Only Wife On Paper
On Paper #35

Elsifa looked back. It seemed like there was a great accident at a crossroad he had just passed. Shortly thereafter the streets were immediately crowded with people² who wanted to see the accident. El was surprised because the sound of impact sounded quite loud.

Now that El had reached his house, his phone rang when he almost touched the doorknob. The girl switched to taking her cellphone from inside her bag. Seeing the name of Adam who contacted him, El frowned.

"what did Adam call me ?" surprised, because they did not meet this afternoon.

El took an access card from inside his bag. Card used as a substitute for a manual key for his house .Entering his house, El put his bag on the table, then took a bottle of mineral water from a small cupboard that was deliberately placed in the corner of the room. In how many times the bottle turns empty. He also put a used bottle in a non-organic waste bin.

His phone still continued to sound, El ignored the call but he also felt curious to know Adam's intention to contact him. Until the call somehow to how many times, finally El answered a phone call from his cousin.

"Hello...." El did not continue his sentence when he heard sobs from across the phone. Keep flat objects from his ears, he saw again the identity of the caller.

Then put the communication device again in his ear. The sound of sobs that he had heard was no longer there. El thought Adam was working on it.

"you pranking me ? " he asked Adam who did not know whether he was still in the call.

"what do you mean?, I'm grieving" Adam said sobbing.

El widened his eyes to hear Adam's tone. Funny enough in his opinion, until he got out of control and started to break open. But before long his laughter stopped when he realized something.

Realizing his mistake in laughing at the misfortune of others, El apologized to Adam. But strangely Adam refuses his apology, making himself confused by Adam's attitude.

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Danu is still in his turmoil. He realized there was a longing he felt for Elsifa, but he wasn't brave enough to know if he deserved to be sorry for his wife. Danu thinks she doesn't even deserve to miss a woman she didn't consider a wife.

In the room that used to be worn by Elsifa, Danu lay her body on a mattress where El used to sleep just befriended a long roll and a blanket that was quite comfortable. On top of the bed is a picture of her wedding to Elsifa. The guilt towards his wife is growing.

Danu got up from the fall, and now he sits on the edge of the bed. He opened a small drawer next to the bed. He found a diary under the name Elsifa Danuarta, combining Elsifa's name with her name.

Opening the diary and then read one by one small sheet of pages containing the outpouring of the owner's heart. There is a great hope written by Elsifa.

If it is my destiny, then why not if I am the only one in this household, only one hope I get love with the same portion of the man who became my husband.

The next sheet found another writing that made him feel guilty about Elsifa.

I hope one day you realize my existence. I am also a wife who wants to get a touch of affection from a husband. I'm not just a wife on paper.