CURTAINS OF THE PAST

GOODNESS WILL ALWAYS WIN

Mario Teguh said, "It hurts to be a good person still better, rather than good to be a bad person. Good will always win, if not soon, later, but surely."

Iffah had not spoken at all since she was taken by her stepmother. He's sewing his own mouth. Tiredness made him give up. It's just that, the baby in the womb makes Iffah still survive at that time.

She remembers very well how Toni struggled for the baby she contained. A standby husband who always understands what he needs, without having to refuse what he wants.

It was dark, the woman took Iffah to a house that was far from the city. A place not so foreign to Iffah's eyes.

A villa he used to live in when he was seven years old.

The first time the woman expressed her dislike of Iffah.

Yes, the villa belonged to his stepmother. Villa, where his eyes saw his father slapping his mother Ghali. The woman who became stepmother to Iffah.

I don't know what reason, it's clear Ghali's birth parents had a big fight there at the time. And he saw how the gaze of his stepmother's eyes were directed hatefully towards him.

"Mother..." Call Iffah lirih. Her tears that fell became louder as she called the evil woman mother.

"Mothers... Why did you do all this to me? What was wrong with my mother?" Isak Iffah was groaning. While the woman he called mother only grinned with vengeance.

"Have I ever done anything wrong to you? Why don't you like the happiness in my life, Mom?" Ask again. But the woman seemed to deliberately torture Iffah with a sense of her intelligence.

"Jawab Ma'am! Wh why? Why don't you let me taste happiness, huh? I even made Arjuna go away, Mom." Iffah did not give up. He kept asking, despite not seeing any signs the woman would answer all his questions.

"Mom... Mother was so respectful to me, as Ghali respected mother. Defending and hiding the evil of Mother. Please answer me, Mom. Why are you doing this to me, Mother?"

THE PLAAAK...

One slap landed on Iffah's cheek.

Heat... And it feels sore. Iffah was stunned for a moment, but he quickly returned to gather his courage which had floated changed fear.

*****

Isha was gone, but Toni and Ghali did not miss their Magrib and Isha time. Although the journey they took was still quite far that night.

The police car that Ghali called earlier, also followed him.

At that time, Toni understood the storyline of his life that there would only be suffering. And he realized it was a punishment for him. Only, Iffah once told him that it was not a punishment he lived, but a trial for him. And how sincerely he lived it, Allah will count it as a reward of patience for him.

He believed, by continuing to do his duty to the Almighty, then the time that was pressing on him seemed to stop instantly. Even those who are at war do their duty to their Lord, right?.

That is how they convince the heart, that their Iffah will be fine and always protected by the Most Compassionate, Ar-Rahman.

Ghali repeatedly rubbed his cheeks rough. He was like a child crying out for not being cared for by his parents.

The fear of something bad happening to Iffah, was stirring in his mind at that moment.

Could it be that he would hate his own biological mother for this time?

If yes, it is because Iffah until why-why later. His sense of service, making Ghali still think positively about his biological mother.

"Is it still far away, Ghali?" Ask Toni. He tried to talk to his sister-in-law who still showed anxiety next to him at that time.

"Not brother-in-law. On that perforation turn right, a hundred meters from where we'll arrive." Sahut Ghali with a hoarse voice.

"Why does big brother-in-law look so strong? But you're so scared right now, aren't you?" Ghali asked his own daydream.

"The good will always win Ghali... Let's see it later." Toni's answer was only to try to comfort herself from the fear in her heart and mind, and that actually disrupted her concentration from now on.

His heart was so calm, because his heart was busy reciting the phrase Ma 'indallahi khayr. What is on God's side is better. And Toni believed, Iffah was by His side God at that time.