The Journey of Love Habibah..
The truth is revealed

With a heavy heart Zelly left the park, then he headed to the restaurant to buy his wife's favorite food. After getting the food ordered by his wife, Zelly drove his car to his house. Arriving home, Zelly found his wife waiting in the living room.

" It's a long time..! Couldn't you be more useful to me than a moneymaker? It's worth being a weathered bachelor, a way to treat and appreciate women you can't. It's sad for your life." said Riana Sharp.

" Anna, can't you talk to me? Aren't you tired of insulting me every day and humiliating me like this? Can't you stop hurting my heart...."

" What should I appreciate about a lousy man like you? What should I praise you for? Because you're much older than me? Or just because you can give me money? Who hurt you? You're the one who hurt yourself, not me..!" sideline Riana with a higher tone. Snatched the food brought by Zelly violently, then he went to his room leaving Zelly who tried hard not to get carried away by his wife's words.

Zelly stepped into her own room with a shaky step. He shed his tired body in his favorite mattress. His gaze stared at the ceiling of the room with an erratic mind.

"Lord...

What am I supposed to do now?

Is this a punishment from you because I love a woman who has belonged to someone else?

Or is this just a test so that I can be more patient in nature facing the test of my life?

Nur...

If I do something just because of your dem, will you hate me?

Will God be angry with me for that?

Nur...

Can I tell you?

I miss you so much.

I miss everything about you. It is because of you that I can learn many things in life. You are the nearly extinguished lantern I held.

So please, keep shining so that I will not be darkness any more "

His banged-up chest which suddenly felt pain and tightness. Maybe if she was a woman, she was already sobbing. The closure of his two eyes held the pressure in his chest that was getting heavier and torturous.

Drtts.. Drtts.. Drtts..

"Assalamu'alaykum ma, what's wrong?" zelly said when she found out who called her.

" Where are you?"

" Home. What's the matter ma?"

" Mommy wants to go home, your wife is home?"

" Yes."

" All right, we'll be together tonight."

" All right."

Zelly closed his call lazily. But he was reluctant to wake up from his fall. Which he would usually rush to prepare if his mother would come, this time he seemed to care nothing at all. Put his cell phone in the place. While he himself continued all his thoughts that had been cut off due to a call from his mother.

" Oh my God, Zelly...!!!" What are you doing here? wake up..!" exclaimed his mother when she saw her son was even engrossed in sleeping in the cradle of his dream.

Zelly woke up from her sleep. Rubbed his eyes slowly and tried to be fully aware because the screams from his mother were so shocking.

" What the hell is ma? I'm so tired and sleepy. So can you let me sleep in peace?" zelly asked without looking at her mother.

" sleep? Where's your wife Riana? Why is the house so quiet? Now you get up and take a bath, and then you find your wife" said her mother, Sabil, pulling Zelly's hands out of her sleep.

" If you want to find Riana, why not go straight to her room anyway ma, why bother me?" said Zelly

" What do you mean find him in his room? Didn't you guys sleep in the room? Since when?" asked his mother with a surprise that could not be covered anymore.

" Mama, you can find him and ask him. Because I'm really tired ma.." replied Zelly while leaving her mother to the bathroom without giving her mother any explanation first.

While his mother was still stunned to not trust her own listeners. Tapj, even so his mother still set foot into the other room. Zelly's house has three rooms, one main room and two guest rooms.

No one knows the truth if Zelly and Riana never sleep in one bed. Because if Riana's parents or her mother stay overnight, no one has ever occupied one of the guest rooms used by Riana. Even if there are guests who stay and occupy the room, there is always a notification first. So they had time to clean the place and like a regular guest room. And Riana will sleep in Zelly's room even if she chooses to sleep on the sofa.

With mixed feelings of worry and unprepared for reality, her mother opened the guest room in Riana. He hoped that his son's words were nothing but a joke. But as soon as the door that happened to be unlocked opened, it seemed to shake all over his body as soon as he saw his daughter-in-law laughing happily with a man who was on video call with her.

"Riana...!!" he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

" Okay, baby, yes. My mother-in-law came and I think she wanted to talk important. So close first huh? See you later, I love you baby. Muach..!" Riana closed her video call casually and without any guilt at all

" What's the matter, ma, looks like mama's in a bad shape right now."

" What the fuck is this..!? You sleep here and have a good time with the other guy behind your husband?"

" Husband? Who's husband? Is he that lousy, weathered bachelor guy called my husband?"

" Don't be rude of you, after all, he's your husband. Respect her..."

" It's up to people to say he's my husband or not, but to me he's nobody. He's just a lousy loser. So it doesn't deserve all the respect from me." Riana said.

Plaque...

A slap that was quite hard landed on Riana's cheek. Riana was surprised instead of playing, she did not expect that her mother-in-law would dare to slap her.

" Why ma? Is your mom afraid to accept the fact that everything I say is true, right? If my words are not true, why are you angry?"

" Stop your bullshit it's Riana. Enough with me you're talking bad, but not to my mother." Zelly suddenly comes over and mediates the conversation between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law.

" When are you like this?" asked his mother in a trembling voice holding back the anger.

" You want me to be honest my mother-in-law, baby? Alright... Since we got married. Already satisfied..!"

" What..!?" the worry he felt was already answered. His legs were no longer able to support his body because he felt his joints were weak and powerless. Zelly immediately asked her mother to sit on the sofa in the room.

" So this is how you treated your husband all this time Riana? What's wrong until you get that rest on us?"

" O dear mother-in-law, don't ask who's wrong here. It's clear this is all your fault..! Do you think I would happily marry a lousy man like your son this mama? I have my own heart that is worth it. But because my parents who feel they have a lot of debt Budi to your family has forced me to marry him. Should I be happy with this marriage? Do you think I would be willing to give myself and my life to her just because she's my husband? You guys are too naive... I'm sick of this marriage, I'm going to keep going like this until you release me from this bondage" Riana said.

" Zelly, why don't you ever say all this, son? Why did you cover it up all this time?"

" Sir..."

" Did she have the courage to tell you, Mom? He was a cowardly man, how could he dare to say so. Even he's been begging me to pretend well if you're here. But when will it be? I can't stand that disgusting charade. I wanted to see how far he had survived. But now my mom knows, yes. That's even better."

" How can you be that easy to say all those terrible words Riana? Can't you appreciate that little husband of yours..."

" Come on mama, stop saying he's my husband..!" riana exclaimed in a high tone.

" Enough Riana..! Don't yell at my mom. Your words have hurt my mother so much that you don't add to your voice that high." Zelly's starting to hold back her anger.

" Have son, let it go. Mama's okay. So what do you want now Riana?"

" Mama still asks what do I want? Of course farewell..! I want to be free of you and live with the people I love and deserve to be with me."

" all right. Zelly's... I'm sorry, mama, you've been suffering all this time. Tomorrow you take care of your divorce, mama will never blame you. Now that mama's home, you take good care of yourself."

" Let me take Mama home."

" No, my mom can go home by herself. Don't worry, my mom is fine. Mama just needs to calm down. You stay home, prepare yourself for tomorrow."

" It's late, ma'am.."

" It's okay, mom can go home by herself."

Zelly was only allowed to take her mother to the taxi her mother was riding. Although with a heavy heart Zelly let his mother go home alone by taxi. The dinner her mother planned had turned into grief.

I'm sorry ma..

I don't want to see you disappointed and hurt by this marriage. For that I kept quiet and accepted.

Although I know, sooner or later all of this will surely mama know and will definitely hurt your heart.

But, I cannot continue to be patient with Riana's attitude ma.

That's why I let Mama know now.

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