Long River

A divorce?

Kenzo could only peek out of the front seat. Her tears are flowing. Arya who took over driving the car, could only see her son without being able to say anything. Everything happened so fast. They just left it for a few minutes, and this happened. Something beyond his prediction and this might change everything but Leka, lest he become a victim of selfishness of those closest to him.

"So Aska said what? 'My wife'?" Reina sounded shocked.

"Yes, Aunt. 'My wife'. I was shocked to hear it, too" Nena said, touching Reina's shoulder.

Chris runs out with Runi and Ani, Baby Sitter Runi. "Dad, Nena, you're home. Let me, Reina and this kid come to the hospital."

Reina sat in front with Chris while Ani and Runi sat in the back. Reina looks confused. Sometimes he looks back. "So we've had grandchildren all this time?"

"Sorry, Honey." Chris finally confessed.

"And you know that too?"

"I-I wish Aska confessed to us, but she didn't."

"Why is she hiding her marriage?"

"I don't know Honey, I really don't know."

Reina looked back. "If the name is not wrong, is it Runi?"

"Yes Ma'am." Ani replied.

"Oh, my God.(God) Why do I have grandchildren, I don't know?"

Meanwhile, Runi looks restless because he does not see his mother and with people he does not know.

Arya's car finally reached the hospital. The male officer carrying the patient's bed immediately helped to lift Leka and lay her on the bed. Aska followed where the bed was pushed.

"Jo, accompany Aska. Dad's gonna fill out the data."

"No, Dad only. I'll fill in the data." Kenzo knew, Aska definitely did not like being accompanied by him.

"OK."

Leka underwent a series of examinations and X-rays by doctors, then she was moved to the treatment room. The doctor then came by checking the X-ray results.

"How's my wife Doc?" there were still remnants of crying in Aska's voice.

"His daughter was broken in two because her jaw was hit by a hard object. For a while he was not allowed to speak because of the pain in his jaw, and his eating may still be on the drip. Her body may have bruises but it's only tomorrow."

"Thank you Doc." Grateful, nothing fatal happened to his wife.

"But tomorrow we'll keep an eye out, see in case there's a sudden change we don't know."

"Well Doc, thank you," said Arya representing Aska.

The doctor came out with the nurse. Arya looked at Leka who was lying weakly on the bed. His hands were infused, and his nose was fitted with an oxygen hose. The woman seemed to be in a conscious state only her body was still weak and unable to speak. His left cheek turned slightly blue. Maybe the gum next door is what broke.

Aska pulled up a chair and sat down beside his wife. He looked at his wife while holding her hand. "Leka," he said half a whisper. "You misunderstood me. It's not what you see. I'm ...."

Leka pulled her hand from her husband's.

Aska surprised. "God ...." He tried to take his wife's hand back to convince her, but her hand refused. He saw the face of his wife who looked sad with tears that began to fall on the cheeks.

"God ...." Aska again shed tears. He tried to grab the hand for the third time but this time Arya held back with her hand.

"Even if she's your wife, you can't force her."

"Nr ...." The man's tears became.

"What happened?"

"I-I was confused at that moment how to talk to my parents and I-I saw Nena. I don't know what demon teases me, I think back to the past. I-I just disputed the past and suddenly my wife just appeared behind me and she immediately misunderstood." Stammer Aska explained it to Arya about what happened.

Leka closed her eyes as her tears began to flow in the corner of her eyes.

"Oh, I see, but what if Leka doesn't trust you anymore?"

"Om, don't say that ...." The man's tears heard Arya's statement.

"You said it yourself, if you can't make it happy, you're willing to divorce her. Aye, right?" Slowly Arya spoke with Aska so that the rejection was not big.

"But I love him, Om." Aska's tears became more and more blurring the view.

"You want to be considered a man who can keep his promise or not? You said yourself, you have to take responsibility! If it's just a matter of this, your wife being like this, do you think she's happy? What if you keep this marriage going, there won't be anything like this again, huh? Now your wife's life is safe, but next time? Remember Aska, when I brought your wife to my house that day, it was because she crashed into my car!"

Aska lowered her head.

"You are the man of Aska, who can keep his promise."

"But, Om ...."

"Secret him, so he can calm down."

Aska looked at Arya, asking to be understood, but Arya instead folded her hands and waited.

Leka again closed her eyes with tears that were no less heavy. Although she could not stand the attitude of her husband, divorce was still painful.

"Hey, Aska! What the hell are you doing? You divorced your wife? Can't you talk about it anymore?" Chris who arrived late to hear Aska's statement.

Aska surprised. "Can I pull my words?" He panicked and began to wake up.

"That's legitimate! You have divorced her" said Arya lightly.

"Papa, sorry ...." Aska returns to tears when Chris and Reina arrive.

Chris hugged and calmed her down while Arya grinned happily. Kenzo who came later had no idea what had happened.

"Because they're divorced, let Leka take care of me" said Arya.

"Huh? Who's getting divorced?" Kenzo's confused.

Arya pointed at Aska and Leka. Kenzo rolled his eyes. "Why?"

"E, Aryan. About Leka, I'll talk to you later. I talked to my son outside" said Chris.

"Oh, please Da ..." said Arya happily.

Chris takes Aska and Reina out. After the door closed, Arya immediately pulled Kenzo into one corner of the room and whispered. "Now you can take care of Leka."

"Huh? But, isn't he in iddah time huh? I mean, I can't go near her, can I?"

"It can be arranged. Going back to the original plan, he just stayed at my house so you could visit him. You just can't propose to her or talk about love. So just be his friend for a while."

Kenzo fell silent. "But why did they get divorced? Aren't they ...."

"It's .. You're too chatty. They're divorced, what else? Now Leka, do we need to call her parents? Ah, it doesn't seem necessary. Fear that would make both parents worry."

"They don't have parents anymore."

"What?" Arya surprised. "Especially he no longer had parents. It depends on us now. Give him the best treatment."

"We also heard about Leka's condition from her doctor when I intercepted her in front of the room. I'm relieved, it's not as bad as imagined." With tears Kenzo smiled happily.

"Already, don't be whiny. You want Leka to see you like this?"

Kenzo wiped his tears. Arya hugged him. No doubt, Kenzo is crying again. "I was imagining something bad happened to Leka and I didn't think I could live."

"Switch, hey .. already, already ...." Arya patted her son's arm.

In the cafeteria, Reina turned to Ani who was holding Runi at a different table. He then glanced back at Aska who was sitting beside him.

"Mamap is really disappointed in you. Why are you hiding your wife? What harm? Is she a prostitute, or are you pregnant out of wedlock?"

"N-no it's not a Map."

"What lounge?"

Finally, Aska told me how they got married.

Reina was silent for a moment. "Mamap doesn't see anything wrong with that, instead Mamap feels like you've done it."

"Map, I'm not like that" cried Aska.

"Calling your wife a maid, doesn't it hurt her heart? Remember Aska, you and him are the same. The same man who can be hurt in his heart by a misspeaking tongue."

"Map, I didn't mean it that way." Aska again whined to be understood.

"Aska, you abandoned him for 2 years, isn't that the responsible man's attitude?" Chris started talking.

"I was panicking, Pa. I thought of Papa's good name! I married without love."

"Without love .. but how can you produce Runis?" Chris did not stop thinking with Aska's words that began to make it up.

Aska. Her tears are dripping. "I know I can't do anything. I tried to be Papa's son but always failed. I can't be Papa's favorite son like Tama."

"Your name? Why her? I have always loved all my children the same. Zack, Lydia, Tama, Salwa and you. All without exception." Chris was quite astonished by Aska's statement.

"But why did Tama use your last name while Salwa and I didn't? Though, Tama is not your real child either."

Chris laughs. "Oh, that. It was because I was the one who gave him the name, not Mariko because her mother was in a coma. First Airlangga Jhonson, taken from my name Christian Airlangga Jhonson, but Arya has changed it to First Wiraguna, using his last name." Chris leaned over his body and rubbed the head of Aska. "Papa loves you like Papa loves other Papa's children, why do you think so of Papa?"

"I'm sorry Pa." Aska was crying again.

Chris switched seats next to Aska in order to hug her and Aska seemed to need that a lot. Long Aska persuaded to understand the affection of his adoptive parents. Reina and Chris patted Aska on the back until she finally could be confident again.

"But what about Leka Pa? I want to go back to her, " said Aska in a sorry tone.

"There is an iddah time. You can persuade him to refer back."