Caught in the Love of the Past
Chapter 64

Mr. Arif was shocked when the wife did not move again, he approached the body of the wife lying on the ground. He turned the old woman's body.

Mr. Arif saw the head of the wife there was bruise from the impact on the stone.

The man was scared.

"Mom, wake. Get up, ma'am," said Mr. Arif in a panic.

"Mom" shouted Arif.

"Please!" shouted Mr. Arif.

Finally Mr. Arif asked for help, he hoped that there were neighbors who heard his screams.

"Please! Help me!" yell Mr. Arif again.

Mr. Arif raised the body of the wife and put the head of Ms. Fatimah on her thighs.

Not long after two neighbors Mr. Arif entered the house.

"What's up, sir?" ask Mr. Udin who went directly into the house of Mr. Arif.

Mr. Udin and Mr. Slamet were shocked to see Ms. Fatima who was unconscious.

"What's going on, sir?" ask Mr. Slamet.

"Mhm, that was Mother fell to the ground, after that she was unconscious," replied Mr. Arif lying.

Mr. Arif is unlikely to reveal what exactly happened, he could be accused of murder and will go to prison.

Mr. Udin approached Ms. Fatimah, he tried to check Ms. Fatimah's pulse.

"Innalilahi wa Inna ilaihi Raji'un" said Pak Udin.

"What happened, Mr Udin?" asked Mr. Arif confused.

"Bu Fatimah is dead, sir," said Mr. Udin carefully.

"Innalilahi wa Inna ilaihi Raji'un," said people who had started crowded at Mr. Arif's house.

Mr. Udin and Mr. Slamet helped Mr. Arif lift the body of the wife into the house.

Some people there also took out a mattress and tidied up the mattress, they draped the mattress with a long cloth.

Then they laid the body of Fatimah on the bed.

Mr. Arif sat still looking at his wife's lifeless body.

"I'm a murderer, I killed my wife" muttered Mr. Arif inwardly.

"Where are you, sir?" ask Mr. Udin to Mr. Arif.

"Dimas, I don't know where Dimas went one week he didn't come home" replied Mr. Udin.

"Is there a phone number we can call?" ask Mr. Udin to Mr. Arif.

Mr. Arif shook his head, all this time he never understood the matter of calling.

"Then how, sir. Do we hold the body of Ms Fatimah without the presence of Dimas?" ask Mr. Udin.

"I don't know," he said.

Mr. Udin felt devastated by the departure of Ms. Fatimah, let alone the death of his wife due to his own hands. His soul was still shaken by what had just happened.

"I don't know what to do, hyster." Mr. Udin started crying.

Villagers began to come to the house, after one of the residents announced the news of the death of Bu Fatimah in the mosque.

"O Allah, have mercy on Fatimah, yes. It seemed like she was depressed living with her husband, plus her son did not know himself," said Bu Yuyun speaking to her friend who was now stepping towards Mr. Arif's house.

"Eh, listen to Bu Fatimah want to buy Bu Santi's rice field, but it's not because the gold bracelet is missing" said Bu Yuyun's friend.

"Yes, reportedly the ace bracelet was taken away the same Dimas, until now Dimas has not returned to this village. I don't know where the kid is," said the other mother.

"Reran deh the same Dimas, a beautiful wife kind and loyal even cheated on the same unselfish widow," said Bu Yuyun annoyed.

Little did Bu Yuyun know of Dimas and Fitri's household problems, as she repeatedly saw Dimas fighting with Sinta, because Bu Yuyun was Sinta's neighbor.

No matter how much they arrived at the house of Mr. Arif, in that house there were already many people who came to worship.

"Yanto, try to call Dimas, how do you know he can come early" said Mr. Udin to Yanto who just arrived.

In the village, Yanto was known as a friend of Dimas, so Yanto Pak Udin hoped to tell the news of his mother's death.

"Alright, sir," said Yanto.

Yanto Pin picked up his phone, and he called Dimas.

Many times Yanto tried to contact his best friend but none of the calls went to his phone.

"Not in, sir. His phone number is off" Yanto told Mr Udin after trying to contact his best friend.

"Mhm, yes I have. Maybe today we haven't been able to hold his body. Keep calling him, Yan. How to know if we will enter, we hold this body tomorrow morning," said Mr. Arif took the decision.

The relatives also agreed with what was decided by Mr. Arif.

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One Sunday Dimas was in the village of Fitri, today the trial of the Dimas and Fitri divorce verdict.

Dimas did not want to attend the trial, he already knew the judge's decision. He believes the judge will grant a divorce request from his wife.

Dimas is currently starting to live Luntang Lantung in Fitri village. The stock of money in his hands began to run out, the cost of his life ranging from lodging and eating while there had spent a lot of money.

Now the money in his hand is only available for the cost of returning to the village.

All the efforts made in vain, no results at all, which was obtained only hurt Fitri deeper.

"What should I do now?" lirih Dimas who is now sitting on the edge of the seat.

He is thinking about what he should do right now. Since that incident he has not been able to meet with Fitri and Rasya at all.

Riyan and Dina guarded her sister tightly so she never got a chance to meet Fitri.

"Do I have to let go of Fitri, and let her live with her current choices?" lirih Dimas again.

Dimas' heart was completely broken and sickened by the life he now faced.

Dimas looked at the clock on the wall, the clock was already showing to the number 10 in the morning, today he has not done anything.

Dimas decided to leave Fitri's village, this time before returning to his village, Dimas decided to meet with Fitri though for the last time.

Dimas will go to court but he won't go to that court.

He will wait for the trial to be completed outside the court.

He also prepared, at once out of the inn.

Dimas would go home and would leave Fitri a happy life without him.

There was nothing more he could fight for, better to let go of the woman who no longer wanted to be his wife.

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