Figurant Wife
Miss Shanty's request
Hanum looks pensive in his room thinking about Bu Shanty's request of her a few hours ago. The sound of rain falling increasingly heavy from outside the window of his apartment did not make Hanum daydream stop and move from the front of his bedroom window.
"Your, what's there?" The voice of Divan calling his name did not make Hanum wake up from his daydream.
Divan chose to get off the bed and approached Hanum who looked dreamy. "Mom..." Divan pulls the end of Hanum's clothes so that Hanum is aware of his daydreaming.
"Divan's." Hanum was made a little surprised when he saw that Divan was already behind his body.
"Mamma napa here? It rained outside. Lightning as well." Divan Omel.
Hamum looked back ahead. And it's true that this time the rain looks to fall more and more rapidly followed by a flash of lightning.
"Come there, Mah." Divan pulled back the end of Hanum's shirt. It was clearly visible on the boy's face the worry of seeing his mother standing in front of the window.
"Eh, yes." Hanum followed Divan to the bed.
"Your daddy, is that? Why daydream?" Divan asked after Hanum helped her sit on the bed.
"Emh, Mamah is not daydreaming." Lying Hanum.
"The Boong ja tuh Mamah. Daydreaming that was." Divan said in disbelief.
Hanum laughed at his son's words. "Mama daydreams of Divan who is soon going to school. Mama must be so happy to see Mama's little son go to school." Hanum told a lie.
"Have it, don't think of anything. Divan better go back to sleep because the weather like this is very nice to bring to sleep." Hanum.
Divan didn't immediately agree. He chose to ask to play outside the room only because his eyes were not sleepy and did not want to go back to sleep.
Hanum complied with the request of his little son. While accompanying Divan to play his cars outside the room, Hanum again thought about Bu Shanty's request to him.
Hanum, will you marry your mother's son?" The request was again ringing in Hanum's ears.
"Why did Miss Shanty ask me to be her daughter-in-law? Wouldn't Miss Shanty be ashamed if a lot of people were talking about her for choosing me as a single parent to be her son-in-law?" Hanum Mumbled.
Hanum immediately refused Bu Shanty's request, but remembering the words of Bu Shanty who only wanted one request to Hanum made Hanum powerless to refuse. Moreover, so much has been the kindness of Bu Shanty to him that Hanum cannot count with a finger.
"Is this one way for me to return the favor to Miss Shanty? But why is this the way? Why didn't Miss Shanty ask me for anything else? Marriage is not a sacred thing and not a joke." Hanum was made to shred.
Hanum began to think about whether her future husband would accept her and her current status. If Bu Shanty's words ask him to marry his first child, it means that Hanum can conclude if the man he wants to marry is Dio—the man who was then brought by Bu Shanty to Mahesa's company where he worked.
"Lord...how is this, do I have to accept Miss Shanty's request? He's been too good to me. If I refuse it I feel very guilty to him." Lirih Hanum with her head bowed. He really doesn't know what to do right now.
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