Turning Point
TWENTY-ONE
Lintang blinked both of his eyes, trying to wake up from his long dream. There was a regular breathing of her husband, a sign that he was still asleep in his sleep. He saw a short clock on the wall of his room between the numbers two and three.
She looked at her husband's face. His mood was still so upset when he recalled the incident of dinner with Reni a moment ago. In his mind began to appear bad thoughts as well as an unwarranted prejudice.
Lintang threw out a rough breath, trying to master the state of his heart. Trying to think positively about her husband. He also stroked his flat stomach.
I can't be like this. Because my bad thoughts will definitely have an impact on my fetal health as well. Forgive mother son, you should not have bad thoughts about your father.
The latitude goes to the bathroom. Squirted water throughout his body, hoping all his bad thoughts were dissolved by the water that soaked his body. After that, he took the water.
Lintang held a prayer mat. He used it to cover his whole body. And he was solemn in prostration as well as in his prayers.
Lintang wiped away the tears that suddenly dripped down her cheeks. Since marrying Agum, this is the first time he has felt an eternal heart. He was caught up in his own thinking. Thoughts that might just make it down.
"Astaghfirullahal'adzim, keep me away from all kinds of thoughts and prejudices this bad, Rabb" he said.
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"Hearts on the road, may this day be a blessing" said Lintang while kissing the back of Agum's hand.
"Yes, baby, aamiin. You are also well at home" replied Agum
Agum rubbed the belly of Lintang "Dad left first, son. Good in your stomach".
The latitude smiled too. There was no reason for her to be prejudiced against her husband, for she saw Agum loved her so much and certainly loved the child in her belly, so it was impossible that her husband would turn away.
Agum headed for his box car then sat behind the wheel. He waved his hand at his wife and then left his rented yard.
"Yesterday so check on Lin?", asked Ranti's mother who was sitting in the living room
"Already ma'am, thank God everything is fine" he replied.
"Alhamdulillah. From now on, don't be too tired. Homework should be done by Mimin all" said Ranti's mother suggested.
Lintang smiled "No need to mom, if only to just wash the same clothes cooking Lintang still can really. Moreover, if only the sleep later even so stiff all the body because it does not move, hehehe"
"Mommy has breakfast?, have you taken medicine?", asked Lintang
"It's gone" he answered
"Then Lintang nyuci clothes first yes ma'am" said Lintang. Ranti's mother nodded.
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Agum came out of the door of the mosque behind his office after finishing performing the Asar prayer service. Usually after finishing Asar prayer two hours later he will go home soon. But after his position rose to KaOp requires that he go home rather late. Because he must make sure all the work of other employees is completed properly, and make sure there are no complaints from customers.
"Done praying mas?", asked Reni who was on the terrace of his house facing directly to the mosque where Agum used to pray.
"Yes" he answered briefly
"Don't call mbak mas, call Reni aja, will you first call me also Reni aja without frills mbak" he said
"Oh yes Ren", replied Agum while tying his shoelaces.
"Your wife looks very young, how many years are you with her?", asked Reni to try to open a conversation with Agum.
"Indeed, Ren was only 19 years old, and I was eleven years adrift with him" replied Agum.
"Oh.. Do you love your wife?, I heard you only knew her for a while and then got married immediately?", asked Reni in a probing tone.
"Why are you asking Ren?", Agum asked
"Hmmmm it's nothing, I just remember five years ago someone told me, if I love her death and nothing can ever replace my position in her heart" Lintang replied lightly
Agum jerked. His heart rumbled back. He remembered that the person who said such a thing as Reni said it was him.
Agum smiled faintly "That was Ren, before you decided on me and chose to marry him......."
"Mama, where are you?", a male voice came from inside Reni's house.
The man went out and approached Reni and Agum who seemed to be busy chatting.
"Oh you are here, huh?" said the man.
"What's the reward?", asked Reni
"That's the kids waiting in the dining room, going to eat pizza together" he said", replied the man. Reni nodded too.
"Well, are you also Gum?", the man continued when he saw Agum's whereabouts.
"Yes Tom, that was the Asar prayer" replied Agum
"Oh yes, congratulations on your marriage. Sorry at that time I was the same Reni could not come, because there was more business in Bandung", said the man named Tomi.
"That's okay, Tom, the important thing is his prayer" replied Agum
"Oh yes, I first Tom, Ren, there is still a lot of work in the office" Agum continued, saying goodbye. Tomi and Reni nodded and Agum left the two of them.
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Agum leaned his back on his study chair. His mind wandered far away. It's a long way off because it happened five years ago. When he lived in Jogja for two years. After he met Reni after the Asar prayer, it was as if his brain was rewinding the memory five years ago, and he was further immersed in the memory.
The flashback
A couple of lovers were sitting in a city park chair. A woman with a skirt on her knees combined with a sleeveless shirt (you can see) and covered with a blazer made of jeans was seen bowing her face with tears. While a man in long jeans and a slightly tight shirt can be seen standing on the woman's side with a face that looks grim.
"Do you know how much I love you, Ren?" asked the man.
"I know, but my father and mother have betrothed me to Tomi" she replied.
"Do you love him?", asked the man. The woman did not respond to anything.
"Why don't you want to fight for our relationship Ren, so that your parents can accept me?", he asked
"I can't do anything mas" the woman replied briefly.
The man hugged the woman's body. Then kiss her lips with a deep kiss.
"You know Ren, you're my love of death. And at any moment nothing will ever replace your position in my heart" he said.
"Marry your parents' choice, but don't force me to erase your name from my soul" she continued.
Flashback off
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