BET GIRL
Forced Marriage
With a face that continues to look sullen, Elnara sculpted when the makeup artist moved the makeup tool to her face.
Since then the tears kept dripping, incessantly falling on Elnara's delicate cheeks. How not? The house was filled with people preparing for their wedding.
“El, don't cry! Your makeup's busted. Look at her mascara being so ugly!” Linol started to get annoyed at Elnara who just kept crying.
If it can be held, Elnara also wants to hold back the tears so as not to melt. But whatever the power, his heart was completely numb on the wedding day with a completely unknown foreign man. His future is collapsing.
Ah, he remembered that the man was a handicapped widower, meaning that the man did not have any strength due to the physical flaws he had. If the man had approached him the first night, he would have punched the man hard so as not to be of any kind.
“This you did for mother's sake, so that your mother would not be prosecuted. You don't want your mother to go to jail for cheating, do you?” Linol pressed the cotton wool against Elnara's face firmly so that the moist face was dry from the tears.
“I'm scared, Mom.”
“Fear why? You want to marry a human, not a zombie, then why fear?”
“I don't know the guy.”
“Later if you are married you will also know. Don't cry anymore! The people out there are waiting. Don't make me shy!” Linol.
“It should be Afsa who is married, not me. He's my brother.”
“Already, don't discuss that anymore. Come stand!”
Elnara had to stand up following the pull of her mother's hand. He glanced at Afsa who was standing at the side of the door, still in the room. The girl's chin looked up, staring haughtily with a skeptical smile.
Huh, he looks very happy to see his twin in this suffering position. As if victory was on his side. Why did Afsa become such an enemy? He was the only brother of Elnara.
Afsa didn't want to get out of that room. He hides there, fearing the Ghazanfar family to learn that Elnara has a twin sister who is actually his real bride.
“Remember, don't cry anymore! Don't be shy in front of the Emir and in front of everyone!” whisper Linol to Elnara.
Afterward, Elnara finally stepped through the red carpet to the chair that had been provided. Witnessed by the guests who have been waiting since.
Fortunately, he was led by Linol to occupy his chair. If not guided, then he must have chosen to crawl cat style while scratching his head to be considered crazy. But Linol's gaze by his side made it seem like he was being threatened with a dagger to the point of making him obey.
Elnara was sitting side by side with a man who did not know who, what his face was like, how, even the slightest about the man, Elnara did not know anything. She was not willing to look at the face of her future husband, who had the heart to invite the girl who was still sitting in college just to care for her disabled self.
What kind of man forces a young girl to marry into her widowed status? Huh!
A bit of woe is conveyed by the judge to both brides. Until finally the big white hand shook the hand of the judge to pronounce the holy promise of marriage.
“I accept marriage..”
“Watsiiiy!” Elnara sneezed, stopping the Emir's speech.
A small laughter rang out in the corner of the room.
Elnara was still in a lowered position while holding onto the tissue Linol had just given her. His mother sat behind Elnara's chair.
Back the Emir raised his voice for this sacred event.
“Watsiiiy watsiiiy watsiiiy!” Elnara didn't stop sneezing. In his heart, he hoped that sneezing the temple would curse everyone who was there to fall asleep. But it must only exist in fairy tales.
The sneezing sound of Elnara, which was much louder than the Emir's, made the man stop his speech.
“El, why sneeze keep?” whispered Linol while pinching Elnara's waist.
Duh! It hurts! Looks like Elnara's efforts will only be in vain. Her marriage will not be able to be annulled. Her mother threatened this. It could be unfortunate if he ended up being deforested and overturned in the fish pond behind the house.
“Perhaps there is a nagging upil in the nose, can it be cleaned first?” the Emir said with a domineering voice and full of decisiveness.
“This may be a groggy effect, so the innards are cold and sneezing continues. Understand the newlyweds,” as well as the judge with a knotty smile.
Making the entire room respond with a thunderous laugh.
Why are they laughing? Thought funny? Elnara was very upset, but helpless to fight the situation.
Until finally the witnesses said one word ‘sah’ for the wedding.
Elnara's body felt weak. Sudden frustration in seconds. The marriage proved that he had given up his soul for the handicapped widower.
Sadness mixed with frustration made him lose control until his consciousness was lost.
“Eeeeeh..”.
The mothers on the front shouted hysterically at Elnara's staggered body and collapsed. Fortunately the Emir quickly caught the body.
Guests rushed to help lift Elnara's body.
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The first thing that appeared in front of Elnara was the face of a foreign figure. Angel-like faces in holywood movies are handsome and make you unable to sleep when you first see it, a sharp nose, dark eyes, exotic faces with coarse fur around the jaw, and even, and a firm look.
Is this already in the grave? Why is there such a handsome angel?
“Cap up and change your clothes!”
Elnara was surprised, the figure she thought was the angel speaking. It means he is not in the grave. He looked around, who was in a foreign room right now.
Wait up! Elnara remembered something. It seemed like he had seen the face of the man earlier. Isn't that the face of the man who ran his father to death?
Elnara returned her gaze to the face of the man sitting near her bed. Right, that man was the cause of Elnara's father's death.
Still very clearly recorded in his memory how the gripping incident some time ago, his father who was walking on the side of the road then hit by a sports car very fast. Elnara ran over to her father, who finally breathed her last in his lap with a drenched blood.
With both eyes of his head, he clearly saw the perpetrator in the car holding the steering wheel.
There were no witnesses, except for her. Elnara was confused, she was just thinking about how she could bury her father quietly. In the midst of frustration and confusion, the, Elnara could not demand anything from the perpetrator because there was already a wet signature on the paper stating that the victim's family declared peace and there were no charges for the accident.
When did Elnara sign the letter? And he just remembered, he signed at the hospital. The letter was between letters issued by the hospital.
“Why are you here?” peekik Elnara looked resentfully at the man.
“This is my home.”
Elnara surprised. He sat up.
“Come up and change your clothes immediately!” repeat the man.
Elnara looked towards her own body that was still wearing the bride kebaya.
Looking at Elara who still looked puzzled by the look on her sour face, the man then said, “Don't argue, my wife!”
Surprised, Elnara almost replied, but the man had already passed out with his wheelchair moving electrically.
My wife?
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