Second Stopover

Chapter 47

A few days later accidentally Niara was walking towards a stall near the boarding house, there arrived a motorbike passing by, there was a woman who Niara knew was chatting with a man. The woman was none other than Icha, the new wife of her ex-husband, Icha was wrapping her hands around the body of a young man and her head was leaning on the back of the man with a spoiled smile. He seems to be very happy like his own world. 

"Loh not that's Erwin's wife, why she is so friendly with other men.." Niara wondered while still staring at the two. 

In the morning Niara had to walk to a stall near the boarding house to buy bath soap, but she accidentally saw an astounding and confusing sight. In his shadow all this time Erwin's household was happy but by looking at the incident just now, Niara realized that their relationship was not in good condition. Although it was none of Niara's business anymore but of course there were many questions at heart. Not just curious. Not wanting to sink deeper, soon Niara walked to buy necessities and returned to boarding.

On the other side was Erwin coming out of the bathroom. Currently he lives in a small boarding house near where he works, although not so good, even tend not to be feasible for a man to live in. Because the cost is too narrow and there is also a lot of laundry hanging in front of the boarding terrace, because every day the boarding house will dry as much clothes as possible in the area of his house including two boarding houses next to the house. Understandably the boarding mother is a widow who also receives laundry services, but not like most laundry services. The mother does not use a washing machine unless it is still manual to use hands.

"Where money is left the other one" holding the stomach while showing the contents of the wallet. In it was twenty thousand dollars left. It should be at the beginning of the month Erwin received a basic salary of about two million rupiahs each month, but because of the debt in the past inevitably he had to pay it in installments every month.

"It's just looking for breakfast what yes.." by just holding on to the money twenty thousand Erwin out of his boarding room riding a motorbike butut headed to a place. 

"Niara.." on the road Erwin saw Niara standing on the side of the road made him stop the speed of the vehicle "Samperin no ya" a little worried but he ventured to approach it.

"Ehem...." Erwin cleared his throat making Niara turn towards him "Mas Erwin.." he said.

"Where are you going?" 

"I'm going to mom's house, Mom. Like a holiday, where are you going?" 

"If so we are together by chance I miss your mother and father too. It had been more than a year not to meet them" from Erwin's tone there was a turmoil in his heart. The watery look was what it meant, I don't know which is clear only Erwin himself knew.

"Emmmm...not that you can't mas but it's okay what are you nganterin me at once play in my parents' house, afraid that someone is angry" 

"Who do you mean?" 

Niara shrugs "Yes who knows your wife is jealous"

"A widower has no wife" one reply silenced Niara's mouth for several minutes. Questions were no longer thrown from his mouth, there were only a few questions in his heart that did not feel good if he was caught in front of Erwin.

(Don't let them already.).

"Yes yuk yuk I take you all play to the house of the father's mother" Erwin reflex pulled Niara's arm up to the motorbike. Niara stopped the move "I can walk alone, mas" Niara said, telling Erwij that since the divorce happened she had no right to Niara even just to touch him.

Soon Erwin took off his ex-wife's arm "Sorry, sorry, I have no other intention, I'm just a reflex" they also flocked to Niara's parents' house.

Arriving at home, you can see the door in the lock. It just so happened that a neighbor came to tell him that his parents were visiting the brother's house in the village.

"I'm sorry I've been here but I'm just as father does not exist, so ngerepotin you deh mas" said Niara.

"Not what, maybe next time I can come again" 

Tibi arrived Erwin touched Niara's hand "I want to talk to you for a while" invited her to sit in the front seat of the house.

Niara was amazed at what Erwin wanted to talk to her about "I want to apologize for all my mistakes so far, from deliberately hurting you and to breaking your heart. Honestly, from that mistake I learned a lot about what love means. Not only that, I also understand that all actions must be accompanied by karma. I'm really sorry" Erwin said, bowing his head. 

"I've forgiven you for a long time. Maybe with all that we can learn the same way we look after each other and appreciate also learn the meaning of honest and faithful. What passes let it pass. Let's assemble a new life, live each other's lives a much better life than before." Not denied in the heart of Niara still leaves tightness. Not because of his love, but the wound was so painful that it had not yet fully wound.

"Honestly I'm so sorry.If only time could I turn back, I'd love to fix what I've broken before. But it seems like the world has shown us a new way" actually Erwin really wants Niara back with him to be his wife again.

Niara took a deep breath "Here you go, mas. Don't talk about past problems. Life is not how to enjoy it but how to deal with it. All that happens is a phonical non-deacnose lesson from the almighty. We all walk on the past by looking to the future. Repairing yourself doesn't mean you have to repeat." 

How heartbroken and hopeful Erwin is right now, because he has lost hope of returning.

"Yes I know too, okay then I'll go home first or you want me to drop each other off?" Erwin offered himself.

Niara smiled then shook her head "No, thank you. Let me wait for Mirna" 

Immediately Erwin got up while turning around to hide the glint of tears at the end of his net "May your life after this be much happier" Erwin's footsteps slowly moved away.

"Wait.." walked over to Erwin with a questionable look.

Before turning around Erwin wiped the matana water "Yes, why?" Pretending to smile even though he is injured.

"Your feet.." look towards the feet.

"Oh that was the result of an accident a few years ago, the night I just got home from your house, unexpectedly I got hit by a broken leg bone." Clearly remembering the events of that time.

"God (puffing his own mouth) why didn't you tell me. From that night I looked for the mas up to my mother's house, but they didn't say anything to me...." 

"They don't know if I'm having a disaster, actually I don't want to know them but because I have trouble paying hospital fees, I finally ask people to come home....." Erwin recalled how cruel Karma infidelity hit his life until you were not influential, until the sweat began to fade.

"Oh my God, I'm sorry I really don't know if you.." Niara hasn't finished talking yet, Erwin first silenced Niara's mouth with his index finger.

"No, what is punishment for a man like me. I have accepted it, I sincerely serve the spiritual punishment. In this way at least I can be aware of my previous actions" Erwin's tears spilled in front of his woman. 

Seeing Erwin's tears made Niara unable to bear, her hands slowly wiped those tears "Don't cry over everything that happened. Let the past pass, we live a new life. Although we are not husband and wife anymore, but we can be friends. Okay?" Niara's sweet smile widened to make Erwin's heart feel comfortable.

"Yes. We are friends now" Erwin said.

"Then from now on we're friends"