My House of Resilience
Chapters 17. Family Rejection

Courage is not without cause. Although in the end living alone will be difficult, but with the marriage hell created by her husband it has made her realize many things. Husbands who are not worth fighting need to be thrown all the way to the sea. Why survive full wounds? He is still able to support his adopted son.

"Are you aware of what you're saying?" sentak Ari's.

The commotion was apparently heard by Tanti's parents who had just returned from the market.

"Why are you guys fussing?" ask Hardiman, Tanti's father.

"This, Sir. My son tried to ask for a divorce from me. He thinks a widow's life is easy?" cibir Ari's. Somehow, why when Tanti asked for a divorce, there was a sense of unwillingness in her heart.

"Ari, Father and Mother will talk to Tanti first" said Sarinah, Tanti's mother.

The two husband and wife took Tanti to the room occupied by her son. There, Sarinah asks Tanti to sit on the bed.

"Please your mind first, Nduk! What exactly happened to your household? I thought, you came here just to calm down from a fight with your husband. What have you been hiding from Mom and Dad all this time?" search Sarinah.

"If you suggest, you better reconsider your plan. You don't know all the reasons why you want to get divorced from your husband?"

It hurts a lot, sir. If you knew that your son was wasted. Not only was it wasted, sir, but your son is already in Polygamy. If Father and Mother knew, would you still tell me to hold on?

"Your father is right, Nduk. It's not good to live a widow. Moreover, you have two adopted children who have grown up. Surely your life will not be easy" Sarinah replied.

During this time, Tanti never told her all the pain of her life. He tried to survive in his own way. When Tanti decides to return to her parents' house, it means her defense has collapsed.

"Sir, Mom, Tanti had thought about this carefully before making a decision. Maybe this seems sudden, but there's no harm in Father and Mother approving Tanti's plan." She did not want to open her husband's disgrace. All this time he was patient enough and could hold back.

"If you don't have a problem, why divorce?" ask Hardiman.

Gluey!

His plain father. His mother is very loving. Both are combinations of husband and wife that deserve thumbs up. At a time like this, Hardiman did not force her to divorce because the middle-aged man did not know the problems faced by his son.

"Mother once said that being a wife must be a dress for her husband, and vice versa with her husband. Then, will Mother and Father still make Tanti survive the wedding whose clothes have been torn? Our domestic relations have been bad for a long time, ma'am, sir. Tanti doesn't want to add to this family's grief with the problems that Tanti brought."

Hardiman and Sarinah looked at each other. Is it so complicated about the life her daughter has lived all this time? Until the woman raised a white flag in her marriage. Until now, Tanti's parents did not know the problem. Hypocritical as a parent if you do not know the problem of his son, but Hardiman and Sarinah try to turn a deaf ear from rumors that are not good out there.

"Mother and Father had heard the slanted news, Tanti. But we don't want to know. We think when you don't tell us, it's just people who have bad intentions for your family" Hardiman explained.

"Sorry, Sir. Wait steady to divorce from Mas Ari," he said confidently.

"Sir, what's the matter until you're this close?" ask Sarinah.

"Mom, I wanted to apologize earlier. I shouldn't have expressed disgrace in front of Father or Mother. The life that Tanti lived all this time was not easy. In fact, Teguh and Indra were forbidden to speak. Tanti has a big responsibility on both of them, while Mas Ari has ignored her responsibility on Tanti."

Heartache, physical pain, endless struggle, until a defeat that must be received all this time due to the actions of her husband. Tanti has lost everything. He could no longer bear to hide Ari's rottenness all this time.

"Tanti wants this divorce because it is not resistant to the treatment of Mas Ari. Even though he didn't do the KDRT, it made Tanti sick."

Silent. The three people tried to digest inside each other's minds. Sarinah could not stand what her daughter said. There must have been something big that they hadn't known all along.

"Actually Mother and Father do not allow you to divorce from Ari, but Mother tries to give you a chance. Tell me what the truth is. Is that right, sir?" Sarinah tried to ask her husband for his consent.

"If it's best according to Mom, you also agree to listen to it. It does not mean you agree that you are divorced. Remember, Tanti, living a widow is not easy."

For Tanti, the rejection given by her family was a natural thing. Tanti then tells the beginning of her household problems. Until finally came a woman named Marlena who asked for blessing to marry her husband. What parent's heart doesn't hurt when they know their child is being treated that way by someone else. Not stopping there, the household life that Tanti passed through made the pain of everyone who heard it.

Hardiman and Sarinah tried to calm down. The life that Tanti lived was very complicated. It's only natural that he wants a divorce.

"Can't you fix this household relationship? Honestly, I can't bear to see you living alone, son," said Hardiman.

Hardiman still does not want his son to divorce. He couldn't let his son live a widow like this.

"Sir, Tanti has suffered so much. Why don't you let your son get a divorce, sir?" ask Sarinah who does not know her husband's current way of thinking.

"Mom, you will ask Ari to divorce his wife and then return to Tanti, our son. We fix everything, Tanti. Think carefully of what you said."

Gluey!

It felt so hard to quarrel with his parents who chuckled at the rejection. Change is getting riled up. Can he decide to divorce without the blessing of his parents?

"Sir, Mom, if Tanti had decided on a matter, Tanti would have been convinced of the path I would have taken. You try to imagine being a Tanti who has to live in the hell of a marriage like this. Get sick, sir. Luckily this heartache has not reached Tanti's soul. You can imagine that Tanti continues to survive this marriage until Tanti's soul is shaken. You don't want to have crazy kids, do you?"

Tanti's words were very concerned at the rejection of her family regarding the divorce that would be filed. Without their consent, Tanti will still file a divorce lawsuit. Let Ari feel what it's like to get divorced from a wasted wife all this time.