Love of a Nausea
30

Happy reading....

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The togetherness reminds Maya of their first meeting. That night Adji bought her dinner. Exactly the same side dish as the one they were eating at the moment.

"Eat it don't blow dong, honey. Hungry you, huh?" adji asked while rubbing the wife's cheek which is near her lips attached to the rice.

Maya grabs her husband's hand, while they clash and throw each other a smile.  Both heart beats.

"Thank you, Dji," said Maya Lirih.

"Make what?"

"All your attention is on me."

"Indeed it should be so, yeaudah continued to eat it. I'm gonna take a shower first. Then we go to my Papi's house."

Maya nodded. Then continue eating. Her husband walked to the back to clean up.

***

Sayup-sayup heard the sound of adzan ashar reverberating. Adji, who was lying on the bed tired, got up and headed back to make ablution.

The bathroom is located outside the back of the house and next to the sun, there Maya looks to be lifting clothesline, clothesline, she noticed her husband's movements in the tap where he used to wash clothes. (The baby's house is the doel yes, but already use the tap kaga nimba in the well) wkwkkw.

He is proud to have a husband who is so diligent in worship also works. He never found a man like Adji.  His ex-girls first, let alone work. They were more proud of their parents' wealth. Even their worship was never, even though the identity card was clearly written in Islam.

Maya's blood rippled as she watched Adji pull her wet hair back. He looks so handsome.  A faint smile spread across his face. Maya peeks at her husband behind a clothesline still hanging by the rope.

"May," call Adji to surprise him.

"Eum, i-yes." Maya is nervous and walks over to her husband.

"Come pray ashar!" bring Adji.

Maya just grimaced.

"Ye, even grin. I wait!"

"Me, I'm another hitch" he replied embarrassedly.

Adji was silent for a moment. "Coming moon?" tanyanya.

Maya nodded.

Adji breathed a rough breath, "Deuh, his new bride fasted first" he chanted as he walked inside leaving the wife laughing giggling at Adji's words just now.

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The day began to fall, Adji invited his wife to his father's house.  Hitchhiking twice, they arrived at a large white-painted house. 

The mansion looked quiet, when they arrived a security immediately approached and opened the gate.

"Master, please come in!" Security allowed both of them to enter.

Adji frowned as he entered the courtyard of the house, looking like Sean's car parked in the yard. 

"There's your brother, Dji. How's dong?" ask Maya worriedly.

Adji grabbed the wife's hand, grasped it tightly and they both opened the door of the mansion slowly.

Slender.

The two of them immediately stepped into the father's room. 

Chequek.

The door was slowly opened by Adji.

Sean who was beside his father's bed was shocked, he quickly hid something behind his back.

"You guys, what's up here?" tanyanya nervous.

"Why brother?" ask Adji suspiciously.

"Where is he?"

"Well, all right.  Loe saw it for himself, right?  Papi can now see, move, sit too.  Just can't talk. His mouth is so." Sean pointed at the father and smiled cynically.

"Astaghfirullah, Brother. What the hell is that?  So does he smear us."

"By the way, why are you here? Not another honeymoon, to Bali?" Sean stared in surprise, trying to divert the conversation.

"Sorry, Brother. We can't go there. More comfortable at home. Thanks for the ticket," said Adji as he walked closer to his father.

Sean became nervous, he then stepped slowly towards the door. However, a piece of paper suddenly falls right under Adji's feet. Quickly he took it and read it at a glance.

Both Adji's eyes rounded, then looked at Sean fixedly. Walking in front of the brother who was trying to cover up his mistake.

"What the fuck is this, brother?" adji asked as he lifted the paper into the air, right in front of Sean's face.

"Bu-nothing," Sean replied nervously.

"What's up?  This is a letter of transfer of all Papih's treasures. Crazy brother huh? Papih's alive been told to sign all this?" Adji started to sound high.

He did not accept that his sick father was used. All this time the one who took care of him was him. In order for the father to recover. He wanted the man lying helplessly to follow in his footsteps to become a convert. Before it's too late.

"Why indeed? Wrongly? Loe asked for a part? Relax, I love you part loe." Sean didn't feel guilty. Even more courageous to face his sister. 

"Eh, Brother. As long as you know yes. I don't care about all Papih's possessions. This brother's just not human."

"Dji, rational dong.  Bokap loe can't do anything. The ends also died. Well before he died let us not bother taking care of the inheritance, must use the inheritance deed, the death letter.  From now on divided." Sean kept trying to keep wanting to do that.

Adji clucked and shook his head. "If you don't want to take care of Papih anymore, let Papih stay in my house. And Brother take all the treasures Papih. I just want Papih back to health."

"Wuiiih, it can't be that. That's why I just need a signature. Hitherto. That's aja. I didn't upset him either. I'm just saying watch out."

"Oh yes, what can your house do to get him? Wow forgot me. Selling land buying a new house, right?" Sean wettest.

"I will not sell the house and land" said Adji.

"What's?  Don't be crazy, I've paid some of the citizens' money from the sale of their land. If you don't want to take it off the ground. Loe has to pay damages. As much money as I give to the people."

Adji. He just found out that his brother is really bad. It's not just his father who is used. But also himself and the people. He did not want to see his family happy.

Adji took a deep breath. "Whatever, that's for sure. I'm not taking off that land."

Maya was anxious to see the brother-in-law debate, plus the face of her father-in-law who also stiffened.

Suddenly there was a sound of breathing so heavy from the back of Adji and Sean. They turned their heads, it was clear that his father's stiffened face was raising one hand pointing towards Adji, and opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.

Adji approached his father.

"White, why, Pih? Papih want what?" tanya Adji stared tightly. 

Both the father's eyes were wet, his tears were now spilled. His breathing rang out even heavier, his chest raised slightly upwards. His mouth was also shaking.

"White, talk, pih." Now Adji's eyes start to glaze over.

Sean just looked from a distance, not even close. He smiled and wished his father was gone. So that he can control all the wealth that his father has.

"Come on, follow me."

Adji saw his father was dying. It was the same as when Eyang Tarjo died. He closed both his eyes. Approaching the father's ear. Trying to whisper two sentences of shahadah. I hope his father will follow.

Adji's tears have now spilled, with as much as he continues to pronounce the creed with repeated and very slow tone. Sometimes he rubbed his tears that wet his face.

One breath sounded long, and the sentence was unsuccessfully uttered by the middle-aged man. Slowly, both eyes began to close.

"Flum...!" Adji screamed as he hugged the father who had just breathed his last.

He still did not expect. This time it was the last meeting. Though already a week the condition of the father declared improved. He was so sad and devastated that he could not bring his father to follow his faith.

Maya looked down, her tears spilling. He couldn't imagine if it happened to him. Losing a parent he loved so much as his father-in-law. Where to see his two children who argue about inheritance.

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