The Chosen Heart Part 2

Dani Lied?

Fasting has been a week.Several days yesterday Isna was able to complete her fast until magrib, but this morning, suddenly Isna felt severe nausea.

Dani was very worried. He asked Isna not to fast on this day.

It's been a few weeks that Dani has been outside. Back then, when the magrib Dani had not reached home. The reason is still on the road, stuck in traffic.

Isna has a lot of suspicion. Dani's attitude changed. Indeed, she was still sweet, romantic and very considerate of Isna. Nothing is reduced. Only time is reduced. It's time for Isna not as much as before. Even if you can say Dani spends more time outside the house.

But Isna did not want to be suspicious excessively. Isna tried to convince herself that everything Dani did was for her work. Without any other things.

Is this how household life is? After officially being husband and wife the intensity of meetings is no longer as often as before marriage? Meet at night, fill the time finally with sleep, because both are tired.

I don't know, Isna understood with the busyness of Dani, and did not want to cause the impression of a spoiled wife by sulking or asking Dani often at home. But Isna still felt something was up.

Until the completion of the prayer tarawih Dani still did not go home either.

Isna was really worried, Dani's phone could not be reached.

Stuck where for hours like this? Doesn't Dani know that waiting makes the mind create strange things.

In order to expel his unrest, Isna decided to invite Mbak Pri to the house of Mbah Sumirah.

Mbah Sumirah, commonly called Mbah Sum, is a neighbor of Arif, whom Isna only knew yesterday.

" Why go to Mbah Sum's house, mbak ?" Ma'am Pri asked.

" Want to play. Wanna see the condition."

" But then when Dani's going home how?"

" Yes, let him go home."

" It means that if Dani goes home, then Isna's not home, how?"

" It's okay, Pri. He won't be mad."

" But if the house is locked, Dani can't get in."

' He's got a spare key."

" Y wis. Come on." Come on."

Isna locked the door,

Then holding Pri's hand.

To get to the village where Arif lived Isna and Mbak Pri had to go out through the security guard post, then turn right. About twenty meters turn right again, enter a small alley. From the mouth of the alley, Mbah Sum's house was a hundred meters away.

Not far from the mouth of the alley there is a building of bamboo, which may function as a patrol post at night. There were some young men singing along with guitars.

Isna paid no attention to the people there. He walked down, until someone called his name.

" Isna Tea."

The sound of the guitar stopped. All attention was directed at Isna and Mbak Pri.

" Mas Arif," Isna replied to Arif's call. Apparently the person playing the guitar is Arif. Still wearing clothes koko and sarong that he was wearing tarawih prayer.

" Mom Pri. Where are you going, gini nights?"

" Don't know this was mbak Isna. He said he wanted to meet Sum."

" Want to meet Mbah Sum?"

" yes. "

" Oh, yes monggo..." Arif welcomes with his Javanese accent .

" Excuse me everyone" said Isna.

" Yes, tea."

They, Mbak Pri and Isna, walk, towards Mbok Sum's house. It just so happened that Mbah Sum was sitting on the terrace.

Mbah Sum lived in the house with a five-year-old girl named Ayu.

From the story that Isna heard from Arif, Mbah Sum is actually no blood relation at all with Ayu. Ayu's mother, her name is Sofie, died a few months ago.

It all started with Sofie's arrival to the village five years ago, when Ayu wasn't even born.

Sofie, as a new citizen at that time, quite seized the attention of the old citizens, because of her 'wah' appearance, her face was also beautiful.

Sofie buys the house that Ayu now occupies. Coincidentally next to the house Mbah Sum and her husband occupied a small rented room,

Mbah Sum said, up to Isna's ear through the words of Arif, Ayu's real father, Sofie's husband, was a doctor, but Sofie and the doctor's relationship was never approved by the doctor's family. Until they married secretly.

Somehow the story goes, Sofie finally decides to stay away from her husband, unbeknownst to her husband, she leaves, at a time when she is pregnant.

After Ayu is born, Sofie returns to her old job, which is why Sofie is considered immoral by the doctor's family, a job in the night world.

It was only a few months ago that Sofie died of uterine cancer. Before dying, Sofie tells her to stay at Sum's house, looking after Ayu. Mbah Sum's husband died two years ago.

" Assalamu'alaykum," Isna greeted in front of the house of Mt. Sum.

" Wa'alaykumussalam." The sound of the door opening.

" Eh, Teteh... Go to Tea." Mbah Sum, the woman in her sixty years invited Isna in.

" On the terrace, Mbah. Is Ayu asleep?"

" Just now, Tea. What's the need anyway?"

" Eh, Pri Ma'am, here or so, time stands." He remembered about Pri.

Pri's mother approached, then stood near Isna's seat.

" Mbah, Isna wants a buras message* the same fried, use the sauce also yes Mbah, make iftar tomorrow. Can you?"

" Can Tea, What's the fry? Bala-bala, gehu, what's tempe ?"

" Just mix it up, twenty. The stew is twenty too." Isna handed over a hundred thousand bills.

" Yes, tea." Mbah Sum received the money from Isna's hand.

" That's it, Mbah. Isna saying yes?"

" Yes..Tea, what's the rush?"

" Mba wants to rest, right? Tomorrow morning Isna here, want to invite Ayu to play, can you?"

" Yo can, Tea. Monggo, please."

" Mature suwun, Mbah."

Mbah Sum laughed when he heard Isna speaking in Javanese.

"Lho iki duite ono angsulane."( This is the money there is a return.)Mbah Sum replied in Javanese.

" Mboten nopo-nopo, Mbah. Kanggo Ayu mawon angsulane."( Nothing, Mbah. Just make Ayu change)

"Suwun ngggeh, Tea."

"Sami-sami, Mbah."

Isna stepped out of Mbah Sum's house, accompanied by Mbak Pri.

Passing through the place of a group of young men who were gathering at the patrol post.

" Already, Tea?" Arif asked.

" Shy, Mas."

Until the house turns out Dani still hasn't come home. Isna's turmoil reached its peak.

She took her cell phone, tried to call her husband's number. His number was inactive.

Probably active now.

Sounded like a connecting tone. Shortly the call is connected.

" Gorgeous Assalamu'alaykum" Dani's voice was heard across the phone.

" Wa'alaykumussalam, where else?"

" A little while to."

" Ohh... Yes it is."

" why? Kangen huh?"

Isna didn't answer, hung up.

His confusion, mixed with frustration, was also inserted a big question mark, very big. There's a question Dani has to answer, honestly. "Why just got home?"

Soon the sound of Dani's car entering the yard. Can't wait Isna, want to immediately reward Dani a series of questions .

Suspicion rattled his brain. Anxiety roared his heart. Something had happened to her husband, which made him have to be like that, like hiding something from Isna.

Whatisit??

Remarks :

* The porridge is made of rice, wrapped in banana leaves, similar to a poultice. The difference is that there is a content, usually filled with oncom sambel, cooked by steaming, while pontong without contents, matured by boiling.

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