Forced to Be an Actor
Standby Husband

After being explained at length by Mama Elsa finally Liora understood as well. We all went inside the house as well as Mas Sadam.

“Mas, you are not back to the office?” I asked Mas Sadam who was walking beside me.

“No, I work from home anyway soon will be lunch time,” said Mas Sadam to me. And I can only nod my head.

“Mas you go straight to the room just let me help Mama Elsa make lunch,” my door to her.

Mama Elsa who listened to my words just stopped her steps and she now looks at me saying, “Sifana, you must be tired from the hospital so you should rest first when all the food is cooked Mama Elsa will call,” Mama Elsa said to me while rubbing the arm of this hand.

“Ma, Sifana does not feel tired, so let Sifana help Mama,” I told her. I feel bad if I see my mother-in-law preparing lunch for all of us while I myself lie down in the room.

“Darling, what Mama just said is true. You just rest let me help Mama in the kitchen,” continued Mas Sadam. He must know that I feel uncomfortable now.

“Mas, who needs to rest is you because you were vomiting on the roadside.” I was trying to figure out what happened to my husband.

“Sadam vomit again?” ask Mama Elsa.

“Iya, Ma,” sahutku fast.

“You two get some rest. Mama will make her own lunch.” Seeing the pleading gaze that Mama Elsa showed made both me and Mas Sadam unable to resist.

“Ma, sorry,” I said again.

“You're innocent why you should apologize. You are pregnant and need a lot of time to rest so no need to think about things that are not important.” Mama Elsa spoke in earnest.

“Alright, ma,”. I saw Mama Elsa walking behind Anggun and also Liora.

“Honey, let me help you to climb the stairs of this house.” I replied to Mas Sadam with a sweet smile. And we both stepped slowly up the steps of this house.

Once in the room I immediately changed my clothes and cleaned my body. After I came out of the bathroom Mas Sadam took turns to go into the bathroom to clean his body. I felt tired once then I decided to lay my body on the bed, I began to feel this heavy head and subconsciously I went straight into the dream realm.

I blinked my eyes and rubbed my eyes with my hands together I saw Mas Sadam stepping into this room with his hands carrying a tray of rice dishes but with more stuffing than ordinarily. I stared at the wall clock and it was time for lunch.

“Mas, sorry if I overslept,” I said to him embarrassed.

“No problem, Honey. Mama asked me not to wake you because she knew you must be tired,” explained Mas Sadam.

“Mas, I'm so ashamed I cook my daughter-in-law is so good to sleep while Mama Elsa herself is busy loading lunch for all of us,” I bow my head . feel so guilty.

Mas Sadam hugged me and said, “If you are not pregnant, then you usually cook with Mama in the kitchen,” Mas Sadam told me. This man knows how to lift my heart and the words that just came out of his lips really calm me down.

“I know you must be hungry so let's eat now.”

As usual me and Mas Sadam eat alternately feeding each other. No one would have thought if the early married Mas Sadam hated me so much that even looking at my face he did not want to but look now this man is very loving and also takes care of me. Sometimes I still think that this is all like a dream but I realize that everything is real and this happiness is forever like my relationship with Mas Sadam, hopefully only death can separate us.

***

The sky looks beautiful today. I was standing in front of the balcony of this room staring at the terrace of the house where Liora and Anggun were playing bicycles. Both of them sing and also occasionally laugh when they feel there is a joke that they think is funny. Aish, looking at the behavior of both of them I think back to my childhood and I also just remembered one thing. When I was a child, I also kept asking my late mother, I asked my sister if there was a brother in the house that I could play with and finally came Anggun. I just realized that my behavior as a child was not much different from Liora.

“Darling, why are you smiling to yourself?” ask Mas Sadam while standing next to me.

“Eh, Mas Sadam.” My words are stiff and ashamed because I was caught smiling by myself. “I saw the behavior of Liora and also Graceful that was very worrying, so remember my childhood was before Mas,” I explained to him.

“Iya, you are right Darling,” said Mas Sadam while holding my hand.

“Where are you?” ask her.

“Do you not feel bored if you continue to be in the room all day?” ask Mas Sadam to me.

“Of course I feel bored, Mas was I wanted to go down but not allowed,” lamented to him. And this is the reason why I only saw Liora and also Anggun from the balcony of the room.

“This is all for your good, dear,” said Mas Sadam.

“Iya, Mas I know.”

We both stepped down the stairs of this house. It just so happened that Mama Elsa just came out of her room and I saw that middle-aged woman just finished her bath. Mama Elsa smiled at me then walked up to me.

“Sifana, how is the condition is it better?” ask Mama Elsa.

“Already, Ma even you are bored because you were locked up all day in the room,” I said as I glanced at Mas Sadam who understood my innuendo just now.

“Ma, I just don't want him tired more afraid if Sifa to fall if suddenly dizzy head relapses,” said Mas Sadam. I just found out if this is the reason why my husband didn't let me down the stairs. Sadam had calculated everything.

“Sorry Mas, I didn't think that far,” I told him with a face full of regret.

“You just keep your diet and rest time, the rest let me take care,” said Mas Sadam while looking at my hand.

I looked towards Mama Elsa who immediately rubbed her son's arm feeling proud of the attitude of the son who had now become a standby husband.