Behind Aisha's Veil

Hiding the Wound

Alvian changed clothes in a hurry, after reading his wife's message if she waited in the lobby of the Hospital, she rushed half-run out of her room.

Arriving in the lobby, Alvian was shocked to find Aisha chatting with Anita. He approached both.

Seeing Alvian coming, Aisha and Anita immediately stood up.

"sorry. I have a sudden operation." Alvian looked at Aisha regardless of Anita beside him.

"It's okay." Aisha smile.

While Anita immediately resigned. After saying goodbye to Aisha he left the two.

"What is she doing with you?" alvian asked as he held his wife's hand towards the car park.

"none. He just accompanied me."

"Did he say something?" ask Alvian who is still doubtful about Anita's change.

"Much."

Alvian shocked. He saw his wife.

"What?"

Aisha smile.

"It's nothing. Just a normal conversation."

"I'm afraid she's saying something that's not-nothing to you anymore." Alvian opened the car door for his wife.

"He has changed. We better support him." Aisha looked at Alvian while then getting into the car.

***

Fortunately, they were not late to pick up Lela, before long until the new plane landed.

Aisha looked impatient to meet her sister again, she walked back and forth while wailing hoping that her brother would come out soon.

Justright. Moments later Lela is seen walking while waving at her sister, in a hurry she hastened her steps to immediately hug her sister.

They finally meet and embrace. There is a cry of happiness because after a long time they are finally found.

"How are you, brother?" aisha asked as she wiped her tears.

"Good Brother." Lela also wiped her tears.

"Where's brother's husband?" ask Aisha dingukan.

"He's not coming, he's coming. There's still work."

"Oh. I think brother's husband is coming."

Aisha then leads her sister to meet her husband. He introduced Alvian to his brother.

"sorry. At your wedding sister was not present but thank God we finally met now," Lela told Alvian.

Alvian smiles.

"Sister. Where's sister's suitcase?" Aisha was astonished to see her brother not carrying anything.

"Silver doesn't carry much stuff, so don't wear a suitcase, just this bag." Lela pointed to the small bag beside her.

Aisha and Alvian look surprised, but they do not necessarily ask much more, both then invite Lela to go home soon.

Along the way, Aisha keeps chattering about the news of their extended family, including stories about the health of Abah as well as Siti who decided to divorce from her husband.

Lela who had only heard a cursory glimpse of the conversation over the phone only seemed to hear while occasionally asking.

"Oh yes brother. Brother bring a little shirt, will you not be here long?"

Lela was silent for a moment.

"Yes, sir." she answered later.

"Dearly enough. I thought you'd be here long."

Alvian glanced at his sister-in-law through the glass, he felt that something was strange. Although this was the first time they met but he felt that his sister-in-law had something to hide.

They finally reached the apartment. Aisha immediately asked her sister to go into the room to rest.

"Oh yes brother. Now I can call Ummi to say that you're here."

Lela looks shocked.

"Don't. Don't call Ummi yet."

"Why brother?"

"Later. Let brother tell Ummi."

Aisha sees her brother's strange girly.

"All right."

Aisha leaves her sister in the room. He then walked towards his room half pensively.

Arriving at the room, Aisha opened her hijab.

He then sat on the bed. He who was still pensive was awakened by the pain in his stomach.

Aisha held the scar of the operation that had been painful.

"What's wrong?" alvian asked who had just come out of the bathroom astonished to see his wife holding her stomach.

"My stomach hurts a little. Probably because it moved a lot."

"Lay. I'll see the wound." Alvian looks worried.

Aisha with the help of her husband laid her body.

Alvian revealed his wife's robe, though hesitantly he slowly undressed her.

After opening his stomach, Alvian examined the wound. He was relieved to see the scar of the surgery was fine.

"Thank God the wound is fine. It's even dry. But we don't know in it. That's why I've often said that you better get more rest." Alvian closed his wife's stomach.

Aisha looked about to wake up, but her husband held her back. He laid his body next to his wife.

Alvian hugged his wife.

"I should be back in the hospital now" whispered Alvian quietly.

"Then go."

"No way." Alvian tightened his embrace.

Aisha took off her husband's hand that was coiled around her waist.

"Go away. People need you in the hospital."

"Didn't you need me?" Alvian again wrapped her hands around Aisha's waist.

"For now not."

"For the moment? So when is the time you need me?"

"Later. In this stomach is our son." Aisha guided her husband's hand to hold his stomach.

Alvian smiles.

"that moment. I'm gonna need you so much. If that time comes, accompany me often."

Alvian raised his head to look at Aisha.

"I want that moment to come soon." He looked at his wife's face

Alvian gently stroked his wife's face, until her hand suddenly stopped on the lips of the wife who was so tempting, she then brought her face closer.

Although a little afraid Aisha seems to be ready with what her husband will do.

Aisha closed her eyes when she found out that Alvian was about to kiss her.

"Oh," cried Aisha slowly when she felt Alvian's elbow was too pressing on her stomach.

The shocked Alvian immediately got up. He realized his mistake.

"I'm sorry. What pain?" Alvian panicked while holding his wife's stomach.

Aisha shook her head while smiling.

"Sorry," he said again wrongly while standing up.

"Now I know why I need to make a full recovery first" Aisha replied with a smile.

Alvian smiled at his wife.

***

Nightfall.

Aisha finished cooking, she knocked on her sister's room door to invite her to eat.

"Yes dik. A moment."

Aisha opened the door, seeing her brother behind her busy wearing his hijab and niqob.

"Sister, don't wear a veil, my husband doesn't exist, it's just the two of us." Aisha approached her sister.

But it seemed like her brother ignored her, she remained busy wearing the veil behind him.

Aisha was astonished.

"Sister." Aisha forcibly turned her sister's body.

He closed his mouth and stopped.

Her brother's face was full of blue bruises, even the corners of her lips were swollen with small tear wounds.

Aisha continued to look at her brother's face in shock.

"Sister." Aisha hugged her sister and broke into tears.

Lela was still glued. Tears also flowed from both corners of her eyes.

"Behind the veil, we close the veil from the sight of the unworthy, but behind the veil there are also wounds that you try to cover."

"I won't spare anyone who's done this to my brother."

Aisha let go of her embrace. Seeing her brother sharp.

"Suami's the sister who did it, right?"

Lela nodded slowly.

Aisha hugged him back.

"He's not what Abah and people think he is" Lela said.