CURTAINS OF THE PAST

NOT GOOD AT ACTING

"Ghali...?" Bobi exclaimed when his ears heard the footsteps of someone who entered.

"P-Why?" Ghali was a little surprised by it. He stopped his steps and immediately faced Bobi and Chellin.

"You're back, son? Did you meet your sister and sister-in-law outside." Ask Chellin.

"Oh a there, Ma." Ghali answered nervously.

"Why are you so nervous, Ghali?" Bobi caught a strange gurgle at Ghali's attitude that night.

Ghali immediately rested on Bobi's knee. "I'm sorry Ghali, Pa, Ma." He looks scared. His voice shook violently for a moment.

"What's wrong with you, honey?" Chellin asked in an anxious tone. His mind was strange at the time.

"But promise me Pa, Ma. Promise to listen to Ghali until the end." His request sounded pleading.

"Yes, yeah... What's up?" Bobi panicked and promised.

"Actually... Sister-in-law and sister Iffah lied to Mama and Papa..." His sister. He really had no talent for acting, so he was unable to lie to his sister-in-law's parents. "So, Ghali asked Papa and Mama to follow their game for a while... Ghali please." His love, clenching both hands, hoped.

"What do you mean, Ghali?" Chellin was suddenly confused. The look on his face and Bobi's face turned tense instantly.

"Father and Mama promise first..." Repeatedly asked.

"Yes... Mom and Dad promised." Sahut Bobi was forced to say.

"Sister-in-law doesn't want Papa and Mama to be worried. Actually, my brother-in-law's leg was injured when he came home from the mosque." He was filled with fear. He is also guilty of it.

"What's up, son?" Chellin was no longer able to hide his anxiety back then. Chellin's body trembled at Ghali's confession.

"Sister-in-law Nyeker returned from the mosque because Ghali used his own, Ma. So, sister-in-law's foot stepped on the shard in the street." Ghali cried admitting his mistake in front of the old man.

Chellin smothered his mouth that had been agape with both palms. His eyes were round for a moment.

"Then how's your brother-in-law, Ghali?" Tanya Bobi tried not to panic at that moment.

"Sister Iffah forced her to go to the Hospital, Pa. So, Ghali will take them. Ghali also just found out, when Ghali saw his brother-in-law pinning his foot earlier on the front porch." Ghali.

"Let's see, Pa" Take Chellin and pull her husband's arm.

"Ma, Mum... Look, don't you think Toni doesn't want us to worry?" Prevent Bobi from staying in his position.

"But, Pa." Rengek Chellin was completely powerless to withstand his anxiety back then. Her tears had even been shed for a moment.

"We trust Iffah and Ghali, yes. We promised that too." Bobi calms his wife.

"Sorry Ghali Ma, Pa. It's all because of Ghali..." I'm Ghali with a lot of guilt.

"It's not all because of you, son. Now leave... Don't forget, tell Papa and Mama." Said Bobi wisely.

"Yes, Pa. Ghali... Assalamu'alaikum..." Pamit Ghali took Bobi and Chellin's hands in turn.

"Wa'alaikumussalam..."

"Be careful, Ghali... Don't forget to tell me about Mama and Papa, son." Chellin's message still looks worried for her son.

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"Why so long, Deck?" Ask Iffah while packing Toni into the Car. They were sitting at the back of the day.

"Sorry brother..." Ghali did not want to answer her brother's question. He felt guilty for everything he had done.

"Hey... Run the car, driver." Toni shouted while hitting the back of the steering chair occupied by Ghali. The guilt in Ghali's heart made him constantly look at his sister-in-law with anxiety.

"Eh I yes brother-in-law..." There was not even time to avenge his brother-in-law's wit at that time.

Ghali drove a car that took them away from the Zulherman compound. Without Toni and Iffah noticing, Bobi and Chellin peek at their departure from the house.

A pain for Bobi and Chellin to see his son walking around like that.

It did not take fifteen minutes, they arrived at the nearest hospital. The wound in Toni's leg was immediately handled by the medical team who were still on duty that night.

Because the incision is quite deep and wide, Toni's feet are forced to be sewn with four stitches.

Iffah did not stop crying seeing her husband's suffering.

"It hurts, honey" she asked a little.

"No... I don't feel anything." Toni is so relaxed.

"Lied..."

"Really, Honey. No, no crying. Shameful..." Toni rubbed Iffah's cheek gently with both of her thumbs.

The medical personnel who handled Toni's injuries smiled.

"It doesn't hurt, brother. Because the brother's husband's leg is now being drugged. Maybe later..."

Toni blinked her eyes at the sister who was talking. He did not want the nurse to tell his wife when the pain would return.

The nurse lowered her head feeling guilty. Perhaps in his heart, he was so envious of seeing a husband's love for his wife that was rare in the real world.

"Maybe later... When, Sus?" Tanya Iffah is still waiting for the continuation of the sister's speech.

"No, sis. Later if the skin has been fused, the seams can be reopened here, or at the nearest Hospital." The sister lied.

Toni seemed to smile seeing Iffah breathing a sigh of relief after hearing the nun's speech.

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