
Pov Mely's
At exactly four o'clock in the afternoon I arrived at our contract. It felt so tiring, plus I had to endure the pain at my bottom, which I had been feeling since this morning. The pain is getting worse. Am I going to give birth today? But, the signs my baby will be born are nonexistent. No blood, mucus or water coming out of my shame. Said Midwife where I speksi, usually the fetus will be born issued signs such as blood, mucus or water. I'm getting confused. I don't know if I'm pregnant this time.
"Son, you've come." Said the father who just came out of the kitchen. Surfing me sitting on a plastic chair in the living room. I brought a glass of warm water. I want to drink while sitting in a chair.
"Yes Dad." My words are weak, for I feel very tired.
"Drink this water!" tell Dad and give me a glass filled with warm water.
"It's not for Dad." I answered grimacingly, enduring the pain in my lower abdomen.
"Yes, but for you." Said Dad paying attention to the details of me.
"Because Dad is not healthy, you become who works, already your condition is pregnant. I should have forced you to go home to M. But, look at you torturing yourself, by staying here." Say it with a little emotional and teary eyes.
Father Word always threw me out and asked me to come home, but I didn't want to. I was scared, and ashamed. I'm afraid of being scolded by Ali's father, Mama and I'm afraid of being ignored by Mas Rival. I'm sure, he's glad I'm out of his life. He must have gone back to his ex-wife. Now he has a lot of money. Of course he can do everything he can to get back together with his ex-wife.
The proof is, he's not looking for me. Indeed, I've changed my phone number. Change my nickname to Anisah in this village. I really want to get away from him. But, sometimes I miss him. Is it because I changed my nickname, he didn't find me? Once upon a time, I expected to find him.
"Dad, what time do we leave?" I asked, diverting the conversation Father who wanted to ask me to go home to M city.
"Are your things ready for you to pack?"
"It's Dad, since I woke up I've packed it." I still say with a wry expression, for enduring the pain of my stomach.
"The arrest for grandfather's grandson have you prepared?" ask again with a sad expression. He seems sorry to see me.
"It's Dad." Answer smiled. I know Dad feels sorry for me. Let alone Dad, I feel sorry for my situation. Pregnant without husband. Pregnant but have to work for living expenses. My life now turned 180 degrees when I was a girl. Who lives luxuriously and eats well.
"You should shower first and pray. After that we leave. Before the magrib we have to get to Tuk-tuk island." Say with a sad face.
"Yes Dad." I walked to my room holding my stomach. Take a towel and change of clothes. Get out of the room and walk towards the kitchen, where our bathroom is located.
I flushed my body from the tip of my head to the tip of my foot. I don't know why, I feel so sad today. I did not feel tears falling with a rush of seeping mixed with the water that I poured into my head and flowing wet my body. Tears mixed with water to shower me.
I have decided to leave her life. I must Istiqomah with my decision. Right now I always miss him. Missed his fake touch. Missing Him stroking my stomach and reciting the Holy Quran for her baby. But, I'm sure as time goes by I can definitely get through life without her. It's just a matter of time.
After taking a shower, I felt fresher and my body felt lighter, although my stomach hurt more, heavier and felt sipping down. Am I going to give birth? but there's no sign yet. Should I go to the Midwife where I Speksi? I'm very confused.
When they hear the experiences of neighbors, they say they can feel pain one day to two days. I just felt it this morning. It is most likely the birth of tomorrow. Like the story of my neighbor's mother's experience.
After trying to fall asleep for a while, I got out of the room. Browse my suitcase and the bag containing my clothes and my twin baby gear. I approached Dad in the living room who was also ready with his luggage.
"Dad noticed your face was pale, and you seemed to be enduring the pain. Will my granddaughter be born?" asked Dad to pay attention to the details of my body.
I sat my body in the plastic chair next to Dad. "Come on Dad, I do feel pain in the lower part of my stomach. But I can still hold it." I answered by sitting on that plastic chair.
"If your grandson is born, it's time. We better delay our departure. And now we go to the hospital." Bargain Dad, pay attention to the details of me grimacing it.
"Looks like I'm not Dad yet. Maybe tomorrow is born. We'd better leave now it's almost five in the afternoon. I can still endure the pain. I want to give birth on Tuk-tuk island. Let someone take care of me and Dad." I still feel the pain in my stomach. Yes, two weeks ago, when we visited Tuk-tuk island where my sister lived. The aunt asked me to give birth in her home. He said he'd take care of me.
"Well, you have to say that you can't take it anymore. We have to go to the hospital." Said Dad, picked up the stuff and pulled my suitcase.
Before leaving, I said goodbye to my neighbors and left our pond where the fish stayed a little more.
Dad took his backpack and gnawed my suitcase. While I carry a bag that is medium in size, in the bag there are some of the equipment of the twins.
It didn't take long to wait, the train stopped in front of us. I sat in the front seat because it happened to be empty. Dad was sitting in the back. Transport also drove.
Author POV.
Yasir, Rili and Mama Maryam had arrived at the restaurant, where Yasir had seen Mely. While Rival who went alone has been rough in Parapat. He could no longer focus, as he was already troubled to think of his wife Mely. So he could not find the address of the restaurant that Yasir said by phone.
Yasir, Rili and Mama Maryam immediately hit the gas following Rival. Rili even had a chance to cry to imagine the condition of Mely which he thought was cause for concern. He stroked his stomach the entire way. Yes Rili is four months pregnant at the moment. Funny thing is that Rili even experienced morning sickness in her pregnancy in the second semester.
Even though she is pregnant and cravings. He who insisted asked Yasir to follow Rival to Parapat to come look for Mely. Rili, who had a good heart, felt sorry for Mely. Rili still remembers what happened four months ago, when he got a call from a woman who was crying and claiming to be pregnant, who he believed was Mely.
"Sister, sorry to ask. The address of the woman who came here a week ago with the appearance of the catfish is where is it?" ask Yasir to the cashier of the restaurant. The woman asked by Yasir was confused because she did not understand the meaning of Yasir's question.
"What does Brother mean? Sorry I don't understand the person you mean." The answer is confused and shudder shoulders.
Yasir ruffled his hair, He no longer knows how to explain it. While Rili who was almost drunk, chose to sit in the dining room chair and ordered hot sweet tea.
Mama Maryam was even more upset. He was confused and thought hard. If Mely was here. Is He with the Word?
"Did this woman ever come here?" Mama Maryam shows me a picture of Mely. Looked like there was a crowd at the cashier's table. So some of the waiters who were not working rushed to the cashier table.
"The woman who served as the cashier noticed with detail photos of Mely given by Mama Maryam. But, because the photo shown Mama Maryam is a photo of Mely who is still thin and beautiful. So the cashier said he never saw her.
"Let's see more detail on the deck. This is a picture of a girl. The woman we're looking for is a woman who's pregnant." Mama Maryam. Explain in detail the condition of Mely.
A moment the woman who served as the cashier thought and then glanced, her friend who was standing next to her.
"His face looks like Anisah?"
"Yes, her name is Anisah." Mama Maryam said passionately.
"Full name Mely Anisah Ajib. Commonly called Mely. Maybe here she's using Anisah's nickname." Mama Maryam again. He felt happy and happy, at least Mely was clearly in this city. For a moment he cursed his stupidity. Why did He not think to look for him here.
"Oohhh this is Anisah's sister. He just got home from here delivering the order. But he said today last set the order. Because she's going to Tuk-tuk Island to her father's village to give birth."
"Let's go, Yasir, let's look at the harbor." Mama Maryam immediately cut off the statement of the cashier.
"We're going to the house first, Ma."
Yasir glanced at the cashier. "Do you know the address?" ask Yasir.
"Yes know."
"Please write.!" pinta Yasir was impatient.
The cashier wrote down Mely's address, on the bon paper.
"Mommy call Rival. Tell him to find Mely to the harbor. We'll check into his house first." Yasir said as he walked over to Rili who was half-stained, enjoying his hot sweet tea.
"Darling, we're leaving now. Later on, drink the tea again." Say Yasir, put a 100 thousand fraction of the money on the dining table where Rili drank sweet hot tea.