
Shy, sad and painful to accept insults and insinuations from many people. Not only those who know him, even those who do not know him also follow his faith as if they are holy men who have never done a single mistake in their lives.
The road Velicia took to get to her house felt very far away. Even he complained in his heart because he was walking too long and the distance was still very far to reach his home.
Arriving home, Velicia sat herself on the sofa. With the windows still closed without a single light of light lit up from all the rooms in the house, Velicia pondered and lamented her fate.
“Huuufffttt... I'm tired of it,” said Velicia while smiling bitterly at herself.
All of a sudden Velicia's tears were dripping, no matter how strong she held back and no matter how good her acting was, she still couldn't cover up what she was feeling at the moment. Even his smile was bland even though he was always smiling so that no one would love him.
“It turns out tired mind is more tiring than tired body,” said Velicia while smiling bitterly.
Instantly the shadow of the events in the school was again present in Velicia's eyes. Her legs were bent in front of her chest and both her hands were hugging herself. The tightness inside his chest grew more and more pronounced. Her lips trembled withstanding her cries and her right hand turned to smack her chest with her fist to relieve the increasingly agonizing tightness inside her chest.
Chequek!
The sound of the door opening. Get that person into the house.
“Gosh! There are people apparently. Why is it dark like this?”
The voice of a middle-aged woman who entered the house made Velicia aware of her slump.
Velicia immediately stopped her movements that were still hitting her chest and she immediately lowered her legs from the sofa. Then he stood in front of the woman and said,
“Mother?! How can Mom get in-“
“Mother has a duplicate key of this house. Yesterday Ferdi gave it to Mom. He said that if you have to come to the house often to accompany you who might feel bored at home because the school is on holiday,” said Ms. Anisa while giving a white plastic bag to Velicia.
Velicia received the pouch and opened it while saying,
“What is this Bu?”
“That's fruit Tin and honey fertilizer content. Hopefully you can get pregnant quickly,” replied Bu Anisa while smiling at her daughter-in-law.
“Mother, sorry. But-“
“Why? Didn't Ferdi have the surgery back? I always pray that you will be given offspring as soon as possible,” said Bu Anisa interrupted Velicia's speech.
Velicia closed her eyes while sighing. Then he took a deep breath and slowly swallowed it. Then he opened his eyes and said,
“Bu, forgive me. I asked Mas Ferdi to divorce me.”
“What? A divorce? Wh why? Are you guys fighting? Or is Ferdi tempted by the woman who always sticks to him?” ma'am Anisa asked with a surprised face and said nervously.
Velicia closed her eyes and shook her head to answer the question from her mother-in-law. Then he said,
“No. I. I met another man. I like other men,” Velicia replied as she shed her tears and lowered her head.
“Hah?!” chirps Bu Anisa who was surprised to hear the confession from her daughter-in-law.
“I love another man. I'm sorry Mom,” Velicia said as she wept and squashed at the feet of her mother-in-law who was considered like her own mother.
The deg!
Mom Anisa just widened her eyes. His surprise to hear the words from his son-in-law made him stare with irregular breaths.
“I'm sorry Mom..
Bruk!
“Mother!”
Anisa's body is on the floor. He cannot accept the reality.
“Mother! Wake Mom! Ve beg...” said Velicia in between her tears.
Velicia tried to resuscitate her mother-in-law. Unfortunately, her mother-in-law was still unconscious. He tried to lift his mother-in-law into the room she usually occupied while staying at the house. Unfortunately Velicia's body was not that strong. His strength was not as great as he had expected.
Chequek!
“Mother!”
Feredi shouted from the door. He had just walked into the house and was treated to a scene that made him very panicked.
Velicia turned her head towards the door and she saw her husband walking quickly towards her. Velicia's cry became more and more, she did not expect that her selfishness to still maintain her feelings could make many people hurt.
Ferdi brought his mother into the room he used to occupy by carrying her. Velicia followed behind him with her tears still dripping despite being wiped away many times.
Velicia sat on the edge of the bed staring at her mother-in-law who was still unconscious. Then he saw a clock hanging on the wall in the room.
It was only fitting that Mas Ferdi had gone home, it turned out that I had been daydreaming for too long, not realizing that time had passed so quickly, Velicia said in her heart.
“Mas, would it not be better if our mother took him to the hospital?” velicia asked as she looked at Ferdi to express her opinion.
Ferdi looked at his wife with a gaze filled with question marks. Very eager at that time he asked about what happened to his wife, but undone because he still did not know the condition of his mother.
He came out of the room without saying anything to his wife. Not long after that, he returned with a bottle.
“Better you give this Mom first, who knows Mom will realize,” said Ferdi while giving a bottle containing eucalyptus oil.
Velicia received the bottle and immediately smeared it on her mother-in-law's body. Not long after, a soft snoring came from Bu Anisa's mouth. It turned out that Ms. Anisa was asleep while she was fainting.
Velicia looked towards Ferdi and Ferdi put her ears close to her mother's mouth. Then he said,
“We're out. Mom is sleeping. We better leave Mom so she can rest.”
Velicia breathed a sigh of relief and she stared sadly at her mother-in-law. Then he got out of his seat and walked out of the room.
Ferdi walked out of the room and closed the door. Then he said,
“We talk outside.”
Velicia sighed, she braced herself to face her husband. Whatever it was he had to face, because he had already decided what he was going to do.
Ferdi sat on the porch seat and faced the street. Velcia sat down on the chair next to her and looked straight at the street.
“What happened so Mom could faint earlier?” ferdi asked without looking at his wife.
Velicia again sighed and closed her eyes while saying,
“I told Mom I was going to get divorced.”
Ferdi was surprised by his wife's courage to convey her divorce wishes to her mother.
“You crazy? Did I ever say I was going to divorce you?” ferdi asked with an annoyed look at his wife.
“I beg you, let me go,” Velicia said as she looked at her husband who looked annoyed at her.
Ferdi shifted his gaze, he looked back towards the front looking towards the street.
“I can't live like this. Deceiving you, lying to your mother and fooling myself by pretending nothing happened,” said Velicia again who still looked at her husband and made love to him.
Immediately Ferdi turned his head back towards him and gave him back with his regretful gaze as he said,
“Then what about me? Do you think I'm okay? Did you not think a little of my feelings? Do you think I'm happy with all this?’
“That's why I'm asking you. Let go of me,” Velicia said with a compassionate look at her husband.
“Do what you want, I will never divorce you. Look, can you get divorced on your own without me?” tukas Ferdi with his regret.
Velicia lowered her head, her tears coming back out of her eye patch. He suffered a lot with everything that happened to his life. And he wants to let go of everything to live by taking the risk of his actions.
Hearing the cry from his wife made Ferdi even more upset. With his emotions he said,
“Do you think that jerk guy will actually get divorced from his wife? No. gabe. He would never divorce his wife. I even asked him.”
Velicia turned to Ferdi and said,
“You met him?”
Ferdi smiled cynically and looked resentfully at his wife. Then he said,
“You think we made a deal to meet? You wrong. I beat him half dead today.”
Velicia's cry broke again. She could not imagine how much pain the man she loved from the blow from her husband.
Ferdi who was upset and facing the street, now he turned back to the side, where his wife was. His heart grew rumbling to see his wife crying because she heard the man who became his mistress had been beaten by her husband.
Ferdi stood up from his seat and he entered his house. He was upset with his wife and he did not want to get emotional seeing her cry for another man in front of him.