Just take him for you
Finale

"Armand! if that's your wife, she's already brave enough to be rude to you!" Armand's mother opened the door of the room violently and sat down beside her son who was lying with his grandson and weeping.

"Why do you want me to do it?" ask Armand lirih.

"You're angry, rebuke him! Would you like to see your mother treated like that?!"

"I'm tired, Mother only. Look Cantika's scared to hear Mom and Tania's voice." Armand showed his daughter peeking out of his embrace.

"Ah, you're this base is no longer useful! That's why work, Mand! Find a lot of money, it's like this 'you'll be trampled on with your wife!" blow Mom with a loud scream.

Feeling that his pride as a man was humbled, Armand rose from his sleep and rebuked his mother, "I am indeed a useless man! cowardly husband, just want to hear what Mom said to marry Tania! though I still have a loyal Salma and accept my state of unemployment first! It's all because I'm greedy! Now what else do you want? looking for a rich new wife? Here bring the woman to me and I spend all her possessions. Mum satisfied?!" Armand's eyes glared violently.

"Armand, can you speak so rudely to Mom." The old eyes grew surprised. His wrinkled hands clutched the shirt on his left chest.

"I'm sorry to part with Salma, Mom! I still love Salmaaa! Why did you ask me to divorce her?" exclaim Armand frustrated.

Tania, who had been stealing from the mother and child, was getting inflamed. He rushed into the room and shouted uncontrollably, "Just go to the woman, I don't care. Take your feet out of this house right now, take your mother and all the things you have but don't take my son!"

Tania took all of Armand's clothes from the closet and threw them out the window. The atmosphere was getting hotter, the couple no one wanted to give up. The two shouted at each other, ignoring their daughter who was crying on the bed and Armand's mother who was sitting limp on the floor holding her left chest.

"Assalamualaikum, excuse me Mr. Armand, Ms. Tania. What is this noisily." Ms. RT and some neighbors knocked on their open doors.

"Mom, let's go in. Fear of something happening if you let it." One of the residents gave advice. From inside the house Armand's voice and Tania's screams were still loud. Feeling that there was no response from the owner of the house who was still fighting, the group went in and out.

"Astaghfirullah, Mr. Armand, what's wrong with his mother?" Without excuse for panic, Ms. RT went into the room and helped Ms. Armand who already looked weak and had difficulty breathing.

"Taken directly to the puskesmas aja, Mom. It looks like a heart attack" said one of the residents gave a proposal.

The couple who had been cursing at each other were stunned unexpectedly, seeing the face of the pale Mother Armand with eyes that looked almost entirely white. Armand resigned to let his mother carried by the citizens.

"Nitenyeekkk ...." Cantika, Armand's daughter cries in fear at the condition of her Grandmother who was carried by the citizens.

In the treatment room, Mom Armand's breath was getting shorter and heavier. Limited medical equipment was unable to help the old woman's condition.

"Please refer to the big hospital in the middle of the city, Doc" said Armand hastily.

"Maand ... Maaannd." Mom's hand flailed with a short, heavy breath.

"Patience, ma'am, the Ambulance is being prepared. We're going to a big hospital, yeah," Armand said.

"Expensive," said Ibu lirih. His head was weak.

"Ohahhh! Never mind, Mom!" armand exclaimed in panic while holding back his tears. He regretted and was eager to withdraw all the words he had said earlier.

Although his mother often irritated him with all his miraculous requests, but his mother was always beside him and ready to install when he was in the midst of difficulties.

"Ju .. al gold ... Mother. Ba ... yar debt. Ker ..ja which is ba .. ik." Snuffling, Ms. Armand tried to string up the sentence.

"What the hell, Mom!" Armand had already nearly exploded between emotions and fear of loss.

"Ja .. with divorce. Ka ..hygiene Can ..tika. Sam ... paikan maa ..f i. bu u .. tuk Salma .. and si kem .. bar."

That's all Mom can say in her last breath. Mother's eyes were closed, still melting the tears of regret. Armand stared at the nurses who confirmed Mom's condition one last time.

Armand turned around then exited the room with his head bowed deeply. His head was turned upside down when he realized his wife was standing not far from him while holding Cantika. There was no anger on Tania's face like that. They looked at each other blankly.

"I go home first, want to prepare at home before Mom's body is brought home," Tania said flatly. He turned around and left Armand alone there.

Until Mother was buried, the two chose to be silent not to discuss what had happened and just talk to each other as necessary.

"Here, sell it to pay off the debt I borrowed." Armand handed over a small wooden box that belonged to his late mother.

"It's Mom's" Tania said as she peeked at what was inside the wooden box.

"Mother who asked for her own gold was sold to pay our debts. Let it go and let your life after this calm down. The rest is still enough to rebuild your catering business," said Armand.

"What do you mean? you told me to do some bone-chopping work while raising your son alone like that?!" Tania closed the wooden box belonging to Mother Armand and put it back on the table.

"Then what do you want?" armand asked with a voice that started to rise again.

"I want you to help me wake up again ... I can't be alone" Tania said as she sobbed in tears. Armand nodded, trying to digest the meaning of Tania's sentence.

"You mean ... We don't have to separate?" ask Armand doubtfully. Tania shook her head with a sad face. Armand stood up from his seat and walked over to Tania and crouched under his wife's feet, "Are you sure? You don't regret keeping a man like me? You can get a lot better than me after we split up. Your life will be so much better than Salma." Armand looked at Tania looking for confidence in his wife's face.

"Hhhh, you are indeed a useless man and I am a foolish woman. So we are comparable and break even" Tania said as she looked away from her face hiding her cries.

"Tania, a-i ... You heard it yesterday. My heart is still in Salma." Armand's head bowed deeply.

"I know, that's why I said I was a stupid woman. I knew from the beginning that only Salma you loved, but I still want to try. It's my choice, don't talk much." Tania raised her head trying to hold back the tears that wanted to flow immediately.

It is undeniable that it hurts to hear directly that her husband loves another woman and not herself as a wife. But that's what he calls it, stupid woman.

"I promise I will change and will not waste this opportunity on behalf of Cantika. Thank you Tania." Armand calmed down and wept under his wife's feet.

Tania does not know whether to be happy and moved or sad when Armand says he will fight for their marriage but not for her, but for her daughter. He folded his lips to endure the growing pain. Her lips were smiling but her heart was crying.

Salma, your punishment is not over yet. It's too heavy for me.

...🤍...

"Why Honey?" Angkasa sat next to Salma and took a peek at the message on his wife's phone screen.

"Grandmother Cakra and Candra died" Salma said slowly.

"Innalillahi wainnailaihi rojiun." The sky hugged Salma's shoulder and rubbed her, "When do we go there?"

"Yesterday was buried. Later we find time there .. I'm still not ready." Salma shook her head slowly.

"I understand. Whenever you're ready, I'll definitely accompany you there." Space nodded then moved out of the room giving Salma time to herself.

Salma took a deep breath repeatedly and then exhaled very slowly. Slowly he read further messages from Tania that told him his former in-laws had passed away.

Under the message, Tania pleads that she never come and show herself around them. Even if it was for the benefit of the twins and Armand's request though. In other words, Tania asks that Salma forget that the twins are the children of Armand.

Salma understood, the woman who used to be his best friend was still not calm and happy life, even though his desire to seize Armand had been achieved.

That is if someone wants something that belongs to someone else and justifies all means to seize it. Forever there will be fear and unease, just in case something that is captured will be lost retaken by others.

...❤️🤍...