Possessive Love
Bad News

"Darling, you're not going to college today?" ask David.

"No, Mas" replied Aretha who was concluding her husband's tie. "It's done" he added, releasing his hand from the dark blue tie.

"Thank you, dear."

"Come, breakfast. Poor children must have been waiting," asked Aretha who immediately went out of her room.

"Honey," call David. But, it seems that Aretha did not hear it. It was proven when the woman continued to stretch her body without understanding her husband's call. "When I haven't given you a kiss thank you, you know," he then sighed.

As the man usually does. He always kissed his wife's forehead, after the wife finished preparing all her needs before leaving for work.

The man stared for a moment, staring at the back of his wife who had gone far from the door of the room which was still wide open. He took a deep breath, then grabbed his phone on the nightstand, before he finally caught up with his wife to the dining room.

"Good morning papa children," said David to his two children who at that time had been sitting in the dining chair and ready to do breakfast activities.

David landed his body on the chair at the end of the dining table.

"Good morning, Pa," said Arkana and Aruna who looked neat in her school uniform.

"Wah ... the children are very excited this morning," exclaimed David who seemed to notice the smile of his two children.

"Yes dong, Pa. Aruna must not lose to Papa," said Aruna who always had a way to answer him. As for Arkana, he looks more indifferent, not commenting anything, other than smiling.

"Are you all ready for breakfast?" ask Aretha while arranging some of the breakfast menu on the table.

"Ready!" aruna was very cheerful.

"Ready, Ma," Arkana replied in a soft tone.

They also do their breakfast activities as usual with a breakfast menu according to their respective choices.

That morning David and Aretha chose rice breakfast, while Arkana preferred breakfast with a sandwich, as requested. Unlike Aruna who only ate a piece of fresh bread covered by her favorite chocolate jam.

Their activities look so calm, there is no commotion anything that usually happens every morning, due to the actions of the twins. But not that day. Let alone the commotion, the conversation between the two was not there either.

After finishing breakfast, David immediately went out with Aretha to his car, while Arkana and Aruna had already left for school with a nurse and his personal driver.

"Honey, I'm leaving first" said David before moving up into the car.

"Be careful, Mas" replied Aretha, then kissed the husband's hand.

David got into the car, then drove his vehicle at moderate speed. While Aretha went back into the house, then did the work of the housewife who had not finished.

It just so happened that the day was her papa's birthday, and she planned to give her own cake. Therefore, that morning he was immediately preoccupied with the activity.

Material is finished Aretha provide. Put some eggs into the container, then add an emulsifier. After that, Aretha prepared a mixer to shake the ingredients that have been put into the container.

"Sir, what can I help you with?" ask Ratih who had been watching the activities of his employer.

"Nothing, Bi. I want to make this myself, because this is for papi's birthday, so I have to be able to do it myself" replied Aretha.

"All right then. Excuse me for doing other work," said Ratih who did have to do the task of ironing clothes.

PRAANG!!!

Just now Aretha was going to do the activity of cocking the eggs, suddenly accidentally his hand nudged a glass that was not far from his reach, immediately made the glass fell and broke. Aretha immediately grabbed the broken glass to clean it up again.

"Youww!" aretha screeched, as the shard of the glass hurt her index finger, causing her to bleed. Suddenly his heart felt unsettled. But he tried to pull it back. He tried to be sure that it was not a bad sign for him.

"What's up, Ma'am?" tanya Ratih immediately approached her employer, when he heard the object fell. "Geez, Mommy's hand is hurt. Let me clean this up" he added after noticing a little blood on Aretha's index finger.

Aretha immediately washed her hands, because she felt the wound was not much, so there was no need to use red medicine. After that, he resumed his activities. Although Ratih had tried to take over his job, Aretha still refused.

The woman was too enthusiastic and eager to make a birthday cake for her papa.

"Okay, the seprti is enough," said Aretha while turning off the mixer, when the egg batter was enough to grow. He grabbed a container that already contains a mixture of wheat and chocolate powder, then will mix it into the dough that has been shaken. However, he had not had time to do it, suddenly heard the sound of a car in front of his house.

"Like the sound of David's car," he said in astonishment. "Why is he back, is there anything left?" he added while putting back the container containing a mixture of wheat and chocolate powder.

Aretha moved her feet towards the front room. However, he had not yet opened the door of his house, the door had opened first, and it was true that the man was indeed David. I don't know what was left behind, so that made the man choose to return home in that fast time.

"Why come home again? Is there anything left?" ask Aretha curiously.

David just stood there staring at his wife's face with sadness. Of course, making Aretha feel even more astonishment.

"Mas, what's wrong with you? Asked why just shut up?" ask Aretha again. Again, David was just flinching.

I don't know what made David so sudden. It really confused Aretha. The woman grew curious and her heart started to feel uneasy.

"Mass?" aretha's insistence that was increasingly made was not calm to see the expression of the husband at that time. Instantly David made a jerk.

"Which called? Who, Mas?" Aretha was confused by her husband's question. "I was busy in the kitchen, Mom. Again making a cake for papi's birthday" he told me.

Hearing Aretha's statement, David's eyes that had been staring at his wife's heart were increasingly glazed. Aretha who realized that, was again confused.

"What's wrong?" aretha asked increasingly feeling unsettled.

With a slightly shaky step, David approached the wife. Without saying anything, David immediately hugged his wife's body tightly. Of course Aretha knew more and more that her husband was not doing well and something had happened, thus making her husband like that. But what is it.

"What's wrong?" ask Aretha.

David's tears fell, as he hugged his wife. I don't know where to start. Clearly, he knew that what he was going to say would hurt his wife, and he was completely unprepared to see her grieving.

However, no matter how painful, he still had to deliver the bad news that a few minutes ago he had just heard from a domestic assistant who worked at his in-laws' house. And it hurt so much to him. So what about Aretha? Her thought. Surely Aretha will be very bad to hear it all.

Realizing that, David further tightened his embrace. Indeed he wanted to give peace to Aretha, before the woman heard the bad news that he was about to convey, even though she was in a state of not being well.

"Mas, did something happen?" ask Aretha who has realized that something has happened, even though she does not know for sure what it is. However, he could already sense that there was something bad that he would hear.

David was silent for a while, before he finally responded to Aretha's question a number of times.

"Honey ..," said David, then fell silent again trying to neutralize his feelings. He felt powerless to say it directly to his wife. However, circumstances seemed to force him to say that. And there really is no other choice.

"Darling, I know you're a strong woman. You've gone through thousands, maybe even millions of problems with the power you have. Even with today. I'm sure you can get through it. You believed? That I will always be by your side, whenever. And we'll get through it all together" David explained in a heavy tone, as he held back his tears slightly.

"Say, Mum! What the hell's going on?" aretha urged without wanting to respond to her husband's statement.

"Fire," said David, not being able to continue his words.

DEG!

Aretha was silent for a moment, trying to digest her husband's statement. "Why with papi?" asked Aretha who she had unwittingly shed her tears. He did not know exactly what had happened to his papi, but he could guess that something very bad had happened to him.

"Say, Mum! What happened to papi?" Again Aretha urged her husband amid increasingly sad tears flooding her cheeks.

Finally, with a heavy tone and doubt, David told the bad news that befell his father-in-law to Aretha. Yeah, about an hour ago, her papi-in-law had a manic attack, after breakfast at her house. And his life could not be helped.

Actually, the housekeeper who works at the home of Aretha's parents has tried to contact Aetha's number. However, repeatedly did not get an answer, so he decided to call David who was still on the road and only a few minutes away from his home.

David was shocked to hear the news. It's really hard to believe. After two days ago he and his wife and children had just returned from their home, he suddenly heard a shocking news.

With a feeling of pain and destruction, the man decided to return home with the bad news.

"Mas, you're lying, aren't you?" ask Aretha not to believe. She didn't want to believe it, but somehow her heart told her 'yes' that what her husband said was true.

"Mas, tell me you're lying!"

David did not respond. The man further tightened his embrace, trying to give peace, although he knew it was not that easy to make his wife calm in the situation they were in at the time.

And what did Aretha feel at that moment? Crushed. Completely destroyed. Is it so soon that he has to lose the person he loves so much on the day that should be the happiest day for his papa? Then, what has he done today for his papa, turned out to be in vain?

"Mas, you're lying, aren't you, Mas?" Aretha still wanted to hear that what she had just heard was a lie.

David shook his head, in response to Aretha's question that what he said was not a lie.

"No! This is impossible!" Aretha shook her head as if still in disbelief. "Mas, this is impossible. Papii!" she then shouted, wanting to rebel and let go of her husband's embrace. However, Davis was all his might holding him back.

David could feel how devastated Aretha was then. Because he feels the same. Anton is his father-in-law, but he already considers Papi Aretha like his own biological parents, and Anton is the same, always treating him like his biological son, not like a son-in-law.

Had he known it would have been like that, he probably wouldn't have asked Aretha to come home so soon from her in-laws' house two days ago. From before, David had indeed felt a bad feeling. Especially when he had a one-on-one conversation with his father-in-law in the living room, before he came home two days ago.

"Son, this papi is getting old. At times, God may call you, either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Papi leave Aretha and your grandchildren. Guide and take good care of them. Please, give happiness to princess papi. Because, only you who currently papi believe can make Aretha happy," Anton's message that suddenly makes David surprised.

At that time, David tried to respond to him and still showed a normal attitude in front of his father-in-law, although in fact he already had another premonition.

"But you can't talk like that. His name is age, no one knows. Whether old or young, when the time comes, no one can prevent or choose based on age. Anyone will meet their own death, after the Lord wills, in accordance with what was promised when we were born into the world" said David responded.

A smile rose on Anton's face at that moment. "Yes, you're right, son," he said, nodding his head.

"But there's no need to worry about Aretha and the kids. They are my priority at the moment. Whatever makes them happy, I will do what I can. Because, there is nothing happier for me than to see them happy" David explained.

"But believe you, son."

That's a piece of the story that is still recorded clearly in the memory of David's brain at that time. The conversation turned out to be the last message from his father-in-law. And from that day on he had to keep his promise to Anton to make his wife and children happy.

"Darling, you're patient. There is nothing we can do but make papi go away," said David trying to realize that it is the destiny of God that they should have faced with the airy chest.

But Aretha still cried. How not? When his whole soul felt deep pain and pain. And he must trust and accept with grace the loss of someone he loves forever. It really destroyed him in an instant.