Silence of a Wife

Chapter 14

"It's over!" pekik Rian brushed off the hand of doctor Ali who accidentally hit his own wound.

"Aw .. crazy! My bones could break really if this is how!" rian lirih.

"Yes already. My job is done. And I'll give permission!" said doctor Ali.

"I'll take you forward, yeah, doc!" aya's word, made Rian shake his head.

"Darling, would you rather take her than wait for her sick husband?" ask Rian not to believe it.

"Come, doc!" tell Aya again.

"No need, I don't need to be delivered. Better, I'll just go with Mr. Rian!" tell doctor Ali.

"alright. Again, thank you, Doc!" aya replied with a sweet smile.

"Together!" doctor Ali walked out of the room.

After seeing doctor Ali out of the room, Aya walked a few steps closer to her husband.

"Mas, you just take a break. I'm going to the bathroom first!" decreed Aya.

"Don't dawdle. I don't want anything to happen to me if I stay too long!" said Rian.

"Yes, Mom!" aya replied then walked towards the bathroom.

After being inside the bathroom, Aya tried to contact dawn. It didn't take long, at last dawn picked up her phone.

"Hallo, Mum!" said Aya.

"Yes, Ay?" answer the dawn from there.

"Mas, I can't leave now" Aya said.

"I already know, your husband has said. I'm glad to see you guys getting along again!"

"Agur? Who's getting along, Mas?" ask Aya curiously.

"Aren't you and your husband getting along again, Ay? You guys made up? And you're not splitting up?" ask Dawn.

"I'm still going to split with Mas Rian, but one more month, not now, Mas. And the matter of moving, I can't move and leave Mas Rian alone here in a state of pain. Earlier, Mas Rian fell down the stairs and said the doctor, Rian's leg was broken. So, I can't leave her alone," Aya replied at length.

"You still want to take care of your husband when he has the heart to betray you, to lie behind you, Ay? I salute you very much!" say dawn.

"You know, he's still my husband, Mas. And the duty of a wife is to serve her husband. Moreover, Mas Rian was seriously ill. I can't leave him!" said Aya.

"Then, does Vina already know, if your husband fell down the stairs?" ask the dawn again.

"certainly strong. I know, you are a strong person and sure, your heart is strong as well. Spirit, you are not alone in going through all this. I will always help you!" say dawn.

"Thank you, Mom. You are my best friend. Yes, I turned off the phone. I don't want Mas Rian to be mad at you anymore. Oh, yes, if there was a word that Mas Rian offended you, please understand. He's very jealous, if I'm close to you." said Aya.

"I can understand all that, Ay. Get well soon for your husband, yeah!"

"Thank you, Mom!" aya answered and ended her call.

After the call ended. Aya went out of the bathroom and approached her husband who was lying down.

"You didn't call Vina, Mas? Better, you call Vina. I'm afraid, he's worried about you!" said Aya taking her sleeping pillow.

"Where are you going, Ay?" rian asked who saw his wife take the pillow.

"I can't sleep with you in bed, Mom. I'll sleep on the couch."

"Sleeping on the couch? Honey, we're not officially divorced. You're still my wife. And I ask, you sleep next to me!" rian patted the side of his empty bed.

"I can't. Don't force me. Better, you call Vina, or video call Vina. I'm going to sleep!" said Aya spread her body on the sofa and closed her eyes.

Looking at his stubborn wife, Rian exhaled his coarse breath. He let his wife sleep on the couch until it was good.

I can close my eyes without falling asleep. That's what Aya can do. For her husband's sake. She was willing to step down from her husband's home to take care of her sick husband.

'Dad, Mom, I miss you guys. Are you guys happy in nature?' inner Aya wiped away her tears, 'I am not strong, Mom. I need you guys. If allowed, I'd like to come with you. I'm not strong!'

"Ay, are you crying?" rian asked as he looked at his wife's trembling back.

He got no answer from his wife. Rian tried to lower his legs and limped towards his wife.

"Darling?" call Rian, "I know, I was wrong. I also know that my mistake was fatal. But, the rice had already become porridge. If time could be turned again, I wouldn't be doing this dirty thing. I won't torture you. Honey, I'm sorry. I love you, I love you so much. I need you, I need your spirit. Don't be cold like this. We went through together. Please help me get through it all. Please support me, baby!" rian's decree made Aya wipe her tears and change her sleeping position to face her husband.

"supporting? I didn't hear wrong, did I? You ask, I support your affair? Where is your common sense. I-" Aya's speech stopped. He could not continue his next speech. "I can't support my husband's affair with my best friend. If I can do that, then I'm crazy! I'm not sane anymore, Mom! Remember that!" ketus Aya's.

"Then, what do I do, so you can forgive me, baby?" ask Rian.

"Take me off. Let me live my new life without you. And never show your face again in front of me. Be happy with Vina."

"Then should I see you happy with dawn? I don't want you to be happy with dawn. Tell me the truth, you still love me and don't want to end our household, right? We can fix our household, please ... baby!"

"can't. I want to love you or not. But, I cannot maintain or repair this household. Like a broken glass, it will not be able to go back to how it was. If we force the glass back to the way it was, it will hurt, our hands will bleed. And if we throw out that glass, then we'll lose for a moment, there'll be no more wounds. You know what I said, right? So, rest. If you don't want to contact Vina. Let me just call and ask him to take care of you!" aya changed her sleeping position again.

"Ay, you just hurt me. Or you hit me, slap me! But, I beg .. don't go, don't be cold like this. You sleep in bed, huh? Pity your body for sleeping on the couch."

"You don't care about me anymore, Mom. I don't need pity from you!" ketus Aya's.