Flowers from Heaven II

Eps. 55

Arka and Zahra have just taken a break in a Resort room. Arka opened the suit, then loosened his tie, and unbuttoned his shirt. His face was crumpled, filled with confusion. Zahra watched him from earlier. Now Arka lay her body on the bed, rolling to the left and to the right. It was clearly a burden on his face. Zahra watched her from the mirror, as she was sitting facing the mirror at the dresser.

"Mas.. why?" said Zahra while approaching Arka, after removing her hijab and veil

Arka immediately turned to his wife, the look of his face was still bent.

"I'm really confused dear." said Arka then stroked Zahra who now faced her face quite close

"I won't stand in your way for your ideals, Mas.. I will support you with all my heart" said Zahra, who still keeps her face close to her husband's face and let her hair unravel on the bed

Arka just smiled faintly, then kissed Zahra very affectionately.

*****

Nisa who was also resting in the Bungalow, suddenly felt lonely. He looked out the window, a lot of couples who were also on vacation here, and playing on the beach.

"Mas, I really miss you a lot." said Nisa softly, her lips trembling

"We should have spent our old days together, together again, after our son got married. Now that I'm alone, I miss you so much" Nisa said her tears began to melt, soaking her cheeks

Nisa felt increasingly claustrophobic when she saw some people who were with their partners enjoying the beach breeze. Nisa breaks down her body, she opens a photo of her husband from inside the wallet.

"Sometimes I feel jealous when I see a partner who can live old together, with his partner Mas.. I need you" Nisa said as she continued to look at her husband's photo, then lay her body on the bed.

Nisa who was exhausted after the event, also the eyes that had been crying, made her fall asleep while hugging a photo of her husband.

Nisa who was unconscious made her enter into the dreamland

*Nisa Dream

Nisa was wearing all-white clothes, somehow the clothes felt very shining, he thought. A place so beautiful, cool, and so peaceful. Nisa walked down a river with clear water, a very calm current. Sometimes Nisa touches the water, so cold it feels refreshing. Suddenly he reached a flower bed near the river. He was stunned to see all the beauty of the flowers that grew in color.

Nisa touched the flowers gently.

Suddenly he was amazed by a bouquet of beautiful flowers that were now in front of him. Nisa tried to look at the face that was thrusting the flower.

"Mas Alfath?" nisa said very happily, then she hugged her husband's body tightly

"Yes, dear." said Alfath with his most beautiful smile

"I miss you so much, Mas." said Nisa without letting go of her embrace

"I miss you too, my wife.. I'm here waiting for you, to live together again" said Alfath as he looked into his wife's eyes

"Keep being a strong woman, I'm waiting for you here, waiting for my angel" said Alfath

Nisa just smiled, then hugged her husband's body again tightly, and inhaled the fragrance of her husband's body.

*****

Nisa realized that it was all a dream. Her tears came back.

"Astagfirullah.." said Nisa who woke up, immediately sat down

"It's all like real.. The smell of your body makes me feel real in your arms." continued Nisa with a smile, and her tears still dripping, while continuing to look at the picture of Alfath that she held from earlier.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door from outside. Nisa tries to wipe away her tears, then puts on her veil.

"Mom." cried Arka from outside

"Yes for a moment." replied Nisa while hurriedly walking closer to the entrance

"Assalamu'alaikum Ma'am." said Arka and Zahra together and kissed Nisa's hand alternately

"Let's go in.." said Nisa let in

Arka and Zahra went inside. The room was very neat, Nisa did not take out all her luggage, only the suitcase that was open on the chair.

Arka looked at his mother's face, her eyes clearly looked puffy, her face slightly reddened. Likewise with Zahra, he noticed the face of his mother-in-law.

"Mom.. Mommy sick?" zahra said with attention as she approached her mother-in-law

"Mother is fine, son." answered Nisa with a forced smile, and again held Zahra's hand on her shoulder

"Mom's crying, right?" asked Arka by continuing to look at her mother

"Mom's okay, baby." replied Nisa trying to calm down

"Mother's story, what's the matter?" asked Arka a little urgently because she was very worried

Nisa was just speechless, sitting on the sofa next to Zahra. Arka saw on the bed there was a picture of her father. Then Arka approached and took the photo.

"Mom misses Daddy?" ask Arka while looking at the photo of her father

Nisa's tears started to drip again, wetting her cheeks. The veil that had been opened since his son entered, the more he could not lie to his son.

"Buuu." said Arka gently, then approached her mother and stood with her knees before Nisa

"Yes dear.. Mother felt lonely just now, sometimes Mother felt jealous of an old couple together, while Mom in old age had to be alone, spend time alone, getting older just need a friend to talk, just talk, but unfortunately God has another will." said Nisa in a very soft voice

"So Mom had fallen asleep, I dreamt of seeing Dad.. Ah maybe because it is too long." continued Nisa said with a smile on her face

Arka then hugged his mother's body, her tears began to melt. From a long time ago Arka could not see her mother cry, whatever the reason Arka always came to cry.

Zahra saw her feeling so full, her heart trembled when she knew her husband was crying in his arms.

"Mom.. Arka promised, Arka won't leave Mom alone anymore.. Arka will always accompany Mom" said Arka while wiping her tears

Nisa simply stroked Arka's head gently, looking at her deeply. Arka's face is very similar to her late husband when he was young when he first married her, making her not lost her husband if she was with Arka her son.

Arka then hugged his mother's body again, this time he was so strong, his tears had not fallen again.

"Zahra, this is Arka's father.. Arka is very similar to the late father." said Nisa while looking at the picture of Alfath in the Arka's hand

"I didn't recognize him either, I was abandoned by him as a baby, didn't I?" arka said to Zahra, then reassured her mother

"Yes, Arka is the child that Mas Alfath wanted." said Nisa with a smile on her face

"If I didn't know my father in person, but I fell deeply in love with him, with all the stories of my father, not just of my mother, but of all the people who knew him.." arka said to Zahra

"God's Masya.. The father of a very generous person, Zahra knew that from the story of Abi and Mama.. But I don't know anymore, that's all Abi and Mama know too" Zahra said, looking at a photo of her father-in-law

"Yes, I'm a good man to anyone.. Yusuf thought Dad was like his own father, because he was very kind to all the children in the orphanage" Arka said with a smile

Zahra just nodded her head.

"Yes yes, Mas Arka is very similar to the late father." said Zahra with a smile

"Hehe Yes." answered Nisa with a small laugh

"Zahra promised, Zahra and Mas Arka will always accompany Mother." said Zahra then hugged her mother-in-law and followed by Arka who hugged the body of her mother, they so hugged three