Loving Brother Lift
Chapter 35 (Last)
Arriving during school holidays, Nirmala chose to take the bus home. He did not contact Dimas again to drive him home. He wanted to know what his father was doing now, whether it was the same as his mother had said it or not. Because if he came home with Dimas, his father's attitude could change for the better and friendlier instantaneously.
Nirmala deliberately did not bring too many items, so as not to bother carrying them too much. Also if you want to move transportation, do not worry about any luggage left behind.
"Assalamu'alaikum's chat...." Nirmala said hello when she got home.
"Wa'alaikumussalam." I heard the answer from inside the house. Shortly after, the garage door was opened by his mother.
"Mom!" Nirmala cheered and kissed the back of her mother's hand.
For a while, Nirmala was silent looking at her mother's body which was different from the last time she saw it. His mother looks a little thin, his eyes are also sunken, looks a lot of thought. Nirmala shed tears, feeling longing as well as concern with the condition of her mother. Realizing that Daritadi Nirmala only saw him without commenting, Sukma immediately embraced Nirmala. He also felt a longing for his eldest daughter, a lot of things he wanted to tell her.
"Where's the journey? Smoothly? What was going up?" sukma said after hugging her eldest daughter.
"So on the bus, Mom. Trus from the terminal using the Trans Bus that I usually use when I go to school."
"Thank God, luckily you're not straying. Sorry, La. I didn't pick you up."
"Yes, no, ma'am." Nirmala smiles. He could understand his mother's condition.
"Jude, let's go in first. You must be tired. Let's get some rest! Your room moved in Dimas' room first. Your stuff is already there." Sukma invites Nirmala to enter the house.
"Who? How'd it move there, Mom?" Nirmala stopped her steps.
"Yes, your room is Dad's, so the workspace says. But your father actually spent more time there. Sleep there too. I never slept with my mom again." Sukma tried to smile, even though it still looked forced.
"What's the matter, Mom? How did you suddenly change that? After all, if it only needs space for work, can it be in the former room Kak Dimas who obviously will not be used anymore? Why even use Nirmala's room that has only been left for a few months? Will I go home again, too?" Nirmala wanted to protest, but it might be useless, considering that her father was the most powerful in the house.
"St! Don't! Your father will be horrified. Your father has been in his room since. Let's go inside first, I'll tell you the full inside." Sukma held her daughter's arm to follow her into the house. They immediately headed to the middle room. There Nirmala put down her backpack. Without waiting any longer, Nirmala charged the full story to her mother.
"Possibly not. How are you yourself? If again in the upper room, love the talk of this room what not?" Sukma sat down beside Nirmala.
"Yes, if I'm going to love deaf mode, ma'am. If it is above the same fun as the world itself. Hehe. Besides you don't know, there are people in the middle room or not." Nirmala.
"Yes too. Yaudah, you face it! Just in case your dad goes to the bathroom. So you can see if there's any movement in the kitchen." Sukma pointed to the direction of the door that connects between the kitchen, bathroom and the middle room.
"Okay, Mom." Nirmala changed seats, she was ready to hear her mother's story.
"Actually, lately your father's changed, La. I know that your father cheated on you from Mom. But Mom can't do anything. I also want to protest, I can't. You know for yourself, don't you know how your father is? She must have been furious that Mom protested what she was doing. I don't want that to happen, La. Later you may not be given shopping money, pocket money for you and your sister, make pay for your school and others. So all this time I've been harboring this pain myself, La." Sukma was crying, finally he was able to pull out his uneg-uneg.
"Kok Mommy can tell if you're having an affair, Mom?"
"Yes, La. At night, your dad likes to call girls, call them sweet. I hear a lot, La. Though the mother of his intentions only want to deliver food to your father who said he was busy working. But apparently, that's what I heard, La. Once, Mother immediately opened the door of the room, wanted to protest and ask, what really happened. But your father dodged, La! He said it was just a phone job. But why call affection if only with coworkers, right? So from then on, every night Mom eavesdropped that your dad was on the same phone, La. Even though the more I know, the more it hurts." Sukma was crying more and more.
Nirmala hugged her mother, hoping to make her a little calmer.
"Mother is hurt, La! She said she was more beautiful, fit and smart to make her own money. Don't just know ask for a husband, La. Is that the same as Mom? Even though your own father told me to stop working, so he can focus on taking care of you and taking care of the house. So what's wrong, if you can only ask for money for the necessities of life with your father? Besides, I never asked for anything, La!" Sukma continued the story, bringing out everything he felt.
"Mothers are also never wasteful, ask for money for Mother's own pleasure. Never, La! I just ask if there is an urgent need, to pay bills, pay for school and so on. Where did you ever ask for money to buy cosmetics? Buy new clothes? Never, La! So, is it Mom's fault that you don't look pretty in your dad's eyes anymore? Your own father who never gave me money to take care of himself, La! But, what decision to cheat is the solution of this problem? Isn't that right, La? The longer it feels the more depressed. But if you ask for your father's separation, you two will be his victims, La. Mom didn't want that to happen. So maybe it's better for you to hold on, endure all this heartache yourself, act like everything's okay. Though weeping every memory of your father's betrayal." Sukma still sobbed in the arms of his eldest daughter.
Nirmala was silent without commenting. His mind drifted everywhere. Thinking about the fate of his family, also thinking about what he had been doing.
"It's possible that Kak Dimas' wife also felt heartache, just like my mother feels right now. Am I as bad as my father's mistress? Seizing the love and hurting the woman who should have gotten the whole love from her husband?" nirmala's mind as she continued to rub her mother's back trying to make her calm, because she herself would not be able to change this situation either. He just hopes and prays that his father can change soon and his family can return to what it used to be.
After the incident, Nirmala is determined to stop loving Dimas, without notice. He also blocked all access to communications with Dimas and his wife. He wants to start a new life.
"No papa, La. You've done the right thing. You can do it without Dimas!" Nirmala steadied her heart, preparing to welcome a new heart.