Davina's Widower
The Advice of Sari Hassan

Davina looked at Kareem who was looking at her. As an adult woman, she is also 25 years old, would want to have a married life like her cousins. Now there is a man who blatantly wants to propose himself other than Ali Khan, making it a dilemma.

"Dav, is there something you're thinking?" ask Kareem while getting rid of Davina's haircut.

Davina did not answer. Kareem kept looking at her with a questioning face but he was willing to wait for the girl to tell him her own story.

"We'll eat first." Davina then bribed her nasi. Kareem is curious but he's at Davina's request.

The two ate in silence though Kareem occasionally glanced at the uncomfortable-looking girl. What was?

***

Davina cleaned up all the cutlery they had eaten, only two glasses of iced tea were left.

Kareem sat sideways and now he's only wearing a white shirt after his jacket he took off. His handsome face looked towards Davina asking for an explanation.

"I... There are men who like me and we can be said to be close for almost the last six months. He's the same as you, Arjuna's business partner, his name is Ali Khan, from India." Kareem is still listening. "My ex, Lee Ye-jun accidentally met me at the wedding of his sister-in-law Bara."

Davina lifted her head and tried to have the bad experience remembered again. "Ye-jun drugged me and harassed me instantly**sual. It's lucky Ali Khan was there to help me."

Kareem's hands clenched. Damn that guy!

"Since then, Ye-jun has always been stalking me and I had to hide from him in Ali's apartment. Until my family teamed up with the DEA and Miami Dade Police to arrest Ye-jun and his men because he had a long list of crimes."

"You still love that Korean guy?" ask Kareem curious.

"It used to be, it's not now."

"What about Ali Khan?"

"I don't know."

Kareem raised his eyebrows. "How's? Do you love him?"

"He saved my life. He asked my papa. But the last two months he's been to Mumbai and it's been two weeks that he hasn't given any news. Out of the blue, this afternoon said to go to Jakarta and ask to dinner with me on Sunday night."

It was like Kareem was banning Davina from leaving but who was he who had nothing to do with the girl.

"Did he never send that wa, email or SMS message in the last two weeks?"

Davina shakes.

"Dav, if a man really loves his woman, as busy as he is, he will surely give you news every day. There is no reason not to tell. I was alone when I was with Maryam. No matter how busy I am, I always tell." Kareem's face became sad when talking about his late wife.

"But we shouldn't suudzon without knowing the real reason" Kareem stared at Davina softly.

"Yes.." said Davina slowly.

"Do you love him?"

"I don't know..."

"Just follow your heart, Dav. Pray for a third of the night for your heart to calm down" Kareem smiled.

Davina nodded.

***

Kareem hung his face on the table. Damn it! Davina is still hesitating. Davina has been picked up by her bodyguard, Yono.

"Kareem.." call Sari Hassan.

"Mother" Kareem smiled as he stood up and walked towards his mother's bed.

"So there's Davina, son?"

"Please raise the bed, son" said Sari Hassan.

Kareem obeyed his mother's request and now Sari Hassan is half-sitting.

"You're the one who's irkaya son." Kareem took two pieces of bread. "Hhhmm delicious, especially those who bring prospective daughters-in-law..."

"Ohuk...uhuk!" Kareem choked on the bread he was chewing.

Sari laughed seeing her son nervous.

"Mom don't" he said in a hoarse voice after finishing a glass of water.

"But I want that girl to be my daughter-in-law."

Kareem looked at his mother. "Did you hear our conversation?"

"Of course I heard and I peeked at how you're fighting with Davina." Sari Hassan looked at his son. "The girl is still at the crossroads of feelings, Kareem. He's got a life debt burden on him with a guy named Ali but I see he's got no spirit there when he says the guy's name. Unlike when he talks about Ye-jun, there are slightly glowing eyes there and it seems that the evil man is able to penetrate Davina's heart until he has trouble accepting a new man."

"Mother, how do you know Davina like that?"

"Kareem, the mother of fifty years of life in the world, has experienced the bitter sweet salt acid of life. Meet a lot of people, knowing each other's character and a woman's mother." Sari smiled. "And I know what it's like to fall in love."

"What should Kareem do Mom?"

"You want to corner him? Do as you suggest to Davina. Pray for a third of the night, and you approach Davina. The girl needs reassurance, attention and warm attention. Do as you do to your mother. Simple attention is meaning a lot for her."

Kareem stared at his mother. How my mom knows that?

"You know what made you fall in love with your father? His attention. Your father never forgot the date we met, married, and mother's birthday, which many men don't care about."

Kareem listened to all the love stories of his parents. Faiz Hassan is a romantic guy and that's what made his mother fall in love.

"Patience with Davina, Kareem. She's an introverted girl and she wants to tell you, which means she has a lot of trust in you. He's different from his other family..."

"Davina's a fragile woman, ma'am. It could be seen how all of his brothers were trying to protect him" Kareem cut.

"He's not as strong as he really looks" Sari smiled. "The woman needs real support. Davina did get it from her family but it was inside of her that she wanted to get the support of the man who pulled her heart."

"I guess all the descendants of the Pratomo clan will be as strong as ever." Kareem stared at the photo of Davina with her family.

"Not all can be strong because each has a different personality. Davina is strong in business, work but as a woman she is fragile, Kareem. That was his weakness and the psycho man took advantage of it. She said, If you love her, love her as you love her. Because if you dare hurt her, it's the same way you hurt mom."

Kareem nodded. "Mom, it's twelve in the evening, let's take a break."

"Mother sleeps. Bored" said Sari Hassan while manyuning.

"Well, I slept first, Mom." Kareem kissed his mother's cheek.

"Goodnight darling."

Sari sees Kareem's phone turning her wallpaper into a photo of Davina.

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