The Broken Ring's
The Heart of Lalita

A week or so since Lalita decided to move rooms, things have been too peaceful for Erick. No more babbling that usually makes the man careless. No spoiled whimper is usually heard when Lalita wants something, but her wish is not fulfilled. It's quiet, that's what Erick feels. Every time he came home and entered the house, no one welcomed him as he had before.

That was the kind of atmosphere Erick always expected. No need to serve Lalita and can rest peacefully while at home. He thought his life would feel much better if it happened, but it was not what he had imagined.

Instead of feeling happy with all the attitude changes Lalita showed, Erick instead felt chaotic himself. He almost felt frustrated because he did not understand his own heart. Almost every night Erick stands at the door of the room occupied by Lalita, intending to meet his wife. However, every time his hand was raised about to knock on the door of the room, Erick's guts suddenly shrieked.

In the end, the man always stopped seeing Lalita. He imagined that if Lalita opened the door of the room, I don't know what words he should say to his wife. Apologizing? What mistakes did he make before? As Erick recalled, the two of them did not even fight. Wanting to speak from heart to heart to find out what happened to Lalita at this time also felt very difficult for Erick to do. He was not used to acting that way to Lalita. It feels really awkward.

The next night, again Erick felt restless and came out of his room. He climbed down the stairs, then stepped back toward Lalita's room. Like a fool, Erick looked at the door of the room without doing anything. This time, he did not try to knock on the door of the room knowing that he would not have the courage he had before.

Erick was going to go and go back to his room. However, it was too late for him to do so because the door of the room was open. Lalita was standing in the doorway facing Erick. Both of them seemed equally surprised.

"What are you doing here?" asked Lalita after successfully neutralizing the look of her shocked face.

Erick looks misbehaved and doesn't know what to answer. Wanting to leave just like that, it felt very unethical because Lalita had already caught him there.

"I want to talk to you for a minute" Erick said. It's getting stifled. If it's like this, he should have spoken properly to Lalita.

Change Lalita who clenches her mouth. Erick wants to talk to him? For two years of living a household together, this time the man took the initiative to invite him to speak first.

Lalita then took a step forward to completely get out of her room. After that, he closed the door as if Erick was a stranger who could not see the bedroom which was his privacy area.

"Speak in the dining room. I'm thirsty" said Lalita then as she stepped forward to leave Erick.

Inevitably, Erick followed his wife's steps. Lalita went to the kitchen first to get some drinking water and snacks from the refrigerator. After that, then he sat on one of the dining table chairs, facing Erick.

"What are you talking about?" lalita asked after gulping down a glass of water.

For the last time Erick was astonished and inexhaustible with this change in his wife's attitude.

"On the night of that party, what really happened to you?" ask Erick then.

Lalita who was about to put a piece of pastry into her mouth seemed to undo her intentions and put back the cookie in her hands.

"You said you weren't okay at the time. What the hell is going on? Why did your attitude change so drastically after that?" ask Erick again.

Instead of answering, Lalita sighed while throwing her face the other way. He thought, until the lawsuit he filed through Hendro was processed, Erick would still not feel concerned at all. It was unexpected that the man had curiosity for him as well.

"Lita?" Erick called Lalita because she didn't seem to respond to his question.

Erick again seemed to have difficulty answering the question that Lalita asked. Of course he was confused as to why he now suddenly wanted to know what had happened to Lalita, even worrying about her.

"It's not natural that I want to know what happened to you? Want whatever our relationship, until this moment our status remains husband and wife. I'm responsible for everything that happens to you" Erick said.

Unexpectedly, Lalita smiled ironically at what her husband said.

"Are you asking this for fear of being blamed, Erick?" A flat but sharp question straight out of Lalita's mouth.

"What do you mean?" Erick looks to be linking his eyebrows together.

"I know, Papa's been watching you all along. If anything happens to me, Papa will definitely make a calculation with you. But you don't have to worry. Now it won't be like that. I'll make sure that Papa won't do that to you. So you don't have to ask as if you really care about me." Lalita replied in a flat tone that this time felt a little sharp.

It was clear that Erick did not accept hearing what Lalita said.

"I just want to know and make sure you're okay, Lita. Your attitude and behavior these days looks weird."

"Any?" lalita's birthday.

Erick did not answer.

"I'm just trying to fit in with you. How can you say it strange? Didn't you expect me to behave like this all this time?"

Again Erick just showed a look of astonishment.

"No need to pretend not to understand, Erick. You've always been burdened if I wanted to get close to you, right? You always reasoned to have to finish your work in the workspace almost every night, all because you were reluctant to go into the room in which I was. yes, right?" Lalita looked at Erick as she returned with an ironic smile.

"Actually, from the beginning you have drawn a very clear line, I was too stupid and naive to understand all that. Not knowing the shame, I kept trying to cling to you, even though you obviously felt uncomfortable every time you came close to me." Lalita again added with a voice that turned into a wistful one.

Erick gasped at the words Lalita had spoken to him. All of that was true, but somehow now he feels that his attitude sounds evil?

"I'm not the person you want to be by your side. It took me two years to realize that. Sorry, because I'm too slow. But at least, after this you still have a chance to unite with someone you really want.

"What are you talking about, Lita?" murmured Erick with a face that was difficult to describe.

"You want to know what happened to me until I act like this, right? Let's just say now my eyes have been opened after all this time blind because they love you too much. Hang on with this spoiled, selfless woman for a minute, Erick. Just in a minute. After that, you'll be free."

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