Only I Love
Chapter 55

The next day, Ala was allowed to return home after treatment at the hospital. Ala who is still quite weak, now uses a wheelchair, waiting for administrative payments made by Ummi and his sister.

"Abi! See, there was aunty who at that time made Abi cry .." there was the voice of Baim, son of Syauqi with Salma. Baim withdrew Syauqi's hand vigorously.

Ala was surprised to see them right in front of her. A look of surprise and confusion mixed on his face. There was Baim's face and a man covered in bandages.

"Dear?" Ala glanced at the man sitting on the wheelchair. "Uda Uqi?" muttered Ala with a stammering voice.

Syauqi smiled wryly inside the face covered by the bandage. "Humaira, it's me."

"Why is that?" tanya Ala looked confused.

Syauqi groped his face slowly. "Oh, this ... I'm fine, don't worry."

Ala felt mixed. It had been a long time since she had seen Syauqi before marrying Rafatar. Those who had separated left behind bitter and painful memories, apparently now met in unexpected circumstances.

"I heard, your husband is currently tripping over a problem. May you be strong in dealing with it" said the man with the face.

"Please God, thank you Uda, for your prayers."

"Well?"

The sound of a woman's call made Ala reflexively turn her head. Apparently, it was her mother-in-law.

"So, Ama went to your house, Ama got word you were taken to the hospital. However, what Ama saw really disappointed Ama. So you know what, Soleha's wife? When the husband is in trouble, instead of worrying, but instead talking to another man."

Ala felt her heart being sliced by the words of her mother-in-law. He tried to explain his situation weakly.

"Ama, I'm sorry, but it looks like Ama misunderstood. That's Uda Uqi, my ex-husband. We didn't intend to do anything wrong, we just met by accident."

Her mother-in-law looked at Ala with a sharp look, still filled with disappointment. "So that's it? After your husband is locked up, is it your turn to see your ex?" ama Venna said with anger.

"Ma, Ama don't make the wrong conclusion" said Ala looking at her mother-in-law with a pleading face.

"Sorry, Mom. After Ala married Mom's son, we never talked to each other. It's just a coincidence that made us meet here." Finally Syauqi spoke up in defense of Ala.

"Abi, who's that grandma? How wicked?" chirp Baim hid behind the body of Syauqi.

Venna looked at Syauqi with nanar. He stared incessantly from top to bottom, going up again. "Or, you left your husband because he was like this?"

Ala's eyes glazed over hearing her father-in-law's frown. "It's not so, Ma ...."

Ummi, who had just finished his administrative duties, tried to calm the tense atmosphere between Ala and her mother-in-law. "Sorry, Mom. Yesterday, Mami found Ala sick. We forgot to tell Ms. Venna that we took Ala to the hospital. But, this encounter with Uqi was indeed unintentional. So, this is not intentional because Rafatar does not exist" Ummi asserted.

Venna took a deep breath, trying to control her emotions. He saw Ala who was still weak and sat in a wheelchair.

"Alright," said her mother-in-law finally in a quieter voice. "You should help your husband. If you can't directly, at least you can calm his heart. On the contrary, you disappeared secretly and only found out that you were in the hospital."

"Maybe you think that Ama is in-laws who don't care about you, because they are often angry with you. At least you should understand, if your husband is not around, there is no need to talk to other men, let alone not your husband. This can give the impression that you are happy when your husband disappears."

Ala just lowered her head. He felt that whatever he said would remain wrong in the eyes of his in-laws.

Ama looked at her daughter-in-law who looked weak and pale. His gaze returned to the man wrapped in bandages with a small child.

"Alright, at least if your husband asks about your situation later, Ama can already answer that you are alive and well," he said in a firm tone.

Ala breathed heavily upon hearing the comment. She felt sad because her mother-in-law still seemed to pay less attention to herself even though she was in a complicated state.

"I used to be a widow. But now, I am the wife of Uda Rafatar, Ama's son. Ama should also know that as a wife, when my husband was in trouble and could not meet, I could still keep my honor as a wife."

"If it wasn't for being sick, I wouldn't have wandered around, except for work. I feel sad because my husband is in custody. I just begged, Ama don't keep thinking negative things about me. I love and love Uda Rafatar, not anyone else and not this man" Ala said in a trembling voice.

Her mother-in-law placed her hands on her chest, panting at Ala's reply as if she felt faced with such a presumptuous manner. "As far as you are." Her husband's mother turned around leaving a remnant of tension that made Ala's body tremble in her tears.

"Humaira, I'm sorry. I didn't expect that your situation was so difficult."