Why marry me, Gus?
chapter 28

Arin gallops into the pool to rescue Riski from the water. But when the woman was about to take Riski, Arin was suddenly pushed by a woman who had first entered the water to help Riski.

Like a hero, the woman carried Riski out of the pool and hugged her tightly. Arin looks stunned when he sees a woman he does not know, rescues Riski and pushes herself violently.

"Cup, Risski! Quiet, huh? It's okay, kid! Riski's safe." The woman hugs Riski and calms down the crying Riski.

The wide-hijabed woman looked at Arin with a sharp look. The woman turned out to be none other than the large hijab woman she had seen when she was brought home to Tubansari on the first day.

"Who is this girl?" inner Arin.

"Riski, you're okay, right?" arin asked the son guiltily.

Arin did not expect that it would turn out this way. Previously, Arin felt Riski would be fine in this shallow pool. But Arin's rather careless attitude, it almost makes Riski wretched.

"Riski, sorry Umi, huh? Umi was late behind earlier," Arin told Riski, and tried to take the boy from a large hijab-wearing woman named Novi.

"Don't touch Riski!" the woman's nagging.

"Do you know what you've done? You almost killed Riski!" connect Novi.

Arin knows that Arin has left Riski wrong and invites the little boy to play in the pool to swim together, but Arin never intends to harm Riski. "Sir, I didn't intentionally. I don't want my son to do anything either!" tymphal Arin.

"If you don't want Riski why, why did you take Riski to play in the pool? You know that Riski's been traumatized, right?"

Riski's cries grew louder, and the woman's nagging also grew louder. Arin tried to explain, but the woman continued to blame Arin.

"What do you mean Riski's watering? You want to make Riski wretched, right?"

"Sir, I just want to take Riski. I just want him to play. What's in it for me, Riski? Riski was my son!"

The commotion between the two women was heard to the ears of Rosyidah and Ustadz Wahab. Riski's cry also made Rosyidah's nyai unsettled.

"What is this storm?" ask Nyai Rosyidah. "Riski why are you crying?"

Arin looked down as soon as he saw his in-laws coming. While Novi actually seemed to complain to Nyai Rosyidah and Ustadz Wahab.

"Riski is crying because of Nyai's son-in-law" exclaimed Novi. "I really don't think the same as Nyai's daughter-in-law. He could have jumped Riski swimming in the pool and left Riski alone. Does he not know about Riski's trauma?" exclaiming the woman deliberately cornered Arin and made Arin as a suspect.

Nyai Rosyidah and Ustadz Wahab glanced at Arin who dared not say anything. Arin really felt guilty to the point that the woman did not make the slightest defense.

"Riski drowned and wandered alone in the water, Nyai. He should be able to take good care of Riski. It's not just that Riski is like this and that Riski's ngajakin went into the pool" Novi exclaimed again.

Nyai Rosyidah and Ustadz Wahab did not comment. Both prefer to help calm down Riski who is still crying.

"You said you're just a ngasuh, right? You said you were just playing. Is this what you call playing? No kidding the same life you mean?" the Novi sarcas.

"Riski, don't cry anymore, yeah! We'll change clothes with Grandma!" nyai Rosyidah said while holding her grandson.

Arin is left alone in the yard along with the pool of water he bought. I mean Arin's not like this. Arin just wants to help Riski treat Riski's trauma slowly. But it seems that Arin is too confident until he acts recklessly.

"I'm sorry Umi, Riski."

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In the evening, Huda accompanies Riski to sleep in the room. Arin felt that her husband hated her because he almost made Riski wretched and her trauma relapsed.

"Mas Huda must have been sprained by me, "inner Arin.

Arin had only been quiet since then, and looked at Riski and Huda with regret. If only Arin had been more careful, things wouldn't have turned out this way. If Arin hadn't been careless, Riski wouldn't have pants like this.

Nyai Rosyidah and Ustadz Wahab no longer bring it up. Huda also said nothing to Arin. But Arin is still drowning in her guilt for Riski, and feels that everyone hates her for putting Riski in danger.

Perhaps Arin would prefer it if Huda and his in-laws nagged him. But they said nothing to Arin. They were not angry or asked for an explanation from Arin. This also makes Arin feel more useless and hated.

"Mas Huda was silent. Was Mas Huda that angry with me?" batin Arin looked at Huda since then without blinking.

Huda glanced at Arin for a moment after he put Riski to bed. The man did not seem to have the heart to see Arin who had been just sitting in the corner of the room without doing anything and did not say a word.

"Thin!" call Huda to Arin in a soft voice. The man turned his head towards Arin and threw a thin smile, even though his face looked tired.

"W-yes, Mom?" Arin started to get nervous when she heard her husband's voice.

"Riski's asleep. You should sleep now, too. It was night time" said Huda just asking Arin to sleep.

Yeah, that guy didn't say anything anymore. Huda did not discuss the sinking of Riski this afternoon. Huda doesn't ask Arin anything and doesn't bring him up. Though the man did not know the story, but he also did not find out the chronology of Arin.

"Yes, Mum."

Arin lies down next to Riski and waits for Huda to ask her to talk again. But apparently the man did not invite Arin to talk again. Arin also could not give an explanation, because Huda did not ask. Both of them fell asleep without discussing the problem of riski.

This also makes Arin's chest tight. "Why is Huda not asking me anything? Didn't Huda care the same explanation from me? Or do you think Huda won't hear anything else from me?" arin's inner self was filled with regret and disappointment.

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