The Woman Behind The Scenes

Chapter 58 - The War of the Year

No sound ... Silent like no voice, Dara chose to do that after they returned in Bandung. She would only talk to her son Kayla, without having to make any pleasantries to her husband. Fatigued for sure, his heart began to stir. With the economic conditions are quite difficult, he is getting squeezed, and this time there is not much room to breathe.

Since their arrival that night, Tomi did not budge. No words of apology came out of his mouth, and there was no intention of resolving their debate. Dara herself felt something stuck in her heart, but was too tired to budge and apologize for something that kept happening.

At this time, he felt dazed, and sometimes disoriented because his in-laws had also participated in a canine demonstration in front of him. Maybe if he told this to people who are too attached to religious teachings, they would understand it and ask him to do so as well.

That night, Tomi becomes a completely frozen ice cube. Sleeping waiting for Dara, without a word since entering the house. Several times, Dara could see her husband's hand fiddling with her phone, but this time she wouldn't break it.

The crane!

The voice of the phone was so clearly heard by Dara, and the man apparently did not hesitate to answer the call.

“Iya? I've been sleeping. Just got here. You?”

The way her husband spoke, Dara knew it was not a conversation with an ordinary person. Must have known each other for a long time.

“There it is, on the side. Sleep may ..”

This time Dara knew whoever was calling, must have asked her. He closed his eyes again, pretending to be well enough to get rid of the urge to ask about the call at night which was so late.

He was apparently not numb .. Like choking on food, he had to immediately dispel the upset feeling in his heart.

“Kok not apologizing at all? Ah bodo very ..” grunggutu in heart while opening his Instagram application.

His hands like automatically open the story page and type a few lines that are sensitive in the head.

[I don't know what to do this time .. weight ]

Drr!

Instagram notifications came in after a few seconds he just posted his story.

A DM from Danang responded to the story:

Danang: [Are You okay, brother? I know brother's upset. You have been so sad these times. But brother's right if you don't want a story. ]

Dara sighed, between happy because her best friend sent a message after 3 weeks they were each busy surviving after losing their jobs. All this time, Danang and some people in his team must have sniffed something wrong in his household.

Tara: [Nang ... Hehe. Ja. There are more trials. His name is also alive, Nang. You got a job? ]

Danang: [Of course, Brother. Alhamdulillahot. Kak Dara how is the business? Brother story. What was? Bang Tomi, huh? ]

Just right ... Danang easily guessed the problems that occurred, and Dara himself was not surprised by it because it had been a long time in fact they often asked his eyes. Several times, the woman went to the office with her eyes because she had to cry with stress better known as the baby blues. Having to endure the pain of ********** which sometimes hurts, while working on all her husband's requests, made Dara spend her nights crying for herself several times. Her husband did not not know that the mother of two children was having heavy nights against negative thoughts that gnawed her brain. Too spoiled follows if the wife cries for a feeling she considers a mood swing.

Dara: [We are not fine, Nang. Much the. Thank goodness you got a job, Nang. Good job, yeah. ]

Danang: [Ci Mira has also worked here, brother. In Jakarta. Come meet. Glinda's here too. Big brother is heavy his days, need refreshing. To Jakarta, come on. Just day. We will take a walk later so that we are not tired. ]

Dara thought about Danang's invitation. Maybe it's right he went to calm down for a moment, even though he had to bring Kayla, but he could let go of longing with his friends.

Danang: [Brother. Do not depend on the same pain. That's the most fragile branch. ]

The deg! Dara was like she had just realized .. she knew all this time she was defending against all her heartache. The heartache came from the nature of her husband, the flexibility of Tomi communicating with other women, and never involved her in financial matters, even though her income was also used by her husband.

Drr!

One more notification .. but not Danang ...

Reyhan: [Dara hasn't slept? ]

Instantly, the woman smiled at Reyhan's message.

Dara: [Not ... Ye? ]

Reyhan: [I just finished Tahajud. I slept a little. ]

“Tahajud? This man is really still the same as the era of Junior High ..” thought Dara in his heart.

Dara: [Say the Tahajud prayer is VIP? ]

Reyhan: [God willing if prayed sincerely. You still taking care of the kids?? ]

Dara: [Oh No. I am still cleaning ]

‘clean-clean’ is always the reason whenever he can not sleep and someone asks.

Lizmo: [see? Lucky for your husband. In Tahajud, I also prayed for a wife like you. ]

Dara becomes clumsy to read Reyhan's message .. Whether she should be happy or even afraid this message makes Tomi misunderstand if he finds it. He quickly erased his line of messages with Reyhan and did not reply to his friend.

Tomi's behavior is becoming more and more so. Either he deliberately stole the attention of his wife, or instead he was showing one by one his true nature.

For a week, he turned his back on his wife while sleeping, and did not invite her to speak. Dara always caught her laughing and talking to someone on the phone every time she went to the store to deliver lunch for her husband.

On one occasion, she also asked if Yadi had heard her husband mention someone's name in a phone call, but Yadi never noticed.

Until the eighth day of the cold war, Yadi told her that her husband called a piece of the name “Fan”.

The fan? Fans ... Who else if not that woman. Half in disbelief, Dara believes herself to the worst possible. Finally, after many years, this time his heart could not deny the feeling that he felt disrespected as a woman in his household.

That afternoon after hearing Yadi's words, Dara quickly returned with Kayla, moving Kayla's toy and baby box to the next room that was rarely used.

In the evening after the tavern closed, Tomi came home and found his wife sleeping in another room with their baby. Dara did not sleep .. she was waiting if her husband asked or persuaded her.

Instead ... he was left alone until sunrise. Confused certainly ... as if do not know where to trace from, but a series of events when they visited the house of his in-laws that did not make sense.