Behind Aisha's Veil

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Next day.

"I miss you" Alvian said on the other end of the phone.

"me too. Oh yes, today I will go to my mother's house, delivered by Ahmad. I'll stay there a few days."

"Goodoo. Mom and Dad must be glad you stayed there."

The two continued to talk, exchange stories and devote longing until after a while they ended the conversation.

After greeting Aisha hung up, she walked out of the room.

Aisha walks into the kitchen, seeing her two brothers busy cooking, intending to help but they ban her.

"It has. You just take a break," said Lela as she led Aisha out of the kitchen.

"You better call Ummi and say if soon breakfast will be ready," said Lela song while pointing at Ummi's room.

Aisha then walked towards her mother's room, after knocking she opened the door of the room, seeing Ummi who was still on her sajad.

He then approached the mother, Aisha slowly sat down beside Ummi, who looked solemnly praying while closing her eyes and holding a prayer beads.

Aisha then hugged her mother, while leaning her head on her shoulders, she tightened her arms even more.

Ummi opened his eyes, he then gently held his daughter's head.

"Yes Allah. You are the one who sees the heart of man, including my mother. If you see yourself in a state of sin, forgive him. If you see him in a state of sadness, please gladden his heart. If You see him in a state of restlessness and worry, I beg you to remove his worries, keep his anxiety away and make his affairs easy. If he is tired because his children are begging you, Lord, tell him of the great reward and reward that awaits him" Aisha said, shedding tears.

"Aamiin," replied Ummi many times, then kissed his daughter's forehead affectionately.

Aisha raised her head, looking at Ummi whose eyes had runny.

"Ummy. I know Abah's departure makes Ummi's burden increase, now Ummi becomes the only focus of all our problems and complaints. But believe me Ummi, we your children do not want to make you sad and sad, as much as possible we just want to make you happy because now Ummi is the only source of our blessing in this world."

Ummi nodded, she stroked Aisha's face.

"Ummi knows it, son. Ummi knows that all Ummi children will not make Ummi difficult" he said, sobbing.

"Then what did Ummi think?"

Ummi looked at Aisha's face, and then told her of her heartbreak. Anxiety over her fear of making the wrong decision about her three unmarried sisters.

"There are several applications for your two brothers as well as your sister, Ummi and all your brothers are confused to choose which one is best for your sisters, because they gave everything to us, Ummi was confused, ummi is afraid to choose the wrong mate again for them."

Aisha now understood the heartbreak that her mother was feeling. Ummi felt traumatized by the events that had befallen his two daughters, not wanting the same incident to happen again.

"Ummy. May God give them a good soul mate this time. I knew if Ummi wouldn't choose wrongly, a mother's premonition was very sharp, use that Ummi, because a mother always wants the best for her children."

***

In the middle of the ongoing seminar, Alvian mused a little while playing her mobile phone, seeing repeated messages from Aisha to her that always reminded her not to be late to eat and pray.

Alvian smiled to himself, as he looked in the gallery of photos of his wife who had been very much missed even though she had only been separated for two days.

"Hey." Alvian was shocked when her friend sitting next to her nudged her arm, she immediately kept her phone not wanting the person to see a photo of Aisha not wearing a veil.

Alvian then saw his friend.

"He keeps seeing you." Bayu pointed at someone who was sitting quite far away from them.

"Who?"

"Who else if not your big admirer since we went to college."

Alvian leaned back on his body, looking uninterested.

"Say he's not married" said his friend.

"That's his business, not ours."

Bayu immediately saw his face.

"That's your business because it seems she's still in love with you."

Alvian did not reply, he looked back at the person in front of him who was talking.

When lunch arrived, finished performing the Dzuhur prayer, Alvian walked to the place where lunch had been served.

After taking the food, Alvian chose to sit at the empty table, just as he was sitting down he was suddenly startled by Indira, the person his friend had been talking about had been sitting next to him.

"Alvian how are you?" indira asked while keeping her dinner plate on the table.

"Well," he answered looking at Indira's face at a glance, looking back at the food on his plate.

"Say you are married, well congratulations, may you be happy with Anita," asked Indira in pleasantries.

"It's not Anita. I didn't marry him."

Indira looked surprised for a moment. But then he smiled happily.

"Oh yeah? I can't believe that your relationship doesn't go all the way to the wedding." Indira smiled to herself.

Alvian did not reply, he focused on eating his food.

"The woman must be special" he said again, playing the spoon in his hand, looking at Alvian beside him.

Alvian again did not answer, he just smiled while agreeing Indira's words in his heart, as soon as he remembered his wife made him miss Aisha again.

Alvian immediately finished his meal, because in addition to feeling uncomfortable having to eat one table with a woman, he also wanted to contact Aisha immediately.

Another case with Indira who ate casually while occasionally glancing at Alvian beside him. In his heart he continued to admire the figure of the man he had admired for a long time, in addition to his good looks, now Alvian looked very charismatic and authoritative, increasingly fascinated him.

After she finished eating, Alvian picked up her phone, and she contacted Aisha.

While waiting for his wife's phone answer, Alvian got up from his seat.

But quickly Indira held him back, holding his hand made Alvian startled and immediately brushed off the hand.

"Sorry." Indira immediately realized his mistake.

Alvian was very upset, but he did not dare to look at Indira's face, he continued to turn his face away.

Without Alvian realizing the phone connection with Aisha has been connected.

"Al, are you mad at me? Why don't you dare look at my face?"

"I don't think we have any need to talk to each other, except for work I don't want us to talk to each other like this."

"Why? Is it not wrong for us to talk and ask each other?"

"It's not good in my opinion, I'm a married man, and you're a single woman, I'm afraid there will be slander between us."

Indira smiled cynically.

"Definitely because your wife is possessive, she forbids you from chatting with other women?"

"Not my wife, but my religion. My religion forbids me from chatting with other women." replied Alvian while melengos away leaving Indira with annoyance.

Indira stared at Alvian's departure with a bit of disappointment and annoyance, after all these years the man she loved still remained indifferent to her, cold and indifferent to her.

He used to know that Anita was the one who made Alvian ignore her and her feelings, so he hated Anita very much, and now after hearing that if it wasn't Anita that Alvian had married would certainly make her happy, she felt happy that Alvian didn't fall into the arms of the woman she hated.

But now he wonders who the woman who managed to win the heart of Alvian from Anita. Of course not just any woman, she must be a much better woman than Anita. Makes Indira want to know him.

Meanwhile.

Alvian was shocked to learn that his phone was connected.

"Dear." Alvian looked panicked, he was afraid that his wife would hear all her talk with Indira.

"Yes," Aisha replied from the other end of the phone casually.

"Sorry baby. You must have heard everything."

"Yes. I heard it."

"Love and loyalty are tested when time and distance separate and only trust is able to sustain it. I trust you so much, that's all I can tell you."

"Even if this distance weakens you, I still believe in my prayers that will always strengthen and draw closer."