Andini couldn’t believe that she now had such a good husband as Hendra, even though their pasts were both not good. But for the future, they tried to be good, opening a new chapter together with a new person because they were still young so there were still opportunities for the future.
Every human being must have good and bad in life, Andini is a former prostitute who involves the supernatural world and with the help of a woman named Purnama she was finally able to escape from that figure and is now married to Hendra, a man from the next village who also has a supernatural history.
Hendra put a spell on his ex-lover because he couldn't stand to see her suffering, but instead he was put under a spell by his ex-lover's younger sibling. Hendra's life almost ended at a very young age, but again Purnama and her younger sibling helped Hendra escape from death.
"There must be no supernatural things in the city, right, Mas?" Andini said, staring at her new house.
"Hopefully not, the important thing is that we always remember Allah." Hendra replied, kissing his wife's forehead.
"If there is going to be a riot, Purnama is far away, she wants to help us, right?" Andini remembered the fierce but kind woman.
To forget the past which could be said to be not good, Andini and Hendra decided to move to the city and occupy the house that Hendra had bought a long time ago. This man is a rich person in his village, Hendra's parents also agreed that they should live here and start a new business.
So when they moved, they immediately got a place because Hendra already had a house, today was exactly three days they moved here. Indeed, they moved quickly, while Andini was not heavily pregnant, according to ancient people. Moving during an old pregnancy, will make you young again, resulting in a miscarriage or the fetus in the womb not surviving.
"Tomorrow the maid will start working here, so you can't move too much." Hendra ordered.
"Yes, Mas." Andini laughed at her husband's anxiety.
"Why are you laughing, I'm serious! I'm going to bite you." Hendra bit his wife's thigh a little.
"Massss!" Andini shrieked in surprise and also tickled.
"Can I ask for my share yet? Since you're late, I haven't been loved." Hendra whined spoiled.
"Wait until it's over four months, you can't right now." Andini stroked her husband's hair.
"It's so long, it will freeze inside." Hendra was lethargic to hear that he had to fast for another four months.
But that was the situation because Andini's pregnancy was rather vulnerable, especially now that she was only nine weeks old. It would be very dangerous if it were used for nighttime activities, luckily Hendra understood enough about fasting at night.
Because he was the one who really wanted to have children, Andini was rather difficult to have children. because the genie she had installed was very dangerous, the genie ate all the eggs in her womb so that Andini would not be able to get pregnant.
Fortunately, the kind-hearted Purnama always put her first, plus Purnama also has members who understand medicine. even though she likes to gossip, Leha is very useful when someone is sick and needs treatment.
"Just use this, okay?" Andini offered, pointing at the watermelon.
"It doesn't taste good there, ahhhh I'm not in the mood." complained Hendra.
"Just be patient, Papa Hendra, you said you wanted to have a cute little brother." Andini comforted her husband so that he would calm down.
"Okay, I want to use that, rather than not at all." Hendra finally agreed even though it didn't feel the same as the bottom one.
Andini tried her best to give the best for her husband, if only she could and it wasn't dangerous, she would serve him with pleasure, but the doctor said absolutely not because it was very dangerous.
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Mrs. Desi cooked healthy vegetables for her daughter-in-law before returning to the village, she wanted to go home today because she had been living here for three days to accompany Andini and Hendra who were moving. Andini was so happy because not only did she get a good husband, but also in-laws who were very attentive to her.
"Ya Allah, Mom, you're already cooking at this hour." Andini came out of the room with a slightly pale face from morning sickness.
"Mom wants to go home today, so after the dawn prayer I immediately cooked for you." Mrs. Desi replied with a smile.
"I'm sorry, Mom! It's Mom who served me, you should just sit down." Andini regretted feeling bad.
"Mom will take care of you until you give birth and your child is one year old, so you will feel bad for that long." Mrs. Desi joked.
"Ya Allah, I'm so ashamed." Andini laughed sweetly, showing her straight teeth.
"It doesn't matter, as long as you and the baby are healthy! The main thing is to take good care of yourself, Mom wants to carry this grandchild." Mrs. Desi couldn't wait.
"God willing, pray for me and my child to be healthy too, Mom!" Andini asked sincerely.
Mrs. Desi smiled and nodded, looking at her daughter-in-law, Andini no longer has a mother in this world. Luckily her mother-in-law was kind so she got a new mother, the point was Andini was very grateful for her new life with Hendra.
The economy was also quite good because Hendra's oil palm plantation also had six hectares, which was enough to feed the two of them and the three of them when the baby in her womb was born.
"Assalamualaikum." a young woman came politely.
"Walaikum salam, oh Mbah Wati, right?" Mrs. Desi greeted this woman.
"Yes, that's right, I'm the one who will be working here." Wati nodded quickly.
"Thank God you've arrived, will you start working today?" Mrs. Desi looked happy because the maid for her daughter-in-law was still young so she would definitely be compatible later.
"Yes, Mom!" Wati nodded, shaking hands with Mrs. Desi and Andini.
"Come on, I'll take you to your room, while telling you what to cook for Andini." Invite Mrs. Desi.
Wati followed Mrs. Desi's steps to the back room, later she would live here and wouldn't need to go home again so she could be on standby when Andini needed her.
"Why is the maid still young, I'm afraid she'll be the one." Andini complained in her heart.
Paranoid feelings attacked her heart because she saw that Wati was still young and beautiful, Andini even hoped that their maid would be a little older so that she would understand her.
Now there are only three people left living in this fairly large house because Mrs. Desi and Mr. Har have returned to the village to take care of the rice fields and garden. Even though they have workers to take care of it, they still don't feel confident and their bodies get tired if they don't work on their garden themselves.
Andini could only rely on Wati if she needed something, but that was only if it was really necessary because Andini was not the type of woman who was too spoiled. Her tough life made her used to doing everything herself; she only needed help because she was in the early stages of pregnancy.
Initially, Andini refused to have a helper because the house could still be managed and Hendra didn't work every day. Their clothing store business in the city had started to grow, so Hendra didn't have to go there every day to monitor their store, or rather, Andini's store.
However, Mrs. Desi insisted on having a helper so they wouldn't have to bother with the housework; mopping and sweeping would definitely be taken care of by Wati. Andini was strictly forbidden by Hendra to do those things; she was only allowed to do light work so that the young lady wouldn't get too tired and become weaker.
Especially in the morning, Andini would keep vomiting until she was limp and weak; she didn't want to eat rice at all, so she had to drink a lot of milk and vitamins instead. Therefore, Hendra couldn't let his wife continue working; she had to rest and do light work around the house.
"Are you awake, honey?" Andini greeted her husband.
"Ughhh, my head feels a bit dizzy," Hendra complained, lying on the lap of his wife who was watching television.
"That's what you get for staying up late even though I told you not to, now you have a headache, right." Andini pinched her husband's cheek.
"But I wanted to go to the shop today, and now I have a headache," Hendra grumbled, a little annoyed.
"Maybe another time, I also want to go there, I plan to see what's missing," Andini said softly.
"Me too, you're not allowed to go alone." Hendra pinched his wife's sharp nose.
While they were joking around and not to forget Hendra's hand that slipped into Andini's shirt because he wanted to caress his child who might only be the size of a red bean because Andini's pregnancy was still very early.
"Here's your coffee, Sir," Wati served coffee to Hendra.
"You don't have to make it for me tomorrow, Mbak! Let Andini do it," Hendra said politely and softly.
"Okay, I'm sorry for making it for you today," Wati felt uncomfortable.
"It's okay, it's fine for this time," Hendra replied.
Hendra was indeed a bit difficult to serve; if it wasn't made by his wife, it wouldn't suit his taste. Especially when it came to coffee, and it was proven that Wati's coffee didn't appeal to him. Andini got up and went to the kitchen to make a drink for her fussy husband.
"Want some snacks?" Andini offered as she headed to the kitchen.
"Melon or apple would be nice," Hendra nodded happily.
"Okay, wait a minute," Andini left immediately.
Wati's coffee didn't suit his taste at all, and now she had to make a new one. Andini quickly washed the glass, afraid that Wati would be offended. Because even though she was a helper, she still had feelings.
"Let me peel the melon and apple for you, Ma'am," Wati offered.
"No need, I'll do it," Andini refused gently.
"Alright, what would you like for lunch, Ma'am?" Wati asked again.
"Hmm, I want some boiled sweet potatoes and steamed vegetables," Andini replied while thinking about what to make for her husband.
"What about you, Sir?" Wati asked again.
"Make him seafood with Padang sauce, he likes that," Andini replied, pouring hot water into the glass.
Wati then opened the cupboard to see what was there, it was indeed very complete. She could cook anything she wanted just by taking it without having to think twice. This was the kind of life that many women dreamed of.
"If only I had a rich husband like that," Wati muttered, imagining a wealthy man.
Andini couldn't hear her anymore because she went to the front to accompany her husband. Wati looked at the very happy couple. As if there were no burdens or trials that God gave them, everything went smoothly, from their sustenance to the loving relationship between the two.
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Ugh, Ugh.
The feeling of nausea attacked the beautiful woman who was in her early pregnancy again. Andini washed her face and noticed her vomit, which was only clear liquid mixed with clumps of red. The more she looked at it, the more it made Andini shudder. She quickly turned on the water so that the blood would disappear.
"Do pregnant women vomit blood?" Andini wondered to herself.
She quickly grabbed her cell phone to contact Salsa, her younger sister who currently had one child. She got pregnant faster because maybe her womb or seeds were fertile. Now Salsa's child was three months old, so Andini wanted to ask how Salsa was doing during her pregnancy.
"Hello, Assalamualaikum, pregnant lady," Salsa greeted her cheerfully.
"Waalaikumsalam, young mother," Andini replied, just as cheerfully.
"You're calling me this early in the morning, what's up?" Salsa asked happily.
"Geez, you seem so happy." Andini could tell from her sister's tone of voice that she was happy.
"You see, last night, Mas Davin asked me out, but I refused, and he said that if I agreed, he would buy me a gold bracelet. And it turned out to be true, why wouldn't I be happy?" Salsa exclaimed excitedly.
"You're such a gold digger!" Andini also laughed happily.
"Of course, I have to be, I'm stuck with him for life, I have to get something out of it," Salsa always had an answer.
"Hey, Sis, I wanted to ask, you experienced morning sickness too, right? When you vomited, was there any blood, Sa?" Andini focused on her initial purpose.
"A little bit, maybe because of a cut in my throat," Salsa replied.
"This isn't a little bit, it's quite a lot, and it's round and lumpy. That's why I asked you!" Andini explained.
"Just go get it checked out, pregnant women experience all sorts of things!" Salsa suggested.
"Okay, I'll ask Mas Hendra to take me later," Andini replied.
Their phone call ended because Salsa couldn't chat for long. Her little one was very difficult to leave alone when she wanted to relax and chat with her sister.
Hendra waited anxiously because his wife had said that she even vomited blood when she vomited this morning, so now she was seeing a doctor to see if there was anything wrong with Andini. He deliberately didn't tell his parents back home, because they would panic if they heard the news about their daughter-in-law.
Andini was also a little nervous waiting for the results that the doctor would say, while everything was being checked so that there was no longer any anxiety in the hearts of this husband and wife. Hendra helped Andini to sit in the chair facing the doctor, listening to what he would say to them now.
Andini's face was very pale, basically her skin was already white. Now, in addition to being pale because she never ate, his wife looked even more like a living corpse. Hendra couldn't bear to see his wife's condition so weak as if there was no energy left.
The older the pregnancy got, the weaker Andini became. Hendra had confided in Purnama about the problem, but he said it was okay, nausea during pregnancy was normal because almost all women would experience it. Especially during the first pregnancy, because Purnama had said this was normal, Hendra was a little calmer.
"You have stomach acid so the vomit that comes out is blood," said the doctor gently.
"Is the blood lumpy, Doc?" Andini asked making sure.
"If it's stomach acid, it's like that, especially since you like to eat sour and spicy foods, right," said the doctor.
"Actually, I ate rujak yesterday, maybe that's why?" Andini asked softly.
"It could be one of the triggers, later I will give you vitamins and also medicine for stomach acid that is safe for pregnant women." The doctor wrote a prescription.
"There's no serious illness in my wife's body, Doc?!" Hendra was very worried.
"Of course not, morning sickness is normal! Later, when you enter the second trimester, it will decrease a bit, but some will continue to vomit until they give birth," replied the doctor with a smile.
Hendra breathed a sigh of relief while rubbing his wife's back which was starting to sweat, Andini often shivered since she was pregnant. There was always something wrong, but the doctor said it was normal, so they were a little relieved to hear it.
Even though later they didn't know how they would deal with this excessive nausea, it even felt like she was going to pass out from the weakness due to the body fluids being drained.
"Thank you, Doctor."
"You're welcome, I hope you always stay healthy." The doctor was really friendly.
Hendra took his wife's hand and told her to sit down first, he wanted to redeem the medicine that the doctor had prescribed earlier. Andini sat down looking at the view, she felt like no food could tempt her tongue right now.
Seeing anything, she always felt nauseous and wanted to vomit, even though the food used to be her favorite. Now she didn't even want to eat it anymore, just smelling the aroma made her want to run away somewhere, because the smell was so disgusting. She even seemed to refuse ice, no food could enter.
"Don't be naughty, honey! If Mama doesn't eat, how can you be healthy?" Andini talked to her stomach.
"Excuse me, can I sit here, Sis?" a young woman also sat down.
"Oh yes, please, your stomach is so big," Andini said excitedly, seeing the woman's bulging stomach.
"It's been nine months, I just checked because it's past the due date," replied the young woman.
"It's been how many days past the due date, even though it's already very low," Andini moved closer.
"Five days past the due date, Sis," the woman replied while rubbing her nose.
"Oh, if it's five days past the due date, do you have to be checked again?" asked Andini, who was still new to this.
"Yes, Sis! Oh yeah, I want to sit there, it's closer." The woman stood up while repeatedly rubbing her nose.
Andini was a little surprised to see the woman's behavior, even though she still wanted to share, who knows, there might be something she could follow. But she had already left in a rather strange manner, even repeatedly rubbing her nose as if Andini's smell was very unpleasant.
"Am I smelly? But I took a shower and used perfume," Andini smelled her clothes.
She didn't smell anything, but the woman just now seemed to think that Andini was very smelly. Until she rushed to escape like that, maybe it was also because of the pregnancy that her nose became sensitive to people's smells.
"Maybe so, pregnancy hormones are so weird! You have to be healthy, honey," Andini stroked her stomach again.
"Honey." Hendra ran over to his wife, causing several people to turn around.
"Her husband is very handsome, and she is also beautiful. But why does she smell so bad, is it just me?" thought the young woman earlier.
"Let's go home, or is there anything else you want to buy?" Hendra asked his wife when the car was already running.
"Do I smell, honey?" Andini asked her husband.
Hendra was a little surprised by Andini's spontaneous question, even though it was actually an ordinary question. But Hendra's response seemed to have received a very deadly question, Hendra's shocked expression did not escape Andini's view.
"It's okay if you say I smell, it's even better so that I can fix it later," said Andini.
"It's normal, honey! You often vomit, so it's natural for you to have bad breath," replied Hendra softly, afraid of hurting his wife's feelings.
"Oh, so I have bad breath! Oh my God, no wonder she left so quickly," shrieked Andini, very embarrassed, and covered her mouth.
"Who is it?" Hendra was also confused.
"There was a woman just now, why didn't you tell me that my breath stinks, I'm so embarrassed in front of people," complained Andini.
"That's normal, because you vomit a lot and have stomach acid too," Hendra didn't want his wife to feel bad.
Andini tried to cover her mouth while exhaling, but she couldn't smell it at all. But it must have been very smelly, because the woman immediately left because she felt like vomiting and disgusted.
"Let's just go shopping, honey! I want to buy mouthwash too," said Andini, taking a mask.
"Okay, let's shop today," nodded Hendra with a smile.
For Hendra, it didn't matter what his wife looked like, especially since this only happened during pregnancy. Hendra should even feel guilty, just because Andini was carrying his child, she became so tortured.
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