Behind the Veil (Aisha)

Understood

Lela continued to cry on the edge of her bed, until not how long she heard the door of her room open.

Lela immediately stopped her crying after seeing if the one who came was her husband.

Zayn entered slowly, doubtfully.

Lela immediately felt nervous, she felt anxious. The instant her heart was racing as a shadow of her being tortured by her ex-husband suddenly appeared in her memory.

Lela became very frightened, her body trembled especially as Zayn continued walking towards her.

Zayn felt his wife's fear, he stopped his steps.

"please calm. I'm not gonna do anything."

Lela who started sweating coldly tried to calm herself down, but it felt useless because the shadows kept popping in her memory.

"Calm down" said Zayn slowly.

"I beg you to calm down because I won't do anything to you."

Suddenly Lela ran to the corner, with her face so frightened she sat curled up there trembling.

"Don't torture me anymore." Lela was unconscious, mumbling incoherently, begging Zayn with great fear not to hurt her.

How glad Zayn's heart saw what happened. He did not expect that his wife's illness was worse than he thought.

Zayn's confused, he looks confused what to do. It was impossible for him to tell anyone else because he knew Lela would definitely not want that. While Lela continues to cry and begs her not to hurt her, Zayn immediately takes her phone, knowing that she is the only one who can help only her sister-in-law, Anita.

"Leave her alone in the room" Anita said on the other end of the phone in a panic.

Not many thought Zayn went straight out of the room leaving Lela still crying in fear.

***

Zayn, who was asleep in his car, woke up when he heard the sound of the dawn Adhan echoing in the mosque, yawning as he was still sleepy, Zayn stretched his body that felt sore as a result of falling asleep in the car seat.

He then looked outside his car, seen the santri walking in droves towards the mosque to perform the morning prayers. Zayn who seemed hesitant to get out of the car tried to wait until it was a little quieter, until finally after making sure if no one would notice, he got out of his car after picking up a cloth from his bag that was still stored in the car.

While walking he hoped that no one would know if he slept in his car all night, remembering when he left the house last night, the house was deserted and people had entered their rooms.

Zayn then participated in the congregational dawn prayer, seen Alvian and Andre in the first row with his other brothers-in-law, but he chose not to join them. After the prayer he then chose to follow the spiritual flush with the other santri while waiting for the sunrise. At first Zayn focused on listening to Ustadz speaking, but still, the events last night again disturbed his mind.

Zayn looked down at his wife and what happened to her last night, again he did not expect if the trauma experienced by Lela turned out to be that severe.

He kept pondering over how badly Lela's ex-husband used to torture Lela to leave a deep mark on her now, considering that it made his heart grow furious and angry.

Suddenly his phone vibrated. Zayn checked immediately because there was a message coming in from the new number.

Zayn was shocked to find that it was a message from Lela.

I'm sorry for what happened last night, I'm really sorry.

***

Lela stood up, looked out the window and tried to find her husband around, looking around, but from the many santri who wara-wiri she did not see the husband anywhere while she was sure if the husband would not go far because the car is still in the parking lot.

Lela walked back and forth, thinking what if her husband was angry with her about the incident last night, and what if her husband immediately complained to his family, especially Ummi.

Thinking of that made Lela even more anxious and fearful. She hoped that her husband would not do that, because of course her family would be sad and disappointed in her for hiding her illness all this time.

Not to mention, it would make her mother even more sad. Ummi will definitely feel very devastated knowing his situation.

Amidst his anxiety, he was suddenly startled by the sound of the door opening.

Zayn entered his room slowly.

A few moments later.

The two new couples were sitting on the sides of the bed with their backs to each other.

"I'm..." Lela looks doubtful. He did not continue his words.

"I know everything." Zayn seemed to know what his wife wanted to say.

"About the trauma you've been through. I know everything."

Lela was shocked.

"Did Dr. Anita tell you?"

"Yes." Yeah."

Lela was silent for a moment. Silent.

"Then?" ask Lela suddenly

"I'll wait for you to heal."

Lela's shocked.

"What if it doesn't heal?" tanyanya slow.

"There is no disease that cannot be treated, other than praying to God we will also continue to strive. I'm sure we can get through this together. Don't let the disease continue in your body and block our dreams, try to heal because I will always be by your side and support you."

Lela was moved to hear Zayn's reply

"Thank you" said Lela softly as she shed her tears.

Lela cried happily, all the words Zayn just now had really raised her heart, she felt grateful because her husband was very understanding of her situation.