Behind Aisha's Veil

Aib

Next day.

Alvian seemed busy walking back and forth on the phone, with his head occasionally holding he seemed to be talking seriously with someone on the other end of the phone.

Aisha who was cooking occasionally noticed her husband, seeing the strange gurgle of the husband, she then approached him.

"Let me tell you again, yes" said Alvian who immediately ended his conversation saw Aisha walking closer to him.

"What's wrong?" ask Aisha curious.

"There's no dear" Alvian replied while trying to smile.

"Is the cooking ripe? I'm so hungry" he said again, pulling Aisha's hand and asking her to walk into the kitchen.

Aisha held her hand. Makes Alvian shocked.

"What's wrong? I know there's something. Tell me what's up?"

Alvian took a breath, knowing that he could not hide anything from his wife.

"Honey. Actually I have to attend a medical seminar today."

"Seminar?"

"Yes. The seminar is out of town and the time is quite long, more or less weekly."

Aisha smiled.

"So my husband was confused about having to leave his wife?"

Alvian approached his wife closer.

"Yes. In your circumstances like this, I can't leave you."

"Go away. I'm fine."

Alvian immediately shook his head.

"No. I don't intend to attend the seminar. I can't leave you in your condition like this, your body is still limp because of your pregnancy, and you still often feel sad."

Aisha smiled back.

"I'm fine, go, I know the seminar must be important to your medical career."

Alvian fell silent because what his wife said was true. For a seminar doctor is quite important because being a doctor is a lifelong learning, every year the doctors are required to follow the development of science by attending seminars and workshops held in various cities or universities.

"But I can't leave you here alone."

"It's okay, I dare to be alone at home."

"No." Alvian immediately shook his head.

"But...How about I take you to the cottage first? If you're there I'll just calmly leave you. There's a lot of people looking after you and taking care of you."

Aisha nodded with a smile

"All right."

Alvian looked at his watch.

"But baby, it's too late, if I have to attend the seminar, I have to leave soon." Alvian panic.

"I'll help you get your clothes ready."

"But there's no time to get you to the cabin."

"Today, Dr. Anita said she was going to the cottage, so let me be with her."

"Thank God then." Alvian looks relieved.

***

Shortly after Alvian leaves, Anita comes to pick up Aisha. Now the two are preparing to go to Aisha's hometown.

Throughout journey. Anita tells him if Zaidan sends her a message, from the look on his face Aisha can see if her best friend is very happy and happy.

"Do you know how beautiful it is to love in silence? Because there are some people who would rather pray than express." Aisha smiled to herself.

Anita looked embarrassed.

"You don't know if she loves you, she doesn't know if you love her, but God smiles to see you secretly praying for each other" Aisha said.

Anita is embarrassed.

"But Aisha. Does he love me?"

"He who loves you will always find an advantage in a million of your shortcomings. The good of your million vices."

Anita immediately fell silent, seemed to get an answer to her own question why Zaidan chose her which clearly has many shortcomings.

***

Ummi welcomed her daughter happily, as well as her other siblings, taking turns to embrace Aisha affectionately.

While Anita who regularly visits every week in addition to studying also to check the supplies of drugs, sometimes she also has to check the santriawati who are waiting for her to seek treatment.

As this time, knowing his arrival, some santriawati immediately queued up to be examined by him, with some mild complaints such as colds and coughs.

By late afternoon Anita was ready to go home, Aisha and Lela also Siti drove him to the car park.

Unexpectedly Zaidan was also there, just like Anita, he would also go home after finishing teaching as usual.

But apparently this time he is not alone, his sister Zayn is also with him.

Zayn was stunned to see Anita as well as the others, looking compact with almost the same makeup, he said, the four of them who walked while bowing their heads looked very graceful with their always faithful shar'i and niqob clothes covering their faces.

"Where are the angels bang?" zayn asked still looking at them.

Zaidan, who was putting his bags and books in the car, hit Zayn on the shoulder slowly.

"Let your eyes down!"

Zayn immediately regained his senses, immediately lowering his gaze while uttering an Istighfar.

Anita who was actually stubborn because she did not expect that Zaidan was there to keep her head down when Aisha and the others said greetings to Zaidan and mince words for a moment, with limits of course, both bow their heads.

"I don't think today is your schedule for teaching" asked Aisha.

"Indeed, I deliberately rewinded my schedule because tomorrow I have an interest."

Aisha smiled as she looked at Anita. He knew the purpose of the interest that Zaidan said was the Zaidan sermon event on Anita that would be done tomorrow. Likewise with Siti and Lela who also knew to hold a smile immediately nudged slowly Anita.

The embarrassed Anita kept her head down.

"You guys maybe for a few weeks I can't teach, so I brought my sister who will replace me for a while." Zaidan pointed to Zayn.

Zayn folded his hands in front of his chest while greeting.

Before long they mince words, Anita will get in her car, as well as Zaidan.

Suddenly, some people approached them.

"Assalamualaikum, son Zaidan is apparently here huh? It's a coincidence."

Zaidan was shocked to see Nurul and his mother and brother approaching them. But then he remembered that Nurul's youngest sister was studying at the boarding school.

Zaidan and everyone answered his greetings.

"As well as his future wife apparently," he said again cynically while looking at Anita.

Anita just smiled even though she actually forced it.

Nela, trying to pull her mother's hand, invites her to leave, but it seems that she still wants to say something. While Nurul just kept quiet seemed embarrassed to meet Zaidan.

"It's a pity that Zaidan would prefer this woman over my daughter, I hope that Zaidan's son doesn't get the wrong choice."

"God willing not. I am sure of my choice."

"Oh yeah? Nak Zaidan should have found out about his past before saying that. Oh yeah, by the way does Zaidan know if this woman was ever a married man's affair?"

Everyone seemed shocked to hear Mother Nurul's words, especially with Anita who immediately held back her cries.

It was different with Zaidan who only smiled a little.

"Why smile? Disturbing married men is not something funny to laugh at. Does Nak Zaidan know what else he's done? The woman had even made a fuss many times with her boyfriend's legitimate wife at work. What a humiliating and shameful act!"

Everyone was silent, they immediately saw Anita who was now crying.

Nurul's mother looked very satisfied, she looked at Anita triumphantly.

"One more thing, do you know if..."

"Enough. Everything you say is true, but I've changed, I realize my mistake and I'm begging for forgiveness for it. But believe me if I've changed." Anita said sobbing. Lela and Siti immediately embraced him and calmed him down.

"Don't ever intend to prove something to humans, small insulted, big suspected, wrongly reviled, right in ghibahi," said Aisha suddenly while looking at Anita.

He then approached Nurul's mother with a smile.

"Take your tongue not to talk about the disgrace of others, because remember, your disgrace must also be a lot and others have a tongue."