THE WOMAN ON MY WEDDING DAY

CHAPTER .33 FEELING OF STUTTERING

Asha searches for the whereabouts of baby Zyan who is no longer in the living room. She then passed the baby to Daniah, her father-in-law.

"Is he in Mama's room?"

Before long one pulled the end of the dress that Asha was wearing. A girl who is still heading into her teenage world, Gisel. The girl looked up at Asha.

"What's up, pretty?" Asha looked at the girl who looked like she was about to cry. However, Gisel's eyes are indeed glazed which can sometimes outwit Asha or Ivory.

"The baby, are you sure you want to accept it? I agree with Kak Gading's opinion. How about the snake woman---"

"Shhh! Who do you call the snake woman?" Gisel. He did not like Laras at all especially when it was discovered that Laras lied to everyone.

"Don't say that to anyone else, baby. Those words can only come out when we are too angry and do not understand the situation, like you are now. It's not your problem, you don't have to worry, okay?"

Gisel.

"I'm afraid that Ivory's brother and sister are separated because of that child." Gisel crying. Asha hugged her sister-in-law.

"Have, don't think like that. Why do you think you're going to split up with your sister? Do you think your grumpy brother can live without me?" Gisel took off his embrace and nodded.

"Promise?" Gisel's eyes appear to blink.

"What promise?"

"Promise not to leave Ivory Brother." Gisel said with a pleading look.

Asha poked Gisel's nose with anxiety. The thought of this child is ripe when it just entered on a white gray bench.

"Depending, for such a thing no one can promise, dear. Brother wants to find Baby Zyan first, yes," said Asha while scrambling the hair of Gisel origin.

Asha's steps are directed at Daniah's room. Asha thinks that there's no way Daniah can take Zyan out. The baby is still very prone to be invited out of the house especially in-laws like shopping.

Geck! Geck!

Asha knocks on the door and turns out to be unlocked. From behind the door, Asha could see Daniah who was holding Zyan like her own grandson. The woman who never gave offspring to her in-laws was sad to see this heartwarming sight.

"Mama really wants a grandchild" murmured Asha as she smiled and stepped inside the room.

"Ma."

Daniah. He smiled at Asha like the in-laws Asha knew before.

"Sit down." Asha is relieved to see the presence of Zyan makes Daniah a little back like before. He looked at Zyan who was sleeping again.

"May you give her formula milk?" Daniah.

"You're not pregnant yet, the breast milk production isn't there yet."

Checkmate! Asha felt insinuated by Daniah's words, but she tried to ignore them. She was trying to patiently face this in-law who was getting more and more day-to-day as if she really wanted to interfere in all her household affairs greatly.

"What about Ivory? Has he accepted it?" Asha was silent for a moment. Her husband was very determined to reject Zyan's presence in their house let alone become a family member.

"Still not yet, Ma." Answer Asha. But secretly in his heart he felt no need to persuade Ivory anymore. If finally Ivory remains in his stance then it is the right of the husband. He probably felt fooled so much by Laras all this time. If Asha was in the Ivory position, not necessarily he could accept all that.

“Huh!” Daniah grunted annoyedly.

"You don't want to, Zyan will stay here. You should try to provoke your pregnancy. Make Zyan a lure."

Asha smiled bitterly and understood the selfish thoughts of the mother. However, he could not deny with Laras who freely and very unexpectedly gave his son to his mother-in-law considering the last time, Laras was very adamant to defend Zyan.

"Ma, can I ask you a question?" Suddenly Asha spoke.

Asha stared into her in-laws eyeball for a moment weighing the words she wanted to say.

"Laras, he's okay, right?" Ask Asha suddenly.

Daniah was a little surprised by Asha's question.

“why are you interested in asking Laras news? Open the two of you Ivory don't like it very much?”

Asha sighed for a moment.

“I may not like it very much after the crime he did to me and Ivo but.” Asha was silent for a moment.

“I didn't say I hated it.” Asha then continued.

“What do you care about him? I didn't think much of it either, except just wanted to take this baby away from him.” The sentence was said by Daniah, sounding very honest and without regret.

"I just felt the need to know, before I decided to really take care of Zyan.”

“You object to my request, so that you take care of the child Laras?” Daniah interjected with displeased eyes.

“Not so, ma...” Asha turned her eyes away from the fiery eyes of the in-laws, she hid her feelings from the presence of the in-laws, no one would know what the heart of Asha really was. In front of Daniah he was soft although secretly his heart became a little hardened since feeling the egoism shown by his in-laws about organizing his household. Little by little there was a sense of offence and humiliation when the in-laws so often insinuated him about not giving up offspring, as if he was really embarrassing because of it.

“You don't need to know about Laras. She's doing just fine. He might have gotten tired of his son, and then asked me to take care of him. From the beginning I clearly knew, Laras had not been able to care for a baby. Never mind, do not you care about him, just assume he died because of his sin on Arman. He also seemed to have no cost to himself plus Zyan. So, therefore he easily gave up his son just like that," Daniah said as she turned her body right towards Asha.

"You have to be a good mother to her. Learn to be a mother in the presence of this baby even if it is not your biological child. That way you will probably have children soon. Mom friend's daughter-in-law also so yesterday, after she took care of someone else's baby, adopted her, not long after that she was pregnant.”

Asha was speechless, she did not care so much about the long words spoken by the in-laws who were obviously very obsessed with the grandson. Asha just stared at the shade of Zyan's adorable face. The turbulent feeling came back every time he saw Zyan. He could not deny it, for some reason he seemed to have seen eyes as black as Zyan's, deep and mysterious. He tried to remember where he had seen it. But he forgot.

"Ma, can I ask you another one?" Laras lifted his face.

“What else?”

"Where is Laras now? Does he have a place to stay?"

Daniah flicked her shoulders. He doesn't know the problem either. He only met outside together with Laras.

"May I carry it?"

Daniah gives baby Zyan to Asha.

"Asha, Mama really wished from you two. Please persuade your husband, he won't listen to me anymore." Asha nodded and felt pleased as Zyan was in her arms. He felt that Zyan was his son who was not born in his womb. It's like a connection

himself with Zyan.

"Mama will be out for a while to buy Zyan's needs. You take good care of him."

"Yes, Ma."

Daniah leaves Asha with Zyan in her room. Asha was endlessly humming to make Zyan sleep comfortable, even though the heart of Asha was floating in the stuffy air. His mind was on the husband.

"Actually who are you, Zyan? Why are we so close?" Whisper slowly.

Asha hugged Zyan tightly. He promises in his heart to take care of Zyan like a child himself.

"You should feel this, too, Mas. Hugging a baby is fun."

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