SECOND BRIDE
Episode 30: Scapegoat
Shinta immediately picked up the phone she was waiting for.
“Assalamualaikum”
Shinta immediately replied, “Mas where aja!”
“Jawab my greetings first.”
“Waalaikumsalam, Mas anywhere!”
“I just got to the hospital now, sorry I'm late. Are you still in the hospital ?” ask Andre.
“Mas here ? since when ?”
“Shiinta.. can you just answer my question with an answer just not a question anymore.”.
“Sorry..”
“Now where are you ? I'm already in the hospital lobby.”
“Lobi ? t-but..” Shinta immediately glanced at the whereabouts of Ghea who was sitting with her. Ghea is gone. Be safe...
“I-iya... Shinta is also in the lobby. Shinta again in her canteen, Mas.”
“Ya... I am there now.” Andre immediately hung up his phone and walked towards the cafeteria.
“MAS!” Shinta called Andre.
Andre just looked at Shinta and immediately went to him, Shinta saw a different aura on Andre. Andre looked glum, whose usually smile was always on his face at the moment Shinta saw only sadness and disappointment. Looks like something happened that wasn't wearing in Bandung yesterday. Shinta feels guilty because last night she even had a no-no between Andre and Hana.
“What queue number is ?” ask Andre.
“45..” replied Shinta.
Andre just nodded and kept quiet.
Shinta was very confused, Andre was acting very unusual. It was like he was asking her but this is a public place is it ethical to talk about household matters in a place like this ?
Finally Shinta decided to hold the questions that were already lined up in her head and wait until there were only the two of them.
“Mas... Let's go there to check now what queue number is.” Take Shinta.
Andre nodded, “Ayo..” his reply was brief.
****
When it was finished, her biological doctor stated that Shinta was very healthy and her fetus was well developed. Shinta is very happy because she can again hear the heartbeat of the baby in her stomach, it feels more real and she just realized her stomach is increasingly visible. But his happiness as not felt by Andre, Andre still remained silent and earlier when the heartbeat of the baby in the care of Andre did not budge at all.
What happened to Andre ?
That was the first question that Shinta had in mind, she knew this was a very serious problem and she had to pry what really happened in Bandung yesterday.
“Mas ?” ask Andre Shinta.
“What ?” answered Andre while getting ready to drive the car.
Shinta clasped Andre's hand for a moment to stop his activity. Andre looked at Shinta confusedly.
“Can we talk now ?” ask Shinta.
Andre just looked at Shinta.
“What happened in Bandung ? and the envelope you received yesterday was it true from the religious court ?” ask Shinta.
Andre was silent for a moment, then the other hand raised Shinta's hand. Andre did not answer, he remained silent and drove straight to his car.
What's really going on ? Shinta was really made curious about what was really going on. What Hana did again to the point of making Andre become like this. The divorce papers were enough to shock him like yesterday but it looks like what happened in Bandung yesterday really made it big to the point of changing Andre's attitude to be this quiet.
“Mas already ate ?” shinta asked, she was still trying to get Andre to talk to her again.
“I'm not hungry, you're hungry ?” ask Andre.
“Shinta... want rice uduk.”.
“Nasi uduk ? it's noon, Shinta. Can others ?”
“But again want it.”
“Tomorrow morning rice, now eat the first.”
“But..”.
“Shinta! Yes already! Don't ribet.” Cut Andre in a slightly raised voice.
Shinta was silent and lowered her head, she did not dare to look at Andre anymore. Although only a little snapped, but somehow it managed to make Shinta sad. He threw away Andre's face and tried to hold back his tears that were about to fall.
I just want Mas Andre to notice me am I wrong ? until it must be snapped like that. - Shinta
Andre knew his voice was a little loud for Shinta, plus he never snapped at Shinta like that. Glancing at Shinta for a moment, he cried.
“Shin..” call Andre.
Shinta was silent, he still looked away from Andre by occasionally wiping his tears that kept coming out.
“Shinta... You cry ?” ask Andre who is now trying to be softer.
“Shinta..” Andre tried to persuade Shinta to come back to hear it and turned her face to look at him.
“Where do you want rice uduk ? Yes, I have been looking for it. Sorry I raised my voice.” Andre.
Shinta still looked away by continuing to wipe her tears that kept coming out.
“Shinta... If you are rich in gini. We'll stay here until you talk.”
Shinta who heard such a threat, immediately looked at Andre. His eyes were so full of crying.
“No...” says Shinta.
Andre's confused.
“Gakkan didiemin rich like that, Shinta also enjoy the same feeling rich Mas all day Shinta kept crying.
“Udah yes.. sorryin, Mas. Wrong mas.”
“Shinta felt fear and confusion simultaneously, Mas Andre looked different even when the content check seemed to now only Shinta would be happy to welcome the birth of him.” Shinta sighed, managing her severed breath due to emotions accompanied by crying.
“What do you mean, Shinta! Why are you talking like that!”
Fights begin. The atmosphere is getting hotter, Andre who currently has unstable emotions because he thinks of Hana and Shinta also who have unstable emotions because he is two-bodied. Of course, the quarrel between humans who have unstable emotions is inevitable.
“In the face of Mas Andre earlier, when played the heartbeat of the little one... Andre looks unhappy. Only Shinta was happy to hear that! In addition, Mas Andre always silenced Shinta since Mas Andre came earlier. If for example it is forced to be here, why come!”
“I came because you asked for it!”
“If Mas Andre does not want to come, Mas Andre just reject it. Shinta will not sue Mas Andre either! Especially if the goal is because Mbak Hana.”
Andre looked at Shinta, never thinking he could think like that.
“Mas Andre always put it first right.” Shinta muttered
“What did you say ?” Andre heard a glimpse of what Shinta said.
Shinta looked at Andre sharply.
“Mas Andre only cares about Mbak Hana. Mas Andre paid attention to Shinta definitely because of the child that Shinta conceived right! Now, does Mas Andre still care about this kid ?”
“I never thought like that! Between you and Hana is equally precious to me!”
“Between me and Mbak Hana, If you have to choose... will Mas Andre choose me ?”
Andre stared silently at Shinta.
I know where your heart is going to choose, but I'm a fool for still hoping you'll pick me-Shinta
*****
In Bandung.
“Mas Andre has returned to Jakarta, after a day of searching around Bandung whereabouts, Mbak.” Ovi was talking on the phone.
“Still, Ovi. You've kept a new address a secret, Mbak.”
“For now, this is better. Although Kak Andre is Ovi's older brother but currently Ovi does not recognize Ovi's own older brother. Brother Andre always justifies anything he does in the name of love, but Ma'am Hana knows for themselves the love they have is wrong.”
“Not wrong, Vi. It's just, not exactly. Mbak is sincere.”
“How can Mbak be that loud ?”
“Fresh from where, Vi! You know for yourself how bad you were at that time. This is a long process, until finally Mbak met with the word sincere.”
“One more time, sorry brother Ovi yes, Ma'am Hana.”
“For what you apologize, there is nothing to be forgiven of you.”
“Mbak Hana good person, hopefully soon be reunited with good people as well.”
“Aamiin, Oh yes actually meant mbak call you that. Ma'am would like to tell you, Mbak and Saka will move to Bali.”
“Moving that far ?”
“There is a family Teteh Ratih, Mbak also do not know will be there until when. If there's a time later we might be able to meet there.”
“Should it go that far, Ma'am ? Ovi so there is no meeting in Bandung.”
“We're still calling and video calling, Vi. Ma'am will always be an older sister to you and Ovi will always be her younger sister Hana.”
“Still yes, Ma'am. Thanks for keeping in touch with Ovi.”
“Iya. ah thanks and sorry. You have to clean up again. We'll continue later on yes.”
Call terminated. Hana again continued to clean up the clothes belonging to Saka and herself from the laundry room, because the other clothes are still neatly arranged in the suitcase. Saka who always wanted to come with Hana played around the laundry room. At first glance, Saka is still playing with his cars while his hands continue to fold the clothes that had been dried because the laundry that Hana came to was a self-contained laundry not a laundry service, but a laundry service, so here Hana still has to wash and dry her own clothes.
Because it was too cool to clean clothes, Hana forgot to Saka. He had finished folding his clothes and was about to take Saka home, but Saka was nowhere to be seen.
Saka's missing.
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