Quiet Wife
31. Finally Storytelling

"Eventually open your mouth too. Caught, dude. I was just Nebak. Your face is similar to a teenage contestant seven years ago, who was once admired by Calvin."

"W-what?" Naura regressed her footsteps as Naima walked right towards her. The evil sneer that was imprinted on Naima's face, involuntarily made Naura's hair stand up.

"Lo"

"What the fuck!" The loud voice from the other direction, instantly made Naura's attention, no exception Naima, made split.

Not yet fully turned, Naura was already pulled away from the face of Naima whose look began to turn pale. Cold sweat began to hit Naima when she saw a sharp foreign gaze from Calvin aimed directly at her.

"Calvin's? Lo ..."

"Lo what's my wife?"

"Huh-huh?" Naima's body felt increasingly vibrating because of Calvin's question. Honestly speaking, Naima was so scared as she looked into Calvin's eyes at this moment.

"Gu-gue doesn't do it"

"Not lie! You think I don't know? You don't like Naura? You want to take Naura away from me, so you can take me again. That's what you want?"

Naima was increasingly made silent by Calvin's question. How did Calvin know that?

"Gue nope"

"Sorry! Even if God wants to mishin me with Naura, you will never be able to enter into my life." Press Calvin. At that moment, Calvin immediately pulled Naura away from Naima. While Naima, her feelings are increasingly turbulent, but not the feeling of love that dominates.

It was the fear of Calvin who began to hate him.

"No! This can't happen!" His body still shakes violently. Even when Naima was about to step, her legs were unbalanced, so Naima almost fell.

Luckily Naima swiftly held her body weight by immediately upholding her standing position. After that, Naima immediately chased after Calvin whose back slowly drifted away and disappeared.

...****...

"Calvin, horrify me! You misunderstand me!" Naima continues to whine while pursuing Calvin's steps which are fairly shady. Naura who had been drawn here and there by Calvin could only resign and obey.

From his face alone it was obvious that Calvin was angry at this moment. Both his eyebrows furrowed deeply. His eyes were sharp as if he was ready to kill anyone. In fact, his grip on one of Naura's wrists was so strong. Making Naura involuntarily hissing crazily.

"Calvin!" Naima intercepts Calvin's steps by standing before him. His breath was seen hunting with both hands purposely stretched out.

Calvin fell silent, staring intently at Naima who had not done anything. Every now and then, Calvin would grieve softly seeing Naima who seemed to be returning to the show.

"Gue beg you to listen to me! I swear, I don't want your wife! You misunderstand me, I never had any evil intentions to separate you guys! Who are you from, anyway? You can't hear people's bullshit! They're just jealous and want to make me a scapegoat, Vin! Please, trust me, yeah!? I'm not-"

"Enough!" Calvin interrupted. Naima who is still not finished issuing various dust sentences, is required to be cut in the middle of the road.

"Gue's sick of you, Nai! I should follow Bang Arvin's advice to keep you away, instead of Nerima lo back to be my friend. You are not to be trusted. Your hobby is to get all the boys to bend their knees in front of you. You have never been in love with anyone, including me and Bang Arvin. Lo just prestige. You don't like the attention of guys turning away from you for a second. What you want is, all guys should focus just the same attention you!"

"No! I'm not-"

"One more thing!" Calvin interrupted again. "Lo do not need to bring others to make alesan. I know all your foul intentions from your own mouth. If from someone else's mouth, maybe I won't immediately believe it as it is now."

Naima no longer seemed to be trying to explain. The woman simply fell silent as she took her eyes off Calvin.

Unfortunately, his head was not down. He is still Naima, who has an above average ego. A single tear suddenly broke out from one of her eye sockets. Looks like Naima's the one who's hurt the most here. But the truth is not so.

And, yeah. Calvin will no longer be deceived for the umpteenth time by Naima.

"Udah, yes. Don't interrupt my life with Naura. I am happy now, especially if I want to be papa. Thanks for all the injuries."

...****...

On the way home, the atmosphere between Calvin and Naura was so quiet, cold and gripping. Every now and then, Naura would glance at Calvin who still showed a hue of anger on his face. Not daring to tease, Naura chose silence and lowered her head.

"You ... don't pa-pa, do you?" Calvin's gentle voice, instantly made Naura look up. His head reflexively turned to Calvin who was still faithfully focusing on the highway.

Speech from Naima when in the super market was really disturbing his mind.

Teenage contestant seven years ago who was once admired by Calvin ...?

"Sorry, I-I"

"Mas Calvin, I want a story!" Naura interrupts Calvin's words, causing Calvin to look at Naura.

"What story do you want?"

Naura took a deep breath before she was really going to say the thing that she had been hiding all these years.

"When I was a teenager, I auditioned to sing on tv!"

"Oh, huh?" Calvin was shocked to hear Naura. When Calvin turned his head, a definite nod accompanied by a sweet smile made Calvin's doubts melt.

"About that time I was thirteen years old. Because I love singing, I mean Mama pepin participated in singing auditions held in Jakarta. And, I got into the final to the top five. But I'm not going on. I was eliminated because it was myself who decided to quit."

"Why?" Calvin who had been silent and listening, it turns out there was a time when Calvin also felt disappointed just because he heard the story from Naura.

"Because ... Mama died right on the day of the preliminary round. If I hadn't meant Mama to make me audition, maybe Mama would still be in this world."

Silent. The atmosphere in the car again felt cold and awkward. Calvin with his brain who keeps remembering the past. While Naura is busy remembering her mistake that has made the life of the mother drift.

"Naura's 1178 Contestant?" Calvin muttered, making Naura turn her head. His heart suddenly thumped as Calvin mentioned Naura's sequence number the first time it came to being one of the contestants.

"So, that's you, Nau." Before long, Calvin put a thin smile on his face. His head turned along with the moving car slowing down until it finally stopped.

"Why didn't you say it from the beginning? And again, why did you say that Mama died because of you. What have you been doing?"

"I-i"

Really, Calvin's question sounded so suffocating in Naura's ears! However, the gaze that Calvin gave at this moment was so gentle and inversely proportional to what he heard. I think Naura wants to cry now.

Nah! Naura can't cry!

But, suddenly Naura felt a warm rubbing on one of her cheeks.

"Whatever happened back then, it wasn't your fault, Nau! So please, set the law on yourself." Like getting a bolt of lightning in the middle of the day, Naura began to feel an excruciating tightness in her chest area.

Not lasting, tears that came out of nowhere along with memory for the sake of past memories that continue to approach.

One sobbing, escaping from Naura's mouth. Along with her two closed eyes, tears continued to break through incessantly until they flooded her beautiful face.

"But they said, Mama died because of me! I'm the cause of Mama's death! If I hadn't wanted to audition, Mama wouldn't have"

"Naura, hey!" Calvin scooped both of Naura's cheeks so that Naura's attention was instantly locked on Calvin's face. His mouth seemed to shake violently, even tears that did not stop continued to flow out.

"Udah, yes! Stop beating yourself up! You are not wrong!"

"Calvin didn't see, so Calvin said that!" Naura screamed hysterically, while she brushed Calvin's hands off her cheeks.

"meaning?"

Slowly, Naura took a deep breath. "The day I entered the top five, Mama came all the way to give me a surprise. Before he really gave me a surprise, he called me, told me to stand in front of the building. I thought, Mama said it's like it's just playing around, or she won't send anything else by courier. And it turns out, when I was standing in front of the building, I saw Mama running while holding a bouquet. His face smiled so sincerely, that it made me smile myself. I haven't run to hug Mama, a high-speed motor breaks through a red light, until it finally hits Mama's body."

Calvin's eyes were about to jump out of place.

Honestly, Calvin had no idea what else to react to. It hurts too much even if only imagined through the head. Moreover, Naura who felt also saw clearly the last seconds where her beloved mother died so tragically.

"Mas Calvin knows? That was when it seemed to stop. Seeing the pool of blood that was seeping out, instead of running towards Mama, I was plainly dumb! The people around me started to call Mama, but I was still dumbass like a confused person! And as help began to come, I finally realized where I was, and what had just happened."

^^^To be continued...^^^