The Woman Behind The Scenes

Chapter 23 - Tomi's Extreme Story

“Our passport? Sweetheart! What is all

passport already in bag?” while pacing to and fro grazing

big suitcases, Tomi checks that all documents have been brought. Finally

the day comes, they will return to Indonesia for a vacation, and also

take Tami home.

For a woman who has

being a gossip in her husband's family, this departure harbors a sense of

happy at once. The only thing that will strengthen him is because of him

has met with in-laws and lived a while with one of his in-laws.

Their opinion, it might also change the views of other family members.

Yep! Possibly ...

“Already. A minute, I want to

finish my cereal first!” dara from the dining room. A bowl of whole grain cereal and

milk is eaten in a hurry. His hand grabbed the tissue in front of him and cleaned up

her mouth.

“It's done? Come onl. The car is already

below!” Tom came to check on her again. Dara stood up and hurried to leave

his seat. Their apartment will be empty for a while because Cecil too

he had gone home first.

Kio looked so excited at

en route. The boy understood they were going to get on a plane, and kept going

it mimics how the plane takes off. His smile and laughter were easy

disperse the mind of Dara who is not focused.

As usual, Dara took care of everything

the needs in the immigration department until they finally get to the waiting room. Her eyes

it is on a large plane line of international routes. Kio was so excited

accompanied by Tami clung to the clear glass of the building, looking at the plane

line up.

“What's up? You're like a dick

focus?” her face can be easily read by her husband. Dara actually

was holding back nausea as usual came to reach her stomach in the morning, the,

at once think about what the other family's possible reaction would be if

met him.

But ... This moment might be something

which is happy for her husband, so that he does not want to ruin it. It

clasped her husband's hand, and said, “nothing. I'm just another nausea.”

“Propay yes ... It's already four

moon, right? Will soon be finished his nausea. You're great.” Tom is trying

always cheering his wife who is always tormented with nausea. It's been four

this month, Dara could not do agile activities as usual. Even when

waking up in the morning, he immediately felt a great dizziness, and nausea that was not

bated. An airtight drinking bottle always accompanied him everywhere. He filled the bottles with drinks

sweet is full of ice cubes, as his doctor suggested, and it is

helped him.

Dara opened the bottle, and

drink orange syrup so cold fresh. Like medicine, the drink was instantaneous

relieve his great nausea.

I don't feel like time passes that way

quick one. Through the loudspeaker, Dara could hear an announcement to

they boarded the plane waiting. They rushed to the plane, though,

some of his seats were empty and unfilled until takeoff.

The direct flight will

they landed in Jakarta in four hours and a few minutes. Kio

he looks asleep, and Dara uses the opportunity to sleep

calms down her adrenaline which keeps exploding in the body. Several times he

awakened from thirst, and Kio's voice was awakened several times. Subsequently,

he was lost in a good sleep.

“Kak. Already want to land.” Tami

shaking Dara's body slowly. Dara opened her eyes, and

justifies the seat belt position.

Not long after, he could feel

the plane went low, and eventually landed on the runway. Jakarta .

never been in that city at all. He only had to stop in

when I leave for the Philippines.

Dara leads Kio down from the plane.

The boy happily followed his mother's directions, and pointed

around it, showing some planes parked. There's been one

waiting for them by car for a pickup after they pick up the trunk. Tare

now closer to his first meeting with Tomi's extended family.

“Mama at home, Tam?” said Tomi

the car drove them to their home.

“Maybe you're gone. Already

I'm on the phone, Haris himself at home.” Kuping Dara accurately heard

every conversation between Tomi and Tami. Haris is Tomi's younger brother, the second child.

He still has one younger brother named Heri, but he is very rare

being at home because of his hobby to go touring with the motor community.

The car drove fast, passing through

toll gate, then another toll gate. Tomi directs the driver as they

enter a housing complex. Very different from what

years of seeing Dara in her village. In this great city, home one and

the others are huddled. There are also more buildings than trees.

The car stopped at one

green-fenced houses, and the outer walls of houses are painted in harmony. There's a car

parked there. Dara had never been in that car, but deep

these few years, her husband often took rations from their salaries to

repaying installments. A pink city car, which has thick dust

the glass, and it's almost dull. It never seems to be used.

Looks like a man with

shoulder-length hair, and a pretty rosy face filled with some scars, came out

from the door of the house. A smile on his face.

“Kio! Hi sweet boy!” he's overexcited

looking at Kio, and hurriedly carried the boy in. Dara became clumsy

instantaneous. The man may not have known where he was in the car. Tom

take down all his belongings with Tami, and hold Dara's hand towards the

in house.

“Halo brother!” haris's greeting to Dara

The man continued to smile a few times joking with Kio. Then he went to

back, and come again with a few glasses full of iced tea. Dara still isn't

can react to anything. He just sat down, and sipped the drink.

“Say sister is pregnant?” Harris

opened a conversation with Dara who looked so awkward inside the house.

“Iya. It's been four months.” Answer

Dara was short, with a smile.

“If there is a cravings, just tell me

dear. Haris knows good places to eat here.”Tomi's coming in

that topic.

“Iya brother. I once ate laksa

a betawi? Tasty. Later we buy if you go see, Heri.” added Haris,

offered his brother-in-law that. Haris is older than Dara

he must still call Dara as his sister.

“Je ... see? Her sick?” Tare

confused by what his brother-in-law said.

“Iya brother. Pain habits!” Tami

interjecting questions addressed to Haris. Tomi held his wife's hand

that, and explained his sister's intention, ”Heri in prison. I intentionally didn't love

knowyou. Fear you are thinking that is not.”

A new shocking news

just get in his hearing. Dara looks clumsy, not knowing what to do

tell the.

“Sorry. Why can?” he asked

short, and a small laugh from Haris was met.

“Haha. Drugs, brother. Arrested

here, at home. Sabu-sabu,” Haris replied as if there was no burden on what

which befell his sister.

The drugs? So ... It's not just Tomi.

That was the first one implied in his mind.

“Take it easy, brother. Life there

not like in the movies, though. He can still eat well.” Tami prattled from

in chamber.

“Iya. Just ask Tomi about it

prison life. Alumni,” said Haris then chuckled. Tami sounded along

chuckles in the room, while Dara is still trying to digest what she means

the words of his two brothers-in-law.

Tomi held his hand again

his wife, Dara's face looks smiling but confusion can not he

hide it.

“I was in jail. Nine months.”

Tom told him the truth he never told

that wife.

“Ke ... why?”

“Fire weapon. Long story.

But it's not mine. That senpi had a cousin of Farah who stopped by here, then

... Yeah ... he was living in my car, and I fired that night

drunk and threatened to be gang-raped by several people,” Tomi recounted the fateful incident

which hit him briefly.

Tami came out of the room, with

a nightgown suit, and Kio in his carry.

“Turned some wanker,

she mean? Hahahahhaha” Tami sneered, and followed Haris' laughter. They laugh

boisterous for a while, until Tomi tells them to shut up.

“That's the past, baby,” it

fend off his sister's talk.

Dara still doesn't understand. It continues

listen story after story from Haris and Tami, and occasionally be justified

or corrected by Tomi as the lead.

At the time of the incident, Tomi was still

stay with Farah in that house. Tomi as he once said .

so attracted to Farah, and the soul of ‘lekinya’ often encourages her to

looking for entertainment outside.

Haris tells me, Tomi has

a boyfriend at work, whom he once took home even when Farah

it's in that house. Farah looked uncomfortably warty, Haris explained. He looks

I have known this woman before. A few years later the woman did not

ever show up again. According to Tomi, he ended his relationship with women

that young.

Shortly after, Tomi left

drinking with some friends at night. When passing through an

at a crossroads, he saw a woman waving her hands.

He then stopped approaching, and his courage was so encouraged.

The woman took him walking

walking down a street is not crowded, and arrived at a house with many rooms.

Tomi resigned, waiting for a sight that he might see. However ...

“Iya. But not that woman

appeared in front of the brother. Even male with female face, and complete with ‘batang’

hahahahahhahahahaha” timpal Haris then they laughed boisterously again. Tami

tears that come from laughing for too long.

“I ran, baby. I think it's a girl.

Sissy turned out. But he yelled at me, and some people came

with blocks, and .. I don't know maybe rocks and stuff. I'm threatened. So then

without a second thought, I just shot the gun in my hand up.” Tom

told his wife everything. Within minutes of arriving, they,

there are many truths that Dara eventually knows. All these stories make

his heart was shocked and seemed to wake up from a dream. The man he had been with all this time

turns out to be an ex-con, and a female player a few years ago.

“That's the past, baby. Now

I have Kio, and you. Don't have to repeat stupid things like that,”

Tomi tries to convince Dara who looks not laughing to hear all the stories

which is considered funny by his brother-in-law.

He could feel Tomi's grip

the strong in his hand, as if to convince him that all this is just an

a past story that will not be repeated in their household.