Not the Dream Son-in-law
Rido divorced Airin

One Sunday Rido went looking for Airin, gave no news and could not be contacted. Everyone here is worried waiting for his return, especially Raffa the boy always asks the whereabouts of papa and his mother.

"Rido, what's wrong with you?" I asked shortly after Rido got off the motorcycle he was riding.

I put a broomstick in my hand and immediately approached my sister-in-law. The handsome face looked pale and his appearance was disheveled.

Rido did not answer me, he just handed me the backpack he had been holding. It seems Rido is not healthy anymore.

"Mak.pardon Rido.." lirih Rido as he hugged my mother.

"What's wrong with you, son?" ask mom while holding Rido's forehead.

"You sick?"

Rido shook his head, "I've never heard Mom say this long. Airin.he..."

"That's what else your wife made."

"A-airin is cheating, Mak," said Rido, bowed.

"Nonsolid," said the mother with full of emotion.

"I've been looking at Airin, Mom..."

"What you're doing is right, son," said the gentle mother, "Women like Airin don't deserve to fight."

"I feel sorry for Raffa, Mommy." Rido took a deep breath, probably trying to neutralize his feelings.

"It's okay, son. Rest assured Raffa won't lack affection here."

"Sister..."

Rido turned to me who was standing not far from them.

I nodded while sitting near Rido and mother.

"I'm sorry that I've been following up to hate Brother," said Rido sincerely.

I nodded back, "Yes, Om. I'm also sorry and hopefully Om and Raffa can get through this with sincerity."

"Yes, Brother. Thank you." Thank you."

Rido finally tells him what he experienced during the week he went looking for Airin.

Rido was staying at his friend's house. From his friend, Rido finds out that Airin is cheating, and is helped by his friend, Rido tries to find out about Airin's affair and also looks for evidence to sue Airin later.

For days Rido stalked Airin, looking for evidence of his wife's affair. Until two days ago Rido saw Airin, he brought the man he loved back to his mother's house. Means that all this time his mother Airin knew the affair of her son with a man whose stature was identical to her husband, father Airin.

Because it was no longer able to see what was in front of his eyes, Rido also hit his wife and dropped the talak at that time in front of his mother and the man who was his mistress.

Rido is broken, hurt, betrayed. The woman he loved so much could do so low. Hopefully Rido can get through all this sincerely. Rest assured, there must be a silver lining.

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Slowly indeed, day by day Rido rose from his slump. Now that his life is more organized, his days are filled with taking care of the garden after that focus on Raffa. Repeatedly she asks Rido to find a new mom for Raffa, but Rido always says it's not time yet. Even some times mother wants to match Rido with the girls in this village. But Rido always rejected her gently.

This afternoon we were gathered on the porch of my mother's house. There's a father, Rido, bang Rozi, mom and kids, not to miss my sister-in-law's most chatty Resti. Resti temporarily did stay here, because she wanted to give birth here, close to her family.

Suddenly a car stopped, from the car came down a woman. I seemed to know the woman, and I stood up to make sure I knew the woman who got out of the car.

"Assalamualaikum." the purple veiled woman said her greetings, her voice soft and well-mannered.

"Santi?.." Is that Santi my cousin's sister, the daughter of my mother's sister. Although I haven't seen each other in a long time, I still remember her sweet face.

"Yes, Brother. It's Santi" he said as he greeted me with courtesy.

"Let's go in, it's Brother's family. And that's your brother, do you remember" I said, pointing to my husband.

"Still remember dong, brother," said Santi while cupping his hands towards bang Rozi, typical of a shaman akhwat.

"I'm not long, brother. Poor sir the driver waited a long time," said Santi gently and accompanied by a sweet smile.

"Well, where the hell are you going Dek?"

"I graduated college, brother. And now I'm going to teach in this village."

"Well..fun dong, every day you can see Brother."

"Yes, Brother. I stopped at Brother Minah's house, the rules for going to Brother's house too. But said Brother Minah, Brother here, yes I have finally come here."

I nodded with a smile of admiration, not expecting to see Santi today. And more surprisingly, my cousin's sister is going to be living here now. Yes, Santi will teach in this village as a teacher of Islamic subjects, indeed my cousin's sister used to school in pesantren.

After greeting and greeting all of us, Santi also said goodbye. He told me that he lived in a rented house near Junior High where he taught. Don't forget he asked me to stop there. Yes, of course I do.

"Sister!" call Rido, while I'm waiting for bang Rozi to pick me up. Because my husband brought the kids home first.

"Yes, Om. What's up?"

"I'll drive you home, will you?" said Rido while smiling meaningfully.

"May dong, but kok tumben Om would take Ilham," I said as if my youngest son were talking.

"Ah... Brother." Rido's face met red, there must be something he wants to convey.

"Come..what's up?" tanyaku while meledek Rido.

"A-anu Brother..."

"Anu..what?" as well, it's funny to see my sister-in-law misbehaving so.

"I-I want to get closer to Santi, okay?"

My eyes widened to hear Rido's words, it turned out that my cousin's sister had made this handsome man act so strange.

I smiled and nodded and my answer made Rido smile.