Tragedies

24. A Smile

Candra activated her cellphone carefully, out there was a thunderous rumbling sound that accompanied the falling rain that was getting heavier, and more intense,

Candra's hand trembled slightly, when the screen lit up, which appeared shortly after were very many new messages from Anggita, who was,

The new message that somehow every second the girl sent to him was as if it had erupted when hp Candra was back active, too,

Candra stared at her screen, as one finger opened Anggita's messages that almost filled the screen,

The message that originally only asked Candra where, the message that originally only conveyed how much he missed and did not want to wait too long, was,

The message full of love and the desire to finish it immediately then turned into a message full of anger, the oath of sarapah,

Messages that are then getting longer also contain about threats, even...

Candra's hand was increasingly trembling, looking at the photo that later appeared to be sent Anggita,

A razor photo and also the girl's wrist, too,

Come now, or you won't see me and you'll never see your son!

Looking at Anggita's last message, without thinking anymore, it seems Candra directly contacted Anggita, he said,

The handsome young man also brought his cellphone out of the room,

Long time, no answer.

Candra's chest was certainly getting thumping faster, so rumbling like the sky out there that now the rumbling sound is getting louder, louder,

"Come on, baby, pick up,"

Gumam Candra while pacing back and forth frantically in the living room where there is for the room to watch TV, dining room and also a small kitchen specifically for Siska to make cakes, or just coffee and tea, and also just a little coffee,

About six times Candra tried to contact Anggita there was no answer, he then contacted someone, who seemed to be his friend, he said,

"Yes,"

Thankfully, the voice was heard there,

"Ndi, where are you?"

Ask Candra,

"I? In my apartment, it's raining heavily outside, so you're staying here, right?"

Ask Candra's friend named Andi, that,

Candra sighed,

"No Ndi, Siska didn't let me go, I couldn't bear to refuse, couldn't,"

Said Candra,

Replace Andi who is now sighing,

"I'm guessing you're finally gonna start playing games when you're tired of lying to your wife, I warned you in the first place before you went too far to play with fire,"

Said Andi,

"Here you go, postpone the lecture, please, go to Anggita's place, I can't reach him, he sent me a terrible photo, he threatened to kill himself if I didn't come, I'm afraid he's reckless,"

Candra said with a voice trembling in overwhelming panic,

"Huh, really?"

"Yes Ndi, please, go there, I don't want him to be harmed and my son, save him, I'll catch up with Ndi, please,"

"Yes. yeah.. okay,"

Said Andi,

Candra then gave the key code for her apartment door which she deliberately cicil for the residence Anggita, a,

After that Candra turned off her phone, yet as soon as she turned around, she suddenly saw Siska had been standing behind her,

The woman stared at Candra, her face implying sadness, anger, disappointment and somehow Candra could not even imagine what was now filling her chest,

"Sa.. baby, I. I..."

"I can't believe this is Mas, you..."

Siska's cry broke, too,

Just now her Grandma was warning her, but suddenly the nightmare had already happened just like that,

"Ak. I can explain, baby,"

Candra tried to reach Siska, but Siska refused her husband's hand, until her husband's phone bounced toward Grandma's bedroom door,

Candra who had lost focus, whose head felt like she was about to break seemed to cry anyway, she squeezed her own head hair with both hands, she said,

"How can you do that to me, Mom? Is it just because I don't have children? Is this why you feel entitled to an affair? Is it because of this that you feel you have no problem finding another uterus to get a child?"

Siska asked amid her growing cries, she squirmed down on the floor while holding her chest which felt very tight and painful, she said,

"Honey, please, listen to my explanation, me..."

"I don't need Mas' explanation, what you're doing is clearly a betrayal to our holy marriage,"

Siska said still while continuing to sob, when then Candra's hand tried to reach him again, Siska also returned to reject with rough hands of the husband, the husband,

"Don't touch me, since tonight I forbid your hands to touch me, go! Go!!"

Siska said with a rising voice,

Candra who among still want to embrace Siska so that the woman can be calm, but also on the other hand she is also worried about the condition of Anggita and her future children, he said, finally caught in the confusion that seemed to almost drive him crazy,

"Go! You said you were worried about your future son, right?! Go!!"

Get rid of Siska again.

In the commotion of the two, without them noticing the door of Grandma's room was open,

Maryati's grandmother came out of there, who later found Candra's phone near her bedroom door,

An incoming call was seen on that phone, an incoming call from Andi, and,

Grandma grabbed the phone, and then brought it back into the room,

Grandma raised a call from Andi, who then heard Andi's voice across there,

"Ndra, right Anggita tried to kill himself, he sliced his wrist with a razor, I immediately ran him to the nearest Hospital, you go straight there huh,"

Said Andi, who then re-named the Hospital,

After hearing the name of the Hospital where Anggita was rushed for rescue efforts, Grandma Maryati also closed the call.

A smile seemed at the corner of his lips, a strange smile implying something.

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