LET ME CHOOSE MY OWN PATH
chapter 3
"You …."
"Darling, since when are you standing there?" Ask Mas Amar.
"For a long time, why! You still want to dodge Mas?" My toot.
Mas Amar scratched his non-itchy head and immediately turned off the phone connection. He was shocked when he was caught on a video call with another woman.
I threw the glass of water I took from the kitchen into my husband's face.
"Right me now, my mother!" My yelling.
"You have to choose me and our future son or that woman?" My toot.
"No, I won't do it, understand you!" Her bluff. As I passed away leaving me.
I don't know where he went with his car going so fast without me stopping him. You really don't have a human heart, Mas, you should think about it again before you do this.
***
The morning prayer reverberated, As soon as I got out of bed to cleanse myself and perform 2 rakaat, I gathered before Him to beg for forgiveness, crying over everything that happened is all I can do right now.
Everything that happens by His will, may I be able to go through all this for the sake of the child in my womb.
Until the morning before I could not find my husband in this house, it turned out that he did not come home all night, where he went.
Is it possible that he stayed at the woman's house or at the mother-in-law's house, I don't know.
Instead of me stressing at home thinking of a husband who does not know himself, as soon as I contact Ayu, how many days have I forgotten my friend.
[Hi, you are doing it anyway, I have no news] I sent Ayu a message, a blue tick means Ayu has read my message.
[Hey too, sorry I'm out of town now Mil, this afternoon come home, you're fine] a reply from Ayu.
[I'm not doing well Yu]
[You why Mil? Okay after I get home, I go straight to your house huh]
***
Mentari had returned to his complaint maalm arrived but my husband did not come home and did not give news, wanted to try to contact him but I expressed my intention or I should go to my mother-in-law's house. With the current conditions it is impossible for me to go there.
I better wait at home.
"Non, does Non need anything?" Ask Bik Ijah.
"No bik" I replied.
"Alright, if you need something, call aunt yah Non," he said.
I'm still sitting on the couch waiting for my husband who's gone nowhere, never heard from last night.
I tried to call him but his number was off, this heart went out for him.
There's disappointment and hate but there's a sneaking longing.
****
The days passed did not feel a week passed and Mas Amar also still did not go home, as well as Ayu who went somewhere.
At a time like this everyone is not there, I am only accompanied by Bik Ijah. My mother and father in the village, there is no way I can tell them my condition now. They will be sad.
That night my stomach ached, I felt a great contraction, a really great pain. I who was only accompanied by Ijah's bik went to the hospital, the doctor said I would give birth soon.
Oek ... oek!
The baby's cry was clearly heard in my ears, as I opened everyone's eyes were already crowded.
All the families are here as well as my husband, I don't know who told him as well as Ayu he also came.
"You're a girl, baby?" Ask Mas Amar.
I turned my eyes to my baby because I didn't want to talk to him.
"Congratulations, Nduk! your baby is a girl, beautiful like her mother," my mother congratulated me.
"Yes Mom," I said.
The boundless happiness I feel at this moment, it is in vain that my struggle bet my life when giving birth to it earlier. Happy tears fall from the eyes.
My mother and mother-in-law were so happy with their grandchildren's presence that I could tell them the truth about their son and daughter-in-law's behavior. I paused that intention because I didn't want to ruin this happy moment.
I was treated for three days after giving birth and I was able to go home.
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Arriving at home all welcomed my little daughter, Ayu made a welcoming decoration, I was very happy.
"Tara .. welcome Mother and baby," she said, hugging me.
"Thank you, you've bothered to prepare all this" I replied with a smile.
The house is so crowded, all the families gather to welcome the birth of my daughter.
If this happiness will continue to exist, but all of it will be lost. With teary eyes I tried to stay calm.
