Serving a Paralyzed Wife
111. Honesty Narendra

Narendra stood hesitatingly looking at Glacia. The woman was much better than last night, she was able to sunbathe in the garden, accompanied by a nurse.

Slowly Narendra approached, until his presence was able to disturb the attention of Glacia from the fish pond. Glacia looked up at Narendra who was standing beside her.

"Are you not drunk?" He asked while watching the husband from top to bottom, especially his face which this morning already looked fresher. Narendra must have taken a shower.

Narendra nodded stiffly. "It." Then he continued. "Sorry."

Hearing that Glacia instantly wasted a breath. "When will you repeat the same words? Aren't you bored?"

Glacia again turned his attention to the fish that are now swarming under the shower.

Narendra. "I won't get bored until you forgive me, until you stare at me without that weird spot."

Silent. Glacia beckoned the nurse accompanying her, to leave her for a while with Narendra. The nurse nodded and left.

Now only Glacia and Narendra were both silent to watch the fish pond in front of them. Glacia let out a faint breath. "What about your head? Is it still an influence?"

"Not anymore. Julian took good care of me" replied Narendra.

Glacia nodded. "Good, you were quite troublesome while drunk," he sneered, making a small ringing come out of Narendra's mouth.

"What ... did I do something weird to you?"

"No, anyway. You just get more honest." Glacia looked up as Narendra fell silent. "You don't remember at all?"

Narendra was silent for a moment as if thinking. "Ah, I remember .. I am ..." he scratched his hair.

Seeing Narendra's nervousness, Glacia secretly wanted to laugh, but then her countenance turned lazy when she recalled the photo Gibran had shown just a moment ago. Narendra was drunk and approached by a woman.

He grunts. "After this I won't let you drink at the club" he murmured almost indistinctly.

Narendra who did not hear the grunt asked curiously. "What?"

"It's nothing. This is my breakfast and medication. I'll go back to the room." Glacia moved her wheelchair away from Narendra. Now he is more free because he does not use infusion.

Narendra blinked. "Why did he suddenly sniffle? May I have done something yesterday?"

Thinking of that, Narendra quickly chased after Glacia, following the wife while making sure her wheelchair did not slip on the walkway they were walking on.

Upon arrival at the nursery, Glacia had already found a doctor and nurse delivering food and medicine. The doctor smiled as soon as he saw Glacia.

"How's the walk, ma'am?"

"Quite fun," replied Glacia potluck.

The doctor was pleased. "Then we start the examination, huh?"

According to Glacia, he let the doctor perform the examination procedure. Narendra observed in silence. After being caught drunk last night, the man became quieter than usual, his look always looking clumsy in front of Glacia. Maybe he's still embarrassed.

After checking, the doctor explained his condition. Glacia and Narendra listened carefully. Moreover, Narendra, he did not miss any of the information. Although the doctor said the development was good, Narendra still could not eliminate his anxiety because the cancer was still in Glacia's body. The doctor only checks the routine, more on the endurance of the wife every day, before the chemotherapy schedule comes again.

"Then we'll excuse you. Madam please have breakfast and take medicine, then after that rest," the doctor said.

Glacia nodded. "Thank you, Doctor."

The doctor and nurse left. Now Glacia looked at Narendra who was still silent with his sculpting body.

"What are you doing? Why stand up like that? You don't want to help me eat?" ask Glacia streak.

Narendra. He then asked back with a stammering voice. "M-wasn't it .. you allowed it?"

He still remembered that when they came home to attend the funeral, Glacia threw the drinking glass she had given him. The thing that made Narendra give up because he could not stand the glare of Glacia who looked at him with impeccable and disbelief.

"Didn't you usually bribe me? If you don't want to." Glacia approached the nightstand, about to take her tray. But Narendra hurriedly held back.

"Let me, please" she cried. The man's lips flashed a bright smile, to the point that Glacia felt glare as her expression seemed so pure as a freshly rising sun.

God, why did he become so poetic all of a sudden? And why is Narendra so adorable?

On the other hand, Narendra felt his heart beating uncontrollably while feeding Glacia. He was happy, to the point that his lips had trouble holding a smile. Is this a sign that Glacia would take it back?

Slowly and painstakingly Narendra fed processed soft potatoes and some other vegetables to Glacia's mouth. The woman ate quietly, even her eyes could not pay attention to Narendra's happy look.

"Have you forgiven me?" ask Narendra.

"What should I forgive? You did nothing wrong to me" said Glacia, taking back a bribe from Narendra.

For a moment Narendra was silent digesting Glacia's response just now.

"So ..." Narendra's sentence is hanging.

"Do you think I'm going to ask you to divorce again? Until your look in the last few days is like losing the war" cut Glacia.

Narendra. "Glacy, don't you hate me?" tanyanya.

"Why should I hate you?"

"I ..."

"I'm sure you have a reason to do all those things. So, can you tell me what your reason is? I'll rethink our relationship, if you're honest. Anyone hates being lied to." Glacia kept cutting because Narendra looked confused.

Inevitably Narendra also threw his breath. He went back to Glacia and said. "Better spend the breakfast. I'll tell you all, once you're done eating and taking the medicine."

"Really?" Glacia's eyes seemed to narrow. "You're good at evading, especially when I ask for a divorce."

Narendra breathed again. "That's a different case."

"Okay, I'm waiting for you then," Glacia broke up. He accepted bribes after bribes while continuing to look at Narendra who was already much calmer.

***

Narendra sat on the floor, leaning against the window sills. Before him Glacia continued to wait in a wheelchair, waiting for Narendra to start the story.

Before long the man folded his lips before making a sound. "It all started with my father. He often hurt my mother, both heart and physique. The lecherous man tortured my mother to death" Narendra said.

Glacia slightly gasped, especially Narendra's look was cold when he said that. "I thought you were an orphanage kid whose origins weren't clear, and then you were lucky to work for Papa."

Gritting, Glacia cleared her throat. "So .. Your mother is dead?" He asked carefully. The atmosphere returned to seriousness as Narendra continued his story.

Narendra. "He's a victim of domestic violence."

"Oh my God" whispered Glacia unexpectedly.

"To repay him, I tried hard to stay in school even with minimal costs, because he no longer paid for my life."

"It's cruel. Is he really a father?" Glacia grunting. "So, you went to school on a scholarship?"

Narendra. "The rest I work too. Anything that can make money, I do for meals and additional school needs. A few years after graduating from college, I was accepted into a company, but because of a little problem, I got fired."

Highlight Glacia instantly dimmed. His heart also hates hearing Narendra's story. There are a lot of difficulties that this man has faced.

"Until I see your father" continued Narendra. He looked up at Glacia. "Your father offered me to join his company. What I didn't expect, he also helped me get revenge on that bastard."

"So Papa helped you?" Glacia just found out about the story. "Surely he seems to love you very much" he continued muttering.

"really. The reason why I respect him so much. Because of Papa Yohan, I can make Krisna Julius go bankrupt."

"Krisna Julius is your father?"

Narendra. "He was also the one who worked with Lizy to kidnap you back then."

"So she's." Glacia nodded. "He made me hungry and thirsty" he continued.

Narendra chuckled, his hands outstretched grasping Glacia's fingers and rubbing them gently. "This also adds to my list of hatred for her."

"He deserved to die" Glacia said.

"He is dead" said Narendra. He looked at Glacia seriously, as he gulped with a worried look. He was afraid that Glacia would not be able to hear his story. "I killed him."

Silent. Narendra observed Glacia's reaction so closely. "Maybe I am a disobedient child, more ungodly than a legendary story" he whispered cautiously.

Glacia stared back at Narendra. They stared at each other for a long time until finally a sigh could be heard from Glacia's mouth.

"I dare not blame you because I am not a saint. Your actions seem natural after many difficult situations that you face. Even if you don't tell me everything, I can capture in broad terms, that she's the reason you and your mother are suffering. He tortured your mother to the point of losing her life. If I were in your position, I would probably do the same thing, and it could be crazier than I thought."

Narendra's mouth trembled slightly carving out a smile of disbelief. "Do you believe me?"

"How do you want me? I as a wife was required to understand my own husband, and I understood why you hated your father so much that you ended up killing him. What I'm worried about is the police, why haven't they arrested you so far?"

Narendra looked down for a moment, stroking Glacia's fingers. "Your cousin helped me."

"Gibrans?"

"Hm." Narendra.

"Thank God. I don't want to defend you, but your father does deserve a reward."

Once again Narendra nodded. "He was very depraved. While still with my mother, she cheated on him to make his girlfriend pregnant." He grunted annoyed. "His grandson after that he ran away."

"That means she has a child besides you?" Glacia.

Narendra. "It's been 20 years now."

Clucking, Glacia increasingly wants to curse Krishna Julius who is Narendra's father, as well as his father-in-law. Glacia didn't think she had such an evil in-law.

"Where is he now?"

Narendra. "What are you asking?"

"Why don't you look for him? Is he still in school?"

The man shook his head while snorting. "He's a delinquent."

Glacia's forehead wrinkled. "Rubby?"

Unable to prevent Glacia's brain spinning, and inexplicably the name berandal even reminded him of one of the many people who kidnapped him at that time.

"You've met him before" said Narendra suddenly.

Glacia. "really? Who?"

"Thomas."

Glacia's mouth agape. He was unable to speak when he managed to remember who Narendra meant. "So that kid's your sister? Whoa, what kind of coincidence is this?"

Narendra also grunts with a smile. "He was also the one who helped me with my plan to eliminate that bastard" I Narendra.

Glacia is getting flabbergasted. "What's? So ... You conspired to eliminate your own father?"

Looking at the silent Narendra, Glacia tried to digest all the information she thought was shocking. "Well, hard to believe."

Narendra exhaled, stroking the back of Glacia's hand. "Already, don't think too much. This is what makes me hesitate to tell stories. I'm afraid of stressing you out and affecting your current health."

Glacia fell silent, she looked at Narendra closely. Then his hand stretched out rubbing the man's hair slowly. "You're great at being able to get through it all so well."

Narendra smile. He grabbed the hand of Glacia who rubbed his head until now both hands of the woman he held. Narendra peeped at Glacia's fingers.

"By the way, how do you know my cousin? Since when are you familiar with Gibran Wiranata?"

A moment ago Narendra felt that the matter was over, but he did not expect Glacia to ask about her relationship with her cousin.

Glacia's eyes narrowed curiously. "Look, you've been together lately."

Narendra. "A-Ah .. that ..."

Damn, Narendra did not want to add to the list of atrocities in Glacia's eyes. It was enough that he found it difficult to explain about his father, not to mention that Glacia knew that he had also tortured Lizy before this.

Narendra grimacing. "Glacy, haven't I been honest enough with you?"

Narendra who seemed to beg instead made Glacia even more curious. "Say, since when have you been friends with Gibran Wiranata? Don't you know he's a dangerous mobster?"