SECOND BRIDE

Episode 29: Husband (person) Calling

“Mbak Shinta ?” ask the online taxi driver.

Shinta simply nodded with a sense of disappointment still lingering within her. He was still wondering what Andre was doing in Bandung so that Andre did not have time to give any news at all.

When he arrived at the hospital where his mother and son were going to meet with an obstetrician, he accidentally saw someone he knew. Deeply shocked, Shinta immediately turned her face away from fearing that she would be noticed by that person. He was...

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After Saka's birthday, Ratih is very worried about Hana. He knew his sister was showing herself strong but actually deep within him must still be feeling pain.

“Han!” call Ratih.

Hana who was making a snack for Saka just answered him with a little peek.

“You've thought well of you, Saka and him.” asked Ratih.

Hana did not answer anything she was still focusing on her cooking for Saka. Ratih also felt this was not the right time to discuss it, he was just worried that Hana's guts would return shrill after his meeting with Andre yesterday.

“Hana yesterday had been to the religious court, Teh” Suddenly Hana opened the conversation after making sure Saka's snack was done.

“Contin ?” ask Ratih.

“Hana is already steady to go from Mas Andre's life, but Hana is still hesitant about Saka. Saka may still not understand but gradually Saka will soon understand why his parents are getting less and less together. Furthermore, after the divorce Hana was not able to eliminate the figure of her father. Hana was thinking everything over, and when it was already very steady, Hana would immediately register it officially.”

Ratih smiled looking at Hana, his sister who looked more robust now. Given some time back mental Hana is very unstable to the point that he repeatedly wanted to end his own life.

“dan... Hannah is leaving this house. However, this house belongs to Mas Andre, even though at that time Mas Andre bought it to live with his wife and children. Now it's... Hana is a nobody, Hana also feels she has no right to stay here after our divorce.” Obviously Hana again.

Ratih just nodded and clasped his sister's hand to strengthen each other. Right now what he saw in Hana was not just his sister but he was staring at a very strong and tough woman. Very different from some time ago when Saka even had to be evacuated while at Ovi's house.

“One thing you should remember, you still have teteh. Whatever your decision, you will always support you. After mom and dad died, you were the only family that had the opposite. Hana... teteh's most beautiful and most powerful sister, we can definitely go through this together, huh ?”

Hana nodded then hugged Ratih very tightly, without the presence of Ratih maybe now he was gone. He was very grateful to his brother who was always present when he needed strength and willingly left his small family for a while just to accompany his fragile sister.

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Shinta decides to stay inside the hospital to pick up the queue in advance quietly, because seeing the situation of a crowded hospital the queue number must have been large which means he can go first to a place to avoid someone he knows.

045.

Shinta's queue number, he also asked the number of queues that had been called to how many sisters gave him the number of the queue. The nurse replied that it took about thirty minutes or so before Shinta's queue number was called. Shinta is very grateful because it means she has time to avoid someone.

He walked out of the hospital looking for a place to go. But how surprised he was when someone he was trying to avoid turned out to meet him in the eye.

“Shinta!” call that someone.

Shinta was still trying to ignore the call, but the person, being very confident in his sight, tried to make sure by approaching Shinta. She is Shinta's college friend, Ghea.

“Lo why here ?” ask Ghea to Shinta.

“Lo nganterin people too ? Who is pregnant ?” ask Ghea again.

Shinta nodded awkwardly.

“Old time we do not chat, we chat yuk. My ma'am again checked, maybe a little long.”

“Ehmm. That... which I anterin kanya waiting for me deh.”

“The queue number is how much is it?” Ghea immediately saw the queue paper that had been held by Shinta.

“45... still a long time. It's still twenty-something more, we're talking yuk. I am very bosen. Surrounded by pregnant mothers.” Ghea slightly pulls Shinta to force Shinta to follow her.

Shinta could not refuse anymore.

Eventually, Shinta and Ghea went to the hospital cafeteria.

“So, who's pregnant, Shin ?” ask Ghea who seems to be very kepo.

Shita already knew his nature like this, so he was trying to avoid it. He was just afraid that his big mouth would create rumors on campus about him.

“Near relatives, Ghe.” Answer Shinta.

“Lo looks fatter huh, Shin. I thought about Lo being pregnant. You see, your posture is the same as my sister. The fat is the same, the size is the same.”

“Hahaha..” Shinta laughed awkwardly, as Ghea was not entirely wrong.

“Gue Just more stress, keep running to food so gini deh. Hehe.”

“Iya anyway, we have almost the last semester before we thesis too. I am also stressed.”

Once it was quiet, there was no chatter between them. Basically they are not too close, Shinta just responds to a smile and nod to every complaint that Ghea throws from the campus to the relationship. Maybe because Ghea was tired of telling her about her life, now all that was between them was silence.

Drrttt...

Shinta's phone voice reads, reads “Suami”. Shinta hurriedly covered up the name of the contact that appeared on her phone and immediately picked up and asked Ghea for permission to go answer the phone. Ghea's eyes couldn't lie, but she saw the contact's name written on Shinta's phone.

“Suami..” Ghea muttered and immediately thought. Is actually the pregnant one not her relatives but Shinta herself ? considering his “suami” earlier called which means Shinta is married ? But why isn't anyone on campus talking about it ? it was likely that only two of him had missed the news or indeed Shinta was still covering up this news.

Connect~

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