Zahwa My wife

Chapter 176

The sun was almost drowned, inside the mosque in the boarding school, it was clear the sweet voice of a solicited santri, and maybe in a few minutes there will be the sound of Adzan magrib.

After finishing looking around the house, Reyhan was seen walking home to enter the cottage area, he walked towards the Nazwa residence which was behind the boarding house building with a smile.

When there was something strange about his son, Reyhan approached and tried to ask his son.

"Rey, where are you? Why smile at yourself?" Ask papa.

Reyhan who was surprised by the arrival of his father who suddenly came from beside him turned around and answered his question by stroking his chest.

"Reyhan was exhausted from looking around the house of Nazwa and Rangga pa." The answer.

"Then enter quickly, soon Adzan magrib." He continued to watch the clock in his left hand.

"Yes pa." Reyhan rushed in and bathed because he did not want to miss the congregational prayer at the mosque.

***

In the morning, the sun still seemed shy to show itself, but it was clearly seen today the atmosphere will be so bright. After bidding farewell to the Nazwa family, Reyhan and his parents were seen boarding their car and returning to Jakarta.

Reyhan's parents had promised Nazwa's parents that they would come often and continue to pay for Nazwa's treatment, they also said they would always tell them about Rangga's whereabouts, and asked Nazwa's parents not to hesitate to contact them if something happened or they needed anything.

The car drove away from the Nazwa residence, but Reyhan's eyes were seen circling some of the houses he passed, very slowly he brought his car, and the, until he was left far enough by the car to his parents.

Siiit.. Reyhan's car is seen stopping suddenly beside a girl who is seen pedaling her bike, making the girl a little surprised and stopping her bike.

The girl seemed confused by the car trying to block her, but she was still waiting for someone who was seen opening the car door to get out.

"Hey miss." Reyhan came down smilingly greeting the girl he met yesterday at Nazwa and Reyhan's new home.

"Assalamu'alaikum." The girl replied while nodding her head, making Reyhan feel embarrassed and misbehaved for mispronouncing in greeting Muslims when meeting.

"Wa aleikum salam." Reyhan replied timidly."

"What's up, sir?'' Asked the girl, she was still confused by Reyhan's purpose of blocking his net.

The one asked was increasingly wrong, because he himself was confused by the intent and purpose of stopping the girl. But because it was already wet, Reyhan finally ventured to get acquainted.

" My name is Reyhan, if I may know what Miss is?" Reyhan is seen sticking out his hand intending to shake hands, as other people are generally acquainted.

The girl just looked at Reyhan's hand with a smile, then she answered the man's question before her but not to welcome Reyhan's hand.

"Sorry, my name is Ayesha." He answered while disturbing his head.

Realizing his mistake, Reyhan quickly retracted his hand, forgetting that a Muslim woman would not want to touch him when she met him, as Zahwa and Nazwa did when they first met him.

Feeling confused and embarrassed, Reyhan looks increasingly wrong behavior so talk is not funny.

"Sorry, then excuse me." Reyhan turned his body towards the car, but again he turned to face Aisyah. "Oh yes, thank you for allowing me to see the house yesterday, and the key has been handed over to Abi Zakaria." Reyhan said, but Aisyah only looked smiling.

"I'll excuse you then, by the way.." Reyhan raised his hand while opening the car door intending to go inside, but again Aisyah embarrassed him, because the girl again said hello for their farewell.

"Assalamu'alaikum." Aisyah.

Reyhan was stunned then turned his body and answered Aisyah's greeting with a smile.

"Wa, Wa alaikum salam." Reyhan replied while shaking violently that he felt in his body because of the endless shame attacking him.

With Reyhan slowly getting into the car, he lowered his windshield, then nodded his head slowly to Aisyah several times, and Aisyah replied to Reyhan's nod with a smile, and after Reyhan's car drove he went back to pedaling his bike while shaking his head slowly several times.

Meanwhile in his car, Reyhan expressed his shame and regret on the steering wheel of his car, it was seen with several times he beat the steering wheel while muttering to himself.

"Aaaa, why am I so stupid in front of him.'' Shut up for a moment, then babble to yourself again.

''I never looked this stupid when I met Zahwa, I even knew how to talk to Zahwa back then, aaaa shit, stupid, stupid, stupid, why am I so stupid and so foolish, O Allah.'' Silence moment.

"But she was indeed very sweet, her face was so adorable when she wanted to scold me yesterday." Starting to smile herself considering her meeting yesterday with Aisyah.

"Dad, Aisha." He repeatedly mentioned that name.

Aware of her who had mentioned that name, Reyhan rubbed his face annoyed with one hand. Then he began to accelerate a little bit the speed of his car, because he felt already far behind with his parents. Actually Reyhan was forbidden to drive by his parents, but when he wanted to leave earlier he was seen whistling loudly wanted to drive himself, because it has a purpose that is to hope to meet Aisyah.

Reyhan's cell phone appears to be ringing, he sees who is trying to contact him, and it turns out to be his mother. Reyhan picked up the phone using his bluetooth headset.

"Yes ma."

"Where are you, baby, why haven't you seen your car yet?" Mama Rita asked worriedly.

"Reyhan's behind ma." he replied casually.

"Mama, papa turn around yeah, you're in the driver's seat.'' Said mother.

"No need ma, Reyhan's fine." Reject Reyhan.

"Yes ma." Then hang up.

After seeing his son's vehicle getting closer, then the two Reyhan's parents felt relieved, they continued the journey to Jakarta which still takes a long time.

***

Time continues to run, day by day week to week is passed, many activities and activities passed by humans on this earth, the, whether it is an activity that ends good or bad and does not match expectations.

That is how the Reyhan family, especially papa and mama, whatever their current affairs all went well and should be in accordance with expectations, although it does not seem to Reyhan.

For the past two months, Papa Reyhan has continued to go back and forth between Taiwan and Jakarta, and vice versa, for the health of Rangga who has been part of his family since the child lost to his two parents. He was willing to do it even though it must be very tiring, but the fatigue paid off already with the health of Rangga that is increasing day by day, the cost is no longer a problem for papa Reyhan, the cost is no longer a problem for papa Reyhan, even he had intended to sell half his company shares if it was needed when the lack of cost for Rangga, but thankfully, God was really with them, he said, because in fact the company papa Reyhan increasingly advanced lately, and that was also thanks to Reyhan who has started active again in his papa company to help.

In contrast to Rangga who is getting better condition, Reyhan is instead being overwhelmed by the turmoil of his heart. He had gone several times to Nazwa's hometown with his two masters to deliver the Nazwa medicines that were redeemed in the capital, but he repeatedly felt heartbreak.

Reyhan's spirit went all the way to Nazwa's hometown to deliver medicine, of course not only so that his sister-in-law quickly recovered and returned to being able to speak again not just silently pecked like this time, he said, but also in the hope of seeing Aisyah again. But as in the swallow of the earth, the girl he never met again, even he had deliberately headed to the house where they met and waited a few hours there, but the results were the same, but the results were the same, he still did not meet with Aisha anymore.

Reyhan always came home with a feeling of worry and sadness, his hope to get close to Aisyah was all in vain, because in fact the woman disappeared somewhere. Reyhan often took walks alone while in Nazwa village, hoping to see the girl in one of the houses, but his efforts also failed.

While in the office, sometimes Reyhan also seems so chaotic when considering Aisyah, he sometimes looks so cold and indifferent to the female employees who work in his company, although many looked beautiful and seductive but nothing could interest her, she seemed to have really fallen for Aisyah the first time they met.

Once her mother asked Reyhan about the wedding, but Reyhan's answer would always be the same, "No one's matching yet." It always does, making his mother feel disappointed, because as a mother of course he already wants to have a son-in-law and get grandchildren from his biological children at this age who is no longer young.

***

Today on Sunday, Papa Reyhan had to go abroad again, he got a call from the hospital and had to be talked about in person, without thinking long papa Reyhan immediately packed up and left because he was worried that something bad would happen again to Rangga, because he could not ask for an explanation to the doctor by phone.

On the same day, Nazwa's medicines must be sent back to his hometown, and as usual, Reyhan's mother invited his son to accompany him to Nazwa village, all refreshing think Mama Rita, because life in Jakarta is very noisy and polluting.

At nine o'clock in the morning they departed from home and almost evening arrived in Nazwa's hometown, their journey was indeed quite long, but not because of the great distance, but because of the great distance, but it was Mama Rita who asked her driver to walk a little slower.

Arriving at the home village of Nazwa, Reyhan again did the same thing, walking around the village and going to the new house built for Nazwa and Rangga. As he approached the courtyard, Reyhan seemed to be smiling happily as he saw the door of the house open.

"Dad." Reyhan said with a smile, he also ran a little closer to the house, hoping to find the girl who had a sweet smile there.

And until at the door, Reyhan first set his breath, he also remembered what he had to say the first time so as not to be humiliated by Aisyah again.

"Assalamu'alaikum." While slightly knocking on the door slowly he gave his greetings.

"Wa aleikum salam." There was a response from within, as well as footsteps that seemed to be approaching towards the door.

Reyhan increasingly felt a thump in his chest, impatient he wanted to meet with Aisyah.

The door was wide open, and there was someone inside.

Unfortunately, the presence of someone in front of Reyhan did not make Reyhan's heart become happy but even more sad, because it turned out not Aisyah who was in there but Umi Salma, sister of Umi Nazwa.

"Den Reyhan." A little surprised to see who was at the door. "When did den arrive?" Connect Umi Salma.

"A little over an hour ago, Umi." Reyhan replied, Reyhan of course knew Umi Salma, because often met her at the Nazwa house, what else when the arrival of her family, Umi Salma would always come to help Umi Nazwa.

"Aden want to rest here? Umi is just cleaning up, soon to be finished. If Aden wants to rest here, I'll leave the key." Umi Salma.

"I just want to take a look at Umi." Answer Reyhan.

"Alright, please come in the den."

"Thank you, umi." Umi Salma was smiling. "If Reyhan can tell, who likes to clean this house, Umi?" Reyhan asked as he walked in.

"The most frequent cleaning is Umi, but usually there will be some santri who clean up if Umi is having business. Umi Maryam orders, this house must always be cleaned, so that it is always clean and also comfortable for who occupies it later." Said the woman well.

The one who asked no longer spoke, he just thought if maybe Aisyah was one of the students, but where possible, because the students who were in the cottage were mostly girls in their teens, thought Reyhan. He continued to walk towards the back of the house, until he was in the backyard, there was a seat made of bamboo right under the shade tree, there, maybe the seat was deliberately made by workers who made the house to rest.

Reyhan approached there, then went up and laid his body, he used both hands to make a headboard. The quiet atmosphere, the sunny weather, and the gentle breeze greeted the skin, making Reyhan lulled and finally he fell asleep there.

Reyhan felt as though he had just closed his eyes and fell asleep, but suddenly he felt his body in the motion of someone trying to wake him up.

"Rey wake up, Reyhan." The voice looks soft and sweet.

Feeling awake, Reyhan finally opened his eyes, and was very surprised because the girl who woke him was the girl he always wanted to meet in this village when sending Nazwa drugs.

"Dad." Reyhan slightly shouted out the name of Aisyah who was in front of him. But Aisyah just smiled, and apparently away from where Reyhan was asleep, she walked into the house, regardless of Reyhan who kept calling her name.

"Don't go, wait." Reyhan shouted again to stop Aisyah's steps, but when he wanted to get off his seat suddenly Reyhan fell from there.

"Astaghfirullah azim." Reyhan also woke up, he rubbed his face with both hands "It turns out I'm just a dream." Said Reyhan who was also still above his place of sleep.

"What's wrong with me, I've only met him once but he's already mastered me like this." Reyhan muttered softly.

Reyhan looked at the clock in his hand, then rushed into the house that had seemed empty, because Umi Salma had returned home, and finished locking all the doors Reyhan was back home to the cottage.