
...Make people like you because the beauty of your morals is not just the beauty of your face~That teacher Zuhdi~...
Having legitimately become a wife a few hours ago. Liza chose to remain in the room and did not meet other large family members who were now gathered in the family room. The woman just sat leaning on the head of the bed, her eyes blank. He could no longer speak with everything that had happened now.
Fariz is taking Umi Fardah home. The middle-aged woman was very tired after the wedding which was in the morning until the afternoon before the magrib. Liza closed her eyes and slowly tears came out from the corner of her eyes.
The woman got off the bed and stepped into the bathroom to get some water. The food Fariz gave the woman did not eat. He was completely unfeeling when his mood was shrouded in sadness.
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"Umi, I went back to Liza's house. Tomorrow I'll be here to pick up my suitcase and some of my stuff" said Fariz who got off the beat motorbike.
"Why come back to town tomorrow, Riz? Umi still misses you so much, you just got married," replied Umi Fardah with a sad face.
Fariz smiled faintly." I've been here a week, Umi. And now I have to go back to the city to work and now I have a wife to live with."
"Khaliza did you take her there too?"
"Yes, Umi. Now Liza's my wife and she has to come wherever I go. Because he's now my responsibility."
Umi Fardah sighed heavily and nodded weakly, confirming her son's remark. Asty and Hasan's younger sister Fariz are already inside the house.
"Then I say goodbye, Mi." Fariz grabbed the hand of umi Fardah who had started to wrinkle and kissed the surface of the middle-aged woman's back.
"If you have arrived in the city later, do not forget to tell Umi" said Umi Fardah hoarse and hugged the large body of Fariz.
His heart was heavy enough to let his son go again, although this was not the first time Fariz had left him with such a long time.
The beak woman's body trembled perfectly with sobs that she could not bear anymore. It was not only the passing of his son that made him sad. But his heart still could not accept the marriage between Fariz and Khaliza.
Fariz let go of umi Fardah's embrace and wiped the remaining tears on the middle-aged woman's cheeks.
"Now Umi goes into the house, and as long as I go to the city, Umi take care of health and do not think much of it."
Umi Fardah just nodded weakly and looked at her son. After saying goodbye, Fariz returned to riding his bike. Before returning to his father-in-law's house he would go to the pharmacy first to buy medicine for his wife.
Luckily the pharmacy in this village is not too far away.
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"Assalamu'alaikum's chat..."
Liza who was sitting on the floor and was leaning on the side of the bed looked up at Fariz who entered the room. The man was carrying a clear crackle bag filled with drugs. Fariz removed the jacket attached to her body and hooked it behind the door.
"Why silence? Sin does not answer greetings" Fariz looked at his wife.
"Waalaikumsalam.." the great-grandson of Liza who lowered her head and occasionally glanced at her husband.
"Have you prayed magrib?"
Silent.
Liza was silent, not answering her husband's question. His eyes were focused on the prayer beads that kept rolling in his fingers. A very slow sound of drowning came out from the tiny lips behind a thin covering on his face.
"Tomorrow we will move to the city of Bandung because the day after Mas has to go to work," said Fariz while opening his bag containing several changing clothes. "So, you have to prepare the clothes and items that you will bring to the city."
Liza shook her head." I don't want to move, I want to stay here!" his reply.
This house has many memories with her first husband. He also did not want to be far from his parents. He is very comfortable living here.
Fariz breathed heavily. He moved his feet toward Liza and sat down before the woman.
"People know, it's really hard for you to leave this house. But now you're Mas's wife and you're supposed to be with Mas." Fariz again uttered his words to give understanding to the wife with a soft tone of voice.
Liza turned her face away. Her heart was really heavy leaving this place, and her husband's grave was in this village and it would certainly make it difficult to visit her as usual. Fariz clasped both hands of Liza who looked jolted in shock. He turned his head and looked at Fariz's black net.
"The wife must obey the husband including being obliged to follow wherever the husband goes to take you, this obedience is present on the basis of Allah SWT."
"So tomorrow you should be ready. All tomorrow morning we make a pilgrimage to your first husband's grave before going into town" Fariz said with a faint smile.
The man seemed to know what his wife was thinking. And it must be related to Liza's late first husband. Her father-in-law, Muhsin, had told her everything about Liza who loved her late first husband so much that she refused several applications from other men.
Fariz got up from his seat and immediately went into the bathroom to take a body wash and took the water. While Liza's feelings are not good at the moment.
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"Why is the veil on your face not removed?" asked Fariz who had just finished praying Isya and was now staring at Liza who was sitting leaning on the shoulder of the bed. As usual, the woman spent the night reading a book before going to bed.
Liza gulped her saliva rough."I'm not ready to show you something I've been hiding all this time, I just need some time."
"But until when? He became your husband and__"
"Please give me some time, I'm just not ready doesn't mean I won't show my face!" Liza raising her voice made Fariz speechless. The woman seemed to be unable to control her emotions.
Liza closed her eyes for a moment neutralizing emotions that could not be contained.
"I'm sorry." said Liza slowly as if aware that the speech she had uttered had been very outrageous, although she did not intend to raise her voice to her husband, Fariz.
"Yes, it's okay. I understand." After saying that Fariz got up from his seat while folding the prayer mat and put it to where it came from.
Fariz sat down on the side of the bed to his wife. While Liza put the bolster in the middle of the mattress to become a barrier between the two of them. Feeling that everything was done Liza laid her body and let herself have a little trouble breathing because of the veil that was still attached to her face.
"Just take off your veil, I'm afraid you're having trouble breathing to sleep like that. Seeing your face won't make you do anything. I'll be patient waiting until you really accept Mas." said Fariz reassured Liza who turned her back.
Silent.
Liza slowly turned her body and got up from her bed. The woman's gaze looked beautiful because of the drowsiness that began to whack. Fariz smiled gently at the wife.
Liza's two hands stretched out releasing the veil attached to her face. This time she chose to obey her husband's words, She was really tired when she had to argue and her energy was exhausted after a day of standing in the guarantee to receive congratulations from the people.
Fariz stared at the curve of the wife's face which was not covered by anything. Cheeks that are filled and appear reddish and lower lips that are split.
"MasyaAllah, you are so beautiful Liza," praised Fariz.
The man looked amazed looking at the beauty that the wife had. Liza squeezed the blanket when Fariz touched her face.
"His words will not matter." liza's great-grandson pursed her lips. Recalling the promise the man would not touch her while at this time the man stroked her right cheek.
"It is wrong for a husband to be ignorant of the beauty that his wife has? Hopefully Mas can guide you, although Mas's understanding of religion is still lacking and still have to learn again. But God willing Mas will guide you to be the wife of the sholehah and we both achieve the pleasure of God from a marriage which God willingly is full of blessing in it."
Liza was silent, making no sound. There was a sense of haru and sadness that clutched his mind at this moment when he heard that. He just nodded weakly.
The chewy and moist object stuck perfectly on Liza's forehead which looked so surprised to receive a kiss given Fariz. The masculine scent that was emanating from Fariz's body pierced into Liza's sense of smell. The distance between the two this time was so close that they could inhale the scent of their respective bodies.
"Now that you're sleeping, I'm out, I want to see you."
Fariz got up from the bed. The man looks ordinary after giving a kiss on the forehead of the wife who is able to make Liza's body freeze and heart that stops beating for a few seconds.
"Not slept yet, Riz?" muhsin said just a pleasantries to his son-in-law.
"Yet, Dad. I'm here to have a serious talk" Fariz replied.
The man wearing a brown cocoa shirt sat himself on the sofa facing Muhsin.
"What do you want to talk about?"
"Tomorrow I'll take Liza to town, Dad."
"Dad thought Liza was staying here" Muhsin chuckled softly.
Fariz smiled in response." Liza is now my responsibility. So he should have come with me."
Muhsin mangosteen."The most important thing is that you take good care of your daughter. And I beg you if he makes a mistake don't snap."
"God willing."