100 Days of Being a Widow
There will be no perfect wedding
POV Malik's
A short and full-fledged marriage was over. Melati has accepted the fate that befell her. Sincere becomes the only option so that he can rise and organize the future. It took a struggle to get to this point.
Six months passed after Melati to Indonesia. She has worked at a University in Malang, teaching languages to students who want to get a scholarship to Turkey, becoming an anti-marriage activist. Busyness, neglecting to worry because of past marriage trauma.
Melati is very popular with the books and assemblies she leads. He focuses on the importance of educating teenagers and parents so that they can prepare for the future carefully.
One day, when Melati had just finished praying at a mosque near the campus. Suddenly he heard a familiar voice in his ear. A lecture or study filled by a Ustad. Talk about fiqh. Language style and very familiar word structure . But Melati is not sure. He tried to remember and subconsciously walked towards the source of the sound.
High strapping men sacrifice milk chocolate.
"Mallik...."
The heart feels like it's beating fast. Melati walked quickly through the mosque. Run towards the parking lot and be quiet for a long time.
"How can the man be on this campus!" muttered.
Thought is like a puzzle that he must solve. He began to find out about routine studies in the mosque, schedules and speakers who filled out the study. And the results made Melati even more surprised. Like being in a whirlpool that's hard to penetrate. Apparently, Malik is one of the managers of religious organizations on this campus!. The campus where Melati works has established partners, even for the da'wah faculty, every student must follow the program at the pesantren led by Malik today.
The world feels narrowed. It felt like wanting to truly escape from the man who had once given him a wound was difficult!
Melati thought about a lot of considerations for him to decide, whether he remained on the campus where he currently has a career, yet Malik was not fully involved in the campus. Melati can still avoid, because Malik is not an internal campus person. But on one hand, Melati feels her life is overshadowed by the presence of Malik, not only Malik, but also her new wife, her family, and "agh...!!!".
"Dark-tailed...!"
Melati's daydream instantly came to a halt, as she looked at the figure who had just called out to her. Time stopped for a moment. I think he just wanted to disappear at that moment.
"I'm sorry I have overshadowed your life"
Jasmine does not flinch
"I am your shadow, which always follows your steps. A man who feels stupid for abandoning a wife who has sacrificed her youth just to learn to be a wife. But, still can't do anything".
Suddenly the heat filled Melati's head and was instantly unable to withstand the emotional outburst that had been muted for five years.
" The honorable Ustad Malik. If you feel guilty, you should let me live a quiet life!. For years I have struggled to heal wounds. I don't know what way I went to get up, and how hard I went to be an adult".
Silent
" please let my life be happy...!"
Melati stepped away leaving Malik alone.
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malik's marriage did not go according to the story made by the family. Love is not easy to make just by having a baby. Love is a long process of human feelings.
Malik has been fighting to accept Tya. At least, the responsibility of making her a wife and mother of her children. However, Makin's love for Melati is not easy to erase. How much struggle Tya to be his only wife, unable to melt the hope of Malik to regain the love of Melati.
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Fighting in silence.
Everything goes because of Malik's interference, without Melati knowing!
Just like Malik who provides his own educational institution, a foundation built specifically for Melati, when he was not accepted as part of the pesantren of the in-laws!
Tya is the wife of choice of parents. While Melati, not only the choice, but also the wife who fought, from a forced marriage, to love reigns supreme.
"I want to reapply Melati"
Malik facing Hanafi. Uncle from the family of the late father Melati.
What about Melati?
That way he wants to run. He realizes that his past is not really gone.
"Sorry Malik, I really want to be alone. It's more sister to me and to you. I won't be able to be your best wife, when I have to contend with the pain of the past, and one more thing, I'm reluctant to compete for the best. Let the old be the only woman to be your queen!"
"But I never loved Tya!"
Answer More trying to convince.
"It's none of my business!"
Melati said when met to answer Malik's proposal.
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Since then. Melati decides to confront Malik. Faced with reality. Running away from problems, it won't solve everything.
"Let Malik hope, as long as I don't give him a shred of hope!"
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Two years passed...
Melati is friends with the problems she faces. Malik is no longer traumatized for her, though every day, the man tries to appear before her.
Melati decides to undergo ta'aruf with Angkasa. A TNI soldier who is undergoing language studies, because he will be assigned in the Middle East. Space is fascinated by its language tutor. A tall and humorous man.
"teach me Teacher, oh yes, if you can teach our prospective children also yes Teacher..."
Her chirps when following the language lesson session guided by Melati, suddenly made Melati blush in shame.
Space is serious. Before he left for Syria for a peace mission, he ventured to meet Melati's guardian.
"Master, I will also take you to the office. We just got married. He was left for a while after the wedding. Your students must be responsible to the country, as later I will be responsible for you completely" said Angkasa while tucked in a joke. "Mother teacher" is Space's beloved call on Melati.
Space joking is like a opium to him. Space gives a beautiful color to the life of Melati which is too full of drama so far.
"Go to serve the State, and return to serve love".
The end's....
