Chapter 2 2. Mama advice

Chapter 2. Mama's advice

Naya and I got up from our seats. It was my mother's voice.

Naya looked calm as she confronted Mama, politely taking her hand and kissing the back of her hand.

Mama turned to Naya, then looked back at me.

"This is a hospital, a public place, it's better for you to pray a lot instead of arguing. Sick children don't need arguments, they need prayers," my mother advised, I was silent and Naya half bowed.

"Sorry, mom. Actually, I also want to talk in a private place. But unfortunately, Mas Yuda and I rarely meet."

Naya replied, relaxed and calm, making me frown, since when did that woman dare to speak up. As I recall, when my mother would advise Naya, my first wife would never respond and just obey. But now ....

Mama let out a rough breath. She looked at Naya in astonishment, just like me.

"You can contact her by phone, right? Then..."

"3 weeks Mas Yuda was at his second wife's house! During those three weeks I sent hundreds of chats and dozens of miss calls. But there was no answer."

Naya explained loudly and firmly, touching my feelings again about when my first wife was so brave to talk?

Mama looked confused, then turned to me. I was dead. I don't know what answer I should give to Mama, if I'm honest that I have a new cellphone from my second wife, surely Naya will be very angry and think that I'm ignoring her, even though the cellphone given by my wife is very sophisticated and expensive, so the old cellphone is completely neglected. Forgot I hadn't saved Naya's number.

Mama looked up slightly, as if the woman was asking me to explain.

"That's... I..." my lips were too weak to open my voice.

"Naya guessed, Mas Yuda got a new cell phone, then neglected the old one. Just like Mas Yudha ignored his first wife and was preoccupied with his second wife. Right?"

Naya quipped at me, gave me a big smile and looked at me, a look that pierced my soul and feelings for once. For some reason, I felt cornered by my first wife's attitude.

"That's..." It was tongue-tied to reply.

"Is it really Yudha?" Mom looked at me sharply, I was forced to nod my head.

"Sorry Ma..." I said softly. My pride dropped, then I turned to Naya, was this my wife's plan to drop my pride in front of my mother?

"Apologize to Naya, not to Mama!" my mother protested.

I nodded my head lazily then turned to my first wife.

"I'm sorry Naya," I said reluctantly.

"Will saying sorry solve everything? Does an apology solve everything?" Naya asked quietly but emphatically.

Eh? What the hell? What's going on with Naya? How could she not know herself, instead of accepting my apology she turned around as if looking for my faults. What kind of wife is this?

"What do you mean Naya?" Mama asked this time.

"What I mean is... Because of Mas Yudha who ignored my message, there are many things that have passed in the last three weeks. Mas Yuda should have been fair. Didn't the agreement 3 years ago say that the time spent by Mas Yuda on his first wife and on his second wife is one week. One week at my house and one week at Calista's house?"

"But now what? For three weeks Mas Yuda has ignored us, he's been busy with Calista without knowing that his second child is dying here."

Naya said, making Mama open her mouth halfway with her first daughter-in-law's explanation. Duh Gusti, how could Naya skin me in front of my own mother.

"During those three weeks, there were many things that happened in our house that Mas Yuda didn't know about, right? I feel like a widow, Mas," she said.

I was shocked. How could he think that? I was busy because Calista was also struggling to take care of our child.

"That's why I want us to get a divorce!" he said.

"Naya! What are you talking about!"

A voice interrupted from the other direction. Naya, mom, and I turned our heads towards the source of the voice.

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Who was it again?