
The daughter-in-law shook her head. “Not there, Ma. Fresh all cabenya.”
“Then, the fish is less fresh,” said Tina concluded. “Where did you buy it? Not in the market. It is better to buy fish that are still alive in the supermarket. A little expensive but fresh.”
“Iya, Mother. Buy it at the supermarket. Still alive too. So Aileen asked the supermarket staff to catch the fish and clean it up. Sam see also that time, Ma.”
Tina was still dissatisfied to hear Aileen's statement. He kept his son-in-law.
“Keep when did you buy it?”
“Two days ago, Ma.”
“Two days ago?!” the in-laws were shocked. “That's not fresh, Leen. The next time you buy fish in the supermarket, twenty-four hours later it must be cooked. Let no stomach ache like you earlier.”
“Good, Ma,” replied Aileen with an attitude according to. Whatever you say, Mother in Law, the woman's mind is upset. What matters is that your badass stops immediately. My head hurts it feels like I've been asked a lot of questions by you!
“Don't my son earlier also you feed the fish yes, Leen?” accuse Tina while she glances. “Pity if he gets a stomach ache in the office. So can't focus work.”
“Oh, Sam ate fried rice, Ma. If he ate breakfast, he would not eat heavy. Fried gourami fish Aileen lunch.”
Her daughter-in-law's answer made Tina's heart relieved. Thank goodness my son did not eat the cataclysmic gurami, he said in his heart. Otherwise, he could have a stomachache like Aileen. I don't want my only child that I've raised so painfully to fall ill from this careless wife!
“Oya, please sit down, Ma. Aileen wants to make a drink first. What would you like to drink?” ask the son-in-law to offer.
“Neventless. Mama drink this mineral water only,” replied Tina flat.
His hand grabbed the mineral water glass neatly arranged on the living room table. He put his body on a soft sofa. After that, the straw is removed from the plastic wrap and placed on the surface of the plastic lid of the mineral water glass. Take that water. It was so good to wet his throat that was a little dry.
Then his gaze was directed at his daughter-in-law again. His heart began to calm down. He then said, “Mama is not long here, Leen. Just want to deliver new curtains for this house. Try to ask Mr. Driver to drop it from the car.”
“Good, Ma.”
Aileen rushed out of the house to meet the driver who had loaded the car into the carport of the house. As soon as she saw the figure of her daughter-in-law no longer visible, Tina took advantage of the opportunity to examine the room located on the lower floor. It was Samuel's office.
Hmm.., there is nothing suspicious in this room, the inner woman while inside the room. Let me check the rooms upstairs. I can't believe Aileen has a stomachache from eating her homemade fried fish. My gut tells me there's something the kid's hiding.
Samuel's office door was closed. Then he walked up the stairs. His gaze suddenly fell on the dining table.
As his feet began to step up the stairs, suddenly a voice shocked the woman. “Mama, lots of curtains. Aileen was not strong enough to carry him. So ask Mr. Driver to put it on the sofa.”
His daughter-in-law's sentence stopped as soon as she saw her mother-in-law looked shocked to see it. The attitude of her husband's birth mother seemed awkward. Aileen herself was stunned to see that the uninvited guest was already standing on the first rung of the stairs.
“Hmm..., Mama want to go upstairs?” tanyanya.
Cold sweat came out at the woman's temple. Relax, Aileen. Calm down, his mind calms itself. Sam's mother won't suspect you're being mediocre.
Tina herself is starting to get her control. He decided not to go up to the second floor of the house.
It's free for me to ride when there's Aileen, the woman muttered in her heart. I'm not free to do the checks. I better warn this kid not to mess around in my son's house. I will not, however, let my only son be hurt by anyone!
With a calm attitude the woman went down the stairs. He then walked closer to his daughter-in-law.
“I mean Mama wants to look around maybe there is still something to sweeten again in the corners of the second floor,” said the woman diplomatically. “You and Sam are not experienced in decorating the house. What's wrong if Mama helps a little. Even though you have used the services of an interior designer, the person is still young. His experience has not been as much as senior designers who often help Mama.”
The son-in-law of the mangosteen alone. He tried to smile calmly. His chest is pounding. She was afraid that her in-laws were suspicious of her actions when her husband left for work.
“Mama go home first yes, Leen. Those curtains are clean in-laundry with the shop. Later Mama WA no HP shop so you can make a promise when employees can come here to install curtains here. Has it been two months, the curtains in this house have not been replaced? The old curtains will be laundered in the store. They want to, really. Because my mom is a regular. So be given special service.”
“Siap, Mom. Thank you very much, have bothered to manage the new curtains for Aileen,” said the daughter-in-law politely.
Tina nodded her head. Patting his daughter-in-law's shoulder slowly.
“Aileen,” he said soft but authoritative. “You are the only son-in-law of the Manasseh family. I know you come from a good family. Can maintain attitude and behavior as a respectable woman.”
The words that came out of the mouth of his father-in-law were like daggers that tore through all the corners of Aileen's heart. His attitude became nervous instantly. He lowered his face. Dare not look at Tina.
Her father-in-law continued, “Although your marriage to my son occurred on the basis of an arranged marriage, but I could see and feel that Samuel was beginning to take heart in you. I feel like my husband's act of matching you both is not wrong. Don't let my feelings change again, Leen. Love my son with all your heart. Happy him. You know yourself Sam is a kind and gentle person.”.
Aileen gulped. She felt she was being warned by her mother-in-law. As a fellow woman, Tina can definitely feel that her daughter-in-law has not been able to accept her husband completely.
“Mama and Papa are no longer young,” Tina continued later. “As you know, we can say we already have everything that people want on this earth. Treasure, life partner, son, daughter-in-law…. There remains one that we have longed for and have not achieved until now. Namely...”.
Tina's words stopped for a moment. Aileen raised her face. Her mother-in-law's eyes were glazed over.