The Hijra Bunga Desa
Leaving Home

In the evening Simba went back into the room and saw the Rose who was still cool with his cellphone. Not wanting to be angry for too long Simba approached the Rose and began the conversation.

"Let's see what, how smiley it is."

"It's nothing." said the Rose as she continued to smile staring at the screen of her phone.

Despite being ignored, Simba is still patient and asks Roses to rest. But Rose did not answer Simba's words and ran to the balcony to receive a phone call.

Seeing this, Simba rushes after Roses and hears Roses talking to Fandi by phone. It also made Simba angry and immediately snatched the Rose's phone.

Simba was surprised to see the screen of Rose's phone that did not have an incoming call and instead displayed a message in the purple application from Fandi. Simba also began to read one by one the messages sent by Fandi from a few months ago to the last night and only in reply to the Rose a few minutes ago. Seeing that reality, Simba looked at the Rose and asked for an explanation.

"Are you doing this on purpose so I can accept the marriage you're offering?"

"Not really."

"Then what's Ana?"

"I was thinking, Mr. Fandi is still so loyal to my daughter even though years have passed..."

"He what is Ana?! What do you think, do you think I've been unfaithful all this time? Even when you insist on wanting me to remarry I don't want to, Do you think that's not a form of loyalty?!" Simba began to raise his tone.

"Maybe it's a form of loyalty but not a great form of your love for me, why don't you obey my wishes for your love for me?"

"I'm doing it for the sake of my love for you and this family, so I'm forcing you to remarry Nurul."

"Ana you still insist on your wishes?! Why don't you understand if Me and my Family never sue let alone pressure you to give us offspring but why do you insist on wanting me to marry again? Do you think after a person migrates just focus on giving up her polygamous husband?"

Ana just silently listened to what Simba said.

"Our advice does show polygamy can be done in an emergency with the principle of fairness. But it is not an advice let alone an obligation to do!" after venting his frustration, Simba left the Rose and went to the bathroom. He did not want anger to continue to dominate his heart so he felt the need to take ablution water to calm his anger.

•••

The next day after work. Simba did not find any Roses anywhere, Simba only found a piece of paper on the nightstand accompanied by a red rose on the paper.

Simba opened the paper and began to read what Rose had written there.

"Maybe by the time Mas read this letter, I've been away from this house. I'm sorry to leave without your permission, but I can't stand this marriage anymore, your kindness just makes me feel depressed every day. Now that I want to escape this pressure, I want to be free and enjoy my life without being burdened by anything. But behind it all, the main reason I left you is I want to be back with Mr. Fandi, my first love that until now has not completely disappeared from my heart, So there is no need to look for me anymore."

Reading it all Simba grasped the paper and the roses until his fingers flowed fresh blood as a result of being pierced by the durinya.

Seriate...