The Retaliation of a Wife Considered a Household Parasite
42: Solutions
Later that night after closing the canteen, Arum was surprised by the arrival of Kalandra who still talked about Aidan. Arum thought that the man had an interest to return Aidan to him as soon as possible. But Arum was wrong.
Kalandra came there and was still carrying Aidan because the man took Arum away. Kalandra takes Arum to the man's parents' house.
“M-indeed, what event, Mas?” tanya Arum was nervous as well as scared. Why did Kalandra take her, in the middle of the night? It's been half nine nights.
“Because if I take you back to the contract, you meet Mr. Haji. The person is still in front of your contract,” explained Kalandra.
“Ya Alloh, it's the aki-aki!” his complaints were then also back to mind the purpose of Kalandra's reason to take him to the man's parents' house.
For Arum, it is quite awkward if adults invite the opposite sex to visit the parents' house without purpose. If only to deceive the Hajj sir, the decision is considered inappropriate. What if Kalandra's parents, take issue with their relationship? Also, what if their relationship also became the sneer of Kalandra's parents' neighbors?
“Is there any work I need to do?” ask Arum. He stared at Kalandra who also immediately shook his head, dismissing what he was guessing.
“Terus?” continued Arum. “Mas, please don't scare me. My burden of life is too much.
“Indeed, you are not alone, let alone stressed, life is just that?” kalandra.
Tumben Mas Kalandra said muter-muter? Thought Arum. “Already night.” Arum is still trying to find an excuse.
“Tonight, we will stay at my parents' house. Tomorrow before dawn, according to your work schedule, I take you here again,” Kalandra reply assured. In front of him, Arum seems to be afraid of him. Just looking at him, Arum did not seem brave.
“Neither ah, Mas. Afraid married! Afraid of getting slandered as well!” said Arum who just spoke to be only able to speak very softly.
“You really don't want to get married?” lirih Kalandra who became looking at the woman before her with a sad look. With his heart in the midst of drought, there was suddenly a strong wind. The strong wind that reported, Arum is no different from him. They are both hurt. Marriage injuries although the causes are different.
“Now, I want to focus on living first, Mas. The contract in the canteen was a year or ten months. Keep running out of it, I already have plans to open a food stall, or even a restaurant all together.” Until this moment, Arum had not dared to look at Kalandra.
Replies from Arum make Kalandra look at him more seriously tend to be intense. “You're not tired? You have no pity on Aidan?”
“As Aidan ages, Aidan will also need you more. Aidan will need you more than now. Not yet if his son is active.”
“Maybe you can help people to help you take care of Aidan, but if you are too busy working, you will be tired and emotionally tired people sometimes less good.”
“All times only come once, so will Aidan experience. Aidan will only be a baby once. Through his memory he will record every treatment he gets.”
“Faced with the current situation, I really thought hard. I have to reflect, the reason at once my purpose is to live for what, anyway? Work, work, ... time anyway, really just make it? If so, isn't that too flat? Why do we live if all we can do is that?”
“We're married. Even if you don't marry me, at least you should find a good man and can be a good papah for Aidan. But this criterion is really difficult because the Hajj sir alone looks clearly not interested at all. Including Angga, .. he also doesn't care.” After saying so, Kalandra also said, “I know this makes you uncomfortable. But it will not be comfortable again if your life is filled with people like Hajj sir. There's just one bother, how are you doing if more?”
“Honestly, I actually don't want to marry again. But after I thought again, if that's what really happened, I feel really selfish. I am selfish to myself, .. I am not grateful to my own life when not everyone can be given a good life like me, even if honestly, I am, so I'm actually not as good as people see,” continued Kalandra again.
“Honestly, I also don't want to marry again. If I didn't have Aidan, I might have gone far, to a place where no one would recognize me.
“Then we go to my parents' house. Usually parents have more solutions,” said Kalandra.
Arum instantly gnawed and slowly retreated. “Mas, ih.”
“Ya why?” Kalandra Reply.
“J-don't now.” Arum is not ready and will never be ready. A Kalandra who for all WAH especially for market people, invited him to marry?
“Terus?” Kalandra Reply.
Arum looked down and could not answer. But as before, he convinced himself, that he was able to get out of the situation now.
“If you move, Haji class people still continue to pursue. Unless you go abroad, maybe he'll give up. But if you meet again while you do not have a husband, he will definitely chase you again,” said Kalandra. “Today I've gone to the house RT she lives in. I had consulted, and he said this incident also made his second wife finally want to. The point is because the woman continues to be pursued, and may be tired because there is already a lot to sacrifice as well. Plus this Hajj sir does have *powe*r, yes.”
“The bottom line is, I can't do much if I'm not your husband. I don't know anything else. But I see, they include the class of Septi parents like also afraid to pak Haji. This Hajj sir is right, his money is his father Septi,” Kalandra continued.
“Miris really well, Mas.” Arum looked down inside. He is still contemplating, trying other ways besides marriage especially if you have to get stuck in marriage with Pak Haji who is just on Aidan does not care.
“I also discussed this to my parents, so they asked me to take you there,” continued Kalandra.
“Innallilahi, Mas?” Arum was completely shocked. He looked up at Kalandra who was still staring at him and now nodded casually.
“Mas, how come it's this serious?” sergeant Arum again. He was straight up.
“Because of the one you faced Hajj sir. Even if I still help you, but my status is not your husband. Unless you are abroad, but that is not possible,” sure Kalandra with a soft voice.
“Ehm!” a heavy voice typical of old men. The voice that instantly made Arum shudder. Another with Kalandra who gradually sighed softly. The gaze that had glanced behind the right as the source of the sound of darkness and certainly was the voice of Mr. Haji, looking back at Arum. Their gazes finally met and Kalandra could feel such great fear from an Arum and it was because of the hajj sir.
“Dek Arum, .. I have not given up. I'm sorry because this morning, I was carried away by emotions. I am so because I really love Dek Arum,” said Pak Haji gallantly.