Illuminated Rumi

Saat pemeriksaan kehamilan di rumah sakit, aku bertemu dengan mantan ipar yang sudah lama tidak ketemu. Dia melirik perutku, lalu memarahiku sambil cemberut seperti yang biasa dia lakukan. “Umur sudah segini, masih saja belajar kabur sambil bawa janin? Bagaimana kalau kamu menyakiti cucu kesayangan Keluarga Raiz? Bisakah kamu lebih bijaksana? Jangan buat kakakku terus mengkhawatirkanmu.” Tetapi mungkin dia lupa. Setahun yang lalu, ibuku sakit parah. Satu-satunya keinginannya adalah melihatku menikah dan punya anak. Aku mempertaruhkan segalanya dan melamar Aryan. Di hari pernikahan, aku menunggu sepanjang hari, tapi hanya menerima pesan suara tiga puluh detik. “Aku tidak akan pergi ke pernikahan dan aku tidak akan menikahimu. Ini hukuman untukmu karena telah menindas Farah.” Ibuku yang marah karena sikap Aryan yang sembarangan, terkena serangan jantung dan meninggal dunia. Setelah mengurus pemakaman ibuku dan membuang semua yang tidak perlu, aku meninggalkan Kota Daro dengan membawa barang-barangku yang sedikit. Aryan masih di luar negeri bersama Farah, bermain ski bersantai. Tetapi sekarang mantan ipar berkata padaku, “Kakakku habiskan sebagian besar waktunya pergi ke luar kota setiap bulan untuk mencarimu. Berat badannya hanya 75 kg dan turun 10 kg dalam waktu kurang dari setahun. Dia selalu menunggumu. Kak Rumi, sekarang karena kamu sudah kembali, jalanilah hidup dengan baik bersama kakakku.” Aku tersenyum lembut, mengangkat tanganku yang bercincin. “Maaf, karena aku orang yang sederhana, aku tidak mengadakan pernikahan besar, jadi aku tidak memberitahu kalian.”

On the seventh year of our anniversary, the anniversary gift my husband, Anthony Walker, has given me is a divorce agreement that is valid for seven days. He has planned all this just because he has his eye on a female intern in his company, who is seven years younger than him. So, he wants to be in a legitimate relationship with her that only lasts for seven days. On the first day, they reserve an entire cinema for themselves. After that, they make love to each other from the doorway to the seats. On the second day, they set off fireworks at the beach. The fireworks are so bright that half of the city is illuminated by them. On the fifth day, the intern, Tanya Lindt, barges into my art exhibition. With tears running down her face, she accuses me of being the side chick in her relationship in front of the mass media. That night, news of a rising female painter becoming a homewrecker for the sake of love goes viral. More than 100 thousand malicious comments directed at me are posted in the comment section. On the sixth day, Anthony apologizes to me on Tanya's behalf. Apparently, the punishment he has set for her is that she's not allowed to go shopping for three days. On the seventh day, Anthony finally realizes that something is wrong. He calls me 99 times just to remind me that we'll get remarried the next day. "Okay," I say to him. Then, I inform my assistant to check in my baggage. What Anthony doesn't know is that I already came up with a plan to further my studies overseas seven days ago. This time, I'm not going to waste my time on him anymore.