
"Pipits ? What's wrong with her ? Did something happen to her, son ?" Kyai Lutfi asked in a tubi with a face that looked panicked.
Seeing how the figure of the angel in front of him looks so worried about Pipit, making Dhafa feel moved and also convinced. It was fortunate that his sister met him.
He's really my brother.
"There's no Abi, there's just something I want to ask about the girl." Dhafa said with a smile.
It was Kyai Lutfi who breathed a sigh of relief, hearing if the girl was not in trouble, the article was only a few hours ago his best friend contacted him.
"Please son, what do you want to ask."
Dhafa took out a brown envelope that had been stored in his backpack. Giving it to Kyai Lutfi with a pounding heart, it appears that the middle-aged man in front of him frowned but did not stop him from receiving the brown envelope.
And just as Dhafa expected, that shady face instantly turned sour when he saw the contents inside the envelope. Then looked at Dhafa's face with eyes that were difficult to interpret. It was clear that the murat was hard on his forehead a sign that the middle-aged man was holding back emotions.
"Where did you get all this, son ?" The question was still in a soft tone but full of firmness.
"That's what I wanted to ask Bi, someone sent it to me and just like Abi, I was surprised."
"How do you mean this ? Abi doesn't understand."
Dhafa let out a long breath.
"Did Abi know Mr Lukman ?"
"The man, of course Abi knows, is very familiar. He's a man who has no responsibility at all. He was also the cruel man that Abi first met in this world." Kyai Lutfi said as she closed her eyes. " But Abi knew what he was doing to protect her. That's why that night he forced a meeting with Abi just to make sure his safety." The impact again with a breath that feels heavy.
"Abi means how ya." Ask Dhafa.
"Before Abi answers your question, there's something Abi should ask first." The look in his eyes turned serious, making Aqila slightly agitated. " What is your relationship with Lukman ? Then why are you asking about Pipit."
"That's.."
Suddenly Dhafa's tongue felt stiff, cold sweat began to seep down his body. But the touch of Aqila's hand made her calm again. After normalizing his heartbeat, Dhafa finally ventured to answer Kyai Lutfi's questions.
"Pak Lukman is my uncle Abi, and Pipit is my younger brother."
The sudden atmosphere of silence no one wanted to start making a sound, until the heavy sighs of the two sounded.
"So that man is you."
"I mean Abi ?" Tanya Dhafa was confused.
"Yes, the man whom Lukman meant was you, his nephew whom he had abandoned in a foreign city without a brother or anyone they knew, without even a penny in the boy's hands."
Dhafa is surprised, meaning his uncle has been telling Kyai Lutfi.
"So..."
"True Dhafa, the day before your uncle died he had come to see Abi, said something important and he asked Abi for help. She wants Abi to always look after Pipit and bring the girl together with her brother. She's afraid the time isn't much and before something bad happens to her she actually wants to meet and apologize to you.
He wants you to keep and protect your brother from the thugs because of your uncle's huge debt and he promised your brother to give him as his debt redeemer.
All this time he knew if you survived and were cared for by a wealthy family, because at that time your uncle had gone to Jakarta to look for you and accidentally met you who was with your new family."
"Uncle to Jakarta ? Then why didn't he see me Abi." Tanya Dhafa held her chest tight.
"Your uncle is embarrassed and useless, so your uncle finally decided to come back here after finding out about your new family. But fateful a week when Lukman got here, death even picked him up and he did not have time to tell Abi who your new family is. It's just that he told Abi that he had asked his friend to give him something that he had prepared, and sent it to your new family. And Abi didn't think that the little boy was you Fa."
Dhafa was pensive with blank eyes, his heart felt so tight and sick. Found the real harsh reality about his uncle whom he had hated all this time. And also the only sister who turned out to be alive, a question that he had always wanted to hear the answer. Why did his uncle do all this to him.
"Abi, can you tell me my sister's beginnings can be here ? I want to hear it all without missing one." Pinta Dhafa is shriveled with glassy eyes.
His eyes looked so empty hoping that the man would tell him all about his sister's pipit. Until finally Kyai Lutfi granted Dhafa's request, seeing his face that seemed to withstand sadness and guilt.
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While in Jakarta at night....
Rio looks out of the bathroom with a body that already looks fresh. The smell of soap filled the room. The man's appearance looked so sexy and seductive. His body which was just wrapped around a towel cloth at the waist displayed a loamy stomach and a box like torn bread.
After wearing his clothes, Rio seemed to circulate his gaze throughout the room looking for the figure of the girl who was already his wife. His forehead creased as the room looked empty. There is no figure of Pipit, his wife who is flattered with all his absurd behavior.
Where is she ? He murmured in his heart.
Her lips lifted into an arch when she saw the balcony door open, indicating that the girl must have been there. And his guess turned out to be true, his wife was seen standing leaning against the iron fence.
Slowly Rio approached and wrapped his sturdy hand in a slender stomach of the wife who was covered in a long robe. Kissing the shoots of his head that are also covered with a long hijab to the stomach.
"What is this hm ?" His whisper then put his head on his wife's boat.
Pipit who was daydreaming was shocked when suddenly there was a pair of burly hands wrapped around his stomach and hugged him possessively. Slowly release the circle with the heart.
"Sorry, but can it not be like this ? I need time, everything's so sudden." Lirih.
Although disappointed but Rio tried to understand it, it is not easy to accept the sincere thing so suddenly. And he was aware of it, from the beginning he was ready to bear all the consequences.
"It's okay." Rio replied with a genuine smile.
Seeing how the man was smiling instead of angry, made Pipit feel a little guilty.
"I'm sorry, but I don't mean.."
"I mean it's okay, baby, I get it. Don't worry, I'll be ready to wait until you can accept me as your husband." His voice again gently cut off the word Pipit
The girl's tears trickled down for the umpteenth time, making Rio even more panicked.
"Hey, I'm really fine, don't cry I beg you. My heart hurts when I see you cry like this." Said Rio while wiping away his wife's tears then carrying the tiny body into his arms.
"Let's go to Azriel's house, Abah tells us to go there, he says there's something important he wants to tell us."
Pipit nodded in agreement to her husband's invitation, although she could not accept and serve Rio as a wife, but it would not hurt if she obeyed her husband's words.
And this is where they are now, in Azriel's house with all the families that have gathered there. It seems that Mr. Aryan and Mama Syifa also stayed there, considering that the baby Arsyf is currently asleep.
"What did Abah call us ? Is there anything important ?" Asked Rio with a soft tone.
Abah looked at the two with a meaningful smile, making the pair of newlyweds squint their forehead.
"You're not weird about your wife yet, are you Le ?" Abah Ahmad asked with a smile.
Rio who understood the meaning of his brother's words, could only let out a long sigh. While Pipit was still looking at the two with a puzzled look.
"Not Abah, Rio is still waiting until Rio's wife is ready and accepts Rio as her husband." Reply firmly.
"Alhamdulillah." Replied them in unison which instantly made Rio gawk perfectly.
"Why do you all look so happy." His grunts with facial mimics were a bit irritated.
"It looks like this son of abah can't wait to break the goal." Chirp Azriel who instantly got an eye shot by Rio.
Simultaneously everyone who was there laughed at the same time making Rio scratch his temple while Pipit himself could only hide his already flushed face behind her husband's back.
"Unfortunately you can't do Yo, and that's why Abah called you here."
"What does Abah mean."
"Begini Yo, Abah and all of them even Kyai Lutfi agreed. We all decided to get you back tomorrow."
Rio was surprised, looking seriously at the face in front of him which now also looks serious with the words of Abah Ahmad.
"What does this mean ? Rio did not understand, it was not that the two of us were already married, even Abah and the others were his witnesses." Rio Toilet.
"You were right Yo, and actually your marriage was legal because we thought that Pipit had no family or relatives anymore. But due to the news that Abah just received if the marriage guardian Pipit was still alive then we decided to get you married again tomorrow. And he is now on his way back to Jakarta."
"I mean Abah, please don't twist."
"Pipit's biological brother is alive, and he's on his way back here."
TB