RICH MAN
THE STRUGGLE FIRST

No matter how bad the circumstances were, he never attempted to escape the matter to alcohol. He knew that it was not the way out for every problem. Some time ago his wife had done seven months at Rey's parents' house. He also attended it all until it was over. The first child of Marwa, a wait that he had been waiting for. But the more days, the closer Alin gets. The feelings for his wife still faded.

As a man, he should be able to mediate. Being a good housekeeper for his wife. He has always tried to bring those feelings back. Rey tries to follow the advice of her mother's brother, which is to make a habit of how she used to love his wife.

Right at night, he just got home from the office. Some time ago his company experienced a decline as his father said. Now Marwa's gestational age has entered the age of eight months. For about 2 months he was in a relationship with Alin. Even the woman told Rey to pretend to be good in front of the wife.

Every night, every time he works at home. His wife always accompanied even to sleep on the sofa just to accompany him to work all night.

He just went inside the house after opening the gate with his spare key. Once inside the house, he found his wife sleeping on the sofa waiting for him to come home from work.

Slowly, feeling very sorry, he lifted his wife's body into the room. He knew that it was a routine that Marwa had been doing all along.

Arriving at the room, he slowly stroked the stomach of his wife who was just waiting weeks for her son to come out. This is something that Rey is looking forward to.

He immediately took a shower and immediately continued the unfinished work earlier. After cleaning himself, he immediately took the laptop and headed for the next room. There she conjured up to be his study.

Slowly, the woman opened her eyes. Suddenly he felt strange, he slept on the sofa and this time suddenly in the room. He looked towards the wall clock that was already showing at one in the morning. He got out of bed and went straight to the next room.

“Mas, when do you come home?” Marwa knew that a few months ago her husband was with another woman. But ever since she came home from the hospital, her husband has been nice to her. Marwa tried to convince herself that her husband had changed. He did not want to argue and discuss the woman. Because he knows that fighting is never good in their relationship.

Rey looked back, “Why wake up? Break there! Later I will follow,” said Rey with a distinctive smile welcoming the arrival of his beloved wife.

“You want to make drinks, Mas?”

Rey thought for a moment, “If you are not tired. If tired do not need,” answered steadily. He loves his future baby. There was a sense of pity when he saw his wife walking so carefully.

Moments later Marwa brought coffee and put it on her husband's desk. Rey is his wife not to go and he kisses her on the stomach. “Before he was born,” said Rey while kissing his wife's stomach many times.

“Mas, there's something I asked of you, can?” marwa. She just wants to be accompanied when giving birth later. She did not want to feel pain without being accompanied by a husband.

“You ask what? I'll try,”

“It's been eight months, Mas. And soon Nine months, can you not accompany me at birth later?”

Rey saw the look on his wife's face. Although hesitating, Rey tried to convince. “I'll be friends,”

“Appointment?”

“I promise you will nemenin. Now you rest yes!” she's so scared that the baby's why-why. With as much as possible Rey also avoids Alin these days. He was trying to spend some time with Marwa. Alin did ask him to pretend well. But he can't keep doing that. When I was with Alin. The feeling disappeared instantly. However, when he was with his wife. He just felt pity, that's all.

Preca

Just got Marwa out of Rey's office. Suddenly he felt an excruciating abdominal pain until the tray he was carrying dropped. He held his face trying to calm himself and held his stomach.

“Marwa, you why?” rey's voice sounded so clear.

But Marwa tried to get through it alone. Because she knew that her husband was very busy with his work. She remembered that her husband was having problems at the office. And she would not burden her husband. “I'm okay, Mom. The slap fell,” he said lying. But the pain could not be held until he sat down on the floor.

He bit his lower lip withstanding the pain. The pain that was first felt by him. Perhaps it was the contraction he had been feeling but this was the one that hurt the most.

A few minutes later, she tried to get up from her seat. Marwa herself tried not to trouble her husband.

He still keeps the chat on his phone. And he never gave anyone to borrow his cell phone. Maybe one day the photo was useful to him.

In the room, he's been reciting all night.

The next morning, as usual she prepared breakfast and all the necessities of her husband before work. “You're in today what time, Mas?”

“Jam 10 darling. Ohya, for the next few weeks we stay at Mama's house huh. I'm afraid that you'll suddenly get a stomachache. In a quiet house, even no one helps, you are okay right?”

She was happy to stay at her in-laws house. Marwa nodded, “I've prepared all our needs,” Rey continued.

“When did you do that, Mas?”

“Then you cook. So I prepared everything. Starting from your clothes, and also later you shop with Mama, buy all your needs yes,” Rey orders.

She shook her head. “No need, Mas,”

“Why?”

“The money you gave back at that time is still really,” he said slowly. Rey scrunched her forehead. It has been two months since Marwa never used the money in her account. He always watched over his wife's expenses. But the dime was never used again by Marwa. When checking his wallet, even his wife's special debit card was still there. Where does the woman get money every day. Even for the needs of both of them?

“You are sure the money is enough for your shopping?” and he's really not sure about it.

“If that's all I can still buy,” he said then smiled.

“It's enough,”

He didn't want to argue that morning. He relented and immediately sat down on the dining table. “Ya let's have breakfast. Then we went to Mama's house. Hopefully his birth will be smooth yes dear,” said Rey slowly then his wife just smiled so sweetly.

****

Arrive at Rey's parents' house. “You're in his office at 10, right?”

“Iya darling,”

“You are leaving soon dong? Stop by my mom's house?”

“I think I'll be home soon. You're a good masakin. Later I stopped by just aja, but can not be long because I have to go to the office,” Rey smiled then got out of the car while carrying his wife's luggage.

They both went into the house. He promised his mother first. “Finally you came too,” said his mother and immediately ordered the assistant to bring their goods to the room.

Nagita immediately invited the two to sit down. “I went straight to the office, Ma. A lot of business, I try to go home quickly,”

They nodded and escorted Rey to the front porch.

Nagita invites Marwa to sit in the living room, “Mama can see your feet?”

“Why, Ma?”

“Because Mama always thinks of you, Mama always thinks of you. Mama told Rey to stay here until you gave birth,”

“My feet are fine, Ma,”

“Try Mama see,”

Shamefully Marwa opened her socks, “Not the soles of her feet. Mama peek see your calves,”

Nagita immediately lifted her daughter-in-law's skirt and made sure that her daughter-in-law's calf was not swollen. “Why have you never asked Mama?” nagita said as she lifted her panties and saw that her daughter-in-law's calf was very swollen.

“What's it about, Ma?”

“Betish you are swollen. Why never tell,”

“Pregnant people are, Ma?”

Nagita. “This is because you have a lot of motion. You soy sauce, if indeed you do not have a lot of movement and soy sauce, it is not possible gini,” said Nagita and immediately sorted the calf slowly.

“Ma no need,”

“Mama will be angry. Because this is for you and your future baby later. You too will be in pain, are you never tired or in pain?”

The woman looked down in shame and then told her the truth that she fell last night. “I fell overnight, Ma,”

“Where?”

“At home. Because suddenly my stomach hurts and I sit down, my legs are cramping,”

“Well from that. You have to adjust to work. There is an assistant instead of work, try Papa you know for sure he will be angry with you. Mama could not do anything during pregnancy. Let alone cooking, Papa did not really stick first. Get off the stairs when Mama can, but your Papa is so worried about Mama. She knew Mama had miscarried before. So yes possessive,”

“How good is Mama?”

“Because she always wants her children to be happy, so any way she works, including taking care of Mama when Mama is pregnant. Birth time of the twins Papa tuh anyway amazing keep Mama.”

Marwa was only moved to listen to her mother-in-law's story because her father-in-law was so good at taking care of his wife when pregnant. But Marwa never knew how Azka used to be when Nagita was pregnant with Rey.