Quiet Wife
43. Derogate

Arvin reflexes standing upright when he saw a group of rescue teams move quickly while carrying a body bag.

Damn, Arvin really can't if the contents of the body bag is his sister.

With a trembling step, Arvin ran towards the rescue team. Without asking permission first, Arvin opened the body bag zipper. And his heart was racing when he found out that the body was not his sister.

"Where is my sister?" Arvin was still with a tense face, asking the rescue team who understood his attitude.

"Mad's sister, man, what's a girl?" Ask a rescue team. Arvin rushes out his cell phone while showing Calvin's photo.

"My brother's a boy!"

The rescuers looked at each other, then sighed in a long sigh. "We haven't found him yet. But we promise, we'll find Mas's sister soon." After saying that, the rescue team decided to continue their steps towards the evacuation site. Leaving the helplessly made Arvin in his place.

With heavy strides, Arvin returned to his family members.

"What ... is Calvin?" Naura asked without even looking at Arvin who was staring at her. The woman's gaze was still empty.

"Not."

Everyone spontaneously breathed. "Why is Calvin still nowhere to be found?" Fani grumbled softly. His heart is worried and depressed.

Either because it is too prolonged for Calvin, all of them are not aware of the time that has shown the noon hour. The voice of azan dzuhur resounded, awakening everything from various daydreams.

"We pray first, yuk!"

...****...

The middle of the day is almost over, but Calvin is still not found. Rescuers have repeatedly jumped in search of one victim who until this moment has not been found.

The whole family is resigned if in the end, Calvin is really found in a state of lifelessness. As long as Calvin can be found, it's better. Unfortunately, God seems to have not let Calvin to be found as soon as possible.

And now, Divo and Arvin decide to keep waiting for news on the beach. While Fani and Naura, both are trying to fill the stomach with force.

If Fani may not fill the stomach any is okay. But her daughter-in-law, as worried and as scared as anything, Naura still had to fill her stomach. Fani doesn't want anything bad to happen to her.

"Naura! Eat first, honey!"

"I'm not a laper, Mah."

The knot smile that Fani had previously shown, eventually faded away. His chest was tight to see Naura still continuing to moody in place.

"You should eat. You just ate a little bit this morning. Now eat, yes, Mama's bribe!" When Fani was about to float a mouthful of rice and its side dishes, Naura cried. Her tears flooded her beautiful face.

"I want to see Calvin, Mah! I don't want anything else, I just want to see my husband! He promised to meet me yesterday, but he hasn't seen me yet!"

"Naura! Dengerin Mama!" Fani clasped both hands of Naura who felt cold sweat. "Although later we can all meet Calvin, maybe Calvin's condition is not as it used to be. Maybe Calvin is -"

"Have died, you mean Mama?" Fani held her breath, then nodded. Just then, Naura's cries broke again. Fani, who was basically sitting in front of Naura, then turned to her side. Hugging the fragile body of Naura, where basically Fani was equally fragile.

"We have to be sincere. All this time, it seemed impossible if Calvin was still alive. So, we pray our best that Calvin is found soon. Yea?"

...****...

Days change weeks, and weeks change months, searches continue. Unfortunately, Calvin was not found. Rescuers are desperate to continue the search. And as was decided, Calvin was finally declared dead without being found.

Of course, it cannot be directly accepted by the family. However, various enlightenment and suggestions from the rescue team, in the end slightly melted the heart of the family.

As is currently happening in the Calvin family residence, all of them are studying for Calvin's departure. All of them, especially the neighbors who were bustling with pity on Naura. She had to lose her husband when she was pregnant.

Not only neighbors, Calvin's classmates were also present at the funeral. All of them were in tears over the unilateral decision by which Calvin was declared to be gone forever, but his body was still not found.

"Patience, yes, Nau! Honestly, I'm sad and I don't want to hear it." Ira, one of Calvin's classmates on campus, continues to pacify Naura who is beside him.

You could say, Naura who initially tried to look okay, when she saw the sincere cries of Ira, made her cry again. Honestly speaking, Naura was not strong to face this alone. Especially when she herself is pregnant like this.

"Thank you for coming." Ira cried even more when she found out that Naura was not the same as people described.

Ira's reflexes hugged Naura's body. Trying to give her the strength to stay steadfast in the face of all trials. "You're strong, Nau! If there's anything, you can tell me the same story. Yea? Calvin, I consider him my brother. He's a good guy, he's solid. No one likes someone as good as him. He also loved the grievances of everyone including me. Calvin is a really good guy."

...****...

After all the mourning was over, right in the middle of the day, Naura gave permission to say goodbye to both her in-laws and her sister-in-law.

"You ... really want to go home and leave Mama?" Honestly, Fani is not willing if Naura goes to her house again. He loved his son-in-law.

"I'm sorry, Mah, Pah! If I stay here, I can't escape Calvin! And that shadow hurts my own heart, where in fact, I will never see Calvin again. I-" Naura spelled out her sentence as Fani began to hug her so tightly.

"Yes already. But once in a while, you should meet Mama, huh? Mama will miss Naura, the same as Mama's grandchildren as well. Take good care of yourself, yeah."

Slowly, Fani began to let go of her embrace. A brief peck on Naura's face with affection. After that, Naura began to crucify Fani's hand, then continued on Divo and then Arvin.

"I'm saying goodbye, yes, Mah, Pah, Brother Arvin!"

"Yes. I'd like to say goodbye too. I had a two-week college permit, but now it's been over a month. Maybe, Arvin's saying goodbye, too, Mah, Pah!" Arvin helped to crucify the hands of his mother and father. Although he is still very heavy hearted to leave his parents, Arvin must still return to the Netherlands.

"Yes, Vin! Papa and Mama understand, really. You be careful, yes! Naura, say hello to Papa."

...****...

A cold night with a gust of skin-piercing night wind, becomes the first night for Naura to sleep in her old house without Calvin. Trying to fall asleep, unfortunately, his mind kept thinking of Calvin. Naura and Calvin spent the night together.

It sucks! Naura forgot about it.

Naura intends to return to her old house in order to forget Calvin's shared memory. But Naura forgot, even where here, there are still good memories with Calvin.

With a feeling of shock, Naura widened her eyes. Trying to change his sleeping position to the left. His hand reflexively touched the empty spot that Calvin had once occupied. While the other hand outstretched touch his stomach is getting rounder.

"You miss Papa, too, huh?" Naura let out a long breath on the sidelines of her activity stroking the stomach. You could say, lately Naura often invites her fetus to chat about Calvin.

Yeah, just Calvin.

"Mama too. Usually at this hour, Papa also likes to hug Mama if you are sleeping. Now ..." Really, Naura was not strong in continuing her words. He wanted to drop his tears again, but they dried up and were gone forever.

"Em, you're a laper, aren't you? We're eating, yuk!" Naura turned her attention to her stomach. His hand still faithfully stroked his fetus so gently and affectionately.

"Hm? Yes, Mama is also a laper. I hope there's food in the kitchen."

...****...

Naura frowned confusedly as a straight back stood tall blocking the refrigerator. To be honest, Naura had never seen that sturdy back all day.

So, who is he?

As Naura was still busy staring, the owner of the back turned around. There was a look of shock that he displayed when his netra found a female figure dressed in sleeping pajamas.

"You ... who?" Trying to stay calm, Naura asked while slightly regressing her footsteps. His hands reflexively hugged his stomach as if to keep his fetus from being in danger.

Of course the young man saw all of Naura's alert gestures. In fact, the corner of her heart was suddenly claustrophobic seeing another reality where Naura seemed to be actually pregnant with another boy.

"Ekhem. I'm Ivan, you don't want to? Kita .. temen SD class." The young man smiled warmly after some time just fell silent.

"But why are you here?" Naura was still wary of the young man who claimed to be named Ivan.

To be honest, Naura forgot who her classmates were when she was in Elementary School. Ivan's? Which ivan? Naura doesn't feel like she has an SD friend named Ivan.

"Father invited Ivan here!" The sound of baritone from the direction of the kitchen door, then get rid of the attention of everything.

Seeing his father coming, Naura ran to him. "Nih, Papa bawain martabak favorite telor Princess Papa. You want to."

Naura who was about to ask at length about Ivan, suddenly did not become and forgot his intentions. His eyes sparkled staring at one white crackle that he said contained martabak telor.

"It's for all of me, Pah?" Naura asked who was nodding softly by Hermawan.

"Aaa, thanks! I'll take it to the room, okay?"

"Can. There, selesin!" The entirety of Hermawan, made Naura smile widely. Without any further intention, Naura ran to her room while carrying her papa-given martabak telor.

After Naura, the look on Hermawan's face turned flat. His gaze turned to Ivan who looked chuckled while looking down.

It seems Hermawan's estimation is correct. This young man still liked Naura.

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