REPLACEMENT ROLE
The Part 30

Ignoring Luna's shock, Scoot stepped up. Staring at the solo sized mattress, then looking at the entire narrow room with a frown.

"Huk.. huk....." Scoot coughs long, and shortly accompanied by sneezing.

"How can you live in a place like this?"

"It's none of your business! The important thing is to be protected from rain or sun." Luna clucked in annoyance.

"Why does my head hurt like this?" the man muttered while holding his head, while Luna was still standing away.

Scoot kept coughing and accompanied by sneezing, to make Luna a little panic. And in the end his defense collapsed, he stepped closer to the figure who was coughing with his hands holding a glass of drinking water.

"Drink first, it just so happens that the drug supply runs out." Luna held out the glass right in front of her husband. "Just relax, I'm not mixing poison in this drink!" Luna deliberately said that because the glass was never welcomed by her husband.

"Can you help? My hand just so happens to hurt."

Luna narrowed her eyes, not believing what the handsome man said. Not wanting to linger, Luna placed the glass on the bed and stepped out. She decided to sleep outside, let her husband tonight occupy her room.

"Luna, where are you going?" call Scoot. While Luna, indifferent to that call.

Scoot got out of bed, walked out to catch up with Luna. His steps came to a halt when he found the figure sitting blankly forward.

"All right, I'm going out. Go back to your room." After saying that Scoot opened the door of the house. "Let me ride on the porch until sunrise" he added, closing the door again.

It's cold outside, where it's winter. Scoot hugged his own body, sitting on a wooden chair that was on the terrace.

While Luna looked up because since then the woman turned her face, to look even at a glance.

A few minutes Luna moved, pacing back and forth with a million thoughts. Confused as to how. Her heart was moved to peek out from the window, whether her husband was really outside.

With a smooth and careful movement, Luna brushed the curtains. His blood rippled to find the figure sitting leaning with his eyes closed.

"What's wrong with her?" luna complained because she never saw Scoot's attitude change. All this time they were irritate to talk and see how the man was raving.

Not wanting anything to happen Luna opened the door slowly. Surely it is very cold outside, yes the place they choose is cold weather.

Luna stared at Scoot intensely, those lips paled. It proved that her husband was cold.

"Wake up, it's not good to sleep like this." Luna spoke but there was no response from the man. Luna became upset herself for not being responded to. He also gritted his teeth.

Luna exhaled from her mouth, then whispered in her husband's ear. "Move inside, it's very cold here. You can get sick!" Luna deliberately emphasized the word pain, until the eyes were slowly opened.

"Luna, chill!"

Luna's heart beat faster twice, during which the man tightly hugged her body.

*

After breakfast, the family chatted again. While Scoot is still asleep in Luna's room. Luna relented because Scoot had a high fever.

"Dear, forgive us. Mom and Dad, you can't do anything. As human beings we must not be selfish, this is a small place and there is no lodging here, so we allow your husband to stay the night." Mom Britney explained.

"He's not Luna's husband anymore Mom, so stop saying he's Luna's husband."

Hmm

The Deheman left them silent for a moment. The tension was trying to hide.

"I'm sorry my presence made things messy. Dad, Mom thank you. I'm going to go now." Yeah, that deheman's from Scoot. He had heard what his wife's family had been talking about. Even her chest was claustrophobic every time she heard Luna's grievances that vehemently opposed her presence there, and wanted to bury her past deeply.

"Son, you better have breakfast. Looks like you still need a break" Mom Britney said. The woman could not bear to see Scoot's painful condition. It was clear from the look of that handsome face.

"Yes, you have breakfast first. Well, we're going to work, say our regards to Mr and Mrs Brylee" said Dad Lukas, patting Scoot on the shoulder.

Scoot nodded. "What kind of work mom does she do?" Scoot did not expect the two middle-aged were still working, while their health was in stable condition. All this time in and out of the hospital.

Mom Britney smiled. "Work whatever, kiddo, is important halal." After saying that her two-in-law rushed to leave Luna and Scoot. Meanwhile, Mike, since morning has gone to work as a fruit picker.

The situation became quiet, Luna and Scoot silenced. Luna was still sitting, while her husband was still in a standing position.

"Is this what you want? Happy to see your parents working so hard in the hot sun? Should be in old age they should have—"

"It's none of your business!" Luna instantly cut the remark with clenched hands.

"Of course it will be my business because they are my in-laws!" Scoot is no less fierce, Luna has provoked her emotions.

Luna stood up with a sharp gaze, accompanied by curved lips. "That was then but now our relationship is only as strangers. We'd rather live like this so what's your problem? Go right now! I don't want to see your face anymore. Go!" luna shouted as she pointed towards the exit with teary eyes.

Scoot was stunned staring at Luna who was venting her emotions. The woman he considered a surrogate role was deeply hurt.

"Please give happiness once. Please let me go, from today on we have nothing to do." Please Luna, unconsciously shed tears. "Thank you for teaching me a hard life." Luna rubbed her tears, laughing bitterly, wanting to prove that she was a strong woman.

Scoot took a rough breath, what Luna said smothered her chest. Seeing the beautiful woman crying her heart was sliced, as if sliced by a blunt knife that slowly stuck into her heart.

"I'm sorry!"

Luna chuckled loudly with tears. He tried to hold back the damn tears from coming out, but in fact he was just a weak woman.

The apology that her husband said won't change everything. It's all just the past, the bitter past that wants to be buried deeply.

"Deliver!" shouted Luna rebelled. Scoot hugged her body from behind, making the woman scream hysterically. But it's not worth getting Scoot to let go.

"I'm sorry!" I don't know how many times the sentence was thrown by him, to make Luna's ears hurt.

"Deliver! What do you want?"

"You!"