Zahwa My wife

Chapter 178

The bicycle Aisyah used was seen in one of the pages of a very familiar house in Reyhan's memory.

Yes, that house is Umi Salma's house. Reyhan had asked in his mind, what is Aisyah doing to the house? Because clearly Umi Salma was not there, and was in the home of both Nazwa parents.

Aisyah was seen coming out of the house, carrying a plastic bag that had no idea what it contained, she closed the door of Umi Salma's house, then Aisyah paddled her bike back out of the yard, and keep driving towards the house that Reyhan occupied.

"Dad." Reyhan called back, but it was still in vain, because Aisyah did not hear him.

Not wanting to lose Aisyah a second time, Reyhan continued to pursue until he was in front of the house he occupied. At first he thought that Aisyah would definitely go to the house, but the assumption turned out to be wrong, he again had to swallow disappointment because he did not see any signs of Aisyah stopping by the house.

"Where is he? I thought he was coming here." Reyhan murmured softly, he was seen wiping the sweat running down his face from running small.

"Who's looking for you, son?" Asked a middle-aged man who was seen approaching from Reyhan's presence, his arrival made Reyhan a little surprised.

"I'm looking for the girl who was on the bike walking this way, sir." Reyhan replied kindly.

"Oh, Aisha?" Ask the man.

"Yes, Aisha." Answer Reyhan.

"Umi Salma's son, right?" Ask the father.

Reyhan was a little surprised, but because he did not know for sure so he just nodded when asked the father.

"The father had accidentally met there, it seemed like he was heading to the cemetery." The middle-aged man gave the information while showing the wine in his intention.

"Thank you sir." Rangga.

Actually, he did not know for sure what Aisyah meant by the man, the son of Umi Salma, was the Aisyah he knew. But he tried to confirm it himself after getting a hint from the middle-aged man.

Reyhan again stepped towards the public funeral after the man had gone from before him, he continued to think hard to ask himself if Aisyah really meant that his son Umi Salma was Aisha he was looking for.

Arriving at the funeral, Reyhan saw that the bicycle Aisyah was using was actually there, it turned out to be true, that Aisyah was the son of Umi Salma, who was a child of Umi Salma, then why has Reyhan never seen him all this time in Umi Salma's house, even Reyhan almost never saw him visit Nazwa's house, Reyhan's mind began to guess.

Reyhan walked closer, but his steps stopped when he heard the sound of Aisyah crying in one of the centers that he did not know. Reyhan stood beside a tree not far from Aisyah, but he did not want to approach the girl and just kept quiet to pay attention.

Satisfied with crying, Aisyah got up from her seat while wiping the tears that flowed on her cheeks and began to sprinkle flowers from the plastic bag she brought from Umi Salma's house. And while turning over, Aisyah was very surprised to see Reyhan standing beside the tree.

Aisyah just gave a smile while nodding her head, no intention to say hello, she also intended to leave from Reyhan's presence.

"Dad." Reyhan said hello by saying his name, who had a name and stopped his steps while beside Reyhan.

Aisyah was silent and did not intend to ask Reyhan, she looked at the confused looking man before her.

"Assalamu'alaikum." Reyhan tried to correct his words when he met someone.

"Waalaikum salam warohmatulahi wabarakatuh." Aisha replied with a smile again.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to.. " Unfinished Reyhan's words, he suddenly stopped his speech due to the presence of men and women who approached Aisyah.

"Aisha, are you here?" Ask a woman who just arrived. Aisyah nodded her head while answering him.

"Yes, brother."

"Thank God that you have accepted all these realities.'' The woman continued, and she was seen hugging Aisyah, and Aisyah cried again in her arms.

Seeing the events before him Reyhan became confused, but he did not intend to disturb them. After hugging Aisyah said goodbye to the woman and intended to leave.

Feeling that he will be ignored and will be abandoned by Aisyah, Reyhan greeted him again.

"Dad." Sapa Reyhan again. Aisha looked up and answered him. But it was seen that Aisyah's gaze had changed, not as friendly as before.

"Sorry, please don't bother me." Aisyah replied, then left Reyhan.

Seeing Aisyah's attitude, the woman tried to approach Reyhan and asked.

"Who's your name? " ask the woman.

"I'm Reyhan."

"Are you Ayesha's friend?"

"No, I just got to know him, and met him a few times when he was accidentally." Reyhan tried to explain it correctly.

"Include my name Nadia Aisyah's sister-in-law, I'm her husband's sister." The beautiful woman with unraveled hair stretched her hands to shake hands with Reyhan. But the woman's last words surprised Reyhan and pecked for a while.

Aware of his daydream, Reyhan also welcomed the woman's hand.

"And introduce this to my husband, mas Firman." said the woman earlier, he pointed to a handsome man beside her who stood firm, and only occasionally threw a smile at Reyhan.

"Firman." The man said as he extended his hand.

Reyhan welcomed her and introduced himself.

"I've never seen you before in this village, are you a new resident here?" Ask the woman again kindly.

"I'm Nazwa's sister-in-law, and I happen to live in their new home." Answer Reyhan.

"So you're Abi Zakaria's brother?" She asked with a smile, and the woman turned her face to see her husband smiling at each other.

"Yes right." Answer Reyhan.

"Then we want to make a pilgrimage to our sister's grave, after that we want to talk to you. Do you have time to talk to us?" Ask Nadia.

"Well, I'm not busy." Answer Reyhan.

Nadia and Firman are seen sending do'a and sowing flowers in the same tomb as Aisha, while Reyhan, he is seen standing in his place with his mind filled with questions.

After the pilgrimage, Nadia and Firman invite Reyhan into their car, then they are seen going out of the village and stop at a large restaurant there.

They enter the restaurant and order a warm drink, after their drink comes Nadia also starts talking to Reyhan.

"Sorry if we interrupt your time, we brought you here to talk about something, we hope you can help us." Nadia.

"What can I help you with?" Reyhan asked as he raised both eyebrows.

Nadia looks away at her husband sitting right next to her, after the man is seen nodding his head slowly, Nadia began the story.

"Dad." Nadia's words came to a halt, as she thought of a heavy burden, she lowered her head for a moment. And that makes Reyhan more haunted by question marks.

"Do you like Aisha?" Ask Nadia again.

"As a man it's natural that I like him, but don't you say that Aisyah is your sister-in-law, so it's impossible that I still want her." Obviously Reyhan honestly, he thinks there is nothing wrong with that.

But when he heard Nadia's words when he introduced himself, Reyhan really felt very surprised, he also thought that he had to leave Aisyah immediately, that's why he no longer tried to pursue Aisyah.

"My sister passed away two years ago, and that tomb, that was my sister's meal, Aisyah's husband." Nadia.

Again the words that came out of Nadia's lips made Reyhan surprised, it deserves Aisyah look sobbing at eating it earlier thought Reyhan.

Reyhan still looks silent, he chooses to wait for the story from Nadia next, although in fact he is very-very surprised.

"My brother's an Air Force TNI." Nadia continued her story but with teary eyes, and her husband was seen gently rubbing her shoulders, to give strength to his wife.

"Two years ago my sister was in the middle of her assignment, but one day before her departure she asked papa to marry her to Aisyah, because they had a long relationship. Both of our families have agreed to the proposal, finally they married even though there is no preparation at all, and only do the cobal ijab witnessed by both sides of the family." Nadia stopped her story and wiped her tears with the tissue that her husband gave her, then she resumed her story.

"Either it may have been the fate of the powerful, finished carrying out the cobul Ijab, my sister got a call requiring her to leave that day, and they both separated." Connect Nadia.

"Then?" Reyhan who had just been silent and listened to Nadia's story, was curious about the continuation of Aisyah's life story.

"Then Aisyah and Arga only told each other over the phone. But after two weeks on the transfer, we got bad news from where he was on duty, the helicopter that Arga was driving disappeared on a mountain while on duty." Nadia said while sobbing and unable to stem the sadness of losing her only brother even though it was two years ago.

Reyhan was no less surprised to hear Nadia's speech, the appearance of her face which also looks so sad to hear Aisyah's life story.

Nadia continued to tell stories.

"One week after the incident, my sister's body was found with a condition that was almost unrecognizable. And it turns out that my papa did not accept this fact and believes that Arga is still alive today. At my sister's funeral, you didn't want to see her and forbade Aisyah to come, papa told Aisyah that it wasn't her husband and her husband was still alive."

"Does Aisha believe that too?" Reyhan asked enthusiastically.

"Because of the deep sadness Aisyah also had time to believe the same thing with papa, what else when papa fell ill, papa fell ill, so Aisyah tries to keep her condition stable and believes that her husband is still alive." Connect Nadia.

"But she's making a pilgrimage to her husband's grave?" Reyhan asked who was still very curious about Nadia's story.

"One week ago right after the death of my sister, there were many of her class friends on a pilgrimage here, my husband and I did ask my sister to be buried in our village TPU, so that it can convince papa and also Aisyah, but unfortunately papa still stick to the stand and insist that his son is still alive. Even so, it seems that Aisyah has been able to accept this fact, and earlier I was also surprised to see her come on pilgrimage for the first time after the departure of her husband." Nadia again.

"Thank God." Reyhan. "Then, what kind of help do you expect from me?" Reyhan asked what Nadia said when she had not told him about her sister.

"We want to ask for your help in releasing Aisha from our papa's selfishness." Nadia.

"meaning?" Reyhan was confused.

"Because of the belief of papa Aisyah so depressed, even though he never told us, but I as a woman certainly know how Aisyah feels. We want you to be able to help us with how to approach Aisyah." Nadia. "We've asked the village youth here who like Ayesha, but nothing works because of papa." Nadia again.

"How about Aisha?" Ask Reyhan.

"Aisha never cared for any man who tried to approach her, but I believe it was only because she did not want to hurt papa, in her little heart Aisha would want to get out of this suffering, she said, Aisha needs someone who loves her." Nadia again.

"I can't do much in this, I do have the intention to approach Aisyah, it's because I think she's still alone, but if Aisyah herself won't open her heart to others, then it will be difficult for me to approach it." Answer Reyhan.

"After the departure of her husband, Aisyah very rarely shows her smile what else to men. But at the funeral, I saw a smile, even though he tried to cover it up. I'm sure, Aisyah likes you too." Nadia.

"Please help us, we don't want Ayesha to drag on in grief." After a while just being a listener to Reyhan and his wife, now the Word is heard talking.

"Okay, I'll think again." That was the only answer that was heard from Reyhan.