Behind Aisha's Veil

Proposing

After the death of Mr. Yasid, now everyone left there saw Andre with full haru.

Ahmad walked up to Andre, then quickly embraced him.

"Thank you," he said many times while holding back tears.

Andre just smiled feeling bad.

Ridwan and Ali followed her brother, taking turns hugging Andre and thanking him.

"Thanks to you, the boarding house left by our father can still stand firmly." Ridwan patted Andre on the back.

Now it was Ummi's turn to walk closer to Andre.

With teary eyes, Ummi put both palms together in front of her chest.

"Thank you, son."

"Don't Ummi, don't be like this." Andre shook his head.

"If you know how many sins I have committed, then surely you will feel if what I did today is not how much."

Andre glanced at Aisha at a glance.

"After all, someone told me that it was useless to collect as much treasure as possible because the world was only a temporary place to live."

Aisha smile.

"So you don't have to go overboard like this. I also did it not just because I wanted to help this boarding school, but because maybe this is a form of devotion and love for my parents. After the two died, I never even prayed for them." Andre looked sad.

Mom and Dad approached their niece.

"My brother would be proud to have a son like you." Dad hugged Andre full of harrums.

Andre was crying in his uncle's arms.

***

Today Aisha and Alvian plan to return to the city.

Andre, whose legs are slightly lightened so that he no longer needs a cane to help him walk, will also take Alvian and his wife to the car park.

"You know if your money runs out because of your own prayers" Alvian teased Andre as they walked up to the car.

Andre immediately chuckled in remembrance of his prayers when he first set foot in this pesantren.

"Unfortunately God has only granted one prayer, the other is not granted." Andre scratched his head.

"Married one of my sisters-in-law? Don't dream!" Alvian patted Andre's shoulder while laughing.

The two again laughed giggling, so without them realizing there was a pair of ears that accidentally listened to their chatter.

Siti who walked while holding Aisha's hand behind them was shocked to hear the conversation.

Finally they arrived in front of Alvian's car, when it was about to enter his car, suddenly they were all startled by the arrival of a car.

Siti's heart pounded knowing whose car was coming. Joseph. Her ex-husband.

When Joseph came down, everyone saw him. No exception with Aisha.

Joseph immediately approached them all and greeted them.

Aisha who felt that her brother's ex-husband had the same intention as previous arrivals asked her husband to return their return. He entered the house with Alvian and Andre.

After making small talk, Joseph then prioritized the purpose of his arrival. Aisha's guess is right. He wants to marry Siti again.

"Two wives mas yesterday already divorced, both have been returned to their parents' homes." Joseph sounded clear.

Siti and the others looked shocked.

"Mas realizes they're not much better than you. You still think you're the best wife for me." Joseph saw Siti.

"Mas is so sorry that he hurt you."

Siti immediately turned her face away.

"Mas hope this time you will be pleased to return to the mas, because the mas already do not have a wife anymore, mas promised not to marry again, only you will be the only wife. I promise."

Everyone saw Siti.

"Sorry mas. But Siti has chosen another man to be Siti's husband."

Everyone was shocked, especially with Joseph.

Siti nodded.

"Who?"

Siti glanced at Andre who was sitting next to Alvian, busy playing his phone.

"Sister Andre."

Everyone is jerking. Especially Andre who immediately dropped his phone. He then saw Siti not believing.

"I-i?" andre asked in disbelief to point to himself.

Alvian gaped, he saw Andre who was whispering to him.

"Second prayer?"

Both of them looked in disbelief.

Joseph saw Andre.

"Him?" tanyanya doesn't believe in Siti

Siti nodded.

Joseph looked at Andre with jelly, from top to bottom many times.

"Who is he? From the looks of it, I'm sure he's not a Ustadz or a kyai boy." Joseph looked low Andre.

Andre immediately saw himself wearing a long shirt. He then compared himself to the appearance of Yusuf and Ali who happened to be there.

"I also have Koko's shirt, can't believe it? wait for me to take it first." Andre will stand up but Alvian holds him back.

Joseph shook his head.

"From the way he spoke, I'm sure if he's here for sure because he wants to repent for his many sins." Joseph chuckles.

Andre flinched, shocked by Joseph's correct guess.

"The cry of regret of a sinner is more God loves than the prayer of a proud and proud cleric" Aisha said.

Everyone smiled justifying Aisha's words.

Yusuf remained silent.

"You've heard that my sister has made her choice." Ali voice.

Joseph saw Siti.

"Please mind well deck. Mas promised if you want to come back the same mas, mas will no longer hurt you. I'm gonna make you my only wife."

Siti immediately shook her head.

"Sorry mas. Siti's decision is already unanimous. I'd better get those two wives back together."

Yusuf looked disappointed, irritated that again his proposal was rejected as before, he left them all behind.

Now Siti was stared at in wonder by everyone. Including that Andre.

"Son." Ummi held her daughter's shoulder.

Siti smiled seeing everything.

"It's always been telling. We women are not destined to continue to be the waiters, but we are also told to seek and choose, because if all your life is just a waiter, not necessarily who comes to us later according to what we want."

"Islam does not limit who can apply only men, so women can also apply for a man like Umm Khadijah r.a who proposed to His Majesty the Prophet."

"Therefore in front of all of you, I would like to express my desire to propose to Brother Andre to be my husband."

Andre. Especially when everyone is waiting for the answer.

Alvian immediately nudged Andre's arm.

"No," Andre replied making everyone shocked.

Andre stands. Viewing Siti.

"I'm not a man worthy of a prayer woman like you."

Andre gulped.

"But with all my shortcomings. Let me propose to you to be my wife."