Slander Fruits of Karma
Appreciate Me

The Part 71

The two couples went to fulfill the promise to meet Fahrul, Novia brought some money that Fahrul requested.

Novia left her children to her parents, the reason Novia came out she wanted to go to Mini Market to buy the needs of her children.

Arriving at the campus cafeteria, Irwan stopped his car right in front of the canteen Fahrul was already there standing next to his car.

"Hello, bro, how are you" Fahrul said as Irwan and his wife got out of the car.

"Well, long time no see," replied Irwan as he walked towards Fahrul.

"You're the one who disappeared, until I had to come to your house."

"Hehehe, sorry bro has been a hassle." Irwan chuckled and scratched his nape.

"We go inside, it's not good to talk here." Fahrul invites Irwan and his wife into the back room of the canteen.

Irwan and Novia followed in Fahrul's footsteps, the three of them were already in the room.

"Please sit down" Fahrul said.

In the room there are benches, tables, and a folding mattress that is used to rest when the driver stops there.

Novia took out an envelope from her bag and placed it on the table, Fahrul looked at the couple and smiled.

"In the envelope it contains money, the amount according to your request please count again" said Irwan

Fahrul grabs the envelope, opens it and counts the money from inside the envelope, smiles Fahrul expands and then reinserts the money he has counted.

"Number is enough, thanks bro." Fahrul patted Irwan on the shoulder next to him.

"We who should be grateful, as well as apologizing for long returning your money," said Irwan.

"If I don't need it yet I'll wait hehe."

"Alright, our business is done we say goodbye." The two couples stepped back and then stepped out of their cars.

Fahrul catches up with the couple, escorts the two to the front. Irwan and his wife boarded the car to start the engine. Fahrul waved his hand and Irwan's car moved to break the campus road.

"Would you go home or eat first?" ask Irwan.

"Go home, pity mama take care of the kids." Novia never felt at home when outside the house, her mind was always on the child and her parents.

"Hmm, let's go home now." Irwan stepped on the gas pedal, the car sped up to drive the couple back home.

Irwan parks the car in the garage, Novia and her husband get off walking in.

"Where are you spending? He said he wanted to go to Mini Market," asked Ratih when he saw Novia coming without bringing anything.

Novia paused for a moment to answer her mother's question, "not so mah, we're just taking care of the car tax." Novia lied to cover up the problem.

"Which kids are mah?" Novia switched the conversation so her mother stopped asking.

"Watch TV inside again."

Novia then turned to meet her children, "mama liang!" his yell. The three children turned their heads and ran into Novia's arms.

"Where's dad?" the firstborn asked.

"Papa's in the room, you don't see papa coming in?"

The two daughters shook their heads, apparently unaware when Irwan passed them while watching.

"Would you come to my room or would you like to watch?" tawar Novia's.

"We want to watch mah" said Camillah.

"Yes, already, mama come in first." Novia moved into her room, in the room there was already Irwan lying down.

Novia took off her clothes and changed into house clothes, then she followed her husband up on the bed.

Novia sat at the head of the bed, wanting to say something to her husband who kept on sticking up in her heart.

Irwan turned to face his wife, "talk."

"Can you appreciate me a little." Novia looked at her husband's face.

"meaning?" Irwan was confused by the words of his wife who suddenly asked to be appreciated.

"Yes, please appreciate me all this time you always act as you please without telling me."

"Surely the couple communicates with each other if there is something, but you prefer to walk alone and in the end I also have to intervene against it."

From Novia's long explanation, then Irwan understood the purpose of his wife's conversation.

Irwan wakes up, sits cross-legged to his wife and straightens out what Novia has in mind.

"Sorry Vi, I know I was wrong for not telling you before. But at that time the condition was very urgent," said Irwan.

"You can tell me afterwards, the moon was hiding from me" Novia replied.

"Yes, I'm sorry and I'm wrong." Irwan no longer denied because it would make the problem long.

"Always for that matter, end the conversation without solutions and clarity" Novia murmured and could still be heard by Irwan.

Irwan did not want to respond, avoiding was the best solution.

"I'm gonna take a shower." Irwan got out of bed and stepped into the bathroom.

Novia exhaled rough, it felt like there was still a lot she had not conveyed but Irwan had already left her.

"Huuph sucks," grumbled Novia and immediately lay down to sleep.

Irwan came out of the bathroom, his gaze fixed on Novia who seemed to be sleeping on the bed.

Irwan took clean clothes from the closet and put them on, his vision was back on Novia.

"You have sacrificed too much, forgive me for not being able to make you happy" Irwan said.

Not wanting to drift in his feelings, Irwan came out of the room to meet his two daughters and invite him to play while his son Emir fell asleep beside his father-in-law.

"Come, come with papa, we buy ice cream," he asked

"Yeeiiih, ice cream," the girls cheered and followed their father out.

Irwan takes the two around in a car, something he rarely does because he spends more time outdoors.

"Papaa, Diba wants that!" point it at a gas balloon shaped like a fish.

"Don't Diba, papa doesn't have any money" Camillah told her sister.

Irwan shook his head with a smile at the behavior of his two children, a funny sight for him.

Irwan pulled over and stopped his car, "Already, don't fight. Which one is Diba?"

"That's it, papa fish," he pointed again.

"So do you want to, hmm?" irwan asked the eldest Camillah.

Camillah shook her head, "no reward, Millah's a big kid's toy."

"Hehehe, wait here, papa will take the balloon." Irwan chuckled at Camillah's reply like a grown girl.

Before long, Irwan came carrying a balloon, ice cream, and a box of colored tweezers.

Irwan got in the car, then handed the balloon to Adiba, "This is a color tweezers for brother, ice cream is shared with your sister."

Camillah smiled sumringah, "thank you papa."

Spontaneously the little girl hugged and kissed her father, Irwan was shocked and moved by the treatment of his son.

"Novia educated you well, thank you my wife."

Irwan's eyes glazed over, but he tried to hide so that his two children would not see. Irwan started the car engine and returned home.