365 Days Towards Halal

41# Daddy

"Have you gone home yet?" Say hello to Tasya when Antoni just got home.

Antoni looked at Tasya and nodded with a cold face.

"I warmed up his cooking.. Would you like to eat?" Ask Tasya again.

"Had eaten" answered Antoni, and he went to his room.

Tasya follows Antoni and helps her husband to take off his clothes and put them in a dirty basket.

"Mas, can I have a hug?"

Antoni frowned and looked at Tasya.

"Tumben," said Antoni who looked puzzled.

"Kangen, is my husband. Today came home late, so I missed, "Tasya approached Antoni and hugged her husband's body.

"Hmmm the smell of his sweat makes you cry" Tasya said as she spread her head over Antoni's chest.

Antoni just fell silent, there was guilt for the woman he married 5 years ago.

"I want to take a shower, yes" Antoni let go of Tasya's embrace and went to the bathroom.

"I love you Mas,"

Antoni stopped his footsteps and turned towards Tasya. Tasya gave a sweet and sincere smile to Antoni.

Antoni returned Tasya's smile in doubt, then he resumed his steps towards the bathroom.

After Antoni came in and closed the bathroom door, tears began to flow in the corner of Tasya's eyes. He recalled the incident in Queen's boutique parking lot. Obviously she saw, her husband was peeping at her ex-fiance's lips. But he could not blame the Queen. Obviously he saw Queen rebelling and slapping Antoni.

It felt like Tasya wanted to scream out loud. Which woman would want her husband to kiss another woman?

Nothing and it hurts a lot.

Tasya moved towards the closet, then she prepared a nightgown for Antoni.

"Lord, may my patience bear sweet fruit. Soften my husband's heart, open his heart to me Lord..." He muttered while wiping away his tears which he could not hold.

...

Raka was pensive in her room, her face looking agitated. From Korea, Queen never returned a message from him. Raka understood why Queen did not return the message from him, probably because she was too presumptuous to have kissed Queen's lips all of a sudden. He felt guilty, he felt he had become a bastard in the eyes of Queen.

Actually, Raka didn't want to do that to Queen. But, for some reason, that night he became out of control and began to feel impatient to express his feelings to Queen. His pity, the way he did it wrong, for the woman who was heartbroken.

Raka looked at Queen's face adorning her phone screen. He smiled and wiped the photo. How longed Raka was to the Queen, but she could not meet her idol girl.

Raka doesn't know where Queen's home address is. She also has no idea where Queen's boutique is. All he knows is that only the address of the Queen's hotel will be unveiled.

Raka is also looking for info, when the hotel will be inaugurated. He was going to meet the Queen there. However, some of the people standing guard at the Queen hotel building have not been able to provide information to him.

Raka felt desperate, she tried to contact Tika. But he forgot, if he only had Tika's number when in Korea. Raka is getting more agitated, he began to dare to contact Queen directly.

As usual, the girl did not receive a call from him. Raka really feels stupid. He also grabbed his laptop and surfed in cyberspace.

However, there are many women named Queen in Indonesia. Raka really felt stupid, why was he too hasty to do what he should not have deserved.

"Did he think I was a pervert? Arghhhhhh..!" He muttered while ruffling his own hair.

Raka went up to her bed and lay down on the bed. Queen's face continued to be imagined, until she began to feel frustrated by it.

"Thosehhhh...! Bohhhh stupidhh..why I play sosor anyway...duh...!" Raka looks very sorry for what he did to Queen.

"Anyway, I have to keep looking. The cuekin biarin deh.. Most importantly, I have to apologize to him." Her muttering.

...

Father watched the Queen who came home with a haggard face. As usual, the girl greeted and kissed the back of Dad's hand before Queen walked into his room.

"Not sleeping Dad? Which mother?"

"Mother is asleep, why are you?" Ask Dad with an investigating look.

"Did anyone hurt you?" Connect again.

Queen looks misbehaved, her puffy eyes can not be hidden. Then, he sat down next to Dad.

"Queen is okay Well" said Queen, trying to convince Dad.

"Queen, if Mother can you lie, but not with Father." Say to me with a serious face.

Queen lowered her gaze and looked start to fidget.

"Well, Queen is okay." Queen is still trying to convince Dad.

"Son, look, even if there's not a drop of your father's blood on your pulse. But, believe me. Father's love is with you, more than Father's love of himself."

Queen was stunned and looked at both of Father's eyes. Slowly, tears began to pool in her eyes.

"Now, Dad's story, what's up?"

Queen lowered her face, she did not dare to show her sad face in front of Father. Tears were free from both eyes.

"Queen. You believe in me, if it were hard, I wouldn't say it to Mommy,"

Queen raised her face and looked at the middle-aged man she knew for the first time when she was only nine years old.

"Well, Queen met Antoni again" Queen said in a barely audible voice.

"Then?"

"He invited Queen to be together again."

Father smiled bitterly, then he looked at the two Queen eyes closely.

"Certainly? You want?" Ask her curiously.

Queen sighed and returned Dad's gaze.

"Well, to be honest, Queen hasn't been able to move on from Antoni. If the Queen had followed the Queen's heart, the Queen might have returned to her. But Antoni is married, already has children. That's all Queen can't do. It's just that his reappearance made Queen a little frustrated. She came to the Queen's boutique and begged to get back together. You know what Queen tastes? Sick Well.. hurts...." Said Queen while sobbing.

Father sighed and rubbed Queen's back gently.

"If he loves, why doesn't he fight? Why are we fighting now?" Complain Queen.

"You know, kid, sometimes... God does not match us to the people we want. Because God knows he is not the best. God has planned and prepared the best man for you. Just so you're patient, he'll be here any minute."

Queen wiped her tears and looked at Father with a face of despair.

"The attitude you chose is right, I really feel proud of you. You're a good boy, a wonderful woman. The problem is moving on, it's just time. I don't blame you if you can't move on yet, everyone is not the same. Some have moved on a week, some a month, a year, even years. There is nothing wrong with it, the name of the human heart. Instead, I believe, a woman like you is a loyal woman who has a strong principle of life. That's why you're so hard to change hearts."

"Slow down, you can do it. As long as you remain firm with your faith, your sound mind and your purpose, God willing you can go through it all and get the best of the good,"

Father wiped the tears on Queen's cheeks and smiled at Queen with a sincere and affectionate face.

Queen was really moved, she hugged Dad and thanked Dad. He really felt Dad was a person who understood him, even more than his own real father.

"Relax son, leave it to God. Following what God wants is one form of our faith. Believe that God never wants his servant to suffer."

"Yes Dad... Queen will try. Thank you, Dad..."

"Together my son.."

...

“It takes a strong man to accept someone else’s children and step up to the plate another man left on the table.” — Ray Johnson

(It takes a strong man to accept other people's children and take responsibility for them.)