A Wife's Heart

CHAPTER 151

Sorry I can just get up now. Otor again bed rest, man friend. Please pray.😊

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"(It is) Those who believe and have their hearts at ease with the remembrance of Allah. Remember, it is only by remembering Allah that the heart is at ease." (QS Ar-Ra'd: 28)

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After several holidays to accompany his wife during pregnancy. Now Reza has returned to his activities as before, which is busy managing the company and plunge into the field to monitor directly the condition of his hospital in several regions. Coupled with various meeting schedules that sometimes take up a lot of time. It is not uncommon for Reza to have to leave the city for two to five days to monitor the project directly.

Sometimes Reza feels bored with his activities that seem to know no time. Being an only child is not always fun. Reza had to replace the father who owned a large company. Reza hated this kind of situation. Reza wanted to complain. However, he again thinks that it is inappropriate if he complains, while there are still many people out there who want to have the fate like him, living with a pool of treasure. In addition, his responsibility as a company leader is so great, considering that many employees depend on his fate in his company.

Support also comes from the wife who always reminds him not to complain and do not hate everything he has got. Lira wants Reza to be grateful. Not everyone is born the same way. Of course Reza should remember that.

"God does not burden a person except according to his ability. He got the reward (of virtue) he worked for and he got the punishment (of evil) he did. (They prayed): "Our Lord, do not punish us if we forget or we are wrong. Our Lord, do not burden us with a heavy burden, as You have burdened those before us. Our Lord, do not give us what we cannot bear. Forgive us; forgive us; and have mercy on us. You are our Helper, so help us against the disbelievers." (QS Al-Baqarah: 286)

Reza should not be selfish just because the problem of time with his family is slightly reduced. It can not forget the reality, many heads of families who also have the same fate as. Work until tireless to willing time with the family seized, as long as their kitchen remains smoky.

Currently Reza is outside the city of Semarang, Central Java to review directly the hospital construction project. Reza had to be willing to leave her family for a few days and could only rely on video calls as a means to communicate or see the faces of her children.

Reza looked at the clock on his wrist. Time shows at one o'clock in the afternoon, meaning the children are taking a nap. Reza decided to contact his wife to just let go of the longing.

"Assalamu'alaikum, dear what else?"

"Wa"alaikumussalam, again collected the same children. There's mommy and dad too. Where else? Have you eaten yet?"

"Mas again hotel dear, again rest. I had eaten at the same hotel restaurant as Arman" replied Reza, laying his tired body on the bed.

"Kidn't the kids at noon yet, baby?" asked Reza with a shrunken forehead.

Not usually his children have not napped when the time has entered the break time.

"They just finished eating, mas. It was a little late for lunch. Kids are fussy, don't want to eat because he says no fun eating no papa."

"Well, can it be kids. Papa immediately suddenly missed deh" said Reza sadly.

Just a day apart from his wife and children, his longing was getting bigger. He wanted to come home soon to be able to hug and kahip with his small family. Moreover, the pregnancy of Lira who has entered the eighth month. In just one month, the Lira will give birth to their third child.

"Keep, baby, so not the USG?"

"Alhamdulillah, so mas. I was taken with my mom."

"Oh yeah? What gender is it?"

Reza was so enthusiastic and curious to know the gender of her third child. Usually, Reza always accompany his wife when USG and the results are always curious because the prospective child always tries to cover. It was as if he wanted to surprise his parents.

"As usual mas, his grandfather still covered his titit," said Lira accompanied by amused stiffness.

"Si Dedek makes a splash, deh."

"Yes, papa's children again on what's this?" reza asked as he stung the voices of his two children who were so cool chattering with their eyes.

"We again gather together mother same eye. What else is papa doing?"

"Papa rest, baby. Brother is equally good not the same papa?"

"That's kangen. Papa when to go home? Brother wants to play with papa sepelti papi who plays with Lili," said Inas with a gloomy face.

"Not yet darling. Papa's new nyampe here. I was asked when I would go home." Reza chuckles amusedly at the innocent question from her beloved daughter. "Prophey, baby. If papa's business is done, papa must go home. Brother equally want to be brought by-by what?"

"So don't want souvenirs. Brother just wants papa home. Next week I want to participate in tahfiz competition, vice school baleng Abang Falel. Papa dateng yes," Pinta Inas full of hope.

Inas desperately wanted his father present to see him perform and give him spirit, like the race he had been in before. His confidence level will increase if he sees his parents present to encourage him.

"God willing, you're in the race again, huh? Papa is proud of his brother. Insha Allah, as soon as you finish your work, son. Brother must be diligent in his training. Can't be lazy" said Reza reminded.

"Promise yes, pa.

"God willing, baby."

"Adek also take care of the mother. Adek is papa's champion. I can't fight with you brother, son. Should massage mother, same eye also."

"Yes pa. Ade dagain. Ade surmised nda beyantem sama tata (brother)"

"Great grandchild" Reza praised his son as he gave his two thumbs up.

Hearing his father's praise, Haidar just grinned to show off a row of cute little teeth.

Their conversation ended because Reza forced her two children to rest.

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Reza really works hard to get the job done on time. He did not want to linger because he had to keep his promise to his two children. Especially in his little daughter who will follow the tahfiz competition at Taman Kanak level school. Of course Reza does not want to miss that important moment.

"Man, please book a flight tomorrow morning" Reza said as they finished dinner at one of the restaurants near the hotel where they were staying.

"Good, mas."

"Find the plane that leaves early in the morning, around 6. You see, the kids will be performing around 10am."

It could have been Reza using his private jet, but he did not want to be seen as excessive. Reza will use his private jet, only at important times, such as going on vacation with his family or having a visit to an area far enough from Jakarta. If in an area that is still one mainland such as Central Java, Reza chose to use commercial aircraft.

Arman nodded in understanding. Without waiting for long, Arman immediately booked a ticket for Reza as well. As with Reza, Arman also wants to see his son's performance when entering the race. A pride for the Arman family, where Farel was re-elected as one of the school representatives to participate in the tahfiz competition. Although not the first time to see his son in the race, there is still a sense of pride in Arman can see the child successfully perform in front of many people.

It didn't take long, Arman had already booked the ticket at a time that was on Reza's request.

"Already, mas. We leave here for the airport before dawn, mas? Let's not be late" suggested Arman.

"Can. Later we pray at the airport aja," said Reza agreed.

Reza thought about it. There is no way he left after dawn, considering the distance from the hotel where they stay to the airport is quite far, approximately two hours drive. Reza did not want to take the risk until later he could not see his favorite daughter perform on stage.

After entering each room, Reza began to fill his clothes into a small suitcase and some toiletries into a special bag. Feels all has been completed, Reza immediately lay his body on the mattress and then again contact his wife to let go of the longing.

Reza deliberately asked his wife to keep his return secret tomorrow morning to his two children. He wanted to surprise his two children by saying he was delaying his return because his work was not finished.

"Belalti papa can not watch brother perform dong," said Inas with a disappointed look and hoarse voice holding back crying.

"Well, what else, baby? Papa's job is still a lot, so papa can't go home yet."

"Yes, that's it."

Inas immediately ran out of his parents' room towards his room. Inside his room, Inas immediately covered his tiny body with a blanket with a picture of his favorite pony. Inas was really disappointed in his father who did not keep his promise.

"Actually I don't have the heart either, dear. But let the surprise plan go well, we have to take care."

"But I can't see it, ma'am. My sister seems very disappointed. I'm afraid it could ruin his concentration tomorrow."

"God willing, I will not love. Tomorrow morning we leave here. God willing, before 10 o'clock, I've arrived at the race."

"Yes, deh. It's up to you. Tomorrow I have to persuade my brother not to frown again."

"Yes. It's quiet."

Their conversation was closed by throwing romantic sentences at each other. After that, Reza immediately slept because before dawn, he had to go to the airport.

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For an hour, the plane that Reza boarded finally arrived at Soekarno-Hatta Airport. Reza accidentally did not go home because the distance from the airport to his house is quite far and it will take quite a long time. He did not want to be late, finally he went straight to the location where the tahfiz race was held.

The journey from the airport to the mosque is quite far. Luckily the race event was held on Saturday, the streets were quite quiet because they did not have to race with vehicles from employees and other road users who were both looking for sustenance.

Reza and Arman arrived at the scene about an hour before the race event began. Reza immediately contacted Lira while looking for the whereabouts of his wife in the courtyard of the mosque used as a race venue. The large number of families of the contestants who were present to provide support, making Reza and Arman feel difficulty finding the whereabouts of his wife and both parents.

Once he saw a pregnant woman with characteristics similar to his wife was on the phone and like she was looking for someone, Reza immediately approached the pregnant woman. And sure enough, it was Lira.

"Honey, the show hasn't started yet, has it?" Reza asked after kissing his wife's forehead full of longing while sucking the distended stomach of Lira.

"Not yet, mas."

"Alhamdulillah. I was so scared, I couldn't see my sister perform."

"Thank God, I arrived on time."

"Yes, honey. Yes, let's sit down first," take him to one of the seats in the front row. "Where's your mom, baby?" ask Reza.

"Mama same papa again persuaded the brother who again sulk there, mas. There's Bela too." Point the Lira at one of the tents that become a special place for the participants of the race who are behind the stage.

"You go, you go there first. Baby, don't you, you're alone here?"

"No papa, mas. I'm not alone here anyway."

"Yes, if there's anything directly phone mas, yes."

"Yes, mas. It's over there, the hunt's starting."

Reza kissed Lira's forehead and headed straight for her daughter's place. From a considerable distance, Reza could see how the two eyes were persuading Inas who still had a sullen and uninspired face.

"Assalamu'alaikum," Reza said a greeting before sitting right next to his daughter.

"When are you coming, Za?" martin asked after Reza kissed the backs of his parents' hands.

"Not long, pa. About ten minutes ago,"

"You see now you are persuading, big brother. From this morning he has been pouting the same way you continue," said Martin. "Papa Mama wants to go to Lira first, kasian she is alone," he continued, then invited Irma to leave Reza and Inas who.

"Hey! Kok kak jawa salam from papa, anyway?"

Not the intention of not answering greetings from his father, Inas only felt confused by the situation he saw now. It's like being dreaming.

"This is benelan papa? Brother's no longer a dream, is he?" Inas asked plainly, still with a puzzled look on his face.

"It's really papa, baby. Papa deliberately said not to come home because he wanted to give you a surprise," said Reza immediately kissed his daughter's cheeks with anxiety. "Sorry papa yes, brother. Papa has made my sister pout like a gini," he continued full of regrets.

Inas just nodded then directly climbed onto his father's lap, hugging his father's burly body longingly.

"So big brother kangen papa. Dali semalem brother inget papa telus. Brother even as papa kalna papa said not to be home. Telus, kulung's brother is covered in kamal," Inas said on the sidelines of his embrace.

Reza hugged her daughter tightly back while patting her tiny back gently. Reza was anxious to hear the princess's outpouring of heart that sounded so funny.

"I'm sorry, baby," said Reza regretfully and Inas only replied with a small nod. "Yes, now I'm ready. It won't be long before the race starts. Brother must be excited. Look at it, Abang Farel the same friends brother has been eating from earlier,"

Inas immediately turned to Farel who laughed amusedly to see him spoiled on his father, as well as friends from other Kindergartens who were also contestants seemed to be staring at him. Inas who felt embarrassed was just grinning while hugging back his father's body.

"Now brother joins Abang Farel and ustadzah, yes. Papa sama mama is equally eyey too, watching brother in the front seat. Okay?"

"Okay, pa."

Before moving on, Reza hugged and kissed the two cheeks of Inas as a sign of his support.

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The race begins. One by one the participants had displayed their ability to memorize long and short surahs according to the choice of the jury. The description is certainly not only on how to memorize, but also how to mention the correct letters according to the science of tajwid.

After Farel who appeared with his ability to memorize the surah with a melodious voice and certainly made both parents feel proud of his achievements. Now comes the turn of Inas who appears as the last participant.

Inas appeared confidently. Especially when he saw both parents and his eyes sitting in the front seat while clapping their hands to support him, making Inas' confidence increase.

Inas began to recite the Qur'an verse with a melodious voice and full of passion. All the spectators were so stunned to hear Inas' melodious voice. Although Inas was only five years old, but the ability to memorize the holy verse of the Qur'an was beyond doubt. All cannot be separated from the role of both parents who bring directly the best teacher to teach their two children in memorizing the Qur'an.

As parents, Reza and Lira were very proud. It is not easy to teach children to memorize the Qur'an at the age of those who still want to play a lot. However, thanks to his patience and persistence, Lira and Reza managed to educate his children growing up to be memorizers of the Qur'an.

After all the participants finished showing their respective abilities and the jury has given their assessment. It's time for the host to read out the champion.

"Well, after we watched together with the performance of the participants, now comes the time for me to read out the champion," said the host.

"We start from the hope of one son, given to Ananda Fahmi Hamzah from Kindergarten Anak Soleh. To Ananda, please come forward. Give a standing ovation to Ananda Fahmi."

The audience gave a standing ovation to Fahmi as he advanced to reach out for the hope of one.

"Furthermore, the third champion was awarded to Ananda Hasan Abdullah. Please come forward," said the host, accompanied by a standing ovation from the audience.

Farel immediately deg-degan waiting for the decision of the jury. He was afraid of failing this race. Although Bela, as the mother had reminded him to be breastfed if Farel did not win the championship, but there was still a sense of worry in Farel's heart.

There are two other participants who have not been named. The two participants were immediately asked to advance to the front of the stage with their hands holding each other.

"It's time for the first champion. Well, the first champion is given to......"

The two men, who have not been named, waited anxiously. And so did the spectators present. Arman gently clasped Bela's hand with a smile and their gaze turned to the son standing on the stage with a look of dismay, waiting for the announcement.

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