
After serving dinner for the Hessel family, Nana chose not to eat because she was still waiting for her husband, finished eating mama approached Nana who was watching television alone in the living room.
"Nana, did you call your husband?" ask mama.
"Had ma, Nana just sent a message." replied Nana after sending a message to Hessel.
"Going from the afternoon to let the wife go home alone, until now it's 10 pm not home either." mama grumbled.
"Please, Hessel is also coming home." Nana calms mom even though her own heart cannot be calmed because Nana is also anxious to think about Hessel.
"How can you be patient, you're not happy that she's treating you like this."
"Calm down, Nana's okay."
"Make of what your heart is Na, you can see from your eyes you are very restless, do not cover it from mama Na."
Nana was silent, mom was right.
"Where did she go Na, and with whom did she go?"
"He went to the bookstore with the new lecturer at Nana's college mama."
"What, new lecturer? who's the lecturer."
"The name is ma Laras ma."
"Instead.." mama muttered furiously.
"This is what you don't want Na, you don't know who Laras is." said Mama.
"What's wrong with her, ma?"
"Nana, don't let Laras get to the border of approaching your husband, she's a cunning and wicked woman, mama doesn't want Hessel to be influenced by her."
"Yes but why ma, Nana doesn't understand."
"That was Hessel's first love, he left Hessel because he chose another man, Hessel almost married him but that's how the Laras betrayed him, from the beginning mama disapproved of their relationship because mama could feel Laras was not a good woman she was just obsessed with treasure, and after Laras betrayed Hessel from then on she hated him even more."
"So Miss Laras is Nana ma's ex-boyfriend?"
"Dear, promise me to keep Hessel away from the woman, I don't want Hessel back to how he used to be, when he was with Laras he liked to wander, go home in the morning at midnight, like to get drunk, mom really doesn't want to."
"Is it true that Laras is back?" yelling Devan from his room turns out Devan heard the conversation between Mama and Nana.
Devan came out and approached the mama with Nana, she continued to show her happy face because Devan really liked Laras.
For Devan, Laras is not only beautiful but she is very smart, and also good at cooking, suitable to be his sister-in-law.
"Devan, will ask Brother Hessel to bring Kak Laras home" he said while poking unclear.
"Devan." mama glared and pinched him making Devan in pain.
"Ma, what did you do to Devan?" nana.
"This child does not know manners" said the mother.
"Let it be ma, Devan is still a child."
"No Nana, if she's left, then she can run."
"Bad mama, since there's a stupid house in this mama, sister Hessel, and papa don't love Devan anymore, you've always defended that stupid."
"Daddy, mom, dad and your brother love you so much, you don't get me wrong." Nana approaches Devan and tries to persuade you.
"I wouldn't even call you sister" said Devan, prompting Nana, fortunately, Nana didn't fall.
"Get into your room." insisted Mama pulled Devan.
"Ma, taking off Devan's hand will only make him sick, Clara understands what he's feeling."
Mama threw her hand out, Devan ran to her room crying.
"Nana, why are you still being so kind to her?"
"However she is Nana ma's sister-in-law, Nana also has a sister who is the same age as Devan so Nana knows children their age is not easy to make her understand so we have to be patient with them."
"Nana, I'm sorry, you have to watch your anger on Devan."
"It's okay ma, mama must be more patient to respond to Devan, now you meet Devan do not let him dissolve in sadness." said Nana invited mama to go to Devan's room.
"Alright Na, thank you for soothing my mother's heart."
"Yes ma, Nana is going to the room waiting for Hessel to come home."
"Dear, don't forget to prepare dinner for your husband."
"Whoever she is, Nana will take her to her room."
Which wife is not agitated when her husband comes home late at night especially she knows the husband went with a woman. Although Nana is still a wife whose truth is kept secret by Hessel, Nana is still Hessel's legal wife, they are legally and religiously legitimate.
Now that it was 11:30, Nana paced back and forth indistinctly while occasionally staring at her phone hoping Hessel would give her a message but none of the messages or phone calls came in.
"Maybe I'm the wife my husband doesn't want to be, Nana, you should realize better now that you're sleeping and don't wait for him." muttered Nana alone tried to sleep but still Nana could not sleep, her mind was fixed on Hessel.
On The Other Side
Hessel just drove a drunk Laras home. Baras was brought in by his servants, Hessel went straight home but before that he remembered Nana and checked his phone to call Nana.
"Geez, there have been many calls from Nana, what I have done must be that Nana is still not sleeping" said Hessel, he tried to contact Nana.
Hessel felt relieved after hearing Nana's voice, but Hessel could feel Nana's voice so lethargic she must have been very worried.
Hessel drove his car so he could get home quickly and could soon meet his wife who he always hurt his feelings, believe Hessel did not mean to hurt Nana's feelings.
Hessel arrived at his house to open the door slowly, which turned out that his mother was standing in front of the door staring at Hessel sharply.
"Where have you been?" ask mama firmly.
"Da-from meet Laras ma." Hessel admitted it, he couldn't hide anything from his mother.
"Good, good." Mama walked around Hessel, Hessel just bowed feeling guilty.
"Have you never thought about your wife's feelings?" snapped mom.
"Hessel knows ma, Hessel will apologize to him."
"Mama is very disappointed with you, Hes, I thought after you got married, you could change and love Nana, but it turns out that you were wrong."
"Sorry ma."
"Just in case you hurt Nana and chose that j*lang woman, you won't hesitate to not acknowledge you as a child anymore."
"I-iya ma, won't."
"Nana's a good girl Hes, she's innocent, she never demands anything from this family, lest you regret wasting a wife like her."
"Yes ma." replied Hessel that was all Hessel could say.
"Find him, take him out to eat because he won't eat before you come."
"Good ma."
Hessel climbed the stairs to his room.
"Assalamot." Hessel opened the door of his room carefully, he found his wife still awake sitting on the sofa.
"Waalaikumsalam" Nana stood up and greeted her husband and kissed his hand.
Hessel wanted to hug Nana but Nana instead held her back.
"You drink alcohol, do you drink?" ask Nana.
"I don't drink" said Hessel, Hessel did not drink but because he continued to be close to Laras the drunken woman the smell could stick to Hessel's body.
"I don't care if you drink or not, but have you prayed?"
"I have not prayed, have you prayed?"
"Here you take a shower, wash your body, then pray and eat" said Nana.
Hessel sees Nana looking different tonight, she looks more mature and strong even though Hessel knows now his wife must be very suspicious of him, but that's Nana she always tried to cover her grief in front of the people she loved.
Nana tells Hessel to sit down, Hessel is a little confused what Nana is going to do turns Nana crouching before him to take off Hessel's shoes.
Then Nana got up and took off her coat and opened Hessel's shirt.
Hessel couldn't take his eyes off, his heart started pounding as Nana treated him so well tonight.
"Now take a shower, I'll wait here." said Nana after finishing and then get Hessel a towel.
"Here's your towel, I'm down for a second."
Hessel restrains Nana who is about to open the door.
"You said you'd wait here?"
"I went down for a while, wanted to make you milk" said Nana.
"Ok well I can't prevent it." Hessel was a step away from Nana.
"You take a bath there, and then pray after that we eat." Nana smiled then her shadow disappeared in the door that had been closed.
Hessel smiled at the door where his wife was standing and gave her a smile.