Sweet Honey Belongs to My Husband

Episode 8

After finishing the food they ordered, a midwife working at the clinic came to check on Zahri again.

His blood pressure was slightly higher than before. His face which when brought there was very pale, now looked more fresh. Zahri was given vitamin injections to improve his condition faster.

By following several checking procedures finally Zahri was allowed that night to go home by midwives at the Clinic to be more comfortable after the midwife prescribed some vitamins for her consumption.

Only, once a week Zahri is required to check the content during the first trimester because he experienced the deficiency of Albumin as a protein that carries vitamins, minerals spread according to their function. Therefore, Zahri suffered from severe anemia.

On the way home Zahri chose to quietly enjoy the night atmosphere of the capital.  He did not look as cheerful as usual. I don't know what the young man was thinking.

"Sir, why are you silent from now on. You still feel pain? How do we stay in the hospital? I'm afraid you're fainting again while I work. Especially no one wants you. Later if at your home why-why how to try, or we hire a housekeeper?" Anjur Ronny showed his overprotective attitude.

This is the first time Ronny will become a father after several years of his marriage to Dayana.

Zahri turned his face to Ronny for a while, then again enjoyed the view on the road with colorful lights in every place, stalls, cafes or billboards surrounded by twinkling lights.

"Not for me"

"I'm not comfortable having strangers at home" she said subtly

Ronny sighed resignedly with Zahri's decision. Ronny however had to make Zahri feel comfortable with this first pregnancy. But on the other hand Ronny worried about Zahri's condition. His hopes stayed on his father's approval.

"I need to talk to Dad. After all Zahri was pregnant with his grandson" he murmured inwardly.

Upon arriving at home, Zahri chose to go straight to sleep after cleaning himself.

"Mas, I immediately bubuq ya. Still dizzy" complained Zahri when climbing his mattress.

"Yes, here's our massage until bubuq" asked Ronny to gently pull Zahri's body into his arms and lay him down slowly and began massaging Zahri's dizzy head.

After making sure Zahri had been soundly into his dreamland, Ronny tiptoed slowly down from the bed, picking up the phone on the nightstand next to him. Then he went to the terrace of the house sitting there.

Ronny weighed in for a while, afraid that his decision would further ruin everything.

Cell phone screen clock shows at 9 p.m. Jo's dad usually watches television. Finally with a unanimous determination, Ronny pressed his father's number.

Tuuutt...

The tone of the call has sounded 5 times, but no one has answered the call yet.

Ronny did not give up, he tried to contact his father once again. Finally at the fourth dial tone, Jo's father raised his phone.

"What's wrong" Jo's father replied in a flat tone.

"Dad, Ronny apologized in advance for not asking permission first to mother and father, especially on Dayana" Ronny paused for a moment to take a breath.

"Dad, Zahri is a good girl. And now she is pregnant, it's just that her condition is currently very weak" explained Ronny at length

"Then what do you mean explains all this" Jo's father was well versed with his son's character when his only son spoke seriously to him. It must be due to certain intentions that he wants to convey.

"Dad, let Zahri stay together in our home, so that I can easily watch over him and do justice to my two wives" asked Ronny in a bitter tone, a voice across from silence for a moment. Ronny stared at the screen of his phone, the call was still connected, but there was no sign of Jo's father answering his request, he waited patiently for his father's decision.

"Huh... Do you say fair?" Jo's father's ejek ketus.

"Since you decided to get in touch with that woman and move on to the wedding, you've been unfair to my daughter ever since" jo's father fumed at the thought of his stupid son.

Ronny felt slapped with his father's statement. But he tried to be patient with his father's harsh words that hit him right in the face.

"Actually I deeply regret our decision to marry our daughter to you" Jo's father recalled how he and his wife convinced Dayana to marry Ronny.

Dayana, an orphaned girl with a painful trauma with the death of her parents. Where should Dayana anchor her heartache if not on the two in-laws who became the protector of her parents' surrogates.

"But okay, I'll give you one chance to fix the big mess you made. But if, Dayana feels more pain due to your attitude. So I as his father will intervene alone to take care of your divorce and remove you from the list of members of the Barata family" Jo's father said in his decision.

Ronny swallowed bitterly the words that his father had spoken. So great was the disappointment that he inflicted on the hearts of both his biological parents. Prefer to break with him.

"Well father, Ronny accepts father's decision" replied Ronny resigned

"Ta.pi" Ronny's remark was cut off because Jo's father cut off the side's connection.

Ronny bowed lethargic for a moment. Dayana was indeed the woman she was betrothed to at that time. True, that he fell in love with Dayana. Right, if I approve of the marriage. It's true that I'm happy with him. But it's a lie if I don't want a successor.

"Haiy..." Sapa a man in a jacket of jeans material who came down from the motorcycle after removing the helmet he was wearing.

"Haiii Theo, nongol is also the end" said Ronny with a forced smile.

"What's bro"

"The romance is less picnic anymore" Theo goda ngasal.

"What the hell... I'm mumbling this" Ronny slid his legs forward and rested his head on the back of the chair looking up.

"Mumet why, Ron. Try a story, how do I know I can solve the solution"

"Your business has a problem?" Ask Theo curious.

"Not a business bro" said Ronny withhold bitterly. He sat up straight again and then told me all the events that happened some time ago. Theo listened carefully to the curses of one of his best friends. Occasionally nodding a sign of understanding the storyline.

"Is it a sin to fall in love again, am I selfish to want my offspring" Ronny said.

Theo stared in the brown netra of his best friend. Then slowly meaningfully shake.

"Ron, basing love on someone is not a sin. But sticking a rusty nail until it is hurt in a heart that sincerely loves you it is a sin of betrayal. It's not you who's selfish, it's just you who's impatient" Ronny was shocked by Theo's words. He stared silently at the other person before him.

"Look at me and my wife. We have been married for 7 years. But not even though my wife was pregnant. Whether I am wrong or he is wrong is not one reason to allow us men of husband status to find what we need out there. There is no justification for a mistake.  Don't say you'll be fair if you start with a mistake. No woman will be able to accept a betrayal" added Theo complete.

"Ok bro, I'm going home first".

"I just stopped for a moment to look at your situation" Theo got up from sitting patting Ronny's back softly to channel his spirit.

Ronny responded with a small nod and let Theo pass his white iron horse. His tongue was too faint to argue Theo's opinion.

"You're right Theo. I have to fix my mistake" Ronny murmured softly.

Ronny walked into the house, locked the door and turned off the living room lights that were still on. Slowly he opened the door of his room that was not fully closed he saw Zahri who was still in the same position when he stayed out earlier.

Ronny tiptoed slowly up to his bed. Gaze at the face of Zahri facing him. Then kiss in Zahri's forehead.

Zahri squirming a little turned his body back to Ronny. Then Ronny hugged his wife's body from behind, sipping the sweet scent of the lotion Zahri used.

Ronny tried to close his eyes to enter the dream world. After a while there was a smooth snoring and a regular rhythm of breath from Ronny. Zahri opened his eyes, pointing at the warm, silent circles.

Zahri was not fully asleep when Ronny came out of the room. Zahri followed behind where her husband was going. Zahri thought that Ronny was hungry, so Zahri thought she would accompany her husband to a meal.

However, Ronny stepped out of the house making Zahri curious. He heard all Ronny said to his father-in-law, but did not know what his father said. And what makes Zahri hit is the words spoken by Theo, Ronny's best friend who witnessed his marriage.

Zahri felt like a woman who was so bad and low on other people's eyes.

"Why falling in love is so torturous like this. How much did my sin be to marry another woman's husband? Even though I tried to shake off that feeling, but the more I stayed away, the more I got caught up in it" Zahri told himself at heart.

The next day...

After a long talk with much consideration between Ronny and Zahri. Zahri followed her husband's advice. Ronny packed Zahri clothes and did not forget the vitamins prescribed for pregnant women.

Ronny has decided to have Zahri stay in his family's big house for a while until she gives birth. He hoped that his parents would be devastated by seeing the birth of their first grandchild. While Dayana, he himself will try to persuade him to accept Zahri as his honeymoon.

Suppose Ronny understood that persuading a woman to condone her husband's betrayal and accept his honey-chested airiness would be like asking him to stop breathing slowly. If Ronny had been honest from the start, it might not have ended up hurting like this.

The sun had already begun to fall extinguish the heat of the light when Ronny and Zahri reached the house of her father. This was the first time Zahri had set foot on the ground. There was a sharp feeling of fear on her sweet face that still looked pale.

Lidya's mother, Jo's father, explains the situation Ronny is in, staring down from the window of her room right where Ronny and Zahri are.

"Bright... How dare you set foot in my house. I'll make you suffer like you made my daughter suffer"

"Your looks are innocent, but your heart is so vile to ensnare and snatch another woman's husband. You have no heart" Lidya's mother scoffed in disgust at the young woman's figure who came in by the son she no longer recognizes.

Dayana was sitting in the TV room turning back the broadcast that was displayed on the flat screen. His eyes showed no sign of passion. It is like a lifeless body. Dayana wants to rebel about her bad luck but to whom and how. He did not want to humiliate the two in-laws who were protecting him like their real daughters. Dayana tries to survive and is forced to endure the pain that Ronny gives her for the sake of both parents.

Dayana who was arranging her heart was surprised by the arrival of Ronny who led her into their home with great care. Moreover, Dayana saw 2 large suitcases that she knew did not belong to her husband were pushed into by the PRT of the house. His heart ached as he realized Ronny's purpose in bringing her home to live with him. Dayana really can't.