
"Pa, where's Mama and Aunt? How lonely?" elza asked after approaching her father in the room. The little boy had just woken up from his deep sleep.
Benny squirmed his body after hearing his son's question. It was not usual for Fina to leave without saying goodbye to him. Then, the father of Elzayin immediately woke up from the soft mattress. He tried to figure out where the wife was going.
"Maybe in front, son," Benny replied with a blink of an eye.
"Nobody, Pa," answered Elza sternly, "I've been looking for Mama in the garden, in front of and in all the places in this house, but I didn't find Mama and Aunt Nisa" explained Elza.
In the end Benny decided to get out of the room after tidying up his appearance. He walked out of the house until he reached the terrace with his son, "yes, where is Mama? There's no motor either." Benny muttered as he sat down on one of the wooden chairs there.
Not long after, the motorbike driven by Nisa has reached the yard. Benny kept silent while observing the brother and sister. When viewed from the look on the faces of the two women, it looks like something is not right. Especially after seeing Fina walking into the house with a gloomy face and without greeting her as well as Elza.
"Why is your mother, Nis?" benny asked after Nisa sat on the porch of the house with a gasping breath.
The beautiful girl did not immediately answer Benny's question. He set his breath first as he was still in shock over the incident he had just witnessed, "Bak ran out of the rampage, Mas! Duh is so horrified! Seriously," answered Nisa while looking at her sister-in-law.
"Gamuk how does that mean?" Benny looked puzzled after hearing Nisa's reply.
"Former run over people, Mas! Two at a time!" obviously Nisa while shuddering in horror.
"Can we? What's the problem?" fawning Benny while putting the ear so as not to hear wrong when Nisa tells a story. He didn't know anything that happened today because he hadn't had time to talk to his wife.
In the end Nisa told him everything Fina had done. His brain memory clearly recorded every word that Fina had thrown. To be honest, she was very afraid that her mother would hear all this. It must be getting worse.
"Mas, please calm down. She's emotional because she's sick because she thinks about the neighbors. Mbak must be the front guard if anyone dares to hurt Mom," Pinta Nisa while looking at Benny expectantly.
"Okay, I'll think of a way to temper your mother's emotions." Benny accepted his sister-in-law's request.
"Yes you were so I wanted to take a shower first, Mas. I want magrib," said Fina before it happened to leave Benny dsn Elza there.
Meanwhile, in the bathroom ... Fina pensively pensively under the rushing shower. His eyes looked straight ahead with a very clear flash of anger. His eyes turned red as tears finally collapsed there.
"What if after this Mom is hated by my neighbors more and more? Surely the culprit will not stay silent after this incident," muttered Fina while massaging her head.
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Right after the adzan magrib, Fina came out of the bathroom. The beautiful woman deliberately shut herself there to vent the anger that had burned herself. His eyes are puffy and still red, maybe this is the effect of crying under the shower.
"Where's Elza?" fina asked after entering the room and only met her husband.
"To the mosque is the same Nisa," Benny replied while confirming the towel draped on his shoulder.
"Why haven't you taken a shower?" asked Fina while opening the closet.
"You've had a bath a year, not too long" Benny replied without taking his eyes off the wife.
Benny was silent when he got the question from his wife. He observed every move of Fina while designing the right questions. Wrong just a little, certainly can make Fina more emotional and can add to the increasingly runnyam state.
"What's wrong?" benny asked after sitting on the edge of the bed.
"I've run over people" Fina replied with her head bowed. He was actually afraid of the figure at his side.
"Why? Can't everything be solved properly?" ask Benny again without taking his eyes off the wife.
The crying mother continued Elzayin was finally broken. He was stunned with his head still down. The feeling of regret, pain, sadness, and anger melded into one so as to make Fina continue to sob.
"Don't soak yourself, just tell the story" Benny said after embracing the body of the wife. He rubbed the wet hair with his hands.
After getting a push from Benny, Fina finally told how this problem from the beginning to end at Zulaikah's house. The cause of her illness was revealed by the mother continued from Elzayin in front of her husband.
"Mom was very afraid of me. He was distressed by the neighbors' talk and afraid when Mas asked where the trading money was running," explained Fina while wiping her tears.
Heavy breathing sounds there. Benny disentangled the wife without taking his eyes off the master, "you should talk to me first, dear, before going to see Zul and Neneng ma'am. Do you think I'm going to have a problem with that money?" ask Benny with a smooth tone of speech.
Fina could only nod her head without daring to look at Benny. Honestly, he was very afraid to hear Benny's answer, which might hurt his heart. Fina prepared her heart and mental if after this Benny was angry.
"Why do you think that? How long have you known me? You don't know how I am?" sneak Benny while lifting Fina's chin with her index finger. The two looked at him too.
"But this is my mother's problem, Mas. Of course he was afraid because he was careless to spend the money given from Mas!" refute Fina.
"Bad's mother, Ani's mother, Father, Nisa or Dita, all I treat the same. I don't distinguish between my family and yours. Everything I give is in accordance with the portion of each. If indeed Mother is sick because the mind of business capital runs out, you should just say. I must have given it again. I never had a problem with the money I gave someone. Whether I run out or not, it's none of my business anymore. My job is only to give not to bring up what I've given."
"I don't take all that into account, Fin. Honestly, this time I was disappointed to see your attitude. You follow your emotions too much and embarrass yourself in front of others. Especially just because of the money problem," explained Benny without taking his eyes off the face of the wife.
"Mas, this is not just a matter of money! I met the two culprits because I can't accept that you're accused of immolation by subverting our son! That's what makes me angry, Mom! Come on, I should understand what I mean!" fina replied with a trembling voice.
"Not to think about. Let them accuse us of how because most importantly we don't do that. I hope this is the last time" Benny said calmly.
"Uncontrolled anger will not benefit you, dear. Your self-esteem can fall if you can't control your anger. Just let people say what, later if tired will stop by themselves." Benny continued to motivate his wife.
The conversation between the husband and wife continued. Benny relentlessly gives an explanation that can calm his wife's heart until she forgets if she has not taken a bath. In fact he made an offer to Fina to move Badiah and Nisa from this village. The former widower was ready to buy a house and make a new business. But all of them rejected Fina because she was quite embarrassed if she continued to ask her husband.
"Yes, I'll take a shower first. After this we go out for a while to the ATM," said Benny as he moved from his place.
...๐นTo Be Continued ๐น...
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