BLESSINGS OF LOVE
Next Days

Three days passed since Mario was buried, the atmosphere of Soraya's house was still crowded with friends and relatives.

As if there was no stopping, the guests worshiped and encouraged not to take too long in grief to Soraya and her two daughters.

Opa Hansen and Oma Regina were brought home yesterday, so today it is really just Soraya with her two children and accompanied by Mince's most loyal domestic assistant.

"Mama, Mega locked herself in her room. I don't know what he was doing in the room" Maya complained to her mother.

"Maya has asked not yet the same Mega, what is he in his room?" soraya asked her firstborn.

"Mama, if Maya knew it, she wouldn't have said it to me. He had locked himself for an hour, Maya knocked on the door of her room was not opened, too" said her son again.

"Hmmm, what's the matter with that kid? soon lunch will be weird, too" Soraya said as she climbed into her son's room.

TOK ...GECK... GECK...

"Mega, try to open the door. What are you doing, honey? come answer mama," Soraya knocked and called out the name of her youngest child.

But several times he knocked on the door of the room, still no answer from his son.

"Mega...Mega..ayo open the door, son!" soraya's screams began to raise her voice.

It remained unopened and there was no answer from her son.

"VALERIA MEGANA!!!! LET'S OPEN THE DOOR!!!!" soraya's sign was already very angry when she called her son's full name in a high tone.

Should his son understand that his mother has called his name in full with a high tone means his mother's anger has reached its peak.

CZECH..

The door of the room was turned and the door was opened, and the face of his son was covered with tears welling up almost his entire face.

"What's wrong with you, son? what are you crying about while locking yourself up? same story mom, what's up Mega?" soraya asked while looking panicked.

Mega cried even harder while hugging Soraya tightly, Maya who was at the bottom became curious and took Mince up.

"What's Mega? say the same mama, do not lock yourself later you shortness of breath alone how. Mama does not want to lose you too," said Soraya who so cry to see her son like that.

Mega cried while hugging Soraya, and of course Soraya also hugged while stroking her son's back so that his crying subsided.

After starting to subside his crying, then Mega took the inhaler and sprayed the tool into his mouth so as not to become short of breath.

"What's up, baby? same story mom, don't lock yourself up while crying. It's not good like that, son," Soraya said as she rubbed her son's head.

Mega slowly adjusted her breathing, then she looked at Soraya and said, "Mommy, if Mega asks me something, will you be angry with me?".

"What do you want to ask, son? just say it, mama will listen to your question," Soraya replied.

Mega looked Soraya in the eye, and then she asked, "Mama, is it true what other people say and also the word on television. Papa has cheated?".

Soraya was of course surprised to hear the question, and tried to answer as wisely as possible," Mega, what is your reason for believing the words of the people out there? they're just talking, there's no way your papa can do that long, son".

"But Mega saw a woman's underwear in papa's suitcase. Mince's mom was the witness".

Soraya was shocked and aghast, but she tried to stay calm and think fast so that her son would not have bad thoughts to his late father.

"Mega, why would you have such thoughts to papa. Mega knows how papa loves you so much, son".

"But yesterday many television people asked Oom Jimmy about papa. Everyone asked if it was true papa when the accident was going the same as papa's affair," said Mega.

"Oom Jimmy answered what?".

"Oom Jimmy said "No comment", we are in mourning and as far as we know my brother is a man who loves the family very much. So the possibility of cheating is not true. As soon as Oom Jimmy answered the questions of the television people," said Mega.

Perhaps what the boy meant by television was that the media crew asked his uncle about his father.

"But, did you ever know who the woman who went with you was?"ask Maya who suddenly entered the room.

Soraya paused for a moment, then looked at the faces of her two girls one by one.

"Mama doesn't know, and mama doesn't need to know".

"Now listen to my mother, you are Natalia Mayana Maliangkay and you are Valeria Megana Maliangkay" Soraya pointed to one by one her children.

"One, who seeks a name and gives a name to you is your father".

"Two, have you ever been angry, rude and hurt your heart?".

"Three, has your papa ever refused your request? Even though you are far outside the city, even in the interior, you ask for anything you must fulfill".

"Maybe when you go home not all your requests are brought, but papa will seek all your wishes until it succeeds".

"If your father cheated on you, he wouldn't remember you and would have left us with another woman a long time ago. But until the last time you want to die, papa still spend time with us. You guys remember, don't you?".

"Come on, don't have bad thoughts. The one who knows me the most is us, you two. Ever since you two were babies, your papa has always cared for you lovingly. Even mama who is often scolded by papa if you fall or get sick".

His two children, of course, cried even more sob when they heard Soraya's words.

"Now papa is not there, only the three of us stay with Mince in this house. The three of us must pray a lot, pray for papa, forgive papa may have had a wrong during his life. Begging God that you can be by God's side and be comfortable in heaven" Soraya at length advised and encouraged her two children.

"Mama, I'm sorry Maya. Maya should have believed that papa was the best papa".

"Yes, I'm sorry Mega is also my mom. Mega misheard other people's sayings about papa".

"Just let others want to judge what is equally papa, the important thing is that we pray the best for papa. Other people will never know about papa, we know the most papa and we have to keep the name of papa," said Soraya while hugging his two daughters.

The two looked at Soraya and back the three hugged each other tightly.

"But whose underwear is it ?" ask Mega innocently.

Soraya thought again for a moment, then she immediately put on a bashful act.

"It's got a mama".

"But lace time, then the shape is also so very".

"There will come a time after you are grown up and married, you will also know why sometimes you have to wear underwear like that," Soraya replied lying to cover up the true taste in her heart.

Mega just nodded in disbelief, Maya just shrugged her shoulders and guessed what her mother said.

"Madam, under there is Bang William waiting for Non Maya and Mega, he said he wanted to invite him to eat" said Mince in front of the room door.

"Wow, you guys have an appointment with Bang William?" ask Soraya.

The two shook their heads, and Soraya took her two children down to meet William.

"Hi Aunty, I asked Papih to bring aunty, Maya and Mega to eat together. Now papih and mamih are picking up Opa and Oma" William said when he saw Soraya coming down with his two cousins.

"Hmmm, Maya and Mega are gone, aunt at home. Very tired from yesterday the guests did not stop coming alternately," said Soraya.

"Mama, if mama doesn't come, we don't want to come either" Mega sulked.

"Don't do that, you go. Mama same Mama Mince will clean up the house. You just go with Bang William and Opa Oma" Soraya said.

The two girls went back upstairs to their room to change clothes, after neatly they immediately went down and say goodbye to his mother.

"William, leave your brothers and sisters, thank Papih and Mamihmu. Greetings to Opa and Oma, as well as to all of you," Soraya said, embracing her nephew's shoulder.

"Okay aunt, I must have told you. Aunty is also the spirit always well, take care of health," said William while saying goodbye to Soraya.

When William's car was no longer visible, Soraya immediately shouted to Mince.

"Mince!!!! come fast!!!!" shout Soraya.

In a hurry Mince approached Soraya and asked innocently, "What's the matter madam?".

"Hmmm, the kids are gone. Now explain to me about the underwear. Why have you been quiet all this time, why didn't you say the same to me?" Soraya's been scouting Mince.

"Astagfirullah, sorry madam. I was confused to tell the madam how it was," said Mince in fear.

"Now show me that thing, where do you keep it?"Soraya made an upset face.

"There's in the back shed. And there are also bags and suitcases of the master who has not been dismantled, the former sank yesterday. Shall we just unload, madam?" asked Mince hesitated.

"Come, I wonder what's going on with my husband".

Soraya and Mince head for the warehouse in his backyard, a place that is very rarely stepped on by anyone in the house except Mince.

Then a large suitcase is pulled by Mince and the two with Soraya disassemble it.

Only contains Mario clothes that are wet due to submerged river water and has not been opened for a week also cleaned.

"Where are the underwear you mean. It's just my husband's shirt, everything" Soraya was curious.

"Oh, it's not here. Momentary madam, I'll get you, "and Mince ran to the barn and soon came out with lace-filled underwear and minimal size.

"Who has underwear like this. Whether a p*lac*r or a cheap lady of her kind," Soraya said, raising the object high with her fingertips in disgust.

Mince just silently noticed and did not dare to comment anything.

"Madam, this sling bag has a master. Just as wet and smelly, madam want to see?" mince asked while carrying a bag and handed it to Soraya.

"Remember, I need to know what's in it?" Soraya so look eager to dismantle sling bag owned by her late husband.

"Wallets, drugs, cell phones and keys. Eh...what is this key?" Soraya clasped a foreign key in the bag.

"This what?Hmmm, plane ticket. There are two. This is Mario, and this is As.mi.la...,Asmila," Soraya said when she saw a wet and almost torn plane ticket sheet.

Mince was silent, he only saw Soraya unpacking the bag with a face that began to show anger.

After there was nothing else in the bag, he fell silent and looked at Mince.

"Minceeee!!!huhuhuhu. Huhuhuhuhu..," Soraya sobbed and squatted while sobbing.

"Mrs, patience. Not necessarily all of this is true, not necessarily Mr. Mario lied to the mistress," said Mince trying to calm the crying Soraya.

"But why should I know when Mario's gone forever. How am I gonna know who that woman is, and what's the reason Mario lied to me all along. Huhuhuhuhu..," Soraya cried with disappointment and heartache.

Suddenly the house phone rang, Mince immediately got up and ran to answer the phone call.

Five minutes later he came back to Soraya and said, "Mistress, there's a call from a guy named Fuad. He said he was the husband of one of the victims of yesterday's accident. Talk to the lady".

"What do you want to say to me?" soraya asked feeling strange.

Without having to ask again, Soraya immediately got up and walked in to receive a call from Fuad.

"Hello, good afternoon. I'm Soraya, can anyone help?".

"Good afternoon, introduce me Fuad, I'm Asmila's husband".

Indeed, this afternoon Fuad was also in a different place was unpacking his wife's bag.

Fuad was very surprised because when he unpacked his wife's tote bag there was a savings book and ATM card in the name of Mario Maliangkay.

Then Fuad confirmed to the police, who knew there was someone else's stuff carried into his wife's bag.

But the answer he got was very surprising, because the police said that the contents in the victim's bag were not changed.

Because when found all the victim's bags are tightly closed, either the bag that has zippers or buttons only, everything is tightly closed nothing is open.

So that indicates the contents in the victim's bag no one splattered and finally exchanged the contents in it.

Fuad then asked the phone number of Mario Maliangkay's wife to the police, the reason is to just stay in touch as a fellow family victim.

Cirebon City Police then communicated with Depok City Police, until Fuad finally received Soraya's home phone number.

Fuad tried to contact Soraya when he got his home phone number, and tried to tell him what he found in his wife's bag.

"Hmmm, the same in my husband's bag was also found there was an airplane ticket on behalf of Asmila your wife," Soraya said with trembling lips.

"Mother Soraya, I apologize profusely, for maybe we are in the same position and we are victims. I ask for help from my mother, if possible, to send my husband's mobile phone to my address" Fuad said, pleading with Soraya for help.

"For what? the phone has been damaged submerged, where it can be reactivated".

"Sorry mom, I have a friend who can do it. This is not to seek error, but merely to seek the truth. I'd like to know the chat between your husband and my wife".

"Well, if it's been sent, how do I know the result?" ask Soraya.

"If I may ask for your personal contact number. I will definitely contact you if there is a result from my friend. For that please mom would like to give it, later I send the mobile phone delivery address via chat to mom," Fuad explained again.

Soraya cried, she felt confused on the one hand wanting to know what her husband had done, while on the other hand feeling unwise about having to pry something from a dead person.

"This is my number, please note 0811234567xxx, you send the address via chat. While I will consider first whether it is true that we will do this. At least we have to dig up something hidden from people who have died" Soraya said.

"I understand, because honestly I also experienced the same thing with my mother. My mind is also turbulent, but it would be nice to know what really happened between your husband and my wife. In the hope that it is not a bad thing that can make slander to the dead," Fuad tried to convince Soraya.

"Well, you just send the address to the number. I'll send my husband's phone to your address".

"Thank you, I will send you the address immediately and I am waiting for the delivery of the item to my residence" Fuad concluded.

Soraya hung up on her house phone, and she came back crying again.

Whether his heart felt pierced by a very sharp knife, the wound felt slashing his heart.

To tell her husband's family, would be a polemic. Not necessarily they will accept the fact that suppose Mario is cheating.

"Mince, I'm leaving for a while" Soraya said as she immediately grabbed her bag and car keys.

Mince could only nod his head, and he immediately returned to the back of the house to clean up all of Mario's submerged possessions.

Soraya turned out to head to the side of the church, to the house of the priest Yosep who was the husband of his best friend Nania.

It turned out that Joseph happened to be in his house, and he let Soraya into his house.

When he went inside, Soraya immediately poured out his whole heart to the priest Joseph.

About Mario who permission to Madura actually went to Palembang and had to leave forever.

About the underwear found by her daughter, also about plane tickets and her conversation with one of the victims' families named Fuad people from the city of Cirebon.

Pastor Joseph listened to all the members of Soraya, and after being satisfied all the contents of the heart were expressed then he spoke.

"I think it does not matter if the phone was sent to the father, maybe he did have an expert in the city where he lived" said Reverend Yosep.

Then he continued, "And I also agree with the father's explanation, that this was done not to seek error but to seek the truth".

"Mr Mario certainly has a reason why he says different things to you. If we want to withdraw our own opinion, of course, you judge your husband has lied and cheated you. But who knows with mobile phones sent and can be repaired, will be found out what exactly is the motive of your husband".

"It only takes your great heart to continue to forgive and pray for your husband, whatever the outcome".

Soraya returned in tears, but he agreed with the opinion of the priest Joseph. And she'll try to send her husband's device to the address Fuad gave her.

Stay now is to strengthen herself and her faith, when later know what the results are if her husband's mobile phone can be repaired.

Good or bad though still have to be able to pray and forgive, although it may feel pain in the heart if the truth is true that her husband is cheating.

But for a while it must be kept secret by Soraya, because it is not impossible it will be a big problem if her husband's family knows this.

"Master Yosep, where's your wife Nania? I heard that he no longer works at the Light Tri Tunggal school. I haven't seen each other in church long enough. Is Nania okay?" Soraya remembers her childhood best friend.

"Nania is there, she's sick. Not feeling well" said Pastor Yosep in a tone full of doubt.

"Oh, what a pity. What pain? can I see him when I'm in this house?" ask Soraya expectantly.

Pastor Yosep was silent, he was actually very afraid to tell his wife the truth.

"Why? when can't I go see my best friend?" Soraya felt strange.

With a smile full of awkwardness, Reverend Yosep finally took Soraya to the room occupied by his wife Nania.

When the door of the room was opened, it inhaled a pungent fishy smell from the gaping wet wound.

Soraya was certainly very surprised, when she saw Nania's thin body and full of wet wounds that smelled fishy stinging.

"My wife had diabetes, and now her body is full of wounds from the disease. We have no money to take him to the hospital. All this time I was covering up from the congregation, we just took Nania to the doctor in Puskemas" Pastor Yosep said in tears.

Soraya of course was stunned and she immediately rushed over to Nania who looked very thin and weak.

"Nania, oh my dear. What's with you?"Soraya asked while crying again.

"Prince Joseph, why not talk to all the elders of the Church. At least there is funding for treatment for the priest's family," Soraya said firmly because she could not bear to see the condition of Nania who was very helpless.

"Soraya, the Church and the congregation have been funding my father's treatment. Pastor Luke, my father has been very sick and there have been so many expenses incurred for him that we received from the congregation. Then my wife is now sick, my cooking has to be charged again to the congregation. I am ashamed, where dare to ask again for medical expenses to go to the hospital," Pastor Yosep now began to cry.

Soraya did not bother, immediately she contacted Robert's brother-in-law. When Robert replied, Soraya immediately conveyed what she was facing. Soraya recounted Nania's condition and also conveyed the reason Reverend Joseph did not immediately take his wife to the hospital.

Robert understood, then after closing the conversation with Soraya, he immediately contacted the hospital where he practiced and asked for an ambulance to the house of Reverend Yosep.

About thirty minutes later the ambulance arrived at Father Joseph's house, and immediately took Nania into the hospital.

As Soraya headed for the car to follow Pastor Yosep and Nania to the hospital, John his son, pastor Joseph, arrived on his motorcycle.

"Mother Soraya, what's going on?" ask John.

"Come, put your bike in the house and come with me to the hospital" Soraya asked him.

Then the young man immediately stored his motorcycle and immediately got into Soraya's car.

"Your mother we took to the hospital. I'm sorry, I just found out that your mother's condition is so severe," Soraya said while driving.

"I'm sorry we're troubling all the congregation again. We don't want to tell my mother's condition. Only we are ashamed that we have troubled the Church and the people too much" said John.

"Where is your old car, by the way?" ask Soraya to John.

"We have sold it, for the treatment of mama and also some for the treatment of Luke's Opa" replied John.

"Are you in college or not? didn't I hear you were going to college as a priest too?" ask Soraya again.

"Actually yes, I have got a student duty to study at one of the Theological Universities in Malang City. But I postponed it a year ago, I now work in a mini market," replied John looking sad.

"Why postponed? won't it be scorched?" Soraya who felt herself a lecturer felt a bit ambiguous to hear the student duty recipients postpone her studies.

"The university said it was not forfeited, for the reason that my parents were sick. Fortunately they gave the opportunity next year" John explained to Soraya.

"It is not that such a Theological University has dormitories and then gets three meals a day. Why should it be postponed?" ask Soraya again.

"To Malang City it takes a fare, ma'am. Then there are personal needs that are not borne by the University. I have to ask from the Church again. Papa couldn't possibly give me the monthly money, because my mom's treatment was also quite expensive. And now that we have money, it's also better to focus on my mama's treatment" the answer from the lips of a young man whose age is not much different from his firstborn.

John, the excellent and wise young man, at his age who may have been only about nineteen years old but was already very mature in thought.

Soraya was very impressed with the young man, secretly thinking if only he had the opportunity to help this young man to achieve his goals.

Upon arrival at the hospital, Nania immediately received treatment from doctors and medical personnel who had been given the mandate by Robert.

At least Robert is the deputy director of the hospital, a senior doctor of heart surgeons who is quite famous by name.

"Soraya, how can we pay for this hospital?" lamented Pastor Yosep who felt bad because it turns out his wife got treatment in a room that is the best.

"Prince Joseph, your duty is to pray. So pray for us to help heal your wife Nania" Soraya replied with a smile.

The Reverend Joseph was moved by Soraya's kindness, when at least Soraya came to his house to complain about what had happened to her husband and herself.

But now Soraya even seems to care about his personal affairs, now he looks so eager to be able to help the recovery of Nania the wife of Reverend Joseph.

Robert also came to the hospital and examined Nania as she discussed Nania's illness with the doctors who treated her.

After believing the young doctor who will handle Nania can provide analysis and convey Nania's treatment plan to Robert clearly, then Robert left the room while previously encouraging Nania.

Pastor Yosep also thanked Robert, then after a little conversation with the Pastor and Robert approached Soraya.

"It's a good thing you came on time, if only it was a day or two away. Nania could have died without good care before" Robert said, patting his sister-in-law on the shoulder.

"O, yes, Bang Robert, I found a cure in Mario's bag. There are so many kinds, not just cough medicine I think. This is my photo of the drug" Soraya said, showing a photo of Mario's drugs.

"HAAAHHH! it's cancer medicine!!! did Mario get lung cancer?" Robert was very surprised and of course Soraya was also shocked.

"Did Mario ever talk to you about his pain?" robert asked, turning his eyes.

Soraya shook her head, because Mario had never talked about his illness.

Just cough and cough, if asked always answer it is okay, fine, there is already medicine from the doctor.

"Why Samuel didn't say anything to me about Mario's illness" Robert muttered that when he met Samuel who dealt with Mario's illness, he never told him anything at all.