Look at Me, My Husband
S2 Mother of my son 35
"Wait, Mas. I'm coming with." Naina stopped Dennis.
"Okay, I'll wait outside." Dennis answered briefly before exiting the Vienna treatment room.
Naina seemed to stand hesitantly staring at Wira. It was hard to leave Vienna in the hospital in unwell condition, but he felt he had to drive Mbok Sumi in the old woman's last moments. However, Mbok Sumi has been very meritorious in his life. The old woman had been guarding and accompanying him and Naina for the past three years.
At the moment, he is not concerned with all the mistakes of Mbok Sumi in the past. Everything has passed, Wira has ended everything. It seemed that he did not deserve to linger in keeping his heartache.
"Mas, I'm clearance to Sumi Mbok's place. Can I leave Vienna to you?" ask Naina doubtfully.
"Yes, go. I'll take care of Vienna. Don't worry, Nai." The hero patted Naina's arm gently with a smile.
"Thank you, Mum." In tears, Naina immediately said goodbye to Vienna who was still asleep. He pecked warm and in the forehead of the beloved princess. A shabby doll lying on the side of the bed. Vienna's beloved doll is irreplaceable despite being torn everywhere. The shabby doll has remained until now, despite being full of patches.
"Mas, I brought this. If Vienna is looking for her, please persuade her not to cry." Naina shows a shabby doll that she took with her to meet Mbok Sumi.
The more he looked at the doll, the more his tears fell. Patch by patch, Mbok Sumi's hand stitches are still clearly visible there.
"Mom, why are you leaving so fast. I haven't thanked you yet" said Naina before running out of the room to see Dennis.
***
In the taxi, Dennis and Naina speak a thousand languages. Naina hugged the Viennese doll while crying at will. Many memories swirled back in his brain. His friendship with Mbok Sumi from the beginning of marriage until finally all the cheating was open and Naina chose to leave and did not want to forgive Mbok Sumi.
Now, Naina regrets it. He should have learned to forgive like what the hero did. Supposedly, he was not too harsh and cut off his relationship with the old woman. Supposedly, he still allowed Mbok Sumi to continue to meet Vienna. There were many more regrets that lamented in his chest.
Arriving at the Dennis residence, the house was already crowded with neighbors. The house assistant was busy serving the mourners.
Naina's cry broke as she stepped inside the house. His footsteps came to a halt, his body frozen in place as soon as he saw Mbok Sumi lying stiff, put to sleep on a mat in the living room.
"Mom .. I'm coming" said Naina in a trembling voice. The batik cloth that covered Mbok Sumi's face. Piled next to the body, Naina placed her beloved Viennese doll right next to the pale and blue head of the old woman. Eyes closed tightly, those wrinkled cheeks were already cold.
He slowly wiped the old face of Mbok Sumi while whispering softly. "Bu .. I .. have forgiven you. I'm sure Mas Wira has forgiven you too. Why leave so soon, I haven't met Vienna. Your granddaughter must miss you a lot too." Naina's tears fell. He was no longer able to speak when he saw the bushel of food lying with slippers and a small wallet owned by Mbok Sumi not far from the corpse. In the bushel is still left food sauce that Naina clearly knows it is a favorite food of Vienna.
Naina was crying again. Sitting down and leaning against the wall withstood the tightness that suddenly filled the chest. His wet eyes could not be seen the stiff face of Mbok Sumi.
Another Naina, another Dennis. The man chose not to speak a word. Sitting next to Naina, while staring at Mbok Sumi. His face was full of pain and sorrow. Losing his mother as a child, not as heavy as it is today.
Both of them were silent for a long time, until finally Dennis spoke. "Nai, mom's gone forever. I feel like this is a dream" Dennis said. His view did not shift one bit from Mbok Sumi.
"I haven't been happy about it" Dennis continued, embracing and hugging Naina tightly.
"I'm not ready to lose Mom" whispered Dennis in his arms. His head fell on Naina's shoulders. He is still trying to strengthen himself.
***
"Mas, sorry to bother you again." Naina said softly when contacting Wira. He and Dennis are on their way to Bandung.
At the request of Dewi, who is now in America with Nola, her mother will be buried next to the grave of her deceased father. Less than a year after Naina and Wira's divorce, Mbok Sumi's husband who used to work as the Wira's family driver died of a stroke.
"Yes, Nai." The hero answered briefly.
"What's Vienna finicky, Mas?" ask Naina again.
"No. Only when I wake up in the morning can I find you and Rima. It's common again. Playing with mom and dad. Rima was also in the hospital, accompanying Vienna." Hero explained.
"Yes." Yeah."
The hero seemed hesitant, but he finally ventured to ask.
"Nai .. You left with Dennis?" ask Wira.
"Yes, Mas. Probably stayed overnight in Bandung. Tomorrow morning we return to Jakarta." Naina explains.
"Yes already. Be careful on the road. After arriving in Bandung... notify me, Nai."
"Yes, Mas.
The hearse and Dennis' car arrived in Bandung in the late afternoon. Lucky everything has been prepared by the Mbok Sumi family. Once in Bandung, the body of Mbok Sumi was immediately buried that day beside the grave of her husband.
***
At night in Bandung.
"Mas ..." call Naina and knock on Dennis' bedroom door. Her pretty face looks puffy and flushed. Every time she talks to Mbok Sumi's family, Naina comes back crying.
They were about to spend the night at the hotel, but Mbok Sumi's family forced them to stay at the house of the late Mbok Sumi, now occupied by his sister. Unable to resist, Dennis and Naina finally agreed.
"Later on, Nai," Dennis refused.
Since morning, Dennis was more silent.he was really hit with the departure of Mbok Sumi. Even the man did not want to talk to, choosing to be alone.
"Mas, I'll take your dinner to the room, okay?" naina Tawal. His gaze was fixed on Dennis who was sitting by the window, staring at the stars in the night sky.
"I'm not hungry, Nai." Dennis still refused.
"Mas, eat a little. Sick later. Vienna will be sad if you are sick." Naina still persuaded.
Dennis' first smile after a day of silence.
"My company is here." Dennis patted the soft wooden chair next to him. His face was so clear and hopeful.
Walking closer, Naina according. Spending the last few years with Dennis, that awkward one has been missing for a long time. For Naina, Dennis is no one else. They shared a lot of things during this time.
Although Naina finally learns of Dennis's evil deeds, the memories created between them will not just disappear.
"Nai, you remember that star, right? Every time I was going to America, you always asked me to mark the stars. And when I get to America, you're gonna ask me to find the star I marked. That way, we feel our distance is always close." Dennis smiled again.
"But Mother is no longer in this world. I can't hug my mother anymore. I no longer have a place to lean. My father died in prison and my mother also left. I just have you to lean on now. Let me lean back for a minute." Dennis wept as he hugged the waist of Naina standing before him, spilling all her grief.
"I'm starting to miss Mom now, Nai," isak Dennis let out his heart. The man's head was leaning right on Naina's stomach.
"Mas, don't cry anymore." Naina was speechless, only able to wipe Dennis' head with tears.
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