REPLYING TO MY HUSBAND'S MISTRESS
203 Chapter.

"Hey, what's wrong? You cry too much, do not make Mami continue to be sad. We all lost, not just Aish. Mami knew that, son but showing Aish like this was also not the right course of action," Amelie's advice wiped away the tears on Asy's face.

  Asy was still as he pleased, in the sekanya tears that were relentless melted from his eye fertilizers. Then he lifted his face looking into the clingy eyes of Amelie.

"But, asy feels guilty. All this happened because of the carelessness of Asy at that time, Mi. It's all Asy's fault, asy doesn't deserve to be forgiven, huhuhu ."

 Immediately Amelie shut her mouth, shaking her head as a gesture to keep her quiet.

 Asy nodded even though she was confused by her mother's attitude. After that, Amelie moved hugging Asy back, in her light elus the arm of Asy gave strength.

"Here you go, son, stop talking about it, Mami feels more guilty if she can't make you stop blaming yourself. You are not wrong, baby. Stop talking like that, huh?"

"But, but ... What about Aish, Mi? He's like this because Asy ..."

"Sshhhhh, shut up and don't talk anymore. Mami no longer want you to blame yourself like this, that's enough okay?" sela Amelie put her index finger on her lips.

 Asy was forced to nod, although in his heart he was not yet fully able to make peace with himself after the thing that made all this begin.

"What's this, mi?"

 Amelie and Asy were surprised instead of playing, behind them apparently already stood Aish with a puffy face and reddened eyes. I don't know since when he stood there, but now the faces of Asy and Amelie looked tense.

"A-Aish? You ... since when are you here, son? Didn't you sleep, honey?" amelie asked trying to seem ordinary.

 Aish walked over, then immediately sat in the middle between Amelie and Asy.

"Aish is bored by herself in the room, so Aish comes out and sees Mami just hugging Asy. Mami's not fair, but the sad one is now Aish." Aish pretended to sulk and blurted her lips.

 Feeling that Aish had not heard what she had just talked to Asy made Amelie exhale in relief. Now he can act ordinary in front of his grieving son.

"Ouh, so it seems. All right, baby Mommy's son. Now Mami will hug you both at once," concluded Amelie with a big smile.

 They hugged, trying to comfort the heart that was lost after the departure of the idol. But one that can be realized aish, the change in the face of Asy is very obvious.

"Why is that tense?" aish asked after Amelie broke her embrace.

 Asy immediately misbehaved, and tried to smile to cover his nervousness.

"Ah, uh .. ti .. it's okay, Aish."

 Amelie herself was also tense to hear Aish's question, had she been mistaken for her child?

****

 Somewhere else.

 Axel was pacing back and forth in front of a hospital room, inside Herman was lying weak because the shot that made up for his arm turned poisonous. Axel did not predict that, and now the one who has to bear the consequences is the confidant of the father because he took too long to take to the hospital.

"Papa, when do we go home and see Mama and Ayuna?" rengek Adam held onto the jeans worn by Axel, while Azkara seemed to fall asleep in the waiting chair of the hospital.

 Axel grabbed Adam in his carrier, his face that was very similar to his childhood made Axel very grateful to have his child.

"A little while now, son. We'll wait for oom Herman to heal first, so it'll be the same, huh?"

 Adam seemed to pursed his lips, but his head seemed to nod in resignation.

"Papa, why don't we take Rio and his mama away with us? Pity them, Pa lives there a lot of bad people," said Adam again, who has now moved into Axel's lap and played the buttons of his father's clothes.

 Axel's forehead suddenly wrinkled to hear the wishes of his son.

"Bad guy? What evil man does Adam mean, son?" tanyanya wants to dig deeper information.

 "The rich bad guy in tivi tivi, Pa. Who likes to come home and snapped snapped snapped his Mama Rio," replied Adam as it is.

 Axel thought for a moment, but his brain was too dead-end to find a way out now. There are still many things that he must take care of besides the household affairs of others and anything that concerns in it. Even the condition of Herman now was out of his control, because his goal came to the island just because he wanted to pick up his son.

"Later to discuss again yes, the problem is now that you are the same Azkara has been waiting for Mama and Ayuna. So it's better later after om Herman healed we go home first yes, Adam already miss the same Mama with Yuna?" axel mediates.

 Adam nodded excitedly, and immediately forgot his words regarding Rio earlier.

 Before long, a doctor appeared from the direction in the room where Herman was being treated. Axel immediately greeted him and hoped for a satisfactory answer from him.

"What's my friend's condition, doc?"

 The doctor smiled kindly. "Alhamdulillah, the poison is not a very dangerous poison. And still we can handle, now the condition of brother Herman is better and can be brought home."

"Alhamdulillah, "sigh Axel full of gratitude.

 At least now one problem is over and he can go home soon.

After waking up Azkara and finishing all the affairs in the hospital. Axel immediately asked the nurse to help him carry Herman to the car, lay him in the back seat and slide towards the house where Rio lived before.

"Kok we're here again, Papa?" ask Azkara.

"Yes, there's something Papa forgot about yesterday. You guys wait here just like Herman for a second, Papa wants to go there first."

 Azkara and Adam nodded, then Axel went out to the house using Hoodie and ordinary training pants.

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 Axel knocked on the door, and did not wait for long for Lira to come out of her house and look at him with a frightened look.

"Who are you? What are you gonna do here? Don't bother us, we won't say anything to anyone."

 Axel's frowns on hearing that, what did Lira mean just now?.

****

 The cloudy and cloudy atmosphere that enveloped the city that afternoon, used by Jeni to sit on the porch of her home. Befriending a cup of tea and her favorite novel book, she stroked her distended stomach that had entered that birth month and looked up at the soothing dark sky.

"What's up, deck?" gus Musa came out of the house looking for his wife in the room and did not find her.

"Eh, mum. No what to do, just ngadem aja. It's nice in here, cold." Jeni smiled so sweetly.

 Gus Moses sat down next to his wife and looked up at the dark sky above.

 Jeni nodded. "Yes, mas. I guess now how are you?"

 Gus Moses carved a smile on the face that began to be thinly minced. "Hopefully it's still fine and will continue to be fine, deck."

 "Amiiinnn," timpal Jeni smiled back.

Just as Jeni pursed her lips after agreeing with Gus Musa's words, it appeared a car docked to the yard of the house ndalem', knowing the post guard allowed the car owner to enter it means that the person is already they know, it means that the person is already they know, if not usually the postal guard will ask the vehicle owner to park his vehicle in the front parking lot of the fence, not into the yard.

"Assalamu'alaikum," said a beautiful woman with white Thursday with a pink hijab matching the bag she was carrying smiling at Jeni.

"Wa'alaikumsalam, O Allah Asy .. finally come here too, just so did Gus Musa talk to you," jeni joked as she walked up to Asy and greeted him with a warm embrace.

Asy smiled in response, from the look in her eyes and body language a Jeni realized something was happening.

"Let's go in, you're with Rahman?" jeni asked to distract him first.

 Asy nodded again, after an ustadz who decided to stay at his in-laws' house after marrying his girlfriend.

"Ustadz Rahman, let's go to shame, please enter the path of shame," jeni continued to invite the laughter of Rahman who at that time was compact wearing white clothes in line with the clothes of the wife.

"Ah, Sister Jen could. I'm out, you're good." Rahman refused subtly, then immediately joined Gus Moses who again asked him to sit in his place earlier.

 Jeni nods in agreement, then invites Asy to enter her house.

"Where are you, Mommy?" ask Asy after entering the living room ndalem', where he used to often serve drinks and snacks for cabin guests who came to meet Abah kyai Hasan or Gus Musa.

"There, on top of that, napping with Abah. You've relaxed, Ma'am, make a drink first."

"Not bother, Ma'am." Asy tried to refuse.

"Here, don't bother. Waiting there, Ma'am, just for a moment" Jeni said and disappeared behind the kitchen curtain.

"How are your parents and brothers, As? Healthy?" jeni asked after delivering drinks for her husband and Rahman, who preferred to sit on the porch.

 Asy commented on the small smile, a smile that felt hollow and forced.

"Thank God, everyone is healthy, Ma'am. Except ...."

"Except?" Jeni's forehead frowned.

 Asy took a deep breath first, and then looked closely back at Jeni.

"Suami Aish, Ma'am's dead."

"Innalilahi wa innailaihi rojiuun, when? Wh why? Why don't you tell me, Mother? Kan know so Mbak can not condolence," cecar Jeni surprised, not what he already considers Asy as his own sister, then all his family will he consider it so. That news, was like lightning striking his head at this moment. Although actually Jeni did not know well Aish husband who at that time she met during their wedding.

 A clear point began to form in the eye of Asy, realizing something was wrong. Jeni moved the seat to be next to Asy, hugging him from the side gave him strength.

"The story is long, Ma'am. But ... but Asy was afraid to want the same story Ma'am," Isak Asy was stunned.

 " Save it first, you can tell it whenever you're ready. Ma'am will be faithful to hear your every story, yes ." Jeni was still gently stroking Asy's arm.

 Asy nodded slowly, then covered her face with both hands trying to muffle the pain she was feeling.

 Moments of silence, Asy gasped when he heard the sound of footsteps from upstairs, which means it was the footsteps of Umi Nafisah. The soft-faced and shady Umi walked with her eyes staring straight at the stairs in front of her until she was unaware of Asy in the living room of her home.

"Jen, where's Abbas?" his question was even asking his granddaughter first even he had not turned around and looked at his daughter-in-law.

"There's in the son's cottage, Umi. He said he wanted to play with his friends," said Jeni.

"Umi, try to see first who came," added Jeni again, making Umi Nafisah who was taking water in the dispenser immediately turned around and looked at her guest.

 Long enough that he could recognize who was there, was sitting while reviewing a thin smile at him.

"Subhanallah, neng Asy?"

Asy nodded, approached Umi Nafisah and kissed her hands of reverence.

"How's Umi doing?" asked Asy in a hoarse voice, although as hard as trying not to show his sadness but it was not that easy, the anxiety could not be covered.

"Alhamdulillah, fine. How long have you not played here? " said Umi Nafisah stroking the top of the head of Asy.

 Asy smiled, but urung answered Umi Nafisah's question. Choosing to go back to where she was sitting next to Jeni.

"You guys just chat, Umi wants to make a drink for Abah," concluded Umi Nafisah when catching unusual gelagat from the fun.

 Asy and Jeni compactly nodded, and Umi Nafisah walked away leaving the two of them there. Make room for them to tell stories.

"Sir," call Asy after feeling better than before. In his face in the netra Jeni who also returned her gentle gaze.

"Drink first, As let's have a better conversation," Jeni interrupted.

 Asy nodded, took his drink glass and drank it up to the toilet in half.

"Is it better?" ask Jeni again.

 "Thank you, Mother."

"Is there anything you want to say, Asy?" jeni asked heartily, because she saw the joy that seemed hesitant to talk.

Asy gulped his saliva with difficulty, gathered the courage to uncover what from the beginning was his intention to talk to Jeni.

"Sir, promise not to say this to anyone."

 Jeni nodded for sure, and touched Asy's knee to reassure her.

"Sir promise, tell me. Who knows Mbak can help find a solution," concluded Jeni softly.

"Mother." Tears of Asy came back. "What if I killed someone?"

"Huh? What's?" Jeni flinched back, unable to believe what she had just heard. The very impossible thing to do by a sweet woman like Asy, Jeni knows asy and she is sure Asy will not do that.

"Yes, Ma'am .. I, I became the cause of someone's death," said Asy increasingly sobbing, although his voice made possible concubines, until only Jeni could hear it.

 Jeni shook her head quickly. "That's impossible, Asy don't exist."

"But that's the reality, ' Ma'am. Asy should how now? Asy's life is so unsettled, does Asy have to turn himself in to the police?"