Rasidha Bidadari Clear-eyed

Chapter 7 - Aisha's Explanation

Zaid could not stand the trauma that still lingered in his son's heart, the thing that was most feared was the disappointment that was broken due to him who had betrayed. Everyone was moved and also sad, remembering Rasidha like forgetting his true identity. 

The saint who tried to calm her son now turned to her husband who did need a backrest, she immediately rubbed Zaid's back. "We can definitely get through this, I'm with you."

"How is it possible? Rasidha even looked at me hatefully, what should I do now?" Zaid tried to control himself and catch his breath. 

"Time, give Rasidha a little time. I'll try to get you closer, and undo the problem." 

"Are you sure?" 

Suci quickly nodded, and dragged her husband to leave the place, not wanting Rasidha's condition to scream and be overwhelmed by trauma and hatred. "Sister, I'm taking my son."

"All right." Sahut Aisyah who nodded her head. 

From a distance the Saints saw Azzam with Ayna, and immediately called out to him. "Son, come here!" 

"Yes, Mommy." Azzam answered his mother's call and immediately approached.

"Yes, Bi." Sahut Ayna who also ran over to her aunt.

Azzam saw his mother who put his father into the mobi, it made him and Ayna stunned when she saw the real face of the blue-eyed man who had been wrapped in turban. 

"Why is that dad, Mom?" 

"True, we have to go home now!" the Holy Word takes over the wheel of the car. 

"But__."

"No buts, Come in!" the Holy Orders immediately looked at his nephew and stroked his head. "Auntie should go home, keep brother Rasidha as long as he's here." 

"Why did Aunt come home so soon?" ayna asked who was very confused by the ambiguous situation she faced. 

"It's nothing, honey. Aunty goes sulu, assalamu'alaikum." Not yet Ayna reply, she got into the car in a hurry. Given the situation was not good, and gave Rasidha a little time to be able to understand everything. Actually he didn't want to leave in such a way, but what was the power now? She was so vulnerable to the past problems of her husband and son in Palestine. The day she was most afraid of actually happened, no one could understand her husband and daughter other than herself. 

"Mom, we just got here. Why did we go home in a hurry? And why did you show your face for the first time? What's the reason dad's been covering his face with a turban all this time?" So many questions in the mind of Azzam, he was confused and at the same time amazed by the good looks of his father. So he understood, starting from the blue eyeballs and the exact same face, only his hair was black from his mother's genes. 

"Be quiet, I'm concentrating on driving a car."

"But what exactly happened? I'm not a little girl who can't understand everything. I'm an adult, tell me why you look like that?" 

Suci worked his eyes for a few seconds and also stopped the speed of the car after they were on the side of the road. He immediately looked back with the tears that had accompanied him. "Mom will explain it when you get home, don't ask too many questions." The determination made Azzam obedient. 

"Good." 

While Zaid was silent, like someone who lived without a soul. Sadness and mistakes make him understand a relationship based on dishonesty. He also needs time to come to terms with the situation, and hopes Rasidha forgives his mistakes. 

"Dear, calm yourself. It's Auntie!" said Aisyah who splashed water on the face of Rasidha who was not yet conscious. 

Rasidha who was now lying on the bed and seeing Aisyah and Ainun in the room was very worried about her. "I where? And why am I here?" he was trying to remember everything. 

"Me?" Rasidha pointed at himself, until the shadow crossed his brain again. "Where are my mom and dad?" Rasidha felt guilty with his insolent attitude, but he also could not control the severe trauma that almost left him dead. 

Ainun and Aisyah held Rasidha's body from getting out of bed, gave him a glass of mineral water and helped the girl. "Read the bismillah first."

Rasidha sipped water in a glass after saying basmallah, sipped it to the ground and regained his composure. Aisyah immediately laid the girl's body down slowly and patted her slowly until her nephew fell asleep. "Thank God, he's calmed down."

"Hem, we'll go back and discuss this with Doni."

"Yes Umi."

Rasidah did not enter the class to make some of his friends became anxious, let alone the beautiful girl of Palestinian descent was not seen in the dormitory. "Tumben he disappeared, not as usual." 

"Is it possible that he's at Kyai Baharuddin's house?" 

"Maybe."

Elis and Neneng continued to chat regardless of the ustadzah that was explaining the lesson, a chalk board was thrown and landed on each other's forehead.

"Who dares to throw chalk?" Neneng stood up and pointed to find out who the culprit was, until it was realized if they were still in the lesson.

"I threw you guys, is there a problem?" 

"Last my history," the inner Neneng who swallowed the saliva with great difficulty. "Sorry, Ustadzah. My reflexes!" he said the crybaby while scratching his nape that does not itch.

"Please get out of my lesson, as his punishment." 

"Good Ustadzah." Neneng bent her regretful face, while Elis was similarly punished until both of them were outside the classroom.

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Rasidha who had just finished his morning prayers immediately hung his face very neatly, began to prepare a textbook and forgot about the incident. Not that he didn't want to forgive, but just needed time to forget everything and accept Zaid who became the killer of both his parents.

"Where are you going?" asked Aisyah who saw Rasidha finished getting ready. 

"I'm going back to the dorm, Bi."

"Are you sure?" 

"Rightly sure, I need some time to be able to come to terms with this state of affairs."

Aisyah approached Rasidha and hugged him, trying to give understanding so that the girl would not go wrong and follow the path of heresy. "Auntie knows, it's not easy to accept the harsh reality. Zaid loves you very much, he's a good father and gets guidance because of you."

"What does Aunt mean?" Rasidha let go of the hug and raised his head.

"Simon Albert, the commander of the Israeli military army who is known to be extremely ruthless and indiscriminate. He was cold-blooded at the time, but since seeing you with tears it made his frozen heart begin to melt. He adopted you and disguised himself as Zaid and has always been the largest donation in the foundation to children in Palestine. After you decided to go to Indonesia which at that time you were almost six years old, he accidentally heard the beautiful flow of the holy verse of the Quran which decided to embrace Islam and came to this pesantren with deep regret. Don't make your father grieve and feel guilty for the rest of his life, for eighteen years he kept that secret with deep concern." Obviously Aisyah who knew the story from her father, Suci also told a lot and she could understand everything.