Behind Aisha's Veil

Siti's Sadness

"I? A woman of no dignity?" anita asked while glaring at Aisha.

Aisha nodded.

"If you want to be called a dignified woman, improve the treatment of the opposite sex, if you want to be called a polite woman, improve your speech, if you want to be called a civilized woman improve your attitude and behavior," aisha said softly.

Anita fell silent, stunned to hear the words of Aisha who even advised her. Likewise, Alvian was stunned by Aisha's attitude that remained relaxed and elegant facing Anita whose emotions were overflowing.

Aisha glanced at Alvian at a glance then went walking away leaving the two behind.

Abandoned by Aisha, the two of them remained silent. All the words of Aisha really made both of them unable to say anything more.

"You see for yourself, if Aisha is such an amazing woman."

Both of them immediately saw the origin of the sound.

Nurm. Alvian's mother approached the two.

"Mother." Alvian was shocked to see her mother listening to everything.

I saw Anita, from the tip of her foot to the tip of her hair.

"Mom saw it all."

"Don't you see the real difference between your wife Aisha and this woman?" tanya Nurma saw her son.

Anita is increasingly made to languish in hearing the words of Nurma.

"Both are far away, son. We can see that higher education does not just make people civilized, as Aisha said earlier, this woman looks like a woman who has no self-esteem, begging for love in a married man."

Anita instantly covered her face, sobbing.

"You will be very sorry if you leave Aisha just for this woman."

Alvian.

Nurma then walked away from both of them.

"What's my fault? What kind of woman am I in their eyes? I'm just a woman fighting for the man she loves, am I that cool in front of them Al?" anita said with tears in her eyes to see Alvian in front of her.

"Enough. I can't think anymore. Better now you calm yourself, then go back to the city."

Anita crying sobbing.

"You shouldn't have come here, now my mother knows everything." Alvian looks upset.

"Go home. I have to go back to my father's room." Alvian melengos leaves Anita.

***

Mom came into the room, stunned to see Aisha who was helping her husband do tayamum.

Aisha was so painstaking in helping her father-in-law tayamum and performing the prayers, that she became convinced that Alvian had acted foolishly by wasting a woman like Aisha.

Mother recalled the incident, where she saw everything secretly. Feeling ashamed of the actions of the son because he was still in contact with other women and it was known by Aisha.

Mom saw Aisha. Feeling surprised by his attitude that seemed to remain calm as if nothing had happened.

There was no anger or disappointment, no sadness or even tears, making the mother sure that her daughter-in-law had felt too much pain to make her ordinary or even numb.

The mother then felt pity, her heart ached knowing that the state of her son's household turned out to be much worse than she expected.

Alvian came in, looking straight at his mother, where she looked away from him.

"Mother is disappointed in you, son," Mommy murmured in her heart.

***

3 Days passed.

Alvian still tried to talk to his mother but she always avoided him, for these three days, his mother seemed to ignore him completely. The great disappointment made his mother not want to talk first with her son

Likewise with Aisha, both of them are still both silent a thousand languages, never once tried to discuss the events of the time, both of them only appear to communicate in front of the father who is sick only, he said, it was just camouflage on her father if their household was okay.

Alvian then spent a lot of time thinking and contemplating, admitting that in any case, Aisha is indeed better than Anita, both are very different from the sky and earth in terms of appearance and attitude.

Aisha, with her calm character, makes her look elegant with a word that reflects her level of intelligence.

Another case with Anita, they have been in a relationship for almost five years, making him know both Anita and her attitude. His emotions that sometimes overflow sometimes make himself overwhelmed to face it.

Aisha got better in her eyes when she saw with her own eyes how she cared for and loved her father wholeheartedly.

Alvian was beginning to feel confused. He's on the verge of a dilemma.

***

"Dad. Mother. Aisha begs permission to stay at Abah's house tonight." Aisha saw her two in-laws.

"Of course we allow Nak. You really should stay there before returning to the city tomorrow" replied Dad.

Aisha seemed happy, she immediately went to the room to also ask permission from her husband, however she knew regardless of how Alvian treated her, she was still a wife who had to obey her husband.

"Tonight I'll stay at my parents' house" Aisha told Alvian, who was looking at her laptop.

Alvian looked stunned for a moment.

"I'll take you there" he said, standing up.

"Thank you."

After ready they both say goodbye to Father and Mother, then go to the boarding school not far from there.

Arriving at Pondok Pesantren, Aisha was greeted by the female students, they all seemed happy to hug Aisha alternately. Alvian just watched from behind him.

After arriving home, Aisha and Alvian are greeted by her parents and her sister, Maryam.

His mother then told him that if her sister, Siti had also just arrived, Aisha was happy and wanted to see him soon.

"Son. Siti's sister is resting in her room, she's sick."

"ill? What pain is Ummi?" ask Aisha wonder.

His mother hesitated to answer him.

"I'll see him" said Aisha as she stood up.

"Don't kid, she's with her husband in the room." Ummi took Aisha.

"Your sister just miscarried" Abah said, startling Aisha.

Aisha looks shocked, she sits next to her mother.

"Said her husband Kak Siti is very sad to lose her baby, therefore her husband brought her here so that we can comfort her" said Ummi

"His husband is sad, why should we comfort him?" aisha was upset. She is very sure if the cause of her brother's miscarriage must be because her husband has been wishing her love.

Abah and Ummi looked at each other.

Alvian who did not understand anything just fell silent.

"Ummi, I want to see Siti, ", Aisha said as she stood up and walked towards her sister's room.

Aisha knocked on the door, not long after the door was opened by her brother's husband.

Aisha went in and hugged her brother who was lying on the bed.

Siti's sister was crying in Aisha's arms, and vice versa.

"God tests brother with various things. After having to share a husband, now you also have to lose children" said Aisha while wiping tears on Siti's cheeks.

Everyone who was in the room could only remain silent, especially with Joseph, Siti's husband.

"If you're not ready to be pitted, why are you forcing yourself to share?" aisha asked, standing up and turning her body to look at Yusuf.

"Is my sister unable to carry out her duties as a wife? Is my brother sick to the point of being untreatable? Is my brother also unable to give offspring?"

Yusuf shook his head.

"Why did you get married again?"

"Don't be proud to have many wives, because that's not an achievement."

"Aisha!" Shouts of Ummi and Abah.

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Hey loyal reader.

My view of polygamy here is my own. Please do not argue if anyone disagrees.

Polygamy is in the Islamic law. I personally do not oppose as long as it is qualified and the most important thing is the clergy of the first wife.

Thank you for being faithful to this simple story.please apologize for only being able to update one episode per day.

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