ZAHRA AKBAR'S

Plan

As dawn began to break, Shafa stood in the balcony of his room. He was grateful to be found with the dawn. Hope to meet the next dawn. From the dawn he learned to be grateful for life. That he was still given a chance to change better today. Learning to embrace new life. Encouraging his soul to keep rising and moving forward. Grateful to still be given the breath to touch the coolness of the morning.

The sound of a message notification from the phone, made Shafa take off for a moment of relaxation in the morning. Read the message from Mr.Alay who again comforted his heart with increasingly alay jokes.

Mr. Play: Good morning! beautiful day for beautiful girl who stands in above skies this morning.

Shafa: Good morning too! How do you know what I do in this moment?

Mr. Play: Just my instincts. Because, now I do what are you doing too.

Shafa: You are a year in a city of people instead of being a prince of the palace and even become a bule alay that initiates messages with foreign languages. Long time I followed so Caucasian as you.

Mr.Alay: 😂😂😂 Injeh kanjeng princess. Sugeng! Dalem nyuwun pangapunten.

Shafa: Forgive me dech! I don't even know what language it is.

Mr.Alay: La keep karepmu piye? I'm kudu piye maneh My Ara?

Shafa: Long-time I throw you wear this 🍳

Mr.Alay: Wow delicious tuch for breakfast cow's eye eggs

Shafa: Not the egg that I threw but teflonnya make nampol your face that is getting messy

Mr.Alay: 😅😅😅😅

Shafa: Keep laughing!

Mr.Alay: Later nitip greetings yes make bang Fachri. Bye Ara's!

The heat! ngacir the boy. How does he know that today I'm going to kill Fachri. Ah, maybe it's a coincidence. Shafa's heart murmured.

He was still unaware that the figure he considered a friend was not Samuel. Because Mr. Alay also wears the character of Samuel, a cousin she knows well.

Then Shafa chose to change into sports clothes. He would run in the morning for a while around the complex. Not to forget also he banged on the door of Randi's room, invited the young man to come with him. Randi who was still half conscious was forced to follow Shafa.

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The Thunder House

Samuel entered his cousin's room without permission. He saw the young man smiling to himself in the balcony.

"It's still early morning! Don't smile at the heart and mind follow the gesrek" said Samuel.

Thunder turned towards his cousin's sister."You tuch the gesrek, enter people's rooms without excuse. Where's your manners?" she held back a little bit.

"My manners in the Moluccas."

"Pantesan he drifted in the middle of the sea. It's so far gone." Thunder went back into his room and sat down on his bed, followed by Samuel.

"Sir Thunder has started contacting Shafa again?" ask Samuel. This time he looked serious.

"Yes" replied Thunder briefly. His sturdy hands were busy flipping through the phone, as if something was stuck in his mind.

"Then?" ask Samuel again. He was curious mixed in wonder with the attitude of Thunder who was like a worried person.

Unasked, Thunder thrust his cell phone at Samuel. Let the young man know what he is talking about with Shafa.

"Lo definitely can't control himself when it comes to Shafa. You should be able to keep your distance with Shafa, Kak."

"Yourself who yesterday suggested that I contact him again, why did you even become a sewot like this." Thunder is not to blame.

"Yes I know Brother. But I don't think so either. Kemaren lo sluggish like a snail why now savage like this. I am glad I read it." Samuel threw Thunder's cell phone on the bed.

The young man beside him even slammed his body on the bed with a loud laughter sounding. "What's important is that Shafa knows that you're not me."

"Et bye, I'm made a goat congek mulu ama lo Kak."

Thunder looked speechless again after laughing seductively at Samuel. Tucked guilt at Fachri because he teased his wife. But the man had just died, not even forty days.

"Shafa seems to be starting to get cheerful again after connecting him again. From the style of the language when reply to each chat lo he seems to be fine now," said Samuel break the silence.

"He should be fine. Maybe after I will keep my distance by sending messages only occasionally," said Guntur in a sad tone.

"But if Shafa first chat, bales aja Kak. In any case, he needed a friend to fill his emptiness. I'm also afraid that Shafa is reckless again because of frustration." Samuel went out of Thunder's room.

Thunder himself was still curled up his mind filled with anxiety. Between love and guilt.

Sorry Fachri! I love Shafa very much. I don't want to lose another chance. Although it may be difficult to penetrate his heart but I will be patient to wait until anytime. Until fate will lead me to him. I promise to take care of her with my love. You once told me that there might be something hidden behind my encounter with him. And that something is love. My love at first sight.

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Steven was delighted with his daughter's change, it was better than Shafa continuing to be riveted with grief over Fachri's departure. The work he does will distract his mind a little.

After cleaning up, Shafa switches to the kitchen to cook with Bik Nani. Everything he does with passion. She must be able to become an independent girl. Can do homework with his own hands without relying on others.

"For Daddy!" Shafa greeted his father cheerfully accompanied by a warm kiss.

"By first too, baby!"

The father and daughter started the breakfast ritual accompanied by a bit of comforting laughter. The relationship between the two is getting closer after having been tenuous some time ago.

"Today Shafa borrowed Randi first yes Dad," said Shafa while wiping his mouth with tissue.

"Yes, Randi today Daddy is relieved of his office duties. But you also have to remember, not to disturb the lecture Randi. Let him do his job first you take out" advises Steven.

"Ok Daddy!"

After that Steven pampit to the office with ushered Parjo sir. The car has been ready for Randi since this morning. Andi who served as his personal secretary had given busy at the office. So it is not possible to pick him up.

Shafa approached Randi who was on the side of the kitchen. The young man seemed to be working on something.

"Your college assignment hasn't been run around Rand?"

"In a moment, no, a little bit more done." Randi replied without looking at his interlocutor.

Shafa waited for Randi while playing his phone. He contacted Anin with a short message. Ask where his best friend will continue college. And they exchanged news.

"Where are you going to college after this?" tanya Randi broke the silence.

"Gue wants to go to America, so I can meet Ethan bang," replied Shafa. Though he will be studying outside the city alone, a series of achievement track tests he has participated online.

"Non Really!" Randi still did not believe it completely.

"really. Let me be free, no one bothers me. No one will do me like me," said Shafa who is still engrossed with mobile phones.

"The Non-world must be empty without me. So go to college here. There are many quality universities in their own country. Don't use people far." Randi closed his laptop when it was done.

"Like me dong!"

"Trus Non want us to take it where? Mr. Steven asked me to be Non's driver today" asked Randi.

Shafa stuffed the phone into his sling bag. "We're looking at Fachri's bang Rand. Before that we go to the flower shop. Buy souvenirs for a beloved husband," he said later.

Randi can only obey the will of his daughter. They immediately entered Shafa's sports car.

"Gue aja Rand driving, I miss bringing the Audi," said Shafa took over the wheel of the car.

They both went to the place where Shafa was going. When he bought five flowers. Of course for both her parents, both her husband's parents and for Fachri himself. Either by chance or how, they were in the same cemetery.

Shafa stepped slowly into the burial area. Put one flower at a time that he brought. Last time she sat down to comfort her husband.

"How are you today, Fachri?" Tears had already flooded Shafa's sweet cheeks. Randi who was looking from a distance, his eyes looked teary.

"Sorry Fachri! I can't tell these tears to stop flowing. I'm sorry if this hurts you, but I'm sicker with your departure." Shafa tried to wipe his tears with the back of his hand.

"Maybe this is the last time I'm here, Fachri. After this I will go looking for my own life. But you take it easy, I still carry your love with my heart. I will survive with your love that has been imprinted in my soul."

Shafa stepped out of the tomb area, followed by Randi who was at the exit.

"We're going to grab a dress for Rand's tomorrow night show" Shafa said. Randi took over the wheel.

Upon returning from the boutique, Shafa invites Randi to study motorcycles again. He should ride the bike before leaving.

Until the evening, the two just returned home. Shafa felt tired after his activities all day. He lay down his body on the bed while checking the messages on his phone. No incoming messages from Mr.Alay. Without realizing it, joking with Mr.Alay became his new habit.

Shafa grabs Zahra-Akbar's book which he keeps in a drawer. Open a book he has not read.

The path of life we go through is not always smooth. Sometimes we will meet steep roads, steep roads and uphill. There are times when we get to the crossroads. Which one must choose the right path to reach the destination. Ask for guidance from the Supreme Guide. So that every step of your way is protected by His pleasure.

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