Bridal Flowers

Poison

وَمَا كَا نَ لِنَفْسٍ اَنْ تَمُوْتَ اِلَّا بِاِ ذْنِ اللّٰهِ كِتٰبًا مُّؤَجَّلًا ۗ وَ مَنْ يُّرِدْ ثَوَا بَ الدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهٖ مِنْهَا ۚ وَمَنْ يُّرِدْ ثَوَا بَ الْاٰ خِرَةِ نُؤْتِهٖ مِنْهَا ۗ وَسَنَجْزِى الشّٰكِرِيْنَ

"*And every living person shall not die except by the permission of Allah, as a time-determined decree. Whosoever wills the reward of the world, We shall give him the reward (of the world), and whosoever wills the reward of the Hereafter, We shall give (to him) the reward (of the Hereafter), and We will reward those who are grateful."

(QS. Ali 'Imran 3: Verse 145*)

 

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"Reina, Umi asks if you feel comfortable eating together inside?" Annisa went back inside the kitchen and immediately took her steps towards Reina who was still resting on the same chair.

"Did Umi say it?" Tanya Reina looked excited again, her tired and tired face was immediately lost replaced with a joyful face.

Smiling lightly, Annisa nodded her head in response to Reina's enthusiastic question. "I told Umi your unfavorable situation so it's-"

"Annisa what exactly are you planning?" Cut Reina mad when she heard Annisa report discomfort to Umi.

"What am I planning?" Annisa asked confused by the question Reina threw at her. Because, he did not understand the question and was a little confused to see the change in Reina's attitude to him in just a few seconds.

Turning her eyeballs lazy, Reina did not hide her dislike towards Annisa who was now looking at her confusedly. "You think I can be fooled by your fake face? Ahaha. You're so wrong Annisa, I'm not as stupid as those you want to play."

Stunned, Annisa was more confused by Reina. He still did not understand what Reina was trying to tell him. Those who want him to fool?

They who?

Annisa had never felt like fooling anyone here so why could Reina say such a cruel thing to her?

"You mean what Rein is, I don't understand your words at all." Annise asked confusedly.

Smiling coldly, Reina was so fed up with the innocent face Annisa made up. If he could he would love to tear off the shameless mask that continued to cling to his dirty face.

"Annisa, don't pretend to be stupid. I know your purpose in saying this to Umi so that I can't join you for a meal together. Your purpose and purpose, right? Get me out of sight of Umi and Abi!" Angered Reina expressed her frustration to Annisa who was now staring at her blankly.

"...." - ".Annisa did not know what to respond to calm Reina's anger. Is Annisa going to have to think this crazy to get the faces of Umi and Abi?

Rubbing his chest, Annisa secretly beristigfar with Annisa's bad prejudices to him.

"Can't answer it no, I already know Annisa if your intentions are like this. You want to drop me!"

Sighing, Annisa tried to explain carefully about the reason for telling Umi. "No, I never thought like you said before so please remove the bad prejudices against me first. Then Umi's problem, I told Umi your condition so that you immediately get medical treatment to treat the bruise on your wrist. I was worried to see you like this then I reported this to Umi, and as I said earlier Umi and the others are so worried about you because you're having a bad thing that you don't want. So Umi asks you if you are comfortable eating together considering you are not okay?" Annisa explained it honestly and without hiding anything. In fact, he did not exaggerate or reduce the story he told Reina so the explanation is true as it is.

Hearing Annisa's explanation, Reina's face color slowly changed. Little by little he began to refine his expression as calmly as possible in front of Annisa. "Is what you're saying true?" Ask with doubt.

"In shaa Allah what I say is true." Annisa assured Reina.

Sighing in relief, Reina then looked at Annisa's face with a guilty expression. He could not control his emotions. "Annisa, I'm sorry for accusing you of being a no-no. I really didn't mean it that way so, Annisa I'm sincerely sorry from my heart." Reina apologized with a pitiful pleading face, acting as if she deeply regretted her actions.

Smiling awkwardly, Annisa of course still could not forget how shocked she had noticed Reina's change in attitude some time ago. For him it was a bit rude to hurt him but still Annisa did not take the matter with one look because as Reina explained earlier this was just a misunderstanding. After all Reina had also apologized to him so why did she accept it when Reina had already admitted her carelessness?

"It's okay Reina, I know that this is just a misunderstanding so don't think about it. Never mind, we better just forget the misunderstanding that occurred today and join the others at the dinner table. I'm sure they've been waiting for us a long time." Annisa said with her gentle and sincere smile. Then with the usual movement he carried the porridge in the porcelain bowl casually.

"Come on." Annisa said as she took her step out of the kitchen.

Seeing Annisa's departure, the smile of apology that had graced Reina's face now slowly thinned and disappeared without a trace. The eyes that had been implying guilt had now dimmed in place with sharp eyes that implied hatred.

"Damn, I lost control and was impulsive in front of him. I almost foiled a plan I made just because of my momentary anger." Upset, he almost pushed Annisa out of her net. The sudden anger that attacked him earlier was indeed beyond his expectations. Hearing Annisa say her condition to Umi somehow makes Reina angry and gives birth to bad thoughts to Annisa.

He foolishly prejudiced and accused Annisa of something that had indeed sprung from his mind. He almost lost this golden opportunity, otherwise it was useless that he had been controlling his emotions with idiots who wanted to become slaves of Annisa.

"Unfortunately God saved me because God did not want to see Annisa continue to commit crimes. God wants the one with Mas Gio to be me and not the fucking widow." Reina muttered in relief because God helped her out of the unexpected situation earlier.

Yes, what the Almighty wants is that he and Gio are together without Annisa as a barrier. It was because Reina was a pure and clean girl whereas Annisa was a dirty and despicable widow, so it was only natural that God wanted Gio with her and not with the damn widow. At least this was what Reina had in mind right now that her awareness of her impulsive actions was part of God's help for her.

God helped his plan to keep it going, but was everything that happened a favor from God?

Does God not like good works?

                                       ***

"Sweet sister!" Naila shouted so excitedly as Annisa came once more while carrying the porridge from which Naila smelled so sure it was her favorite porridge.

"Here sit next to Naila." His shout once again made everyone drop his attention on Annisa who was blushing withstanding embarrassment.

"Naila dear, this chair was not for aunt well now even in the love of Sister Annisa anyway?" Nanda's soft voice tried to pull the child's memory some time ago.

Poking out her lips, "Auntie, Naila didn't want to say this kulsi is for aunt. Naila instead said that if this kulsi for beautiful sister, auntie is already big is also still senile." Babe Naila who immediately greeted the laughter of all of them.

"This is Naila's favorite porridge so it's eaten slowly well." Annisa said while placing a bowl of porcelain Naila porridge in front of her complete with a spoon and a glass of water with normal temperature.

"Beautiful sister is sitting here, yeah." Pinta Naila with her sparkling eyes.

Feeling uneasy, Annisa shook her head refusing the little guy's invitation because this chair was originally Nanda's. After all Nanda and Naila had long since separated so it would be nice for the two of them to sit together to pour out their respective longings.

"It's okay, Annisa, I can sit next to my sister. So reject Naila's request, okay?" Nanda speaks first before Annisa starts to open her mouth to reject Naila's request. Indeed Nanda did not dispute this because he thought this was the first time Naila wanted to be close to a woman other than him so to celebrate his pleasure Nanda was willing to change her seat with Annisa.

"Nanda, Naila misses you so much that I shouldn't have gotten in the way of you two." Reject Annisa with a soft and sincere voice.

Smiling understandably Nanda knew very well what Annisa was thinking at the moment, "Right, but the two of us had met before so it didn't matter at all if that was what you were thinking. Annisa, it's okay to sit there. Naila and I are not at all bothered by this arrangement." Nanda assures Annisa who looks still doubtful.

"Annisa, that's exactly what Nanda said. You don't have to feel guilty just for a seat, son. After all we're all at the same table so everyone will stay together and face to face." Umi Sahut helped persuade Annisa who was still in doubt.

"Then Annisa will sit here." Annisa's disconnect was nervous because everyone was really paying attention to her at this moment. Moreover, the middle-aged man who was beside Abi, he was seen so clearly while giving a judging look to Annisa.

"Beautiful sister, this is my evil aunt" She carried her hand to point at Nanda who was chatting with Rumi and Mira.

"Naila's prettier than the rope?" Ask with a triumphant expression.

Smiling softly, Annisa unhesitatingly nodded her head in agreement. "True, Naila is prettier than her aunt." Annisa's whisper on Naila is immediately greeted with her distinctive soft giggling voice.

"Well, if that's my grandmother." Again, Naila brought her kingpin's hand to point at a middle-aged woman who looked graceful and beautiful at the same time.

This must be Nanda's mother thinks Annisa.

"And that's my grandfather." He continued while pointing at the middle-aged man who had once stared intently at Annisa with a judging look.

Looking at him from where he was sitting, Annisa could see that Nanda's father was still fresh and looked a little harsh. This is not without reason Annisa said this because everything can be found from the shape of her sharp face as well as her two eyebrows are pitch black and thick even both eyes are still so clear and sharp. It has a strong and hard impact.

Sighing, Annisa was eager to know what kind of problem made Nanda and her father love to argue. Even Nanda escaped here just to hide from his father.

Smiling faintly, Annisa then turned her attention away from the figure of Father Nanda accidentally falling on the figure of a strong and handsome young man simultaneously. It was Gio with different clothes, maybe after helping with cooking earlier he went to change his clothes with cleaner clothes and did not smell the kitchen of course.

Ah, seeing her like this Annisa will always be caught up in Gio's enchantment magic. He did not know why but seeing Gio like this secretly was so pleasant and enchanting.

Unable to take his attention away from Gio, suddenly without waiting for his readiness Gio turned his gaze to someone who had been staring at him.

Their eyes met, frozen, Annisa momentarily unable to do anything. He just stiffly looked at Gio who was also putting on a surprised face but a few seconds later the handsome face gave a sweet smile that melted the heart.

**dugg

Dugs

Dug**

The sound of his heartbeat was racing inside his chest. The heat, even his cheeks were warm and Annisa knew very well that right now both of his cheeks must be blushing!

Embarrassed, Annisa quickly took her eyes off Gio and pretended to focus on the little one who had been chattering without Annisa listening.

Sighing nervously, Annisa tried to neutralize the sound of her heartbeat still beating fast feeling an overflowing feeling of pleasure.

Trying to act as normal as ever, he hoped that his heart and mind would also compensate for the effort of his body because it would be very embarrassing if there was someone who noticed the strangeness that happened to his face.

"Reina, here sit dear. How's it? It feels better, right?" Umi asked worriedly as she sat Reina carefully beside her.

Getting a sweet treatment from Umi, Reina could not hide the hue of her happiness because 'Mother-in-law' looked so worried to her.

"Alhamdulillah Umi, Reina is fine after resting earlier." Reina answered, starting to play the script. With a tired face he forced a smile on his lips, he looked so clearly not okay.

Umi touched her hands warmly, creeping them affectionately and warmly without using her full strength."If you're not well then don't push yourself, Umi doesn't want you to fall ill during your stay here." Umi advised Reina with a warm and sweet motherly attitude.

Smiling sweetly, Reina obediently nodded her head. "Umi don't worry, Reina in shaa Allah will always be in the protection of Allah while staying here. So, Umi does not need to worry because Reina will always be fine while with God." Reina softly tried to allay the 'Mother-in-law' concern for her.

Saying a few words of advice, Umi then stops her worries at Reina who keeps saying that everything is fine as long as she leaves everything to God.

Satisfied with her 'Mother-in-law' attitude, Reina then turned her gaze to Annisa who was seen being busy talking to Naila-target from her plan.

Smiling coldly, Reina knew that Annisa had noticed her gentle and intimate interaction with 'Mother-in-law'. Even Reina was very sure that at this moment Annisa was burning with jealous flames after seeing how worried 'Mother-in-law' was to her.

Pride as you please, I know that behind your smile mask you are currently burning jealous at how worried Umi is to me. Huh, Annisa today I will completely destroy you in front of everyone. Then after all you'll never have anywhere else to go home. This cunning widow, just wait for my vengeance. Smiling coldly, he then turned his attention from Annisa to a small figure who was chattering lightly beside Annisa.

Gazing deeply, he then gave a faint grin then with a natural movement to distance his gaze from the two of them and focus on his plate which was still empty and clean. There she could see the reflection of her beautiful face with satisfaction, even that unfriendly smile did not disturb her admiration for her flawless beautiful face.

                                      ***

Hah, act like nothing is going to happen. Inner Reina calmed down while bowing her face enthusiastically. He will not be conspicuous and act perfectly as if he really enjoys the food that is already on his plate.

At first he did not lust to eat even a glance at this food because most of the food on the table was food made by Annisa. But when he thought about the results he would get later, his disgust and lack of desire surged in replaced with an enthusiastic feeling that continued to burn him earlier.

"Eat it slowly Naila and don't rush." Naila's sweat while carrying Naila's tiny hand held a small, comfortable spoon into her mouth.

"Beautiful sister, the one who cooks this bubul must be Mama right?" Ask in a whispering voice. This he did because he was used to not interfere with the comfort of others when at the dining table.

Smiling lightly, Annisa ignored the food that was already on her plate. If you look closer, it will be very appetizing and appetite. "Hem, this is Mama Naila who cooks so it must be finished okay and not to leave the rest." Annisa's whisper followed in Naila's footsteps. Naila's favorite porridge is indeed made by Rumi himself so naturally Naila can easily recognize it.

"This magic naila must be for Mama." He muttered happily while stirring his porridge in a regular and relaxed motion.

"Big sister delicate cobain bubul made by Mama well bial Beautiful sister knows that this bubul is very tasty." Naila whispered enthusiastically while pushing her porcelain bowl in front of Annisa without hesitation.

Finding Naila's attitude so innocent and pure, Annisa couldn't help but smile her sincere warmth. This little girl was so pure and innocent when interacting with him that what Annisa felt to her gradually deepened. Yeah, it's like Annisa's interacting with her biological child.

"Son can't Naila because this porridge is specially made by Mama Naila only for dear Naila, so don't waste Mama Naila's effort well." Reject Annisa gently while pushing the slurry back to front of Naila.

Pouting, he looked at Annisa with a pleading gaze. "Sweet sister don't love Naila yeah?" Ask with a sad expression.

Looking at Naila who was sulking, Annisa inevitably nodded her head helplessly. After all this food is also given by Naila so it's okay if it's only one bribe.

"Okay, little girl I lost." Annisa relented while taking a spoonful of the warm porridge into her mouth.

Eating Annisa does not take long to directly swallow it because this is just plain porridge and not rice that must be chewed.

"Hem, this is delicious." Annisa murmured so much that this porridge is very rich in spices and vegetables that are mild for young children. Very helpful for the digestion of your little one when accustomed to consumption.

"Hehe.. Naila benel, it's not that this bubul is delicious." Naila's voice was satisfied which was immediately honest by Annisa.

But not until the pleasure persists, suddenly Annisa's body feels cold and limp simultaneously. Then his chest felt tight as if there was a heavy burden that was squeezing him unforgivingly. His eyes became unfocused and blurry even his head also felt great swirling, giving a sense of dizziness and pain simultaneously on his head.

"The poison.." Annisa muttered in distress as she spoke, Yes, Annisa was sure that this porridge had been poisoned so that it made her body as weak and sick as this.

Resisting her pain and dwindling consciousness, Annisa tried her hardest to lift her heavy hand. Trying hard he finally managed to grab Naila's porcelain bowl and with full force he pushed her down from the table.

Pranks

The sound of the broken plate made everyone focus on Annisa, the perpetrator who pushed the porcelain bowl. After getting rid of the porcelain bowl, Annisa could no longer hold back her consciousness any longer and let the intense, stifling pain envelop her limp body.

Brugh

He fell from his seat and fell asleep on the cold floor. There was no pain that stimulated Annisa when her thin body hit the floor, no it was not at all not painful because at this moment it should have disappeared from her consciousness.

"Sweet sister!" Naila screamed hysterically and cried loudly when she saw Annisa fall from the chair and pass out. Even seeing Annisa's extremely pale face and lack of blood like this made the little Naila frightened. Naila couldn't help but be surprised and scared when she saw Annisa not responding to her screams. Even Rumi, the Mother beside him, could not see Naila like this so he immediately hugged her and took Naila away from Annisa.

Shaking, Rumi knew that something was wrong with Annisa.

"Annissan..Ann-"

"Back Nanda!" Shouted Rumi in panic while pulling Nanda away from Annisa who was still unconscious.

"Sister, Annisa-"

"Let the others take care of it, right now you're emotionally unstable and it's not good if you're near Annisa. Nanda listen, Brother knows this may be crazy but Annisa seems to be poisoned." Cut Rumi hold Nanda who looks very worried. Even his trembling hands could not hide his fear if what he said earlier was indeed true.

"Sister Rumi was right, Nanda, we shouldn't have interrupted Annisa's rescue. Let them take care of Annisa." Mira also holds Nanda's arm to keep Nanda's distance from Annisa, who is now in Umi's pocket.

"Astagfirullah, his heartbeat felt weak even his breathing sounded intermittent. It's not good, we have to immediately escape Annisa to the hospital." Panic Umi when checking the pulse of Annisa is beating weakly and slowly.

"Let me take Annisa to Umi's car because Abi and Om can't seem to get Annisa fast." Gio said sounding worried as he approached Umi and without waiting for approval from Uminya he immediately took Annisa into his warm embrace and lightly he lifted her carefully.

"Let Abi take the car." Abi broke up while running quickly to the outside with the car keys that were already in his pocket. Not wanting to be left behind, Papa Nanda and his wife also followed them from behind. Using their respective cars, they immediately advanced quickly towards the hospital which was quite far from the location of the boarding school.

"Annissan.. Annisa did you hear me?" With trembling hands Gio patted softly on Annisa's pale cheeks, calling her gently he hoped that Annisa could hear her call.

Grabbing Annisa's hand in panic, she clasped Annisa's pale and cold hand in fear. Even the eyes that usually exuded an expression of calmness now even showed a sad look and fear.

"Hey, you can't leave me again because this time I won't be able to live without you anymore. It's been enough I foolishly let you be with Dimas but if it's now.. Annisa, I'm sorry I'll never want you away from me again." His whispers were desperate to Annisa who was only in reply with a dashed breath from Annisa.

Annisa, the girl who used to smile shyly when she saw him, was sleeping limply in her arms. Even her cheeks that sometimes glowed red were now colorless. There was only a pale white color and cold temperature that wrapped Annisa now. Hugging him this strong could not change anything from his deep sleep, it did not even affect his pale face in the least. Though Gio had tried to channel his warmth to Annisa but it was completely useless to Annisa.

She still did not wake up, her beautiful and shy eyes did not give any reaction. Still like this, yes, it seems like Annisa is really enjoying her break time.

"Gio, calm yourself down, son. You have to keep your mind stable because then you will feel better. Don't panic because Annisa will definitely survive." Umi tries to calm Gio down while looking upset. The sadness from her son's gaze was so clear that hinted that Annisa, the beautiful girl in his arms was someone very precious to her.

"But..but what if Annisa can't... What if Annisa can't get up again Umi?" Although afraid Gio still voiced his unreasonable thoughts.

No, for the time being such a thought was a reasonable thing since Annisa was clearly in a dangerous state.

It's between life and death.

"No son, trust God and get those bad thoughts out of you. As for if Annisa wakes up or not Umi is sure Annisa will definitely wake up because Umi believes Annisa still wants to live and run her life happily. Trust me, Annisa will try hard to fight for her life."

But, what if Annisa doesn't do what Umi says?

Given that Annisa had been living in a state of suffering even everyone she loved pushed her away as far as possible, was it possible that she still wanted to live?

Living only for more suffering?

Maybe not because as Annisa first hoped she wanted to go away from her loved ones, go as far as possible until they can no longer see him because then the life of his loved ones will be peaceful and fine without him.

Then the best thing is that God granted Annisa's wish today. God gave way by making a choice to Annisa.

Between life and death.

Life means that Annisa has to suffer even more and her presence is misunderstood can interfere with the lives of those she calls family.

Then if it dies it means that Annisa can be free from all suffering and certainly make her family happy because she finally went to the most distant place of them all. His family would never feel pain when he saw or was with him.

So, which choice would Annisa choose?

Gio hope it is not dead, because if it is Gio does not know how to live life again because as you know his heart will also die with Annisa.

God give me a chance to make her happy, please.

                                      ***

Reina stared blankly at the departure of all of them who were so panicked to see Annisa's condition was not good. Even his body seemed numb to see that dying body was someone he hated, he hated,

But despite her hatred Reina never once wanted to take away Annisa's life.

It's not what he expected, no, not even at all!

Reina was so frightened to see her plan go awry like this, even her two hands could not stop trembling from holding back her fear.

This.this is one of Annisa, yes this is one of Annisa who originally ate carelessly.

This was Annisa's recklessness and had nothing to do with her because what she was targeting was Naila and not Annisa. So since Annisa had already thrown herself into a trap then Reina thought she would not be responsible for everything that happened to Annisa.

Because he is innocent at all!

"Reina," Stiffly Reina turned her face to look at Nanda who was now looking at her angrily.

Why is he staring at me like this?

"I never thought you'd be this close." Sounds cold. Nanda knew that everything that happened to Annisa was due to Reina's actions. Why can he think like this?

That was because the only person who hated Annisa here was Reina, the girl who had spread rumors of Annisa's past in the boarding house.

"What do you mean?" Despite her fear, Reina tried to stabilize her emotions to make her look calm. Act perfectly and act innocently as if he did not understand what Nanda meant.

Smiling coldly, Nanda glanced at Naila's shattered porcelain bowl beneath the table. "You really want to poison Naila don't you?" Just asking a stale base doesn't need an answer from Reina.

Then his gaze fell on Naila who still had not stopped crying in the living room. There Mira and Rumi try hard to comfort the fear of Naila who is still not lost.

"But unfortunately before that happened Annisa first tasted the porridge you poisoned and as you can see now, Annisa was rushed to be sick." Nanda is crazy to think about this thought but still the evidence that there is saying that the real person Reina wants to poison is Naila and not Annisa. This made Nanda angry that Naila was a child and had never committed any crime to offend Reina so why would Reina want to poison Naila?

Nanda would never forgive him!

"What mak-"

"You're wrong Reina!" Cut Nanda mad. Staring coldly, it felt like he wanted to slap that plain masked face with all his might.

But, this is not the time because the one who deserves it is the one who deserves it and it is not Nanda.

"You're wrong to bother Annisa like this because the person you're going to face is neither me nor Mas Gio. But it's him, the man who's gonna make you feel what it's like to fall into a place you never imagined. Reina, you should start getting ready from now on." And so Nanda carried her angry steps away from Reina who was still staring blankly at Nanda's back. Then, a few seconds later the beautiful face revealed a faint smile.

"Huh, you're calling someone else to fight me? Then do it because I'm waiting for him."

Seriate...