THE STAIN BEHIND THE VEIL OF THE CONTRACT WIFE
Like Farting
Finally they had to obey the will of the veiled woman.
Almira is busy preparing food for her husband and starts serving everything. The rather wide white plate is equipped with a spoon it is filled with rice and side dishes tempeh, tofu and sambal terasi.
“This food for mas Alex” Almira put the plate in front of Alex.
The man was only silent with the pose of both hands folded in the chest as well as a look of dislike piercing the heart of Almira. But the woman doesn't care.
“Mamah also want to be taken, huh? Shortly” Almira seemed enthusiastic about serving food to her in-laws. “Tempe fry it want mah? Or do you want to sambel? Oh..there's raw pete! It's good, mah... mamah want?”
“Heh!!”
Snappy Vara did not like the way the woman behaved. This woman is getting more and more cramped, making Vara not like it.
“You think we're village people who want to eat outback food like this, huh? Tempe fried, tofu and sa. sambel. Do you think we'll want to?”
“Mah! This is the only food that Almira can cook because there is no time and according to Almira this food does not hurt” denies Almira remains with politeness.
“Ya this is your fault because going home does not remember the time” Nagging Vara.
“But Almira has also been trying to prepare family meals. Although simple is important there is rice that can be eaten”
Vara immediately ruffled his waist to hear the veiled woman refute, “You if there is Alex how to get above the wind huh? You feel high because Alex always defends you, don't you?”
“Not so mah”
Vara does not want to hear the reason for the woman, “Alex, you see your behavior because of her management! That woman is already brave with mamah, Lex”
Alex did not speak. His eyes were still staring intently at Almira who was salting down her head, it seemed like this man did not like it.
But with his cool the man scoops the rice, hungry “Alex wants to enjoy an uninterrupted meal, mah”
“Alex!” pekik Vara stared angrily at Almira and Alex alternately. “You have forgotten your parents yes Lex... pah let's go home aja”.
“But mah?” sidelines Stevano as his hand is drawn rough.
“We go home because our son has forgotten us”, said Vara, but Alex is still eating food. “Ayo”
“Mah, mak—”
“Almira” cut Alex hold hands Almira who wants to chase his parents who have sauntered away. “Sit”
“But--”
“I said sit” press Alex stares coldly and reluctantly accepts the rebuttal.
“Good tuan” Almira can not argue and sit near him. He also went back to calling Alex a formal nickname.
“Not to think about their words. The important thing is, you're cooking this all for me right?” alex asked and the woman nodded.
“But, I can't make good food because it's not enough” Almira replied.
Alex noticed all the food in front of him, “Why are you cooking food for me?”
“When I was in High School, I never came home from study tour at 11 pm because it was a very long trip even our food stock was up. I was tired and hungry at that time! I thought when I got home, I would eat right away. But there was no food at all. As a result I slept all night on an empty stomach”
Alex raises one eyebrow, “So, you mean... You don't want to make me sleep on an empty stomach?”
“Iya... Australia is far away and the journey takes a long time. The dishes on the plane are definitely not enough to make the stomach full. Surely you stay hungry” Almira replied attracting Alex's attention.
“Honest of all! There's nothing quite as attentive as you” Alex said making Almira dumbfounded.
Almira shook her head, “There, Kiran is watching you. I've seen him grind coffee using a glinder because you don't like instant” coffee
“They did that because of job demands” replied Alex honestly.
“Mamah?”
“He never cooks and is busy with his business” replied Alex again with a pose of both hands with a chest.
“Hemm, lover?”
Alex's face instantly turned flat, “At no real shame! But I'll be honest with you. Maybe you could say ‘ada money, women also come’ like that. So, they are really not sincere concern with me”
Almira scrunched her forehead, “Not all Mister. There are thousands of women who will come while carrying her heart to be dedicated to you”
“Oh yes? In fact you came to me because you want my money” reply Alex smiled slanted.
Almira. Whether it was satire or not, this veiled woman must have been offended.
Alex circulates his views, “No one is here. Quickly open your veil.. I don't like to talk to people without seeing his face”.
“What if there is a male worker here?”
“DO NOT ANYONE ENTER KITCHENS” shouted Alex loudly. Of course it sounded to the outside where Kiran wanted to come.
Hearing that Kiran who happened to want to go there, had to turn around and spread this information to her fellow workers.
“Beres! Quickly open” Alex command again. I don't know why this man couldn't wait to see Almira's face.
“Baik” Almira received and opened the cover on his face until both eyes Alex again stunned with a white face without makeup.
Alex tried to beat his throat because the face was always successful in making himself wrong, “I'll eat your cooking because you've been hard-earned to cook it, he said, even you haven't had time to shower and make this room smell with your sweat”
“Eh” strangles Almira sniffing her own body. He admitted that he had not had time to shower, “Tadi right I have said that cooking time is less, let alone bathe”
“Ya already! Let's just eat”
Almira began to take the rice for herself. Not forgetting that he was pouring drinking water in Alex's glass, but he suddenly remembered something.
“Oh Mr... I remember having pete”.
“What!! Pete?” Alex was knocked up and his eyes glared to where Almira was going.
The woman took the pete inside the refrigerator and peeled it and washed it. Alex doesn't want to know and goes back to eating.
Alex grazes a grain of rice with two fingers. Is this what I mean by appreciating? Depressing.
“This is for you” Almira put two grains of pete onto the plate of the man who immediately took it in disgust.
“I don't want to!” Alex threw it away, “You also don't eat his”
“Why? pete it's yummy”
Alex giggled softly at such ludicrous confessions, “I can't even call it food! The food is too disgusting, its smell like fart will only haunt you
Almira was almost intrigued. But he tried hard to hide it.
“Indeed have you tried it?”
“No! Because the unpleasant smell makes me no intention to try” argued Alex answered Almira's question.
“Alright whatever! But sometime you have to try it, because it feels so good” said Almira whispered a little.
‘Even I don't taste like eating country food like this. I should have followed my mother earlier” regrets Alex in heart.
Alex got up and said, “I ate already! Now I want to go to the room to break”
“I have not seen you eat, even the food has not changed at all, it still remains the same and does not decrease” said Almira denied.
Alex leaned his face towards Almira who was sitting, “If you want to know then just count the amount of rice grains and compare it with the amount of rice that you served earlier. Definitely less one”
Almira was silent with a surprised look.
“And it was me who ate” said Alex continued and waltzed away just like that.
Both eyes of Almira blinked shrouded in astonishment, “That grain of rice is not a piece of bread that will make his stomach full