Mysterious Men Are Tiring

Crying Without a Voice

Reza took care of all the administration of the return of her grandmother-in-law, starting from the return home to the funeral home next to finished in the cemetery.

Zidan also contributed to help even though it was just a help, Zidan decided not to return to Jakarta today.

Although Zidan was not successful with his mission to come to Kampung Ayu, but Zidan could not bear to leave the girl who had lived in his heart for more than a month. Moreover, his brother's friend was grieving.

On the way back to Ayu's grandmother's house, Zidan typed a message to his father. Zidan told his father that he was in Makassar because one of his friends was in a disaster.

Tampa waited for a reply from his father, Zidan put the phone in his jacket pocket.

Zidan is currently on an ambulance with Ichal and the body of Siti's mother. While Reza and Ayu are in Reza's car driven by Mr. Supri.

Until Ayu's grandmother's house, most of the neighbors were already in the courtyard of the funeral home, which makes Zidan remember his father's hometown in Palu, the rural atmosphere is still very thick.

While Ayu who from earlier only shed tears without a sound, continued to be near the grandmother.

Until Ibu Siti finished in Mandikan and when, then Ayu realized, if her grandmother was raised on a stretcher and will be under to the mosque near Siti's mother's house to pray.

Ayu also participated after reusing the mucena used when the qobul ijab in the hospital. Although the daily life of Ayu has not used the hijab, but Ayu has understood about the science of religion since childhood, because the mother Siti who teaches. The Grandmother was very patient in teaching Ayu, starting to read the Quran to pray.

Arriving at the mosque, Ayu participated in the funeral prayer with all worshipers. Ayu is very grateful because so many people who participated in praying i, the corpse of her grandmother.

Ibu Siti was buried in a public cemetery in the village.

After Siti's mother was buried, all her neighbors, friends, and distant relatives returned to their respective homes, now in the cemetery only live Ayu, Ichal, Reza, Zidan, and others, mr. Supri and Om Ayu who just arrived from Kalimantan because they were called by Ichal, and gave news that Ibu Siti had returned to Rahmatullah.

Grateful Om Ayu was given the opportunity to see and hold the body of Siti's mother before bathing.

"Darling... Let's go home, we'll soon be in for the magrib prayer!". Reza patiently invited Ayu.

But Ayu did not budge, He continued to crouch beside the grandmother's belly button.

"Nur... Let's go home soon it will be dark, grandma is calm there, we just have to pray grandma to be forgiven all her sins and laid her grave... Come Nur!". Om Ayu patiently holds Ayu's hand until he enters Reza's car.

Because in the village Ayu is still thick with tradition, so at home, Ayu and everyone in the car came down and saw that there were many neighbors who came to worship.

Reza who grew up in a big city, only this time he glanced at such an event. While Zidan, acting ordinary because, something like this, this, zidan had often witnessed when he used to live in the hammer, precisely in his father's village.

Ichal goes into the house, after Ayu and her omnya enter first.

"Nur.. You're here first, Om wants to go into grandma's room!". Said Om Ayu after dropping off his nephew.

Om Ayu just want to lift the suitcase that is still located on the porch of the house, because it had not had time to bring into the house.

hearing his Om speech, Ayu just nodded her head.

"Darling... Come on in, you must be so tired today!". Reza said after sitting next to Ayu.

Ayu nods and walks into a very simple room, but has many memories, the room that Ayu occupies starting from the baby with her grandmother and Om.

Reza also sat on Ayu's bed which was one hundred and forty times Two hundred. Reza was not too surprised when he entered Ayu's room, because today is the second time for Reza to enter his little wife's room.

"Honey.kmu just rest here, calm your mind, after feeling calmer, then you go out to meet the neighbors of the grandmother!". Reza patiently continued to talk to Ayu, who had only been quiet from earlier, from the time she left the hospital until now Ayu had never spoken.

That made Reza, as a husband, feel afraid that something was overflowing his wife.

Reza patiently continued to invite Ayu to speak, even though the wife had not answered with words, at least Reza knew if Ayu listened well to what He said, through the nod of the head and Ayu's obedience.

Almost twenty minutes Reza sat alone with his wife, until Ayu finally broke down and curled up on the bed. Reza thought, maybe Ayu was exhausted from crying for most of the day.

Carefully, Reza fixed Ayu's sleeping position and covered the legs to the stomach.

"Honey.. Don't be so sad... I promise I will always be together until I pick you up!". Reza muttered in a soft voice.

Reza can feel the sadness his little wife is experiencing, but Reza has not found a way to put Ayu back in a better mood, so Reza decides to let her go through.

Reza hopes that, after the events that abound Ayu today, there will be no more sadness in the future.

Because it was night, but Reza and Ayu had not yet come out of the room, Ichal ventured to knock on the door.

"Son... Come out first It's om and aunt wants to meet you!". Ichal said as he knocked on his daughter's bedroom door.

But for almost five minutes, Ichal stood up and knocked on the door, but there was no word from inside Ayu's room.

Until Ichal finally ventured to open the door of his daughter's room..

"Pantesan... no one said... It turns out you fell asleep!".

Ichal spoke to himself after entering Ayu's room. Ichal sees Ayu sleeping on the bed, while Reza, Ichal's son-in-law and best friend, is only half of his body on the bed, Reza's legs hanging on the edge of the bed.

Suddenly in my heart, Ichal feels guilty with his best friend, however, Ichal knows, if Reza from birth never felt his name life suffered, but because of him, he knew, the friend suffered as he does now.

"I'm sorry Ichal Za...!". Ichal apologizes before turning around and leaving Ayu and her husband to sleep first.

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