Believe me, I'm Still Sacred

Chapters 12. What wrong?

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When it comes to polygamy, a man is allowed to marry more than once and there are several contexts that allow a man to practice polygamy. But for Raihan, the discussion of polygamy is already very painful. He did not want to be like his father and brother who had more than 1 wife, he only wanted to have one wife and the person was Zahwa only.

He knew what it was like for his mother, Almh umi Fatimah when her brother remarried to Umi Annisa, Salimah. Raihan saw the pain in his umim face even though he did not say it. For a religious leader like Abah and his ashes, polygamy is a tradition. But Raihan doesn't agree with them!

Because he saw how his brother behaved when he had two wives. How did Iqbal divide his time between his two wives? How is jealousy between his two wives? Although his brother was kind, it was not always fair to his two wives. Yes, Raihan rejects polygamy by looking at the attitude of his own family. And now he's being asked to be polygamous? Raihan obviously rejected all that.

He did not speak again after hearing his brother's words and chose to go into the room. It feels free to also talk to people who are stubborn and do not want to lose. In the room, she opened the nightstand drawer beside her bed.

Raihan took a neatly framed photo of Zahwa, a photo of Zahwa he printed when Zahwa emailed him the photo. Zahwa was wearing a dusty hijab, the woman smiled broadly in the photo. Raihan smiled bitterly at the photo of Zahwa. "I...How should Zahwa be? Love must be fought for, but I have to fight against the blessing of parents.I do not want to be a child of disobedience with parents. But love is with you, Zahwa." Raihan hugged the photo in his arms. His heart was troubled as to how, his intention wanted to fight for Zahwa. It was as if he had not given her permission.

The condition that his family allow him to marry Zahwa, is polygamy. This really makes Raihan heavy. Especially if Zahwa hears it directly.

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🍀At family home Calabria 🍀

As the oldest and oldest members of the family, Bram and Nilam mengultimatum Zahwa and all his family to not connect with the Raihan family anymore. Stupid really want to be called break the cord or how, who started the problem is the Raihan family.

"Zahwa, remember! Even if you have to get married, you can't marry Iqbal's son!" Bram's assertion to his nephew.

Zahwa was silent listening to his om and omanya. This time her mother also banned, it is better for Zahwa to forget her feelings for Raihan. If Raihan wants to fight and fight against his family, Amayra also still does not want to accept Raihan as his daughter-in-law. He did not want his son to be in a religious fanatic family and later the Zahwa movement would be limited there. Zahwa is a free child and does not want to be bound. She is also an intern at the hospital, if only she married Raihan. She will definitely end up being a housewife who is at home, because like this is Raihan's mother Almh.

"Enough om! Oma, mom! I don't want to discuss this anymore, in the meantime I want to discuss matchmaking first. I want to focus on my work." said Zahwa to end it all. He better focus on his work, besides his age will only be 22 years old.

Rey looked at him with a faint look, could not bear to see Zahwa grieving. There was guilt in his heart as well, because he was the mastermind behind all this. Inwardly he wondered, if Raihan was fighting for Zahwa. Then Salimah's word about Raihan who will be polygamous means wrong.

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After that Zahwa returned to his routine, two days he did not go to the hospital where he worked. The same hospital as the one where Diana, her aunt worked.

When Zahwa returned to interning at the hospital, he greeted people as he always did. From the receptionist, the nurse, the doctors. But there was something different about their attitude towards Zahwa. At first the friendly attitude turned cynical and cold.

"Good morning doctor Irina," Zahwa greeted his boss kindly.

Doctor Irina, is the tutor and superior at the hospital. He is a senior dentist. He was always friendly to Zahwa but this time his attitude was cold. Even his greeting was not answered. Doctor Irina simply replied to him with a cold look.

What's up with everybody? Why are they acting like this to me? Obviously, this is not my feeling, right? Oh my God, what's my fault, anyway?

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