Assalamualaikum Ukhti
Chapter 7

Elsewhere, Anggun had just come out of the bathroom for removing all of his entrails.

With his breath up and down, he sat on the sofa that was in his room.

“What's up? Are you sick?” asked her father, seeing her daughter's face pale a little.

Gracefully shook his head.

“No, Pa. Maybe catch a cold, because Anggun has not had breakfast this morning,” said Anggun look nervous.

“Oh so. Now is Anggun already having lunch, son?” he asked again attentively to the second daughter.

“Already, Pa.”

“Alright, now Anggun just go home! Rest at home,” said his Papa again.

Gracefully nodded.

Chequek!

The door opened, Dika frowned in surprise seeing Anggun's slightly pale face.

“What's up, Pa? Graceful sick?” ask Dika who carries a pile of files in her hand.

“Iya, catch a cold. Because Anggun did not have breakfast this morning,” said his papa gave a little massage on his daughter.

“Oh,” sahut Dika brief.

When sitting in a chair, focus on reading the file in front of him.

“Only so much attention? She's your sister too, Dika!” coined.

Dika sighed, putting the file back.

“Come, Brother deliver home. Brother will call Doctor, to check you!” said Dika.

“Hah! No, Bang, I'm fine. I just need rest, no need to call Doctor!” anggun said a little panicked, until Dika frowned in wonder.

“Why? Aren't you sick?”

“Iya. But already feel good,” said Anggun again.

“Papa hear sendirkan. Dika has paid attention to Anggun, but Papa can also right? Do not choose love, Icha is also the daughter of Papa,” said Dika because he regretted his papa's favoritism between Anggun and Icha.

“You don't teach me? Know what you are! Icha deserves that, for not following my orders!” he is full of emphasis.

“Good. Don't regret it, someday, Pa! Pungkas Dika passed away leaving the room.

His father breathed a rough breath.

“Anggun should go home now, there is a driver who drove you.”

Gracefully nodding, he picked up his little bag and passed away leaving his own papa in the room.

Inside the elevator, it looked Graceful repeatedly contacting someone. However, it did not lift.

“Arrghh... dammit! Why is it not active now,” is upset.

When the elevator door opened, he stepped towards the car because the driver was waiting in the car.

“What am I to his house only,” murmured Anggun in heart.

“Pak, let me take the car. I want to go to my friend's place,” Anggun said to his driver who was already sitting in his car seat.

“But, Miss. Father has contacted me, I have to take Miss home.”

“Jeez, How is this?” said Anggun in his heart scratching his head that does not itch.

“Ya already, we go home now.”

Gracefully get in the car.

On the way, Anggun was busy with his thoughts. He took back his cell phone in his little bag.

He tried to get back to someone, the number was active. However, not in the lift.

“Thanks dong, please!” muttered.

And sure enough, it was shortly picked up by someone. But he scrunched his forehead heard a female voice from inside the phone.

“Halo..” greet someone.

“Ha-hello,” said Anggun seemed hesitant to speak.

“This who?” ask the voice of the woman from the cell phone.

“I should ask, who are you? Why is Dino's phone with you?”

“Oh it. Mr. Dino is meeting, I'm his secretary. He left his phone to me,”.

Gracefully sighs in relief.

“Oh secretary. After the meeting, tell him to call me back. There's something I want to say, it's very important!” anggun.

“Iya, Miss.”

Graceful instantly closed her call, and put her phone back in her bag.

He leaned back while massaging his dizzy head temple.

Before long, they arrived at the courtyard of their mansion. Anggun hurriedly got down from the car, as he felt a shock from inside his stomach about to take it out again.

He half ran to shut his mouth, went into his room.

Ms. Sintya had just opened the door of her room, because it was next to the Anggun room.

“Anggun is home?” tanyanya in her heart saw the wall clock was still at two in the afternoon.

Ms. Sintya went into Anggun's room, hearing her daughter disembowel in the bathroom.

The huweek!

The huweek!

“You sick dear?” asked the mother directly in and massaged the back of Anggun.

“Ngak Ma. Graceful in the wind,” Said Gracefully washing his mouth.

“Now you rest, Mama will make ginger tea for you,” he said holding his daughter's shoulder to bring her to his milinyak mattress.

“Ma, all make Anggun peanut butter bread Ma,” pinta Anggun.

Bu Sintya frowned in wonder, because not as usual Anggun asked for bread let alone peanut butter. Because Graceful doesn't like peanut butter.

Ms. Sintya smiled, still thinking positively.

“Good. Wait a minute,” said the mother left Anggun.

Ms. Sintya walked towards the kitchen, but her mind went nowhere.

He even hit the maid who was sweeping.

Bruock!

“Aw..” pekik the maid.

Because Bu Sintya hit him, until he fell.

“Ow, sorry Bi. I was not accidentally.”

“It's okay Madam. Do I need help, Madam?” tanyanya saw her master into the kitchen.

“Make Graceful ginger tea,” sahut Bu Sintya.

The maid nodded.

While waiting for the ginger tea, Ms. Sintya applied the bread with peanut butter.

After all, he brought the bread and ginger tea into the room. He saw Grace who was asleep curled up.

“Honey, Wake up. Mama has brought her bread,” she said gently swaying her daughter's shoulder.

“Hmm! Yes Ma,” sahut Anggun open his eyelids slowly.

Slowly Gracefully sit and lean on the shoulder of the cot.

“This drink ginger so that your stomach is warm and this is peanut butter bread,” said Bu Sintya handed over the glass containing ginger tea.

Gracefully drink it a few sips, then turn to a very tempting loaf.

He took the bread, which was on the plate. Then biting off his edges, unexpectedly, Anggun even wanted to spit it out again.

The huweek!

The huweek!

Long enough in the bathroom, he came back and sat in his place.

“Anggun, honest with Mama. Are you pregnant?” tanyanya felt suspicious of her son.

“No Ma,” sahut fast Anggun while shaking his head.

“Are you sure?” ask Ms. Sintya again.

For catching the lie from the face of Grace.

“I-iya Ma. Now Anggun is menstruating Kok,” said to lie.

The mother seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

“Alright, now you rest!” he left Anggun staring at his mother's departure.

Graceful breathing relieved to see the departure of the mother.

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Somewhere else.

“You...” say they are together.

“Icha..”

“Diana..”.

They said together, they hugged each other.

“Ekhem...” Deham a man sitting in a chair noticed them.

They let go of each other's embrace.

“Honey, introduce her Icha my best friend,” she said introducing Icha to her husband.

The owner of the store is the husband of his best friend Icha.

Their friendship since entering middle school is first to high school.

Break off communication after Icha enters the pesantren. Icha put the two hands together slightly bent.

“Icha, don't tell me you're applying for a job here?” Ask.

Icha nodded.

“Iya,” Icha smile.

“Wah...” he said enthusiastically.

“Please sit down first, you must be interviewed first by the boss,” said Diana pulled a chair for her best friend.

“Whose name are you?” ask her husband Diana.

“My name is Marissa,”.

“What you've worked before?” ask again.

“Not yet, Mr.”

“OK alright. Here there are not many rules in work, quite neat, disciplined and honest. Because you have never worked, so you have to train for two weeks. If you fail in those two weeks, it's not in the paycheck at all. But, if you succeed after two weeks you immediately sign the contract,” said the husband of his best friend explained.

“How?” tanyakanya.

Icha looked at her best friend for a moment, then smiled seeing Diana nod her head slowly.

“Insya Allah I am ready,” sahut.

“Alright, you can start working tomorrow.”

“Alhamdullilah. Thank you sir,” said Icha back together his two hands.

“Iya, equally. You guys go on, talk. I have a business for a while out,” said the store owner.

“Iya, Sir.”

After seeing her husband leave, Diana hugged her best friend again.

“Icha, I miss. After our graduation, you disappeared without any news.”

“Iya. I'm in the boarding school, it's tight! Can't play mobile, focus on memorization. I miss you so much, yesterday I tried to contact your number, but can not contact.”

“Sorry, Icha. After marriage, I replaced my mobile number,”, Diana said.

“Hhmm. All right, I'm happy now you're family,” said Icha.

“Yes, alhamdullilah. Actually, we were in a match. After graduation, I married him. At first it was very difficult, over time we fell in love with each other and now we have a son,” said Diana.

“Alhamdullilah. Where is she?” tanya Icha looked around.

“Who? Husband?” diana asked confusedly.

“Not! Your son?” Icha Sahut.

“Oh, now with my mother-in-law. They took him for a walk,”.

“Oh,” Icha nods.

“While I want to see your son.”

“Tomorrow I will take her,” Diana said again while holding Icha's hand.

“Really?”

“Iya. God willing, if my husband allows.”

Icha smiled as she nodded.

For a long time, Diana and Icha exchanged mobile numbers. Because they had broken off communication for several years and were rediscovered at the bookstore.

Before saying goodbye, they embrace each other even longer than before, because they miss each other.

“Tomorrow we will meet again,” said Icha trying to release the embrace of his best friend.

He promised his mother that he would return home before his father returned to work.

“Iya,” said Diana who unexpectedly she shed her tears.

“Why cry?” tanya Icha wiped away the tears of her best friend.

“It's tears of happiness, because we're rediscovered. I had thought if we would never meet again,” Diana said in her voice.

“Thank you for being my best friend,” said Icha while wiping away Diana's tears.

Finished hugging releases the longing of two friends who some years did not meet, not the awkwardness between these two friends. They were the same as before, even though they had not met for a long time.

Diana escorts Icha out, before Icha says goodbye to her best friend's husband and thanks him for taking her to work. However, he did not see a man named Fahry in the store.

Diana drove him to the front, where his bike was parked.

“Be careful Icha on the road, don't speed ya.”

Icha nodded.

“Assalamualaikum,” said Icha salute.

“Waalaikumsalam,” says Diana.

Waving his hand to his best friend, he re-enters after Icha is no longer seen.

Upon entering the room, she was surprised to see her husband standing looking at her.

“What's the matter, baby? Why look at me like that?” diana closed the door.

Unexpectedly, the husband even pulled her into his arms.

“You ignored me since earlier, you forgot if now you are married?”

Diana smiled, apparently her husband was jealous of his own bad.

“Iya sorry,” sahut Diana returned her husband's embrace.

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