Suspicion

"Unfortunately. This morning I had to hurry to the office. There is a lot of work waiting for me there. Last night the director contacted me, the only reason is that I am their administrative staff. You've finished washing your clothes, right? Then I'll leave immediately, be careful at home ." David immediately left and a reply from his wife.

Fen had turned her head, but did not hear her husband's words because her body was covered by the dividing wall of the bedroom and living room.

Yesterday's clothesline looked mountainous, Fen had been there struggling for more than an hour with her two toddlers, who didn't stop whining.

At the same time, there was a knock on the door, along with someone's voice that was not apparent to his ears. "Oh my, who else came here this morning? Even though I'm still working, I still have to fold all these clothes."

Fen frowned slightly, annoyed and irritated mixed into one. As a host, it's hard to just send him away. "All right, go up to the house, chatting on the terrace is better with a cool breeze."

Fen reached for her cellphone in the desk drawer, took it along with a baby and her toddler who had almost fallen asleep after playing alone. "What's wrong with you? Did you guys fight again?" then he walked off hastily, and turned on the video on his cell phone, so the two toddlers wouldn't fuss.

"You see, yesterday afternoon I found a private message on my husband's social media account, and do you know who it was from? It was Bertalina, his ex-girlfriend. The sound of the message was also abnormal, he even cornered me when he replied to his message. He also said I was a slut . How annoyed I was when I heard that. Even though he was the one bothering a man who was already married to someone else. This is so annoying! And you know, my husband even blamed me for what happened to me today, you see this mark? My husband hit me with one fist ."

Since earlier, Fen didn't pay attention to anything apart from her work, she realized that Tina's face turned out to have a bruise on her forehead, it was very swollen and bluish. Really, pity! "Is your husband that cruel? What exactly happened to bruise him so big."

Tina looked down without saying anything. Her eyes filled with tears, as if she wanted to cry again.

Fen glanced at her two children, the baby was asleep in the mat bag that was previously deliberately held. Alvin still looked relaxed watching videos downloaded from YouTube.

He then got up, without saying a word, then returned with a small container. "Wait a minute, let me compress your forehead first. If not, it will get even more swollen and even an infection." Fen also winced, seeing the expression on her neighbor's face when he was compressed.

"Fen, can I stay here for a while? I'm afraid my husband will do the same after this. I hope you'll let me stay with you guys." Tina's face looked pitiful when she said that.

Fen was silent, her movements stopped as Alvin approached her. His cellphone is locked, the child can't open the password in the form of those letters.

"Sorry, it seems I can't, our house is so cramped, and I don't want anything to do with your husband's family. I know very well the nature of the average person in this village, everyone is the same. If it's just a child who has problems, all his relatives will interfere. Their difficulty. Sorry again, I really can't." Fen's decision was unanimous. The previous feeling of trauma had not completely disappeared while living at her parents-in-law's house.

"Come on Fen, we are not other people anymore, you and I both have no relatives here. Even though we are not from the same city, I'm sure you can't bear to let me be treated like this again by my husband. At least you're permitting me until there is transportation you can take to my mother's house."

Again, Fen reconsidered Tina's words just now, "B-but." his heart began to worry. Finally, he slowly nodded his head too.

A burst of smile indicated that Tina was delighted. The compressed cloth was just left on his forehead, while the baby, who was almost the same age as Bertrand, the youngest son of Fen, woke up with the sound of crying.

***

At 17.00, the door was knocked. Fen immediately knew who knocked her.

She forcibly removed her suckling baby and put it on the bed, then opened the door, thinking it was her husband David.

Check…

Fen slowly walked towards the door, opened it, saw the figure of a neighbor who had come two days earlier already standing in front of the door with a flat expression. "Tika? What's wrong?" Fen opened the entrance wide.

The woman with two children who always stopped by her house every day looked grimacing. "Um, can I play here for a bit? We had a little open-minded conversation. I have something to talk to you about."

Standing here is a man with a well-built but authoritative body. Judging from his appearance, anyone could tell that the man was a friendly person.

Fen was shocked as soon as she recognized the man. "Mr. Johnson? What are you doing here?" He pretended not to know anything.

The man looked around as if looking for something in every corner of the house. Once again Fen repeated his words, firmly the man finally answered. "Where is my wife! I know she must be hiding here, right? Please be honest and don't meddle in our household matters, which shouldn't be your business? Once again, Tina and my children are here, aren't they?" The look in his eyes seemed to hypnotize Fen, it was a shame that this man treated his wife so roughly. If so, he could have been reported to the authorities.

Fen looked worried, she didn't know what to say. The neighbor's husband's words scared him, Fen seemed to give way to Johnson so he could enter. He then pointed to an unpainted door directly across from them.

Before entering, Johnson glanced at Fen, at that moment, footsteps were heard from the yard. "Good afternoon!" this time it was her husband David's voice.

He saw the entrance door was wide open and a pair of sandals that looked foreign to him. It's like a man's sandals.

David went inside as usual, after seeing a pair of sandals earlier. At the same time, unexpectedly, two people appeared simultaneously. They both sweat.

David's mind was a mess, his emotions peaked when he found all that. "Feny, why is this man here? What are you guys doing inside? What abomination you guys are doing, don't you know it's my children you're holding? Could it be that one of them isn't my son, is it one of the five of them?" is this man's son?" he pointed right at Johnson's forehead.

Fen was surprised to see her husband so emotional. "Hey! What are you talking about? Why are you making slander without knowing the truth? Your guess is Mr. David's fault."

David shook his head regardless of what they said. "It's really barbaric, your behavior in my house. Currently, get out of this house. I can't accept that my house is being soiled by your depraved deeds."

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