My Husband's Second Love
Episode 44

Ah, the relief of my heart, I'm finally back home. I promise I will keep my womb well, said the doctor away from the stress factor is the most important. So I haven't wanted to meet Mas Han and his family.

"You want to go for a Rum walk? mumpung is still afternoon, two weeks mom ndak memgemall, this gatel foot," I throbbed hearing the words mother.

"His feet what itchy hands?" godaku's.

"His feet are walkers, his hands want to take things that are not important, hihihi..," mother giggled while showing her hands plucking something in the air.

"Later push you to mbok Nah, will you mbok?" todong mother, how can I refuse if I was held like that, so I want to laugh.

"Well, if I make Ndoro princess ready always mbak yu," finally called mother with the same name as Mr. Dul even though he had to be threatened first.

"Mbok Nah," the mother moved the position, who was originally sitting next to me now sitting close to mbok Nah, "indeed call it must use Ndoro...Ndoro is that so?"

"Well yes, the call showed strata, if the same Ndoro my daughter did not want to change the call mbak yu, later became accustomed, if Ndoro sepuh hear can be be beheaded me."

"Cih...lebay," mother again looked at me, "the time is still thinking strata, man, wes does not make sense, why did you want Rum the same as Nehan."

"Because of love, ma'am" I replied lightly.

"Well..now, you don't love Nehan anymore, why run away?"

I sighed, "who said Rumi doesn't love Mom? eliminating the already existing taste is not as easy as removing the writing on the sand."

"There are a thousand and one reasons for Rumi to keep this household, but now Rumi wants to take a break first, a long break from the problems wrapped around her neck."

"Mom knows right, how Mas Han's attitude since marrying his second wife—that's because I asked."

"If Rumi is angry because of something that Rumi herself started, Rumi is not fair dong Bu."

"Until now Rumi is still waiting for good faith from Mas Han, if he promises to be honest and fair with Rumi and Sekar why not?!"

"Again, soon Sekar will go abroad leaving the baby and the baby was originally Rumi who wanted, so Rumi must be responsible, Ms..."

I just kept talking, pretending not to know the change in expression on my mother's face, the longer I listened to my words the more furrowed my mother's eyebrows.

"Just Rum, stop. What did you say? that honey child of yours you're gonna take care of?"

"You're still the kid I gave you, aren't you Rum?" mother held my chin and moved it to the right and to the left, "feeling is still the same," mother brought her nose closer to the folds of my arms, "the smell of her cockiness if you haven't taken a bath is the same."

"What's the wrong mother?" mother's increasingly uneasy sentence made me not feel good, ""did mother really educate you as well as Rum?"

"But if you think you're not good Rum, you're naive, you know what the difference is between naive and naive?"

I'm shaking.

"If naive is an honest trait that a person has because he is young and inexperienced, if naive the honest nature of people who are mature and experienced but tend to be stupid and unreasonable."

"Mom knows all that, I've never been to college not really understand."

Mom wiggles a flat object in her hand, "brosing Rum."

I whined, "style, just got brosing, a little bit brocing."

"Why do you take care of other people's children?"

"Mother's food if it's not half-hearted..."

"Mommy still hurts when you remember being pitted. You're the same, married husband again did not say mother, until now if you remember that mother still hurt Rum..sick.." there is a drop of tears flowing in the corners of the eyes of the mother.

"I'm sorry Rumi Bu, all for the sake of the integrity of the Rumi household. Mas Han's mother always wanted grandchildren, she threatened to divorce Rumi and Mas Han if she didn't comply."

"If for example the child was born, Rumi would not mind taking care of the child on condition."

"No. No, mother does not allow, you are now pregnant. Your pregnancy is not an easy pregnancy. Do you choose people's children over your own? If you take care of the child, you automatically have to go back to your home, everything is still helped by others, use the child's care!"

"Mother..."

"So Rum, if you love your mother and granddaughter who is still that big boy, you have to stay here" I said, actually want me to explain that I have a lot of servants at home, so it won't bother me in the least.

"Mother don't have any conditions if I want to go back to Mas Han's house?"

"Son, it's better for your son to live a hard life here with mom than for you to live together."

I shut my mouth again. I no longer want to make my mother sad especially if I have to lose a child in my stomach.

"Assalamualaikum," the voice of a man greeting from outside made our conversation stop.

"Let me just come out," mbok Nah immediately came out to see who was visiting.

I actually knew who was coming, I recognized the voice very well, but I chose to be quiet.

"That must be Arjuna, you want to get out?"

"Gak ah Mom, I'm tired, please help Rumi fall down, ma'am."

"Come on," my mom helped me up and pushed me towards the bed and then helped me lie down after making my pillow comfortable.

"I just stopped by, I was in the hospital said the nurse had gone home, so I came here."

"Eh the Jerry came so Tom was angry."

I chuckled at their clear-sounding conversation from inside the room.

"Mbok accompany Rumi gih."

"Yes mbakyu," shortly afterwards Nah's mbok appeared in my room.

"Thank you for taking good care of me."

"Assalamualaikum," I again heard another man's voice say hello, I fell silent again.

"Ndoro Putri, it's like a voice...Ndoro Kakung's?"

I nodded, "yes mbok," my heart thumped, I didn't want any commotion for the umpteenth time between them.

"Bok peek, keep telling me yes," I tried to sit on the bed. Mbok Nah who understands, helps arrange my pillow a bit high so that I am comfortable.

Mbok nah walked closer to the door of the room peeking into the living room, a bit difficult indeed but the large glass placed by the mother near the sewing machine to take off clothes helped reflect the shadow of people from the living room.

"Where is mum?" it's my husband's voice, I hear clearly who's talking and what's being said.

"Ndoro Kakung sits next to den Arjuna Ndoro, his hands clenched."

"What about Mas Juna?"

"He's more relaxed Ndoro Princess."

"He was in the room, just returned home from hospital," Mas Juna said.

"Can I come in, ma'am?" it was Mas Han's turn to speak.

"Rumi must not be disturbed, she must rest." still Mas Juna who replied.

"Mom, where did the two of them talk?" I was afraid for a long time that the two of them would get into a fight.

"I brought you all Rumi's needs, Mom," this time it was Mas Han's voice I heard.

"Rumi doesn't need anything said mom, she just can't be stressed," mother where mom, I started to close my eyes. Don't know ah, if you want to fight. There was already a lion that must have been fiercer than the two men.

"Ndoro, now that Ndoro Kakung is facing towards den Arjuna, his eyes are glaring."

"Do not know mbok, it's up if they want to fight, anyway there is a mother."

"Ndoro, the two are glaring at each other right now."

"I'm her husband, I know what my wife needs, you don't have to interfere, why are you here anyway."

"Hahaha, the ignorant man who let his wife be in pain, not even his pregnant wife knows."

"Don't you know."

"Daughter Ndoro, they're gonna fight this..."

I close my eyes and ears, "don't know."

"Have you?!!" this time my singing voice sounded and boomed in my ear.

"If you have, you two get out of this house. You're the husband of the liar who hurt my son, and you're the man not the muhrim of Rumi who came from the middle of nowhere."

"But Ma'am." this time the two voices sounded almost simultaneously.

"out! you guys I'll call if Rumi can see you."

"Mbok..," I whispered to Mbok Nah.

"Both come out with Ndoro's lemes body."

I sighed, touched my stomach and whispered to my son, "forgive me, dear mother, one day you promised me you'd see me again."

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