My Brother's Bed Rattles
Arga Request

"Do you know, Arga? The baby in Mona's womb is alive. Inevitably you must take responsibility for the baby because the baby is yours!" furious Mr. Abdi with a hunting breath.

"What?" screeched Arga with perfectly rounded eyes.

He wondered how the baby could still survive in Mona's womb. Though according to the comments of other buyers, the drug is so potent to abort the womb. Moreover, the content of Mona is only a few weeks old.

"But that's impossible, Dad, because ...." Arga stopped his words.

"For what! Because you poisoned my daughter with that drug, yes!" furious Mr. Abdi while gripping tightly the collar of the shirt worn by Arga.

Arga bowed lethargic. He did not dare to fight or defend himself in front of the middle-aged man because Arga realized that it was all his fault.

"I'm willing to take responsibility for the baby, Dad, but I'm sorry I couldn't marry Mona. If I marry Mona, then what about Risa? I still love Risa and I can't possibly divorce her" Arga said, staring at Mr. Abdi.

Risa who could not bear to hear the debate between Arga and her father, immediately left the place and moved away from everything to calm down.

Risa ran a little through the hallways of the Hospital while wiping the tears that kept coming out of her eye patch. The clear circle kept coming out without her control.

Right across from Risa, there was a man who was walking while focusing on his phone screen. Risa's blurred vision due to the puddle of tears, making her unfocused to look at the man. Until finally ....

Brugc!

Risa hit the man until his slim body mentally took a few steps back. The man's phone also fell to Risa's feet due to the impact. Risa rushed to grab the flat object and returned it to the owner.

"Ehm, I'm sorry. I was not intentionally. This is your phone" said Risa with her head down. He did not even dare to raise his head to just stare at the man. After handing over the phone, Risa also resumed her steps.

"Ehm, Risa?" The man continued to stare at Risa's back which was getting further away until it disappeared from his sight.

"That's Risa, right? But how come he's so skinny, huh?" muttered the man again. He smiled and then stepped back.

Unbeknownst to Arga and her parents, Risa returns home using an online motorcycle taxi service. He felt bad for leaving Lily with Bi Surti for too long. In addition, he also did not feel at home gathering with Arga and Mona at the Hospital. Even though there are both parents.

"What's the condition of Non Mona, Non?" bi Surti asked hesitantly while handing Lily over to him.

"The condition has started to improve and the good news is, the baby in Mona's womb is still safe, Bi," replied Risa coldly.

Bi Surti let out a heavy breath while stroking Risa's shoulder gently. "Auntie doesn't know what to say. Aunty can only pray the best for you, Non Risa."

"Aamiin, Bi."

Risa immediately brought Lily back to the main room. Now it's time for little Lily to take a shower and change her clothes to look fresher.

Arga returned to his residence with a disheveled-looking face. He stepped gontai browse every room in his house.

"Where is Risa, Bi?" asked Arga to Bi Surti who had accidentally run into him.

"In the room, sir."

"All right, thank you." Arga rushed to the main room, where Risa and her son were.

Arriving at the door of the room, Arga was silent there for a while. Her hand that was about to touch the doorknob, was suddenly restrained when she heard Risa's sobs inside the room.

"Ri-Rise ...." Arga took a long breath.

Arga ventured to push the door even though he had doubts. From between the open doors, he could see the figure of Risa sobbing on the edge of the bed while looking at their wedding ring.

Risa is not aware that Arga has entered the room and is walking towards her. Arriving in front of Risa, Arga immediately knelt there while looking up her head, staring at Risa's tangled face.

Risa flinched in shock. He wanted to avoid it, but could not because Arga had already locked his movements. His hand had even been grasped by the man very tightly.

"Let go of my hand, Mas Arga! I'm not touching you!" furious Risa with a reddened face looked at the man.

"I'm sorry, Risa. Please, just listen to me just this once," said Arga with a face that was looking at Risa.

Risa threw away her face. He did not want to look at the man's face.

"Risa, father and mother ask us to gather in their house. We have to solve this problem together" Arga said.

"We? It's delicious!" furious Risa while grunting annoyed. "That's good, aren't you the same as Mona? Why do I have to go along to solve your problems, huh?"

"Come, Risa! Please, help me. I still love you, really! I don't want to lose you."

"Now you say love. Where did you go yesterday, Mom? Drunk in love with Mona?" Again Risa threw away her face while smiling cynically.

"For God's sake, Risa. I have absolutely no feelings for Mona. He just ...." Arga stopped her speech and silently looked at Risa.

"He what? Your naps?"

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