Wife Interlude

Chapter 8 There is no news

Lina had been in the new house for a week. However, Anjas never came to him or even contacted him.

Rina has also visited Anjas' house to find her husband. However, it turns out that the house is empty, so he does not get any answers.

Feeling desperate, Rina finally hesitantly contacted Hilman to ask her whereabouts.

However, it seems that contacting Hilman is indeed not the solution in the problem and Anjas, because it turns out that Rina did not get any answers from her husband's best friend.

"I don't know, Rin. Sorry." That was the only answer that Rina got from Hilman.

"Hilman is Mas Anjas' best friend, where might he want to tell me," muttered Rina as she hung up the phone and Hilman.

Now Rina tries to find Anjas using the wonders of the internet, ranging from facebook, instagram, even tiktok, she tried various names that might be her husband's id on various social media.

After almost half a day struggling with a cell phone in her hand, Rina finally got her husband's name id on Instagram. However, it is a pity that his account was locked, so he could not see what was inside.

Finally, Rina tried to find the name of Tari, to find out the whereabouts of her husband. However, she also did not find the name id of her husband's legal wife.

Rina was out of ideas, her brain was deadlocked at the moment, she stood up then walked back and forth to try to find a way out of her calamity. But it always ends up making him dead end.

"Who should I ask for help with now? In this city, I have no friends or relatives at all" complained Rani muttered to herself.

A sudden stomach ache made him stop his steps with grimacing lips, he looked at the clock on his phone. It turned out that it was already three in the afternoon, whereas he had only just eaten breakfast.

"Ah, you're hungry, baby. Sorry, Mom forgot. Now we go to the kitchen, yes, Mama will cook for us to eat," he said as he gently stroked his lower abdomen, while talking as if the fetus in his stomach could hear his voice.

Lina went into the kitchen, she was trying to find groceries, in every corner. However, he only found instant noodles, because he forgot to shop for food stocks made at home.

"Geez, I forgot to buy groceries" he murmured, holding the pain in his stomach.

"For now we eat instant noodles first, yes baby. After the new meal we'll look for super march to buy groceries." Lina spoke back to the fetus inside her stomach, then took the instant noodles.

Usually every morning he would shop at the mobile vegetable maker who entered the housing complex. However, it looks like this morning the vegetable maker is on holiday, so he can not shop for groceries.

"It's done! Now we eat this first yeah, baby. Later we go for a walk while looking for food outside," said Rina while sitting at the dinner table and then preparing to eat instant noodles that she has served in a bowl.

Although his speech sounded cheerful, it was as if there was no burden in his life. However, actually repeatedly Rina raised her head to muffle the tears that almost spilled.

Lina smiled as she exhaled a rough breath, then stuffed the instant noodles into her mouth. For some reason when he chewed the tightness in the chest became more and more, he could not hold back the tears that had already escaped just like that.

"I why the hell? Not that I've eaten, then why do I use all that crying?" he said while trying to smile, as if he was encouraging himself.

"Even if it's just instant noodles but at least I can still eat, and live in this pretty big house." Rina spoke again while slowly hitting her chest that felt tight, her eyes also circulated to see a large enough house with good equipment.

The shadow of how Mom likes to scold him if eating instant noodles too much also crosses the head.

"Instant noodles continue, indeed there is no other food other than instant noodles, huh? That's another ingredient, why are you cooking instant noodles, Rina?!"

Mother's babbling voice that always scolded her when she had eaten more than two bowls of instant noodles in a period of one week, was heard in Lina's ears, making Rina could no longer hold back her sobs.

"Sorry Rina, Mom. Lina knows, I would be angry if you knew Rina ate instant noodles while pregnant like this," Rina murmured again.

The instant noodle eating event failed, because Rina's throat was already tight to hard to swallow. He finally left the rest of the instant noodles on the table then headed to the room to change clothes.

Rina decided to go outside, to look for the wind as well as shopping for groceries. The mansion felt quite claustrophobic until it was difficult to breathe, as if there were no air forces inside. He came out of the house at about five in the afternoon.

Rina walked down the complex road while enjoying the atmosphere of the afternoon that began to feel cool, after a day of this sun shining. Along the way he saw many children who were playing together, until his steps stopped in a complex park that was quite crowded.

Without feeling Lina put her foot inside, with a big smile. Seeing the many laughing children always made him unable to hold a smile on his lips.

Sitting on one of the benches there, Rina smiled at the children's cheer, although one by one they left, because the day was getting dark.

Without feeling adzan magrib has been reverberating in the mosque complex, making him move then decided to stop by the mosque first to carry out his duties as a Muslim.

After praying together at the complex mosque, Rina continued her steps towards the main road, where she would look for public transportation to get to the nearest super market.

It turns out that if taken by foot, the distance from the house to the main gate of housing is quite far too, Rina just realized all that, and she was aware of it, because this is also the first time he has walked in the complex after moving to this housing with Hilman some time ago.

Arriving at the gate, Rina chose to approach the guards to ask about the place she was headed to.

However, the complex guard did not have time to answer, a car stopped behind Rina, then opened the window.

"Rina?" Someone's voice distracted Lina, until she immediately looked back.

"Well, Bang Hilman?" greet Rina, a little distrustful of this coincidence.

"What are you doing here?" ask Hilman from the car that only opened the window glass only.

"I want to go to the super market, want to shop for groceries," replied Rina soberly.

"Yes, let me drive you, I happen to want to go outside, too" said Hilman.

"Really, Bang?" ask Rina to make sure.

"Yes, let's go in." Hilman opened the car door from the inside.

"It just so happens, then," Rina said with a happy smile.

"Sir, I go with Bang Hilman. Sorry to interrupt, sir," he told the gate guard officer.

Rina got into Hilman's car with a happy smile, for a moment she could forget the pain in her heart, just because he saw the happiness of the children and a ride from Hilman that he really needed.

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