WHEN THE HEART CHOOSES

Episode 31

Marianne's tears just came to hear it. Arleta, the girl is praying to the Khaliq. Begging for forgiveness and regret for what he did.

There, Marianne could see the tiny body trembling as the lips spoke a word implied with remorse and begged for forgiveness.

Marianne could not bear to see Arleta who immediately prostrated after praying, she ran and grabbed the body that made the owner jerked.

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The girl looked at herself in the mirror reflection, her gaze blank but as small as a small smile was on her face. Although he still felt this was not the reality, but a happy hue was implied on the girl's face. He again observed his body with a small smile inexplicably seeing his appearance which now made his burden less.

Three days after the incident, he began to open his heart and thoughts about his life now, later and so on. Although not infrequently he feels very longing for the figure of parents, but he always solidifies his heart if all that is destiny, and wants to run wherever he is then he will still experience it.

Arleta tidied Khimar attached to his head, today he will go to the boarding house in this village with Marianne. Arleta wears a flower-patterned headscarf and Khimar peach makes her smile at her new look. Khimar who was not as long as Marianne but passed through the chest and the hijab that dangled down touched her ankle.

"Arleta already?" Marianne's words made her look back and find Marianne standing at the door of her room.

He nodded and picked up a sizable bag on the bed and walked towards the girl.

"Corny."

The two of them walked out and got Saint Sir who was raising Marianne's bag to the motorbike.

"Sir, later if there are friends who come nyari or anyone, just say that Arleta does not live here yes." Said Arleta when Pak Santo riding the motorbike and followed by Marianne and herself.

"Why Ta?" Marianne looked at Arleta confusedly.

"It's okay." Mr. Santo just nodded slowly and drove his motorbike towards the boarding school not far from here but if taken on foot can make feet sore.

When in the city the building is filled with formal and tight clothes then in this building is filled with women with headgear and loose clothing and he can catch some of them using a cover face or veil. The rare sight was able to make the clear liquid in his eye patch expand. His heart felt it must see it.

"Hopefully comfortable here. God willing, every Saturday we are allowed to go home." Marianne patted Arleta on the shoulder making the girl flinch in shock.

The two of them walked into the wooden fence and some of the teenagers who were near the fence stared at the two of them.

Arleta looked down in embarrassment while Marianne smiled at them.

Marianne and Arleta walked towards the room in the corner and there was writing there if it was the ustazah room teaching here.

"Assalamu'alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Umm." Marianne knocked on the wooden door and said her greeting and soon it opened and showed an elderly woman smiling at her.

"Wa'alaykumsalam warahmatullahi.. Ehh. enter the deck, Umm you've been waiting for that." After kissing the woman's hand Marianne and Arleta walked in and found five middle-aged women and two adult women inside.

"Assalamu'alaykum Umm, sorry long wait." Marianne sat on the bench there and followed Arleta.

"Wa'alaykumsalam, it's okay Ann. Nor was his waiting in vain." Marianne smiled slightly and nodded her head.

"Is this Ann?" Marianne looked at Umm Syifah for a while and nodded slowly.

"Yes Umm." Umm Syifah nodded and looked at one by one the people who were here.

"Rara, Umm leave Arleta to you. And Arleta, this is Rara's sister who will guide you here. Hope you feel right here."

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