MARRIAGE AGREEMENTS
REPEATED

Ernie looked at her son closely. His heart was still filled with doubt. Worrying about his daughter only meant to please him.

“Why is Mama staring at Aileen like that?” asked the princess curiously. “Do you not believe the same words Aileen?”

The mother shrugged her shoulders a sign of not knowing. Aileen was so anxious to see it. “Then how do I make Mama believe that I really love Sam?”

Ernie sighing. Then he said, “Mama the same Papa has negotiated. We both agreed that if you can't bear to be Sam's wife, you better not have your marriage to continue. Let Papa and Mama's house be sold to pay off Sam's father's debt. The workshop shares will also be sold partially to him. The money will be used as a down payment to buy a small house for where we three live next. The rest will be paid off by KPR..”.

Dor's! His mother's words were like bullets hitting Aileen's heart. Oh my God, she complained in her heart. How can it be like this? When I opened my heart to the husband of choice Papa and Mama, they instead supported ending our marriage. They even thought in detail how to pay off Papa's debt to Sam's father!

“Mama,” says Aileen solemnly. “I don't want to divorce Sam. He's a good husband. Maybe all this time I was a bit less appreciative of him because I was still upset with our matchmaking. But Sam has proven that he deserves to be treated even better by me. So next time I promise to be Sam's best wife. Mama believe right, I can do it?”

Highlights eyes full of sincerity the princess made Ernie feel moved. He hugged Aileen tightly. She shed the tears of the woman again. Her daughter stroked the mother's back lovingly. In his heart he promised to keep his words. That's been the best wife for Sam!

***

The night before going to bed, Aileen prevented her husband from putting the bolster as a barrier in their midst.

“No need to be given another barrier, Sam,” said the woman was soft. He looked at his loving husband.

Samuel shuddered to see the look in his wife's eyes. Die me, the man lamented in his heart. It seems Aileen has already started to approach me. I have to what now? My time to explain frankly that I can't make her happy? It was so shameful to tell my weakness as a man!

And he flinched when his hands were touched by his wife. “Sam, thank you for being a good husband all this time. I am truly touched by the sincerity of your heart. Will you give me a chance to be a good wife to you?”

No answer from Samuel. Her husband lowered his face deeply. Aileen sighs. His heart was worried. Afraid that his love statement was rejected outright by the husband.

Relying on her final courage, the woman then said, “I know it is not really appropriate for me to say this. I am a woman who has been stained. Even pregnant with the seeds of other men. The calamity of the empty fetus that hit me was probably a sign that God did not approve of my pregnancy. And now I've moved on, Sam. The past I have left far away. Next I hope to realize a real married life with you. Will you give me a chance, Sam?”

“I am impotent, Leen,” I am the husband in the end. He was unable to hide the truth. Let his wife know before she hopes too far. Whatever Aileen's decision will be accepted with great heart.

Aileen herself gawked at Samuel's confession. He still doesn't believe in his hearing. Oh, my God! the scream of the woman in my heart. Did I not hear wrong? Sam impotent?

“I'm not pretending at all, Aileen!” her husband again. “I am impotent. That's why I don't refuse to be betrothed to my papa by a girl I don't know at all, which is you. That's why I set up our wedding scenario. All for the sake of giving offspring to my parents as a sign of my devotion as a child!”

“Already, already. Don't continue your words, Sam,” Arrogat Aileen while covering both ears. “I don't want to hear. Absolutely!”

The woman then laid her body on the bed. Behind him the real Samuel still wanted to explain to him. But Aileen doesn't care anymore. He closed his eyes tightly, trying to sleep. But not the drowsiness that approached the woman, but the tears that came out endlessly wet her smooth cheeks.

Oh, my God, the woman screamed in her heart. Why do trials endlessly come into my life? One new problem solved, uh came another problem. After the other problem was over, a new problem arose. How can I live in peace, Lord?

This is how question after question disturbs the woman's mind. It was very curious that he shouted out loud to vent his heartbreak. It's too bad that Aileen can't do that. Because both parents will hear and suspect what really happened to their favorite daughter.

I don't want a divorce, break up Aileen in my heart. My heart's eyes are open. Samuel Manasseh was a man well worth defending. He is humble, intelligent, and highly appreciative of women. Where else can I get a life partner as good as him?

While Aileen was busy struggling with her own thoughts, her husband was no less upset. He lay on the bed against his wife. I've taken a very big risk by confessing to Aileen, her mind is resigned. She can sue for divorce and ruin my chance to make Papa and Mama happy. Yes, if it should be. Then that is the will of God after the various efforts I made to tolerate all the circumstances that happened to me.

Thus the couple slept on each other's backs and did not turn around again until the next day. Aileen woke up bad luck. Her husband had already left for the office when he came out of the room for breakfast.

“Sam was in a hurry to go to the office, Leen,” Ernie said. “So he just ate a slice of sandwich for breakfast. Oya, Sister Tina called Mama. He said he'd come by noon to see you. He said yesterday-yesterday did not come for fear of disturbing your rest. It's been a few days since you were locked up. He feels it's time to come see how you are.”

Aileen nodded slowly. His body is getting healthier due to a lot of rest and eating healthy foods made by Ernie. She is ready to face Tina, her perfectionist mother-in-law.

***

“Aileen, you seem to be well. Mama came at the right time apparently,” said Tina cheerfully as soon as she saw her daughter-in-law was fine. “This is Mama bringing a team of pigeons given potions for your stamina booster. This is a hereditary recipe from the Manasseh family. My mom herself, who cooked. It used to be taught by his late grandmother, his papa's biological mother Sam.”

“Thank you, Ma,” said the son-in-law with a polite smile. He received a medium-sized pot made of ceramic from his mother-in-law's hand.

Put the pot on the dining table. With a beaming face Tina said, “Taken now only, Leen. The mump is still warm. So that you can immediately feel the efficacy.”

His son-in-law nodded. Open the lid of the pot. The fragrant smell of fruiting cuisine makes his appetite rise.