Sharing Love: The Suffering of the Second Wife

The Three Children

"Ruby, you better go home, son. Worried that your two sisters are waiting for you to come home. Pity them" said Sarah, wiping Ruby's head on Nadia's bed.

"You're right, honey. You better go home, let Aunt Winda deliver. You can ask Aunt Winda to pick you up if you want to come here" Nadia said in a weak voice.

According to Ruby, he got out of bed and greeted both of them. Don't forget to give kisses on the right and left cheeks of the two women before leaving.

"Tomorrow I will come here again" he said as he walked out to follow Winda after Nadia and Sarah nodded.

"You see! Ruby seems to love you. Hearing from the story his two sisters also want to meet you. From here you should realize there are many people who love you. You're not alone, baby," Sarah said after Ruby left.

"Yes, Mah. I realized, for that I want to get well soon and quickly go home to meet them. I also miss my children in the foundation" said Nadia did not hide the longing for all her children.

"Yes, you have to hear the word doctor if you want to get well quickly," said Sarah again who is adopted by Nadia.

While in the car, Ruby had not spoken a word. He looked straight ahead and occasionally turned to the window looking for a new atmosphere.

"If you want to go to the hospital again, just call Auntie. Aunty will pick you up at the cottage," said Winda broke the silence in the car.

Ruby turned around, smiling before saying, "Thank you, tomorrow I want to go there again. Aunty can pick me up at the lodge at ten in the morning."

Winda glanced over, then refocused on the streets.

"Yes, Auntie's gonna pick you up." The two no longer spoke until the car stopped in front of the gate.

"Thank you again, Auntie!" he said before getting out of the car. Winda drove forward his car after Ruby's figure entered the gate.

Ikram who feel anxious because until the afternoon, Ruby has not been seen. He stood waiting for her arrival on the porch when he saw Ruby get off the car. The eldest daughter walked down. The walking creed intended to welcome the arrival of his eldest daughter, but he was quickly defeated by his other two children.

Bilal and Nafisah, who had been waiting for him in the morning, pulled Ruby into the gate of the foundation and brought her to the hall. Even the confused creed, followed them from another path. He hid eavesdropping on the talk of his three children.

"How, Brother? Did you meet your mother there?" bilal asked after they sat down in the hidden part of the hall. Ikram.

"Sister is already there, but Mother is out of town because there is work she said," replied Ruby as she pulled out a few packets of bread from her bag. He gave two to Bilal and Nafishah.

Ikram increasingly frowned upon hearing their conversation.

"Is Nadia not home? Out of town? But why not tell me?" murmuring Ikram alone. He focused again on his three children who were eating the bread given by the Vinda. He was moved, his three children seemed to love each other.

"So Brother didn't meet Mother?" ask Bilal again who got a nod of the head from Ruby.

"Sister, when do you come home from out of town, sister?" ask Nafisah with a mouth full of bread.

"If the mouth is full, it cannot speak. Afraid of sprains, chew first, swallow first, just talk," Ruby's advice was greeted with a big smile by her youngest sister.

The breath chews quickly and swallows it.

"After all you are like people who have not eaten," continued Ruby while shaking her head. Ikram sticking the body on the wall feels sad with the condition of his three children.

"We haven't eaten yet, brother. Umi has not cooked yet said she has no money. Want to eat at the foundation I'm ashamed because it's not our right. That is their right that we should not interfere with" replied Bilal who managed to make Ruby turn his back on hearing it. Ikram was sad too.

"So, Brother, when will Mother come home?" Nafisah repeated her question because Ruby had not answered.

"Sister does not know when Mother will come home. What is clear is that once the work is done, Mother will go home immediately. Now you can calm down, just pray that Mother will come home quickly," said Ruby while giving a bottle of mineral water to them.

All three are cool to tell stories without knowing the Ikram eavesdropping from the beginning. The man felt guilty.

"O Allah, I deserve to feel the heat of the fire of hell" murmured again with grief.

He who was about to approach them, stopped walking when he saw Ain entering the gate of the foundation which he had never entered again since the arrival of Nadia.

The three children were busy telling stories, laughing merrily as brothers who helped each other. They stopped making a sound when they heard Ain knocking on Nadia's door while calling her name.

Ikram frowned, he did not know what purpose Ain sought his second wife. He himself has not dared to come to Nadia since his return.

"Nadia! Are you home!" greet Ain in a friendly tone as usual. He stood in front of Nadia's house knocking on her door.

Silence, there's nothing inside. Only the wind that occasionally hit the robe he wore came to say hello. Ain came back knocking and knocking, but still did not get the answer. He peeked through the window. There's nothing in that house. Darkened.

The three people in the hall peeked at Ain while hiding. As they remembered Ain had never once set foot in Nadia's house. However, what they now saw was the woman standing there agitatedly. What happened to Ain? They don't know either.

Not only those who are confused, Ikram also knew that his first wife never came to Nadia's house. He watched from his hiding place. What happened to Ain?

"Where is Nadia? Why is the house empty?" he muttered alone. He looked towards the foundation, the same sight he got. Slender. No kids playing outside. What's the matter?

Ain left Nadia's residence feeling annoyed. Intentions wanted to ask the woman about the card she was wearing suddenly could not be used anymore.

"Sister, is not usually Umi to the Mother's house?" chirp Bilal after Ain left. Ikram refocused on listening to his three children.

"Yes, my brother doesn't know either. Never mind, we're home. Maybe Umi's cooking, we're eating rice," asked Ruby as she moved along with her two younger siblings. They turned around and were stunned when they found Ikram standing at the end of the hall.

"Abi?" Ruby's forehead shriveled a lot. He invited his sister to approach Ikram and greeted the man.

"Why is Abi standing here? Abi wants to go to Mother's house, but Mother is not at home," Ruby told Ikram.

The man flinched. The crisis has changed little since his return from Umrah. He who always looked at his three children, now as if he did not care about them.

"Ruby's? Is it true that your mother is out of town?" tanya Ikram for the first time made a sound after setting foot in his residence.

"True, said Aunt Winda Bunda out of town there is a job. Why, Bi? Does Abi want to see Mommy? But Mother does not know when to go home," replied Ruby told Ikram again.

"Isn't that .. Can Abi hug you?" say a word with teary eyes to cry.

Ruby was stunned, seconds later he rushed to embrace Ikram followed by his two younger siblings.

"I'm sorry Abi, if you're silent. Abi just wanted to calm his mind. Forgive Abi Abi's children" said Ikram as he reached out to his three children.

Ruby was crying with Ikram. While the other two children hugged Ikram tightly missed the figure of the man.