
An hour and a half on the plane will be very stressful for Reni. Bimo knew Reni was uncomfortable sitting next to him.
"You want a seat with Aril. Let me tell you Aril?" tanya Bimo made an offer to Reni.
"Ah no Mas, it's okay here" replied Reni.
Reni repeatedly sighed and took a deep breath, as if she was deprived of oxygen.
"Thank you Dek Reni" said Bimo.
Reni glanced towards Bimo.
"Thank you for what?" ask Reni.
"Thank you for helping Bela to work in Jakarta and adapt there. Bela was just this time living far from the Father and Mother" replied Bimo.
"Oooh that's Mas, ordinary course.I've considered Bela is a friend and family. I also love being home with friends. My sister who is a woman far away on the island of Sumatra and rarely comes home, already our age distance is also very far" said Reni.
"Yes yes, I forgot that you have an older sister too" Bimo said.
"Mas Bimo still keeps a picture of his late wife?" ask Reni to know.
"Still, it's on my phone. Why does Reni's deck ask that?" Bimo asked back.
"I want to see, can you?" pinta Reni's.
"May, yes" replied Bimo.
Bimo grabbed his phone from his pants pocket and opened his phone screen then opened the gallery menu and searched for a photo of his wife.
"This is it" Bimo said, handing over his phone to Reni.
Reni receives Bimo's phone and looks at the photo inside. Reni sees a beautiful, white, curly-haired woman tied up and there are dimples on her cheeks.
"Cantik Mas, previously I saw the face of Papuan girls in general and his skin" said Reni.
"Elliah is a descendant girl. She is not a real Papuan girl. His mother is Australian" replied Bimo.
"So her name is Elliah?" ask Reni.
"Yes, Elliah Maruna" Bimo replied as he glanced at the photo of his wife Elliah.
I don't know why Reni's heart shrunk, like feeling disappointed to lose the competition. Unintentionally finger Reni sliding next photo looks photo Bimo with his wife is very friendly. Bimo has a happy smile in the photo.
Why does my heart hurt when I see their photos? What's wrong with me? Bimo is not who - who? What is this feeling? ask Reni in your heart.
"Mesra ya Mas" said Reni.
"Hehe yes Dek Reni, that's our photo of the road - starlings to Labuhan Bajo celebrating our eighth wedding anniversary. It was exactly a month before Elliah died" Bimo replied.
"Definitely very sad when Miss Elliah died?" ask Reni.
"However, she was the woman who had accompanied me for eight years, you know, because she was also me against my parents' words. My love was blind then. He's the only person I love who beats anyone. I was willing to leave everything to live with him. He left as soon as he arrived, the next morning we were still having breakfast together and he drove me to the office and continued his journey in my car. An hour after we separated I got a call from the hospital informing me that Elliah was in an accident and was being treated at the hospital. With all my strength I went straight to the hospital and saw his condition which was critical at the time" Bimo replied.
Bimo leaned his head against the plane seat and closed his eyes for a moment.
"In the last seconds she said an apology, sorry for driving me away from my family for marrying her. Sorry for not being able to continue our fight and he left me. He thanked me for being a good husband during our eight-year marriage and thanked me for loving him sincerely" Bimo said.
Reni could see the sadness in Bimo's eyes as he told her about his late wife.
"Sorry Mas because - because I asked this Mas so sad again considering Mba Elliah" said Reni felt guilty.
Bimo took a deep breath and returned Reni's gaze.
"Every person who has ever stopped in our lives whether he is bad or uncertain will leave memories. Moreover, the person was once a very important person in our lives will definitely leave more sweet memories. Me, Kinan, Refan and Mama you are one example of people who have felt like they lost someone we love so much. But we have to keep living because life has to go on. Continuing to live does not mean having to forget the past but also not living with all those memories. I choose to keep looking to the future by keeping all the sweet memories of my past with him. Loving her wasn't a mistake just the way I loved her was wrong. I realize what was wrong in the past and I will fix it and will not repeat it again. Enough Elliah who became a sweet mistake in my life" said Bimo.
"Sweet mistake?" ask Reni.
"Yes, now I realize the way I used to love her was wrong. But the mistake was so sweet that I was willing to take the sin for nine years. After the Bima accident I just realized my mistake and I came back. Back to my nature" replied Bimo.
Reni did not know how to express her face. Whether he should be saddened by the sadness experienced by Bimo.
But when Reni was honest with her own heart, there was a pain when she saw Bimo sad like this. Not pity but akh... Reni herself could not be sure what feeling she was currently feeling.
It felt like it was really comforting Bimo at the moment but he was at a loss to say and do what else.
Reni returns Bimo's phone to Bimo.
"This is the phone" Reni told Bimo.
"Have you ever been in love?" ask Bimo.
Reni is actually very surprised by Bimo's question but she tries to be as reasonable as possible.
"If the crush or love of monkeys may have been Mas. But loving someone like Mas, I've never been" Reni replied.
"Don't make it like I did" Bimo gently stroked Reni's head.
"Almost you are a woman. If a man goes wrong the road is broken only himself but if a woman is wrong the road is broken her whole family. Remember the words of Mas. Like me, Aril and their other friends have made mistakes but it will be easier for us to change and repent. Whereas if a woman until anytime people will continue to see and remember her mistakes. So to live the future will be more difficult" said Bimo.
Reni tries to digest and understand the messages given by Bimo. True what Bimo said, Reni remembered about Renita's mistake which resulted in the birth of Naila. Even until Renita's parents have to go out of town to save her son's disgrace.
The victim is Naila, her son Renita who will later live without a parent figure. Even Naila had to take her mother's nasab when she got married. It may be administratively that Refan could be his Papa because Naila was born in the marriage of Refan and Renita but when Naila was born it was impossible for Refan's name to be brought and it was also impossible for Refan to marry Naila.
Life will feel heavy or light according to our own treatment. If we keep living in the rules of religion and the country maybe life will feel light and happy. So we must be careful in living this life so as not to slip and enter the pit of sin.
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