Losing Us
Caught

Until they returned home, Arsenio had not yet given an answer. The man disapproved of Anara's invitation to divorce, but also gave no rejection at all. He spoke a thousand languages, only telling Anara that they would go home soon because it was already late at night.

But the world does not seem to be on their side today. As if not enough with the news of pregnancy that shakes the soul and body, they also have to be faced with the fact that when they get home, there is already a Mother there. The woman should still be on a business trip scheduled to be completed the day after tomorrow. Somehow the story Mother could even be there, Mother, sitting on the sofa and presenting a gaze full of questions when seeing the child and daughter-in-law coming home after leaving the house in a state of gates and front doors that are wide open.

“Bun,” Arsenio greets panic. The excitement goes ahead of Anara, trying to reach her mother who slowly rises from her seat. “Mother is here? How not to say it first with Arsenio if you want to come?”

“Where are you from?” ask Mommy, instead of answering the question that Arsenio gave. The woman's gaze was straight on her son, lasting for a full eight seconds before finally starting to soften as she turned to stare at Anara.

“Hospital.” Anara answered honestly.

For that answer, Mother immediately panicked. “Hospital? Who is sick? You sick?” the woman moved quickly towards Anara, touching her daughter-in-law's face that looked pale. “What pain, Honey?”

“Free fatigue.” It was Arsenio's voice, whereas Anara responded to it with a sliced smile. It turns out that Arsenio as scared as that Mother will know about Anara's pregnancy.

“Fatigue? What are you doing, darling? Arsen told you to clean up?” ask Mommy while glancing towards Arsenio. If it was true that his son was the cause of his favorite son-in-law's exhaustion, he would have given a direct lesson.

“Neg, Bun. Not too fit An's body anymore. But no need to worry, the doctor already give you vitamins kok.” Answer Anara. Pockets containing vitamins and supplements for pregnant women he showed to Mother, just a glance as a sign of evidence to support his lies.

“Serious?”

Anara nodded convincingly. “In that case, An said to the room first, yes. The doctor said must take a lot of rest to quickly recover.” Flirt with a smile.

Mother assented. He let his son-in-law go up to the room, making sure his figure had been lost at the end of the stairs before coming back to Arsenio and pulling his son to sit on the sofa in the living room.

“Mothers need to talk to you.” His word.

The atmosphere created was very uncomfortable, making Arsenio's feelings unpleasant. His mother's gaze that instantly turned 180 degrees from the way she looked at Anara also further convinced her that there was a serious problem that her mother would talk to her at this time.

For some time, Mother still did not speak. The woman continued to stare at Arsenio, barely blinking. Many times Mother also took and exhaled with difficulty, as if to confirm how badly her chest was hit by tightness at this time.

“Mother want to chat about what?” Arsenio dared to ask. Too long delay also made him follow up not calm. Busy guessing what problem his mother wants to discuss.

“It's about Olin.” Mother Said.

Hearing the name Olin inention, Arsenio's feelings are increasingly less complicated. The reason, a few days before Mother left for business, she had made a false promise to the woman. Arsenio has promised to no longer see Olin as often as she used to, and will seek to begin accepting Anara's presence as a wife. The obvious false promise he was not keeping at all.

“Why the same Olin?”

“You have broken your promise.” Mother Said. There was a flash of anger mixed with disappointment emanated from both of his eyeballs. “You still see him, even in this house. At your house and Anara. Home that should not be allowed to enter with other women besides your wife.”

Unable to provide a defense, Arsenio just kept quiet, looked at Olin's sweater and took a deep breath.

“Not only that,” Olin sweater then Mother throw again on the other sofa. “Mother also check into your wardrobe, and yes, there are no clothes Anara at all. Mother even found a pair of pajamas have Olin, which means, the woman often nginep here.”

Arsenio grew silent, her head bowed deeply.

“Mother knows you still like to meet Olin secretly outside, it is still Mother understood because Mother knows it will take time so you can complete your relationship until it is completely completed. But Mommy never thought you even that Olin was here, Sen, which means that you also know Anara about him.”

“You never did, anyway, Sen, shadow how would it feel if you were in the position of Anara? Your legitimate partner even brings his girlfriend home openly, and consider you even like a stranger. Pain, no, do you think if you are in his position?” the more Mother lashed out, the more Arsenio was unable to provide a defense. Although it felt like he wanted to shout, saying that neither Mother nor Anara had ever tried to put themselves in Arsenio's position now, the man remained silent.

The conversation that was supposed to be a two-way communication ended up being only Mother who spoke. Only Mother spilled her disappointment. Only Mother protested, without the slightest hint of Arsenio daring to defend herself.

At one point, Mother stopped talking when she realized what she said would only end in vain. Arsenio who didn't answer at all probably didn't care how much she said how much Anara meant, and how hard they had to look after her. Because what's in Arsenio's head might just be Olin, and it'll go on forever like that.

In a cramp that almost makes it no room to transport oxygen to the lungs, Mommy re-opens the sound. “Sorry,” he said, which then made Arsenio dare to lift her head. On the dark bead of her son who looked cute, Mother nailed her gaze then continued. “This is all wrong Mother, because Mother is too high to put expectations on you. Mother believes too much that you can help keep Anara like what Mother has promised her late parents. Mother who believes too much with you, Sen. Wrong mother.”

“Bun,”

“Restore Anara to Bunda.” Tandas Mommy, make Arsenio again do not know what to say. His head was suddenly empty, he lost a lot of vocabulary that is usually tiled in his brain. “If you are that hard to treat Anara well, nothing, you can back off. Let An stay with Mother, let Mother take care of him. After that, it's up to you to do it. Get married, stay home, or whatever it is. Whatever it is that you want to do with Olin, you can do it, Mother will not ngelarang again.”

Supposedly, it was good news that Arsenio should not just miss out on. He should have agreed to Mother's request, because once he refused, the request would definitely not come a second time. For some reason, Arsenio shook her head.

“Do not,” Arsenio squeaks.

“Why not? You can never treat him as you should, right?”

However, Arsenio was unable to give an answer. For all he knew, if Anara was really taken away by Mother, then Arsenio's relationship with the woman who had given birth to her was certainly going to fall apart. Arsenio did not want that to happen, she just wanted to be hostile to Mother.

Long time not getting the sahutan, Mother exhales loudly. His chest felt increasingly tight, his breathing became increasingly choked and torturous.

Finally, Mother chose to end their conversation there. “Mother love you one more chance. Three months. In that period of time, if you still can't finish your relationship with Olin, Mommy will really take Anara away.” After that, Mother passed away. Carrying and tightness that almost made him die.

Arsenio in her seat could only go back down. Letting go of Olin is impossible, but releasing Anara is also not that easy because she knows there is a part of her that is growing inside the woman's stomach.

Seriate