
"Jude, let's get out. Others have been waiting," said Lita.
Litania nodded in agreement and followed from behind until they arrived in the dining room. Everyone gathered there. Her father-in-law, Irwan, Reka, Chandra, and Rania. While Chandira looks so engrossed playing with her nanny.
"Honey, sit here" Chandra said, pulling up a chair for Litania. The view that certainly invites a smile from the residents there. A smile that I don't know, Litania can't guess what it means.
Twenty minutes passed. Calm. A comfortable dinner. There's no tension. Only smiles and laughter are heard until the time to eat a snack. Everyone seemed comfortable chatting except for someone.
Sighing, Litania who was standing on the upper floor of the two houses noticed the presence of the people down there with a raging feeling. Happy to feel while there. But still, there are those who are stuck. His eyes were always on the little girl in the purple veil, Chandira. It felt like there was still something strange when I saw how excited the little girl was. He seemed to be laughing happily on Candra's lap.
Again, Litania exhaled a long breath. The vow. I really don't feel good.
Turning her back, Litania walked towards the second-floor balcony of the house. He noticed some lights from a distance that looked dim with a mind that breezed buana. Don't know where to dock.
"What do you think?"
The voice of someone broke Litania's blank stare. Rania, a beautiful woman with a sharp nose was walking from the door and ended up next to her. "What do you think?" reworked.
"There's nothing." Returning to take a longer breath, Litania suppressed the sense that made it difficult to breathe. "I only remember the past. I used to live around here. My house is not far from here. It's there." Litania pointed to the left, "my house was in the alley there. Not far from here."
"Oh yeah, I've heard about that. Turns out you're one of those women who married your own neighbor." Rania smiled slightly, but not Litania. Breathing came out even though it was not heard by anyone else.
"Oiya, am I afraid you're pregnant?" Rania noticed Litania's bowed face. "Congratulations, yes. The debanya will be healthy. Your labor is also facilitated."
Litania nodded once and then looked back to the front and circulated her gaze. Look around the house that averages more than two floors. An elite housing complex.
The atmosphere of silence, silence no one intended to open the chat until Litania ventured to make a sound. Issuing and voicing a feeling that gets stuck in the chest.
"Mbak Rania's. What do you think of me?" ask Litania while looking at the beautiful face of Rania. The woman looked graceful in a knee-length sleeveless dress covered by a gray half-mast blazer. While the hair is allowed to be broken with a little wavy. She still looks beautiful inner Litania.
"Why is it like that?"
Rania looked at Litania. Litania returned that gaze with a wry smile. The eyes were directed again to the sky which was only sprinkled with a few stars.
"I have no intention. I just want to know what you think."
"My opinion is the same as what I wrote yesterday. You're still a good woman. I like you too. You're a cool woman in my opinion. Full of power and energy. So many advantages to the point that I want to be young again."
"What's that?"
"Sir, I want to be in polygamy."
Really, Litania's heart seemed to stop after saying that. However, however, he still had to say it so that something clumped in the chest could come off. In order to breathe a sigh of relief, that's how he thought. Seeing Chandira make herself feel like the most ruthless criminal in the world, she is uncomfortable with it.
While Rania clearly looked surprised, her eyes even rounded wide looking at Litania. "Are you serious? Are you sure you can share? Are you willing to share everything? Polygamy is not easy. In honey but it doesn't taste honey."
Litania's heart had stopped beating as if it were descending the dagger clock again. I don't know, I'm not sure.
Reaching her lips with saliva, Litania let out a tight sigh and nodded. "Yes, I'm sure."
"Really?" Rania change position. Now not only his eyes, his body also leads to Litania. The girl looked nervous and squeezed her fingers. A scene that made Rania stunned but a few seconds later ended up carving a smile. "You're funny Litania. I was just kidding."
"But I'm not kidding, ma'am. I seriously. Chandira needs his father."
"That's not to be discussed again, Litan. I have my own views on the home. I do not want to marry on the basis of necessity. Now I am enjoying my life. I'm comfortable. Chandira himself is not that fussy either. We are used to going through the days of just the two. Even Chandra's time in America rarely comes. So our son was not very happy. And even if he comes out later, no problem. Our distance is not too far either. So I can take him there or Chandra's here. You don't have to be home either, do you?
"But, Mbak—"
The Lisan of Titania paused, Rania grabbed her hand and clasped tightly. A shady look that makes the tongue can not continue the word.
"Already, yeah. Don't talk about it anymore. I'm comfortable with my life now. I have a try. I have Chandira. I have friends who support me. They're very solid, they're very supportive of me being quieter and stronger in life."
Rania smiled she looked up at the night sky again. "Originally you know. I don't need to be pitied. Out there are still many single parents whose lives are more ngenes than me. But they're strong. Well, I, I have no reason to be greedy Litania. I have been given capital. Mama and her father Chandra are also very attentive to Chandira. That to me is enough. With my mom and dad Chandra has made me grateful. They they think of me as their own son. I don't think I need a husband or anything else. Now I'm happy and I hope you're happy with Chandra."
"But, Mbak—"
Again, the speech was paused. Rania looked at him with a smile.
"Please, don't talk about this anymore, will you?"
Litania remained silent until tears fell without her noticing. Also sad too. Touched and grumpy because Rania is not the kind of lowly actor out there who is willing to do anything. If so, he would be happy to fight and fight until the end.
However, Rania is different, she is a classy woman who somehow makes Litania respect. Thanks, Ma'am. Very thanks. I hope you meet a better soul mate.
insyaallah keep the night up again. hehe