Second Wife (An )
Episode 23 - The stomach is growing

Arriving at the house Ana directly into the room to rest. Her mother rushed to the kitchen to cook lunch. It turns out that there is already Anti who is cooking. Astri helped him...

" Sister from anywhere.So mom is looking for sister and Ana "is still continuing her work.

" Yes .so I went to doctor An. examined Ana like she wasn't feeling well "helped wash the vegetables.

" Anna is often sick now, she also looks a bit fat "stare at Astri

" Em. yes since living here Ana so fat. maybe she likes to live here. instead now he fat "blow his head does not dare to look at Anti

" sister isn't hiding anything, is he? " looked at Astri sharply

" Hide what dheg.yeah is not "even though Astri tries to calm down but he remains nervous.

" yes.already.sister in a week I will move to join mas Rudi. sister take good care of both mother yes." looked at Astri expectantly.

" You don't have to worry An... I'll take good care of mom "

Astri feels sad because he has lied to his family about Ana's pregnancy.

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A week later it was time for Anti to leave the country. She had to go with her husband to Malaysia to grow her business there.

They say goodbye and embrace together to let Anti go, Anti asks Astri to take care of their mother and make her mother always happy. Astri also promised to fulfill all the requests of his sister.

as time goes by, Ana's stomach begins to grow, it's time she checked again to the obstetrician to find out whether the baby is developing properly or not. because it was 1 month ago the last time he checked with his mother.

Doctors told her that her baby was unwell and she was also underweight. Ana was told to eat sweet foods in order to gain weight of the baby.the age of the womb has been 22 weeks. Doctors give supplements so that the baby can have an ideal body weight.

Now every departing for school Ana always comes early and comes home late all that she does to cover her pregnancy so that no one notices her. despite wearing a big shirt, his stomach still looks big. Sometimes he doesn't want to go to school but seeing the spirit of his parents he doesn't have the heart if he has to say he wants to quit school.

That afternoon the weather was cloudy, like it was soon raining. Ana wants to go home soon but there are still children who are still outside the school. He did not dare to go home for fear that anyone would notice his belly starting to enlarge. He had to wait until all the students came home. At that time the gardener saw Ana who was still sitting in the classroom and told her to go home but Ana was reluctant to stand up and reasoned that she was coming to the moon and her skirt was stained with blood so embarrassed to go out. The gardener helps Ana keep an eye around when it's quiet the gardener tells Ana and tells her to go home. Ana rushes out of school and waits for an angkot in front.Since Anti joined her husband to Malaysia, Ana always takes an angkot when leaving and returning to school. Arriving in front of the rain comes down very hard... Makes Ana decide to take shelter waiting for the rain to subside.