CONSEQUENCES
Rashid's Story

Jhana finally arrived at her rented house. With a breath that was still very breathless, Jhana took a glass of water and ate some of the food that was inside her veil.

He stabilized his breath by lying on his bed, then he sat down and shook his legs which felt very sore. Jhana then returned to lying down and raised her legs to return neutral and not sore again.

All the ways worked, his breathing was stable again, and his legs were no longer sore, his fatigue slowly began to disappear.

Jhana then changed her clothes, took the tote bag she had brought when she left the Dhananjaya mansion, and put some of her clothes in the bag. He took all the money he had stored in a wallet and counted it.

'This contract is still five months away, so it doesn't matter if I leave it. Dina will definitely take care of my children at her boarding house, and take their remaining belongings here. But I'd better not ask for the rest of the money, otherwise it's just going to raise a lot of questions. This money is enough to pay Fina's tuition for the next month, tomorrow I'll pay for it, and this money is enough for me to survive. From now on everything will feel very difficult, ' his inner self.

The curly-haired woman then put her 'brankas' wallet and 2 framed family photos into the tote bag. Jhana then turned off all the lights in the house, except for the porch lights. He left the key to the house inside. Before closing the door, Jhana saw the house.

'Five years I've lived here, and I never thought the end would be like this. There are so many memories I have here. Goodbye, ' Inner Jhana. He left the house with a smile.

Isa took a deep breath before continuing his story.

"After Rashid's birth, my father and mother had agreed to have only one pair of children. After Rashid, they wanted to have a daughter, and then they decided not to have any more. But what they feared was that their second child was a male, therefore, when Rashid's brother was about two years old, they adopted a baby girl from an orphanage in Jakarta, because at that time they lived in Jakarta. The girl was later named Rinjhana Dhananjaya" Isa explained.

"Then why are you, brother Arvin and sister Bunga born?" ask Dina.

"When Rashid and Jhana started growing up, my father and mother wanted another baby, but they didn't adopt any more children, they decided to have another one. Unexpectedly, the one born was sister Bunga, a baby girl, and in this way, they had a pair of children who had blood ties with them. But they did not have the heart to return brother Jhana to the orphanage, so they decided to continue to care for and raise brother Jhana like their own child. They do not distinguish brother Jhana from brother Rashid and sister Bunga, the affection they give is the same, and it is the best times in this family according to the father," answered Isa.

Dina just silently listened.

"Now, my father and mother went out of their way to have only one child, because they finally thought that principle was ridiculous, and considered that there were more and more children, so their sustenance is getting smoother, and after the birth of Bunga, my father's business is indeed on the rise. Then when sister Bunga was three years old, brother Arvin was born, and when brother Arvin was four years old, I was born. We were very happy at the time, nothing was kept secret, everyone knew that Jhana's sister was an adopted child, but everyone loved her very much. But it is precisely that that brings disaster," continued Isa.

"Disaster?" Dina seemed enthusiastic about the continuation.

"Sir Rashid and brother Jhana are in love. My parents didn't expect that from them. They both know that mom and dad treat them as brothers, not as other people. So they kept their feelings a secret from their father and mother, because they knew that, until it was revealed, both father and mother would be very angry. Until one day, Brother Raya came into our lives. Her father has stage four liver cancer, and her father is eager to see Kak Raya get married, because Kak Raya is an only child."

"So after that Kak Raya married Rasyid's sister?" ask Dina.

"Yes, they were eventually betrothed, and at that time Jhana's brother was still in a relationship with Rashid's sister. His father Kak Raya is a furniture businessman who has twenty branches scattered throughout Indonesia, he died a week after the marriage of Kak Rashid and Kak Raya, who were married, and his business was continued by his wife who is now in Jambi. Since getting married, Kak Raya lives in Dhananjaya mansion, she has a good relationship with all our family members, including with Kak Jhana. But as he begins to see the strangeness of Jhana and Rashid's sister, he begins to suspect that they both have more of a foster relationship, because he knows that Jhana's sister is an adopted child."

"And after that their relationship was broken?" ask Dina.

"Yes, and it really hurt my brother Raya and made my mother angry. All members of this family assume that Rashid brother had an affair with Jhana's brother, but Jhana's brother explained that they were in a relationship long before Rashid's brother married Kak Raya, but it still hurt the heart of mother and mother of course angry big. Mother threw out brother Jhana from the mansion about ten years ago, mother scolded brother Jhana without blaming brother Rashid, the same thing was done by Kak Raya, too, he was just angry at Jhana's sister. Mother's heart was very sick and devastated by the incident, especially the father defended Jhana and sister Rashid by saying that actually their love is a natural thing. As a result of the incident, the mother did not even want to go out of the room for two months, all day just crying and difficult to eat, the scales dropped by twenty kilograms and it made the mother look like a skinned skeleton."

"But soon happiness returned to this family, my father experienced tremendous success in his investment business, and so he invited us all to take a vacation to several countries in Europe, and it makes the mother happy so that it increases her appetite. A year after the expulsion of Brother Jhana from the mansion, the family was very happy, although brother Rashid and Kak Raya never had children. That happiness lasted a long time, until the next four years, an extraordinary event changed this family" Isa continued.

"What's that?" Dina is still enthusiastic.

"Sister Jhana has two children from Rashid's brother. It was successfully known by Kak Raya because she continued to follow Rasyid's brother who rarely went home. He said he did not see the faces of the two Rashid sisters and Jhana's brother, but he confirmed that it was their son. Then the whole family knew this, and Rashid acknowledged that the two children were his. No one would have thought that after the expulsion of brother Jhana from the mansion, brother Rashid remained in contact with him, to the point that they already had two children. Mother still does not blame Rashid on this, mother only blames Jhana who she considers as a cheap woman who has no self-esteem. Mother wanted to hit Kak Jhana, and Kak Raya led the way to the rented house of Kak Jhana, but unexpectedly, we and our family met with Kak Jhana on the road, maybe he just got back from the market."

"Collapse and threaten. Mother returned furious and threatened Jhana's brother. Ibu said if Jhana brother does not go far from the life of the Dhananjaya family, then Jhana brother will get terror continuously from mother. Then Jhana's sister went somewhere. Rasyid sister could not find her whereabouts and it made Rasyid brother stressed, while on the other hand Kak Raya tried hard to accept the fact that her husband did not love her. And after months of not getting word from Jhana's missing brother, Rashid assumed that the mother had killed Jhana's brother and his children through a hitman. This is the worst part."

"Why?"

"Sir Rashid had a big fight with his mother and was furious with the mother who he thought did not want to confess that he had killed Jhana's sister and their children. But the mother said that the mother did not know anything about the disappearance of Jhana's brother, although the mother had threatened him, but the mother claimed not to kill Jhana's brother and her children. The quarrel that lasted for several weeks made the father become stressed because his wife and eldest son did not want to say hello despite living in the same house, and starting from there, mother also blamed brother Rashid for betraying her marriage and being a disobedient child. And on the other hand, Kak Raya was still very hurt and decided not to talk to Rasyid's brother for a few weeks, even though they slept in the same room. The whole family then sided with mom and antagonized Rashid's brother, including me, except for dad."

"Why could that be?"

"Because I love Rashid and Jhana so much that I can't afford to be angry and even hate them both. This condition makes the father more down and it has an impact on his business that had lost at that time. Not long after, Bunga married Kevlar's sister, and Kak Raya announced her pregnancy, but a few hours after Kak Raya's pregnancy was announced, Rashid committed suicide."

"Jeez ... suicide?"

"Yes. He was increasingly unhappy with the pregnancy of Kak Raya and only wanted the child of Kak Jhana who at that time was considered already in heaven with Kak Jhana, so he wanted to catch up with them. The incident then made the father very shocked to have a stroke that made his condition become what it is today. She decided not to publicize Rashid's suicide further because she found it embarrassing, and in the end, the police settled the case. And after the father is powerless, his business is threatened with bankruptcy, should brother Rashid take over the position of father, but because he has died, then it should be Kak Kevlar who occupies the position of father, who, but the mother decided to take over the father's position, either in this family, or even in his business. Mother said the reason for not giving control to Kevlar's brother was because he couldn't believe it yet. It did not anger Kevlar, and from that day on, it was the same as today, which distinguishes him only from the birth of Arka and Shirina."

For a moment, the atmosphere became silent when Isa finished telling the story. But Dina finally spoke up, "So, have you not known the whereabouts of Jhana's sister and her children?"

"Not yet" answered Isa.

"And that means, the name Jhana is a very sensitive thing for the Dhananjaya family?"

"More than sensitive. But strangely enough, I want Jhana's brother back in the family."

"I can't imagine how unfortunately Farzin's uncle was to Jhana his adopted son."

"Yes, sometimes I feel that my father loves Jhana even more than we love his children."

"And about brother Arvin, why did he do that? Has he been estranged from his family since childhood because of Jhana?"

"No, as a child, brother Arvin was a friendly and cheerful boy. He began to change since Rashid committed suicide, he considered that love would only enslave someone, as happened to Rashid. Brother Arvin then decides to never fall in love, he goes rogue so that no one loves him, and mother blames brother Jhana for what happened to brother Arvin. That's it."

"Now I understand why Aunt Zemira hates this Jhana so much. You know, if I were Aunt Zemira's, I probably wouldn't stand it and just die."

Isa smile. "That is our mother and your future father-in-law, she is very strong and strong in facing all the trials that come and go."

Replace, now Dina is smiling.

Isa and Dina tell the story of a woman named Rinjhana, without knowing that they are actually telling the same person.

'Jhana, huh? I became curious about Jhana's past, Dina's inner self.

"God! Brother Jhana!" exclamation Dina.