FRIEND OF THE NATION

EPS 43 IS RIGHT

EPS 43 IS RIGHT

Words often cause hurt. It has sharp wings that can slash every fragile heart. Take care of your tongue, except for good. Praying, removing all wounds. Lafadzkan dhikr, the hermitage of all souls. Read the Scriptures, live the dead heart. Speak only the right, even if it hurts. Take care of your tongue, and Allah will guard your law.

Marlon was still in the bathroom, standing leaning his body against the closed door. Take a deep breath, then take it out in a long groove. Hufffts…. While Erizal waited outside with a curious face and a heart filled with question marks.

“I have to make a lie to save kang Misman. But what lie?” his inner.

Geck! Geck! Geck!

“Marlon, why are you in the bathroom so long? You're okay, right?” there was Erizal's voice outside in an anxious tone.

Kriyaet!

Slowly the door opened. Marlon came out of the bathroom with his head bowed. It seemed that he was trying hard to avoid seeing Erizal.

“What happened Marlon? Why are you keeping quiet? You still think of me as your best friend right?” ask Erizal.

But those words pierced Marlon's heart. How sincere his new friend was. He didn't even ask for his belongings that he had been carrying for days.

“I'm sorry Erizal. Maybe you have considered me a bad friend,” said Marlon.

Erizal smile.

“Why do you look so low on our friendship Marlon? I trust you and I never get mad at you.”

Marlon glanced at his best friend's face. There was no anger at all.

“Thanks. Then I'll tell you everything.”

Erizal nodded his head. Marlon looked towards Melin who was sitting with the police commander in the interrogation room at a glance. Then he whispered to Erizal, telling him about kang Misman and all his treatment to him. Erizal scrunched his forehead, like he could not believe the story of his best friend.

“So you mean, kang Misman is a kind-hearted robber?”

“He only robbed the children of the rich. He misjudged me, assuming I was the son of a rich man, so he robbed me. But after finding out I was a homeless man with no home and no money, he asked me to stay at his house. Although at first he forced me to do it.”

“Then what are you doing at his house?”

“It's okay. I just eat and sleep and clean the house. He also rarely greeted me.”

“Then why don't you just run away?”

“Where to escape? I've been to the airport many times looking for you, but nothing. It's free for me to run too? I feel safer if I stay at home. Moreover..?”

Marlon did not continue his words. His heart was a little embarrassed to tell his best friend that he had secretly fallen in love with Melin. The girl he met at Misman's house.

“So what else do you want Marlon?” erizal asked to break his daydream.

“You saw the girl I was with?” Marlon asked back.

Erizal nodded his head.

“I met him at Misman's house. His fate is the same as mine. At first he was robbed, but finally he was invited to stay at Misman.” house

“So what happened?”

“Misman treats it very well. He's looking after us and some other bums. The girl already considered him as a father.”

“So?”

“He wants me to save Misman, by telling the police a lie, that Misman is not robbing but helping me.”

Erizal looked at Marlon's face deeply. He held both shoulders of his best friend.

“Say something Marlon's right, even though the truth sometimes hurts your feelings.”.