
In an elite residential area, Zio arrived at his home,
"Zi, where are you from?" ask Bu Suyamti who has been sitting in the family room since.
"So mama wants to take you to breakfast, but said bi Saodah you have gone first, not with sports clothes, but you ride in the car. Why so early in the morning on Sunday you rush to leave." Rich Bu Suyamti.
"Zio, from ma's hospital." replied Zio.
"From the hospital? Who's sick?" ask Bu Suyamti.
"Ehm, his nephew, Mr. Yuda mah." replied Zio.
"What's he hurting?" ask Bu Suyamti.
"Poisoning." replied Zio.
"What poison drink poison?" asked Bu Suyamti fiercely.
"What does mama mean?" ask Zio.
"Where is he?" asked Bu Suyamti without answering Zio's question.
"So sempet koma ma, critical. But, this was already past its critical period." replied Zio.
"Thank God" said Ms. Suyamti.
"Ma, what did you mean?" ask Zio
"Do you like her?" ask Bu Suyamti.
"Ehm..."
"We talked in the park. Mama wants to talk." take Ms. Suyamti.
"Yes" replied Zio following his mother's steps towards the garden behind his house.
Arriving at the park, Ms. Suyamti and Zio sat on the garden chair facing each other.
"You like that girl Zi?" ask Bu Suyamti.
Zio nodded.
"If Tiara?" ask Bu Suyamti.
"I mean mama?" asked Zio did not understand.
"Zio, mama does want you to get married soon, but that does not mean with just anyone. Mama wants you to marry someone of weight." kaga bu Suyamti.
"The Pearl of the Heart of a good girl, she is Sholihah, friendly, helpful, diligent and hardworking" said Bu Suyamti, while Zio just silently listened.
"From the very beginning of meeting him, already liked that girl Zi. I hope you can choose her to be your wife" said Ms. Suyamti.
"Engga ma." Zio replied quickly.
"Why?" ask Bu Suyamti.
"That girl is still in college, ma, she's my student. He's a bidikmisi student, there's a rule, he can't get married before he graduates" Zio explained.
"You're a lecturer, you should be able to do something" Ms. Suyamti said.
"If it's with Tiara, mama won't ask you right away, waiting anywhere is okay. As long as you are with her." said Bu Suyamti.
"Is that why you invited him to teach? Is that why you invited her to a home study? Is that also the reason you asked me to pick Tiara up when you were sick?" ask Zio streak.
"Yes. It's all true." replied Ms. Suyamti.
"But unfortunately, Zio can't be mah." replied Zio.
"Why?"
"Just like you can ma. Zio has no taste whatsoever of Tiara" said Zio.
"She's a good girl Zi, I don't think it's wrong for you to try to learn to love her" Ms. Suyamti said.
"It can't ma. Love can't be forced, it's hard for Zio to love women ma, and only Shanum can penetrate my heart ma" Zio said with confidence.
"In fact, he is perfect, both his religion, well he said, both his behavior, good spirit, academic values and achievements are also good, even perfect... but that's what makes me not interested sometimes. She's far below me, she's too good, too perfect for Zio ma. So Zio could not accept him in Zio ma's heart" said Zio at length giving the reason for his rejection of the Pearl of the Heart.
"Ehm... But why did you choose Shanum?" ask Bu Suyamti.
"Color, my heart chose it" said Zio.
"Can't you do it with other women? Don't be the same girl." asked Ms. Suyamti.
"Why Why ma?" ask Zio.
"She's a crazy girl Zi" said Ms. Suyamti.
"But that was ma" said Zio.
"Now the same. She must not have been poisoned, but she must have been drinking poison" Bu Suyamti said, leaving Zio stunned.
"Where did you understand?" inner Zio.
"He's a nephew of Mr. Yuda, he's been living with Mr. Yuda for a long time, because he's been depressed since his mother died. He still had to always control Dion's doctor, a psychiatric specialist. Besides, she doesn't want to be in touch with men at all, mama thinks, she has a disorder" Ms. Suyamti said.
"Ga may ma." replied Zio.
"Ga how is it possible? Obviously until the age of almost head three, he did not want to get married" said Ms. Suyamti.
"But not necessarily she's not normal ma." Zio refused.
"Zi, anyway mama doesn't want you to be with her" said Ms. Suyamti.
"Ga can ma. Zio loves him. Zio promised her that Zio would marry Shanum" Zio said.
"What?" ma Suyamti was surprised.
"Sorry ma."
"Zio, you shouldn't have said that to that woman. Mama has chosen the best mate for you. Why do you choose other people who actually have a bad past ?" ask Bu Suyamti.
"Sorry ma. Zio just loves Shanum" Zio said.
"But Zi..."
"Or Zio won't marry forever" Zio said as he walked away.
"Zio, Zi." call Bu Suyamti.
"You will regret Zi, if you keep marrying Shanum" said Ms. Suyamti.
"Ga ma, Zio will regret letting go. Shanum's a good girl ma, she's just a victim" Zio said.
"But he..."
"Zio knows his past, Zio knows his past problems, including him being the victim of his papa crime, which makes him afraid of having a serious relationship with another man, including the man who fell in love with him, and that also makes him deserted until now. Zio had thought about all this carefully, Zio would still marry Shanum, even though our mama was gigijinin" Zio continued in his footsteps.
Bu Suyamti pondered to himself in the garden. His son was never in line and thought with himself since the first but, Zio is a child who is so loving him.
"Why Zio? Why did he so choose that girl over my choice, Pearl. What am I supposed to do? On the one hand, I want Zio to get married, but on the other hand, I don't want Mr. Yuda's niece to be Zio's wife. He's crazy." Inner ma'am Suyamti.
Zio who had entered his room, immediately took a shower and made himself clean. The plan is today that he will return to see Shanum again in the hospital.
"I'm sorry Zio mah...Sorry." murmured Zio as he arrived inside his room.
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While in kosan, Mutiara Hati immediately tidied up his things. He recalled the brief incident during his trip from Solo city to Semarang.
"Why did Dzen choose me? Why does Dzen love me?" inner Pearl.
"Why did you choose Dzen mas to take care of me. I feel I'm too lucky to get it." muttered Pearl.
"Mas Dzen.." muttered the Pearl while playing the pen.
"Astaghfirullah's. Tiara, stop you thinking about something that doesn't matter. You still have to go to college, you can't think of a guy before you graduate. Suck it!" the word Pearl reminded his heart that was being crushed. Pearl busied herself by opening her leptop, she opened the organizational files she followed, for her to check if she had to finish. Then open the phone, check if there's anything right that matters. Then Mutiara again struggling with leptopnya by turning on WiFi from his phone to read the article.