ERIKA (The Slandered Woman)
Chapter 12

Hix... Hix... Hix...

Aldo's sleep is disturbed by the sound of women crying. His aching head made him reluctant to open his eyes. However, the crying voice was becoming more and more so. Aldo decided to open his eyes because he was disturbed and curious, who was the owner of the crying voice?

His eyes blinked a few times with his supine position watching the sky that was different from his private room with Erika.

"Where is this?" he asked himself as the hand slowly pinched his temple.

Hix...

Aldo gasped violently and immediately pulled his body to sit down, when he saw the woman who was sitting hugging her knees with a cry again heard.

" Sita-Sinta.." stammered Aldo with anxious feeling realizing his body under the blanket was already naked ria. There was no need to think for long that they must have committed a great sin.

"You're bad, Mum! You raped me the whole night I was helping you. Hix... Hix... You took the crown that I keep for my future husband! You're evil! Hiks hiks..you are evil! Wicked!"

The perfect acting. Sinta is very utilizing the situation by continuing to rebuke Aldo who looks pale tetiba. The crying he made became more and more so and Aldo who heard it became more and more slapped at the reality of his mistakes that he made without his will. He really did not remember what he did in this room with Sinta.

"I want you to take responsibility, Mum!" ask Sinta when Aldo was still silent in his speech.

"But-but... I have a wife and children." Aldo said in a trembling voice.

"Wife? The wife who had broken your heart and ended up bringing my life as broken as it is today?"

Being too surprised by the situation in the room, Aldo only realized about Erika's actions yesterday. Behind the blanket, his hands immediately tightened firmly with his chest again groaning violently.

"Your anger last night to Erika, you poured over my body, Mas. Hix.. I'm ruined and dirty!" Sinta kept pressing. He will not be satisfied until what he wants to hear comes out of Aldo's mouth.

"I-I'm sorry, Sinta. Really, I didn't realize I was doing it."

"So you want to avoid responsibility by saying 'i'm drunk', is that it? So, what is my fate? I'm dirty, Mom! There will definitely not be a man out there accepting a dirty woman like me! Hix... I've lost my blood membrane, Mas. You're frowning!" Blood membrane? Sinta smiled wryly hearing those two words. Of course, this was not the first for him.

"I'll take responsibility!" break Aldo with a half-hearted tone.

This is what Sinta wants to hear. He grinned thinly while wiping away the fake tears that fell on his cheek. The mysterious smile expands perfectly without Aldo seeing. 'Once rowing, two islands are exceeded', his mind is still because he has a certain purpose besides he really likes Aldo from a long time ago.

"But give me time!" Aldo pinta.

"That's the sign, you want to be my second wife?" Aldo's eyebrows raised one. He really has a wife of two. What about the economy that is far from enough. Aldo grimaced inwardly imagining it all.

"Second wife?" Sinta asked a sneer. "Do you still want to be by Erika's side after knowing her betrayal, Mas? That's the sign, you resigned in duakan. What is your pride as a husband?"

Aldo rose apitam heard the word provocation Sinta. Aye! He had to take a firm decision for the two-faced Erika.

***

The noise from the kitchen was faintly heard welcoming the arrival of Aldo who was currently walking slowly approaching the simple kitchen in his house.

Aldo just stared at the place while watching his mother who again scolded Erika who he said had not cooked. The one who got the scolding just sat daydreaming at the dinner table. The two women were not aware of his presence.

"From morning you're just daydreaming, Erika. I'm hungry you know!"

"Erika thinks of Mas Aldo who hasn't come home yet, Mother. Erika is not eager to do anything either! Erika was worried something might happen to her! If you're hungry, just buy it at Ms. Desi's warteg."

Somehow, Aldo's heart's intention trembled at Erika's worried voice. However, given Erika's mistake again, Erika's wanting to judge her grew twofold.

" Erika is two-faced! His appearance alone is pious but his heart is rotten." said the word provocation Sinta continues to ring in his head.

"You're a wife too__ uh, that's Aldo!"

Erika immediately turned her body, as her in-laws pointed her index finger at the kitchen door.

"Mas... Thank God you have come home." The anxious look on Erika's face faded away instantly. His sweet smile expands perfectly to welcome the return of Aldo who has confiscated his brain since yesterday. All his heart was broken.

Feeling Aldo just stay in place, Erika also initiates closer to the question of the question will he hold as from where and others. Seeing her husband's body in good condition, the woman who was covered in ash had been grateful in silence.

Erika decided to share the happy news first before interrogating her husband. "Mas, I have two good news for us!" The beautiful face in the hijab sparkled a happy twinkle while reaching for Aldo's right hand. Erika was unaware of Aldo's already hardened jaw with sharp eyes full of disgust glancing at Erika's finger that gently stroked the back of her hand.

" The first one is about windfall, my script gets an adaptation. And the second news is that I am ham__" said Erika stuck when Aldo's rough movement pulled her hand. Why did her husband seem rude and cold? She wanted to admit that she was pregnant. Just this morning, Erika proved her pregnancy signs using the pack test.

"Erika! from now on you are not my wife anymore. I'm your talak!"

The deg!