Behind Aisha's Veil

Successes

Aisha sees her sister focusing on driving her vehicle.

He who was sitting beside him continued to look at Ahmad's face in a fixed manner.

Feeling constantly seen by his sister, Ahmad immediately felt his face, afraid that something was attached to make Aisha continue to see him.

"What's wrong? Why do you see my brother?" ahmad asked curiously after being convinced that there was nothing on his face.

Aisha smile.

"Sister's face is most similar to Abah's, seeing my sister's face as if seeing Abah's face, my longing for Abah has diminished a bit."

Ahmad smiled, held his sister's head, stroked her slowly.

"If by looking at the face of your brother your longing for Abah becomes reduced, then look at your brother's face." Ahmad said with a smile.

Aisha smiled, but lowered her head. Suddenly he became very sad.

"Sister. I still can't believe Abah is gone" Aisha said, holding back tears.

Ahmad saw his brother.

"That only goes first, we will all follow him, if our practice is the same, then we will be reunited with him later."

Aisha nodded her head.

They were silent for a moment.

"Silver. Did Ummi tell you about the proposal to our sisters?"

Aisha nodded immediately.

"Silver is confused, Especially to determine the future husband for Siti and Lela, if for Maryam, sister does not think to marry him now, he is only 17 years old, like you, like you, brother and Ummi will marry her at 20."

Aisha nodded in agreement.

"Lela and Siti gave it to us, even though sister already asked them to choose their own soul mate they wanted. Because that's Abah's message."

Aisha fell silent, she understood why her two sisters did that, they knew that if the man chosen for them would have been the best, he also knew that if his two brothers were not traumatized by the previous household, they realized that all men were not the same.

***

Aisha was greeted happily by her two in-laws, she was immediately hugged tightly by the in-laws.

After talking for a while with Dad, Ahmad then said goodbye to return to the boarding school, Mother then invited her daughter-in-law to sit down, and then, while continuing to stroke the stomach of the son-in-law who was a bit prominent he asked what food his daughter-in-law wanted.

"Mother, I don't want anything" Aisha replied feeling a little moved to see her mother-in-law who loved her so much.

"If I want something, I'll tell Mom later."

"Yes, don't hesitate, if you want something to say yes, remember this is also your home and mother is your mother."

Aisha nodded.

Mother then escorted Aisha to her room, asking her to rest while she would prepare food for her, although Aisha forbade her but she seemed eager to spoil her beloved daughter-in-law.

Aisha sat on the bed, looking around making her miss the owner of the room.

"Did you miss your dad too, son?" aisha said while stroking her stomach.

Suddenly his phone rang, he immediately smiled happily to see if the person he missed called.

"We were just talking about you" Aisha said after answering her husband's greetings.

"We? You must be chatting with mom."

"Not."

"Dad?"

"Not really."

"Then?" Alvian.

"I'm talking to my son."

Alvian smiles.

"What are you guys saying?"

"We miss you."

"Me too, I miss you so much."

Aisha smiled as she stroked her stomach.

"No. We ate a lot, a lot. Don't be surprised if I go home later, I'm fat."

Alvian laughs.

"No. I really want to see you fat."

"Wait not long I'll be fat, with a distended stomach and chubby cheeks."

Both laughed giggling.

***

Nightfall.

Mom brought Aisha's dinner to her room.

"Why do you bother, I'll eat with mom and dad downstairs."

Mother then said if there is a nephew of his came, he is a boy who is almost the same age as Alvian, this cousin grew up together like a brother and sister.

Aisha finally understood why she could not eat dinner together, her mother knew that she would be troubled if she had to eat wearing her veil.

"Mother, what's coming is Andre's brother?"

"Yes. You knew?"

"My husband talks about it a lot, he says he misses her a lot because he hasn't seen her for a long time."

Mom fell silent.

"Andre is now different from Andre used to be, I don't like him."

"Why? Didn't my husband say he was already a successful man?"

"Yes, he's a success now, but his success makes him forget himself."

Aisha speechless.

A few moments later.

Aisha goes downstairs, her mother asks her to come down because Andre wants to know Alvian's wife. Arriving below she saw a man who was the same age as her husband was chatting with his two in-laws.

Seeing Aisha's arrival, Andre seemed to be holding back his smile, he seemed to shake his head.

"So this is Alvian's wife?" Andre looked at Aisha's performance from the bottom up.

Aisha is invited to sit by her mother-in-law.

"I thought he was going to marry that doctor, apparently he lost and had to marry the woman of his parents' choice." Andre sounded mocking, looking at Aisha with a condescending look. Especially with the veil covering his face, Andre felt that Alvian's wife was very tacky and outdated.

Aisha was silent, but different from the mother who looked furious, but she could not say anything.

They continued the conversation again, more Andre who continued to pride himself on the success of his career.

"I already have a luxury home in the elite area, also a car and some apartments."

"Alhamdulillah. We're glad to hear it."

"If Alvian had followed my advice to take the same major as I was not a doctor, he would have been as successful as I am now."

Mom and Dad just smiled.

"Oh yeah, haven't you thought about getting married yet?"

Andre laughs.

"What do you get married for? I'm happy with my life now, having a wife will only make my head dizzy. When it comes to women, I can change girlfriends every day." Andre laughed off.

Mom and Dad looked at each other.

"Married because marriage is worship, it's not good like this continues."

"Drugs? I even forgot the last time I prayed." Andre laughed again.

Mom and Dad looked surprised. The other is Aisha who smiles.

"God did not create you just to make money and die."

The laughing Andre instantly covered his mouth while looking at Aisha.

"Everything you are proud of is in this world, when the world is a place of death not a place of residence."