Forcing Old Marriage
Doni's Concern...

"Eat Brother, Brother has not eaten for three days, water alone cannot make us live, think of wife and children, until when will you do this?" the woman in her forties told her husband, who was in front of the window, the man called Brother was Doni shook his head with a lethargic face he was sickly and had no appetite at all even three days back he did not touch the rice at all.

Since the crime, Doni could not eat well at all, his heart was filled with a great guilt, the feeling of guilt gnawed at him day and night and made him feel frightened over the face of Ujang who was sad to see all his property had vanished in the voracious fire.

"I don't want to eat, just keep it!" he said to his wife, his eyes sunken and his eyes empty, the confused wife could only stroke his chest with her husband's behavior.

The wife whose face was so sad then wiped her tears, her husband looks so different in recent weeks. Turned into a stranger who likes to reflect and not be excited in carrying out his activities, every time asked he said it was okay to always give such an answer to him.

"What exactly does my brother seem to keep something, is my cooking not good anymore? have I made your heart sick? if I'm guilty then say, I'll fix what makes you displeased," Doni's wife wiped her tears with the tip of her veil, seeing that Doni's heart was full, his wife was kind and sincere, never did anything wrong to him.

Doni who had been silent was in a dilemma, did he have to tell his wife everything? his wife was a trustworthy person but what would his wife react to if she knew of having a husband who suddenly turned into a bad person.

Looking at his wet-eyed wife, Doni hugged her, loving her but admitting that it would make her hate him.

"If I tell you honestly, an honesty that will make your heart hurt, will you forgive me?" ask Doni.

"What did I not receive from my brother? your shortcomings and kindness are always understood, no matter what happens, say! it's not good for you to keep your mouth shut like this, I know you have a lot of problems but don't want to share them with me" said Doni's wife.

"If I tell you this, promise me you can control yourself and help me get out of this" said Doni.

The wife grated her husband's chest and gave a reassuring look that she was there for him in joy and sorrow, Doni tried to strengthen his mentality and prepare himself to accept the wife's reaction.

"This is how the money I gave you a while ago, which amounted to ten million, is not money from the harvest of the garden, but money as wages after committing crimes" said Doni.

His wife gasped at the listener, she was aghast her eyes were not even able to blink.

"What did you say?" ask her with a trembling voice.

"You remind me of what happened to Ujang, the burning of his land and his house, I was one of the perpetrators, but by Allah I did not intend to finish everything off, I just burned the land, no intention to finish off the barn and the house" Doni said fearfully.

Hearing that his wife retreated backwards not believing in her husband's confession, all this time he believed her husband was a simple, responsible man, responsible, his heart was soft and very kind how could he do all that just because of money?

"I told you for sure you'd be angry if I said it," Doni panicked with his wife's wounded face.

"How did all this happen? why is it just because of your money and khilaf? I don't want a lot of money let us live by eating only twice a day, but still giving a halal living to our children" said the woman sobbing.

Doni who was also crying grabbed his wife's shoulder and hugged the woman, the woman who had been with him for decades, she was a woman who never complained of poverty, she said, the woman who is always in joy and sorrow, the woman who does not demand wealth on her, at this moment Doni feels himself so useless.

"Please! help me what should I do? I need your advice because you're the only person I can trust" Doni said.

"I can't believe this bang, Brother can't keep this secret constantly, who told you to do this?" ask Doni's wife.

"I'm just a man, I'm with Indra doing it because it was told by someone who has power in this country" said Doni.

"Indra's? I told you not to get close to him he's a very dangerous evil thug why is he still friends with him? do you not remember Ujang's service to our family? are your conscience dead? just sell the cow back, give the money back to Ujang, I do not want to eat the illicit money, O Allah! why can you be this stupid," said Doni's wife again.

Doni just looked down to hear his wife's emotional curse.

"What you have to do is you have to turn yourself in to the police and say everything to the police so that everything is fairer, pity the Ujang family, Bang! he's a very nice guy what you forgot he ever helped us when we were hungry, it's very unfair to let him be like this, milk in tubal water," said Doni's wife again.

"If I open my mouth, Indra will be imprisoned as well" said Doni.

"That's great" said Doni's wife.

"But my life, I could have been killed by that woman if I reported to the police" Doni said.

Doni's wife looked at her husband with confidence.

"I will look up my hand to heaven for God's help to protect you, God will not allow his servant to be miserable for telling the truth" said Doni's wife.

Doni was confused by all his wife said, reporting to the police meant he would be in jail.

"I've been disappointed in you once, make up for your mistake to have my trust back in you, I don't want to have a criminal husband" Doni's wife said.