
"Can't I go there?"
Fell my naughty mind in May. He smiles. "May be, origin ...." The witty eyes turned.
"Originally what?" Tama curious.
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The artisans who were sitting nearby were caught off guard. Some are mocking him. "Oh sir, I want to go home. Inget wife." A man who took off his shirt due to the heat, stared intensely at Tama.
In front of the man was a scene that not all men were willing to do.
"It's May, I'm using crackers." Tama pointed the crackers at the edge of the food container.
"Take it, eat it" said Mei who then bribed her husband with the next bribe. Yes, Mei feeds Tama a meal on the wooden floor of the permanent house and it becomes the attention of the artisans who happen to be inside the house. Some were careless, smiling amusedly and even bobbing their heads.
Anjali who was sitting rested not far from there, breathing a sigh of relief because what she feared did not happen. He felt guilty when he made Tama an escape for a place to tell about his problems with his girlfriend. Seeing Tama being faithfully fed by his wife eating at work makes him understand how Tama loves his wife. Heard the person looking at him with a smile.
"Eh, this is my wife. I don't want to be fired as a husband" the young man joked.
The others laughed. Also Anjali.
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Time passes quickly. Salwa and Rojak's marriage finally came. After doing a marriage contract in the morning, the night was held a pretty festive party.
The party was held in a building quite lavishly. Pink dangling fabric is combined with a variety of white domination flower arrangements in each corner into a soft room. Added with hanging lights and bird cages containing green plants make it like being in a flower garden.
The Rojak-Salwa marriage uses the Betawi Custom because both are still descendants of the Betawi people. Rojak the original Betawi and Salwa Betawi-Sunda.
Chris really enjoyed the wedding procession of his stepson since morning. Seeing firecrackers sounded deafening, the procession Cross Pintu (when coming to propose was intercepted at the door by throwing a pantun and silat scene), to a proposal with many handouts to his house. He is very happy to be part of the people who can still see the diversity of Indonesian culture directly.
He also tried Betawi traditional clothes with Reina, and Aska.
The wedding party was pretty good too. Business friends and family came. Especially the friends of Salwa and Rojak.
"Come, how long?" ask Tama to Kenzo.
Kenzo is still waiting for his wife who hasn't come out yet. "Come on, old lady dandy." He glanced at Mei who was also waiting.
"My wife is not, it's finished from earlier," said Tama compare.
"So she had trouble finding clothes. Many are narrow. He's a little fat now."
"You want help, brother?" Mei offered herself.
"Oh, I can."
But Leka had not yet come out of her room.
"Finally ..." said Kenzo and Tama together.
For some reason, Mei saw Leka a little pale despite being covered in thick powder.
They then left in their own cars.
At the party they mingle. Tama meets many of her business friends and she always takes Mei with her while Kenzo, inexplicably Leka is often separated. Sometimes taking food, taking care of Runi, or want to go to the toilet. Eventually Kenzo takes over Runi who is in the custody of his Baby Sitter, but Leka still often disappears leaving Kenzo confused by his wife's behavior.
Elsewhere, Arya and Mariko congratulate Rojak and Salwa. He also congratulated Chris and Reina and Rojak's mother, who was with his daughter-in-law. They welcomed the party with joy.
Aska just smiled to see his wife dressed differently, because her stomach was already very large and was waiting for the time for delivery. The woman was forced to not be able to wear traditional clothes to accompany her husband because her clothes were not fit for the size of pregnant women.
"You just sit there, because it won't be strong to accompany me to and fro."
Monique frowning.
"Yes, I'm not going anywhere. What do you want to eat?"
The woman's smile began to rise. He thought of something.
Kenzo is confused looking for Leka. For half an hour he had not seen her nor was he in the toilet. He was confused to find where Baby Sitter Runi was following him while holding the little girl. "Where are you going?"
Elsewhere, Leka staggered. He had just entered from a short stand outside the building breathing fresh air. Since morning he was vomiting and now his body is not healthy. She tried to hide this from her husband because Kenzo was very busy from morning.
The Japanese man was confused. There are some companies that join the company want to expand the business supported by increasing profits but Kenzo intends otherwise. This sparked a debate that led to a large meeting that must be immediately implemented. That means he should come to Japan soon.
He had done Video Call (phone with video) with some officials in his company that caused attention to Leka distracted. Leka did not want her husband to worry because that day they would attend the wedding of Om Chris's son and Raise Tama's Brother.
Leka stepped slowly towards where the food was hoping that by eating a little, the nausea in her stomach was reduced.
But when he walked, his head felt dappled. He tried to find a grip and someone immediately grabbed his arm as his body began to tilt to the side.
"Leka? You why?" Aska found him almost fell.
"I-i ...." The woman immediately fainted.
Aska swiftly caught his body. "Belgium ... The leka? You why?" He stared at the unconscious body of his ex-wife in his arms.
"What did you do to my wife?" Kenzo's eyes widened to see the one before him.
"I don't know Kenzo, he suddenly fainted."
Kenzo still doesn't believe it.
"I swear!"
Some people gathered to see the incident.
"This is real, just the wife of the Father," A woman came forward to speak up for Aska. He happened to see that incident.
Monique. She saw her husband in the crowd until with difficulty because of his enlarged pregnancy, she came to the place. She was shocked to see her husband holding his ex-wife in plain sight. The jealous flames immediately grabbed him. "Honey, you ...!" Disappointed, he immediately left the place.
"Monique, Monique! Wait!" Aska immediately handed Leka's body to Kenzo. He no longer cared whether Kenzo believed in his words or not because he was more concerned about the opinion of his wife who at that time misunderstood what he saw. He immediately chased Monique.
The pregnant woman could not run fast. He held his stomach because it was too hard to run. Aska quickly grabbed his wife's hand. "Money ...."
The woman, her tears even though she had ruined her makeup, was still beautiful. Her tears fell without being asked. "No need to talk, I've seen" he said in a disappointed tone.
"And what you see isn't always right" Aska defended herself.
"Aska, already. Don't pretend anymore. I don't want your pretenses to make me and you unhappy. I don't want to tie you up. I told you from the beginning, right?" Monique tried to wipe away her tears which even further damaged her makeup. Although he tried hard but his tears stated differently. The swift tears that came down said he did not accept seeing Aska back looking for his ex-wife, even seemed to want to duel with the ex-wife's husband because of it.
"Monique, I'm not lying. I'm ...."
"It's over!" Monique tried to shake off her husband but couldn't.
This household drama is also seen by many people but Aska does not care. He wanted his wife to understand, not anyone else. "Monique believe me." He tried to lower his voice.
"Aska let me go!" The woman tried to break away from Aska's grasp.
"Monique, please ...."
Monique's father looked far away and tried to get closer to Monique's mother.
Suddenly Monique felt cramping and tension in her stomach. He tried to hold on.
"Monique, what's wrong with you?" Aska saw his pale wife instantly. "Monique?"
Monique almost fell if not Aska immediately swiftly caught the body of the woman. The wanits were holding his stomach. "Oh, how's this? My stomach ... pain ...!" He clasped the husband's hand to hold the cramp that attacked his stomach.
"What's this?" Monique's father came with his wife.
"Don't know Papa. Is Monique going to give birth?" Aska wonders.
"What's? Let's get him to the car. We'll take it to the hospital."
The EO (Event Organizer) who took care of the wedding of Salwa and Rojak also could not do much because of the commotion triggered from the bride's own family so they just tried not to cause a commotion that occurred worse at the party.
Meanwhile, Kenzo had taken his wife by car to the hospital, following Aska with his wife and in-laws. The people who saw this were confused. Kenzo and Aska, both of whom were his brothers, as was Salwa. So where does he have to be?
Chris approached. He also had time to see the incident in the distance which was quite a public attention and slightly damaged the atmosphere of the wedding party Rojak and Salwa. Even the bride and groom who are in the pelaminan can not do much because they are having guests.
"Yes."
The young man looked.
"You and Mei go with them. Make sure they don't fight over trivial things. I'm sending you to reconcile your brothers" said Chris wisely.
"But Pa, what about Kak Salwa's party? I'm not good with Brother."
"You as Papa's other eye. Papa keep your brother here and you take care of your brothers there. Papa trusts you."
I looked at Chris doubtfully.
"You can definitely Tama because you love them. Report to Papa the results?"
Tama nodded. He then left with Mei.
Leka and Monique were taken to Chris' hospital, which was not far from the wedding hall. They went to separate places. Leka went to the ER and Monique went to labor. Tama, who came later, met his older brother Kenzo first.
Leka has been awakened and is being intensively examined by a doctor.
"You why Leka, why did you faint? What did Aska do to you, tell me! Let me kick your ex. Really don't know yourself. Pregnant wife, still lurking other women," Kenzo said as he rolled up his sleeves.
"What's? Aska?"
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Author Alya Aziz with her novel titled Jerat Desires The Candidate Widow, peeling the story about toxic marriage. How is the story, just straight away.