While the Script is Drawn

Mosaic 17 - Married

The woman was always irritated by the thought of girls who only wanted to be housekeepers for their husbands after marriage. So he worked hard to develop a business that would make him feel alive if he was married later. She started a beauty salon business.

The man scoffs that girls tend to wait for a husband to come who will meet all the needs of their lives. He wanted to marry a woman who was independent and could make money on her own. A kind of woman who is equal to him and can be a partner throughout his life, not just a housekeeper.

Destiny found them. The man was a cafe businessman and as mentioned earlier, the woman was a beauty salon entrepreneur. They both lived in the middle of the city, in a small house that only had three rooms. One room to relax and receive guests, and two rooms each for their bedrooms. They do it because each feels uncomfortable having to dress or take off clothes in one room. So it is better that they have separate rooms, and a relaxing room is a neutral place for them to meet.

They don't need housekeepers. They cook by themselves and occasionally hire an old woman in the morning and evening.

"What if you have kids?" ask people who doubt.

"There will be no children!"

All is smooth. They go to work early in the morning and come home late in the afternoon, sometimes at night, sometimes not coming home because they are out of town. They had breakfast together, the wife cooked and the husband washed the dishes. Before going to bed in each room they said good-bye to each other and went to their respective rooms, without locking the door. In the morning, the one who wakes up first will go to the door of the other room and knock on the door gently.

"Good morning, Sweetheart, how are you today?"

"Good, Honey. You?"

If they have more leisure time, they will chat in the lounge, or watch a movie accompanied by pizza and coca-cola, laugh and have fun.

Of course they love each other as well as a husband and wife. Meeting them at breakfast is always like a new experience that is never boring.

They often go out together at night and meet their friends. Everyone says their marriage is ideal. A romantic and happy couple.

However, the parents of the wife who lived in the village, always asked about the grandchildren.

"When are you going to give Mama, grandchild?"

"Sorry, Mama, we don't want to think about having offspring. We're pretty happy. And Mama already has a granddaughter from her sister," said the wife.

"Think again, dear."

Life is so fun. None of them became employers for the others and they shared income with each other. Sometimes the husband can earn more, sometimes even the wife, but in the end they both contribute the same amount to their savings.

"For my wife, from your husband who wishes you happiness today and pleads for her willingness to accompany him on a special breakfast - right now."

The wife knocked on her husband's room and entered. Then they had breakfast together while sitting on a wide bed. Their happiness never faded. That day they made love until the afternoon. It's a sweet birthday.

A week has passed since his wife's birthday. The wife suddenly became ill. He often vomited his stomach and his head was dizzy. The husband thought the wife was stricken with some kind of germ.

Something strange happened. The wife's body was swollen. Did he have a tumor? Her husband was very worried. The husband took her to the doctor and they came home in tears. Something was growing on the wife's body. Something that will think for itself.

The wife could only cry. What's going on now? She would no longer be able to find money and be forced to live depending on her husband?

All their prudence, their vigilance, has run aground, crushed to dust.

But the mother-in-law was very happy and excited.

"We have to give thanks. You should go to Mama's house and Mama will soon invite the neighbors to celebrate."

The wife can only leave.

"It's okay" Ghio told his wife to forget that he couldn't work.

"You did your job as the baby's mother. Isn't that the same as working."

It took a long time for the wife to accept the fact that she now had to rely on her husband. However, when their baby was born, he forgot all about it. She is still her husband's wife and partner as she used to be, in addition, she is also the mother of their child. And her husband thought it turned out to be better than anything in the world.

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Semarang, January 1, 2019