He's My Beloved (Slowly Realized)
CHAPTER 24
At home Teguh and Nadia anxiously wait for Zaki and Sarah to come home. "how long have they been? Mama is worried what happened to Sarah," said Nadia anxiously while pacing back and forth in the house. "calm down ma, ma,. There is Zaki with Sarah nothing will happen", Teguh replied to calm his wife. Before long the sound of Zaki's car was heard entering Sarah's yard. "thankfully son, you've come home. Come in and rest!" greet Nadia to Sarah who looks shabby. "son, papa apologize. And sorry for Abi's departure", continued Teguh to Sarah while hugging the body of her son. But not a single word came out of Sarah's mouth, she only looked at her father meaningfully.
In the room Sarah went straight into the bathroom and locked it from the inside. He leaned against the wall and sat down and turned on the shower. The cold water did not feel enveloped Sarah who now seemed numb, long she bowed under the shower. "Bi, I'm sorry", he said loudly under the water, his tears spilled unstoppably, his chest tight, his throat as if suffocated.
He finished his bath, he changed his clothes and sat on the balcony of his room, looking around in silence, he looked up and saw that there were hardly any stars there, then she remembered the box Abi's mother gave her this afternoon.
"where is the box?", Sarah searched in her bag, taking out all the items in her bag. "here is it", murmured Sarah. He opened it and he saw a small letter under the beautiful necklace of Abi.
'Dear, sarah.. I'm sorry for not maintaining our love so well, I easily let you go for the man your parents chose. But I really don't want you and me to go against the blessing of parents who are so important to our future. Sar, though,. Don't get me wrong, I don't love you, I always admire my love for you. Now that God is angry with me, He took what I was glorifying all this time, God rebuked me through you. The one I love is destined for another. Now just a prayer for you and him to be happy to his heaven, please take care of him who is now your husband. I will go from your heart Sar, but I will always be there for you. I love you Sar...'
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In the living room, Zaki and Sarah's parents are talking about what happened today. "Zak, stay here for a few days, take Sarah out or wherever she wants to a little forget her sadness" Teguh told Zaki. "iya om, Zaki has also moved to college on Sarah's campus to make it easier to take care of Sarah, and papa mama also agrees", Zaki replied telling her intention. "good idea, Zak, thank you for sacrificing for Sarah", Teguh continued patting Zaki on the shoulder.
The next day Sarah was still locked up in her room, "Don't come out, let's eat. Don't be like this, your future is still long. Think of yourself and your mom too." asked Nadia in front of Sarah's locked door from the inside. Sarah was silent thinking about her mother's words, until when she had to shut herself up like this, it had been almost two weeks she just went out of the room to eat, the rest she spent in the room. Until he does not care about the presence of Zaki who is now more intense to meet him even though he never once greeted.
Sarah began to open the door with a shabby appearance unlike Sarah who used to be, now her smile disappeared from her beautiful face. That day he intends to meet Zaki who is chatting with his parents, "Zak! I want a breath of fresh air" Sarah asked Zaki. Zaki swiftly stood up and took Sarah's hand to get in the car and took her to the road. "om aunt, we permit to go out first yes, assalamu'alaikum," said Zaki with a happy face. After almost two weeks he did not see Sarah's face now he came out and took her for a walk.