
Chequek!
The door opened, and Ferdi and Bu Anisa turned to the door.
An extremely weak Velicia with a pale face stood in the middle of the door.
"What's this?" velicia asked with her pale lethargic face and her weak-looking body.
"You sick Ve?" bu Anisa asked from her seat while looking towards Velicia.
"Yes Mom. It didn't come to work, "" Velicia replied as she walked straight and held onto the wall towards the dispenser.
Ferdi and Bu Anisa only looked at Velicia's every move. They did not comment, just looked at it until Velicia would return to her room.
"Ve, where are you going?" bu Anisa asked when she saw Velicia about to go back into her room after taking some water.
Velicia stopped her steps and turned to her mother-in-law. Then he answered,
"You need to rest again, ma'am. In order to recover quickly and be able to move again tomorrow," Velicia replied in a weak voice.
"Have you eaten? Have you taken medication?" ask Anisa to come back.
"Already Ma'am, I checked with the doctor this afternoon" Velicia replied as she leaned her back against the wall to hold her body which was still very weak.
His body was still very weak and his head felt swirling. His intention was to wake up just take a drink because the drinking water he brought into the room was exhausted. And he woke up feeling his throat was very dry.
"Yes you rest" said Ferdi trying to show his attention to Velicia.
Velicia nodded weakly and walked into the room.
"It's so good you guys smell cat shit. Where the sand is scattered again. The food is also messy. There could be a lot of ants everywhere if this is continuous," said Bu Anisa in a tone like insinuating someone.
Velicia who was still limping walked towards the bed, now stopped her steps. She understood that her mother-in-law was insinuating her.
With all her might she walked back out of her room.
"This is what I want to clean Mom. Why are you coming here at night, Tumben?" ferdi said as he put Lili on his bed.
"Can't you go to her own son's house?" bu Anisa asked in an annoyed tone to Ferdi.
"That's not so Mom, it's just that usually I come here in the morning" replied Ferdi while taking Lili's sandbox.
Grep's!
Suddenly there was a hand that snatched the sandbox from Ferdi's hand.
"Here Mas, let me just clean it up," said Velicia weakly and revealed her pale face flatly.
"Don't Mom, let Daddy clean it up. Mommy better just rest," said Ferdi intend to take back the sandbox.
However, Velicia seemed to refuse with her sharp gaze. Ferdi understood that his wife was upset right now. He could not defend her in front of her mother because it was certain that her mother would be very angry later if denied by Ferdi.
Ferdi let Velicia clean Lili's sandbox and Lili's meal container.
Weak, tired, head still circling, and stomach still sick made him upset and hurt because he was treated like a maid by his husband and mother-in-law.
Just because I'm not pregnant they're acting like this to me. What if I am not pregnant yet? Velicia complained in her heart.
With all his strength he finished his task and endured the pain of his heart until his tears were restrained in the corner of his eye.
Hold.. Ve resistant. Patience.You can only accept without being able to resist. Perhaps this is your nature, Velicia said in her heart to strengthen herself.
Ferdi looked compassionately at his wife, he was eager to help her, but he hesitated. Ferdi was afraid that his mother would say something that would hurt Velicia. While Ferdi could not bear to see his wife in pain doing all the work that should be done by him before he went to work.
When all was done, Velicia walked with the rest of her strength to get inside her room. He was very tired and not strong anymore if he had to do activities as usual.
"Ve, this is a pillow and a blanket why is it outside? Messy again," said Miss Anisa as Velicia walked past her.
Velicia stopped her steps. She let out a very heavy sigh, then she stared intently at her husband.
She was disappointed with her husband who just kept quiet without defending her because it was her husband's act, not Velicia's.
With a sense of regret Velicia took the pillow and blanket to be brought into her room.
Bu Anisa stared in surprise at Velicia's treatment. But as always, Miss Anisa was stupid about what happened.
Ferdi looked at Velicia's limped back nanar by squeezing her stomach and biting her lips to endure the pain in her increasingly becoming belly.
While Ms. Anisa got up from her seat and walked towards the kitchen. Then he opened the fridge and said,
"What ingredients are there here that can be cooked?"
Ferdi turned to look at his mother who was in the kitchen. Then he walked up to her.
"The cook is just Mom. Or we just deliver food so that Mother is not tired of cooking," replied Ferdi who was already next to her mother.
"This habit of yours. How many times have you told me that the food you buy outside is unhealthy. How can you have children if you eat instant and unhealthy food?" said Ms. Anisa while taking out all the groceries that were in the refrigerator.
Ferdi again breathed. He's totally wrong at the moment. He was sure that this was how Velicia felt if she accompanied her mother during a visit to her house.
Inside her room, Velicia placed Ferdi's pillows and blankets on the sofa in their room. Then he put his body on his bed.
Velicia's tears were already unbearable. Her tears came out with a sigh. She cried out her heartache.
He used to feel grateful to have Ferdi and Bu Anisa as his family. But now they have changed.
Just because Velicia wasn't pregnant until her five-year marriage, Ms. Anisa always cornered her and forced her to do everything she could to get pregnant.
Looks like Miss Anisa forgot if it was all by God's will. Only the power of God can make anything impossible happen at any time.
Velicia's cry grew increasingly stifling her chest. Everything she felt was now shed through her tears.
"What should I do God? Do I need to be patient? Or do I have to give up on everything?" Velicia said softly in between her cries.