Behind the Veil (Aisha)

Where's Abah?

Zayn entered the house, looking as quiet as usual if he came home late because he had to overtime. Lela usually sleeps or is waiting for her in the room while reading her favorite book.

He opened the door to his room, but was suddenly startled by the sound of his wife crying.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Lela grew hysterical, she shouted and continued to beg for mercy.

The shocked Zayn immediately tried to approach him. Seeing the wife crying in the corner of the room wrapped in a thick blanket. Zayn tried to calm her down, but in fact it made Lela cry in fear. She begged him for mercy not to torture her.

Zayn was confused, he had no idea what had really happened to his wife. Why did she suddenly come back like this when just last afternoon the therapist said that if Lela had recovered, she had recovered from her illness.

Without a second thought, she ran straight to her brother's house, asking Anita for help because only she could help him.

A few moments later.

Anita tried to calm Lela down, but in vain her efforts did not succeed this time, Lela seemed to lose consciousness until she did not recognize him and even made Lela more screaming in fear.

"What happened to her?" Anita who almost cried because of shock at the state of Lela tried to ask Zayn.

Zayn explained that he also did not understand why his wife could be like this.

Zaidan who waited outside but could still hear the screams of fear his sister-in-law was no less worried.

Anita who came out of the room crying asked her husband and Zayn what they should do now.

"Call Aisha." Zaidan gave me advice.

***

"Sister. What happened to brother?" Aisha who was crying tried to calm her brother.

Lela was crying hugging her sister.

"Please brother brother. He'll come and hit brother again."

"Who's brother? Who's coming?"

"Suami big brother, he'll come here and hit big brother again."

Anita and Aisha instantly see Zayn.

"Sister. Brother's husband won't hit brother, he's a good man."

"No dik. He's not a good guy. He's not what Abah and Ummi think, he's evil, he likes to torture and beat up brother." Lela was crying sadly.

Aisha stunned.

"What does that brother mean, Ammar's ex-husband?"

"Yes. Husband brother bad guy dik. Tell Abah, get Abah here and pick up brother."

Everyone looks at each other.

Aisha tries to resuscitate him, telling him that Ammar is already in prison and has been sentenced for his actions.

"No. Just now he called brother and said if he would come soon to torture brother." Lela was so scared that she covered herself with a blanket.

Aisha immediately took her brother's cell phone lying not far from there.

He immediately saw the incoming call from the new number, Aisha immediately tried to contact him. But unfortunately not lifted, even though he has tried several times. Zayn then took his wife's phone to see the number and tried again to keep calling her.

While Aisha continued to try to calm her sister, who was still hysterically frightened, the others discussed doing what they should do now.

"We call the therapist."

Everyone agrees.

Meanwhile.

Lela still could not be controlled, still crying in fear by constantly calling the names of Ummi and Abah many times, making Aisha who faithfully sat beside her cry sad to see the situation of her brother like that.

"Change. Helpme. I want to go home. Ummi, I want to go home." Lela muttered continuously like that while crying and her body trembled in fear.

"Sister. Be aware brother, Abah is no more." Aisha crying. He tried to hug his brother.

Lela didn't hear, she just kept calling Abah's name.

Not long after, Diah came. Lela's therapist was shocked to see her patient's condition as it was.

After Zayn explained everything, he seemed to think while trying to predict what was happening.

"Could her ex-husband call?" ask while looking at everyone.

They all look at each other.

"Cannot be. Her ex-husband is in jail."

 

Anita and Aisha finished changing Lela's clothes, which were now asleep as a result of a sedative injection given by Diah.

Diah then told the two of them about Lela's mental health results that should have been cured.

"It seemed like something had suddenly ignited his memory to return at that bad time." Aisha saw Diah.

"Something is so important that the wound that has closed can be opened again wide" replied Diah.

"And only her ex-husband Ammar can do it." Anita sees Aisha and Diah.

***

"Sleep Aisha. It's been a very night. It's not good for you right now." Anita who was there also held the shoulder of her best friend.

"Let me take care of your brother here, after all he won't wake up until tomorrow morning, Miss Diah has given him sleeping pills."

Aisha looks at Anita with her puffy eyes.

"I'll just sleep here." Aisha laid her body next to her sister.

Anita helps cover both.

Aisha looked back at her sister's face.

"Among my other sisters, Lela's most quiet sister, she hasn't spoken much and likes to give in, but she's very loving and patient. From childhood I was closer to him because maybe our age was only 2 years different."

Anita listens to Aisha.

"His heart is very gentle, easy to pity and help others." Aisha held onto her sister's fingers, with tears soaking through the pillow underneath.

Anita rubbed Aisha's back.

"If I were called Abah's favorite son. Then everyone knows if Kak Lela is Ummi's favorite child," continued Aisha again.

"If Ummi knew of Lela's situation like this, I can't imagine how she felt." Aisha held back her sobs.

***

Morning time.

Anita is busy cooking in the kitchen making breakfast while the men seem pensive thinking about what really happened to Lela last night.

"Do I have to go to the rutan to see if Ammar is still imprisoned or free?" alvian asked to see Zayn and Zaidan.

"That's right. We have to go over there and make sure." Zayn agreed to Alvian's idea.

Suddenly they were all startled by the sound of Lela's screams and cries again.

Anita and Zayn went straight into the room.

The two find Lela again hysterically frightened, sitting in the corner of the room while calling Abah and Ummi's names many times.

While Aisha sat beside him while crying sadly.

"Sister. Please be aware."

Their hope that if Lela would return to normal if waking up later turned out to be not the case, Lela remained in her unconscious state as if her memory was back in those days, she said, even continue to call the name of Abah who has not been many times.

***

Ahmad came with Ridwan as well as Siti and also her husband Andre.

The arrival of her three brothers was immediately greeted by sobs and hugs Aisha.

"Sister." Aisha drowned her face in the chest of the eldest brother, Ahmad.

"What happened to you?" tanya Ridwan and Siti were curious.

"Sister Lela." Aisha pointed at Lela's room while crying.

Siti immediately rushed inside, as well as Ahmad Ridwan.

Siti could not stem her tears seeing the situation of the sister who looked very sad was sitting in the corner with a body trembling in fear calling the names of Abah and Ummi.

Siti hugged her sister. Not saying anything is just sobbing crying.

Ahmad and Ridwan approached the two with shocked faces.

Ahmad knelt down to his sister.

"Sir."

Hearing Ahmad's voice, Lela seemed to wake up.

"Sister." Lela looked at Ahmad's face in tears.

"Yes dik. It's brother."

Lela hugged Ahmad tightly.

"Where is Abah brother? Why didn't Abah come? Brother take me from here brother, I'm afraid brother." Lela hugged Ahmad even tighter.

Ahmad nodded while crying.

"Silent. Now there is a sister. You'll be safe now. No one will ever hurt you again" whispered Ahmad.

Lela tried to stop her crying. He saw his brother Ridwan.

"Sister. Let's go home. Take me home. I want to see Abah soon." Lela tried to get up from her seat.

Ridwan immediately hugged Lela who was now standing.

"Yes. Let's go home."