The Pledge of the Ingkar
IYI 100'S

William came out of Zoya's house with great disappointment in his heart. Because William is unable to persuade Zoya to return to him. Now that his household with Zoya can no longer be saved, this makes William look dazed, because he cannot think clearly. The divorce papers that Zoya gave her, were a huge blow to William at the moment.

Whether what William had to say to his parents, maybe now both parents already know, what problems William caused for himself.

When William reached his home, William saw that his parents were already there. William immediately lowered his head from feeling very guilty to both of his parents. For Zoya was the wife given by her parents to William, so that, if they divorced, it was clearly her parents who felt the most sad.

“Did you now remember the way to go home? Why didn't you do it these few weeks, William?” asked the furious Rian. Because his confidants only learned of William's affair in the last few days.

“Why did you just shut up, William? Aren't you always going to answer our words out loud? You're never even willing to listen to the advice we give. I, as your mama, don't know what to say now, because you've let us down so much. We don't even have a reason to beg Zoya to stay with you. Why did you hurt our daughter like that, William?” asked Wulan who currently could no longer hold back her tears.

For Wulan and Rian, Zoya is not just a daughter-in-law, but Zoya is already like their own daughter. Wulan is very happy when she can raise Zoya as her daughter, although all of that is not done with clear laws, but in her heart, Zoya is already her daughter.

But now, her daughter who was so beautiful and kind, had been hurt by her own son. This child was raised with his own hands.

“This was all our fault, because we loved you too much, so we could bear to marry our daughter to a lame man like you back then. We just want Zoya to be our daughter, because her name is not on the state document. We ate and closed our eyes at all the rejection Zoya gave us. I, shamelessly ask Zoya to marry you, after revealing all the kindness we have given her. Zoya must even accept your hatred, who continues to accuse her of marrying you because of the treasure we have. Now either I have to blame you, because you let me down, or I have to blame myself, for spoiling you all this time. Forgive us for giving her unhappy marriage. We will never interfere in your life again.”

“Ma, please don't talk like that, everything is my fault, I can't stop thinking about women in my past, until it ends up having a bad effect on my marriage. You are the best parents for me, please forgive me for my mistake, because I regret it too now. You have warned me many times, but I will not listen to the advice you give. I'm a really bad kid. I'm sorry,” William said as he sat under Wulan's lap.

“We will always forgive you, because you are our son. Which parent will not forgive their child? None of this can be separated from our mistakes. We should have never separated you from Renata, but since you were married to Zoya, of course we had to keep her away from you, until my father and I decided to make a mess in Pendi's company. Unfortunately, we are only focused on keeping their families busy cleaning up any problems that arise in the company. Until we don't see Renata's movements taking advantage of that moment to draw your sympathy. Until you finally ignored our daughter, to please the woman.

Now I won't ban you if you want to marry me. But one thing you should know, William, until I die, I will never acknowledge Renata as my son-in-law. Because Renata is the one who's already hurt my daughter's feelings and she's also a bad woman. It is not appropriate for her to call me Mother. Let's get out of here, honey. Because I can't afford to be in this place much longer.” Wulan invites Rian to leave, having said everything.

“Everything we want to tell you, we already told you. What your mother said is the same as what I wanted to say to you. Now you are free to decide your own way of life. You can also get married without our consent. Because you're considered an adult to make a decision. But do not ask the woman to set foot in our house, for we will never accept her, for she is a disgrace to us. So you don't have to bother, to bring it closer to us. May you be happy with that woman, William.”

"One more. Don't chase after our daughter Zoya anymore, because my wife and I won't let Zoya come back with a man like you" Rian continued before actually leaving.

***

Renata, who was feeling uneasy because William had not told him all day, immediately contacted William's cell phone.

William who heard his phone ringing, really hoping if the one who contacted him was Zoya, unfortunately William had to accept the bitter reality, because the person who called him at this time was Renata. William kept on picking up the phone call. Because William also had to adjust the relationship between himself and Renata.

“Halo, William, you know I'm very worried about you right now. Why don't you return the message I sent you? Are you doing a lot of work right now? Please tell me, so that I don't have to worry like this,” Renata said.

“My situation is very bad. Thank you for worrying about me, Renata, but now I want to ...”

“What happened? Come to my apartment, so we can talk about all that more freely.” 

Renata cut William's speech before William finished saying the last sentence he wanted to say. Renata felt a bad feeling, if letting William continue his sentence. That's why Renata cut William's speech.

“Renata, I won't come there. It's enough for me to do the stupidity I regret now. I'm sorry I had to hurt you this time, but I can't stay with you either. Renata, let's end our relationship!” william said firmly.

“William, you must be joking, but I don't like your jokes this time. So please don't say this again. Because I could never think of us having to separate a second time, William. I'm sure you're not serious about what you're saying. Please answer me, William.” 

“I'm sorry, Renata. I really can't continue our relationship. I hope you can get another happiness. My prayers will always be with you.”

William immediately hung up their phone, without waiting for a response from Renata.