CURTAINS OF THE PAST

THE SKY AND THE STARS ARE WITNESSES

It was past Ashar time. The car carrying Bobi, Chellin and Ghali went into the courtyard of the house they were in with the car carrying Toni and Iffah.

"You guys just got home too?" Chellin cried when he just got out of the car.

"Yes Ma, Mama and Papa just got home?" Reply Toni while putting a little head on the glass window of her car.

"Yes Nak. Papa met some donors who also came from there. They used to live, deh." Chellin. "Yes, Mama came in first, baby." Pamit Chellin waved her hand at Iffah who was still being held by Toni in her car.

"Ghaliii" cried Toni when she found her sister-in-law out of the car carrying Papa and Mama earlier.

Ghali only turned his head for a while then he sneered indifferently towards Toni.

"Ishhh, basic... Super duper's sister-in-law sucks." Ketus Toni received treatment from Ghali.

Iffah chuckled at the frustration of her husband.

"Maybe he's still upset with you, honey. But it looks like he was with Mama and Papa." Iffah.

"It doesn't look like it anymore, honey. He just got out of Papa's car. Yeah, he must have been acting like that." Said Toni while parking her car into the garage.

Toni got out of her car and opened the door for Iffah, the thing she used to indulge her.

"But if you look around, Ghali's face is so radiant, baby? Isn't that right? Or, did I just overdo it a little, huh?" Thought Iffah remembered her sister who looked carefree when she got out of the car.

"Then I called him, darling. I want to tease him. How do you know he met someone there, right? TAUFIQ HIDAYAH's girls have a bright future, dear. They're pretty, too." Toni confirmed the Iffah allegation.

"Where are you waiting for me?" Iffah's question sounded dislike Toni's statement about the girls from the orphanage.

"Hehe.. My beautiful wife seems to be getting jealous, huh." Tempted Toni smirked and immediately stepped about to enter the house.

"Ih... Answer me first..." Iffah's murmur while holding Toni's arm.

"Beauty his wife, Antoni Zulherman." Reveal Toni while pinching Iffah's chubby cheeks. "But all the women in this world will only be said to be beautiful, dear. They won't be said to be handsome, handsome or handsome, will they?" Gurau Toni is in reality.

"That's what... You're this..." Iffah pinched Toni's waist while blasting her lips. Toni chuckles, she immediately embraces Iffah's shoulder and takes her into the house.

*****

"Assalamu'alaikum's chat..." Toni went inside her room after the Isya Prayer congregated at the mosque near her home.

"Wa'alaikumussalam..." Iffah said, picking her husband up at their doorstep.

"Darling... What's in the sky a lot of stars?" Iffah asked with a hopeful smile.

"Yes. Why is it, honey. The weather was so bright it seemed..." Toni answered enthusiastically.

"We're going to the balcony, honey. There's something I want to tell you..." Take Iffah while pulling Toni's arm.

Although somewhat confused, but Toni prefers to follow the will of his wife rather than have to ask.

"Waaaah... The sky is beautiful, my dear." Iffah's face was so sparkling when his eyes found the beauty of the creation of the Khaliq in the sky that night.

"You like her?" Tanya Toni was also happy to see the joy that radiated on his wife's face.

"Of all God's creation, I like you better, dear." Iffah said as she turned her body towards Toni. Toni smiled at Iffah's confession.

"You know?" Tanya Iffah looked into her husband's eyes. Both of his hands were hidden behind his back at that moment.

"Hmm?" Toni seemed to be waiting for an answer that she did not know at all.

"I've regretted one more thing." Iffah looked gloomy at once.

"I regret what, dear" asked Toni.

Iffah took both of her hands out of hiding. He thrust a small box in front of Toni.

"I'm sorry baby, if I wasn't stupid at that." He was filled with regret.

"Why should you regret it, dear. It's not even too late." Persuade Toni to calm Iffah's heart. "You look up in the sky. If he can talk, he'll be willing to be a witness to our marriage vows." Said Toni again while reaching for the small box that Iffah thrust to him.

"Maybe, our wedding guests are not allowed to see it. Let the sky and its stars watch me put this wedding ring of ours on your ring finger, dear." Pinta Toni won the Iffah fingers.

Toni slowly inserts Iffah's ring finger into the ring she once gave Iffah the day she proposed to him.

A clear liquid easily escapes from Iffah's eyes.

"Thank you for privileging me, dear." Say sweet lips Iffah gently.

Toni kissed Iffah's fingers and pulled his wife's body into her arms.

"Thank you for being so special in my life, baby." Reply Toni while showering the head of Iffah which is still covered with a veil.