Your Spirit from the Water of My Eyes
Chapters 13. The Good Stranger.
Evan was stunned when he heard Ayun's words. "Divorce?"
"Yes, Mas" replied Swing quickly. "You should have done it in the first place, maybe something like this wouldn't have happened." Swing's voice sounded soft, even his lips trembled as he said it.
Evan was glued to his feet when he heard word for word coming out of Ayun's mouth, while Ayun herself moved away from the place.
Swing his feet to get out of the house. Step by step felt like it was cutting his heart. Now that everything is finished, the long-built household is finally scattered.
Both of Ayun's eyes closed to withstand the pain and tightness that hit. Not knowing where his feet were going, which was clear at the moment he didn't want to get away from the house. Especially from the husband.
Finally came Ayun to the end of the bridge which was not far from his home. The splashing sound of water flowing down there sounded very calm, until finally he decided to get off the bridge.
Swing his feet carefully so as not to fall, especially the stone he passed was very slippery hit by moss. A step away he managed to get to the bottom, but suddenly he could not move because there was a hand holding his arm.
"What are you doing?"
Swing gasped in shock and immediately looked back when he heard someone's voice, especially when the person was holding his arm.
For a while they were eye-catching each other, until finally Ayun turned her gaze.
"Sorry, Sir. Why are you holding my hand?" ask Ayun in surprise.
"You want to kill yourself?"
"What?"
Ayun gasped in surprise and immediately said Istighfar when he heard the man's words. How could the man think that he was going to kill himself?
"Have you got hold of him, Mom?"
There was the sound of a woman on the bridge, making Ayun and the man raise their heads.
"Quick persuade him to go up."
Swing frowned when he heard the woman's words, he then jumped in shock when his hand was pulled very strongly by the man.
"Wait a minute, it's not like you guys"
"Shut up!"
Swing instantly covered his mouth as he got a scuffle from the man, while the man continued to carry him back up the bridge.
"Thank God, thank God you're all right" said one woman, shaking Ayun's hands, making her smile awkwardly.
"Are you okay? No one was hurt, right?" asked the woman while looking worriedly.
Swing was silent when he heard the woman's question. He suddenly lowered his head with tears that were back in his face.
Getting such a question, of course, makes Ayun's wound feel sore. There was not a single person who asked her how she was at the moment, that was why her heart immediately felt pain and tightness upon hearing the question that the foreign woman had spoken.
The woman immediately hugged Ayun's body tightly. His hand rubbed Ayun's back gently, making Ayun sob.
"cry. It's okay, everything's gonna be okay."
"Oh my God, sick. Why does it hurt so much?"
Ayun's body trembled with ever-increasing cries, but the woman still held her tightly and did not let go in the slightest.
The man who pulled Ayun rushed into the car when he got the code from his wife, while his wife remained faithful to the woman he saved.
After feeling better, Ayun immediately broke her embrace from the woman. His red face held the embarrassment of already crying in the arms of others carelessly.
"No-misses!"
Swing shrieked in surprise when suddenly the woman who had hugged him staggered back, while the man in the car was also surprised and ran towards them.
"Are you okay, honey?" ask the man worriedly. Fortunately, Ayun had caught the body of the wife, otherwise his wife would hit the ground.
"I'm nothing, Mom. Just a little limp."
The man rushed the wife to the car and sat her next to the steering wheel, of course with the help of Ayun even though she only held the woman's hand.
"Drink first."
The man gave the wife mineral water, and helped her drink.
"I'm sorry, you must be surprised well," the woman told Ayun after finishing drinking.
Swing shook his head. "No, Miss. Rather than being surprised, I was even more worried."
The woman smiled, she then extended her hand. "I'm Nindi. Looks like we're the same age, so I'll just call you a name."
Swing immediately returned the hand to that with a smile as well. "I'm Ayun. Then I'll call you Nindi."
They then let go of the hand department with a bright smile. "Let's eat together, there's a nice restaurant around here!" Nindi invites Ayun to come with her.
Swing silently for a moment, but a moment later he rejected the woman's invitation. "Sorry, Nindi. I have to prepare lunch for my family. Maybe we can go next time."
Nindi nodded in understanding. "Alright, Swing. Oh yeah, wait a minute." He picked up his bag and searched for something from inside the bag.
"Well, here it is. This is my business card, please keep the number and then call me yes," said Nindi while giving a business card to Ayun.
Swing received the business card while nodding his head. "alright. I'll keep it and call you. Then I'll go first, Nindi. Em ... Thank you for hugging me." He looked down in shame.
Nindi smiled with anxiety as she looked at Ayun's reddened face. "Don't thank me, we're brothers. So you can say anything to me, but don't endanger yourself like that. Okay?"
"Anu, actually I just wanted to see water. Not to kill yourself."
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Tbc.