The Pledge of the Ingkar
IYI 43'S

A month has passed. For a month William played Zoya and made Zoya do a lot of work. William relentlessly tells Zoya to do things. William even had Zoya clean the pool when he usually invited someone who worked in the field.

At first, Zoya refused to clean the pool on the grounds that the pool is not a dirty problem because between Zoya and William no one uses the pool. So Zoya can clean it up sometime. But William remains stubborn, he forces Zoya to clean the pool.

Not stopping there, William even asked Zoya to climb the ceiling of the house to check the power cord even though Zoya did not understand things like that. Fortunately there was no damage and Zoya was able to get off the ceiling safely.

Various plans have been prepared by William to work on Zoya. Unknowingly, William's busy work from home and his plans to unmask Zoya make William slowly forget Renata. William is no longer looking for Renata. William, who was previously depressed and always looking for Renata, is no longer eager to find Renata. He even got to the point where it was rare for Renata's name to appear in his head.

William pushed his wheelchair out of the study. He knows that Zoya is currently going to the market because Zoya was saying goodbye to him to buy some groceries that have been stocked in the refrigerator.

The man took advantage of the opportunity by ruffling the contents of the house. He deliberately does so that Zoya will be exhausted and angry because William is not stopping to give Zoya homework.

Meanwhile somewhere else, Zoya is on her way home while chatting with Uci over the phone. Fortunately, the distance between William's house and the market is not too far away so Zoya can walk to the market.

“Liam is Liam. It seems like he has no boss to make me do this job. Look, later after I get home, surely he will act again,” Zoya scolded.

Across the phone, Uci laughed out loud. For the past month, Zoya has been relentlessly nagging on the phone. This can be said to be its own entertainment for Uci in his free time.

“You however he is your husband. If you want him to change, you just say so. Be frank with your husband,” said Uci.

Zoya rolled her eyeballs. “Your advice is very, very unhelpful, Uci. Instead of according, there I can be killed with a sharp gaze,” grumbled Zoya.

“I'm so curious as to how sharp Liam's eyes look,” joked Uci, making Zoya even more fire beard.

“What is clear is that he is very annoying and makes me bleed every time I am in front of him,”.

“Why don't you just protest if he's that thick?” ask Uci.

“Protes? Why Liam?” Zoya snorted loudly. “Ugh, there he does crazier things than this. I suspected that he was actually planning all this. Maybe he wanted to make me angry on purpose. He must be testing my patience.”

“Well, nothing is impossible, right?” reply Uci.

Zoya thinks that her guess may be right. William must have done those things intentionally. Zoya will try to be patient so that William is tired himself.

“True. In that case, I will make him regret for challenging me,” Zoya said.

Uci laughs. “Alright, alright. Do what you think is best. I hang up the phone first, the gallery is crowded today,” said Uci.

“Alright,” said Zoya then turned off the call.

Zoya walks casually into the gate of the house while carrying a bag of groceries. When he opened the main door, his eyes rounded to see the house in a mess. Zoya was silent for a moment, trying to hold back her anger so as not to explode that very second.

“What happened in this house, Mom? Was there a robber in?” zoya asks, pretending not to know that William did it on purpose.

“No. I was looking for stuff but did not meet,” said William, looking for reasons. After all, where is anyone looking for goods to make the house look like a broken ship?

“You've been gone too long. I was in a hurry to find the item because it was for my job,” replied William.

Zoya sighed. “Ya soon I will settle,” said Zoya, succumbing to William.

“No need! Now I'm hungry. You better cook now!” snapped William. The worms in his stomach had been thrashing since earlier. He's already very hungry. Ruffling the house apparently made William lose a lot of energy until he was starving.

“Good, Mas,” replied Zoya.

The girl brought her groceries to the kitchen. William apparently follows Zoya from behind because she wants to prank Zoya.

“I want you to make rice liwet,” William said.

Zoya gasped, she turned her head. The girl felt that something was wrong with her sense of hearing. “Did I not hear wrong, Mas? Liwet rice?” ask Zoya.

“Iya. Rice liwet, sate lilit, egg balado, and oseng kale,” William's orders.

“Mas, it will take a very long time to cook. Didn't you say you were hungry?” zoya asked, frowning her forehead.

The girl was confused because William said she was hungry but told Zoya to cook a meal that took a long time to cook. People will usually make fried rice or fried chicken if they are hungry. But these?

“Do it,” William said.

“Are you sure, Mom? You won't starve?” ask Zoya again to be sure.

“Not much protest,” grumbled William.

Zoya sighed, then cooked to William's liking. It took Zoya almost two hours to finish her cooking.

After serving food to William, Zoya tidied up the scattered items.  Zoya does so calmly, leaving William confused as Zoya does not seem angry.

After William finished lunch, Zoya approached William and talked about something she had wanted to say since a few days ago.

“Mas, now is the time for you to do therapy. Would you not consider it?” ask Zoya carefully. He was afraid that William would get angry after hearing his proposal. Zoya certainly wants to be free from their marriage so she wants William to get well soon and return to normal life.

“I haven't thought about it,” replied William briefly.

“If you do not want to do therapy in the hospital, I will prepare therapy equipment at home,” Zoya again.

William quickly nodded. “Alright I agree,” he said without hesitation. He did not refuse at all even though he initially hesitated to get well quickly.

William thinks that he can trouble Zoya more and make Zoya more burden by helping her to do therapy. William will be doing a lot of plans during his leg therapy later.