Towards the Destiny of Naura's Love

Chapter 21 Self-esteem

Today, Naura daydreamed. He sat alone in his porch. She chose to quit her job three days ago because of her increasingly sad and erratic mood.

Should I give up?

Every time she remembered her husband's cold attitude and her mother-in-law's selfish attitude made Naura want to give up. But, every time she got good treatment from her husband in front of her father and her mother, Naura felt she had little hope.

"Asshrink, Naura!"

Someone stopped the bike in front of Naura's house. Hearing the greeting and his name called, made Naura turn her head.

"That Udin! Waalaikum…"

"Morning is daydreaming."

Udin spoke from the top of his bike. He did not come down or approach Naura.

"Your husband exists?"

"Some, bang. I'll call you for a minute."

Naura went straight into her house and headed for the room. As soon as she opened the room, her husband was still asleep.

How'this? If I wake up, it will even be said to be disturbing.

"Mas, wake. There's a Udin bang in front." Naura woke up without touching her husband's body in the slightest.

"Mas, wake!"

The awakened only grunted and instead turned his back on Naura.

"Mas, there's a Udin bang in front."

"The fire is noisy. I'm sleepy to know. Not knowing human language."

She covered her ears with a pillow. He had no intention of waking up at all.

All right, I'm not gonna interrupt.

Naura came back to the front and smiled at Udin. "I'm sorry Udin, but Tama's still sleeping."

"Yes, if you'll excuse me. If he's up, tell him he'll come back in the afternoon."

"God willing I say, bang."

After saying his regards, Udin immediately left Naura. And without Naura noticing, the one sentence she had just passed on to Udin was heard by Tama from inside the room. He tightly clenched his fingers and growled with anger.

"Naura!"

Naura turned her head when she heard the call from her husband who shouted from inside the room. Soon Naura approached her husband to the room.

"What's wrong?"

"What's wrong? You asked what's up!" Tama who stepped closer to Naura.

"Mas why? Did I make a mistake?"

Tama snorted annoyedly at Naura's question. He stepped closer and closer to Naura until Naura was cornered on the wall of the room.

"It's good that your complaint to bang Udin." Tama looked at Naura with a hateful look.

"What do you mean? I don't understand..."

Tama raised her hand about to hit Naura, until Naura no longer continued her words. He tightly closed his eyes when he saw that hand was about to float on his face.

"You're as good as stepping on my pride as saying I'm still sleeping on bang Udin."

Tama's hand didn't hit Naura's face. He distanced himself from Naura.

I was wrong again.

Tears were dripping from Naura's eye patch. But, this time she would not kneel at her husband's feet like before. Because her husband had come out of the room by slamming the door.

"Oh my God, this time it was my fault. I don't know, to say that my husband is still sleeping on someone else, is a fatal mistake. I didn't know that sentence turned out to make my husband's self-esteem fall."

Naura's cry broke. She felt regret for what she had done to make her husband feel that his pride had been stepped on by her.

"O Allah forgive me. Mas Tama, forgive me.." Naura deeply regrets her actions.

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Tonight Naura is staying at her mother-in-law's house again. Tama sent a message to her to follow her mother's house after the fight earlier this afternoon. Now Naura is reading the Qur'an after the isa prayer. While Tama ate his favorite dinner of chicken stews deliberately cooked by his mother to welcome his return.

"Tania, call Naura. Tell him I'm waiting for dinner." Maysaroh orders Tania to summon Naura.

Tania happily headed straight for Tama and Naura's room. Upon arriving in front of the room he heard Naura reciting the final prayer after reciting the Qur'an. Tania immediately opened the door of the room and smiled at Naura who was cleaning her face.

"Sir, have you finished praying?"

"It has. What's up, deck?"

"Wait for Naura to have dinner together."

"Yes, another one followed immediately."

"Then I go first."

Naura nodded, Tania went straight back to the kitchen to convey Naura's message to her mother. Naura did not arrive at the dinner table for long. They continued to eat dinner together. Maysaroh and his two children chatted while eating dinner. While Naura just silently listened to their chatter that did not mean to discuss about anything at all.

After dinner, they gather in the family room while watching television. At that time, Tama arrived ironing her own clothes in front of her mother. It was as if he had deliberately made his mother think that all this time Naura had not even ironed Tama's clothes.

"Darling, how did your husband even iron his own clothes?" Maysaroh stared in surprise at Naura who seemed silent.

Blame your own mother. Why did he arrive ironing clothes that he had never used again. Even though the clothes that I have ironed are still many.

"Mas, don't you think that shirt is never worn again, right? It's even sterilized. There are still many other clothes that I have ironed?"

Naura approached Tama and was about to take over the iron from Tama's hand.

"Oh yes, that's Imel's dress. Haven't you been wearing them for a long time." Maysaroh spoke without thinking about Naura's feelings.

Oh, this is a dress given by ex-lover mas Tama. It seems like Tama misses Imel. Mas Tama must be sad because Imel will be married in two days with another man.

Naura's intention to help Tama iron the shirt she uncovers when she learns the secret behind the shirt that her husband has not worn for a long time.

"No, don't wear this shirt." Maysaroh just threw the shirt on the floor.

"Dear Naura, get me another shirt you've ironed for your husband."

"Yes, ma."

Naura headed straight for the room to pick up another neat shirt.

"Ma, why did you even throw away my clothes. You know, those clothes are really special to me."

"Mom knows it's special, but first. Now the most special thing in your life is just one Naura."

"But, ma…"

"Nothing but but. You alone approved of your marriage to Naura. So, you have to take responsibility on Naura's birth and inner self."

"Mama forced me to marry Naura Ma!" Tama's shout was no less loud than her mother's voice.

Maysaroh was angry, he was surprised because this was the first time Tama had yelled like that at him. Tama's voice was even heard up to Naura from inside the room.

It turned out that Tama had never liked me in the first place as Mama had said. Mas Tama was only forced to marry me to follow the will of Mama.

Naura stared silently at the expression of her angry and disappointed face of her mother-in-law from behind the bedroom door. The face looked bright red with teary eyes.