Goodbye My Love

Please take my husband, ma'am!

"Mila, where's the breakfast, why isn't there anything yet? Didn't you cook? Why, am I hungry?" asked Mbak Wina.

She asked while I was washing dishes in the sink. Mbak Wina is my husband's sister-in-law, who, since her husband died of a heart attack, has asked to live with me. Actually, it's okay for her to live in my house, if only she realized that she's hitching a ride here.

But what is this? She treats me like her maid. Mbak Wina always asked for this and that, and I had to oblige her. Mas Reno was never sensitive to me either. Whenever I confide in him about his sister-in-law's rigidity, he lectures me on this and that, which makes me sick to hear.

"I'm sorry, ma'am. I'm not your maid, so if you want breakfast or anything else, please cook and make it yourself."

"Why are you doing that? I'm a guest in this house, how come I have to do everything myself? What are you doing as the owner of the house, how could you let your guests starve?" she asked again.

"Yes, Ms. Wina, you are indeed a guest here. But you are a shameless guest," I said again.

I said this as I walked away from her. I was too lazy to argue with her over this.

"Mila, watch out for you. You'll see, I'll tell Reno and Mom if you treat me badly," she threatened.

I stopped when she said that. She always said the same thing if I didn't respond to her. Mas Reno and my mother-in-law had always been her shield, so that I would comply with her wishes. I now turned around and approached her.

"What, Ma'am, can you repeat it again? I didn't hear it before," I asked.

"You tul*, Mila. I told you that if you don't make breakfast for me. I'll tell Mom and Reno that you treated me badly," Mbak Wina shouted, repeating her words.

She obeyed my command and repeated her words again, even though I was only pretending not to hear her.

"I see, Ma'am. So, should I say wow?" I asked, in a teasing tone.

"What do you mean, Mila? You're not afraid if I report them," asked Mbak Wina, and she asked me back.

"No, I'm not afraid. Here's the thing, Ma'am. You want to report Mom, or you want to report Mas Reno. I don't care," I snapped.

After saying that, I went straight back out, leaving Mbak Wina stunned. Maybe she didn't expect what I just said. Because usually I would melt and obey her orders if I heard her threat, which was to tell my husband and in-laws.

But now I don't care, whether she reports me to anyone, I'm no longer afraid. My heart is now set, I will fight anyone who makes my life uncomfortable. I no longer want to be a babu, in my own house. I walked to my room, I sat on the sofa in my room, while playing with my cell phone.

***

"Mila, what are you doing? Why didn't you make breakfast for Mila?" asked Mas Reno.

"Yes, you're really mean, Mila. Vienna has lost her husband, you should be comforting her, not making her sad. What kind of brother are you, how can you really see your brother sad?" said Mrs. Risma, who is my mother-in-law.

My husband and in-laws defended Mbak Wina, who was my in-laws' favorite daughter-in-law. I, on the other hand, was considered a useless daughter-in-law and was always underestimated.

"Mom, Reno, it seems that Mila doesn't like it when I stay in this house for too long. That's why Mila did what she did," said Mbak Wina, with a pleading look on her face.

"If that's the case, why, Ma'am? Honestly, since you've been living in my house. My household has never been comfortable, there have always been arguments between me, Mas Reno and Mom. Every argument also started because of you, Ma'am. Realize, Ma'am. You were always the culprit. Just so you know, I'm lazy to deal with you, because you always think that I'm your slave," I said.

I expressed at length what was in my heart. Mbak Wina gawked when she heard what I had to say, let alone Mbak Wina, and my mother-in-law and husband's eyes immediately bulged when they heard what I had to say.

"Mom, Reno, you heard it yourself, didn't you, that Mila doesn't like me? So it's better for me to leave this house than to destroy Reno and Mila's household," said Mbak Wina, with a look of distress on her face.

"Mbak Wina, you don't need to go anywhere. The person who needs to leave this house is not you, Mbak. It's Mila," said Mas Reno.

Mas Reno's words surprised me, how could he even want to kick me out. Meanwhile, he was protecting the person who was always causing trouble. I didn't understand Mas Reno's way of thinking.

I glanced at Mbak Wina, furious that she was the one who had kicked me out of Suskikyn. However, the person being glanced at smiled wickedly at me. As if he wanted all of this, or it could be that this was his wish that he had planned.

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