The Imperfect Story
Chapter 65
It's getting late afternoon. Kia looked out, looking at the faces of the employees who were starting to look tired. Soon he called one of them and told everyone to go home.
"Can we go home now?" ask James to the newsman.
"True, if you don't believe me, ask Kia's mother yourself." James nodded reluctantly. He was prepared and followed by all the other employees.
One by one the room began to look quiet, finally Kia laid her body on the sofa perched in the room.
"Huh, long time no work I became tired like this" he said starting to close his eyes.
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Devita comes to visit Zayn who is currently still living in the Asih residence. The woman throws a smile as she sees Zayn welcoming her arrival.
"Mother, let's go in." That tiny hand pulled Devita into the house.
"Here I bring Zayn ice cream." Vita offers Zayn a bag of ice cream.
"Brist, ice cream. Thank you, Mother." Zayn climbed over his mother's body to kiss her cheek.
"Mother's son is already big huh." ledek Devita who feels Zayn is already very heavy now.
The mother and son finally both enjoyed the ice cream in the living room while joking. But after a while it looks like Vita is not so focused on what Zayn told her. Until Zayn patted the woman on the shoulder, Vita realized.
"Yes, why Zayn?" ask Vita.
"Is Mom sick?" zayn asked back, at the touch of the forehead but did not feel warm.
"Did Mom have a problem? I don't look happy like this" Zayn said, then hugged her.
"Mom's okay, honey" said Vita lying.
"Zayn just wanted to see both of my mothers happy" Zayn said, making Vita look sad.
Devita visits Zayn after learning of Ismail's dismissal. Seeing Ismail who did not want to meet anyone made the woman confused. Between either hoping to start a new life without property from Zaskia, or feeling disappointed in Zaskia who began to launch the action without telling herself first.
Devita hugged Zayn, and said goodbye to go home. Not really going home but Devita was about to meet Zaskia at this time. Devita asks Zaskia to meet him at the park.
After waiting for several tens of minutes, the woman who was waiting came. Kia was still wearing the formal clothes that she had used to work earlier.
"What's looking for me?" ask Kia without further ado.
"Why did you do that to Ishmael? He's still your husband, Kia." asked Devita.
"Then why? We'll be officially divorced soon." Zaskia replied.
"Why are you so easy to talk about divorce?" ask Vita who is not out of thought with Zaskia's thoughts.
"Do you not remember, how easily Ismail spread the words divorce on social media" said Kia did not want to lose.
"I'm just telling you, don't misunderstand me." Devita.
"I don't misunderstand, but I feel like your mother is greedy!" kia said with a firm tone.
"I'm not who you think I am, Kia!" Vita tried to defend herself.
"Oh, huh? Then why are you angry now that I want to divorce Ishmael. I'm getting married to Rey, so I have to divorce Ismail first" Kia said.
"What's? But-"
"Already, Vita. Between us there is really nothing to talk about. Now I'll take care of Zayn, because you won't be able to look after him anytime soon before your husband gets a decent job."
"Oh yeah, I forgot to say. Ismail's dismissal, deal with you. That means, you have no right to be in that company anymore." said Kia.
"Last, remember all deeds there is always karma going on. I only gave you karma that wasn't as bad as what you did to me. Remember this kindness." Kia turned around and left Vita just like that.
Vita came home confused, what Kia suggested seemed right. Vita wonders if he should live what if without property and shelter?
She opened the door of the room that was not locked by her husband. She saw her husband sitting in the corner of the room. The Vita approached him.
"How about we get divorced." said Vita lightly.
Bak in the lightning strike Ismail heard that. He who was thinking what work is suitable for him to support the wife, now just collapsed when Vita floated the word divorce.
Ishmael stood up and hit hard on the wall of his room. Along with the blood that poured out of his fist, the tears also broke without command.
"You're crazy, Vita! For years I lived in the humiliation of your family, desperately I made a living to provide for your life. Even I was willing to do something crazy to fulfill your family's request, and now it's in return?" Ismail hit the chest because he felt tight.
"Don't you feel the affection I've been giving you all this time, or the slightest pity for me?" ask Ishmael again with sobs that are becoming more and more.
"You heard it yourself, too, right. How I've been touted as a criminal by someone else. It's all because of what? Because I love to die with you!" snapped Ismail until Vita was surprised instead of playing.
"It turns out that all this time I was just a scapegoat used for the sake of the treasure that will be yours. Because you know, only I can be the intermediary to be able to seize Kia's property. That right?" asked Ismail with a stupid laugh.
"It turns out that no matter how bad I am right now, you and your mother are nothing more than a pair of demons incarnating into humans." Ismail's circus stared fiercely at his wife.
"All right, I'm fulfilling your request. From this moment on, I dropped the talaq for you!" ismail said to pull Vita's hand out of the room.
Vita was dumbest when she heard all the words that came out from the bottom of Ishmael's heart. He became a little aware when the word talak was spoken from the mouth of Ismail.
"Mail, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to ask for a divorce" she said as Ismail continued to pull herself down the stairs.
"Do you think asking for a divorce is easy? You don't know that when we say divorce, the sky hears it!" ismail said with annoyance but his tears continued to flow, he pulled Vita out of the house.
"I will pack your stuff and send it to the old house. Thank you for everything." said Ismail again before closing the door.
Ishmael sat behind the door, his tears streaming down, unstoppable. He now regrets having committed a crime against Zaskia, the wife who accepted whatever she was.