I know you're cheating

Fall off

"Ma, my clothes haven't been washed yet, anyway?" mauren shouted while shaking her waist.

From the direction of the kitchen, Retno was moved to come to his daughter-in-law who was standing in front of a pile of dirty laundry. The middle-aged woman's face looked tired. Dark circles filled the surrounding of his eyes with hair that was still not able to be neatly combed.

"The washing machine is broken, son! You take it to the laundry, yeah! All right, Mama's got Papa and Tika's clothes on. How's it?" retno replied a little seduce.

Mauren's face seemed to dislike her mother-in-law's proposal. He pulled a pair of office suits out of a dirty laundry basket then folded them neatly.

"If it's broken, it's fixed" said Mauren.

"Where's the money, Ren? Or are you paying the service fee?"

Mauren's eyes widened to hear Retno's words. Instantly, the woman whose gestational age had almost reached the age of 7 months was snorting violently.

"What did Mama say?" mauren asked while putting his palm on his ear. "Mom told me to pay for this washing machine service fee?" He pointed at the washing machine that was lying beside the bathroom entrance.

Retno nodded expectantly.

"Are you guys, I'm your walking ATM?" maki Mauren is angry. "It's a good thing I give rations for you to eat every month. Not enough, huh? Now, Mama want me to pay for this butut washing machine service again? Huh yeah?" Mauren hit the surface of the old washing machine which was time to replace it.

The middle-aged woman's face was bowed deeply. His hands were squeezing each other tightly. His water tried to hold him back from spilling.

"This mom is also your mom, Ren! How can you talk so rudely to Mama?"

"Indeed, why? Mother offended? Huh yeah?"

Retno looked up at her daughter-in-law. Both of his jaws churned withstanding the emotions that were already about to reach the crown.

"If you are offended, from tomorrow do not need to ask for money from me to shop for your family's food needs."

"Ren..," Retno immediately softened for the sake of her daughter. Yes, for the sake of Tika who is getting thinner and tends to lock herself in the room, she must be willing to sacrifice her pride in front of the daughter-in-law.

"Not offended, though! If you don't want to, then Mama will ask Papa to do it yourself. Yea?" he held the pain in his chest.

"Well, that's dong! Don't be a burden of life! The filthy family!" hina Mauren while passing left her mother-in-law who was still stunned.

Mauren moves into her room and finds Erik, who is apparently still asleep in bed. In an instant, his emotions exploded again and headed straight out again to fetch water and splash it into Erik's face.

The man who was being drenched in water immediately woke up in a state of panic. He stood on the bed in annoyance while rubbing his soaked face.

"You're all right, anyway?" erik asked as he got out of bed.

"You're still asking, why?" Mauren glared in annoyance. "What time is it, Mom? It's delicious, you're still tasting molasses!"

Erik grabbed the phone lying on the dresser with a face that still looked angry. Meanwhile, Mauren followed his movements while crossing.

"It's only 7 in the morning, Ren!" grunts Erik. The man went back to bed. He lay down his body and pulled the blanket and slept his back to Mauren.

"Mas!" pekik Mauren while forcibly pulling Erik's blanket.

"What the hell?" erik shouted furiously. He's back up.

"Mandi, Mum! You need to find a job!"

Erik grunting. "Where else to find work, Ren? You know, right? If I'm on the same black-list as almost all the big companies in the country?" tanyanya was desperate.

"Find it in a smaller place, you can!"

Mauren turned. Walk towards her dresser and then polish her skincare routine before putting on her own thick make-up.

"Yes, what the hell. I can make money and it doesn't make me the backbone of this family, no problem!"

"Benalu's family, you say?" Feeling offended, Erik approached Mauren. Staring full of anger at the woman he was so nervous that he was willing to leave Varissa who had everything for her sake.

"Yes," Mauren nodded guiltlessly.

"You forgot, who made my family go broke like this?"

The woman put again the face cream that she was about to polish on the face. His eyes stared lazily at the husband who was currently being overwhelmed with overwhelming wrath.

"You want to talk about that again? Not bored, Mum?" mauren asked uninspired.

Erik took a deep breath. As much as possible he returned his mind that had almost lost control. In any case, for the time being he would have to give up a lot. Not only is Mauren pregnant, but it's because she's also the only backbone of the family they rely on most today. If there were no Mauren, maybe he and his family had become so bad on the side of the road because all their assets had been confiscated as a repayment of the cost of his magnificent marriage.

Choosing not to continue the fight, Erik immediately took a towel from the closet and decided to go to the bathroom that is located in the kitchen. Indeed, since the house that Varissa gave her parents was forced to confiscate two months ago, Erik inevitably had to move to a small rented house. Luckily, there are 3 rooms in the house even though the only bathroom is near the kitchen.

After taking a shower and getting ready, Erik had breakfast first with Tika. Mauren had gone to work while she was wearing clothes. Similarly, the father who left much earlier because he worked as a building porters.

"Breakfast fried rice again, Ma?" There was a sigh coming from his nose when he came across the same menu for almost two weeks at the dinner table.

"Papa hasn't paid, Rik! Your wife also only gives you twenty thousand rations a day." Retno replied weakly.

"Not really close, Ma?" erik protests with furrowed brows.

Retno sniffed her shoulders as her hands nimbly filled the plate and gave it to Erik.

"Yes, how else? Your wife isn't Varissa anymore. It's only natural that the ration is that much."

Erik's heart stung. It feels shady at once. The difference between Varissa and Mauren. In the past, when with Varissa, no matter what shopping money her mother asked for, Varissa always complied. And now, when he was with Mauren, everything was given as if they were just beggars of pity.

"Well, when is Tika's motor replaced?" tika asked on the side of their breakfast.

Erik put his spoon back on the plate as soon as he heard his sister's weak voice ask in a hopeful tone.

"Quickly, yes! Wait for you to get a job!" erik replied gently. Feeling sorry for Tika also had to be affected by the impact of a large debt that he had taken to increase prestige. The 34 million-dollar matic motor belonging to his sister was also included in assets seized by debt collectors. In fact, again it was given Varissa before the fateful accident that his ex-wife was experiencing.

"Why, anyway?" Tika berlinang tears. Roughly, the girl placed the spoon on the plate until a loud clanking sounded.

"Why does Tika have to follow the karma of my brother's actions? If you had, Brother did not cheat, maybe Tika is still fine now," said Tika sobbing.

"Brand...,"

Tika wiped her tears. A fresh breakfast spoonful filled his stomach he ignored. The girl stood up. Grabbing his backpack roughly and then leaving.

"Egoo thing!" yelled angry Tika.

Closing his eyes, Erik examined all the difficulties of life that he was facing. Never once did he dream of this kind of fate in his life. He thought, Mauren was the best choice he had ever taken in life. But it turns out he was wrong. All the choices he had made were wrong.

The phone in his pants pocket he took out. It was called a rectangular object and then checked the incoming messages and calls. Disillusioned. The person she had been waiting for since the first day of the divorce to call and ask for a referral never did.

"Have you forgotten me, Va?" lirih Erik slowly.