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This morning Nadia, with someone I didn't know her name, knocked on my door.

"This mom, Ratna, she's gonna be working full day here, dad says she can occupy the basement, her job is here just to clean up,"

"Why him? where are you going, Nadia?" I ask, look, Nadia and Bu Sari alone are enough to take care of everything here, then why add Ratna?

"I stay here Mom, but just to take care of the needs of the mother, and Ratna the father ordered to take care of the house, while Ms. Sari, still the same take care of the father and mother's food."

"I don't need Nad's assistant" I said, for some people my tone might be a bitch, that's what I'm looking for, so they don't like me.

"But, as Father Ma'am commanded."

"All right, let me talk to you." My speech.

"Then let me take Ratna to her room first, ma'am."

I just nodded and continued my activities in the room.

My phone rang, a call sign came in. I saw the name of the contact who called it was Girl, the assistant I had forgotten about and I broke up all of a sudden.

"Assalamualaikum Dis, what's wrong? tumben." hello me.

"Zana, long time no see, can we meet? alone, I miss." he said, the tone of the child who became the hallmark never changed.

"Well, where?"

"Cafe Aurora's in the city mall?"

"I'll be in an hour." I said.

"All right, I'll be ready."

The connection was cut off and I changed clothes, if it was just a typical home-made long negligee with a long headscarf, now turned into a black dress with a long pasmina covering almost half my body.

Arriving at the garage, Nadia appeared.

"Where are you going?" he asked, I don't like this kind of thing asked when I want to go with others who just want to know.

"Meet a friend." I said briefly.

"Do you know Mom?" again I take a breath, O God my degree of annoyance increases.

"Just tell him on your phone" I said annoyed.

I immediately got into my white Honda Civic car that I bought from my work so far.

Arriving at the mall I found the girl who was sipping her drink.

"Zayana... long time no see, how are you?" he said it was friendly and happy.

"Not too good, but still Thank God" I replied, waving to the waiters, to order drinks and food.

"Zayana, Robert asked me for your phone number."

"You gave it to him?" ask me.

"No, I'm afraid he'll intrude on your privacy."

"Good."

We stopped for a while, ordered food, and went back to talking.

"Two days ago I met coming to your apartment, there was only your mother and father, they told me, that you were married and living with your husband, she said, I want to ask why didn't I invite you?"

"There is no reception." I said briefly, The girl looked at me with a strange look.

"Where could that be? it should be the most fun."

"The perception is only for the person preparing for the wedding, while I? I can't tell you any longer, what do you want? just meet me or something else?"

"I'm gonna take you to a movie."

"Watch cinema?" ask me.

"No, it's just, I've never done it."

"Zayana, it's impossible that you're almost 25, even my 15-year-old sister has been in and out of the movies."

"Here I am, I'm a village and I'm too focused on myself, so I never do that kind of thing."

"Here you go, let's do something new the first time you do."

Finally we went into the theater, Girl chose a horror movie that I thought, there was no good, instead of fear I was weird myself, no word drifting in the film, I was bored.

Tring.. My phone rang an incoming message sign.

...+62872611xxx...

Where you going? why not tell and tell me first? you forgot you were my wife.

My face changed, really annoying, boring movies, plus this human chat, pissed me off amazingly.

With a grunt I replied to the message, after the movie was over.

**Me...

sorry I forgot and I don't want to remember.

+62872611xxx

No problem, I will always remind**.

Day turned into night, after I just got home, Nadia came to me, telling me Ares was back.

"Assalamualaikum." I said flatly.

"Waalaikum greetings, where are you going? sit down first, I want to talk" he said in a soft tone.

I followed and followed his orders.

"Where from?" tanyanya, I still lowered my head reluctantly to look at him.

"Didn't Nadia tell you?" ask me back.

"It is, but I want to hear from my own wife" he said by calling my wife with affirmation.

"From the City Mall." I answered briefly.

"What are you doing?"

"Meeting a friend."

"Emmm... eat too? watch too? why not shop?"

My eyes looked at him without making a sound.

"Za, I'd rather you curse maki, you slap and you punish in other ways than by silence, Zaya I'm not going out of town because I can't leave you here, despite asking Nadia to take care of you, I remain unsettled, it would be nice if you come with me tonight to leave for Surabaya."

Why should the city again, that's the thing I don't like the most, go back to the city again and we'll definitely stay in the house that once bore witness to how depraved this man was.

"Za won't, go alone, Za stay here."

"Za, it's time to forget everything, give me a chance."

"No, I've given you the chance to be my husband, and enough to get there."

"Hemm... yes, a husband who is only a status, but not with the rights and obligations of a husband, right? I want to open a new sheet with you, get an apology from you, but you who do not want to step up and stay at that time, why? too painful or I've been too attached there."

"yes, too attached, until Za is too sick to take it off, Za can't even just say sorry."

"Za, believe it or not just let it stay like this, I don't want to lose you any further, I admit I'm selfish, but this is my choice Za, from the first moment I looked at you, I share my views on Aisyah and you, I always look at Aisyah like you, sorry but this is what really happened."

Reluctant to continue the conversation I chose to leave when Ares mentioned my name repeatedly