The Widow of the Duda Doctor

Chapter 4 - Professional Unemployment

Because he wanted to follow the advice of the doctor who told him to rest a lot, starting today, Rina decides to take a complete rest and will not open her salon until Ricko's doctor states that the condition of the fetus in the womb is fine. So from today until the future, Rina automatically no longer has income.

The middle of the night came. Tonight Rina could not sleep because she was confused about where she would get the money to finance her daily needs with her son and husband in the future. Especially for eating. Not to mention that Rina already had no savings to pay the rent at the end of the month. In fact, soon the owner of the rented house will come to winih.

In the living room, Rina walks around waiting for Anton to come home. He's decided to get Anton to talk tonight.

Chequek. The door of the house opens from the outside. A man wearing a jeans jacket and jeans appeared behind it. Lina smiled with relief when she saw Anton coming home conscious, not drunk like the previous nights.

"Don't you go home?" Lina walked up to Anton, but it seemed that Anton did not really care about her and instead walked into their room after she locked the door of the house from the inside. This kind of cold treatment was common for Rina to get from Anton, so she did not care about it. Now, Rina just wanted to focus on her main goal of why she was waiting for Anton to come home tonight, it was because she wanted to talk about something very important with her husband.

"Bang, I want to talk to you about something." Rina walked behind Anton and followed her husband into the room.

"What do you want to talk about? If the thing you want to talk about is not so important, we better talk about it tomorrow. I'm sleepy, I'm going to sleep." Anton took off his jacket and threw it at Rina, with his wife caught him.

"It's very important, Bang. So I want us to talk now" replied Rina. "Just a moment, Bang," he asked later when he saw Anton's seemingly lazy face to serve him.

"Yes, say it quickly." Anton said still in a cold and flat tone, then sat on the edge of the bed followed by Rina who was sitting not far beside him.

"Look, Bang, this morning when I went to the hospital for a gynaecology check, the doctor said that I was very weak, so I had a lot of rest." Hearing Lina's explanation, Anton immediately looked at her with a dislike look.

"What do you mean?" ask Anton.

"Mm. .. Look, Bang, for a while I wanted my brother to replace me to work for money, until the condition of my womb was enough"

"I don't agree!" Anton quickly cut off Rina's words. He also stood up straight from his seat. His eyes were now emitting a flash of anger. "Just tell me to work. Just so you know, Rina, a wife is not entitled to regulate her husband, on the contrary, it is the husband who has the right to govern and direct the wife. Understand you?" he said again while pointing at Rina.

"But, Bang, this is only for a while. Just chill. Once our child-to-be's condition improves, I will definitely return to work as before." Rina still has not given up persuading and giving understanding to Anton. "Again .. Is it supposed to be, Bang, a husband who works for a living to support his children and wife? Isn't it one of the duties of a husband to make a living?"

"I don't care! Anyway you have to keep working! Fuck what the doctor said!" anton Hardik. This time because she was so emotional, she grabbed onto both of Rina's cheeks using one of her hands and let go violently.

"And I warn you once again, Rina, never try to lecture me again. Understood?" Anton said with great emphasis.

"But, Bang-"

"No but-but! I don't want to accept excuses!" Anton again cut off Rina's words, now his hands have been raised again like he was preparing to beat his pregnant wife young. "Get out there before I get back to teaching you a lesson!" threatened later.

Lina who was afraid to get back a blow from Anton could only cry and was forced to obey what her useless husband said. Maybe Lina forgot one thing so she asked Anton to help her replace her work for money. Unemployed professionals like Anton, where can he rely?

Lina walks out of her room leaving Anton alone there. Tonight he will go back to sleep in his daughter's room. After entering Erika's room, Rina then sat by the bedside crying. He gently rubbed his already slightly distended stomach.

"I'm sorry Mama, son," he murmured. It seems like from tomorrow he has to reopen his salon and ignore what doctor Ricko said, but all that Rina had to do because of the insistence of Anton. After all, if he does not work, how can they keep their family alive. Rina would not have the heart to let Erika starve.

"Ma, why is Mama crying?" Suddenly Erika's little hand hugged her from behind. Rina quickly wiped her tears and forced herself to smile in front of her daughter.

"Mama's okay, honey. Mama's eyes were just a flick of dust" he replied lying.

Erika wiped away the tears that gently drenched her mother's cheeks. Actually, he woke up to hear the commotion between his father and his mother, more precisely the sound of Anton's screams that sounded so loud that it managed to keep him awake from his deep sleep, but the 6-year-old girl prefers to be quiet and pretend not to know so that her mother does not get sad.

"Ma, let's go to bed again. Kan Mama herself who said that Adek who is still in the stomach is not strong staying up late," said Erika. He pulled Lina to come lie down with him.

Rina smiled. He was so moved to see his daughter who was so attentive to him. "Yes, Honey. We slept together, huh?"

Erika nodded. "Yes, Ma."

Rina kissed Erika's forehead with affection. "Good night, son," he said, then fell asleep hugging his daughter.

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