The Second Angel of My Husband
Chapter 7

Zella was surprised to see Aksan coming home sooner than usual, as she remembered her husband always took part in the study after returning home from work, and when he came home almost midnight. Without him knowing, that Akhsan had only used that excuse for his pleasure with Shamil.

"How is Abah's work?" Zella tried to greet her husband with her sweetest smile.

Akhsan did not care, her frustration of not being able to spend time with Shamil made her mind messed up and her feelings very bad. He just whined.

Zella did not give up, she understood that her fatigue to make a living affected the unpredictable mood. "Change tumben home early, nagai not?"

"Capek, so can't attend." Akhsan kept passing by while taking off one by one the buttons of her work shirt.

"You don't want your mama's flinch?" bargain Zella.

"I'm tired, I want to be alone, I want to rest! Are all the answers I gave less clear?!"

Zella was aghast at Akhsan's tone, for some reason she felt that her communication with Akhsan was cold, something was holding her back so she could not make small talk with her husband.

"Change!" Tifa was excited to see her father come home while her eyes were still open, lately her father always came home when she was asleep. Tifa ran towards Akhsan and jumped into the man's sling.

"Tifa, come down, dear Abah tired! I want to rest." Slowly Akhsan lowered her daughter from her sling.

This instantly faded the happy smile that adorned Tifa's face. From the look on his face, it was clear that the boy was hurt by his father's attitude. He just wants attention and a little time for him, not a fancy thing that is difficult to be granted. But his father obviously didn't care about him. Tifa was treated like that from her father.

"Tifa, Abah just came home from work, tired. Tifa playing with mom ...." Zella understood the disappointment and devastation of her daughter. He and his daughter want the same thing, namely togetherness with the same figure, again the same thing is felt, namely disappointment.

Akhsan did not care about the clear circle that was released from her daughter's eye patch, she continued to pass towards the room, and disappeared behind the room door. Akhsan's first love, which was so burning in her heart, made her ignore the little girl.

"I miss playing with my brother" ringis Tifa. The pair of tearful eyes kept staring at the door where his father had disappeared.

"Yes, I understand, but I'm tired of working now. Give Abah time to rest yeah ...." Zella wiped her daughter's tears.

"When? Abah was never there for us."

O Lord, what other words should I say to strengthen my daughter? True he said, Akhsan never had time for us. Zella could only scream in her heart.

"How much time is a day? Can you pay your mom to your office so they can give you a day off for us?"

Zella is increasingly silent, protesting children who want to buy their father's time also pronounced Tifa. Zella understands every second of her time with the child is very important.

"Saturday and Sunday were not home. When was Abah there for me ...." Tifa's crying broke.

Zella's heart grimaced seeing her daughter like this, what could she do? She cried while hugging her daughter.

"We must help you by understanding the work and busyness, hopefully later you can have a holiday and a full day with us." Zella kept trying to comfort her daughter.

***

Akhsan came out of the room when Zella invited her to dinner, Akhsan had dinner with her daughter, her attention was always on the rectangular flat object she always wiped. This togetherness was a rare moment for Zella, it was very rare for Akhsan to be at home at dinner, but the circumstances that happened before her eyes, Zella felt Akhsan was not with her, she said, only her body is in this house.

"The work is so important, eh?" said Zella softly.

"This makes me lazy at home! You bring it! Important or not, I have nothing to do with you!" Akhsan stopped eating and left the dining table.

Zella's heart broke into pieces seeing Akhsan like this, for some reason she felt like she had lost the figure of the husband she had always been proud of.

"Mrs ...."

That gentle call made Zella aware. "Yes dear ...." Zella turned to her daughter and gave her sweetest smile.

"Change why? How come you're angry with Mama?"

"That's just tired baby, let's continue eating, eat and learn again ya." Zella rubbed the side of her daughter's head.

"Rest from afternoon until night is still tired too?" Tifa felt the mother's answer was starting to make no sense.

Tifa let out her breath and resumed her dinner.

While in the room, Akhsan deliberately locked the door from the inside, so that Zella would not just enter. He immediately contacted Shamil via video call.

"Good night Amma," said Akhsan, a smile on his face when he saw the beautiful face of Shamil on his phone screen.

"Evenings too, Aba have eaten?"

"I can't eat, the tongue is accustomed to Amma cooking, when different hands serve food, aba does not taste."

"Sorry amma, because of the dense work of amma, we can not be together" said Shamil.

"You understand, thank you for all the things that amma gave me during this time."

"I should be grateful, aba heartened to make me the second angel in aba life."

"Nh ...." Akhsan put her index finger in front of her lips. "Second amma is only on status, but in all things first and only amma."

"Aba ..." said spoiled Shamil

"So much with amma."

"Amma also misses the same aba, but amma is now returning to amma's parents' house, going to a distance contract, amma is tired. So nginep's here."

"Yes amma, take care of your health there."

Being able to see Shamil's face even just from the phone screen made Akhsan happy. So that other lives besides Shamil felt bland and unattractive to him.

"Amma, aba is really not strong to live an aba life without amma. Aba wants to always be near amma, can you be honest and let go of old relationship aba?"

Shamil was silent, this was exactly what he wanted. But is it the right decision to open up their relationship so soon?

"Amma ...."

A call from Akhsan resuscitates Shamil.

"Amma is also tormented without aba, but marriage is not only a bond of 2 people, amma is afraid aba will leave amma if aba family does not receive amma."

"If they reject amma, aba will still choose amma."

"We live first ba, if it can not be covered again, then we open. As long as we can still cover, we should live like this, the important thing is always there for amma."

After the video call ended, Akhsan again opened the door of her room. In every heartbeat of Akhsan, only Shamil, apart from Shamil nothing excites him.

***

Day after day just passed by. Zella tried hard even though her inner defense began to be fragile. Whether or not Akhsan is in front of his eyes is the same. Akhsan was at home, but she felt Akhsan was so far away. Where did he complain of the pain that was gripping his heart at this moment? The present day is wrong to lean the story a little, even become a bombardment for yourself.

Only complain to the ruler of nature at every do'a and its merits. Wishing happiness back he could feel. Zella kept trying to strengthen her physically and mentally. There is an angel of the Lord's care that he must be happy.

"Mama, don't daydream about the bike, danger to us," said Tifa, who was being hugged by Zella.

"Mama is not daydreaming, mama is just thinking, what cooking tonight, let Tifa spirit!" callah Zella.

"Mama cook whatever Tifa likes, for Tifa the important thing is that mom is next to Tifa."

Zella arrives at her goal of driving her daughter to School, she cheers on her daughter. His smile still adorned his face which kept taking off his daughter. At once Zella's attention was seized on a car parked not far from her. A familiar boy came down from the car slamming the door so hard.

"Not that's Nadi's son, if it's Nadi's son, of course the driver of the car ...." Zella smiled, she guessed in the car was Shamil, her childhood friend in her grandmother's village.

Zella wanted to get close to the car, but the car slowly left the school area. Zella doesn't want to lose the chance to meet her childhood friend. He immediately headed for his bike and followed the car.