Childhood Match
The Substitute Bride

The sun is shining brightly. White clouds lined up neatly above the blue sky. The longer, the sunlight increases, a sign that time has run towards noon. Qosidh music from the Kasima religious music group which is quite famous in Magelang City also enlivened the wedding. The group, all of which consisted of women singing the qasidah song "Red Prayer", made Gendhis remembered the old days on his seventeenth birthday, Lintang once gave her a gift of red prayer mats.

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" It was a time when I was still with him

The one I love, the one I adore

I was given a red prayer sign

He said that I should worship

Dear story with him, just for a moment

She married her choice of heart

Even if you have to suffer, but still pray

May he whom I love be happy

Merana now I am feeling

But I am not afraid to give up

I know love doesn't have to be

For soul mate, fortune, death, oh divine destiny

Stay now

Oh... Red saucer

Loyal friends in worship."

One by one, the guests began to arrive. Seating the chair provided. They seemed impatient to see who the bride who would sit in the guarantee.

Some luxury cars stopped at the parking lot. Some people seem to have gotten out of the car.

After being invited to sit down, one of them said,

"Can we meet the bride?"

"Well, sir, ma'am, let me take you" said one of the guests.

They then followed a receptionist and brought them to the bridal dressing room.

"The bride is in her room. Please come in, I'm sorry" said the guest.

"Well, Mom.. thanks!" replied a middle-aged mother with that glamorous all-round appearance.

"Tok... tok..."

The sound of the room door being knocked. Soon Gabby opened the door.

Gabby was surprised not to play when looking at the door, her father and mother were already there.

"Oh.. my... god, I'm finished!" he said in his heart.

Soon Gabby's parents came into the room and shut the door because they didn't want anyone to hear their conversation.

"Mama... Papa... when did you come from Jakarta? How did you tell Gabby?" he tried to divert the conversation.

"Gabby.. Answer your Papa's question, don't try to switch the conversation!" Kanjeng Mami also joined in.

"Let's go home now before it's too late! Papa don't want you to marry someone you don't know, let alone you have to live in a village like this? Papa doesn't agree." force Gabby's father while pulling his daughter's hand to run away.

Gabby restrained herself from staying in that place.

"Pa. pa.. pa.. wait, Pa... Gabby is not leaving. Gabby wants to stay married to Lintang! Gabby love is the same latitude!" Gabby.

"What's? Of love? Oh. nope. Because of your love it can make our family's reputation destroyed. What would your papa's business partner say if they came to know that his only daughter was secretly married to a man from the village. Come on. We're going home now!" kanjeng Mami.

"Ma.. sorry Gabby! Gabby can't come with you guys home." Gabby said. However, he must fight to get the rights of the fetus in the womb.

"Basin' stubborn boy! Look Ma, we've spoiled him too much since childhood, and now? What result?" said Gabby's father.

Gabby was silent.

"Alright if this is what you want! Ma... We're going home now! Don't expect you to be able to return home if you still insist on marrying the man of your choice! Come on, Ma.. We're going home now!" The father was about to leave Gabby in the room alone.

"Pa.. wait!" Gabby followed her father who was about to open the door.

Gabby knelt at her father's feet and said, "Pa... Gabby is sorry! But Gabby please, just this time, Pa. before leaving Gabby ask for Gabby's wedding blessing with Lintang. Papa equally Mama does not want, your only child married without the presence of his guardian. Gabby begs Pa.." the girl whines for her parents' blessing.

Although in their hearts they are reluctant to agree to the marriage, but what Gabby says is true, inevitably the father must marry his daughter. Finally, the father was willing to marry Gabby and after that they will return to Jakarta and will not care for his daughter again.

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"Heh... Karjo, how the hell are you? Your word this secret is safe. Where's proof? You even came here with your mom papa." said Gabby was angry with her family's confidant.

"Maaa... Non.. I also did not know that today Mr. turned out there is a duty to Magelang. He said that he would like to visit Non Gabby's house in Magelang, I kept saying that Non Gabby again has an event, but Mr. Maksa still wants to meet Non Gabby, ahirnya yaa... I had to say that Non Gabby wanted to get married" Mr Karjo explained.

Gabby holds her head because of dizziness thinking about her future after marrying Lintang, they both become children who are not considered by parents because of their selfishness. But soon Gabby relieves her excessive stress, because she does not want her condition to affect the fetus in the womb.

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All are already preparing on the stage for the decoration of the ijab qobul event, including the penghulu. It is time for Madam Dewi Mayang to bring the bride to the decoration. The audience was shocked when they saw that the bride who was going to be with Lintang was not a Gendhis, but a person they did not yet know. At the same time the incident made the invited guests gossip with each other.

Mr. Argo and Ms. Party can only stroke the chest. They could have imagined before that this would happen. They had to stretch out an ocean-wide chest to be able to pay for the behavior of his son who was very unfaithful.

While Gendhis. It was enough to get here.His struggle and sacrifice for the man had once been in his heart. After this, he had to learn sincerely to release the Latitude. Although until this moment he did not know how to remove the name Lintang from his heart.

Sayup sound latitude of the sound system, rigid without any hesitation.

"I received his marriage and marriage, Sister Gabby Permatasari bint Mr. Karta Wijaya with a dowry as mentioned in cash...!"

"How are the witnesses? Is it already shah?" ask the witnesses and all those present.

"Dad....!" say everyone.

Penghulu then offered a do'a for the two brides.

And.. at that time.Gendhis heart felt crumpled when he had to watch his childhood soul mate must be together in the mop with other women. He locked the door of his room tightly, so that no one would hear him as he screamed from the pain in his heart. He let his tears drip out as he could, he poured out all his sadness on the day of the Latitude match, he said, so that after this his tears dry and there is nothing left to cry over the latitude that is not worth crying. It only took time for the wounds in his heart to dry up as the handsome knight would bring him happiness, far beyond what Lintang could give him.

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