Bia, the Substitute Mother
Drama Queen

...The news used to be so happy for me and so I look forward to it. Now somehow everything changed. Something is troubling me. ...

...~Arshaka Karsha...

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Shaka was surprised not to play. He was trying to be conscious. However, his wife's words and words were like a slap that made him want to float.

Getting pregnant? Our kid?

The word he wanted to hear. A word he wanted to hear before all this happened. Before the existence of Bia, before the idea of Dhira that makes him have to know Bia and have two wives.

"Mas!" Call Dhira who makes Shaka aware.

"You don't like it, Mom? Are you unhappy with this news?" Tanya Dhira with teary eyes.

Shaka shakes. He slowly approached when he saw his wife wanting to cry.

"I'm sorry, honey. Not that I'm unhappy. I'm just surprised!" Shaka said slowly trying to grab Dhira's hand but was pushed aside.

"I know you're not happy, right? You're not expecting my pregnancy, are you? You're happy with Bia, aren't you?"

"Dhiro!" Shaka then pulled his wife's hand and hugged her.

Dhira thrashed even hitting Shaka's back. However, the man held him and still hugged his wife.

"I'm happy, honey. I'm just surprised. I was surprised by this news!" Shaka said he was trying to calm Dhira down.

The roar slowly faded. Slowly Dhira returned Shaka's embrace. The woman was crying in her husband's arms.

"It's a gift, Mom. This is proof that God still loves us. God give me a chance to get pregnant with our own baby!" Dhira said with increasingly hugging Shaka tightly.

"We don't have to lie to Mama anymore. I'm really pregnant, honey. I'm pregnant with our child!" Dhira said in a happy tone of voice.

I don't know why it made Shaka's heart flinch. It was not that he heard Dhira's words. The shadow of Bia's face and stomach overshadowed both of her eyeballs.

Bia's smiling face. The face of the woman who was sobering somehow made Shaka's little heart flinch. Either her mind suddenly bares, what if Bia finds out Dhira is pregnant.

How would his second wife feel if she knew she could conceive their child. I don't know why Shaka doesn't want Bia to know. He didn't want his wife to know this.

"Mas!"

"Hmm?" Shaka answered and looked at the two balls, Dhira said.

He still hugged Dhira's waist because his wife also kept her in her arms.

"You're happy, aren't you, Mas?"

"certain. I'm glad you know you can get pregnant. But.." Pause Shaka who made Dhira speechless.

I don't know why the woman's heart is beating so fast. He doesn't want all his plans screwed up. Her husband should not hesitate or be confused.

"But what, Mas?"

"Why are you pregnant now?"

"Mas!" Thira exclaimed with a glare at his eyes. "Remember the doctor! I'm not barren, Mas. It's just not time yet."

"Do you wish I was barren and could not give you offspring. Is that?"

"It's not so, honey. I'm just still surprised!"

Dhira tries to hold back her emotions. She turned her mind around knowing that her husband was now definitely still confused.

It's not just Shaka. She knew she was pregnant and not playing. As she remembered she always asked for pregnancy-preventing drugs but it seemed like Dhira was a big help.

"Without you know. I follow the doctor said. I diet and eat healthy food. I take vitamins and also drink pregnant milk" Dhira said angrily. "You're too busy with Bia. So you don't know what I'm doing, Mom!"

"It's not so, honey. I'm sorry!" Shaka shakes.

He hugged his wife tightly and kissed the tip of her head.

"You doubt, Mum? Do you doubt our son?"

"No, Honey. Nope! I have no doubt. I believe in you. Thank you for fighting until our prayers finally come out."

~Connected