THE TORTURED WIFE
Beautiful Togetherness

Lara approached Gibran who was in his plantation. Gibran was watching the workers take care of his farm. He loves nature so much that every time he must grow crops and look at the fields that look green to the eye.

"Darling you were here, just finished cooking I was looking for you" Lara said.

"So I jog and breathe fresh air here, it feels that our earth is beautiful like this the air is cool and so beautiful to look at" Gibran said.

"You love nature so much" Lara said.

"Because we live and depend on nature, if I have more money. I want to buy a lot of plantation and farmland so that nature is maintained" Gibran said.

Lara hugged her husband. She was so proud of her husband who always served the country and loved nature.

"Honey early in the morning gini already nantangin" said Gibran.

"I love you more and more" said Lara, who hugged Gibran.

"If so the morning exercise is more exciting we continue in the room of love" said Gibran.

Lara nodded with Gibran's words, then they went home.

Lara leaves for her dance studio. Until he was violated he saw Carlos had arrived early in the morning and trained on his own. Lara approached Carlos who was learning to dance.

"Your movement has begun to be good, it turns out that even though yesterday you were indifferent but your memory is good. You deserve to be a top artist" Lara said.

"You praise me too much, all this time I've only done everything I wanted" Carlos said.

"Have you had breakfast? I brought green bean porridge, do you want it?"ask Lara.

"Can, I like green bean porridge, it contains a lot of fiber" Carlos said.

"Oya the artist is very caring for his diet and intake" said Lara.

"Not all artists do that, but maintaining diet and intake is very important with our work so dense and often home late at night" said Carlos.

"Now, green bean porridge for you" said Lara gave the green bean porridge to Carlos.

"Thank you Lara" Carlos said.

"You've started calling my name, let's be friends" said Lara extending her hand.

"Yes" said Carlos briefly and extended his hand.

They shake hands and give smiles. Carlos is now opening himself up to Lara. He doesn't think it's bad to have a friend.

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He looks into the dining room but Zion hasn't come down for breakfast. But today he has to work. He went straight to Zion's room.

He saw Zion still sleeping covering her entire body with a blanket. His voice sounded like someone was shivering.

"C..ee....ee.....ee......."Zion kept shivering.

Hearing that, Dianka approached him.

"Hey you didn't wake up, it wasn't money for you" Dianka said.

"You don't see me being sick like this, where your empathy is" Zion said.

"A bad monster like you can get sick too. I thought you were made of iron so it's impossible to get sick" Dianka said.

"Hey you think I'm an iron man like in movies. I'm sick like this because I jumped in yesterday with Dafa" Zion said.

"It's part of the children's game because you are involved too, lack of work" said Dianka.

"Can you be a little good when I'm sick, I'm your boss if I get sick and my company goes bankrupt who's gonna pay you" Zion said.

"Find work elsewhere, why should go out of business also with you" said Dianka.

"You're not loyal to your boss, I'm hungry to make me chicken porridge" Zion said.

"I've cooked the rice, so forget the chicken porridge" Dianka said.

"I'm sick, where it's good to eat rice. Come on, Dianka love make me chicken porridge, okay beautiful" Zion said.

"The turn to dying just talk sweet like this, try if it's healthy, your mouth is lost control" said Dianka.

"Today we made peace, I'm still sick. Let's continue tomorrow and argue" Zion said in a weak voice.

He approached her and held Zion's forehead

"You're really sick, you have karmic pity" Dianka said.

"Well, I'll make you chicken porridge" said Dianka.

He approached Zion who was shivering.

"Father is sick" said Dafa.

"Little boy you're awake" Zion said.

Dafa goes into the toilet taking a dipper and washcloth. Then he took her to a table near Zion's bed.

"Dafa will compress Papa's head, usually if Dafa is sick, Mother always compresses Dafa's head" Dafa said.

Dafa immediately put the wet washcloth on Zion.

"Where is Papa, what's good?"ask Dafa.

"Yes, my head is cold" Zion said.

"This child is sweet too, not bad if I have a wife and a child like Dafa" Zion said in her heart.

"Why do you want a massage?"ask Dafa.

"That little hand of yours could be massaging?"ask Zion.

"Can dong, if Mother is sick Dafa always massage her. Now Papa who is sick so Dafa will massage Papa" Dafa said.

"Hey she's getting sweet and kind, she's getting smart educating her son" Zion said in her heart.

Dafa immediately went up to the bed and started massaging Zion.

"Even if your hands are small but powerful, you're a little boy" Zion said.

"This dafa is a man so it must be strong, so that it can take care of Mother" said Dafa.

"Little boy where's your dad?"ask Zion.

"Mother said my father died while I was still in Mother's stomach" Dafa said.

"Dianka turned out to take care of Dafa alone, pity her too" Zion said in her heart.

"What's your father like?"ask Zion.

"Dafa doesn't know what my father looks like, his picture just doesn't exist. Dafa only heard stories from Mother that my father was handsome like Dafa" Dafa said.

"Little boy, you can still call me Papa, just think of this as my thanks because you took care of me today" Zion said.

"really?....Papa"pronounced Dafa then hugged Zion who was lying down.

Zion's hand, which had hesitated to return Dafa's embrace, finally embraced Dafa tightly.

"It feels warm and comfortable, what kind of a person this has close to us" Zion said in her heart.

Zion re-feels her warm and pleasant life with Dianka and Dafa. He feels he has his own little family.

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Lara was playing with Mahira on the night of her house. Coincidentally in the yard of his house there is a playground. Lara pushed the rising Mahira. Gibran who just came home from work approached them.

"Honey let's go up to the next swing let me just push you both" Gibran said.

"Thank you, you're good" said Lara.

Lara sat down on the row next to her, Gibran began to push the swing.

"I'm sorry, this is Papa's delight" Mahira said.

"Darling you're not tired of pushing us both at once?"ask Lara.

"What the hell didn't do to you" Gibran said.

"Papa is the best" Mahira said.

"Dear you came home early?"ask Lara.

"I finish my work immediately, let me quickly gather with you" Gibran said.

"Papa often comes home in the afternoon, Mahira is playing with Papa and Mama" Mahira said.

"Papa will try to go home often afternoon, dear Mahira" Gibran said.

"Ashik.

Lara smiles at the excitement of her little princess Mahira. She was grateful to have a husband like Gibran who loved her and Mahira so much.