The Effects of Early Marriage
41 Say Goodbye

Lately Freya is hard to sleep, and at that time she spends her time reading books, like tonight. It was two o'clock in the night that he was still reading medical books.

Mico never came to school again, the man disappeared just as if swallowed by the earth. Freya clucked in annoyance, to be honest she felt lost. More precisely the loss of a comrade in juvenile delinquency.

Freya plays the song, trying to distract him. Sometimes he felt bored when he always shifted his attention to books, which he had memorized the contents.

The brain doesn't always make you happy. I don't know, he's confused too.

Slowly his eyes began to shut, bringing him to dreamland.

Arby opens Freya's room door. Freya's body was asleep in the desk chair. Arby held Freya and laid her on the bed. His hand moved to rub that flat stomach.

Freya moved restlessly in her sleep. As usual, every night he would have nightmares, the same dreams. Dreams in which he hits, stabs, chokes, even other acts of violence.

Arby wiped the sweat on the woman's forehead. Yes, every time he sneaked into Freya's room, he always saw the uneasiness in Freya's sleep while muttering indistinctly. It is also what makes Freya difficult, even afraid to sleep.

At two o'clock in the night, just as usual, Freya woke up. This time it was not thirsty or hungry. He felt a very strong pain in his stomach. He tried to get up, but felt something heavy in his stomach. He looked at Arby who was sleeping beside him, wanting to get angry and shout, but the pain was more domineering.

"Auw .. sick."

Freya felt her stomach being squeezed, rubbed, or whatever she herself was confused to describe.

He tried to wake Arby up, but the man hugged him tighter and rubbed his stomach gently. Getting a swipe from Arby, his eyes closed again.

At five, Arby woke up from his sleep. He saw Freya's slightly pale face accompanied by cold sweat. His hand rubbed Freya's stomach and head slowly, so as not to disturb the woman's sleep. After seeing Freya calmer, Arby exited the room. Not long after, Freya wakes up but sees no one in the room. Maybe a dream, he thought.

Freya merass was cramps in her stomach, not only that, even her legs were shaking, making her unable to get out of bed.

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While Arby is at school, Freya is still lying weak. She bit her lips and squeezed the sheets until they were tangled.

Today Arby was not concentrated, he was not focused to talk to Nuna.

"and ... Ar!"

"Eh, what the hell is Nun?"

"Ck, how the hell, invited to talk from earlier instead just shut up."

Arby was silent, as his mind was unfocused. Nania approached them both.

"Cih, the wife at home is pregnant, but you are busy dating. Beware, the new torment knows taste!"

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The housekeeper reported that Freya had not been out of the room all day, when she saw the woman curled up.

Freya moaned in her sleep, her stomach ached again. He opened his eyes, looking at Arby who was sleeping beside him. The woman shook Arby's body.

"Bi ... By ...."

"Aw .. pain. By .. wake up!"

Freya began to sob in pain, her hands pinching Arby's hands. Arby awakens from his sleep, not because of the slow pinch, but because of Freya's cry.

"It hurts!"

"Frey, what's wrong with you?"

"My stomach, sa ... hurts."

Freya grabbed Arby's hand. Arby felt something wet on Freya's bed. Maybe it was wet, he thought. He then lit the lantern with the remote, and the room became bright. He saw that blood was seeping on the bed.

Arby held Freya. His face was pale instantly.

"Pi, Mi. Wake up!"

Arby banged on her parents' room with her feet, because she was holding Freya. Fortunately it didn't take long, both of his parents opened the door with sleepy faces.

"Mi, Pi, Freya is bleeding."

Elya and Arlan instantly saw the blood dripping from Freya. The girl's face was already very pale with trembling lips.

"Come to the hospital!"

Arlan turns on the car, next to him sits Elya, while Arby holds Freya.

"It hurts!"

"Hold, yeah."

Arby hugs and kisses Freya, unnoticed by the two. The young man could feel the blood permeating his clothes and pants. Slowly, the grip of Freya's hand that he had felt loosened and finally released.

"Frey, Frey, wake up!"

Arby held Freya's body in his arms, his heart beating very fast. Bad thoughts began to fill his brain.

Not long after that they arrived at the hospital. Like dejavu, the events of that time seemed to repeat themselves. The still dark sky and the cold air add an uncomfortable atmosphere to this state.

They waited long enough outside the ER. Finally the doctor came out with a facial expression that they could immediately guess, but did not want to believe it before the doctor himself said it.

"I'm sorry, the contents can't be saved."

Arby sat on the floor, he could no longer think of anything.

"You could see her after she was transferred to the treatment room, but she needed treatment because of her weak uterus and miscarriage at a young age, fortunately her life could still be saved. You guys are still lucky."

No one's saying. They remembered that doctors had said many times that Freya was most likely to miscarry, due to various factors, and now everything happens.

"Ar, what exactly is going on?"

"I don't know either, Mi. I was sleeping, Freya woke me up all of a sudden, she said her stomach hurt. I turned on the light and saw a lot of blood on the bed."

"You slept with Freya?"

"Yes, I slept there."

Arlan fan Elya sighed, is it possible that Freya was upset that Arby was sleeping with her?

Early in the morning Freya's family and Freya's best friend Arby arrive at the hospital.

"What did I say? The punishment, lo. Your pregnant wife even cheated on her best friend" said Nania loudly.

"What?"

"Arby, are you cheating?"

"No, I'm the same she's got nothing to do with."

"Well, where are the criminals who want me."

Until noon they were all still gathered in Freya's nursery. That night Freya just woke up.

"You're sober?"

Freya remembers what happened. His hand held onto his stomach, trying to draw his own conclusions at a time when everyone was still silent about his current condition.

"Don't mind much, yeah."

Nania and Aruna embraced Freya in turn.

"Patience to Freya, you miscarried. But then, when it's time you can have another child, but a different husband."

Many have to endure patiently hearing Nania's words. Not calming even be a stove.

"You don't affect Freya, dong" said Ami.

"Try aunty all who are in Freya position how? Forced marriage at an early age, di**sa, young pregnancy, miscarriage. Mending her marriage to a loved one, mending her husband faithful and not cheating."

Nania spoke with excitement. Aruna, Marcell, Vian and Ikmal were silent. As fellow teenagers, they understood very well what Nania said. They just like to be confused with schoolwork, parental rules, demands to get good grades, and so on. Then what about Freya who has to bear more burden, even though she is the youngest among Nania, Aruna, Nuna, Arby, Marcell, Vian and Ikmal.