SURREPTITIOUS
The Part 51

In the morning, Sudarman unlocks the door to Nino's room. Ayuni entered the room with a tray of food for Nino's breakfast. Seeing Nino sprawled with a paled face and blood pooling on the floor, Ayuni was wide-eyed.

"Nino?!" The tray filled with food fell to the floor and scattered. Ayuni shook the lifeless body of her son.

"Nino!"

Hearing the voice of his wife screaming and crying, Sudarman came in. He was surprised to see blood everywhere. His eyes were on the wall. Everything's red because of the crayons. However, some of them are different colors of red. It was Nino's blood. Running out of crayons, Nino uses his own blood to write on the wall until he breathes his last out of blood.

MAMA, PAPA, I'M SORRY, PLEASE GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!

MAMA PLEASE DON'T LOCK ME IN HERE!! I'M SCARED!!

PAPA FORGIVE ME!!

I BEG YOU TO GET ME OUT OF HERE!! IT IS COLD AND SCARY!!!

Sudarman and Ayuni buried Nino's body secretly somewhere far away. Even so, they buried it properly and assisted by religious leaders.

On the way home, Sudarman appeared to be seriously driving, while Ayuni cried in silence. Empty look. He felt that he had lost something precious in his life, half of his lost soul.

Because of Nino's death, Ayuni was devastated. He spent his days in Nino's room, weeping over the departure of his only son. He hugged his son's clothes, slept in his son's room.

With sleep, Ayuni can only stop crying. When she wakes up, she will cry again and again.

Sudarman can't do anything. He let Ayuni do what she wanted. Sudarman could not rebuke and force his wife not to grieve, because after all, Ayuni loved Nino very much. That is why Ayuni has not been able to let go.

The 20th day after Nino's death.

Returning home from work, Sudarman enters Nino's room. He saw Ayuni fall asleep on the small bed. Her eyes are swollen indicating that the woman did not stop shedding her tears before going to bed.

There's a lot of paper on the table. Sudarman took it and looked at the pictures one by one in the paper. His son loved to draw. Even though it is only a picture of a 7-year-old child, but the pictures have a deep impression. Most of the pictures are pictures of happy families. Father, mother, and son.

"That's why Ayuni likes to buy lots of crayons and drawing pencils" Sudarman murmured.

However, there was one image that made both of Sudarman's eyebrows raised. It was a picture of a man in a suit carrying a cake in his hand. It says, "Happy Birthday, Papa."

For some reason, but suddenly Sudarman's eyes became sore. The clear details were welling up in his eye pellet. However, what dripped onto the paper was blood. Sudarman was surprised, he wiped his tears, but they were tears, not blood.

More blood dripped onto the paper he was holding, blocking the red liquid. Sudarman looked up at the ceiling. There's nothing.

Suddenly a shadow of a child flashed in front of the open door of the room. Sudarman looked at the door. He scrunched his forehead. The man put his paper on the table and walked slowly towards the door.

The closer, the closer.

"Yeah!" Sudarman shouted in shock as a female figure appeared in the doorway. He ducks in fear.

"Why, Mas?" it was Ayuni who appeared.

Sudarman looked up at his wife who was also staring confusedly at him. The man was really surprised. He looked at the empty bed and looked at Ayuni.

"Why are you outside? Didn't you sleep there?" asked Sudarman while pointing at the bed.

Ayuni. "What's your own thing here?"

Ayuni did not give a response. She went into the room past her husband and sat down and wiped the paper on the table.

"Tonight sleep in our room, yes" Sudarman said.

Ayuni did not answer.

"Ayuni, when are you going to sleep in this room?" gerutu Sudarman's.

Ayuni was still silent, not intending to answer.

"Ayuni!" Sudarman looked angry, because his wife did not answer. "Go to the room right now!"

Ayuni still did not respond. Sudarman pulled his wife's arm to stand up. Ayuni grimaced stifled.

"You don't want to obey your husband's orders?!" bentak Sudarman's.

Ayuni looked at her husband sharply. "Why should I obey your orders, Mas, while Mas never complies with my requests."

"Ayuni, I'm your husband! The head of the family in this house! You must listen to what I command!" sudarman.

"Is that so? So, marriage means the husband can give orders to his wife, while his wife can not ask anything from her husband? If the marriage rules like that, women will not want to marry, because they do not have any rights under the orders of her husband," said Ayuni.

"What do you really want?! All your requests I've always followed!" gerutu Sudarman's.

"I once asked you to give Nino love like a father, I also asked you to publish it as our son, I asked you to be a good father figure for your only son!" yell Ayuni.

"Ayuni!"

"Why?!" Ayuni stared angrily at her husband. "Because I am a woman from a poor family, can you please as much as me?! I'm human too! I'm your wife! I'm a mother!"

Ayuni's cry broke. Sudarman felt guilty seeing his wife cry hysterically like that. Previously he had often seen Ayuni cry, but this time Ayuni really looked in extreme pain and full of despair. The woman could no longer hold him back.

Sudarman hugged Ayuni tightly, but Ayuni pushed on her husband's chest. "Don't touch me! Whatever Mas did couldn't bring Nino back to life!"

"I'm sorry, Ayuni." Sudarman kept hugging him tightly.

"If you hadn't locked him in this fucking room, he might still be alive today! I'm sorry I didn't take Nino away so she wouldn't suffer because of you!" crying Ayuni.

Sudarman tightened his embrace. "I'm sorry."

Ayuni pushed Sudarman out of the room. It locks it from the inside.

Sudarman let out a heavy sigh. He went up the stairs to his room.

The clock shows at 11 p.m. Ayuni was already sleeping soundly with her eyes moist. The pale and tiny hand appeared and hugged his stomach. Seen boys with white eyes all hugged Ayuni from behind.

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^^^07.39 | 1 September 2021^^^

^^By Ucu Irna Marhamah ^^^