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55_Help Indar

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Heartache is certainly yes, but Aisyah can what? It keeps itself in silence and is only capable of shedding tears. Didn't the father-in-law appreciate his sacrifice all this time. In the past when Bayu still did not get a job in the factory, who supported the financial condition of his household if not him.

Even when Bayu chose to work in a factory, who was the first person to ban it. Then now, is it not unfortunate that the father-in-law asked the firstborn for the youngest child? Less what Aisyah as a daughter-in-law, while the other daughter-in-law just lazing and hanging life on her in-laws and sisters-in-law.

A week passed after their return from Herman's house. Although he did not hear directly the scolding and insults from his father-in-law, in fact his ears still felt hot when he heard it through a mobile phone.

Three times a day Herman called him just to remind him, so that Bayu did not forget to send money and so that Aisyah was not stingy to brother-in-law.

“Sabar Aish, be patient,” he said to yourself, “don't worry, someday you will definitely find your own happiness.” Sweet words as a self-strengthening always he put in the brain and heart so that he is not fragile and can stand.

But unfortunately, all the reinforcing words were destroyed when she saw her own husband was struggling just because he wanted to help others who were not her responsibility.

“No one else can help Indar?” asked Aisyah when Bayu was in a hurry to go to Indar's house.

“At home Indar no men, Dek.”

“But why should Mas Bayu? She has no other neighbors?”

“Only mas close to him.”

“Indeed you guys as close as anything, to willingly go all the way to the house of Indar just to fix the electricity that died?”

The question he asked struck his own heart. The pain is getting painful. Shown when he was in trouble but Bayu chose to ignore and now look. Indar which incidentally is just an ordinary friend but becomes Bayu's priority. Aisyah lost a landslide.

“Kan, you know, mas and Indar have been friends since childhood. So it's natural, right, if I help him.”

“No, Mas. That's not normal. They already have their own lives. There's me and Zahra who should be Mas's priority, not Indar!” Jealousy made Aisyah lose control over the emotions that rumbled in her chest until she dared to raise her voice.

“Why are you, anyway?” Bayu retaliates. His bead eyes stared nyalang at Aisyah.

“Jawab by honestly. What is the real connection between Mas and that flirtatious widow? It is not possible if only limited to friends must be entrain him to the end.”

“Enough, Ice!” Aisyah screams in shock because of the loud voice of Bayu. “long your brain getting worse.”

Bayu just left Aisyah who was afflicted with pain. Aisyah slammed onto the floor, sobbing. Lamenting his fate. The crying sound of Zahra from the room forced Aisyah to get up and calm her little daughter.

He hugged the little girl the source of his strength. He calms Zahra for a long time, but Zahra still looks fussy. “Quiet, yes, Dear. Mother is okay. Sorry mother, yes.”

Aisyah wiped away her tears that were still creeping wet her cheeks. His power has been crushed. If the test is only a humiliation from the father-in-law, Aisyah can still stand upright with her chest puffed up to hide her inner wounds. However, when the test was a third person where Bayu himself was not on his side, Aisyah lost her footing.

His world was falling apart. “God, I can't. The heartache of the servant is needed like this,” his roar in the heart.

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The twilight had disappeared into the dark, but the husband did not return. His heart was filled with uneasiness as well as bad thoughts. How not, her husband came to a widow alone. What are they doing there?

Those bad thoughts continued to undermine, making Aisyah even more confused. “Oath to God, I won't forgive you if what I think happened. My patience has its limits, don't keep you testing me by constantly hurting me.”

Time has shown at nine o'clock in the evening and Bayu has just arrived. He saw Aisha breastfeeding Zahra. “You haven't slept?”

“How can a wife sleep if her husband goes to a widow's house without her knowing what they are doing there,” ketus Aisyah.

“Your mind is too petty, Aish,” wrath Bayu.

“Just hold your gatel widow's.”

“Aisyah!” Bayu growled with anger. He did not want the child to wake up because of their quarrel.

Aisyah stared back at Bayu's bead without trepidation. Disappointment makes him dare to fight back. It would be foolish for Bayu to think that she would be silent when her husband is acting arbitrarily.

Without many words Aisyah left Bayu with a wound-filled gaze. He put Zahra to sleep in his room and lay down beside Zahra. Bayu clenched his hands feeling insulted by Aisyah's accusation.

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Days passed and still with the same quarrel. About Bayu who is always there for Indar. Aisyah who was tired finally chose the abai. There comes a time when someday it will all be over.

“Yes, yes, I'll be there later. I came in this morning, I'll go back to work. For a while you take water from mom's house only.”

Bayu's conversation on the phone with Indar made Aisyah's heart even more sliced. Forget Bayu if he already has his own responsibilities. Waiting for a while, Bayu finally turned off his phone connection.

“Later I went to Indar's house to fix the leaky pipe,” Bayu said.

It was a statement not asking Aisyah for permission. It turns out that the quarrel yesterday had no influence whatsoever on Bayu.

“Mas forgot if later Zahra immunization schedule?”

“Means I asked you to be independent so that everything does not have to take care of me. The immunization period should be me. I've left first. Assalamualaikum.” Bayu just passed by.

Aisyah stared blankly at Bayu's departure. Even the need for his son must be defeated by Indar. The broken heart is getting broken. Aisyah tried to pick up a piece of liver to save her, but it seemed that it had become a dust she could no longer save.

Aisha was crying in silence. His voice is no longer heard. It languishes in solitude. “Kuat Ais, strong. Duh, Gusti, strong paringi. Give me patience as wide as the endless ocean.”

He wiped his tears rough. Javanese proverb makes it rise, ‘What you plant is what you will reap’ Aisyah hopes with her patience this will pay off in the future. Whether it was for himself, or for his little daughter. He believed that everything would be beautiful in time. Didn't the rainbow come up after the rain? Aisyah will faithfully wait for the rainbow in her life to appear.

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...To be continued...

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