Holy Marriage
Buli
“This time I'll take you to campus! It's time for you to go to college.” Alan was already standing before Anna, neat as ever.
Anna crossed her arms in the chest. Looked at Alan in silence. He remembers last night Alan came home late. Even when Anna woke up at two in the morning, she did not find Alan by her side. Alan admitted overtime, there's a lot of work. But Anna's mind was staring somewhere. He guessed Alan met Cintya, gave the girl time, gave warmth and affection as a form of responsibility. It may not even be a mere responsibility, but rather a channel of love. Ah, Anna's tears were seeping profusely in her solitude.
As a man, Alan probably understood the pain that Anna was suffering from having to share her husband with other women. When Alan came home, Anna did not notice. The man was already lying on Anna's side as she woke up in the morning.
“Mas Alan, when does this polygamy end?”
“Anna, I told you, don't think about it anymore. I'll solve my problems with Cintya, like I told you. I'll split with him.”
“O yes? That easy? Isn't she your lady? Don't just remember me, while behind me, you keep seeing him. I'd be willing to back off if you guys stick together.”
“Anna, plis. Don't discuss it again.”
“I want you to meet me with cintya. We're talking about three of these. We take the best path, I want clarity.”
Alan stared silently at the ambitious Anna.
“OK, if you can't set the schedule, let me contact Cintya to discuss the problems of the three of us.”
“Do not contact Cintya. Let me call him to discuss our problems together.”
Anna nodded, but then nodded. He had to give Alan time, give Alan a chance and entrust everything to Alan.
“O yes, soon Sister Angel married to Sister Colin.” Anna imagined the formation of a family between Angel and Colin which she believed would be happy because both of them are steeped in religion. We will love and appreciate each other because of God.
“I have a lot to learn from Colin, he understands a lot how to form a good family,” Alan said.
They're out of the room.
***
The campus corridor looked empty. The silence created. The sound of the crowd was only heard from a distance, none other than the sound of children who sounded small in the classes. Different scenery, usually the corridor is always filled with students passing by.
Anna breezed across the corridor after briefly waving to Alan, who escorted her to campus.
Suddenly there was the sound of footsteps clashing with the floor in the distance. Not just a pair of shoes, but a lot of shoes to cause noise.
Anna looked at the source of the voice. At the end of the corridor were four men carrying backpacks each, drag a girl and corner the girl to the wall until the girl can not do anything because now she is surrounded by four men who are ready to block her steps. With rogue faces, the four men lightly berated the girl. One of them ruffled the girl's hair.
“Babu lo!”
“Emang yummy?”
“Don't meweek. Ugly entar. Not bad.” is ugly.
“Yeah guys, look. Her nose is kempis.”
“Keren kok idung. Repeated again. Idung lo kempisin flower!”
There was no reply from the girl. There was the sound of sobs. Anna walked closer towards the bullying. And he widened his eyes at a glance to see the girl's face from the gap between the bodies of the men who surrounded her. None other than Joli. Anna half ran over to where Joli was now curled up.
TB