Husband's Regret: Betrayed for Not Getting Pregnant
Lena's Last Request
After a fire accident that scorched all valuables belonging to Firdaus, Raihan decided to invite Lena to live with him in the apartment unit he had rented for the next year. As a sign of a child's devotion to parents, he wants to take care of Lena even though the pain is still in the chest. The handsome lecturer thought, If he had not taken care of the mother, then who else? While in this world, Lena lives a rich man without any relatives other than Raihan, as a real child.
When Raihan had just entered the apartment, he saw Puspa swinging his legs towards the kitchen with a tray of chicken porridge and a glass of water. However, the bowl with a picture of a rooster on the edge is still left a lot even the amount of water in the glass was not reduced at all.
Puspa shook his head quickly as he replied, "Right, sir. Ms. Lena did not even glance at the tray I was carrying. Mom's eyes were blank as if her soul was no longer here."
Raihan took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly. This is what she was afraid of after Lena came home from the hospital, the mother could not forget the memories of when Paradise was still alive in this world. "Yes, just put the porridge in the refrigerator. A few more minutes just warmed up and treat in front of Mama. Do not let no energy intake at all enter the body Mama."
Puspa nodded his head while saying, "Okay, sir. I'll try again." After withdrawing from the presence of Raihan, Puspa returned to the kitchen to do some work that had not been completed while the biological children of the couple Firdaus and Lena continued their steps towards the family room.
Raihan approached Lena who was sitting in a wheelchair, facing out the window. Other than sitting pensively alone, there were no more activities carried out by the middle-aged woman. Until now, it seems that Raihan's birth mother still can not move on the death of her beloved husband.
"Why don't you want to eat at all? All the dishes cooked by Mbok Darmi no longer fit the taste of Mama, right? If so, Mama can request the desired food so that later I ask the Mbok make it special for Mama," said Raihan at length. Offering alternatives to make your beloved mother want to eat.
However, over and over again, Lena did the same, unwilling to answer anyone's questions including the child.
The sound of a long breath coming from Raihan's lips. Handsome lecturers with a myriad of achievements in academics seem to have to be more patient with Lena. He extended his hand forward, gently rubbing his mother's shoulder. "Yes, later I try to ask the Mbok to make Mama's favorite food."
Then, the man looked up at the sky. The sky began to gray, the sunlight was enveloped in thick clouds. The wind blows so strong that it makes the body feel cold to the deepest bone marrow.
"We go into the yuk, it seems that soon it will rain heavily. If Mama continues to stay here later even hit by rain and colds, how? I don't want Mama to be sick" Raihan said gently.
As Raihan was about to pull up his beloved mother's wheelchair, Lena suddenly said, "Just let Mama get sick to catch up with your Papa in heaven. Mama's life has been empty ever since Papa died. That way, Mama's steps are getting closer to following your Papa there."
Raihan hurriedly crouched down beside Lena's wheelchair and replied, "No! Mama don't talk shit!" exclaimed handsome man with a sharp nose. "In this world there is still me. Wouldn't Mama feel sorry for me if I lived in this world? Didn't Mama also say in front of Papa's belly button that it will continue to last for me, then why now Mama is saying nonsense like this. Why, Ma?"
"In this world I only have Mama and Sis Rayyan. However, my own brother asked me to keep my distance for the common good. If this is the case, I can't force him to accept me as a brother. If forced, I worry that Brother Rayyan hates me even more," he said softly. The man's lips trembled with a chest that felt as tight as being squeezed by a large chunk of stone.
Lena turned her head to the left side, staring fixedly at Raihan's brown iris. "You mean, Rayyan's asking us to stay away from her family, is that it?"
Raihan nodded quickly. "really. At Papa's funeral, I had a four-eye talk with him. On that occasion, I apologized for hating Rayyan without knowing what really happened. I thought, I thought, he hated Mama for no reason but apparently in the past both of my parents had made a big mistake that caused a teenage boy to lose the figure of the woman who had given birth to him into this world."
Raihan took a deep breath while closing his eyes for a moment. "Sister Rayyan has forgiven me, but she asked me and took Mama with her to go far away and never show her nose in front of her. She wants her home life to be peaceful without the presence of people related to her past."
Lena looked back straight ahead, a thin smile painted on her face. "so apparently. So he wants to break the relationship between us" said the woman. His heart ached when he heard Raihan's words.
Deep down, in this situation, he wants Raihan and Rayyan to unite, to get along without the slightest bit of revenge in the heart. However, given everything that happened in the past, it makes the birth mother of Raihan realize if all that is just his wish and will never happen.
Lena said again, "Lantas, what are you going to do. Are you willing to comply with Rayyan's request, get away from this city?"
Raihan rose from his current position. He sits his butt on a swing made of rattan. "I've thought about it carefully. It seems we should get out of here. In this city there are so many bad memories that make my chest feel pain, my heart hurts every time I remember the events before."
"Therefore, I have made a decision, it is better that we obey Brother Rayyan's request for our common good. What do you think, Mama?" raihan asked, giving Lena an opportunity to express her opinion before the decision was taken.
Lena closed her eyes for a moment. The palm squeezes the armrest of the wheelchair. Really, this was a tough decision that the woman had taken. If he agrees to Raihan's decision, it means he will never see his three favorite grandchildren again. Triplet, that cute and adorable baby she can no longer meet.
However, if he remains in Jakarta then forever the wound in Rayyan's heart never healed because most likely they can meet somewhere.
Open your eyes slowly. Take a deep breath, then say, "If that's best then Mama agrees. But, before leaving Mama wants to meet Triplet for the last time. Can you grant this request, son? After that, Mama sincerely follows you wherever you go."
Raihan looked at Lena's back. A bitter smile was clearly drawn on his handsome face. "I'm working on it, Ma. But I can't promise. Yes, I hope Brother Rayyan is willing to grant Mama's wish."
The middle-aged woman sitting in a wheelchair smiled faintly even barely noticeable. He knows exactly his request is not easy but if you do not try it until whenever Raihan's birth mother never knows the answer given by her stepson later.
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