
In the morning, before leaving Akhri visited Maryam.
He apologized for not keeping his promise to come. But he promised, will come again after returning from Tasikmalaya tonight. Maryam nodded.
Sure enough, without prior permission on Kania. Akhri went straight home to Maryam.
That night when it was raining heavily, a flash of lightning struck. Cheer with a thunderous roar.
Maryam has just been performing Isya prayer. Even though there is a prayer room below, he still performs his prayer service in the room.
Not without reason, perhaps because He now lives alone more often. Make him spend more time in the room. More than a writer's job.
A car horn rang out, Maryam turned her head towards the glass wall covered in white curtains. He moved closer with a feeling of happiness.
On the side of the white curtain, where she saw her husband's car. His warm smile was soft, he was very happy. Akhri kept his promise, especially his feelings that missed him so much after a week of not visiting him.
Soon he released a white mucena that wrapped his body, folded neatly and along with the prayer mat still spread on the floor.
After finishing the prayer tool he rushed to the mirror styling his long hair, and gave a natural-colored lipstick on his lips, bodyperfume on his arms and neck, lastly perfume.
“It is enough, to welcome it.” Mary smiled happily, she immediately came out from inside her room. And just as he was about to come down, the husband was already standing at the bottom of the stairs, giving a smile full of warmth.
He always carries another key. So if Maryam is not home, she can enter without waiting outside.
“Assalamualaikum.”
“Walaikumssalam, Bang..” Maryam quickened her pace, scattering on the husband. “Merr kangen.”
“MashaAllah. My brother too, dear... Sorry yes, Brother so rarely come here.”
Smiling wryly, while nodding, he understood and indeed had to be forced to understand. Because Bang Akhri has two wives now. Moreover, his second wife already had children. Maryam saw the bag next to her husband standing up.
“Abang really just came home directly here?” maryam asked, raising her head.
“Yes, Brother finished preaching at Lake directly here. Brother bring souvenirs also loh.”
“Wah... thanks Bang.” Maryam received the parcel given by Akhri. While Akhri immediately smiled, he kissed Maryam's head gently.
“Wanginya my wife.”
“Hehe... Bang, dinner already, not yet?”
“Then, eat with Yasdi.”
“Oh... so want a break directly?”
“iya Dik .. but you want to take a shower first.” Circling Maryam's waist. Mary smiled, and the eyes of the two met. Emitting a truly powerful aura of love, Akhri approaches Maryam's face, landing a kiss on her lips gently. “Abang kangen,” murmured Akhri, after releasing it.
Maryam just blushed. Especially when the thumb of the husband began to rub the lips ranum belonging to Maryam who really had teased him once.
“MashaAllah, come on up. Connect on top,” invite Ustadz Akhri while stepping his legs up with his hands still wrapped around Maryam's waist.
“Abang stay how many nights?”
Maryam who heard that was delighted. Because it's Akhri's right to be fair, isn't it? And hopefully Nia doesn't call their husband all of a sudden like she always does.
***
In the room...
Maryam changed her clothes. The wife's official clothes to spoil the husband, is a mandatory requirement that a wife must wear if she finds a signal from the husband is being served. While waiting, he sat on the bed.
Until the shakes of his phone made him look. Kania's name is on her screen.
Nia nelfon me?
He hesitated to accept it, then brought the phone closer.
"Hallo, assalamualaikum."
"Girishalam, Cece. I want to ask, if Bang Akhri came home to Cece. because hp Bang Akhri can not be contacted."
Mary was silent, she wanted to answer no. But isn't lying a sin?
"I–iya. He just came home, and is currently taking a bath."
"Ce please tell Brother to come home, yes. Husein fussed constantly," he asked.
"But you can calm yourself."
"Cece, is that it? I can calm my own child. But still, I need bang Akhri, don't be selfish dong!"
"Nia, I'm not selfish. But Bang Akhri just arrived. It's raining hard now."
"That can't make excuses. Please Ce. I need bang Akhri. Tell him to come home to me."
"Do you have to be like this? Is not the time given to you more. Bang Akhri only came to me twice a week. While you?"
"Ce, Cece must be aware that his condition between us is different. I have kids, while Cece doesn't!"
Degs... Mary touched her chest, her heart ached when Nia said that to her.
"Because I have kids, so I need more time. I bothered Ce. Besides, my son needs twenty-four hours of Abinya surveillance. If in a week bang Akhri come to Cece for two days, not to mention if there is preaching outside the city. The time for children will be narrow. Isn't that fair?"
Fair to you Nia, but not to me.
Maryam shed her tears. He could no longer refute the words from Nia.
"Cece must understand, this is the consequence when Cece asked me to marry bang Akhri...! As a payment, because Cece can't give a child to him." Telak, those words stabbed deeply into the heart.
Mary wiped her tears when she heard the sound of the bathroom key. Looks like bang Akhri has finished his bath.
"Well, I'll persuade Mr. Akhri to come back to your house. Now I have to close this call first." Maryam turned it off quickly, then tried her hardest to hold back her cries. Put the phone on the table after that replace it with Novel.