My Husband's Secret

122. Debate in the midst of grief

"Sister, you're quiet in there, yeah. Hopefully later we meet there so, good boy, so later we can always be together. Mama said, a good boy will go to heaven. We will go to heaven together, yes," said Eira who then kissed his sister's forehead.

This of course made the people who saw him shed tears. The simple words. However, it was able to make the hearts of the old men tremble. They were also amazed by the way Maysa taught her daughter. The woman had always been patient and meek, it was appropriate that her daughter was also great.

Eira returns to Maysa. They sat a little away from the body. Relatives of Rafka who was sitting near and already knew him were shaking hands. Dio and Eira just kept quiet while looking around.

The funeral went well. The Vida family was also present there. However, they can't be long. After the funeral, they returned home. It certainly makes the Rafka family whisper to each other.

Vida didn't care about it because she was used to it. His family did have a low tolerance so, he was not too surprised by their attitude. During this time Vida was also fine living alone.

Maysa codes the husband to say goodbye to Rafka. They also had to go home, the children seemed to have been very sleepy as well. Since school, they have not rested at all. It's only right if they're tired.

"Sorry, Rafka. My family and I have to be happy. The children also have not rested at all from the school house earlier," said Tama to Rafka.

Rafka looked towards her daughter who was currently sitting beside Maysa. "I'm sorry, Mr. Tama, is it okay if Eira stays here for a while. Here are also many relatives who stay, will certainly be crowded later," said Rafka who made Tama confused.

Not that he wanted to ban it, but was afraid that Maysa would get angry if Tama gave her permission. The man knows very well that his wife doesn't like Eira the most when he's with Rafka after what happened yesterday. The woman was afraid that Rafka would again make her daughter disappointed. It took a few days to make the little girl cheerful again.

"Regarding that, please ask your child yourself. If I personally never limit where Eira wants to go," replied Tama as she glanced at his wife. Hope the answer doesn't disappoint the wife.

Rafka looked at her daughter expectantly. The man sat in front of Eira and grasped both of his daughter's palms. "Eira wants to stay at Oma's? There will be many other Eira cousins. We can play together later. Wants, right?" ask Rafka.

Maysa only looked at the interaction between the father and the child. To be honest in his heart he was very unwilling if his daughter stayed here. However, Rafka also still has rights over Eira. The little girl also had the right to make her own choices. If you remember the injury that the man gave you, it would be very hard to remove his daughter here. Even if it's just for one night.

"I don't want to, I just want to go home" Eira replied by letting go of her hand and hugging Maysa who was beside her. He also hid his face in his mother's chest.

Of course, that surprised everyone. They think if Eira wants to stay here. Given before the child is always happy if playing with his cousin. But now, they refuse firmly. Not even looking at his father's face.

Eira still hid the face on her mother's chest. Maysa could only rub her daughter's back to calm the little girl's heart. He knows very well that Eira is still traumatized by traveling with Rafka. Although currently the 'rivalry' no longer exists. But the little boy was still afraid.

"Sorry, Brother Rafka. It looks like Eira is refusing to stay here" Maysa said with a smile.

It was wrongly interpreted by one of the brothers from Mama Ishana. "That's what you forbid, right? Eira used to live here. Why now refuse? Is it because you now have a husband richer than Rafka? You taught your daughter to disrespect parents!"

"Sister Rafka, it's best that me and my family resign themselves. I'm not going to add any more trouble when you're grieving and you're Auntie, if you don't know anything, you better take care of your mouth. You just ask your niece what she did to her daughter. It traumatized her daughter. Excuse me, assalamualaikum."

Maysa immediately left there holding Eira. Not to forget also he invited Dio and also Tama. The woman was really upset by him. Maysa came with good intentions to serve, but in the end there had to be a debate before leaving. Whether they are family indeed every meeting must test it.

"Rafka, what did Maysa mean? Why is he talking like you made a big mistake?"

"I did make a big mistake, Auntie, but right now I don't want to talk about it. Eira and Maysa are innocent. They only showed their disappointment towards me" Rafka replied, lowering her head.

"If it's a disappointment because of your divorce, isn't it over? Maysa is also married and seems like they are happy too. Why are they still in question?"

"What Maysa meant was not our divorce, Auntie, but yesterday during the holidays, I promised Eira would take her for a walk, but for some reason I canceled asking her and ...."

Rafka was unable to continue his words. There's no way she'd tell me if Vida had hit her daughter. It will add to the problem, considering how his family dislikes his wife so much. They still think Vida is an actor who does not deserve to be one of their families.

"And what? Why don't you continue? What has happened between you, to make Eira not want to be with you anymore?"

Vida was silent. He didn't say a single word. The woman knows that Rafka is currently covering up for her mistake. However, there was not a single intention to defend the man. Let Rafka finish it by himself.

"Already, Aunt. Don't talk about it anymore, it's all over. Free to talk about again." Rafka leave immediately. He went to his room, and Vida followed him from behind.

"Sister, do you know what Rafka's words mean? What has he done to his daughter, to make her not want to get close to him? Don't tell me Rafka was violent. I've known him as a warm man. In our family there is also no gentleman."

"I don't know either. Ever since Rafka and Vida decided to sign, I've lost a lot of news about them. Whatever they have done, even when their child is sick, I don't know at all" replied Mama Ishana.

"How many times have I told you, if you are not too weak to face your daughter-in-law, you must be even more resolute."

Mama Ishana just silently heard the scolding from her sister. It was not that he did not want to be assertive, it was just that the woman was too lazy to talk to Vida, which would instead end in a debate.

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