God's Choice of Mate
Arrival of Guests

At around 2pm I arrived in Jakarta. Madi was at the airport to pick us up. I came home with many souvenirs typical of Aceh. I brought a lot of sweet memories with really good new people, like Amar, Nana and Marwa. And also the sweet memories of that last night in Aceh with my beloved husband who barely let me rest all night. He said part of the effort to get offspring.

2 Weeks after our short holiday to Aceh. We started the routine as usual, nothing changed unless I started learning how to look polite. I learned to wear a long skirt and occasionally wear a veil. I tried to explain to Mas Ray that I was going to change but I needed time, so I started small, I also started reducing the schedule to my salon which is usually 2 times a week now almost 2 weeks ago I just entered the salon for hair care. Ray is also now forbidding me from changing my hair color. Be me with my real hair color but still beautiful dong ya.

Since Mr. Briyan's arrival at the school, I've had no intention of bothering me. I see now Tania moved towards Briyan sir who made Tania and Bu Ita's relationship a little stretched. Mr. Briyan has remained professional so far. Beyond a doubt, he has never brought up our relationship in the past. So I can work quietly. Thankfully, the storm began to pass.

Today Ray said that we will have a special guest, Aunt Lilis. Aunt Lilis is the cousin of Mother who is also the second mother to Mas Ray. I just met Aunt Lilis once at my wedding reception. She has a daughter who is quite close to Mas Ray, her name is Yola. It's just that I don't really like Yola. He's too close to Ray, it makes me jealous.

Because today is weekend, I cook a lot to welcome the arrival of Aunt Lilis. All the food and deserts are neatly arranged on the dining table. Now I'm not afraid my nails will break from cooking. Because mas Ray said that the reward of the wife who prepared food for her family was very large.

The sound of a car arrived, it looks like Aunt Lilis has arrived. I immediately headed forward towards the front. They came with Mom and Dad.

"Assynogaic"

"Greetings waalaikum" I greet aunt Lilis, mother and father.

"Sister Ray...." Yola ran towards Ray and hugged him. Basic flirty!

"Not a muhrim" whispered to me while biting my teeth. Yola and Mas Ray are not muhrim. The relationship between the two is cousin. Tate Lilis is not a sister or sister of the mother, but a cousin of the mother or the child of the maternal uncle. So, the relationship between the two is very far away. It's just that Aunt Lilis since High School lived with her mother and she was also the intermediary father and mother at that time. So that the relationship of the two is like a sibling.

"Yes, let's go in" I saw Ray trying to let go of Yola's embrace.

"Please aunt, Shafa make a drink first yes" I went to the kitchen to make a drink.

"Let me mbak, mbak just accompany them" said bi Lastri.

"Ga papa bi, aunty just bring her cake" I brought a tray of five drinks to the living room.

"Shafa here baby!" My mother asked me to sit next to her.

"Shafa already knows Aunt Lilis and Yola, right?" Ask mother.

"Yes ma'am"

"So Yola is planning to take an Arabic course. Because of his plan he wants to study in Cairo like Rayyan. So for a while Shafa doesn't mind if aunt Lilis and Yola stay here? It just so happens that Yola's course isn't far from here" Deg. My feeling suddenly wasn't good. Idih model kek Yola gini want to study in Egypt? Did I not hear wrong. I think he's just a mode, huh? I looked towards Ray. He just smiled. His smile is what does it mean?

"Shafa did not mind ma'am, it just so happens that there are still 3 empty rooms here" I said. Honestly, I really object.

***

"Why you, baby?" Ask Mas Ray to me who is still sitting on the prayer mat finished performing Isha prayer.

"No papa" I shook my head.

Mas Ray sat cross-legged beside me resting my head on his shoulder.

"You think about Aunt Lilis and Yola, right?" Her speech. Ah, it's easy to guess I'm this.

"I just feel like Aunt Lilis's son doesn't like me"

"Honey, we can't be so bad. Yola is like that. But he's actually a good boy. Mas've known him since he was a baby" she explained. Even though you know him since he was in the womb, but the human heart no one knows mas.

"But I don't like him very close" I said.

"Honey, Yola's an orphan. Her father's been dead since she was Junior High. So we have to love him. Mas Thought Yola was like mas's own sister, ga more. I hope Shafa can also love Yola as Shafa's sister. After all Yola and Aunt Lilis were only temporarily here until the Yola course was completed. So Shafa has to be patient well" he rubbed my head. I don't know, Ray's words just now didn't change my judgment of Yola at all.

"I'd love him if he was nice to me. But I saw him singiririrkan that absolutely do not think me. ever saw him nyapa or my negur? Don't you?" I'm upset. I'm the mistress of this house but my whereabouts are not at all considered. Even when I reprimanded him first the answer was indifferent.

"Maybe because he's not used to it. Later if you get used to it will definitely change" he explained. Just keep your cousin it's Mas. Nana and Marwa are the ones people just could be nice to me. He who is his own kin is just the opposite. I'd better shut up, because the more I insist Ray's gonna be more defensive.

Tok.dok...

"Sister Ray..." The voice from behind the door called. New to crap too. Ray moved to open the door. I wish I could hold my hand not to open the door.

"What's Yol?" Ask me Ray.

"Sir, teach Yola dong. Tomorrow Yola starts the course, Yola is afraid. Yola wants to study first with sister so tomorrow she is not surprised" he said spoiled. You brat! Uh not a deng boy, he's 18.

Ray looked at me. I turned my face straightened my prayer mat and my face.

"Yes, wait under ya" said Ray.