Not the Substitute Bride

Chapters 10

In the morning, the sky was still dark. Maheera was up and walked out of Shaka's room with slow steps so as not to wake Shaka who was sleeping on the sofa.

With a firm heart, Maheera finally decided to leave. Go away from her family, go away from her husband and go in search of peace.

Before going far away, Maheera stopped by Kinara's tomb for a while. Maheera sowed flowers on the tomb of Kinara which had been grown in green grass.

"Sister, sorry." Said Kinara with a trembling voice. "I can no longer carry out the mandate of my brother, I lost and I have decided to withdraw."

Drop by drop tears began to fall soaking my face Maheera.

"Your body is too sick for me to run. I'm sorry, brother. I have to go now!"

Maheera left Kinara's tomb because he could not stay there.

With the money that Maheera has saved, this girl also boarded a bus that went nowhere.

"I go pah, mah. I'm going mas." Omit Maheera by holding back tears that almost fell.

While at home, Shaka who just woke up was very surprised when he did not find Maheera in his room. Shaka goes out to find his wife, but Maheera is not there.

"Maheera, where are you?" Call Shaka who doesn't find Maheera in his house.

Shaka goes to the maid's room to make sure the wife is there. But, the room was empty even there were no bags and items belonging to Maheera.

"Gosh, did he leave?"

Shaka started to panic, this man rushed off to look for Maheera. In search of wherever Shaka could not find Maheera, inevitably Shaka had to go to her in-laws' house.

"What's Shaka?" Ask Mr. Banu who is surprised.

"Well, did Maheera come back to this house?" Shaka asked back.

"No, what's up Shaka?" Mr. Banu looked worried.

"Maheera goes reward, all her clothes and belongings are not there. I think he's coming home to this house." Shaka said.

"It's good that if Maheera leaves, the son of the unlucky bearer should not be around us." Said Diana who turned out to eavesdrop.

"Well, this is all because of you. All these years I've held back my patience to make my son suffer, are you satisfied now huh?" Sentak pak Banu Emotions.

"I'm satisfied of course!" Diana replied, Don't lose. "Your son is a bastard. Prostitutes, household destroyers!"

"And you should remember Diana, if it wasn't you who started cheating on me first, there's no way I'd have gone that far. For Maheera's sake all this time I've always obeyed your request."

"If papah doesn't like it, then find your bastard son. I was just having an affair but you even had a daughter with another girl. You useless man." Diana said so rudely.

Plak.

"Selfish women, they want to win by themselves. I'm tired of your attitude, from now on I divorce you, Diana." Say Mr. Banu loudly. "Go from my house!" Get rid of Mr. Banu who has dark eyes.

"I've never been afraid of divorce from you, Banu. Just take care of your bastard son. Cuiih.... unclean....!!"

Diana went to the room to pack all her clothes and personal belongings.

Just because of my bastard son, you divorced me after thirty years of my company. You see, I'll never let Maheera be happy because she's Kinara, my son is dead." Diana was full of revenge.

"Kinara died because she hid her illness and had nothing to do with Maheera. Basic stubborn, selfish and cruel woman."

Shaka just kept quiet to see her in-laws quarrel. This man was confused as to what he wanted to behave like and in the end Shaka decided to go look for Maheera.

"Where are you, Maheera. Why are you leaving like this?" Shaka was worried, a worry he never showed Maheera.

He kept looking but still he did not meet. Maheera had left with a wound in her heart.

As for Maheera, this girl had just arrived in the city of M. A very cool city even coming to this city just follows his heart. Aided by a motorcycle taxi driver, Maheera went looking for a cheap contract. Fortunately, he has enough money now.

"At least I'm much better than this. For those who don't want me, I don't care." Said Maheera who was currently lying on the floor mattress.

New cities, new neighborhoods and new people. Maheera just wants to start a better life, looking for her own happiness without having to think about both her parents and her husband.

"Let the past wrap my heart, I am sure that my wounds will heal with time." Maheera said, closing her eyes to rest her tired body after a day of travel.

As for Shaka, this man was frustrated because he could not find Maheera. The feeling of guilt further burned Shaka's heart, he had been foolishly judging and blaming Maheera all this time.

"Where did you go Maheera? I hope you're okay now, I hope you didn't do something like last night." Shaka said expectantly.

The dilemma, now Shaka is stuck on the guilt on Maheera. This twenty-eight-year-old man could only resign now.

A day has passed and even weeks have changed. Until now, Shaka has not received news about the whereabouts of Maheera.

"Where else are we looking for Maheera, Shaka?" Ask Mr. Banu with his tired face. His foolishness has made his biological son suffer.

"I've had my men search for Maheera all over this town, but there's still no good news." Reply to the tired Shaka.

Her household was destroyed, her first child died and now the only surviving child has left without a trace. Mr. Banu can only cry regret, the karma of his actions and Diana must be borne heavily by his two daughters.

"Maheera is not a bastard, Shaka." Said Mr. Banu telling Shaka not to misunderstand. "Me and her late mother have married Siri. It's just that when Maheera was born, her mother died."

"Why did you cheat on Diana?" Shaka asked who wanted to know the clarity.

"Diana started first. When I was broke, Diana had an affair with a businessman. At that time, Kinara was only a year old and I could not divorce Diana. Diana was just busy taking care of her affair whereas I had to work hard while taking care of Kinara. At that time I was close to the late Maheera named Nurma. He who helped me take care of Kinara even helped me get up again until now. Until one day, I secretly married Nurma and Maheera was born." Obviously Mr. Banu is long. He did not want if Shaka was like Diana who did not want to accept the reality and truth if in this position Diana was the most guilty.

"Pope can be fair to Maheera." Shaka said in an inexhaustible manner.

"Every time she wanted to do something like that, Diana always threatened to kill herself. I'm powerless against Diana, I'm a stupid man." Replied Mr. Banu then this middle-aged man sobbed.