Nanette's POV
I then explain all my reasons to Dyna, stumbling over my words. How I fear being a non-working wife, always asking my husband for money. I'm afraid I won't settle there because I have no relatives or friends. I'm scared that if Valdo ever stops loving me, what will my life be without work? And after pouring my heart out to Dyna, I hear my mother's voice, seeming to have stood by the door.
" How could you think like that, Na? I can't fathom all these fears of yours. You can't compare all marriages to mine. I was able to continue working as a lawyer because your father and I lived in the same city, and that's where I was placed in Jakarta at that time. If I had been placed outside Jakarta, I would have given up my career too. When I said women are better off working, it was
