Second Woman

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Muthia woke up early in the morning, she wanted to make her husband and sister's favorite dishes. Although Sandra's attitude is never good, as much as possible Muthia always does not want to take heart or hate her older sister, Muthia understands that her presence has made Sandra do so, Muthia said, Muthia Hamya can pray and hope that one day her brother can accept her presence and can live side by side in harmony and happiness.

"Mbok, please yes later if there is a vegetable mamang passing, buy chili same vegetables, I want to make capcay, and please later mbok help me cook, mbok, since today I want to cook some menu, kang Aswin will go home."

Mbok Narti agreed to Muthia's orders without asking much, although much silence, but mbok Narti was very diligent and deft, maybe still awkward because it was only a few days working at home Muthia.

" Mr. Aswin is out of town a lot, huh, Mom?" Ask mbok Narti lugu.

"Yes mbok, later the father of his first wife will come, so I have to cook my husband's favorite food and Sandra tea."

Mbok Narti was shocked when Muthia called the first wife, mbok Narti thought that Muthia was the only wife but turned out to be the second wife.

Seeing that Narti's expression turned confused, Muthia smiled and explained her words, however even Narti should also know with her household stts.

"My second wife Kang Aswin mbok, and his first wife Kang Aswin tea Sandra's name, her man is beautiful and kind."

"Owh so yes Ma'am, mbok did not expect that this Muthia Bu became a second wife."

Muthia smiled in response to her ART response. 

"the destiny that brought us together mbok, the good and responsible male Aswin kang, always tried to be fair to us his wife's wife, that's why I love her figure so much, our love was ingrained when we were in college, I think Aswin kang will never be achieved because he was married because of an arranged marriage, but it turns out that destiny unites us in a beautiful way." Muthia told me with glassy eyes, her heart turned sad to remember her love journey with Aswin filled with twists and turns.

Mbok Narti just silently listened to Muthia's words, because mbok Narti understand very well the limits, although a lot of people want to ask but mbok Narti tried to hold it, mbok, do not want to be too kepo and impressed to take care of the life of his employer because it is not his realm.

"What is this mom cooking? let me help you prepare the ingredients." 

"You make capcay, SOP fish, same rendang mbok."

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Not felt almost an hour Muthia and mbok Narti struggling in the kitchen with various kinds of cooking ingredients.

"it's over, too." Muthia smiled with relief and asked Ms. Narti to arrange all the dishes on the dining table neatly, while Muthia prepared her boys' bathing needs.

The time showed at ten in the morning, Muthia was neat and the food was also on the table, while waiting for the arrival of Aswin and Sandra, Muthia accompanied Yusuf to play in the living room, while mbok Narti still ironing clothes in the back room.

Ting tung ting tung, the bell rang, Muthia immediately opened the door, Aswin and Sandra's faces were visible when the door opened, and Muthia greeted him kindly with a sweet and warm smile.

"Assalamualaikum" Aswin and Sandra said their greetings before entering, and were greeted with friendly smiles from the mutia and crucified Aswin and Sandra with reverence.

"Waalaikumsallam, let's go in. What's the matter?" Muthia immediately greeted her elder sister in a friendly manner.

"So Muthia is already masakin favorite food of the same father Aswin, how about if we eat first." bargained Muthia still with a smile that expands.

"Well, it must be delicious, it just so happened to be the father of the same mother Sandra is still the same breakfast bread, then, let us eat together to enjoy Mother Muthia's cooking." Aswin while holding his little hero to the dining room in the kitchen.

Sandra didn't say much, as much as she could resist her frustration at seeing her young husband and wife's attitude.Even if you're pretentious to be kind to me, it won't change my hatred, she said, you'll feel what I feel, just look what I'm gonna do after this." Inner Sandra monologue.

There was only the sound of a spoon clashing with a plate, silence without sound, quite awkward atmosphere between one husband and two wives, aah make the inner dizziness of Aswin.

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After completing the ritual meal with him, Aswin invites his two wives to gather in the living room sofa, Aswin wants to talk from heart to heart with his wife, so that no one else hurts each other.

Muthia and Sandra sat in one chair side by side, while Aswin sat opposite his wives with Joseph in his lap, his little hero from his marriage to Muthia.

"before we speak better Joseph let the same mbok Narti first, even though he does not understand what we are talking about it will still not be good with growth."

Muthia took Joseph from Aswin's lap to be taken to Narita.

"take the ironing out later, please take care of Yusuf first, take him to the room and close the door, because we want to talk about something."

"Well, Ma'am, Yuk Yusuf, we play in Joseph's room." mbok Narti brought Joseph into the room and began to divert with a toy that Yusuf liked.

Muthia returned to the living room to join her husband and her estranged sister.

A moment just silent between the three, until finally Aswin opened his voice to eliminate the awkwardness of his two wives.

Aswin looked at the two heros alternately, both of them were equally beautiful and equally had clean white skin, only the difference, Sandra still liked the hijab of her contemporary hijab, while Muthia was used to her hijab.

"Dad invites you here to sit together and chat from heart to heart to talk to each other, removing all uneg and desire according to comfort, because I do not want the things that happened yesterday again, repeated, first please Mother Sandra, say what you want to say, let's discuss together for the good of us and this household." Aswin's resolute voice instantly broke the silence.

Sandra exhaled deeply, glanced at Muthia with an inexplicable look, then turned her gaze towards her husband.

"I'm sorry before, if you've taken Muthia's rights, if you want to ask her, I'll give her back but not now, give me time." 

"No tea, no need to give it back, and I've also given it." Muthia stared fixedly at her elder sister with a haru feeling.

"And honestly I'm jealous and I can't share, but it's all happened, I used to think everything would be fine, but in fact my heart is not that strong, but in fact my heart is not that strong, here I hope as a second wife you can understand me thia, and I want the ration of Aswin kang to your house changed. kang Aswin will be with me Monday to Thursday, and Friday Saturday he is with you, he said, for Sunday we can take turns, if this Sunday he is with you then the next Sunday with me and so on, and I also ask for the additional spending allowance from fifty million to seventy-five million, and I want to participate in managing the travel business that Aswin now holds, that's all I want right now, how do you not mind?" 

Aswin let out a rough breath, never in his mind that Sandra could be that rich as a treasure. Aswin looked at Muthia who just looked down, Aswin knew that even though his second wife was silent, his heart must have been very hurt by the injustice in sharing. Aswin rubbed his face rough, confused to follow Sandra's wishes or to be harder with his intentions that had begun to change his attitude.