LOVE STORY OF AZZAHRA

Ride Mango Trees

" May ...."

Azzahra blinked when she heard Aunt Linda call him.

" Yes, Ma?" tanya Azzahra turned her head towards her mother-in-law while on her way back to Jakarta on the plane.

" From now on you have to prepare for William if he grows up. Mama wishes she was as good as Gavin and doesn't make it difficult for you to communicate. Like Mama can also accept Gavin, although the story is a little different. But at least Jovanka's a good woman. He did not instill hatred for William against the figure of Gavin. It will make William more receptive to Gavin and you, Ra."

" Yes, Ma. Looks like Rara has a lot to learn from Mama."

Aunt Linda patted Azzahra's shoulder.

" Mama is sure you can get through it well" Aunt Linda told Azzahra.

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" Honey, are you home?" gavin asked as he found his wife closing the door when he came out of the bathroom.

" Ah, Brother Gavin. Assalamualaikum, Brother. Gavin's taking a shower, huh? I can say hello there is no lawful." Azzahra put down her handbag and greeted her husband.

" Navalayam, Honey. Yeah, I was thinking I'd pick you up at Daddy's." Gavin.

Azzahra walked to the wardrobe to get Gavin a change of clothes.

" Sister Gavin's been eating?" ask Azzahra.

" It's been at the hotel, because I don't think anyone's accompanying me to eat here." Gavin then approached Azzahra and wrapped his hands around Azzahra's waist.

" What about after meeting Jovanka?" tanya Gavin took off the hijab that Azzahra was wearing slowly.

" Kak Jovanka is nice and very beautiful. I wonder why Brother Gavin left him?" Azzahra regrets why women as good as Jovanka should be hurt.

" If I hadn't left her, I wouldn't have married you, would I?"

Azzahra then hugged the body of Gavin who was still wrapped in a bathrobe.

" Are you feeling calm now?" ask Gavin later.

" I finally understand why Gavin chose not to do a DNA test for William. Because Jovanka is a good woman. He does not use circumstances to his own advantage. I hope that Kak Jovanka will be happy with her marriage later, Sis. He deserves happiness." Azzahra expects a decent life for a woman like Jovanka.

" Aamiin, let's just pray that Peter is the right man for Jovanka." Gavin also wishes Jovanka all the best.

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Three days later, Gavin and Azzahra return to Singapore to attend Jovanka and Peter's wedding.

" Congratulation for your wedding and long life, Peter. Please take care Jovanka. She's a good girl." Gavin salutes and congratulates Peter and asks Peter to take good care of Jovanka.

" Thanks, Sir. Of course, I do love Jovanka so much. So I would like to take care of her" Peter promised that he would take care of Jovanka because he loved her.

"Congratulation, sir." This time Azzahra gave a congratulatory greeting while clenching both palms.

"Thanks, Mrs. Gavin's. Nice to meet you .." said Peter kindly.

" Nice to see you too, sir." said Azzahra.

" Jo, congratulations, yes! I hope you'll have complete happiness with Peter." Gavin greets Jovanka while patting Jovanka on the shoulder. Gavin did not embrace Jovanka even though he wanted to do it as a form of support for the woman he once loved. Gavin certainly appreciates the feelings of his wife and husband Jovanka now.

" Thanks, Gavin."

" Sister, congratulations on a new life. May it last until grandparents and be given happiness always." Now Azzahra who congratulated Jovanka while hugging her ex-boyfriend's woman.

" Thank you, Azzahra."

" Oh yeah, where's William?" tanya Gavin makes Jovanka and Azzahra break her arms.

Jovanka then pointed to the direction on the left side of the building near pelaminan.

" That, right there with the tantenya."

" We'd like to meet William first then" said Gavin then clasped Azzahra's hand down from the pelaminan stage and walked over to William.

" Hi, William ..." Gavin bowed his body greeting William who was sitting eating cookies.

" How are you, William?" Gavin then raised William's body until now the tiny body was in Gavin's stocky arm.

" I'm fine, Uncle." William looked towards Azzahra.

" Oh, She is your Aunt, William. You can call her Auntie Rara." Gavin attempts to introduce Azzahra as William's aunt. Because to introduce as his wife it feels to a child of William's age is still not understood.

"Hi, William ..." Azzahra rubbed chubby cheeks of the boy.

"Hi, Auntie Lala." William greeted Azzahra. But before long William's laughter was heard because Gavin continued to kiss William to make William feel amused by the feathers around Gavin's jaw and chin that felt like piercing his skin.

While Azzahra felt stunned staring at the interaction between the child and the father before him. Azzahra could see how much Gavin loved William. She then stroked her stomach, hoping to get a baby soon for her marriage with Gavin.

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Six months later ...

" Neng Rara, let's go down!! It'll fall, Neng!" Rusmi yells to ask Azzahra to come down because his master's son is riding a mango tree in the backyard of Abi Rara's house.

" Neng!! Be careful when you fall! Quick down!! Later if Aa Gavin, Abi and Umi Neng Rara know, Rusmi must be angry, Neng!" pekik Rusmi is back.

" Bi Russian is so noisy! Disturbing Rara's concentration. You can be quiet, Bi!" Azzahra grumbled because from earlier ART in the Abinya house was too noisy to scream.

" Yes but if later Neng Rara falls, it's dangerous, Neng!"

" Yes Bi Rusmi don't doain Rara fall, dong!"

" Yes now Neng Rara is down! If you want mango then just tell the others who ride it!" exclaim Rusmi back.

" Rus, what are you doing Umi's been hearing screaming all the time?" Umi Rara suddenly comes near to Rusmi.

" That-that, Umi! Neng Rara ..." Rusmi points her finger up the tree making Umi Rara follow the direction of Rusmi's index finger.

" Athaghfirullahal, Rara!! What are you doing up there, Geulis?" Umi Rara was made to gasp with the behavior of her daughter who was already on top of a mango tree.

" Rara wants to pick mangoes, Umi!" exclaimed Azzahra giggled.

" Duh Gusti, come down Rara!! You can fall down!" Umi Rara looks senewen.

" Umi's responsibility is to pick another one on top of that." Azzahra pointed at the mango fruit which was about a meter away from him standing on the branch of the tree.

" Oh Allah, Yes Robbi .. get down, Neng geulis! If you want mango then tell Mang Ucup or Surip to ride the tree. Hurry you down, Ra!"

" No need, Umi! This is Rara picking her mango. It's Rara coming down." Azzahra slowly came down from the tree.

" You are just up and up a tree. If it falls, Gavin will be angry." Umi Rara expressed her worry.

" It's okay, Umi! In her childhood, Rara also loved to ride the same tree as Kang Asraf and Kang Aydan," Azzahra then handed over some mangoes that she picked to Rusmi.

" It's gonna peel now, Neng?" ask Rusmi.

" Just ask Umi, huh!" sahut Azzahra tidied up his slightly tangled clothes.

" Why Umi, Neng? You want to eat the mango." Umi Rara frowned hearing Azzahra's reply.

" Rara doesn't want to eat mango kok, Umi!" Azzahra denied Uminya's assumption that he wanted to eat the fruit.

" Why did you get on?"

" Because Rara wants to go up the Umi tree, exhausted by the anxiety see the fruit is ripe so," said Azzahra then walked casually leaving Uminya and also Rusmi into the house.

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