Half of the Heart belongs to Sahla

Chapter 38

"Male! You're finally home." 

Seen on the porch of the house, Mrs Ratih was waiting for her son. Suddenly he stood when he saw Bima coming ushered by the person who had brought Bima this morning.

"Assalamu'alaikum, ma'am." Sapa Bima while kissing her mother's hand.

"Wa'alaikum salam. You're all right ? No one was hurt ?" Bu Ratih asked while looking at Bima's body, he looked so worried about his son.

Bima smiled at the behavior of her mother. "Already Mom, Bima is fine. Nothing is missing from the body of the Earth. Everything's still intact."

"Mom's afraid of anything happening to you."

Bima smiled back. "Where is Ma'am ?" Ask Bima.

"There's in the room. Mother told him to rest. From morning, Sahla continues outside waiting for you. Just like Mom, she is also very worried about you. I told you to wait inside."

"Then, Bima went to the room first huh, Mom."

Madam Ratih nodded, then looked at Bima until she entered the room.

"Allah, O Allah, You give salvation to the slave-son. Protect the son of the servant always O Rabb."

 

Then Mrs Ratih went into the house, because the adzan magrib will soon reverberate.

"Sir." Call Bima when you are in the room.

Sahla was aghast, standing up to find her husband in the room.

"Aren't you okay ?" Ask Sahla. The same question was asked by Mrs Ratih.

"Your husband came home safe and without any shortcomings. So relax. Everything's fine." Said Bima with a smile.

"Thank God." Then Sahla immediately hugged Bima. "I'm afraid they're doing you bad." Said Sahla without letting go of her embrace.

Bima rubbed Sahla's back and kissed her head, then let go of his wife's embrace. Now they face each other. "He's my friend, my old friend. Just wanted to meet." 

"really ?" Ask Sahla not to believe it.

"Of course it's true. You don't believe it ?"

Sahla was silent for a moment, "hmm. The person who brought you is very creepy. How can I believe ? Moreover, they are a little rude."

Bima smiled amusedly. "They're just bluffing. Didn't mean it." 

"They're really friends ?" Sahla still does not believe in Bima's words.

"They're not my friends. The one who told them to be my friend."

Sahla was silent again. 

"While your friend is, the time to meet must tell others to bring you before him."

"Don't know? When those people took you, Brother was like a sick person who did a lot of bad things." Sahla.

"You are just there. Adzan already, Brother to the mosque first."

Sahla nodded. "Not showered yet ?" Sahla asked, because Sahla had smelled an unpleasant smell from her husband's body. Remembering also, Bima left in a state of not bathing.

"Did it smell bad ?" Bima asked back.

Sahla just nodded.. 

"Yes, I pray at home. Not going out to pray in the mosque either. Now take a shower." 

Sahla nodded her head and smiled. But before Bima to the bathroom, Sahla first took ablus for magrib prayer. Then he sat on the edge of the bed waiting for Bima. Sahla wants to pray behind her husband.

"Daddy, how much money are we ?" Said Bima as they were about to sleep. Since they got married, Sahla took over all of Bima's finances, including the profits from the stalls. Bima believes completely in his wife. Sahla can manage it well. Evidently, during their marriage, there was no small expenditure without first asking her permission. And Sahla never bothered.

Bima shook her head.

"Then what do you do ?"

"Try to see first." Titah Bima's.

Without asking any more, Sahla got up and walked towards the closet. Then take the wallet that has been made to store money from the grocery store before being put into a bank account. Bima deliberately kept it first at home, so as not too often to the bank even though the distance is not too far away.

In addition to money, in the wallet there is one account book.

"In the account there are 20 million." Said Sahla while handing the book to Bima. Then he started counting the money in his wallet.

"There's 5 million." Sahla.

Bima nodded. Then he fell silent while staring at the money in front of him.

Sahla was silent and only watched Bima. He was waiting for Bima who seemed to be planning something. And certainly He will always support every decision that Bima took.

Bima took a long breath. 

"Why Brother ?" Sahla asked when she saw Bima was dizzy thinking about something.

"I think this is enough to start selling again. Moreover, the contract period of our stalls is still long." Sahla. 

Bima shook her head. "That's not what you're thinking." 

"Then what ?"

"Sir. Enough Rp.100,000 for one day ?"

"Of course it's enough."

"If 100,000 one day, one month 3 million. And this money is enough for 8 months."

"What does Brother mean ? Wouldn't we rather use this money to open the stall back ?" 

Once again Bima shook her head.

"Sir. My friend needs my help. And my brother wants to help him. So Brother hasn't been able to open the stall for now."

Sahla. There was a feeling of disappointment that just slipped into his heart. 

"Should you help her ? Didn't anyone else help her ?" Ask Sahla slowly.

"Unfortunately no one else can help her. Even Big Brother himself hesitated about being able to actually help her or not. My sister just wanted to try it. Hope the help you give me works."

"alright. I get it." Sahla tries to be a wife who always supports her husband's every decision, even though it is not in line with her thinking.

"If this money is used for daily living expenses, for our stall capital how ? Then for the cost of giving birth to our children also how ?" Ask Sahla.

"That's what you're thinking." Replied Bima while massaging her temple.

"We're opening the shop again. Let me take care of you later ?"

"So, I disagree, I strongly disagree."

"Then what should be ? If we don't turn this money around, it'll just run out." 

"Maybe we should sell the land you gave me." Bima Say.

Hearing Bima's words, Sahla widened her eyes in disbelief.

"I don't agree. That's the land of the Father, it's not worth selling just for stomach affairs. There are many ways to solve this problem."

Bima thought again. It's true what his wife said. It was not appropriate for him to sell his father's inheritance just like that. The problem can still be solved in other ways. But Bima still has not found the right solution. This is frustrating. Bima did not think long when she was willing to help Reno take care of her sister. The problem he is experiencing has not been solved at all.

"Seems like Brother's friend is so important ?"