BLESSINGS OF LOVE
Towards 3

"Rio, this is my bankbook and the ATM card is still on me. You just took the insurance policy and then hurried to leave," Asmila said nagging through her phone to Mario.

"Yes, just keep it with you, I'm in a hurry afraid of traffic, I'm heading to the airport to pick up my wife," said Mario impressed in a hurry.

"Say Saturday night your wife's coming home, how come it's today?" ask Asmila again.

"Tomorrow at my parents' house there will be a family event, and my wife happens to get a ticket sooner so she can go home this afternoon" Mario explained to Asmila.

"Oh, okay".

"Here you go, I want to get on the highway" Mario ended their conversation.

"Rome!!! hi!!! Rio....!!!"someone shouted from the right side as Mario entered the plane's passenger pick-up gate at the airport.

Mario turned his head and looked a familiar face to him.

"Hello Asiaw...how are you?" Mario also approached the man and they shook hands while embracing each other.

Apparently the man was his sister Asiaw Aliong Mario's business friend long ago.

"Bro, my good news, I haven't seen Boss Mario in a long time. How are you, who are you going to pick up now?" ask Asiaw while inviting Mario to sit on one of the empty benches there.

"Good news, too, I want to pick up my wife, she's coming home from New Zealand today" Mario replied with a smile.

"Oh, vacation to NZ yah?" ask Asiaw.

"Not bro, my wife just finished her 3rd grade at NZ".

"Waduh steady bro, mother rector dong".

"Amen".

"Eh, Asiaw, how's Aliong doing?" mario asked about his brother Asiaw.

"Aliong is three months free, because your help gave him a testimony that did not incriminate him, so he only got seven years and cut off the prisoner and then got remission, this year can be free," Asiaw broke the news of his brother.

"I'm sorry bro, I couldn't help Aliong much. Even though I tried but the law kept going," Mario felt bad for his friend.

"We are grateful, Rio first gave testimony about the matter of funds transfer by Aliong and can provide real evidence in front of the court. Otherwise his fate would be the same as Mr. A, it must be twenty years," Asiaw explained to Mario.

"Yes, I used to be helped by Aliong even though the path was wrong because he was urged by Mr. A. So I also have to be able to help Aliong not to spend a long time in prison," Mario said considering Aliong's kindness to him.

"Here you are, bro, I'll take you to see him sometime. Now it's different, he's become a judo coach in there. Kan used to be a black tire loh, just did not want to use his skills instead follow the project is not clear," Asiaw regretted his brother had been involved in corruption problems with Mr. A.

"I last saw him three years ago. Now you have not had time to visit because there are things that stand in the way," said Mario is not happy anymore.

"Look down, man, you know. We can't stop working when one of our families gets hit. Life goes on, brother," Asiaw said casually.

"Asiaw, who are you going to pick up?" ask Mario who just did not know the existence of Asiaw at the airport destination what.

"I picked up my mother who had just returned home from Beijing, accompanied by my wife and wife Aliong as well" Asiaw replied.

"What's your mama sick?".

"Refinal cancer, it's stage four. Yesterday at the operation in Beijing, and he said it was better now" Asiaw replied again.

"Well, cancer treatment has to go abroad?" Mario was surprised.

"Not also bro, in Indonesia has also advanced cancer treatment. There's only her cousin Mama became a doctor in Beijing, and then she asked that she be brought there to be treated there".

"There's cancer in your family, Rio?".

"Oh no bro, just curious," said Mario hide his illness.

"How long is your wife in NZ?".

"About a year and a half is an estimate anyway" replied Mario.

"Well, how long was Mario? I think I have a young one, hahahah," seduced Asiaw to Mario.

"Hahaha, no. The time must come, it is now the TTM season, hahaha, Friend But Mesra, hahaha," Mario replied to Asiaw.

"Hahaha, it could be Rio. But it's true, reality. We men, work tired, go home even pouted. Mending me to the bar or to karaoke, fan-fans money gopekceng, even on queue girls smile to me. The one in the house was given so much anger, hahahah," Asiaw was just there.

(gopekceng \= five hundred thousand)

"Hahaha, the dilemma of the husbands well bro, hahahah," said Mario laughed loudly until coughing long enough.

"Wow, why Rio? coughing up like people want to get out of their stomachs, "Asiaw was surprised to see Mario coughing badly.

There was about ten minutes of Mario coughing, until he ran to the public toilet near the waiting room.

Mario opens the tap while still coughing, and.tik.tik.

Then the cough stopped, and Mario immediately cleaned his mouth and face, after which he came out of the toilet and met Asiaw again.

"Bro, are you sure you're okay, Rio?" tanya Asiaw looks worried.

"Nothing bro, usually laugh a lot like choking, understand the factor U, hahahah," said Mario while laughing again.

"Already ah, don't laugh and cough again. Well-healthy bro, it's mama has arrived, I go first well," Asiaw said to Mario.

"Ready, later you will tell me that Aliong is free, yeah," said Mario while giving his thumbs up.

Asiaw returned Mario's thumbs up while running small to his wife and mother.

Mario tried to regulate his breath because his chest felt a bit tight, he looked for a drink seller around there to buy mineral water.

When sitting while drinking and adjusting the breath, there was a notification that the plane from New Zealand was about to land.

Mario immediately moved closer to the pick-up gate, from a distance appeared a woman dressed in a top suit and light gray trousers.

Her hair was wavy to the length of a boat, around her neck a necklace and pendant giving her husband a fifteenth wedding anniversary gift.

Wearing gray wedges shoes as well, on his shoulder hung a black bag while pulling a large black suitcase as well.

Her face was charming sweet, the older the more her charm seemed. The term getting older is getting more beautiful, it turns out to happen real to Soraya.

Mario could not blink when he saw the woman who had been his wife for almost seventeen years walking up to him.

"Pap," Soraya said.

"Hi, mam," said Mario while hugging and kissing his wife's cheek.

"Your miss, mam," whispered Mario as he hugged his wife.

"Sama dong" said Soraya, embracing her husband's waist.

Mario's right hand immediately embraced his wife's shoulder, while his left hand pulled his wife's suitcase.

The two of them immediately headed for the car, Mario put the suitcase, after which he and Soraya drove to his children's school.

"Now it's only two o'clock in the afternoon, they come home in about an hour, pap," Soraya reminded her husband.

"From here to school they've certainly been about an hour, must be jammed there, mam," replied Mario.

"Yes, yeah, I forgot the pap. Sorry well," said Soraya felt amused herself for forgetting the distance.

"I understand, it has been over a year in NZ, must have forgotten the same condition of Jakarta," said Mario half a subtle quip.

"Ah, this pap, certainly not dong. I miss Jakarta, I miss the kids, I miss the house, I miss everything".

"I don't miss you?".

"Kangen dong, same time husband himself is not kangen".

"But I didn't call you just now".

"Hmmm, I'm Soraya Wongso Maliangkay, feeling very upset at all with my beloved husband, Mario Maliangkay," Soraya mentioned his kangen taste.

"If you miss your husband, what will her husband be loved?" Mario Goda.

Soraya glanced at her husband, smiling.

"There are gifts for my beloved husband".

"I want the most special gift from my wife" said Mario while trying to kiss his wife.

Soraya sighed, then approached her husband's ear and whispered, "Wife is still jet lag, husband is perverted".

Mario glanced at his wife while replying to Soraya's words, "Essum same wife can be, let alone six months of sleeping alone and cold continuously".

"Feelings, Jakarta is hot".

"Later tonight well we're hot-hot".

Soraya and Mario both laughed full of affection.

Maya and Mega were already standing waiting for Mario's car to come, and when they saw his father's car approaching then beside him was his mother, both cheering with excitement.

Soraya got out of the car, and immediately greeted her two running children and hugged her.

"Mama, what a miss".

Then they immediately got in the car again.

"Mama's behind us".

"Well, how's papa?".

"Here you go, mama and the kids in the back. Papa it's okay".

The two are thrilled to be able to hug his mother in the back seat of the car, while Mario in front is driving alone.

Children and mothers tell each other stories at home and also stories during their mother's time in New Zealand.

Once at home, just directly the two girls unpacked his mother's bag to find souvenirs of each order.

Maya gets an original perfume that has a famous brand, while Mega gets a branded original hat that was coveted for a long time.

Then Mario asked the two girls to take a shower and dress up because the big family was asked to gather at the house of Oma Regina and Opa Hansen.

Mince the housekeeper was not left happy, he got a sling bag gift and also a T-shirt bearing NZ for his son.

Soraya then followed Mario into their bedroom on the second floor of his house, he also had to take a shower immediately because it was mandatory to attend a joint prayer event held by his in-laws.

The door of the room was opened, then immediately went inside and locked the door because it would immediately take a shower.

But not yet he turned his body, Mario's hand clasped himself from behind.

For a moment Soraya was shocked and immediately turned her body. Mario immediately kissed his lips while hugging him tightly, Soraya replied with longing.

Impatiently, Mario's hand immediately explored his wife's body and undressed his wife.

"I haven't had a bath, pap".

Mario did not care and continued to fondle his wife, both of them making love with passion in the afternoon.

"I'm still missing, mam".

"Sttt..mandi first, we have been awaited by Mamih and Papih".

Mario still hugged his wife tightly as if he did not want to take it off.

"Let's go baby, let's take a shower first, yuk," Soraya asked.

"Bargan dong, mam".

Soraya nodded, then the husband and wife took a bath together in the afternoon, and of course not just a bath.

The two of them continued to pour out their already unstoppable longing.

"Pap, this is a mobile phone, can I answer?" soraya asked while Mario was still in the bathroom coughing.

"Please lift up, mam!" pinta Mario with a hoarse voice.

Soraya approached the bedside table and was seen on Mario's mobile phone there was a contact with the name Life Insurance.

"Hello, Mario, this is the police. Would you like to take it in my office tomorrow or at the boarding house?" a woman's voice spoke like that.

"Sorry mom, this is my wife. Mario is in the bathroom. He asked me to take a phone call from my mother" Soraya said while feeling a bit ambiguous to hear the word boarding house.

Asmila was shocked to death, she did not expect that Soraya had received her phone call to Mario.

"Oh.sorry, Soraya's mother. How are you, when are you coming back from abroad?" Asmila was a bit flustered but tried hard to sound ordinary.

"Hmmm, I just returned to Indonesia this afternoon, how do you know?" Soraya felt strange.

"Sir Mario is our customer, yesterday we asked his wife where and he said he was abroad," Asmila tried hard not to look suspicious.

"Oh so, well later I will tell my husband that the insurance policy is completed and will be taken where. I see, don't you?" Soraya re-emphasized Asmila's statement at the beginning of the phone.

"Soraya's mother, thank you for the help. We will wait for confirmation from Mr. Mario" said Asmila when ending the conversation.

"Pap, the life insurance guy called. He said the insurance policy is over, want to be taken at the office or at the boarding house?" Soraya conveys what it is.

Mario looked surprised to hear his wife's words.

"That's my friend, he offered insurance yesterday for the kids. So I just take the offer, with the hope that later when Maya goes to college there is sufficient funds".

"What boarding house, ngaco. She likes to talk, she has a husband. Don't have any weird thoughts. He and I are nothing but ordinary friends" Mario explained at length, to Soraya's astonishment.

Soraya was silent but inwardly so wondering, "When I just say what the person said, how long so at length so well explanation".

But Soraya did not want to take a headache, she just shrugged her shoulders while drying her hair.

By night their families will be gathered

at Mario's parents' house because there's a family event.

Asmila this afternoon forgot that today Mario's wife returned to Indonesia, all day Asmila was busy taking care of various jobs so absolutely do not remember that this afternoon had a conversation on the phone with Mario.

Now she sat holding her phone, but somehow her heart felt sick and hurt.

Suddenly the fantasy that Mario and his wife must be making out for each other misses.

Why she felt sad, she also had a husband. But it is undeniable that now he is very sad.

Jealousy, angry, upset mixed, moreover, had heard Soraya's voice so soft.

He imagines Mario making love to his wife and imagines a soft sigh in Soraya's voice.

Her face bent, her lips pouted, making the employees in her office feel astonished, because Asmila was not as usual so.

They know that Asmila after calling Mario must have his face look very happy and always cheerful, but now it looks like a paper that has run out in crumbs.

"Mas Fuad, tomorrow morning pick me up at the station well," Asmila asked her husband.

"Loh, he said not to go home, I'm now going with my boss out of town. We just returned Indramayu forecast for Sunday night. There are jobs out of town" Fuad told Asmila.

"Where is Mas Fuad? If still in the office Indramayu just cancel dong out of town. I want to go home to Cirebon, I want to be alone with Mas" Asmila sulked to her husband.

"Mila, I've been out of town, I've been with my superiors since yesterday in Kutai Kalimantan. Yesterday a helicopter ride here and plan to return to Indramayu on Sunday afternoon," Fuad explained again to his wife.

"Mas doesn't love me? I can't help but leave me alone, why the hell is mas so me".

"Well, you're the Mila who said yesterday that you didn't go back to Cirebon. So I agreed to go with my boss, how come it's my fault?" Fuad also became annoyed that his wife suddenly sulked and got angry.

"Yes, I'm in Jakarta alone. I'd rather go with my boss than with me".

Asmila hung up her phone rudely, Fuad across the street also became annoyed that his wife was suddenly incoherently angry.

Though Asmila just vent anger alone because she is now feeling very jealous of Mario and Soraya.

But he can't do anything, he's not Mario, his relationship with Mario is just a friend.

Although it is said that the people they do are friends but friendly, what would you say Asmila has no right to have Mario.

At this time Mario is happy with his wife, supposedly as a good friend, Asmila is happy about it, but somehow there is only anger, sadness and disappointment.

Entering the office room violently, the door was slammed and Asmila cried alone as her face was cupped to her desk.

Anger did not clearly cover his entire heart at this moment, but could not do anything about it.

"Your necklace hasn't changed yet? it felt like it was a long time ago that you were wearing, well," Rosalinda suddenly pointed at the necklace and pendant hanging from Soraya's neck.

"Hmmm, this is a wedding anniversary gift from Bang Rio, two years ago the fifteenth wedding," said Soraya rather lazily answering Rosalinda's question.

"You're amazing, you have a husband like Rio who's a drunk but still survives. Poor you, if I am the one who experienced it must have been a long time ago I kicked," Rosalinda always just smirked.

"Yes, indeed another Bang Rio with Bang Robert, I was happy to see Brother Rosa with Bang Robert. Always harmonious, romantic and have everything," Soraya retaliates against Rosalinda's nyiny.

"Of course, all this time the most contributed to this family was Bang Robert and me. Even tomorrow Mamih and Papih will go abroad as well who is financing if not us," the pride of our great mistress.

Soraya just smiled, it felt really lazy to respond to the ravings of his sister-in-law's wife.

Soon the event began with a prayer together, because tomorrow Mamih Regina and Papih Hansen will go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and Bethlehem for several weeks.

After praying together, then followed by dinner together.

While enjoying dessert, Soraya distributed souvenirs from New Zealand to the whole family and also employees at her in-laws' house.

All were delighted, there were t-shirts, beaded jewelry, jade necklaces typical of the country there, and a whole range of others.

"This is for Oom Jimmy!!!" exclaims Soraya while giving a parcel.

Jimmy opened it and was very happy to receive it.

"Yes, indeed my brother this one understands me the most!!!" jimmy cheers as he opens the parcel.

All the nephews became curious and all of them forced his uncle to tell them what Soraya had given them.

"This is a secret between Oom Jimmy and your Mama, it is very useful for Oom if you go up the mountain later," said Jimmy while holding a parcel from Soraya.

"Then, you will get a parcel from Mama, from Aunt Soraya. Let this Oom Jimmy secret be with Mama," Mario tries to mediate.

"Thank you brother," said Jimmy as he ran to his room.

"Keep carefully!!!"shout Mario.

All of his nephews and children Mario felt upset about not being told what parcels Jimmy was getting.

Jimmy locked his room, then slowly he kept small bottles of various brands of alcoholic beverages.

Indeed Jimmy needs alcoholic drinks for his occasional camper on the mountain.

The goal is to warm the body so as not to freeze cold.

Often he climbed up the mountain alone, even now has his own community.

Nature-loving community, many single men like him who choose camper in the mountain to please and dispose of saturation.

"How can Soraya bring this much drink. Hmmm, it could have been the mother" muttered Jimmy who counted about fifteen small bottles of the alcoholic beverage.

Then he locked his closet and kept the key in a safe place, because he understood his nephew would be guerrilla-finding.

Like him in the past often guerrilla to his room Mario.

Maya and Mega ask permission to stay at the home of her grandparents, because her son Rosalinda also stayed there.

Mario gave permission with a note not to sleep too late at night.

Soon Mario and Soraya were allowed to go home because Soraya still felt exhausted after boarding the plane last afternoon.

"Pap, sorry to just ask, I was a little strange this afternoon the life insurance officer called me directly to call your name. Unlike most office people call customers by the name of father or mother?" soraya asked, talking in the car.

"I told you, he's my friend. So it will definitely call my name" said Mario while fretting asked like that.

"Then what's that boarding house about? Has pap ever been to his boarding house?".

"Geez, he's just kidding me, where do I know where he lives. Besides as far as I know my friend is married".

"What's his name, pap?".

"Hmmm, Asmila".

Then Soraya fell silent for a moment after hearing the name her husband had just called.

"Pap, said Mega Pap often do not go home and stay at a friend's house. Where's the night, pap?" ask Soraya again want to know the truth of her son's story.

"I used to stay in the office, or at Wildan's house. Kan Wildan has a pavilion, so if I have a lot of work I often stay there," replied Mario trying to be as normal as possible, even though his heart was pounding at the question of his wife.

"Oh so, kirain stayed where..gitu," Soraya teased him.

"Well, just be suspicious. When I stay at a girl's house, I have a daughter. My time does not set a good example for them" said Mario.

"Oh Mr. Mario do not rent it so dong, I'm just asking".

"Hmmm.it's just weird".

"Truly do not like the strange, yes it's no problem me anyway".

"Basar Soraya, her work seduces her husband only. I'm driving to know, again" Mario returned his wife's temptation.

Then Soraya leaned her head against Mario's left arm, and her hands hugged her husband's belly.

"IIihhh..soot".

"Review well home, feel my vengeance".

Then the two laughed while continuing to tease each other.