Behind Aisha's Veil

Surgical procedure

"Change." Siti ventured to speak by restraining her cries.

"Siti knows if divorce is something that Allah SWT hates, but Siti thinks this is the best path for Siti and Siti's husband."

Abah.

"But why son? Have you not accepted this polygamy?" asked Joseph's mother in amazement.

"My sister would be sincere if her husband could be fair to her," Aisha replied on behalf of Siti.

"Adyl? I believe that Joseph was fair to his two wives" said Yusuf's mother confidently.

"Oh yeah? Pardon us. But where was my mother's child when my sister was sick and had to be operated on?"

Joseph's mother did not answer.

"So that's the problem again?" Joseph smiled cynically.

"Just because I didn't accompany my wife when she was sick did you guys immediately label me as being unfair to her?" ask Yusuf.

Aisha smile.

"Husband love is tested when the wife is sick. Loving a healthy woman is normal. If the wife is healthy the husband will be helped and served, but otherwise if the wife is sick, that is where the test of love of the husband. Is it patient and caring for the wife wholeheartedly?"

"Will you choose not to care?" Asha saw Yusuf.

"I don't care, but my second wife was also sick."

"That's why you are called unfair, can not prioritize between two wives which you should take care of and care for. I don't know what hurt your second wife at the time, but Siti was sick and almost lost her uterus so she couldn't have any more children."

Yusuf remained silent. Everyone was silent listening to Aisha's words.

"From that much you are not fair, let alone other small things that you must consider trivial," said Aisha again.

Aisha looked about to say again, but Ummi, who had been crying, held her hand, asked her not to say anything. Ummi thought that Aisha was talking too much and she was afraid that it would make her husband angry.

"Leave it. Just let Aisha say it all," Abah said suddenly to everyone's astonishment.

"Take it if Aisha has represented Abah to speak."

Everyone seems to be getting more astonished. Not usually this time Abah supports Aisha who always loudly expressed her opinion without the slightest fear.

"So I approve of this divorce." Abah saw Siti.

This time everyone was shocked. Especially Joseph and his family.

"Sorry Mr. Haji Nasir. I hope that the divorce of our sons and daughters does not affect our friendship, may our cord remain well established." Abah stood with great difficulty.

"I beg you to resign. My health hasn't been good lately." The pale-looking Abah walked slowly, but then his two sons, Ahmad and Ali helped the father by breaking him.

All the other Abah children look worried seeing Abah's health that seems to drop dramatically, they all follow the father who will rest at home.

Joseph and his parents say goodbye to Ummi and Zainab who are still there.

***

Justright. This incident made Abah's health deteriorate. Even Abah looks no longer able to just sit. Abah is now lying surrounded by all her daughters-in-law and grandchildren.

Siti cried while holding and kissing her father's hand, she repeatedly apologized for feeling this was her fault.

Finally, after being agreed upon by all. Abah was taken to the hospital for better treatment.

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Aisha and her three older brothers are waiting for Abah at the Hospital, while Ummi and Zainab have just returned home. Ummi could not wait for her husband because he had to accompany Siti who was also recovering plus now was feeling sad, as well as Zainab who could not continue to leave her child.

Aisha was sitting next to her father's bed, Ahmad and Ali were also sitting not far from there, while her other brother was buying food for all of them.

"Sister. I want to pray Isya first in mushalla." Aisha looked at her two brothers while standing up.

"You want a brother?" Ali was a little worried because it was late at night.

"Not to brother."

"Be careful."

Aisha walked towards the mushalla which is located quite far from there, while walking she remembered that almost all day she did not see her phone which she set in silent mode.

Aisha hurriedly called back.

"Where only. I told you to always carry your phone wherever you go."

"sorry. I brought the phone, but in silent mode."

"Why should be set in silent mode. If anyone calls you won't be able to hear it."

"Because I'm in the hospital. Fear of disturbing others."

"At the Hospital? Did Abah go to the Hospital?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"How is he doing now?"

Aisha speechless. He did not know what to answer because he thought the situation of the father was getting worse.

"alright. Who are you there?" Alvian seemed to know if maybe her in-laws were not good enough.

"Sir Ahmad, Brother Ali and Brother Ridwan."

Aisha has arrived at mushalla.

"First already. I want to pray."

"alright. Take care of your health too. Please keep me informed."

"Yes." Yeah."

After saying her greeting, Aisha hung up her phone.

He then entered into the prayer of the Isha.

***

Next day.

Aisha and her three sisters were astonished to see the doctor perform a detailed and thorough examination on their father, as this time after the CT scan the father would also do Gastroscopy.

"What was our father's disease, Doc?" ask Aisha worried.

"We're also trying to figure it out, hopefully nothing."

Aisha only resigned when her father was taken into a room.

Long enough they waited, until his father was brought back to the treatment room, there was Ummi and Zainab.

"A few hours later the results will come out, please wait," said the nurse before leaving the room.

Aisha and everyone seemed worried waiting for the results of the examination.

A few hours later.

Aisha did not want to go home even though Ummi and her sisters had told her to, she chose to stay there and wait for the results of her father's examination

Suddenly, the nurse called the patient's family to see the doctor. All three of her sisters leave and Aisha insists on coming along.

Arriving in a room, Aisha and her sisters are shocked to see Alvian there, plus her face looks serious and sad.

Alvian looked at Aisha with a look full of sadness, leaving Aisha astonished.

"The result is out. It is with great regret that we inform you if the patient has stomach cancer." The doctor gave Ahmad a paper examination.

Everyone was shocked. Especially with Aisha.

"Thanks to Doctor Alvian's request to conduct a thorough examination of cancer can be detected early."

"Cancer is still in the early stages, so for treatment we recommend to perform surgery."

"Doctor Alvian will do it."

Aisha looked at her husband's face.