When My Wife No Longer Asks for Money

When my wife no longer asks for 84

"What's up!" Mom came from the kitchen with tea and put it on the table and sat down with us.

I picked up a cup of tea because the thirst from earlier made me unable to take it anymore and immediately drank it.

"Hm... Silvi Bu from earlier was furious?" Said rahman.

Why does he not feel guilty or sorry for leaving us or indeed he does not love me anymore, if it is true I will release him.

"How can I not be angry, Mas Rahman..." Mom cuts Silvi's speech sitting opposite to Rahman mas.

"Already, let Rahman think things through clearly. If you don't want to keep the house anymore, divorce Ratih and you leave this house,"

Uhuk...Uhukkc....

He coughed when he heard his mother's words, and he put down the glass he drank. Looking towards Mum and Silvi.

"Okay, mom said that? I'm not going to divorce her, don't you know that I love Ratih very much!" Said rahman.

If you love me Mas but why did you leave me and trust more in my inner person.

"If you love her, why don't you go back when she had a hard time alone." Said mom silencing Rahman's mouth.

"I was scared at the time, Mom. I think Ratih did it all because I was sick" said Rahman.

And now that I'm ashamed to meet her, I'm afraid she can't forgive me.

"Of course, mbak Ratih will not forgive Mas let alone mas came home here with this geeky mbak," said Silvi stuck out his tongue.

Asem was right this child, he was judging his own mother. Did he intentionally make me want to be fired by Rahman, what Silvi planned.

"Sorry, Sir. If I've made this atmosphere murky," I've finally come to talk to the geeky Rara.

"Oh, you're innocent. Mom, I want to go home first? I'm taking Rania Bu!" Said rahman. Mas Rahman set foot out of the house, I also said goodbye to mother even though I still miss Rania.

Along the way Rahman was just silent, we dissolved in each other's minds. I stared out the window.

"Mara..!"

"Yes, Sir. What's up?" I looked towards Rahman.

"May I ask you something?" ask Rahman.

"Can you ask me what?" I said.

"If you were in the position of Ratih, what would you do if your husband were like me?" tanya mas Rahman managed to make my eyes glare and then look at Rahman.

Why did Rahman ask that, Ah I know for sure he wanted to ask for an opinion. I'll scare you into apologizing to me.

"I won't forgive him, sir. Even I will hate him for life," I said looking ahead.

"Why?"

"Because a man who can't trust his own wife doesn't deserve to be called a husband, because a husband won't leave a wife if he really loves his wife" I said.

Rahman turned his head towards me and looked back at the highway.

"Father is lucky to have a wife as good as Ratih" I said.

"Why...?"

"Because she is a good woman, even though the father has abandoned her but she still wants to find the existence of the father while the father himself just silent as if never felt guilty," I said enough to make Rahman's mouth shut back.

"You're right, Ratih is a very good woman. I'm sorry I misunderstood him, I'll call him and ask him to meet," said Rahman, taking the phone in his pocket.

I was surprised to hear Rahman say, I hurriedly took the phone and turned it off so that he did not know that Rara was me. Our plan may have failed.

"Kok number is off, did Ratih change his phone number," said Rahman again call him my number.

2 Hours away, we arrived at a minimalist but very beautiful house. Neighbors here are very friendly, I heard from neighbors mas Rahman rarely out of the house so less interact with neighbors.

It was late in the afternoon, I had to quickly cook for Rahman. I did a lot of shopping in the supermarket this morning.

Today I cooked his favorite spicy sour squid and omelette to keep him alive in the shadow of Ratih.

Mas Rahman walked to the fridge to grab a drink, I knew he must be curious about the drink I bought yesterday.

"Do you know that I drink this a lot?" Mas Rahman showed me the drinking bottle he drank.

"Ah, maybe it's just a coincidence sir?" I said keep cleaning the squid I want to cook.

"Truely, didn't that coincidence only exist once but this was already twice?" rahman sat at the dining table close to the kitchen.

"Yes, yesterday you cooked my favorite chicken rica-rica and your cooking is exactly the same as that of Ratih, today you cooked spicy sour squid, too" said Mas Rahman.

"Well, you know, just like the psychics know the menu I'm cooking?" I said with an irregular heartbeat.

Why should he be so thorough in enjoying my cooking.

"I know how my wife's cooking is, but I'm sure you're not Ratih my wife in disguise, are you,"

The words of Mas Rahman enough to make me stop my cooking activities, I turned around and faced him.

"If I'm your father's wife, why?" I said with a flat face.

"It's okay?" said Mas Rahman leaving after saying it all made my mood fall apart. I went back to cooking, I remembered what he said if I was his wife, what would he do?"

My heart keeps fighting with feelings of no-no, I continue cooking dinner. It is impossible because of Rahman's talk I broke down, maybe he will be more suspicious of me.

*** ***

Inside a room, a man was contacting someone. He kept calling until his call was picked up.

Who else if not Rahman, he feels awkward with the attitude of Rara who is very similar to Ratih. The first time he saw Rara, hoping that what he saw was his wife Ratih although not denied Rahman felt that what was with him was Ratih in the form of Rara.

[ Hello Anggara ]

[Rahman, What's up ]

[Ah it's okay, do you know where Ratih is ]

[Why are you asking me that, instead of Train with you ]

[You mean ]

[Day, Ratih asked for leave because he is with you and he also told me that he is now in East Jakarta ]

What, so was my suspicion all along? if it is with me it is Ratih but why should he be someone else.

[Ah, then thank you for the information Anggara ]

[Together ]

Why do you have to be someone else to meet me, Rahman breathed out and went back out to meet Ratih.

Leukemia has begun to improve, the cancer that spread in his body has now managed to disappear even though it is still there. However, Rahman never gave up hope of recovery after Doctor Fadli helped her.

Yes, after the incident the other day and was helped by Doctor Fadli who happened to be in Bandung at the time of the incident, he said, seeing Rahman lying just by the side of the road so that Doctor Fadli brought with him back to Jakarta.

"Tock...Geck...Tock....

The knocking of the door stopped Rahman's steps and put his foot forward to see who was coming.