
Akmal was still holding Abid back, then sat down to join the male guest. While Jamilah and Zulfa who followed behind him walked half-squat to meet the female guest.
Accompanied by Mother Zulfa Jamilah experienced all the female guests in the room. Then sit with them.
"How is Ayu Jamilah?" Abah immediately set his gaze on Jamilah who had just sat down.
Abah deliberately called out not as usual but used familiar calls between them. Where the Akmal family knows the name Ayu while the Santosa family knows the name Jamilah. He used to call Setyowati to his nephew.
How is what ....
Jamilah did not understand Abah Ridwan's intentions. He looked to the left and to the right and then looked down, as everyone was staring at him.
"Open up, son," whispered Umi Ridwan who was sitting next to her.
"What do you mean, Umi?"
" Whose application do you accept, Bara or Santosa?"
Jederr,
This chest feels tight for a moment. It turned out that everyone was waiting for him for the thing he wanted to avoid the rhyme earlier.
"Nr ..." She complained softly in the ears of the woman who had nurtured her since birth.
Umi Ridwan rubbed her head gently. Give strength to Jamilah to dare to express what is his choice.
"Shame ...."
"Yes told Abah there. Let Abah speak later."
Keep silent for a moment, setting your heart before stepping to express what has become a decision.
When he was ready, without many more words, he stood up from his seat, approaching Papa and his brother who were sitting among the male guests.
Uh! Let's breathe out heavy breaths quickly. Why do the shadows of sadness cross her imagination. Astaghfirullah al - adzim ... He said softly so that all the shadows would go away.
He patted Hasan's hand slowly. Then she wrestled spoiled on her Papa's arm which was very comfortable to lean on when there was a problem.
"Papa."
"What's my daughter?" Fortunately Hasan responded immediately.
"Papa supports whatever your decision is."
Jamilah. Then secretly glanced at Akmal and Santosa alternately before speaking frankly to her Papa.
In a whispering manner, he revealed that. Hasan looked troubled. Occasionally rubbed his daughter's head.
"That's right," he said softly to ascertain what Jamilah said. Jamilah nodded slowly.
No more words came out of Hasan's lips. Only once did she have a bright smile and her face was happy. He agreed with his daughter's decision. Because from the beginning he had understood the wishes of his daughter and who he chose.
Finished revealing his heart, Jamilah will leave.
"Hi, where are you going?" Hasan immediately grabbed the hand of Jamilah who was about to stand up leaving him.
"Sit down! You have an interest here. Papa just stood by you."
What a most frightening thing. Sitting among the men who await his decision and perhaps also accountability for his decision. Why this brain thinks too far that makes it more agitated and tortured.
Jamilah also undoes his intentions. Sitting hiding behind her Papa by holding her arms tightly.
"What did your daughter say, San?"whispered Abah.
Although Abah seems to be greeting the guests around him, he also continues to pay attention to the conversation of the nephew with Hasan. That is definitely something that all of his guests are currently waiting for.
Hasan whispered, conveying what has become Jamilah's decision. Abah nodded in understanding.
"That's good. But you should know the consequences, Setyawati."
Jamilah nodded, trying to be strong with the decision he made.
"Setyawati beg for guidance, Bah."
Abah refocused on looking at each of his guests, especially Akmal and Santosa who were waiting for answers to their applications through their parents' representatives.
"alright. Earlier I thanked the family of Mr. Ulya and Mr. Santosa's family who would come to our house. We did not expect that your arrival had the same intention. Want to propose Jamilah to your son. Akmal or Santosa. " Abah took a breath before continuing his words.
He looked into Santosa's expectant eyes, as though they were heartless. She was young and felt the same way: in love. But he could not deny the gaze of Bara on Jamilah when he was a child, which is now still clearly stored in his eyeballs that emit longing.
Whatever Jamilah decides, that's what he has to say. Praying, may it be best for the three of them.
So too with the faces of both. Both Akmal and Santosa were tense. There's the same concern. If that longing begins to exist in their souls, it must be buried deep.
Santosa who knew Jamilah since he was in one corps and the same tasks began to realize that a sense had begun to arise. And he always wished Jamilah had the same taste.
Pay attention to the small attention he always gives, because he wants to show Jamilah that he is worthy of waiting for his arrival.
He realized that Jamilah rarely showed a response in accordance with his wishes, although it did not appear that Jamilah also rejected him.
Ah, maybe because Jamilah was embarrassed, he thought at that time. But the more here he can no longer stem the desire for Jamilah always beside him.
Is it wrong if he came to his parents to propose so that the desire can be realized.
Santosa can only hope, hopefully what Abah mentioned is him.
It is very different from the current state of Akmal. He just bowed. What he wanted to express, he had already revealed to Jamilah.
He was hopeful, but realized that he was not the best. There are many differences between them. Although knowing not the depth of differences or weaknesses that exist in him makes a barrier for them.
He has to be honest. At least he did.
If the Power grants what he has always asked for in prayer from the beginning to know him. He believed it was the mercy of the Most Merciful and the Merciful to his servant who always hoped and tried.
Abah continued his words with a smile.
"There's no way we're accepting both of you're proposals. Must be the chosen one. Maybe someone is disappointed. But Abah please be sincere and keep the silahturahmi always."
Abah's words were very long and swirling, did not make the concentration of Santosa split. He still looked carefully at every word that came out of Abah's lips.
While Akmal was still bowed even more down hugging Abid who began to fidget in his lap.
Finally, Abah must strengthen his heart to express Jamilah's decision with his language.
'Miss Santosa, the day before Akmal had expressed her wish to propose to our daughter and she had accepted. It's just that we were still not sure because his parents had not come. But now that the Akmal family has arrived then there is no reason for us to reject Nak Akmal's proposal."
"I don't mean to refuse, but that's the truth.Once again I apologize to Nak Santosa and the family can not accept your wishes," said Abah who tried to calm down.
Hiks hix hix ...
"Abuehhh ... Sakiiiit."