When Love Begins to Be Asked

The Hilya

Once everything is ready. Kyai Rashid and Qonita go straight to the police station escorted by Kang Soleh as a boarding school driver.

" Who is Abah Kyai in prison?" asked Kang Soleh, curious.

" My daughter-in-law!" qonita.

" How can I be Umi? How could such a good and innocent Hilya possibly get into prison?" asked Kang Soleh I could not believe what Qonita said.

" Not Kang Soleh! Even we both couldn't believe it. So now we're going to visit him and want to ask him exactly what happened!" kyai Rashid said in a happy voice.

" I hope it's not a hard case huh, Mr Kyai? So that they can be released soon!" the kang sholeh prayer.

"Amien!" kyai Rashid and Qonita said.

Once we get to the police station. Kyai Rashid and Qonita met Hilya who looked so thin and the dark circles under her eyelids became more visible.

While in prison Hilya spent her time memorizing the Quran and also repeating her memorization. Almost until midnight he kept doing it. So it is natural that the dark circles in his eyes are becoming more visible.

Many of Hilya's friends asked to learn to teach her and Hilya happily taught them. Even some of them are interested in becoming Hafizah.

" Askarahmatullahi warahmatullahi wabarakatuh!" hilya said while commenting on the smile to her two in-laws who immediately hugged her tightly with tears.

" Waalaikumsalam Warahmatullahi Westarakatuh! Oh my goodness boy! You're so skinny. Did you suffer so much in this prison? You please forgive us, will you? Because we both don't know about where you are here, baby. Zaki didn't tell me anything about you in here!" qonita said as she clasped both hands of Hilya who was currently smiling at her.

" It's okay Umi. It was Hilya who asked Mas Zaki not to tell Hilya the matter. Because Hilya doesn't want Umi to be with Abi until her health is disrupted because of my problems!" hilya said as she looked at Kyai Rashid who was currently looking at her with teary eyes.

" Zaki is currently in Jakarta and is trying to figure out a way to get you out soon!" kyai Rashid said to Hilya.

" Mas Zaki is in Indramayu Abi. He's collecting evidence in the hospital. So it will facilitate the trial process which will be held in two days! Mas Zaki accidentally told Abi and Umi that he was going to Jakarta. So that you don't worry about his current state!" hilya explained to her parents-in-law about her husband's current whereabouts.

" Dear! Would you mind explaining to us about the chronology you can go to jail?" qonita asked while stroking Hilya's hand.

" It was all just an accident. Not any assassination attempt I made against Kak Fatimah. Fatimah's sister wanted to take advantage of this situation to corner Mas Zaki into marrying her or get me to divorce Mas Zaki. But we will not give up on the desire of Fatimah who wants to destroy our two households!" hilya said with all her might that made her two in-laws feel so proud of the power she had.

" You must have suffered living in prison, son!" qonita said with tears in her eyes.

" No Umi. I feel very happy to be in this prison. Because I can help my friends here to learn the Quran. There are even some inmates who have now started memorizing the Koran!" hilya explained about her life while in prison.

" Right Mr. Kyai! Your daughter-in-law really gave it her own color inside this prison!" said the police officer who is currently waiting for Hilya. To later return with him to his cell after the visiting hours were over.

" Thank God baby. If you can benefit them during your time in prison!" kyai Rashid said with gratitude and also happy and proud of Hilya.

" This Umi brings a lot of food you can share with your other friends!" qonita said as she handed over the food that had been prepared before leaving for the police station to visit Hilya.

" Thank you Umi. Umi really knows that Hilya is currently missing this food. Because in prison there's no Hilya's favorite food!" hilya said with a happy smile that did not come off her lips.

' O Allah, it is noble that my son-in-law's heart even in prison can still smile so happily!' inner Qonita as she was about to leave Hilya and return to the cottage.

When Kyai Rashid and Qonita were ready to leave the prison. They accidentally meet with Zaki and also the lawyer he hired to help Hilya in the court that will be held in two days.

"Same as Umi? Why are you here?" Tanya Zaki felt very surprised when getting both her parents to be in that place.

' Who told my parents about my wife in prison?' inner Zaki with a feeling of uncertainty.

" Would Abi and Umi talk to you, Zaki?" kyai Rashid asked while looking intently at Zaki.

" sir. Meet my wife first. I want to talk to both of my parents. Later when it's done. You can contact me!" zaki told the lawyer before he finally agreed to his parents' wish to talk to him.

" Tell Abi where you've been all this time?" ask Kyai Rashid to the point.

" Zaki lives in a friend's house!" zaki said while lowering his head.

" Why aren't you being honest about your wife's current state in prison?" qonita asked feeling disappointed in her son.

" I'm sorry Zaki Umi. Hilya who does not want to until Aby falls ill again because she knows about the problem!" zaki said as he lowered his head he did not dare to look at the faces of his parents at the moment.

" Please tell us the chronology because we are completely confused!" kyai Rashid.

" It was all just Abi's accident but Fatimah exaggerated it and made the incident to pressure me into marrying her!" zaki said furiously as he recalled Fatimah.

" Tell me because we want to know!" qonita forced Zaki.

" Hilya was in the bathroom and suddenly Fatimah went into it and said things that sparked a quarrel between the two of them. Then Fatimah attempted to snatch Hilya's veil. So Hilya accidentally pushed Fatimah until her head hit the floor. Unfortunately on the floor there was a ceramic fragment that opened so that Fatimah's head was scratched and shed a lot of blood. Hilya had donated her blood as much as two bags of Umi. To save the life of Fatimah who lost so much blood! But Fatimah is a person who really does not know himself. She used the incident to pressure me into marrying her. He even threatened Hilya to divorce me!" zaki said furiously as he told all the chronologies to his parents.

" Umi was completely out of thought with him. Wasn't he the one who just walked out on you by running away from your marriage? However, why is it that now he's cooking your life like this and making your life unsettled?" tanya Qonita felt angry and sad to see the life of her son as terrorized by Fatimah.

" Calm Umi! Everything will definitely be able to pass through just fine. If we give up, be patient and rely on God!" kyai Rashid said trying to calm his wife so that she can think clearly and not be ignited by emotions with everything done by Fatimah to her son and daughter-in-law.

" Thank God! Hilya seems to be able to adapt to the circumstances in prison and that Zaki heard from the police chief. Hilya even taught her friends to memorize and learn the Quran. That is what Zaki is grateful for from this disaster. At least Hilya can give light into the hearts of her friends who are inside the cell!" zaki said smilingly to his parents so that Qonita and Kyai Rashid felt at ease.

" We pray that Hilya can be free soon!" kyai Rashid said, approved by all those who were there.