up to welcome their arrival.

"Good day, Mrs."

"Good afternoon. Sorry we got the wrong room."

"Are you Miss Linda's family?"

"Sorry, we're the boss, Linda's just our employee. Whose father? Where's Linda?" Bram already had a bad feeling, he was sure they must be messengers from one of the parties, either the Jacob family or the Linda family.

"It seems they're running away again. Linda has a huge debt to us."

"So you're a debt collector? Sorry this is a hospital, don't disturb the peace of our patients," there happened to be a brother or a male nurse passing by and knowing a little bit of the furore of the arrival of some men in black.

"I'm sorry, excuse me" the man in black finally left after saying his farewell politely.

Bram immediately asked Linda where the nurse was.

"The patient in Linda's name came out this morning."

"How is it possible, just gave birth last night, why could this morning have gone home?"

"Yes, it was dawn that her husband filed home forcibly, because there was a nurse accompanying so allowed by the doctor."

"For more details maybe Father Mother can see our doctor?"

Almost a month from the incident, Linda has not appeared because her retirement is still two weeks away. But strangely Jacob never appeared, even though he was only a one-week permit.

In the early hours of the morning, when Suci woke up about to pray tahajud, there was a knock on the side door. Usually only close people who meet through the side door.

At first he did not heed the voice because there was no sound of people saying greetings or calling. But because it repeated three times, finally Suci woke Bram to see who knocked on the door in the morning blind.

When Bram tried to unlock the door, there was the sound of people running and going on motorcycles. Bram came out to look at the situation, because in front of the door there was absolutely no one.

While Saints were still inside, picking up the phone that suddenly rang. Apparently Linda.

"Sorry, Holy Mother. I take Joanne, please take good care of her. They're after us again, there's no way we're taking Joanne. We'll definitely be back."

Linda's voice sounded like she was crying in fear. Suci did not have time to answer because the phone was closed. Looks like Linda called from a pay phone.

Bram went into the house while dragging a large cardboard that was not tightly closed to the top. He suspected that the cardboard was a discarded baby and that the lighting on the side porch was too dark to see it.

How surprised he was when he opened the box. A small baby box made of rattan wood with mosquito nets tightly closed. Carefully, Bram took out a baby box that turned out to be quite heavy and placed it on the table.

Suci who can suspect there is a baby in it is very enthusiastic waiting for Bram to open the baby box mosquito net.

A tiny baby who was sleeping while sucking the pacifier was in the box.

"Beautiful, like Linda," murmured Holy saw the little white baby.

Bram who heard Holy muttering also sighed deeply. He had suspected that the knocker of the door was Jacob, so it was no wonder when Suci muttered Linda's name.

Bram rechecked the contents in the cardboard. There are two large bags of clothes, milk and baby equipment, under the baby box.

When Suci was about to hold the baby, a piece of paper was poked from the folds of bedong cloth.

Suci also pulled the letter and handed it to Bram who immediately opened and read the letter.

📃

To

Mr. Bram and the Holy Mother

Which we respect

Assalamu'alaikum. Wb., uh.,

Before we beg thousands of apologies, because we always trouble Mr. Bram and the Holy Mother.

We are sure that this time Father and Mother would not mind helping us once again.

We can't be in this town anymore.

We have sacrificed our son, Joseph, that God may guide him later, that we may gather in His house.

Just enough Joseph...

With all our humility, we ask that Father and Mother accept our daughter as the daughter of Father and Mother for the safety of our daughter. Please hide his identity, because while we tell them that our daughter is dead, we trust our daughter to Father and Mother completely.

God willing, we will be back.

Wassalamu'alaikum,

Linda

Yuana cried as she listened to Ilham read a letter from her biological parents that Yuana did not know. While Joseph's doctor still could not accept the fact that greatly struck him.

"It just says Joseph, not necessarily me!"

Ilham handed the letter to Yuana who was received with trembling hands. Bu Aminah approached and sat down beside Yuana. Swiping Yuana's back then scooped in her embrace.

"Dad, why did you cry?"

"When you want to hug your mother?"

Nabila nodded then came down from the lap of Inspiration and walked quietly timidly.

Ms. Aminah grabbed Nabila and put her in a loving embrace, hoping that the little girl would appreciate her mother's unfocused attention on her.

When Nabila's tiny hands were raised and rubbed on Yuana's wet cheeks, Yuana turned her eyes to her beloved daughter.

Yuana imagined if what happened to Linda, her biological mother, whether she would do the same to Nabila. Will he leave Nabila to others or even bring Nabila on the run that is not guaranteed security?

Yuana who could not imagine herself had to separate from Nabila was suddenly hugging her little daughter tightly.

For a while, each fell silent immersed in his own thoughts.

Yusron and Ilham glanced at each other as Yusron's hand slowly took out another laminated piece of paper from the stopmap. A birth certificate.

On the paper it was clearly printed the names of the children and their parents.

📄

^^^**************** was born^^^

...-- JOANNE TANOEWIDJAYA...

THE SECOND SON OF FATHER JACOB TANOEWIDJAYA AND MOTHER LINDA HAPSARI

______

"Yuana, how did you know that you and Joseph were brothers?" yusron asked breaking the silence just a moment ago.

"The day before the wedding, Yuana overhears the father-mother debate. Dad told me that Yuana and Kak Jo are siblings, the biological children of the secretary father. Even mother advised father to explain everything to Brother Jo, but father said that if Kak Jo's family knew who Yuana was, mother's father would definitely lose Yuana," replied Yuana with half sobbing.

"What happened to my family? Papa supported me in proposing to you, Yuana. Even you know your own Mom loves you too. You don't make it up!"

"Kalem, Bro," Yuana's unwilling inspiration is yelled at trying to appease Joseph's doctor.

"Ckk," replied with an annoyance.

"Can anyone explain what really happened? Mommy might be ngertos?"

But Ms. Aminah just shook her head.

Hah, now have to ask who tried? Mr. Bram and the Holy Mother and Amar who know the secrets of Yuana's past are not all there.

"Let's look at this birth certificate first. It says Jacob Tanoewidjaya's father and Linda Hapsari's mother. Let's investigate that first, how?"

"Jacob Tanoewidjaya?" ask doctor Yusuf.

"Yes, Jacob Tanoewidjaya," Yusron presented Yuana's birth certificate to Joseph's doctor in order to read it himself.

"Jacob... Jacob..," Joseph's doctor muttered, remembering Jacob's name. If the Tanoewidjaya family he is very familiar, it is the family clan of the big mama, but not necessarily the same family is not it? If it's the same family, it's certain that Jacob is just a cousin even a distant cousin Mamah Mei because if it's your siblings, all he knows. Mom's cousins, she knows.

"Is that Tanoewidjaya one of the nine dragons?" Inspiration also tries to guess.

There is no answer to the question of Inspiration, apparently no one knows.

Fad, Ilham typed on the search page in his phone. Name of Jacob Tanoewidjaya.

There are several articles about several Tanoewidjaya family businesses that patronize the country. Then Ilham touched the picture menu, and appeared some images related to the articles. After scrolling for a while, there was an image containing an announcement like that.

Ilham also opened the picture, and it turned out to be an official announcement from the Tanoewidjaya group. Which states that the date listed, named Jacob Tanoewidjaya is no longer part of any Tanoewidjaya group. Everything related to the name Jacob Tanoewidjaya no longer has any relationship with the Tanoewidjaya group.

Ilham suspected that Yuana had something to do with the family. But he did not dare to conclude before knowing the true situation.

Ilham immediately requested a letter from Linda held by Yuana and a birth certificate held by Joseph's doctor. Retain both important letters into a stopmap that appears to contain other documents. No matter what, everyone looked at him in wonder.

He felt that today's surprise was too much and heavy, especially for Yuana and Joseph's doctor. So he also wants to finish for today and wants all to calm down first, in order to be able to think about what steps to take next.

Ah, it seems like the time to propose to Yuana properly still takes a long time. Yes, he has to be patient and fight harder.

"Yes, we'd better get here today. The reality we found today is very hard for all of us, especially for Yuana and you, Suf. It's been... Now don't discuss anything about this. Now it's almost afternoon, I'm sure everyone hasn't had lunch yet" the perceptive Yusron finally closed their conversation.

Ms. Aminah who had wanted to escape from the tense atmosphere immediately by bergas got up and walked to the kitchen to prepare lunch. Soon after, Yuana followed to help her.

Warming vegetable lodeh tewel or young jackfruit, frying bacem tofu tempeh and pindang drunk. Do not forget to put the cracker setoples mixed with rempeyek and a small bowl of sambal specially made by Bu Aminah.

Ilham also headed to the dining room while holding Nabila, while Yusron still persuaded the doctor Yusuf to want to join lunch together.

BRAKKK!

PYARRR

TINN TINN....

Impact sound, broken glass, car alarm and...

Bugh... Bugh... The sound of people hitting each other.

"HEY! MLAYU OJO!"

Yusron and doctor Yusuf looked out and saw what was going on.

"Sopo, Riel?!" yusron asked as soon as he saw Nazriel ride the steps into the courtyard.

"Don't understand, Mas. Wong loro gae Ireng-ireng destroyed my white car," Nazriel replied as he opened his jaw wide, which had been hit by a mysterious person's blow.

Dr. Yusuf immediately turned off the alarm and saw the state of his car.