The Tongue of In-Law

The Indian mother's nagging

It was five o'clock in the afternoon when Shireen came home. He rushed to clean up the store by tidying it up before going home so that when tomorrow comes again the store is in a neat state.

As usual Shireen always comes home later compared to Irma. Because Shireen was a clerk who worked in the store for a long time and was a confidant of the store owner so that every day Shireen closed the store door.

After all the lights were turned off Shireen immediately closed the shop door and waited for Afgan on the store terrace.

It had been almost half an hour Shireen waited for Afgan, but Afgan did not come to make Shireen feel upset.

Later Shireen contacted Afgan but the Afghan phone was not active. Shireen was still sitting waiting for her husband's arrival.

***

Afgan who is on duty out of the office wants to contact his wife.

But when he grabbed his cellphone in his shirt pocket turned out his phone was lowbat.

So that he could not contact Shireen, while Afgan was still a long time back home because there was a working visit to the branch company.

‘Sureen must have been waiting for me. But how do I want to contact him while my phone is lowbat,’ Inner Afgan.

Afgan was confused because there was nothing he could do. He was worried that Shireen would be disappointed and would definitely be angry for not telling him.

‘Sureen Shireen will definitely go back on the gojek if I don't pick up,’ Inner Afgan again.

***

Shireen, who had been waiting for Afgan, was impatient. His attention towards the road hoped that Afgan would arrive. He briefly glanced at the watch on his wrist and it was almost an hour Shireen waiting, but Afgan did not arrive. With a feeling of annoyance, Shireen finally decided to go home to go-jek.

He then opened his phone and was about to order a go-jek, but he was suddenly startled by the sound of someone already in front of him.

“Mbak not home yet?”

Shireen immediately turned to the direction of the voice and it turned out that it was the voice of Yudi who was on his motorcycle.

“Eh, mas Yudi's. I again order go-jek to go home.”

“Indeed Shireen was not picked up with her husband?” ask Yudi.

“Until this hour has not been picked up. Maybe there is a sudden job so the Afghan mas has not picked me up,” explained Shireen.

“Ya already, if so let me take between aja.”

“No need Mas, let me order gojek aja.”

“Nnothing Ma'am. Let me send you from later Mbak kemalaman to home.”

Shireen accepted Yudi's offer. As soon as Yudi started his motorcycle engine Shireen immediately went up.

Actually, Shireen felt reluctant to come with Yudi for fear of being troublesome. But because Yudi forced her, Shireen finally accepted Yudi's offer.

***

Both of them went straight through a fairly crowded highway. Especially when it is late afternoon it is time for people to go home from work so that the streets seem jammed. After almost half an hour, Shireen finally arrived in front of her house.

“Thank you very much Mas,” Shireen said when getting off Yudi's motorcycle.

Yudi just smiled. “I say yes Mbak.”

“No stop by first Mas?” fresh Shireen.

“No need Ma'am, I want to hurry.”

Yudi immediately launched his motorcycle. It turned out that from inside her house Bu Nana was watching from behind the window curtain. As soon as Shireen went inside, she immediately greeted Ms. Nana's question.

“Who were you with Shireen?” asked Bu Nana in an unpleasant tone.

“Send by friend Bu,” replied Shireen.

“Friends or friends?” ask Bu Nana full of search.

“So when Shireen will message go-jek suddenly mas Yudi pass and offer to take Shireen. Because it is late afternoon and the sky is also overcast so Shireen received the offer mas Yudi, Bu,” Shireen explained.

“Oh, so that's how you behave behind your husband huh. You're alone and have fun with other men.”

“What mother mean?” shireen was confused.

“You don't understand what I mean. You are married, so no need to be alone with another man.”

“But Bu...”

“Whatever your reason, you are still wrong Shireen. Or maybe you do have a play with the man so deliberately you are escorted home on the grounds that you are offered the man.”

Hearing her mother-in-law's accusation, Shireen who was lazy to argue finally went straight into the room. Although his feelings were very painful because of various accusations, but Shireen tried to stay strong and did not show the pain of his heart to his mother-in-law.