Bitter Tongue In-Law
8. Misunderstand

"So this is what made you these few days out of the house forget time?"

"Mom, how did you get here?"

"That's not important. Now home! You should have been more careful in working so as not to get fired."

Bu Ningsih was like a heartless man who passed sinlessly from before Nuna. One of the health workers who had helped Nuna came over and forced Nuna to return to the room because she had not recovered properly. With all efforts Nuna insisted to go home, but his efforts led to defeat.

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Ms. Ningsih was like getting a diamond, what she found today was a golden opportunity to create a misunderstanding between Arga and Nuna. He did not have to bother thinking hard to make the two a little distance.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Arga came home and greeted her mother by gnawing her hands and sitting on the living room couch.

"What's up, Mom?"

"So I was right at Puskesmas to meet Nuna. He's both the same man. They look friendly, Mother does not dare to reprove. Later even the mother who was homelinized with Nuna. And you need to know, Ar. In the last few days Nuna often goes out of the house after you leave for work and comes home before you go home to work. Every time her mother, she always answered to meet her. Why meet every day and a full day outside the house? What are they talking about? He must have met the guy you saw at the puskesmas. From now on you should be suspicious of him. Mother from the beginning was not sure if her child conceived Nuna is your child. Must be someone else's son and he's using you."

"Mom saw it wrong, Mom. No way Nuna's like that, I know Nuna."

"How long have you known him? People you know from babies can change at any time because of circumstances, situations, or because there is an opportunity. Don't trust people too much."

As if he lived a long life, Nuna who was the topic of discussion that afternoon came home with a body that was still quite weak. He stopped in the living room by exchanging looks with two people sitting side by side.

"Mas."

"To the room now!" Arga without giving a chance to Nuna spoke longer. He walked into the room with wide steps. For a moment Nuna looked at her mother, then followed her husband's footsteps.

"What did Mom say?" Arga asked one second after Nuna opened the door.

Nuna fearfully carried her body into the room and sat on the edge of the bed near her husband.

"So you told me everything?"

"I need answers, not questions."

"Sorry, I'm doing this because of me...."

Arga's turbulent emotions at the top of tarasa's head wanted to explode. He who was embarrassed at his quarrel heard Mother or the neighbors around the house chose to leave.

As fast as lightning she carried herself out of the room, but quickly Nuna grabbed her husband's hand.

"Mas, I'm sorry. I promise I won't be like this again. Give me a chance, this is just a small mistake I can fix. I'm sorry, Mas." Nuna did not expect that the response given by Arga would be this watermelon. She was filled with tears that were already flowing.

"What did you say? This mistake you made is a small mistake and you can fix it? Where do you want to fix this? Nothing can be fixed. Unhand me!  I don't want to be touched by a disgusting woman like you. My biggest mistake and regret is marrying a woman like you." With a single pull, Arga managed to remove his hand from his wife's grasp. He passed from his room in his work clothes.

I'm just hiding the fact that I work, why would he call me a disgusting woman?

For a moment, Nuna daydreamed. The words of Arga apparently managed to make him slightly gasp and unaware that her husband was not in place.

"Mas, Mas Arga. I'm just not being honest about one thing why are you this angry?" Nuna takes her foot out of the room intending to chase after her husband. But unfortunately, he was late, the footprints of Arga alone was not seen in the house.

When he reached the terrace, he saw his mother who was gathered with other mothers on the side of the road. Nuna was no longer surprised or wondering what they were doing and they were talking about. If Bu Ningsih was in that horde, that meant, he was the main topic in their chat. Not wanting to add to his heartache, he turned around and entered.

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Bian was pacing forward and back a few hours ago. It was dark and he was getting upset because Nuna never came to get her bag. Bian actually no matter whether his bag is taken or not, he began to fret and get upset when the ringing of Nuna's cellphone that did not want to be silent. The name of the contact he had read made Bian think that his mother missed Nuna very much.

"Is this perhaps what is called an inner bond? Nuna almost lost her baby and her mother felt? Did ya? Ah to hell with it all, Nuna's not here anymore, but she still pisses me off. That's outrageous!" Bian continues his heroes with a waistline.

Bian just waited not because there was no reason, he had had time to go to the health center, but the woman had apparently gone home. Inevitably he finally returned to the store maybe Nuna came to take his bag. But until the clock shows at eight pm, the woman he expected his arrival did not show the stem of his trial.

Bian had thought that he wanted to take this bag home, but he was worried that it would cause misunderstandings considering that Nuna did not allow her husband to work.

Bian who was confused about what to do, finally prank open the bag and took the woman's wallet. He thinks there must be a ID card, he can deliver the bag through a courier or ask his sister for help.

"God. I'm catching Nuna's fool. Why not think about it, huh? I can ask Bianca to deliver this bag. You idiot!" If all day was usually a stupid word for Nuna, now Bian says it for himself.

"Ah this close. Three minutes also arrived," muttered Bian observing the ID card in his hand. "Eh, she's 22? Even he was younger than Bianca, but he dared to get married? Too rash a decision."

Bian finally decides to take her home and asks her sister to deliver tomorrow.