Why marry me, Gus?
chapter 36

Arin's anxiety was answered already. Arin's mind gets more chaotic when he sees the news about Moyudan village.

"Astagfirullah, Umi!"

Ustadz Wahab and Nyai Rosyidah kept trying to be calm in front of Arin. "Silence, Arin! Don't panic yet!" ustadz Wahab.

"What about Mas Huda, Umi? Mas Huda could not be contacted from yesterday! What if Mas Huda is all right?" Arin began to stir and panic, thinking her husband had become one of the victims of a landslide in the village of Moyudan.

"Thin, istighfar! Don't be so prejudiced!" nyai Rosyidah.

Arin's starting to screw up. Benak Arin was already filled with a bad shadow about the condition of her husband.

"Mas Huda, Umi! Huda could not be contacted. We don't know how Mas Huda is there right now!" exclaim Arin.

Nyai Rosyidah does not look like Arin. "Arin, let's pray for Huda's safety. Don't think weird! Volunteers there are not just Huda" said Nyai Rosyidah.

"I want to follow Mas Huda, Umi! I should know Mas Huda's condition now!" cetus Arin's.

"Arin, don't be rash! The news is still confusing. We do not yet know the truth about Huda's condition. We should focus on God's plan. We pray for Huda's safety there" said Ustadz Wahab.

"True Abi said. Don't be rash, okay? Let's wait for news from Huda" said Nyai Rosyidah.

Arin is getting riled up. It was very desirable for the woman to go straight to Moyudan village now for the sake of her husband. But Arin could do nothing if Ustadz Wahab and Nyai Rosyidah did not give him permission. Plus, Arin's arrival to Moyudan village will probably only make matters more complicated.

"You calm down, huh, Arin? Umi's making tea, huh?" tawar Nyai Rosyidah's.

Riski also approached Arin and hugged her mother. Although Riski does not know what really happened, the little boy tries to comfort Arin and calm his crying mother.

"Don't think too much, Arin! Abi believes, Huda must still be fine there," said Ustadz Wahab unceasingly asked Arin to think positively.

"There may be something that makes Huda difficult to contact. We ourselves also know now that it turns out there there was an aftershock. Huda may again be hassles to help the residents to not manage their phones," he continued.

"Umi don't cry! Umi look at the picture and Riski, huh! Later Rizki make a good picture for Umi!" riski said innocently.

Arin stopped her crying. The woman tried to regulate her breathing, while listening to the advice of Ustadz Wahab and Nyai Rosyidah.

"Drink first, Arin! Calm down first yourself. Later we try to find news of Huda together," said Nyai Rosyidah.

Arin nodded and received all the advice from her in-laws. But even so, it does not mean that Arin's feelings immediately become calm.

A wife who is left behind by her husband certainly does not feel calm. Even before Arin saw the news broadcast about Moyudan village, the woman's feelings were not good. Especially after Arin learned the bad news from the place visited by her husband. It is only natural that Arin immediately thinks of Huda.

Arin is determined to find information about her husband in Moyudan village. "I have to own Mas Huda!"

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Arin contacts all of Huda's friends to find out about the husband in Moyudan village. Arin contacted many people, until finally Arin managed to get information from Huda's friend named Yanto.

[Mbak, it happened that Mas Yanto wanted to send goods to Moyudan village. Mas Yanto must have coordinated with someone there. Try asking Mas Yanto about the current conditions in the village of Moyudan.]

While reading the short message, Arin began to be able to think clearly. Finally the woman found a glimmer of hope to find out about her husband.

[Can I have Mas Yanto's number?]

After getting the number of Huda's friend named Yanto, Arin immediately contacted the man. If indeed Yanto plans to go to Moyudan village, Arin began to think about going to the village along with Yanto.

[Assalamualaikum, Mas Yanto. I am Arin, Mas Huda's wife. I heard the news that Mas Yanto wants to go to Moyudan village, huh?]

"Hopefully this Mas Yanto has good news about Mas Huda," muttered Arin seemed restless waiting for a reply from his husband's friend.

[Waalaikumsalam, Ms. Arin. Betul Maud. The day after tomorrow I will go to the village of Moyudan.]

Arin begins to think of a way to persuade Yanto that the man will take himself to the village of Moyudan. If Arin blatantly wants to go there for no apparent reason, of course Yanto will definitely prohibit.

[Before, I can ask you first about the news in Moyudan village now, right? Any news from there?]

[The communication network there is disconnected, ma'am. I also had trouble coordinating with my friends there. I want to bring additional drugs there because the casualties there are increasing after the landslide.]

"What excuse am I using, huh?" mummy Arin.

After a long thought, Arin finally found a brilliant idea so that he was allowed to go to the village of Moyudan.

[As just take the drugs there? Coincidentally I also have to bring stuff there, Mas. Can I be with you, can't I? Mas Huda asked me to bring personal items.]

"Hopefully this reason is enough!" oceh Arin confidently.

The woman had to lie to allow herself to come along. Indeed the situation there is quite dangerous at the moment. All access was even cut off, until a communication network was not available in the village. But Arin had already made up her mind to catch up with her husband and see for herself how Huda was there.

[Bring what stuff, Ma'am? Meningan was tipped to me. Access there is quite dangerous, ma'am. Especially after the breech landslide yesterday.]

Arin had expected that he would get a reply like this. But that woman won't just give up. Arin will continue to try to persuade Mas Yanto, until the man wants to take him to the village of Moyudan.

[Can't, Mom. I had to bring my husband's stuff there. His things are too personal.]

[Mbak sure you want to deliver the goods yourself? The medan is pretty bad. There is no easy way to get there.]

[I'm sure, Mom. Mas Huda himself asked me to make a delivery of his goods. Please let me come, okay?]

Fortunately, Yanto did not suspect Arin's lies. Yanto himself could not ask for confirmation on Huda, because of the constraints on the communication network.

Yanto finally agreed to take Arin along to the village of Moyudan. As soon as the waiting day arrives, Arin comes to Yanto and leaves with the man to catch up with Huda.

"Are you ready?" ask Yanto before inviting Arin to leave.

"Bismillah, I'm ready, Mum!"

Both of them immediately headed to the village of Moyudan with drugs to be distributed to the victims of the landslide. Arin and Yanto's journey to the village of Moyudan is challenging due to the severed access.

Arin repeatedly rubbed the sweat that poured down his forehead, and asked Yanto to rest a few times. "Mak can't do it?" ask Yanto to Arin.

"I still do, Mom. How about myself? Mas's face was pale since earlier," exclaimed Arin began to feel something strange with Yanto.

"I'm fine, Ma'am. The journey is still far away. After this we have to cross the river," said Yanto.

Send them both to the river they must cross to reach the village of moyudan. Arin and Yanto immediately look for a boat to cross, but unfortunately the boat they will ride is damaged.

"Where now, my dear? Can't we cross dong?" arin asked starting to panic while looking for another solution.

When they were restrained by the boat, Yanto showed an increasingly pale face. Seeing Yanto's current condition, Arin is not sure Huda's friend will be able to continue the journey.

"Mas is fine, right? It's not healthy, is it?" ask Arin.

Arin and Yanto rested for a while before continuing the journey. After careful consideration, Yanto finally gave up and will not continue the journey because of health problems.

"Sorry, Ma'am. I can't do it further. I am not strong" Yanto told Arin. "We're back in Tubansari, ma'am!" bring Yanto.

But Arin has gone so far. Arin had made up her mind to catch up with her husband. Arin will not return before she meets Huda and makes sure her husband is okay.

"Just go home if you really are not strong. About the drugs ... what if I just take it to the village of Moyudan? I can still continue the journey. I will still go to Moyudan village!"

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