Not the Perfect Wife
83. Don't apologize
"Mas, are they gonna be okay? I'm worried" Yasna told her husband.
As a mother, she was worried that Vino and Vico would get hurt. They are too small to understand their parents' problems.
Emran hugged Yasna's shoulder and said, "They'll be fine, honey."
"Why can you be so sure? What if her husband Celina does evil?"
"We don't know what really happened to them. Don't just listen to one of the parties."
"I mean, Mom, what?" Yasna did not understand Emran at all, but she knew there was something Emran knew about Celina.
"Ferdi came to the office this morning. He told me everything that happened in his household. He also said if what Celina told us was not true, Ferdi was always kind to the children. He had also tried to patiently face the behavior of Celina who always wanted to win by herself."
"I don't understand much, Mom. If Celina was lying, then why was her face red?"
"You know, why in every drama there is a battered and even bloody cast. Is that real blood? It was all made by them."
"So I mean, Mas. Celina deliberately plays a drama, only to be able to deket same Mas?"
"It looks so."
Yasna let out a long sigh, as it turned out that the woman did not stop chasing after her husband either. Obviously, she already has a husband.
"The age of their marriage is long enough, why is it only now that the problem of children is in question? If Ferdi didn't want to accept them, it should have been from the beginning of their marriage."
Yasna nodded, confirming what her husband said. Not everyone can accept the presence of children. Because for some people, they are troublesome and can only create problems.
"Because of that, I told him to go home. As well as sending someone to anticipate, I don't really believe in Ferdi either. Who is right and who is wrong, let time be answered."
"What about Mama Karina, Mas? Mama's at the rally, how about Mama look for them." Yasna was worried that her in-laws were sad when she found out that her granddaughter was no longer living here.
"I told my mom I called and asked her for her opinion."
"Thank God, then I'm so, not too guilty."
"Why should I feel guilty? I've decided it."
"When Vino and Vico lived here, Mama was very happy, but now they're gone. Mama will be sad."
"Every parent would be happy to meet their grandchildren who have not come for a long time, but that does not mean they have to live together forever" said Emran. "Here, come on, come in!"
They went inside the house. Let Ferdi and Celina settle the matter, Emran and Yasna have no right to interfere. They will intervene if Vino and Vico are really hurt.
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Today, Fazilah made an appointment with Hisham. Finally, the man replied to the message that Fazilah had sent a few days ago. They met at a restaurant. Fazilah came first not how long, the awaited finally came.
A smile adorned Fazilah's lips, he shook Hisham's hand. The man smiled too.
"How are you?" ask Fazilah.
"Well, you're alone, how's it going?" ask Hisham back.
"I'm good too."
"Have you ordered food?"
"No, I was waiting for you."
Hisham called a servant and ordered his food, and so did Fazilah.
"I want to apologize to you" Fazilah said after a few minutes of silence.
"No need, Hafidz also doesn't mind about it because it's not comparable to how your family feels" Fazilah said. "Why did you suddenly do it? Before that, I asked you to let me go, but you refused."
"Actually I don't want to cancel our wedding, but before the wedding. I saw Aunt Mirna pleading with mama to cancel this marriage because you love another man. Even Aunt Mirna to kowtow in front of mama at that time. I thought for sure your love for her was so great, that it made Aunt Mirna do just that. He must have also been convinced that the man could make you happy. That's why I canceled it."
Fazilah was surprised to hear that. She did not expect, her mother would beg Hisham's family. Mama Mirna has banned Fazilah from annulling the marriage.
"When did that happen? Why didn't I know that? Even Mama didn't say anything."
Fazilah never thought for his happiness, the mother willingly begged others. Something Mama Mirna never did before.
The woman shed her tears, she really felt guilty for her mother. All this time he was always troublesome, even when he was an adult he was still troublesome for the mama.
"Nobody knows it because they're talking in the family room."
Fazilah lowered his head with tears still dripping.
"You don't have to feel guilty because I know every parent wants the best for their child. They don't even care about themselves." Hisham tried to calm Fazilah down. He could not bear to see a woman grieving let alone crying.
"I thank you and apologize for me, you and your family being so embarrassed and because I am also mom until ...."
Fazilah could not continue his words. He was hurt hearing the truth. The woman tried to calm herself down, she did not want to look pitiful in front of others.
"I've already said. Don't apologize" Hisham said. "By the way when is your wedding? Don't forget to invite me."
"Sure, you are the first guest I invited. May I call you, brother?" ask Fazilah with a smile.
"Of course, I'm really happy if you still consider me a brother."
"You're a good man why not make you a brother and I'll pray that you get a better woman than me" Fazilah said. "I'll wait for you to find me a sister-in-law."
'There is no woman as good as you. Someday I will marry, but perhaps I will not be able to forget you, Hisham's inner self.
They enjoyed the food with occasional joking. Fazilah is relieved and happy because Hisham does not hate him let alone revenge.
"Where are you going after this?" ask Hisham.
"You just go home, you're not going anywhere."
"Want me to take you?"
"No need, I just got a car. If I go with my sister, what about my car? Although the car is bututed, but it's my most precious treasure."
"You, right, now boss, can still buy a better one."
"What boss? I don't feel that way at all. I also do not want to take care of it all, let it be Hafidz who bothered," said Fazilah as if he did not care.
"I'm glad I didn't, marry you. Surely you'll make me bother." Hisham's lips made them laugh.
Hisham who saw Fazilah laughing also felt relieved because of the woman, not protracted in sadness.
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