Sharing Love: The Suffering of the Second Wife

Ain Sulking

"Then divorce Umi!"

Ain was shocked as he closed his mouth. He almost said that phrase. Lucky to say only in his heart. He is not divorced from Ikram. Nah! Ikram can't divorce her.

You fool, Ain. You almost brought down your own world.

Ain cursed himself who almost asked for a divorce from Ikram. Luckily, the sentence was not until it was spoken.

"What's up, Mi?" Ikram tilted his head looking at Ain who covered his mouth. Ain snorted and returned to an annoyed expression. He slammed himself and then wrapped his body in a blanket.

Ikram clucked his tongue, I don't know what was possessing Ain until his attitude tonight is so strange for Ikram.

The man went to the bathroom, took wudu. The responsibility is awakened.

"Mi, pray tahajjud together, yuk!" invite Ikram to shake Ain's body rolled up by the blanket.

Ain simply moved his hand asking Ikram not to touch it. Ikram sighed, he took the prayer mat and held it.

Prayer sunnah tahajjud he founded to make his heart calm. Thought until dawn, then went to the mosque before dawn came. Not forgetting he woke Bilal to pray for worshipers in the mosque.

Nadia who has woken up does not want to be left behind the morning prayer. Stand with the girls in the back row. He even joined the congregation with the children of the santri.

That morning, for some reason Nadia wanted to stay silent in the mosque for a moment. He talked to some female students about a lot of things.

"You can speak Arabic? Wow ... that's great!" nadia was amazed at the three students who talked to her.

"Didn't you know, Abi was very good at Arabic" one of them exclaimed. He looked at his two friends for support.

"Really, Brother. Abi, right, who taught us Arabic. Nahwu, shorof, balaghoh, mantiq, and the like," said the others so proud of the leader of their cottage.

"Oh yeah? Sister does not know about it because all this time Abi never spoke Arabic with Sister," said Nadia binar admiration clearly visible in her eyes. How he did not know anything all this time because Nadia had never been to the cottage and even talked to the santri she was disinclined. This is my first time for Nadia.

"Yes, Brother. By the way, what age is your brother? It looks so young, doesn't it?" ask one of them and be guided by the other.

"Mmm ... How much, huh? Sister does not count, maybe ... thirties," replied Nadia origin.

"Thirty? Seriously, Sis?" exclaim them with wide eyes. Nadia nodded while smiling.

"Why?" nadia asked astonished at the expression on their faces.

"Unlike a thirty-year-old, Brother is like a person who is only in his twenties. Must be expensive, huh?" chirp them envious. The three holding their own faces did not refuse to want a clean white face like Nadia's.

"Good, really, just one. Wudu," said Nadia who again made their eyes widen.

"He's dead!" The santri children had just been about to open their mouths, but stopped when they heard the voice of Ikram calling Nadia.

The four people who were gossiping were looking behind them.

"Pig!" The three santri who talked with Nadia moved closer to Ikram. They greeted the leader of the cottage while saying goodbye to Nadia.

"Mas!" Nadia approached Ikram and Bilal.

Nadia went alone as usual. A smiling Ikram looked at him from the window. He will surprise her. Ikram plans to come to Nadia's factory without telling his second wife.

Ain who saw Ikram looked at Nadia, screeching dislike. He will sulk at Ikram until the man approves of his wishes.

Ain left to throw away his face as Ikram turned around and smiled at him. Only sighing can Ikram do to suppress the emotions in the chest. He sat in a chair reading textbooks for the material he would pass on to the children later.

Ain even forgot to make him coffee, was he on purpose? I don't know, but Ikram constantly glanced at the kitchen hoping Ain would show up with a cup of coffee in his hand. However, one minute, two minutes, up to five minutes waiting for Ain never showed up.

Crash back in a deep breath and throw it away slowly. Unraveling overflowing emotions asking to be spewed out.

Astaghfirullah al - 'adhiim.

The sentence was repeated in the heart so that shetan did not interfere in his emotional affairs.

"Umi go first, Bi," said Ain as he took Ikram's hand and kissed him.

"Lho, Mi, where does Abi make coffee? Umi forgot to make it?" ask Ikram with a confused face. The appearance of even Ain was even slightly different, almost matching Nadia's.

"The mother did not forget. Umi is protesting against Abi for not following Umi's wishes" Ain said plainly. He turned around without even wanting to hear Ikram speak.

The man shook his head while continuing to read the sentence of Istighfar in his heart. Before long, Bilal and Nafisah appeared who were about to go to school. Ikram escorted him to the gate waiting for their shuttle bus.

Stay alone, his two wives go with their own affairs. The clutter turned around and headed for class. Inadvertently his ears heard the grapevine children santri princess about Nadia. He smiles. The children did not talk about the bad, but instead said positive things about his second wife.

After teaching, he picked up Bilal and Nafisah at school and took his two children to Nadia's factory. Ikram did not know that Nadia was not there, but at the Hospital was undergoing the process of dialysis.

"Abi, where are we going?" ask Nafisah when you realize the road taken is not the way to go home.

"We're going to Mother's factory. You want to know, don't you, how's your Mother's factory?" ikram replied glancing at his two children who were sitting in the seat beside him driving.

"Yeah! We're going to the Mommy factory!" exclaim the two cheerfully.

"Mother must be surprised to see we suddenly come," chirped Nafisah while imagining Nadia would be surprised by their arrival.

"You're right, Mother must be shocked" Bilal said. Both of them laughed happily making Ikram smile to see him.

The Ikram car entered Nadia's convection factory. The sounds of the machine immediately welcomed their arrival.

"The size of the factory belongs to Mother," always Bilal while circulating views to the entire factory location.

Sarah who accidentally saw, was immediately panicked because surely her daughter-in-law would ask Nadia.

"Contact Nadia, tell her that Ikram is coming to the factory" he told Nadia's secretary at the office.

"Good, Mom!" he sent a short message to Nadia.

Nadia who was still in the room immediately jumped when there was an incoming message from her secretary about Ikram.

[Sir Nadia, there is Pak Ikram to the factory.]