My Husband's Secret

107. I'm sorry

"Please drink, Mas," said Maysa, putting down a glass of tea.

The woman returned to her seat and continued her breakfast. After all finished finishing her meal, the children played in the back garden, while Maysa still helped Riri clean up the dining table. Mama Rafiqah sits on the side porch of the house watching her grandchildren.

After her work was done, Maysa approached the children in the back garden. The woman took them both home. At first Dio refused because he was still comfortable here, but with Maysa's persuasion the boy finally wanted to too.

The woman knew that her son had refused because he was still angry with Tama. He felt guilty about it, for letting the children hear his quarrel. Fortunately, it is not difficult to persuade them. Maysa knew if Tama still had a job because of that, she could not linger in her parents' house.

"If the kids still want to be here it's okay, May. I also have no job" said Tama, who had just gone to the back garden and found Maysa persuading the children.

"No need, Mas. We just go home, Mama Mirna must be home alone," said Maysa, she did not want Mama Rafiqah to see her who was still angry at her husband. That middle-aged woman will think.

Tama just nodded. The four of them say goodbye to Mama Rafiqah and also Riri who is in the family room. At first the middle-aged woman still wanted them here, but judging from the atmosphere of tension earlier, Mama Rafiqah knew that Maysa wanted to solve her problems at home immediately.

All the way home, there was silence. In the car it looks cold. Not a single person spoke, only Eira who occasionally asked her brother.

"Why are we stopping here, brother? Didn't we go home?" eira asks when she finds out Tama stopped her car at a playground.

Now a holiday, of course the park is very crowded. Lots of kids playing there. Dio only shook his head in response because he also did not know why his father had invited him here. There was no notice at all from the man before.

Right now everyone is in a bad mood to play together. If there had been no incident at Mama Rafiqah's house, the children would have been eager to be invited to a place like this.

"Why shut up everyone? Come on, let's get down. Today is a holiday so we have fun here" Tama said, looking at his wife and children.

"I want to go home, Pa," said Dio, as well as Eira who nodded at her brother's words.

Maysa was just silently staring around the park. So many families spend time together on holidays. He rarely spends time together like them. From the past until now.

It used to be with Rafka if he had free time, he would go alone with Eira. Rafka is always busy with her work. Even after the divorce, the man did not exist for Eira.

Now when they are together with Tama, only occasionally can they leave. There is also a time limit, but Maysa is still grateful the Husband still takes the time. Given the work of the man was a company leader. However, still as a woman sometimes she feels jealous of other women.

"May, you don't want to come down?" tanya Tama broke the woman's daydream.

Maysa looked towards the children who looked not so enthusiastic. "It's up to the kids to come down to nothing."

"May, are you angry with what I said earlier? Sorry, I didn't mean to yell at you. It's just that I don't like you talking like that. It greatly lowered a man's self-esteem."

"Yes, I know because you're also a man, right? I've forgotten it too. We better go home now, it's not ethical to talk in front of the kids" Maysa said without looking at her husband.

"It's not like that try to understand what I mean."

Tama closed her eyes for a moment. It seemed like what he had done earlier, had already deeply hurt Maysa. However, that man really had no intention of that. Tama also reflexively yelled at his wife.

The man finally drove the car back home. He will talk to Maysa. Tama knows for sure at this time his wife is looking to vent what she feels. However, he was unable to do so at this moment because there were children together with them.

Not long after, finally the car driven by the man arrived in the yard. Everyone immediately went down and entered the house. Mama Mirna who was in the family room immediately welcomed her grandchildren.

"I thought you were home the other night, but now you're home!" exclaim Mama Mirna. Dio and Eira chattered, telling her what to do in her oma's house.

The middle-aged woman only smiled hearing that. Meanwhile, Maysa sat on the sofa beside them. He also smiled at the children.

"May, how did you talk to your mom?" ask Mama Mirna.

"Already, Ma. Alhamdulillah Mama Rafiqah agreed, but Mama Rafiqah wants to occasionally stay at home if you miss the same house."

"Yes, Mama understands, it's really hard to leave the house at our age. Especially the house we have lived in since. Hope your mom is here."

"Yes, Ma."

"May, let's go to the room first! There's something I want to talk about," asked Tama who had just arrived.

"Yes, Mas" said Maysa who then turned to look at the in-laws. "I'm going inside first, Ma."

"Yes, if you haven't had breakfast, just ask Auntie."

"Already, Ma. We've had breakfast."

Maysa followed her husband to the room, while the children were still in the living room with Mama Mirna. The couple walked into the room. Once there, Tama sat on the sofa, Maysa also sat next to her husband.

Tama took a deep breath. The man sat down to face his wife. "I know you've been very hurt by what I said earlier. Moreover, I yelled at you, but really I did not intend to hurt you. I just reflexively yelled at you because I didn't like what you said. Do you realize that those words are so inappropriate for you?"

"And are you also aware, Mom, that you are yelling at me in front of others? That other person was the one who hurt me and Eira so much in the past. Even though it was only the past, but the wound he had inflicted until this second was still felt."

Maysa's eyes glazed over, as much as possible the woman held him back from spilling. She did not want to look weak this time even in front of the husband.

"Even yesterday the wound grew, when he asked for permission to take Eira on vacation and ended up being let down as well. Maybe if it's in front of other people, it feels different, but whatever it is, I don't like being yelled at the most. The old man who raised me never snapped. Only Rafka is the one who yells at me other than you" he continued.

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