Asa At The End of Lembayung

The Mission of a Zahra

Raindrops again flushed around the town, there was no work that he had to finish this morning by noon, because all was settled to be picked up by the master who had the electronic device.

Rehan just looked freely down the street, on the row of bougenville houseplants lined up along the sidewalk, along the sidewalk, she saw someone walking while unfurling an umbrella to protect her from the drizzling streaks descending from the sky.

The person turned out to be Midwife Zahra, indeed some days he had often come to visit her, there was something he bought like a charger, indeed, headset or just say hello before he went to work in Posyandu where he lived.

" Assalamualaikum, Good afternoon Kang Rehan, a bengong tumben aja, usually like to snack on something if I am here," said Zahra greeting with a friendly smile expands.

"Waalaikumsalam, uh Bu Midwife Zahra, good day too Mom, uh.. It's all settled, it's just the same thing that's got it," said Rehan rather clumsy, as he looked at Zahra as if there was a memory that evaporated back, a memory that he wanted to bury deeply, not because he hated women who had painted love in his heart, who had colored his life despite ending up disappointed, but he wanted to focus more on what was now, without having to think back to the things that made him slump like a few months ago.

"Ah Kang Rehan, do not call mother dong, it seems I am older than Akang, but we are the same age and certainly older Kang Rehan," zahra said back while straying her umbrella in the spot and immediately sat on the plastic chair in front of the storefront.

Rehan was silent for a moment when he heard the words of the woman in front of him, he cursed in his heart why this conversation again happened even with different people.

"Sorry Mrs Zahra, by the way, which person's real Ms Zahra?" Rehan asked curiously regardless of Zahra's protest because she was called mother.

"Isa.. Sebel dech, people don't say I'm still saying that, I'm originally a Bogor person as well, more precisely in the area around the Bogor Regional Government," zahra grumbled as she put on a pouting face and explained where she lived.

"Gttff... Haha.. Sorry-sorry, will Dech not call mom again, how is Teh Zahra? Ouh Bogor also anyway," Rehan was not able to hold back laughter because he saw the look of the face of the woman in front of him like seeing his sister when sulking.

"Hmw... Yes, dech is better than being called mother, why would you want to visit Zahra's house?" timpal Zahra, who suddenly made Rehan almost strayed from his seat who heard the answer.

Almost an hour more they were busy chatting until it did not feel the rain was starting to subside, it turns out Zahra besides being beautiful also likes to joke, making the conversation flow just like that.

"Excuse me Kang, can you service a mobile phone here? sorry ma'am interfered with the chat," exclaimed a teenager who was carrying a smartphone that looked dead, Zahra just smiled and let the teenager sit down.

"Can Deck, try to see the phone," said Rehan who immediately flipped the smartphone.

"It fell into the water huh, how long did it fall?" rehan tried to guess.

"Yes, Kak, fell into the bathtub for quite a long time about an hour just found in the bathtub," said honestly the child, because he went to the bathroom while carrying a cellphone without him realizing it fell while placed on the edge of the bathtub.

"Please Deck sit down, do not stand up and hold Varicose anymore," exclaimed Zahra with a smile allowing the teenager to sit down, the child just nodded and immediately sat down without saying anything, because so fascinated with the beautiful face of Midwife Zahra wrapped in a dark blue hijab.

"Oh yes, he also said sorry for making Kang Rehan disappointed and thank you for the sincere love that Kang Rehan has given for that one year," said Zahra who turned her head for a while, then continued his steps back, leaving Rehan who was shocked by his speech just now.

"Wait for Zahr-" exclaimed restrained Rehan but the beautiful midwife had already gone far enough and had crossed the road, while he also had work to be completed soon, so it is not nice to the customer who wants to fix his cellphone if he just leaves, he was about to ask further, whether the acquaintance is the person who once filled the niche of his heart.

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"Zahra, this is a once-in-a-lifetime request to you as a friend, I ask you for help if you want to serve as a midwife in a village called Padasuka, the place where I had served there," said Rena at that time while holding back tears, when Zahra chatted four eyes with her best friend, after the flower throwing event which she was the one who got it.

"Why should I be a midwife there, tell me why, I agree whatever your request is, because you've been considered the savior of my family, so when you're in trouble, I'll agree, whatever it is I will do my best to help you" Zahra said, holding her best friend's hands tightly together.

"I want you to be a life companion to Rehan the person I love so much, even if this is too pushy, it will also be difficult because he was disappointed and maybe hurt, he said, but please heal the wound in his heart because of this friend of yours, please, hyks hyks hyks," said Rena who can no longer stem her tears and hug her best friend.

"All right, I'll do my best" Zahra replied.

"Thank you Zahra thank you, you are indeed my kindest friend, I am sure you will be a very compatible couple and also convey my apology to Kang Rehan," said Rena.

Zahratunnisa is the son of a simple family although not very rich, his father and mother are a teacher at one of the schools in his area, and she is one of the close friends of Rena Wijaya Princess son of the noble family of the capital.

And one day his father was struck by a disaster, a fatal accident that almost took his life, and had to be treated in the emergency room that requires a lot of money, at that time their money was unstable, because it had just paid for college for Zahra and paid the registration fee to become a PNS candidate, then forced his mother to borrow from Rentenir.

Zahra, who at that time was sad to mix in panic, said she had better stop going to college first, and wanted to find a job to pay off a debt to one of the loan sharks in her region, he said, because he knows what the risk of borrowing on the leech is.

But Rena reluctantly refuses and berates her best friend's plan, she is determined to ask to be reunited with the person who lent money to Zahra's family, and when he met Rena immediately paid off all the debts following the interest, so that the Zahra family was no longer tied to the loan shark boss.

And now here he is in the place where his best friend served first, for the sake of a debt of gratitude, Zahra gladly left her former place of work, because there is a heart that must be treated and there is a mind that must be avenged.