Zulaikha's Last Love

Chapters. 2. A Portrait

After Defin left, Zulaikha also prepared to go to his flower shop. For two days he did not come to the store, he felt long for the flowers especially with his beloved sister. Driving the husband's car, Zulaikha set off with excitement.

It did not take long for Zulaikha to get to the store at the same time his parents' house, only about 10 minutes his car was already in the yard of the deceased's parents' house.

"Assalamua'alaikum" said Zulaikha as he opened the door that read open in front of him.

"wa'alaikum hail, ma'am!" sita replied with a big smile when she saw Zulaikha, she was so happy with the presence of the woman.

"how are we working? all launched?" asked Zulaikha while sitting his body on the chair in that place.

"alhamdulillah, smoothly without hindrance mbak," replied Sita with a thumbs up. Zulaikha only smiled when he saw the employee.

"Where's syifa? is he not awake yet?" Zulaikha went there to look for the whereabouts of his sister.

"don't ask me! mbakkan already know the habits of the mother's sister," said Sita while cleaning the plants.

Zulaikha just shook his head to see the behavior of his sister who had not changed, his sister was very difficult to wake up early. After dawn he will sleep again until the sun rises.

Zulaikha then went to see some new plants coming this morning, the flowers looked very beautiful and well-groomed to make him always happy when he saw all that.

"hoam, ma'am!" suddenly Syifa's voice surprised Zulaikha who was crouching to pull out the grass, his body until it rose to the top because of the voice of the sister.

"you're Syifa, you can't be surprised!" zulaikha scolded her ear until she complained of pain.

"fuck me, my gosh!" shifa shouted that she felt her ears almost loose, Zulaikha released her deathly pull with her lips still grumbling.

"cih, the lights that last night ran out of sightseeing" said Syifa as she rubbed her ears that felt hot.

"strolling? who?" tanyanya did not understand.

"noh, next-door neighbor," replied Syifa who felt upset because her brother was a turtle in the boat, pretending not to know.

"who else is walking if not mbak, until you feel the world belongs to both, hihihi," continued Sita who at that time heard the chat of the two brothers.

"strolling? the world belongs to both? what the hell does that mean?" Zulaikha was made dizzy by the words of the boys in front of him.

"no punches!" said Zulaikha, for two days he had stayed at home because he felt unwell. But the two boys said he was walking.

"not knowing how the hell Ma'am, obviously last night I saw Mbak and Mas Defin on the edge of the lake of love park," explained Sita. When he was walking with his friends, accidentally his eagle eyes saw men and women were making out on the edge of the lake.

At first Sita did not care, but suddenly the man looked back and Sita recognized the man's face.

Zulaikha was increasingly confused, obviously yesterday from morning until night he did not leave the house. Especially the walk with the husband, what is really going on ?

"for two days yesterday, there was no leaving the house. Moreover, the streets are the same Mas Defin, people can not feel well really," explained Zulaikha to them.

Sita and Syifa looked at each other, clearly yesterday Sita saw Defin was embracing a woman. Suddenly Sita walks towards the table, she picks up her phone that is charging.

"burt, madam!" said Sita while fiddling with her phone, last night she had taken some photos of Defin to be exhibited to Syifa.

"look, Ma'am!" Sita gave her phone to Zulaikha, then the woman glanced at Syifa who was also glancing at her.

"Sita, do you know that you never leave the house without wearing a hijab?" zulaikha said without taking his eyes off.

Deg, Sita and Syifa stiffened in their places. What Zulaikha said was true, he never went out without wearing a hijab. So who is the woman who is with Zulaikha's husband ?

Zulaikha then returned the phone to Sita without saying anything, she turned and stepped into the house leaving Sita and Syifa who were still in their place.

"Syifa, what exactly is going on?" ask Sita who feels very guilty about what she did.

"asshole! did Mas Defin cheat on my brother's back?" syifa said with intermittent breathing because of the anger that was engulfing her heart at this time.

Zulaikha continued to move his legs to enter the house, his eyes seemed to be glazed with trembling hands holding back the already almost broken cry on his face.

"o Allah, Astaghfirullah," along his footsteps Zulaikha continued to mention the lafadz of Allah, his legs felt heavier and made him fall on the third step.

Bruk, Zulaikha was no longer able to continue his steps as his heart and soul were shattered. One photo managed to tear his love, is it true that there was photographed it was her husband ?

"Mas Defin, Mas Defin. Actually what happened Mas, hiks," Zulaikha's cry could no longer be held, he spilled all the tightness that he had been holding.

"Mas Defin," Zulaikha continued to name her husband with a trembling mouth and body, she could not imagine if it was true that her husband had a relationship with another woman.

"o Allah, Ma'am!" exclaimed Syifa who saw the brother sitting on the stairs while crying sobbing, she ran towards Zulaikha who is currently still sitting on the floor.

"Yes Allah Ma'am, Istighfar Mbak istighfar," Syifa patted the cheek of a zulaikha that had been soaked by the tears that were ceaselessly running down her face, zulaikha's eyes had swollen with a reddened face due to tears that never ended.

Syifa tried to lift the body of the brother and bring him into the room, and he took a glass of water to give to Zulaikha.

"Drink first brother." Syifa gave a glass of water to her sister, but Zulaikha just kept quiet without looking at her sister.

"Don't be like this, Ma'am." Syifa hugged her body tightly, she was very sad to see her brother's current state.

"Sir, please get Ma'am's phone. Ma'am wanted to call Mas Defin," Zulaikha took off their embrace, she slightly pulled her lips into a smile.

Syifa was very sorry for what Zulaikha was doing at this time, her brother always covered his heart with a smile so that the people around him did not feel worried.

Then Syifa turned out of the room to take what her sister wanted.

"Mas, I hope all my thoughts are wrong" murmured Zulaikha.

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TBC.

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