Not a Stupid Woman
Chapter 31.

Areta is awakened by the smell of wind oil applied by Raisya near her nose. Areta's eyes slowly opened and then narrowed because of the light that penetrated her cornea.

Raisya immediately approached and nodded at the side of his best friend's bed, "Areta, are you conscious?"

"What am I, Ra?" Areta asked while holding her head which still felt throbbing.

"Why is Mr Rivan here?" ask Areta who just realized that there was a man in her room.

"I'm sorry, I called Mr. Rivan to help lift your body to the room" Raisya explained to Areta's confusion.

"Thank you, sir for the help," Areta looked at Rivan at a glance.

Rivan nodded, "then I go home first, you get enough rest. Don't think too much of your fucking husband."

"Thank you sir, sorry for the trouble, "said Raisya who drove Rivan to the front door.

"Areta," The woman turned her head to hear her name being called by Raisya.

"Yes Raisya, thank you. I'm sorry I took you in," Areta said with her own face.

Raisya held Areta's body into her arms, "don't be sad, everything will be fine. There's me here who always keeps you.

The two friends spent time strengthening each other, Areta shed all her complaints and tears that day.

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Andrias has just arrived at a rented tenement house with Lastri and Zevanya. There were only two rooms there, each of which only had enough mattresses for one person.

"Mas, this is a really bad contract. Where narrow, there is no sofa anymore," complained Zevanya put his suitcase in the corner of the room.

"Yes, where's the stuffy again. The room is also narrow, where the mattress is so small that it's so thin again." Bu Lastri also added to his daughter's complaint.

"Well, what else, Mom? Our house has been sold to pay pinjol, Andrias money is also not much. Later the same mother Zevanya sleep in a room, because there are only two rooms."

"Whataa?" Zevanya and Miss Lastri shouted at the same time hearing Andrias' words.

"Mas, the bed is small. Where enough to sleep together, Mas Andrias should be willing to sleep on this carpet," Zevanya whine made Andrias' emotions start to ignite.

The man kicked his suitcase and looked at Zevanya with a flash of anger, "if you don't want to, please come out."

Lastri's mouth was gaping, not expecting that Andrias could behave like that.

"Mas Andrias is evil, have the same mother and sister." Tangis Zevanya broke out after saying those words.

"Aarray!" Andrias restored her coarse hair, got out of the small rented house and slammed the door hard.

The man drove his motorcycle aimlessly, without realizing Andrias turned the direction to Areta's house. Looking at the house that witnessed their togetherness for several years, the house that witnessed Areta's patience faced her husband's behavior. All those memories kept swirling in Andrias' mind until the man decided to go back on his bike.

It was getting dark, Andrias remembered that her mother and sister at home would not have eaten. The man decided to look for a warteg and wrap the food for their dinner.

"Bu, rice side dish balado egg same tempe orek three. Wrapped yes," Andrias told the shop owner's mother.

The man went home after getting his order. Andrias immediately entered the house after parking his motorcycle on the terrace, saw Zevanya lying on the lap of the Lastri bu that was not stopping to shed tears.

Zevanya and Miss Lastri looked at each other after opening their food parcels. Making Andrias waste her breath rough, "just eat, we have to save now."

"Mom wants to talk to you" said Miss Lastri after their dinner.

Andrias looked at Lastri's mom with a hard-to-read look, "Speak what, Mom?"

"Are you really cheating like Areta said?" Lastri's mother asked, looking at Andrias full of investigation.

"At first Andrias was just messing around, Mom. But it turns out Areta even saw me again the same way Wulan in the mall, even he maki-maki us in front of a lot of people," replied Andrias lethargic.

Miss Lastri shook her head to hear her son's story, "You shouldn't have done that to Andrias, because of your mistake we've done this."

"It's only natural that Andrias cheated on me, Areta just her appearance is so cute. Pake negligent negligence, the sides are also rare." Zevanya defended her brother who was clearly guilty.

"The reality is, all women who have just given birth and take care of the baby alone will definitely be like that. Mom used to be like that, but luckily your grandmother helped you. You too, if you are an adult and give birth, you must know the taste," said Miss Lastri to her daughter.

"Wait, this is why mom even became a belain mbak Areta anyway? Don't you get sick!" His zevanya put the back of his hand on the forehead of the Lastri bu.

Andrias took a rough breath condemning the stupidity he had done, "yes, Andrias was wrong, Mom. Andrias shouldn't be messing around, now want to find where else a woman like Areta."

Miss Lastri approached, stroking her son's shoulders gently. "You should be able to get Areta's heart back, you're still a legal husband and wife. Do not let you divorce, persuade him by making your child an excuse. He'll be gone."

Andrias simply fell silent, digesting carefully every sentence spoken by her mother.

"Alah, if Mbak Areta does not return the same mas Andrias is also okay. There must be many women who are more everything than him and want the same mas Andrias." Zevanya's voice broke Andrias' daydream.

The man got up from his seat, "already, I want to rest."

"Mother why did she even tell Andrias back to Areta again, mending nyari another woman?" Zevanya asks her mother after Andrias disappears behind the door of her room.

"Yes let us not stay in this narrow rented, where to room with you again. I knew the mattress was small," annoyed that Lastri had passed into the room.

The zeva went and followed the mother to her room, "oh Ma, out there many are prettier and certainly richer than Areta."

"Come on, I'm going to sleep." Miss Lastri pulled out a blanket to cover her body.

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Areta had just finished breastfeeding Bian, the woman was sitting pensively on the bed. Groping the empty side of the bed, enjoying his solitude in the room.

His eyes were fixed on the wedding photo with Andrias who was on the nightstand. He took the picture frame, where he and Andrias happily smiled staring at the camera. Andrias' face was framed there. Areta's tears fell down the photo again.

Pranks!

The picture frame broke into pieces on the floor because it was slammed by its owner. Areta sat on the floor bending her knees and drowned her face there. Crying without a sound.

Toooks.... Toooks..... Toooks......