Surviving in Marriage

CHILDHOOD

Raihan stared intently at the two faces in the photo. The boy photographed was himself, and the other was a little girl he was so happy with at the time, for his behavior that makes little Raihan never tired to always play with him..

Unasked, Raihan's thoughts instead lead him to recall the events of his childhood, about 12 years ago.

FLASHBACKS

When Raihan was 12 years old, he was a student in a favorite Junior High School at that time. Raihan teenagers have a pleasant nature, he is active in everything, polite, and liked by his friends. Even though he was in a prosperous environment with rich parents, but at least he was never arrogant and wanted to be friends with anyone.

Raihan is very close to his father. As the first boy, Raihan's father always took Raihan away with him. To just go for a walk or meet his friends. Like that day, Raihan was invited by his father to a simple house that Raihan recognized was the home of his father's close friends. Raihan is often taken there, if the school holidays surely his father did not forget to bring Raihan to play there. Raihan is very happy and enthusiastic if taken to that place, in addition to the place that is still beautiful and far from the city, there is one thing that makes Raihan always longing to visit there, namely.. because of the figure of a daughter that he is very happy with. Over her innocent attitude and adorable behavior, Raihan did not stop to smile.

"Dad.. Fathering.. There's Bang Raihan coming up. Well.." A loud scream from a girl was heard from inside the house. It turned out that he had been peeking since earlier from the window, when he saw Raihan's father's car stopped in front of his house.

A man called Father came out of his room, The daughter immediately pulled his father's hand to get out of the house. There was Raihan with his father. The girl's father invited them in. However, the girl even pulled Raihan's hand to go to his side of the house.

"We're playing outside yuk bang.." Say it with that cute voice. Raihan assented and resigned when his hand was pulled by the girl.

"Bang Raihan's.. Ayok swingin Syila.." Said the girl named Syila, she was sitting on a swing next to her house. It has become a habit if Raihan comes, surely Syila always mintak swung by Raihan.

"Bao.. The strong donk push it.." Shila's orders because Raihan pushed her swing slowly.

"Don't Syila, you can fall instead.." Ban Raihan because he did not dare to push Syila's small body on a swing that is actually no longer worth using.

"No papa Bang, not exciting if not tight.." Syila still ngeyel told Raihan to increase his encouragement. So with a heavy heart, Raihanpun added a little boost to the Swing. Until finally, the unexpected events that Raihan feared happened. One of the ropes on the swing was broken so that Syila's small body fell to the ground with many small pebbles.

Seeing Syila fall, Spontan Raihan screamed hysterically and helped her to stand up. However, Syila could not stand up straight away, Syila's elbows and knees were injured which made the little boy grimace in pain.

"Shila, you wait here for a minute. Brother take the medicine first in the car" said Raihan after running into the car. Raihan deliberately did not tell his Papa and Syila's father because he was afraid that later he would be scolded by them for making Syila fall and hurt.

Moments later, Raihan came back to Syila with a P3K box that happened to be in his Papa's car.

"Let's see here Syila's wound, let's get Raihan's medicine.." Raihan. Syila, who had been in pain since then, no longer spoke much. He just directs his elbow towards Raihan.

"This is his wound, but.. Promise slowly, do you give me the medicine?" Syila said as her round eyes looked at Raihan with fear.

"Yes, yeah.. Slow down, Syila." Raihan replied with a warm smile. Raihan treated the wound on my side as well as Syila's knee slowly.

"I'm sorry syila, because Raihan bang your hands and feet so hurt like this" said Raihan with guilt.

"It's not wrong Raihan, Syila is wrong because it is wayward. Don't wanna hear the word bang Raihan.." Syila said sobbing.

"It's okay. Next time we have to be more careful again yes, bang Raihan do not want to see Syila become in pain like this." Raihan.

"Well, it's done." Raihan said after he finished treating Syila's wounds.

"Thank you very much, thank you very much Raihan good.." He said with a sweet smile.

"Together, Syila." Raihan replied with a sweet smile as well.

After that, they played together again. That's how it is every holiday, if Raihan comes.. The little girl would welcome him with a cheerful heart, Raihan is also very comfortable playing with the little girl so that it makes him not stop to smile to hear every strand of babbling words that come out of Syila's tongue.

Until finally, after two years later, the age of Raihan at that time had begun to step 15 years. At that moment, his relationship with Syila began to fade. He no longer wanted to be taken by his father to go to Syila's house. This is because there has been a fierce dispute between his parents Raihan and also his father Syila. Where, Mama Raihan said that Syila's father had a bad influence on the integrity of their household for incitement and accusations made by Syila's father against Mama Raihan. And Raihan teenagers only accept the words of his mother.

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Aditia rushed into Raihan's unlocked room, and found her son sitting dreamy on the edge of his bed.

"Diamond..Come with Papa now!" Aditia's Order.

The mind of Raihan who was floating was immediately scattered when he heard Aditia's voice calling his name.

"Where?" Raihan asked confusedly.

"Didn't you say you wanted to meet that human named Irwan?" Ask Aditia. Then Raihan responded to his Papa's words with a nod.

"He's at the police station now. If you want to know from her mouth exactly what happened, let's go to the police station right now. We'll ask him everything." Take Aditia.

Raihan was silent for a moment, not knowing what to answer for Aditia's invitation, until finally he decided to follow her papa's invitation to go to the police station to meet Irwan.

Arriving at the police station, Aditia immediately asked permission for the police to be reunited briefly with Irwan who was already in the holding cell. The police then allowed them to meet the bad guy.

"Hi, you.. Irwan. Try to explain how it actually happened to the two of us, especially to this child of mine" said Aditia by pointing at Raihan.

Raihan stared intently at Irwan who did not even look a bit of regret in his shoes. He seemed to be flashing his bitter smile, as if he was slacking off.

"Quick explain what you know, I don't have time to linger here." Raihan said at last.

"What else do I want to explain? Haven't you heard all the confessions from Samsul as well as Lika??" Ask him casually.

"So.. Are all the confessions of the two of them true? You're the real villain?" Raihan asked furiously.

"Yes, ask again. If not. why did I run away? and damn it I got caught too.." He said he looked a little upset.

"means... You're the cause of Mama's death I ha? You dick..!!" Raihan directly hit Irwan by hitting Irwan's face repeatedly...

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