The Pledge of Love Embroidered Heaven

CHAPTERS 111. The sweetness of patience

"You're aware of Nisa?" the question immediately grinned in my ear.

I've been massaging my temples repeatedly. "I'm where's Fey?" my eyes are glaring around. There's Jihan and Jovan standing next to me. I didn't find Soraya and Ali here. "You're all here? Why else would I be Fey?" question streak.

"We were at the house of Ustadzah Nilam, the nanny of the cottage and TPQ Al-Hasanah, we found you passed out in front of the toilet."

"Fainting in front of the toilet?" my inner. My brain re-settled what happened before I lost consciousness.

Jihan grabbed a few pieces of tissue and rubbed them against my forehead. "You're still pale Nisa. Looks like you still need to rest."

I pull a smile when I remember something. My gaze I circulated, looking for the person I had been waiting for for a long time.

"Did you find someone near me when I passed out?"

Jihan hasn't spoken. He stopped his activity and instead turned his gaze towards Fey and Jovan who were standing next to where I was lying at the moment.

I looked at Jihan, Jovan and Fayzulen in turn.

"Why are you quiet?"

"I didn't get it wrong to look at Jihan, Fey, Jo, before I saw the gravestone. Az-"

"Why! Nisha. I think you need a break." Fayzulen cut my words fast.

"Well, it's Nisa" Imbuh Jovan.

Jihan justifies my blanket. "It seems they were both right, for the sake of keeping your rest. We stayed a while. Have a good rest, Nisa."

They all walked out of the room and I stayed alone in this room. "They're all why. Why are they so weird." I'm ingrained.

I rubbed my stomach, and asked the baby in my stomach to speak. "Honey, right mother had seen Abi with her own eyes dear mother. Abi is alive." I smiled happily.

"Now I have to find my husband. I'm sure he's here." Slowly I woke up.

Just about to stand up Brother Soraya has come to follow me to a room that I do not know whose room this belongs to. It may have belonged to Ustazah Nilam. Like the name my friends mentioned.

"Your sister is awake, isn't she?" Brother Soraya came with a happy face, her eyes twinkling. He immediately greeted me with a gentle kiss on both of my cheeks.

"Sir Aya?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"So, I must have been worried. Forgive Nisa yes Brother. If you've done Kak Aya's show," I said that I'm not happy with him, because from the beginning I was the one who forced Sis Soraya to grant my wish to be able to come with him to the Book Bazaar.

"Oah. No dear."

Brother Soraya smiled back very happily it seems. "Sister, Nisa can ask you something."

"He'em, can dong. What is it, brother?"

"So why does it seem so happy?" ask me to frown, yes certainly very surprised.

"Later you know for yourself, why can you be this happy. And you may even be happier than your older brother, Dik," said Soraya confidently.

Before long the sound of knocking on the door was heard. Brother Soraya excitedly walked open the door for the owner of the knock earlier.

I saw Brother Soraya nodding, whispering softly behind the door. I don't know what's being talked about yet and who's having a discussion behind the door. I can't see it.

Soraya's sister closed the door again, before I saw Kak Soraya's hand form the letter O followed by the word "OK" not knowing what agreement was made.

"Sister, there's a special surprise for Nisa."

"Ah, gini day there is a surprise. What surprise is it?"

"Any curious, huh?" He took my hand and asked me to close my eyes with both hands. "Now close her eyes, because there will be a special person who will meet Nisa today."

"Yes. Nisa says Brother. But don't be weird, brother."

"Ready. Don't open her eyes before you say yes."

I can't see anything. It was all dark because Brother Soraya asked me to close my eyes. Quite curious, I made it.

"Have you not, brother?"

"Not yet, just a second... "

I heard Soraya's voice whisper. My eardrum can catch him talking to a man, though his tone is faintly heard.

"Now the man is next to Nisa."

"Whose person is Brother? Nisa open her eyes, right?"

"Yet. Haven't. For a moment I count to three yes" Brother Soraya gave instructions.

One... Two... Three...

"Now Nisa can open her eyes" said Sis Soraya excitedly.

Slowly and a little blur I saw Brother Aya standing in front of me. I still rested my shoulders on the head of the bed quietly.

"Taraaa.... See who's on Nisa's left?"

After I managed to focus my eyes. I looked to the left. Just like what Soraya said.

"Assalamu'alaikum darling. Yes my zaujaty. "the speech immediately greeted me.

I was stunned when I saw the man who had been missing for more than a month, now sitting right next to me. He gave her a sweet smile. I have longed for the smile so much. It's true. My guess is right not wrong. My file was right all along. Yeah Robb. My mind endlessly gives thanks. It's beautiful what I've seen all this time. This is a miracle for me.

"Wa'alaikumsalam," I replied slowly.

"Abang Azzam... ?"

I grabbed his hand that was holding the stick and kissed it for a long time without being able to speak. My tongue feels bad. I don't know how to tell you what's going on and I see it in front of me right now.

Tears flowed from the eyes. It hints at a deep longing. Don't want to lose the moment I immediately took his body by holding Azzam's body so tightly.

"Dear, my brother misses his wife very much" he gently rubbed my head up and down.

For so long I have buried my face in the arms that I have longed for. I felt like I was fasting, fasting stifled longing.

Sholawat qur'aniyah chants further add to the atmosphere of haru, sholawat was brought by children aged around 10 years and above.

As planned they all lined up neatly while chanting sholawat. And maybe it was planned by them, it could be when I fainted earlier. Behind the children stood Fey, Jihan and Jovan and Ustadzah Nilam. Sis Soraya who also watched him was moved.

I rubbed Azzam's face, his beard was left to decorate his dagun, he let a bit of Curtains-style hair be seen, and his white peci was attached to cover part of his slightly elongated back hair.

Right now I feel an incongruity, many times Azzam misplaced his hand when he wanted to touch my face.

I see he seems to be fumbling. His eyes were empty too. I looked towards Brother Soraya who was still wiping the traces of her tears.

"Sister, why brother?" I asked Soraya. He took a position and sat on the edge of the bed and also looked at me with a sad and pityed look.

"Azzam can't see us, Sister" Soraya whispered into my ear.

A speck of clear debris spilled back. I looked at my husband from his head to his hand which turned out to be holding a stick, I didn't even notice it before.

"Darling... " I rubbed his face. "What's going on?"

He bowed deeply. Face glum. "I'm sorry, dear brother. Nisa had to bear the burden of this grief alone. I'm sorry you couldn't be on Nisa's side. Eliminate that sadness. Now brother is blind, baby. You can't see the sweet smile of your wife in front of your brother right now. Actually, brother is not ready to be met with Nisa at this time with the condition of a disabled brother like this, dear. Again forgive brother."

I raised his face back to throw away the regret that slipped in the recesses of his heart. "So that's because my brother doesn't want to go back to Nisa. Really brother, Nisa thinks that brother has died. You're leaving us all."

Everyone in this room is quiet. There's only my voice. The children chanting sholawat have gone since it was delivered by Ustadzah Nilam.

"Yes. Brother actually wanted to come back when brother had recovered," his voice choked, he was crying.

"Darling, you shouldn't. No matter what your brother's situation, Nisa will accept everything. Wasn't it the brother who always said that to Nisa."

I rubbed his face. And kissed her eyes, as she used to do to me and now it's my turn to do that to her.

Both of our foreheads were stuck together and the tip of my nose with it touched each other. There was no doubt in my heart to share the affection in front of those who saw us both shed the love and happiness that rose in my chest. "There is no need to be regret or shame like this, because Nisa will accept the lack of a brother. Nisa is confident that you will recover. Brother don't be afraid to lose Nisa's love because Nisa will always be there and give love to the only man Nisa loves in Nisa's life" I whispered very softly, I tried to convince Azzam of everything.

"Thank you, baby."

I pulled out his palms, then I let him touch my face. His fingers moved slowly fumbling at every curve in my face, as if he didn't want anything left even a inch behind.

"You're so pretty, baby," she said.

"You can do it." I laughed as I pinched Azzam's cheek.

"Who's brother, dear?" ask Azzam.

"There he is. She misses Abi." I carried his hand to my stomach. He touched and rubbed her and kissed her with love.

"Abang can't wait to see her, baby."

I held her back tightly to convince her. "Just pray that we are all given health and can soon see it being born into the world."

"Son Nisa?" call Ustadzah Nilam

"Yes Ustadzah."

"I am so happy that Azzam finally got together again with his family. In fact, many times, my husband and I tried to persuade him to immediately meet his family but he was reluctant because of the reason for his blindness."

"Ustadzah, may I know how Azzam got here?"

"At first the children of the cottage who found Azzam's body while looking for wood. He was found unconscious with wounds on his body."

"We finally took him to the healer to recover his condition, which for about a month he had to lie down, he had a bone fracture in his thigh. With his spirit to immediately return to the family finally slowly he can recover and can again walk. Although we only do traditional medicine in healers," explained Nilam ustadzah.

"What Ustadzah Nilam said. The fatal accident that brother experienced, has frowned upon sight, brother."

Azzam recounted the events that happened to him three months ago.

"The bad weather also the winding road makes the brother who was driving at that time, become difficult to control the car. It was also a heavy rain accompanied by a storm, while my brother's body was very exhausted. As it passed through a sharp bend, a large trontoon truck that ran fast appeared from the opposite direction." Azzam took a short pause to take a breath. A little bit of tiredness in his chest when he though recounted a bad experience that almost led to death.

"Abang tried to dodge but the car brake brother did not work. Finally, my brother was unable to avoid the collision. It happened so fast. Rara pisan on the spot. Meanwhile, the hood of the front car has issued a fire spark. And from the rearview mirror, brother saw a car drove down like he wanted to hit the car that brother drove. At that time I was trying to remove the seat belt attached to the brother's body, as well as Rara. But the time and distance of the car that is getting close makes you have to jump out immediately," continued Azzam

"Abang deeply felt how his brother's body crashed violently onto the ground, while blood continued to pour profusely from his brother's face. Until then you can't remember anything anymore."

Ustadzah Nilam added. "Nak Azzam suffered a broken bone and bleeding behind his eye lens to interfere with his vision. At first Azzam said that his vision that was originally only blurred, over time brimmed, then dark."

I took a deep breath. Sadness is still unstoppable when I hear my Suamin stories. Au rested my head on the husband's shoulder, tears welled up. Can't imagine how panicked my husband was at that time, but God still works wonders.

"O Allah, the Greatest of Allah, Laa Haula wa la Quwata illa Billah," I cf. I cf.

"Maybe it is all a form of help from Allah because of the istiqomahnya Nisa who continues to pray brother. Thank you, honey," he said.

"Nisa is sure it is all barokah from the idiqomahan of Abang also who unceasingly read sholawat and penchant brother bershodaqoh wherever you go or also because barokah from his brother Azzam's bakti on the elderly," my word.

"Also baroque prayers from you, dear. Without the strength of prayer, brother could not still be here now."

And Azzam asked again after that. "What about Rara, Nisa?"

"Rara did not suffer the lucky fate of her natural brother. He died at the scene" I replied heavily.

"Innalillahi wa innailahi roji'un"

"Surely the problem of the brakes of Brother's car that does not work. There are people who want to hurt my brother. But Nisa doesn't want to bring that back. Because it will only open old wounds. Let us reorganize our lives, with the life we're going through next."

"God, dear so great is the Power of God,“ I said as I shed tears.

"We should be thankful that God still wants us to be together. In fact, God has not refused to separate us in such a short time. Hopefully we are still given an abundance of sustenance and healthy favors so that we can enjoy time together until dusk we say hello." Please Azzam.

"Amimin, baby. Now we focus on your healing. You must believe that you will be able to see again. After we get home from here we'll get treatment for honey."

We both clasped tightly together, trying to strengthen each other.

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