
Jrruushh...!
“Uhukk... uhukk.” Jessie patted her chest tight from choking on water. In fact, some of the drinks in his mouth had been splashed out.
Fortunately, no one was sitting in front of him.
After feeling better, Jessie straightened her body. Both of his eyes were perfectly rounded with the highlight pointing at the television. “KAK QILLA? THAT'S SISTER QILLA, RIGHT?!” pekik surprised.
Jessie came to the front of the television, watching the figure of the woman who was accompanying a masked little girl who was recognized as her daughter. “But, really, his eyes are purple, huh? Not item?” confused muttering.
“Eh!” Jessie shook her head quickly. He stood up, then shouted loudly, “MAMI! MOMMY!”
Reva who heard her daughter's screams rushed down the stairs, forgetting that in the mansion they had a special elevator that could be used. Because it's too panicked, yeah, look, here.
“Why, Honey? What was? You sick? Where does it hurt? Come to the hospital.” Without waiting for an answer, Reva immediately pulled Jessie's hand.
Jessie clucking. He held his hand until Reva's steps came to a halt. “Not, Mommy. Jessie is not sick!” annoyed.
“Keep why, Honey? Why are you screaming?”
Jessie pointed at the television. “That, Mi! There's Kak Qilla on TV!”
Reva was surprised, he then took notice of the television which happened to still display the figure of Aqilla with the little girl who was receiving gifts. Long enough Reva stared, the middle-aged woman sparkled. “Iya! It's Aqilla! Former son-in-law of Mami!”
Jessie patted her head in thought. It turns out that until this moment, Reva still considers Aqilla as a former daughter-in-law. This must have been Rayhan's problem seven years ago.
“Ah, what a pity, he is married and has children,” said Reva lethargic.
“But, Mi, Kak Qilla's eyes, kok, the color is purple, yes,” joked Jessie expressed her curiosity.
Reva is watching. It was true that Aqilla's eyes were purple, as well as the little girl next to her. “The eyes of her child are also purple. Maybe it's the original eye color, not possible, right, a small child with lenses?”
Jessie nodded in agreement. “Honey Kak Qilla is married. In fact, Jessie agreed, you know, if Kak Qilla became Jessie's sister-in-law,” he said sad.
Reva smiled smirkingly. He rubbed his daughter's head which looked uninspired knowing this news. “Our family condition has not been good since the news about your brother, Jess.”
Jessie growled. “This is because of ex-sister tuh, Mi! He even spread about a sister who has trouble having children.”
Reva breathed a heavy sigh. “In the news, Rayhan is referred to as a barren man, Jess. Therefore, until this moment no good woman wants to marry your sister.”
“Although there are, they are matre women who want to benefit Rayhan money only,” continued Reva.
As a mother, of course Reva was sad to mourn the fate of her eldest son. The news about the barren Rayhan is not entirely wrong. The man is said to have a percentage of the chances of having children so small because of incidents many years ago.
Therefore, it is difficult to find a woman who is willing to accept Rayhan's shortcomings on this one. Hundreds of Reva's house came to ask for their family's daughter, but they refused. However, Reva also could not blame those who refused.
Every woman wants to have children, right? And, unfortunately, Rayhan was diagnosed with difficulty having offspring.
“Are we married, yes, Brother Ray same widow who has children, Mi?” jessie's proposal.
Reva glared in annoyance. “Neither, Jessie. Mami doesn't want our family to break up because of stepchildren.”
Understanding her mother's intentions, Jessie could only nod. He turned to look at the television which still showed the figure of Aqilla who was leading her daughter down the stage. “But, if the widow is Kak Qilla, Mami wants to?”
Reva. He looked towards the television. His eyes could not be interpreted. Jessie doesn't even understand what her mom's mind is right now.
“Too his widow Aqilla, Mami would like, kok,” reply Reva unexpectedly. “Hopefully her husband has died, deh.”
Jessie glares. “ASTAGFIRULLAH, MOMMY! ISTIGHFAR, MOI! MOM NEW AJA DOAIN HUSBAND OF THE DEAD!”
Dinner at the mansion of Refalino feels lonely—something very ordinary. Almost every night, the atmosphere in the large mansion that contained one family and dozens of servants was always quiet. There is no laughter like it should be.
“Ray,” call Reva to her son after their dinner is over.
Not only Rayhan turned his head, but also Robert and Jessie. “Why, Mi?” ask Rayhan.
Reva was silent for a moment, her lower lip bitten to dispel the stored doubts. “Tadi.. Mami equals Jessie see Aqilla,” said.
Spontaneous Rayhan's back up straight on the chair, men's eyes bulging. “Where, Mi?” tanyanya is impatient.
“On TV,” replied Jessie who knew that her mother was hesitant and had trouble explaining. “Kak Qilla.. he was at the sing and dance competition event held in Canada, Kak.”
“Canada? Means Aqilla's there?” murmured Rayhan who felt got a fresh breeze. Seven years ago, he was determined to find his woman to want to be responsible. However, what power was due to Aqilla choosing to go.
Somehow Aqilla's fate is now.
“But, Brother..” Jessie's sentence is hanging. She hesitated like her mother. He was afraid that this news would disappoint Rayhan who was actually still very hopeful for Aqilla.
Robert's forehead was confused. “But why?” her tanyanya represented Rayhan who was just as curious.
Reva breathed a heavy sigh. “She's married,” her great-grandson.
Rayhan.
“Kak Qilla on TV nganterin her daughter participate in the race, Sis. So, maybe... Brother Qilla is married,” Jessie explained again.
Momentary silence. Robert, Reva, and Jessie both stared at Rayhan. They know very well how Rayhan struggles these seven years.
Yes, Rayhan did stop the search for Aqilla first. However, Robert managed to get information if his son was still trying to find Aqilla secretly, the last woman he expected as his match figure. Rayhan was very eager that the forbidden relationship that night could be the key to the release of the shackles of his family's pain.
Rayhan could not bear to see his mother who continued to grieve. How Reva is always ridiculed by other mothers because she has no son-in-law or grandchildren is always known by Rayhan. She wants to fulfill her dream.
Rayhan exhaled a long breath. “Maybe we are not a match, Mi. So, don't think about.”
Reva's face looked gloomy. “Padahan, Mami hopes a lot with Aqilla, Ray,” he said sadly. “Mami wishes she wanted to marry you because of seven years ago. So then.. Mommy has a daughter-in-law.” Mami also wants to see you have a companion and happy, son...
Rayhan smiled slightly. “Ray later married, kok.”
“Whose name, Brother? Brother already has a candidate?” ask Jessie enthusiastically.
Rayhan grimacing. He nodded with as smooth a look as possible. “Not there, anyway.” Rayhan chuckled to see his sister avert her gaze in annoyance. “But, isn't it that people won't taper? There must be, well, the woman, Mi. Ray must be married. Just... when to marry Ray does not know.”
Reva forced her smile to rise, she was unwilling to make her son even more burdened with her wishes. Reva knows very well how Rayhan suffered all this time. The man often gets ridicule from many people because of his shortcomings.
Any handsome Rayhan if diagnosed difficult to have offspring like this is certainly a major consideration of women to accept it.
“Ray to room first, yes, Mi, Pi.” Rayhan got up from his seat after getting a nod from Robert and Reva. Then he went to the elevator and went up to the third floor of the mansion.
Inside the elevator, the man leaned his tired back against the elevator wall and let out a heavy sigh. His hand rubbed the rough face of his face. “So, are you married?” lirih Rayhan's.
Rayhan smiled wryly. “You're the perfect woman, Qill. Where would you like a barren man like me.”
May you and your family be happy, that's all.
^^^To be continuous...^^^