"Bro, don't scare me," said Bara as she walked out of the room. But ... in the midst of the commotion they are now frozen. Mute. There was Asih in front of those who were about to pass by and she was still wearing her uniform.
"Just got home, eh?" Bara asked curtly, Adrian's brother glanced at his sister who was very brave at their stepmother.
"Yes," replied Asih shortly. His hands gripped the sleeves of his backpack which he was currently carrying.
"Maybe take a walk with her rich husband. Is that right, stepmom?" Adrian teased so sharply and coldly while laughing sarcastically, Bara laughed too, but he stopped laughing because he saw Asih started to tear up.
"Bro," Bara called, nudging her brother's arm--Adrian.
Adrian also knows that soon Asih will cry.
"He's very badass. Looking for face, huh?" asked Adrian. But Asih still remained silent. "I don't want to interfere," Adrian shouted again, running as fast as lightning.
"Bro!" The bar calls him. She wanted to follow her sister who was running but Bara felt like she was holding back because she saw Asih.
Asih's tears finally spilled, Bara was even more surprised to see her at the same time filled with guilt. For some reason, seeing Asih crying again made her remember the first time Asih came to her house and when she married her own father.
Asih did not stop crying at that time. Likewise, Bara doesn't like seeing women cry, especially now that Asih is crying because of Bara's words, which she thinks are small jokes.
"Hey, Asih. you don't cry!" said Bara meant to calm. Bara then tried to approach Asih, looking closely at her now downcast face. "Shit?" cried Bara.
Asih pushed away Bara's hand that was trying to hold her cheek and she left.
Asih ran to her room. Bara turned around and saw Asih's departure with guilt.
But suddenly he realized that Asih really needed to be done like that so that he wouldn't feel at home in his house.
"Why do I care, whether he wants to cry or even if he dies is not my business, right? Ishhh … You just suddenly loaded it." Bara judged herself and pulled the doorknob to go back into the room.
When Bara entered, he felt a different air. Bara confirmed her brother's words earlier until a ghost face appeared in Bara's mind.
"Aaaa, my sister is really bad. I know that I'm a coward who's becoming more and more ignorant." Bara tried to shake off her fear this time.
He thought that his fear was just a suggestion and that ghosts never existed.
"Ghosts are only in cheap movies!" said Bara trying to be brave and walked to his bed.
***
Asih opened the bedroom door. She's still crying. She felt very low to be a young wife of a modern Pharaoh.
Even his stepdaughter doesn't respect him. Asih also reminisced in the car earlier, Jajaka Purwa kept pouring his lust on Asih, kissing him until he opened the collar of Asih's shirt, who was still in his school uniform.
He also invited him to eat out. Asih knows that the mustache is her husband. And there is no sin if Asih serves him.
Instead, Asih will sin when she refuses her husband's invitation. The husband that Asih never thought would be her husband, whom Asih did not love at all.
There is not a shred of love that resides.
Asih is still prone on her bed, shedding sadness. Suddenly, someone came.
"Ash," he called softly, "can I come in?" he asked making Asih also surprised by the purpose of the arrival of her husband's second wife.
Asih then forced her body to get up to sit, and wiped her tears which had already been caught by her, whom Asih suspected of coming.
"Can. What's wrong ma'am?" asked Asih.
Kirani then sat on the edge of the bed opposite Asih. Staring at him like a biological mother trying to understand the anxiety her child was feeling.
But this was just a drama he was making.
Stroking Asih's hair, each edge near her cheeks was slightly wet from crying.
"I know that you can't get used to living here, Asih. But don't worry, you can talk to me. I used to be the same as you Asih," Kirani said, making Asih interested in hearing more about her story.
"Just like me?"
"Hey. Especially me," said Kirani while looking around, afraid that someone might hear her, "Mr. Besar's first wife used to beat me, Asih, likes to pull my hair.
"Miss Monica?" guess Asih confirms who is the person Kirani is talking about.
Kira nodded.
"I used to be patient, but after a while I thought. If I'm weak, I'll be even more humiliated by him, Asih. So you don't want to be told by him later, okay, if there's any problem, tell me, okay, Asih? we share the same fate, so I hope you and I can encourage each other to survive."
Kirani smiled evilly at Asih, but Asih was not aware of it.
He thinks Kirani will really help him. Until Asih is honest and tells her plans for the future.
"Ma'am," Asih called to Kirani, who was now in front of him.
"Yes, Asih?"
"I actually -"
"What? Just tell me, you can trust me anyway. Calm down," Kirani coaxed as she continued to stroke Asih's hair.
"Actually I will later run away from here, I don't want to live with the big master, I don't love him. I love someone, Ma'am," Asih explained with a face that forced him to understand and a very big fear appeared on his face.
Kirani is surprised to hear Asih's big plan. he never thought that Asih had a plan to run away. A smile of happiness appeared on his face but he quickly lost it and pretended to be surprised and disapproved.
"Ash, you can't run away from here. How will your family be? They will definitely be threatened." Kirani stated the truth, but in her heart she strongly agreed if Asih ran away and didn't care about the fate of Asih's family.
"I will bring my family too, Ma'am. I'll save up and run away with my girlfriend," Asih said full of ambition.
"Who?" Kirani is really curious.
"My classmate in high school, Sis ... he wants to accept my condition even though I already -" Asih's words were cut off.
It was so sad to think back on her bed relationship with the husband she didn't love, the Landlord.
Kirani knew what was bothering Asih's heart, she then hugged Asih again.
"If that's what you want, I will help you Asih. As long as you're happy, I'm happy too."
Kirani's hug is fake, but Asih believes it.
He even now continues to smile happily and stroke Asih's hair.
But suddenly, the door opened. Kirani and Asih were shocked.
"Sir," whispered Asih.
Kirani immediately stood up, now looking down as if she was being accused with the sharp look in her husband's eyes questioning her whereabouts in Asih's room.
In his heart, Kirani was annoyed. 'Why does he keep visiting Asih's room? Basic men ... treated to young people increasingly '.