
El-barack, who had just finished putting the son to sleep, got out of his bed, approached the wife who had been pensively in the balcony of the room.
Though the night was getting late, Aina should also be sleeping now. "Dad." El approached and immediately stood beside Aina. "You just got a call from Rey's sister?"
"Hm, now I'm really confused how to tell all this to Brother." Aina looked at her husband with teary eyes. "Sir Rey has suffered a lot in her life. Become the backbone of the family, send me to school, and also fight for the happiness of Brother Lin. Does he now also have to accept that harsh reality?"
El-barack's breath was heard. "Hm, I know it's hard but if it's not disclosed, your brother will suffer even more, living in the charade his own wife plays."
Aina wiped her tears while nodding slowly. "You're right. Fill your fingers to talk to Rey about the matter, I can't afford it." Aina raised her legs to go back in but again the husband hugged her, this time from behind. "Why again?"
"I don't like you to walk out of front of me with a sullen look. Smile, our job is just to convey the facts, for the decision to split or not let Rey decide. Don't think too much about it."
Aina tightened her embrace. "Thank you, you're the one I can count on the most."
***
"I want to go back to my country."
The words of a woman named Larisa, make a handsome bulle man standing from his position. "Why, why all of a sudden? Do you want to visit your family, or do I come along, yeah, I'm-"
"I want us to separate." Larisa throws a piece of paper in front of the man who is still legitimate as her husband. "I've had enough, ever since you went bankrupt, almost every day I sell my luxury goods for food!"
"Yes I did promise that, but not to live a poor life without hope! I have a career I want to rebuild, being trapped here will only make me lose my last hope of getting my life back to what it used to be."
"What to do with parting?" The man gripped Larisa's arm tightly. "I never forbid you from starting your career again. But now ... split up? Do you not love me anymore?"
Larisa was silently stunned with tears flowing from the corner of her eyes. "Love? Since when do I say I love you, haha. Never, I just made you a runaway after my scandal four years ago."
He pulled his arm out of the man's grip, and his clothes he had put in the suitcase, preparing to leave from what he thought was hell. "Take me off, just find another woman who can live in this little room."
Larisa pulled her suitcase out of the apartment room. While the man could only bow down, yes it was possible for him to be nothing to defend the woman who did not want to be with him.
~
In front of the apartment building, assisted by a taxi driver, Larisa immediately put her belongings into the trunk and grabbed a cell phone in the bag to call someone.
"Hallo, Aunt. Soon I'll get to the airport, send a down payment as agreed, face him after four years is not something easy" he said by phone.