Talak After Shah

More Exiled

After the birth of his son Joni, my in-laws automatically loved Maria more as his favorite daughter-in-law. It might be human if there was envy in my heart. Moreover, every day of Eid al-Fitr, every time we go there, there is no change in the attitude of my in-laws and sisters to me and my son.

Unlike if that comes Joni and his wife's children, then they seem so flattered, especially Nicholas, their son, will be a golden grandson for my two in-laws.

I need to know, from the beginning they didn't like me. So no matter how they treat me and Naura, I hold her. Like Lebaran in 2002 this time, again the bushel that I carry is not touched at all with my in-laws. And it'll end up in the garbage can or if it doesn't then I'll eat it myself. Maybe I'm so bad, it's not the first time, I should have been, but no, I still bring the bushel. Because it is customary in our tribe.

Mariapun's attitude is not friendly to me. It was her hatred for me. Even when we got on and off the bike he went straight into the room and didn't get out until lunch.

Joni and my husband were cold, apparently there was still a cold war between them. There was no reprimand between them. Even to forgive because this moment of Lebaran does not exist.

My arrival at my in-laws house was only welcomed by my father-in-law Ningsih and Nina. They are the ones who are very enthusiastic if we come. Dimas would always jump if Naura came, he loved Naura so much.

At lunchtime, my mother-in-law knocked on the front room, which we would normally occupy if we came. Apparently Mary and Nicholas are in there.

"Mary, come on, come on, luncheon, it's already one o'clock. Come on out, kid, Nicho must be hungry too. Aren't you going to be truncated?"

Before long the door of the room opened, Mary came out carrying Nicholas. He's tailing behind Mira's mom to the dining table.

I smiled at him as soon as I saw him walking towards the dining table. But his face was sour on me. I'm not gonna dispute that. Maybe he's not used to me yet, so maybe that's why he's not friendly to me.

I deliberately took the plate and thrust it at him. But the reply made me so gawky and shocked.

"Do not be pretentious, I can take my own plate" he said ketus pulled the plate I thrust. I'm gawking in silence.

"Find that face te" said Laras

Yes Rabb, I glanced sharply at Laras. Watch out, I said in my heart.

Maria chuckles mockingly at mom.

my in-laws immediately took the plate and filled it with rice and side dishes and gave it to Maria.

"eat a lot, I deliberately cook this for you. Once you know you want to come, mom and Laras immediately cook specifically for you" he said sumringah.

I just shut up. Slowly I eat. This mood is so awkward. Again, I had to face a situation that was unpleasant for me.

"Whatever I brought you earlier, just put it on this table, let's eat together" I told Laras

"Where are you?" tanyakanya.

"The bushel I brought was mbak" I replied

"Ohhh rantang ijo's. I thought the food was stale, I threw it back" he replied casually

Nyesssss feels really good. I want to buy beef, I make rendang with a lot of spices to be delicious ehh even ended up in the trash.

Maria spontaneously broke. I looked towards him. My husband did the same.

"Pity me" he said to me.

"You don't like it, mbok yo don't throw it anyway yuk, Beautiful already hard cooking is even thrown away" said Andi

"Wrongly, know we don't like your wife's cooking, still stubborn. If you want that, bring money, it must be accepted"

I'm staying quiet. I really want to cry. But I have to endure, what they say when they see me cry. They'll be more happy to see me cry.

Soon I finish that lunch, and take my dirty dishes back and wash them.

"Hoi, our dirty dishes you're also the one washing" Laras jolted

I didn't touch her, I passed from the kitchen and brought rice to feed Naura who was playing on the terrace with Dimas.

...+++++++...

After Isha's prayer, I intend to go to sleep. I'll find the bag we brought from home.

"Where are our bags" I asked Andi

"In the back room it's probably bun"

I immediately went to the back room. But my steps came to a halt because it was my room-in-law. I immediately turned around and returned to the living room where my husband was sitting with his father.

"But it's the same father's room Dad, I don't dare" I replied.

Andi stood up and walked towards the back room. But not yet at the door, the door is open. My mother-in-law's face appeared.

"What do you want?" tannya

"Find our bags of clothes buk" replied Andi

"Where did you take your shower?"

"In the kitchen buk, near the warehouse. Because I changed her clothes in the barn" I replied

Andi nodded at my answer.

"You changed clothes in the barn? why not in the room? tanyanya wonder

"Which room? the room where we used to have Maria and her son. I can't go there" I answered

"Oh yes I forgot to say that the front room has Maria, tonight you sleep in the living room only. The front room was used by Joni and her daughter" my in-laws said.

I kept quiet again, because that's all I could do.

"The room in this house there are four right buk?, our time in the living room?" Andi protest.

"The front room of Joni and his wife's child, the two middle rooms in Laras use the same son of her husband, the other one is Nina's room, the back room is my father's room" replied my in-laws relaxed

There was disappointment in Andi's face for her mother's treatment of them.

"And your bags are not in my room, not in the warehouse" he replied

Without waiting any longer Andi and I walked straight to the warehouse and opened the door. Sure enough, it turned out that our bag was there. Immediately I took out our clothes bag and picked up a blanket to go to sleep.

Andi took the mat and rolled it out for me. Others are already out of sight, perhaps already asleep because the clock almost shows ten o'clock at night.

"Why sleep here? said Nina who suddenly appeared

I just smiled at him while continuing to pat Naura's butt so she could sleep.

"Ga papa" I replied

"I can't sleep with me in the room, let Andi mas only sleep here, pity Naura. He must have been cold sleeping on the floor" he said pity.

"Let's not papa Nin. Naura is well" I replied

"Mass?" look at Andi

Andi kept quiet for a while and looked at me.

"Sleep with Nina, poor Naura"

"Let's Well, ga papa, Naura is already sound, later if moving around the place even he woke up and fussed" my reason

I smiled and nodded towards him. Nina crouched down next to Naura and kissed her cheek.

"Mesakno tenan kowe nduk" he said then got up and walked to the back.

After Nina died, I closed my eyes.

...++++++++...

"Father's grandson" said my father-in-law while holding and kissing Nicholas.

I was sweeping the courtyard when I saw that. I smiled at the familiarity of my in-laws with her grandchildren.

"Bun, Naura get up" call Andi

Immediately I put down the broomstick and go inside to take Naura. Immediately I carried Naura and walked to my father-in-law's place. Naura is almost two years old.

Like other children, Naura was so enthusiastic when she saw Nicholas.

"Dedek dedek" he said

I put his hand to Nicholas' hand. But soon my father-in-law brushed him off by immediately marginalizing Nicholas' body so as not to be touched by Naura.

"No holding" he said. I was shocked to get my in-laws treatment.

I immediately pulled Naura's hand.

"Naura hasn't had a bath, so you can't hold Nicho's adek" I said.

My father-in-law just cut himself off and left us. I took a deep breath.

"O Rabb, is that what our father hates?" I said in my heart.

...++++++++...

At ten in the morning, after I finished bathing Naura I immediately did another job. I saw him chatting with Maria on the back porch. It looks like their familiarity.

"They slept in the living room" he said, caught by my ears

Both of them were broken down.

"Sgratimin" continued Laras while endlessly laughing.

I don't bully them. I kept washing dishes and sweeping the kitchen. Maria and Laras were still chatting while I went in and out of the kitchen, front, back, and twirled the clothes. After my clothes dried I passed the two of them because I was about to dry my clothes.

"It looks like you are indeed talented to be babu" said Maria when she saw I brought a lot of clothes.

"Working at home in-laws is not working as in the employer's house, it is only natural that we work to clean the house, just as in our own house" I replied

"But your style is like a maid" he continued.

Laras chuckles.

"What do you keep your style?" ask me while passing

"My style is the boss's child" he said loudly because I had moved away from them.

"Have been taken care of by that tacky woman" Laras said

After drying my clothes, I immediately entered the house. But my steps came to a halt when again Laras and Maria taunted me.

"That's a terrible thing to sleep on the floor of Semalem" again Maria said ketus

I grinned at them and left the place.

"We went home bun" Andi said as I reached the kitchen

"Cock fast, he said two days?"

"Ga so"

I shrugged my shoulders and immediately entered the bathroom and splashed water on my body. Feeling that I was done with the ritual bath, I immediately went out of the bathroom and went into the warehouse and changed clothes there.

I saw my husband heating his motor. I immediately handed her the clothes bag. Naura playing with Nina.

"We share first with yuk Ningsih" my husband said as I placed the bag next to him

I nodded and my husband immediately took Naura to Nina and carried her. I followed her footsteps towards the house of Mbak Ningsih which was only a few meters away from my in-laws house.

"Let's take our clothes that you dry, we just sun it as soon as we get home"

"Yes" I answered

Arriving at the house of mbak Ningsih we immediately say goodbye to them. Mbak Ningsih and I hug each other and cipika cipiki.

Dimas was crying knowing we were going home.

"When is Naura here again?" ask her while she pleases.

"We must have come here again, brother, it won't be here for long" I replied, caressing his head.

"When auntie?" tannya

"Ehmm, sunday" I replied.

"promise?" tannya

I nodded. Then Dimas kissed Naura's cheek. Seeing Dimas' affection for Naura I was so moved. A child as small as Dimas, who was only six years old, already understood with affection and family relationships. Then why do my in-laws hate Naura so much?

After finishing saying goodbye to mbak Ningsih and mas Indra we then returned to my in-laws and say goodbye to them all.

I kissed the back of my in-laws hand and hugged Nina warmly. Baras, Joni and Maria don't see the trunk of his nose. Maybe they're still in the back.

"Speak greetings mbak Laras and Maria ya Nin, mbak pamit" said I

Nina nodded her head and kissed Naura's cheek.

"Same salim Mbah dear" I told Naura as we were about to leave the house.

Naura stuck out her hand and was greeted indifferently with my two in-laws.

"The altar container" Naura waved her hand as soon as the motor walked slowly leaving the courtyard.

Nina returned our hand. But not with my two in-laws. I smiled wryly

"Patience is bun" said Andi

"Hemm" I answered

The motor drove far. The journey was long and exhausting for us. Naura had fallen asleep on the bike and I covered her with a blanket I had prepared so she wouldn't get cold on the road.

Along the way I daydreamed a lot, remembering all the treatment of my in-laws and brothers-in-law. Ahh I breathed a rough breath. I'm sure it'll be beautiful in time. There's no way they'll treat me like this any longer