The Forsaken Heart Flakes
Chapter 4

It was very late, the rain that had flushed the area where Nadira lived, now it had begun to subside. At times like this it is appropriate that everyone is asleep. Moreover, cold weather that pierces the skin allows if there are no more people who are still awake. However, in reality it does not apply to a young mother who has just finished her homework. Tired after a day of work in the factory, Nadira did not feel because there was still household work piling up.

"Alhamdulillah .. at last my laundry is done," muttered Nadira as she spilled her last rinse.

"What time is it, huh? Why is Danu still not home?" ask again. Nadira like that is not because of worry, but rather curious what her husband did outside at night like this.

The young woman then cleaned up the tools and immediately went out of the bathroom to see the Tiara she left alone in the room. Nadira was grateful because as long as she washed, the little baby was not fussy at all.

"Oh my God .. It's so late." Nadira was surprised when his head turned towards the wall clock that showed at 23:35, only a few minutes away to midnight.

After knowing the time, Nadira rushed to the place where he kept the phone. He had to call Danu who still hadn't returned home.

"Mas, quickly answer my call. Why haven't you come home yet?" muttered Nadira while waiting for his call to be answered by Danu from across there.

"You're really late, Mas. Not even my phone call was answered!" Nadira threw his phone on the sofa and sat himself there. He will wait for Danu's arrival.

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At 00:30 in the morning, a motorbike was heard parking in Nadira's rented yard, making the young woman who had slept was awake. She now stepped towards the door and welcomed her husband's arrival. Although the resentment in his heart was still burning from seeing Danu with another woman, but for now he will pretend not to know it while looking for other evidence of the affair committed by the husband.

Before Danu opened the entrance, Nadira had already opened it and welcomed the arrival of the man she had married for about five years.

"You just got home, Mom?" greet Nadira with a sweet smile towards Danu. Believe me, even Nadira herself felt reluctant when she had to act like this because in her heart she was very eager to ask questions about the woman who was joined by her husband this afternoon.

Danu, who was parking his bike, was surprised when he heard Nadira's voice. However, the man's expression instantly changed in just a matter of seconds.

"Yes, Nad. I just got home. Why haven't you slept?" danu asked without looking at his wife's face.

Nadira felt salute when he saw how calm Danu's reaction seemed as if he had done nothing wrong.

"Yet,l. I'm still waiting for you to come home" replied Nadira as she received a small bag given by her husband.

"Next time you don't have to wait for me anymore. Anyway I will also go home the night continues," said Danu before he passed from the front of Nadira.

Nadira followed Danu towards the kitchen, it seemed like the man was hungry at the moment. Danu unscrewed the hood of Saji that was there, but she found nothing but a piece of cold fried tempeh.

"Nad, why isn't there any food here?" asked Danu with an annoyed look.

"I don't have the money to buy side dishes, Mas. It was also fitting to cook rice, no rice left in the storage bucket. It's all gone" replied Nadira, putting a glass of warm water on the table, in front of her husband.

"Well, how come there's no rice? Don't fuck you up, Nad! Didn't I just buy it two days ago?" danu snapped which immediately made Nadira shocked.

Nadira who was turning her back to Danu could only clench her hands in annoyance. However, he should not let out his current anger as it might only cause a debate between them. All this time, they never bothered at night.

"That's the truth, Mas. There is no rice in this house. To my father I fabricate," replied Nadira, still turning her back to Danu. To be honest, she is currently afraid to face her emotional husband.

"Ck. Lies." Danu instead clucked in annoyance when she heard Nadira's reply. He was sure that his wife just wanted to find trouble with him.

"So far, where's this rice from, Nad? If there is no rice, there is no way you can cook rice" he continued.

"That .. I suddenly bought rice from a half-liter stall. I bought it with the rest of the money I had" replied Nadira.

"Certainly, where's the side dish? Why just fried tempeh?"

"There's no side dishes anymore, Mom. I don't have any more money to buy anything else."

"Ck, suck you. Just make my hunger go away!" Danu immediately put back the plate containing white rice roughly on the table. He did not want to eat only rice and a piece of tempe leftover wife earlier.

"As far as you are, my dear." Nadira muttered softly because she was still a little afraid of having to argue with her husband.

Meanwhile, Danu who was upset immediately walked into the bathroom and closed the door violently, making Nadira who was cleaning the dishes a little surprised.

Oh my God, Mas .... You can show your anger like this in front of me, but why can't I act like you? batin Nadira while looking at the bathroom door that has been tightly closed.

After finishing his work, Nadira went to the bedroom. Tiredness and drowsiness that he could not stand anymore to make him sleep first without waiting for the arrival of Danu to the room.