The Curse of Love
Part 22 a Month Flavors a Year
"Sir, my mother and father invite you to stay in their house until Dina in aqiqahkan."
I was breastfeeding Dina a little surprised.
"But later here Sofwan mas no one takes care of the house." I'm trying to give up.
"It's okay deck, it's only been a month."
"Staying there can make you rest, because there's a mother who can take care of Dina."
"While if you live here, I see you always stay up late looking after Dina."
"In the morning you prepare again to take care of the mas and wash clothes and diapers Dina."
"But, what about your brothers' attitude toward me?"
"While there are mas beside me, their attitude is already bad to me, let alone mas not beside me?"
"For the sake of your health and Dina deck.ignore your selfishness first."
"Every Saturday we'll come to see you and our son."
It was hard to accept the advice of in-laws and the husband's request.
Three days just fit the wedding it feels so long, let alone a whole month? It's crazy I live there.
But there is a point in Sofwan's speech. I can barely sleep. From morning till night my son sleeps, but from 22:00 until dawn, he will be awake.
I also have to think about my husband. He will not be able to sleep well, especially tomorrow morning he has to go to work early in the morning.
"Mom and Dad will pick you up at 15:00."
"Fear of being in the street if you have to wait for work to come home."
"Yes mas...I finally gave up too."
When Dina sleeps, and Sofwan has already left for work, I summarize my clothes and Dina who I will bring later.
All day long I was restless, it was hard to leave. And at exactly 15:00 my father-in-law has arrived.
"Your clothes have been taken by Nia?" My father asked from behind the wheel.
"Already sir, I've been preparing since last afternoon."
"Yes, we're going straight up."
"Hopefully before Maghrib we can get home, pity your baby if it stays on the road."
My mother-in-law moved to the back sitting beside me. Alternately carrying Dina.
"How's this beautiful granddaughter doing?"
"Grandmother heard that the daytime sleeps only continues the night stay up..."
"If you stay at mom's house, you can rest Nia."
"Your husband can also rest in peace, pity if he stays up too."
"Yes ma'am" I replied slowly. I don't know why since then, my mood has been bad.
My mother and father-in-law told each other. I'm a good listener, or answer if asked.
It was a long journey until it finally arrived.
"Let's go down, let your son be a fat mother."
My father-in-law helped me carry a bag of clothes and I followed them around the back.
The mother's house looked empty, the maid had gone home first.
"Let's go in, son, it's almost maghrib." Not good for too long outside.
"Yes mom..." I walked in following my mother-in-law.
"It's your room and your son's, but if we're gonna lay the bed in the middle of the night."
"So mom and dad can take turns to look after each other, so you can also rest."
"Now you clean yourself up don't breastfeed your child, because we've traveled a long way."
I follow all my mother-in-law's words. After cleaning I change clothes so as not to get tired and musty.
"Nia, you and your mother eat first let the father carry Dina."
"Come on.." said the mother, "think of this house as your own home, you are also the mother's child and do not feel awkward."
"Assynoltom...Have you arrived at your mom and dad's house?"
"It was before Maghrib."
"It's fine there, don't be so thoughtful."
"Don't say anything, I've kind of had a headache thinking, '" I muttered.
"Later on Saturday after returning home from work and immediately followed there."
I want to feel Dinah quickly in qiqahkan, so that I can quickly go home again.
"I will definitely meet them tomorrow, "my sigh.
"Yes, I want to pray first yes just eat."
"Yes, I'm sorry if Sofwan for the next month has to take care of himself first."
""Who called Nia? Sofwankah?"
"Yes sir, Sofwan asked me whether it had arrived or not."
"Lha Grandma's granddaughter, starting the night brightened her eyes like a 100-watt fluorescent lamp."
"People are going to sleep, they just woke up."
"You take a break, Nia, while you're going after Dina."
"Let's mom and dad take care of that."
I fell asleep, because for a few nights I was sleep deprived. My body feels tired.
And this is the day I least want to go through, which is to meet my brothers-in-law.
"Eh..there's Sofwan's wife and baby, when's sister-in-law coming?"
I know this question mocks me but I still answer it.
"Just yesterday it was almost maghrib sak. "I replied.
"Remember, don't rely entirely on your mother to look after your child."
"How long are you going to stay here?"
"About a month, until Dina aqiqahan."
Inside my heart was inflamed, had it not been my husband's brother I would have been with. Who wants to stay in a tiger cage for a long time?
Although I live in my rickety hut, I am happy, rather than living in a magnificent palace, but it makes me suffer.
Many had wished and the parable I made her hyacinth.
"Instead of living in your house there, can't you take care of your son and husband?"
"Until you two have Sofwan evacuated here."
"Mother and father here are also old, it's time to calm down."
"Especially if my son, the son of Juwita and the son of Anya gathered, it would be very crowded here.'
"Mother and father brought them here until Dina in aqiqah...Anya."
"They never asked, but mother would."
"Mom's happy to hear the sound of another baby crying in this house."
"What is this mom? remember, you don't get too tired, you'll have heart disease again."
Oh God, only the second day my son and I stayed here, let alone for a month? Probably full of my left and right ears with this mockery and innuendo.
"Taking care of Dina won't make mom sick, Anya."
"Some of her mother's here, she's just helping."
"Have ah.kamu early in the morning come even noisily here."
I saw Anya stomping her legs as she leaned towards me, hearing her mother standing up for me in front of her.
"Patience to you, son...Anya is the one." Mother comforted me while holding a slumbering Dina, after a night of staying up late.
"It's nothing, ma'am" I replied.
"Mother and father will hasten your son's aqiqahan."
"Mom knows you won't stay here for a month."
"It's up to mom, let's just have Dina Nia pick her up, let's put Nia to bed in the mom's room."
Mother handed Dina to me, I took Dina through the living room where the evil witches gathered.
All eyes were on me with sincerity. Like I'm a sick person who should be hated and away from.
I wanted to cry as hard as I could to put all the sadness and resentment in my heart.
If my own mother was still alive, I would have preferred to have Dina at home.
I laid my body next to my little daughter who was soundly asleep. Actually he is not whiny and not fussy. She only cries when she is thirsty or her diaper is wet, the rest she will sleep back.
But of course I don't get my heart when the night lets him wake up alone, while I sleep.
Well, may the anticipated time soon come. It feels like waiting a month like a year might even taste a century if it continues in these conditions.
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