Lantern Behind The Bars

Capture the actor

*****

In Zena's car.

"Mother, Mother who is patient, Bun" said my son, Sherin.

"Darling why are you keeping such a big deal a secret, son? Mommy knows you knew from the beginning about your father's affair, right? Please be honest with Mother yes, what do you know about father? Mother promises will not be angry with you if you speak honestly with Mother, you tell everything the same Mother huh Son? There is nothing more that you hide from Mother" I said.

I'm trying to get more information from Sherin about Mas Edi's affair. 

"Mother I'm sorry, I don't mean to hide from Mother. But ... It's all I do for Mother, I don't want Mother why-why let alone Mother again pregnant with my sister. For me, nothing is more important than your safety and health" Sherin replied.

Hearing that answer, it felt like my heart was getting sicker. Why did Edi not admire his son, Sherin.

"But this is a big deal, son, so you know everything, right? Be honest with Mother Darling ..." I forced her a little so that Sherin would be willing to say all the things she knew.

"Yes Mother sorry .." he said, bowing his head.

"Now you tell me from the beginning why did you find out that your father cheated on you?" I asked, I was getting more urgent.

Then Sherin told me everything she knew from the start, and then showed me the CCTV footage and surveillance cameras Sherin had installed on me.

I was so out of words, my tongue was so stiff in knowing this harsh reality, and it turned out that my son Sherin had gone so far earlier and done something dangerous to himself to protect me.

Right now all I can do is cry, especially when I see the hot video footage of Mas Edi's actions with Isma, it's broken already my fragile heart.

But I tried to accept my fate, I was sure God might have a better plan for my life.

I have to stay strong and strong in the face of everything, because I still have Sherin and the child who is still in my womb, which I have to take care of and I protect even without Mas Edi.

For the sake of my two children, I was willing to sacrifice everything. 

"Mother, I'm sorry? I really have no intention to hide this all from Mother, I'm just afraid Mother why," said my son, then hugged me.

"So you did all that yourself, son? Do you know that it could endanger you? Why are you doing it alone, honey? If you tell Mother from the beginning, Mother can ask people to investigate everything! What if something happens to you? Mommy can't possibly forgive yourself Mother .." I said. 

"Sorry Mother .." Sherin said.

"Other times if you do something that harms yourself, Mommy won't forgive you, son!" 

I gave Sherin a warning that she wouldn't keep anything from me anymore.

"No, Mother, I promise .." said Sherin.  Sherin promised not to do it again.

"Now that we go to the police station, we must immediately report this matter so that the woman***** can be held in prison," It seems that if you think of the actor, it seems, make my emotions go up to the crown.

"But Bun, how's dad? And again .. Aunt Isma it is ..." Sherin (Silence)

"Why Dear? What's the same woman? Mommy doesn't care about your dad anymore, do you mind, honey?" My toot. 

I reflexively frowned hearing the answer. Looks like there's still something Sherin hasn't told me.

But suddenly Zena's my son's friend, cut off my conversation with Sherin. "It's okay Sher, you tell me everything is the same Mother, I don't mind Aunt Isma going to jail at all" Zena said, leaving me confused.

I'm getting curious, what else Sherin hasn't told me.

"What exactly is Zen? You tell Aunt what really happened?" I immediately asked Zena impatiently and finally Zena revealed everything.

"So this Auntie, actually Aunt Isma was my stepfather's wife" Zena answered directly. 

"Gosh ... So Isma is your stepmother Zen?" I reflexively covered my own mouth.

Zena's answer left me goosebumps half dead.

Ah, what an outrageous! I didn't expect it to turn out to be so complicated. It is fitting that Sherin is so brave to keep everything from me, it turns out this problem is also related to her friend's family.

"Maybe you could say so Auntie. But I don't know for sure Tan, whether my father married Aunty Isma or my mother, after all, I'm just a stepfather and who is Aunt Isma, if you don't know from Sherin, I don't know Aunt Isma Tan at all" said Zena.

"When did you and your father get married?" Me, curious.

"Since I graduated from Aunt Middle School, after my father died and my mother remarried to my stepfather" Zena explained.

"Then your father married Isma. Because as far as Auntie knows, they got married when Sherin just entered Junior High School" I concluded.

"Does Auntie have any photographic evidence or anything else?" Zena asked, looking hopeful.

"Wait a minute, it seems like Auntie remembers seeing it on the medsos Isma account, let Auntie see if there is still yes!"

"Okay Tan,"

I immediately grabbed my phone and started looking for it in Isma's social media account. Sure enough, the photo is still on his account, even the wedding video of Isma and Zena's stepfather is still there, too, then I immediately saved the photo and video in my phone and showed it to Zena.

"Here I'll see, Aunt already saved in the gallery, do you want to see?"

"You Aunt,"

I immediately gave Zena my phone.

"Tante, may I ask to share a photo of the video?" Pinta.

"By Nak! Aunty share later, but Aunty doesn't have your number?"

"It's my number Tan, save it," Zena kept her contacts in my phone.

"Oh okay then, do you mind if Auntie reports Isma to the police son?" Ask me one more time to make sure Zena doesn't mind if I come after Isma.

"Not at all Auntie, should not be delayed again. I can even calm down if a vile woman like Aunt Isma immediately gets the same punishment. Lagian Aunt Isma is a nobody, I may object to Tan," she replied. "I'm taking Aunt to the police station!"

I could only smile at Zena's reply and nod in agreement.

I immediately rushed to the police station and immediately gave a report and handed over all evidence of Isma's crimes to the police.

After the process, the police immediately rushed to arrest Isma to his residence. Me, Sherin and Zen also took part in Isma's arrest.

Arriving at the scene, police immediately surrounded Isma's residence and part of her crew rushed to Isma's brothel to arrest everyone involved.

Isma did not respond to police calls when police knocked on her door. 

Because there was no answer, finally the police were forced to break down the door of his house, Isma had hidden from the police but in the end the police managed to arrest Isma.

It looks like Isma is already preparing to escape from the police pursuit, judging by some of the items he has packed. Either Isma knows that the police will come looking for him, or perhaps Isma plans to move just in case the police come to raid his house.

I was just waiting outside, watching Isma being forcefully brought out of her residence by the police.

As Isma and I passed each other, Isma looked at me with hateful eyes, then shouted cursing at me.

"Based on the fucking woman don't know yourself, watch out for you Rahma, I'll repay you!" Shouted Isma to me. 

I also did not want to be silent and immediately reply to his words. "Heh the actor******, I'll make you rot in jail, look at that!" I throw a cynical smile at him. "Based on cheap women, actors ******! What's this hypocritical society's rubbish good at, right? Oh I know, made to suffer in a holding cell to rot a time yes .. Eh wait, I think it's still less deh .. "I make my facial expression as annoying as possible. 

I purposely pissed him off to the top. 

But suddenly Isma spit on me. I immediately slapped him with all my might, then threw back my Saliva right in Isma's face.

I was not satisfied and wanted to vent all my emotions, but the police arrested me. Likewise with Isma, she seemed to want to fight desperately with me, but her hands were bound by handcuffs.

The police immediately took Isma into the prisoner's car.

"Fuck you guys just wait, I'll get my revenge, I'll get your fucking back, I'll get it!" Shouted Isma while rebelling and went away.

Soon another police crew came with the arrested prisoners from Isma's brothel.

I asked Zena to help me escort Isma to the police station, I wanted to make sure Isma did not run away on the way later.

Arriving at the police station, Isma was immediately put into a temporary detention cell because he had to wait for the legal process in force.

I also asked the police for permission to meet Isma in the holding cell and the police allowed it.

I saw Isma shouting for help to get the police to release him, and then I went straight to him without further ado.

"Hey actor******, what's it like to be languishing behind bars? Yummy, right?" My greeting to Isma. 

Isma looked at me with an emotional and vengeful look. 

"Why? Getting angry? Want some revenge?" My welcome.

"Brach you Rahma, dare you same me? You see, I can do anything to make your life miserable Rahma! Haha I know your life is now ruined right? Edi chose me better than you who are so arrogant! You see, soon I will be free again from here and you wait for my vengeance, I will make your life crumble to the roots." Sahut Isma, while laughing cynically at me.

Isma's words made my heart feel as if it was sliced, but I did not have the slightest fear of her threat. "Please do it if indeed you are able to get out from behind the bars of this Isma. But I'll make sure that once I get out of here, you'll be forever languishing there until it rots! After all this is the most suitable place for the actor and a rich pimp you Isma. Just so you know, I don't mind losing my husband, after all, poor men who have no morals like Mas Edi are more suitable side by side with women whores scum society like you? Haha …." I laughed at Isma's facial expression that seemed to be unable to accept my words. "Goodbye Isma the actor*****, feel at home you're in there yeah, enjoy the rest of your life in this holding cell." My welcome, as I threw a cynical smile at her, then immediately rushed away leaving her. 

While Isma continued to shout at me with all her insults, I no longer wanted to see her face and continued to step foot until I heard the voice of one of the police officers rebuking her for the noise Isma had made.

After making sure everything was safe, I decided to go home to my luxurious mansion, because I would not occupy a memorable house with my husband for those 20 years.

The news of Isma going to jail soon spread throughout the media, even to become viral news in the area where I live until it was known by Zena's stepfather.

Only 2 days after I threw Isma into the prison cell, I got word that Zena's stepfather also reported Mas Edi on the case of an affair with his wife to the police station, and finally, Mas Edi also languished in a prison cell.

*****

3 Days passed.

After breakfast, the door bell suddenly rang.

Sherin opens the door and turns out Zena is with her father.

I rushed to those who were waiting in the living room.

I saw from far away the face of the man sitting with Zena that seemed familiar to me.

I turned back my brain memory to remember where I had met the man before, and my memory fell during my higher education. I remember it turns out that Zena's stepfather was my old friend, a friend back in college, just that Zena's stepfather was a little older than me. The world is really narrow. 

Not much to think about, I can't wait to say hello to them.

"Well, this is Bang Aris, right? Friends in college first?" I immediately asked a question that made me curious about the old man who was sitting with Zena.

The man seemed to be twitching his forehead. "Are I Aris, you mean college friends first?" The truth, ask again. He doesn't seem to recognize me, and he seems to be trying to remember me. "Ohhh I remember now, you're Rahma right?" Reciprocity.

"Yes Bang I'm Rahma, my goodness Bang .. lama ya don't meet, Bang Aris how are you?" Ask me.

"Astaghfirullah really can forget yes just as you are sorry, understand the age factor yes hihi, yes since graduating from college never met again about 20 years yes Rah, but good news, but I have good news, how are you yourself? Healthy? So Zen is your son's friend huh?" Sahut Bang Aris's.

"Yes Bang has been a long time, I just barely remember at all Bang Aris, thank God if healthy, I am also healthy Bang. Yes Bang Aris is my son, know his name Sherin, "I also introduced my son to him.

Bang Aris and Sherin get to know each other.

"Thank God that's it, Wah ... Sherin is so beautiful, isn't she? It's like Zen!" Cetus Bang Aris chuckled.

"Dad .." - timpal Zen. Seemed embarrassed, his face suddenly turned red.

We finally laughed too.

"Oh, I almost forgot! Bang Aris same Zen want to drink what?" My bargain to Zena and Bang Aris.

"Not bother Ra, water is enough," replied bang Aris.

"Okay, wait a minute!"

I immediately asked Bi Isah, the housekeeper who took care of me as a child, to bring me some drinking water and some snacks.

"Thank you Ra .. oh yes, sorry Ra I want to ask you about your husband, I hope you don't mind" asked Bang Aris.

I had expected before, the arrival of Bang Aris was nothing but to discuss the Mas Edi issue.

I slightly shook my head and took a deep breath. Because if I think of Mas Edi, my chest feels tight.

"Together Bang, in the first drink of his water Bang, it's okay Bang, Bang Aris want to ask what?" My solute.

"Sorry, Ra, I didn't mean anything. But I was wondering why your husband was able to get into a relationship with my wife?" Bang Aris apparently thought the same thing was amazed by the actions of Mas Edi and Isma.

"Yes Bang is okay, I did not think it could happen with me. In fact, I have been married to Mas Edi for approximately 20 years, just for reasons that make no sense Mas Edi had treasonous me. If Bang Aris wants to know how the story is, Bang Aris can ask directly with Zen or Sherin," he explained.

"I talked to Zen, Zen also told me about my wife's affair. I'm sorry Ra, I didn't know it was your husband so I sued him into the law, I'm also honest everything is Zen, now I can only resign whatever the decision of Zen's mother, Zen, I'll take it. Now that Isma is pregnant, I actually have no heart, hmm ... But, Isma couldn't possibly conceive my child, because I've been sentenced to barrenness with the doctor" she said.

"I mean Bang Aris, Isma's pregnant son Bang Edi?" My friend, I did not expect Isma to be pregnant and most likely the child of Mas Edi.

"Yes Ra, that's probably it. But you calm down first huh, we'll find a solution together?" Bang Aris said, trying to calm me down 

My heart was beating fast as if it was about to jump out hearing Bang Aris's reply. It felt like being struck by lightning in broad daylight, my mouth seemed stiff and I could no longer speak to Bang Aris.

Somehow my chest suddenly felt tight, my heart hurt as if it was about to break, my head felt heavy and my vision suddenly blurred, I couldn't stand it, after that, I can't remember anything.