Zulaikha's Last Love

Chapters. 9. Meet the In-Law

POVS. Author

"right Ma'am, is there a-"

Plaque, Zulaikha was greatly shocked as one slap floated right into his face. The once neat hijab now turned a little slanted, Zulaikha then looked sharply at the woman who had flown the war flag early in the morning to him.

"women are not ashamed!" the woman shouted, The new Zulaikha will open her defeated mouth quickly with her shout.

Syifa and Sita who heard the noise immediately left their food and ran towards the store.

"what is this, Ma'am?" syifa asked when she was next to her sister.

"what did you say? you just ask the woman who has no shame," pointed the woman right at Zulaikha's face made them terjankang surprise.

"what do you mean? why did you come here and get mad at me?" zulaikha asked, she really felt annoyed with the woman who likes to do violence.

"why did you say? it turns out you're not only shameless, but also hypocritical!"

"keep your mouth, yes, just as if you were to call my mother. I want to rip your mouth off!" snapped Syifa who did not accept that her brother was cursed like that.

"hide you! he deserves to be insulted like that,"

"enough! enough already!" yelling Zulaikha who could not bear to see their debate, he then told Syifa and Sita to retreat back because it was the distance between the two of them and the woman was very close.

"sorry Ma'am, let's first talk as fellow human beings. I'm just a normal human being who can't read other people's hearts and minds, so if you want to get angry, go ahead! but you also have to explain the reason for your anger," said Zulaikha, he tried to regulate his emotions to stay calm.

"ooh so you really don't know, then listen carefully! I was-"

"Agnes!" suddenly the baritone voice of someone shocked all of them who were struggling, suddenly they immediately looked towards the source of the sound.

"Mas Defin?" Zulaikha felt shocked when she saw her husband at the place while Agnes immediately ran and hugged Defin tightly making the three women glare perfectly.

"what are you doing here, Agnes?" defin asked with great emphasis, his hand trying to release the tightly coiled hand of Agnes on his waist.

"i just want to meet him honey," replied Agnes in a spoiled voice and wet raspy.

Zulaikha could not blink her eyes when she saw all that, her heart again felt pain when she saw her husband hugging another woman.

"so she's Mas, so she's your first wife?" Zulaikha turned her face to the side, indeed she could not bear to see the scene presented by her own husband.

Syifa and Sita who were still in that place immediately looked towards Zulaikha who was turning their faces, they began to understand the current situation.

"sorry, Ma'am. We are here only providing flowers, not providing photo shoot services for the two of you" Syifa said with hateful eyes, if only his brother was not looking at this moment, he would have grabbed the woman's hair.

Defin looked towards Zulaikha who was looking towards the side, he was eager to say something but his mouth never let out a sound.

"look at the village woman! which one is better with Defin, me or you?" mocked Agnes while wagging her reddish-brown hair.

"keep talking, Agnes!" snapping Defin who was not happy with what Agnes said, he then pulled the woman's hand to get out of the place immediately.

"i don't care which is more appropriate or which is not in the eyes of man, I just hope that I deserve to face the creator," as Zulaikha stopped Defin's footsteps from reaching the door, he looked back and found Zulaikha walking into his house.

Defin and Agnes then left the store, as soon as they came out Syifa and Sita immediately doused their former footsteps with water so that no trace of their actions were left behind.

"i want to see Ma'am" said Syifa as she turned to enter the house.

"don't Syifa! let Mbak himself," hold Sita, he understands that at this time Zulaikha must need time to be alone.

"I don't know, Ma'am, there's no story." Syifa sighed, she knew that her Mbak must have kept it all alone.

Meanwhile, Zulaikha who had entered the house was seen lying on the bed. His eyes were wide open looking at the ceiling of the room decorated with small stars, from the corner of his eyes again dripping water that never runs out. For 2 days she kept crying.

Zulaikha then closed his eyes, several times he said the Asma of God to calm the burning heart.

The feeling is so sick, which wife is not hurt when she sees her husband with another woman? even so, they do not feel guilty at all, especially the husband who does not even think about his wife's feelings.

"well, maybe a breakup is the best path to our relationship. You're the one I've been fighting for, you're fighting for someone else" Zulaikha made up his mind, this afternoon he'll visit his in-laws' house.

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After finishing cleaning up some plants, Zulaikha went to her in-laws' house. In any case, he had to tell his intentions to his in-laws first.

Zulaikha's house-in-law was only 4 houses away from her parents' house, so she did not need to bring a car to go to that place.

"assalamu'alaikum" said Zulaikha to the guard who was in charge of guarding the gates of the mansion.

"Wa'alaikum greetings Non, Zulaikha." The guard immediately opened the gate for the family's only son-in-law.

"are you at home, sir?" zulaikha asked the guard.

"Mother and Father are inside Non" the guard replied.

Zulaikha immediately entered the house to meet his two in-laws.

"Assalamu'alaikum" said Zulaikha to his parents-in-law who was sitting quietly near the fish pond.

"Wa'alaikum greetings son." Zulaikha immediately crucified their hands and immediately sat beside the mother who slightly shifted her seat so that Zulaikha was not constricted.

"you're new from the store, son?" ask her mother-in-law.

"yes Mom, Mom and Dad are right?" ask Zulaikha.

Then they exchanged news and told little about their daily lives. Then Zulaikha took a slow breath, she felt it was time for her to say the intent of her current visit.

"Dad, Mother. There is something that Zulaikha wants to say to Father and Mother" said Zulaikha slowly, his hands busy bristling the tip of his hijab to reduce discomfort when he wanted to say what he wanted to say.

"what's up, son?" ask her Mother-in-law.

"Dad, Mother. Zu-Zulaikha wants, divorced from Mas Defin,"

"what?" yelled at Father and Mother-in-law at the same time.

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TBC.

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