
One night Iqbal came to Larissa at her house. Larissa who was enjoying dinner was forced to stop eating and meet her stepbrother. "What are you doing here night-night.begini? ask when they face each other.
Without further ado Iqbal spoke of the purpose of his arrival. "I'm here to ask you a little help."
"What help, brother?."
"By the way, where is your husband?."
"Hamzah was going to his parents' house, he said there was little need there. What's wrong, brother?."
Iqbal shifted his sitting position slightly closer to his half-sister. "So gini, I want to borrow the certificate of this house to be pawned at the Bank. I want to apply for a loan to buy a new boat."
"Why brother's boat?"
"The wooden collar has a lot of weathered, if repaired will take a considerable cost, the size is also too small for the current size of the boat. So often lose competitiveness with other boats. Coincidentally there is a boat type that I want from a long time ago that is larger in size and wants to be sold at a sloping price."
"Oh that, yes it's not pa pa pa, you can wear it. Wait a minute here! Let me get the certificate first."
Larissa was about to move on, but Iqbal stopped her immediately. "Wait a minute, Larissa! I'm not done talking."
Larissa sat back down. "What else, brother?" tanyakanya.
"In addition to borrowing the certificate, I also want to borrow your credit card."
"Make what, brother?" ask Larissa confused. Ktp is a very important document. For that he does not want to origin lend it including to his own family.
"The plan is to use your name to apply for a loan at the bank later."
Larissa was silent, objecting to her brother's last request. He also looked for the right word to say his objections without offending his brother.
"If for that, I apologize profusely. I can't give it."
"Why indeed? I'll be in charge."
"The problem is gini, brother. Brother must know that one of the requirements for applying for a loan is a husband and wife copy of the marriage book."
"Yes, continues?" tanya Iqbal did not understand, next to the eyebrows squeaking up.
Larissa sighed softly, realizing that giving understanding to her brother who if there was a will would justify all the ways would be very difficult. "Gini brother, Hamzah was very afraid of all forms of debt, especially in the Bank. If he just doesn't want to owe himself, then how do I persuade him to be willing to lend ktp for someone else's receivables?."
"So you don't want to help me?" asked Iqbal in a high tone, making Larissa who had been afraid of him a long time ago tremble in fear.
"It's not like that, brother, but....."
Larissa had not yet finished her words Iqbal had cut. "Then I just change the name of the ownership to my name, let me not need to take care of you. This house isn't yours anyway? I have rights to this house too.
That's all Larissa can do for now. He was already very frightened to see the unpleasant expression of his brother. She was worried that her brother would be upset if he did not approve of her wishes, especially now that she was alone at home with her baby who had just fallen asleep in the room. If something happens to her or the baby, who will she ask for help?.
"But really, you have to persuade your husband!"
"I'll try brother."
After saying so Iqbal just went from Larissa's house without saying goodbye or even saying hello. Larissa can only stroke the chest to see her brother's temperament that has never changed since long ago.
"When our relationship has just improved, but my brother is acting like this again to me. I guess after mom's departure, sister's attitude will change because now we're alone."
After the conversation, Larissa did not continue eating. Suddenly his appetite was gone somewhere. Though at that time his stomach was also still beeping asking for rations of contents.
Now Larissa awaits her husband who never returned with anxious hopes. His heart did not calm down before discussing this matter with him. "Why are you at mom's house, Entik? Please, come home soon."
Larissa walked back and forth in the guest room. Sometimes he looked at the clock that was still faithful hanging on the wall. Her heart was increasingly overwhelmed by anxiety because of her husband who never returned home.
There was the sound of Hamzah's motorbike from a distance. Larissa immediately opened the door to welcome him.
"You're finally home too, Entik?! Why did you stay at mom's house so long?" larissa said a little relieved as soon as her husband stood before her.
"Yes, sorry! There was a new party returning from Palembang. So I chatted with him for a minute."
"Yes, no pa pa pa. Now let's go inside." Larissa grabbed her husband's arm.
From the attitude Larissa showed, Hamzah caught something was not right. He caught his wife's wrist and looked at her face deeply. "You why? Did something happen while I was gone?."
Larissa tried to hold back the tears that had been urged to come out by biting the lower lip. But holding back anxiety for longer was much more difficult for him. "We'd better go in first, I'll tell you everything inside. It's not nice if someone else hears us." Larissa stepped in followed by her husband in the back.
"Now say! what the hell happened just now? Don't try to hide anything from me because I know it" Hamzah said in seriousness as they were in the living room.
Larissa said nothing. She immersed herself in the arms of her husband and shed tears that she had tried to endure. The tube shook with an outpouring of emotion.
Seeing his wife suddenly cry like that of course he was getting confused. As he recalled before leaving, his wife was still smiling cheerfully with her baby. But he curbed his curiosity and let his wife settle down a little.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you fighting like this?." Hamzah's tone turned a little soft. He did not want to make his wife more depressed with his questions. His hand caressed the wife's long mane.
Slowly Larissa's crying subsided. She broke out of her husband's arms and wiped away the tears.
"Do you feel calmer now?" hamzah's question was answered with a nod of the head by Larissa. "Then tell me, what happened?."
Larissa also told me about Iqbal and the purpose of his arrival earlier. Also about the threat it gives. Everything corresponds to what happened.
Hearing his wife Hamzah's story ignited his emotions. "Laughs! He never changed."