Holy Marriage
The Angel of Substitution
“Halo Sister Angel Afifa!” Anna greeted her brother whom she crossed.
“Halo, hello. What language is that, Ann? Assalamu’alaikum dong, Anna!” Angel, Anna's sister warned. His gaze focused on the clothes he was wearing without looking at Anna who was running in.
Anna enters the living room and finds her father sitting on the sofa, a cup of coffee in front of her.
“Hai, Dad!”
“Start tomorrow wearing hijab, Anna. Your hair is too pretty for men to see out there!” the decree of Herlambang, Anna's father then returned his gaze to the newspaper he read.
Anna smiled and then went into the room.
Five years ago Herlambang made a noble call to the holy land of Mecca, the pilgrimage. Upon his return to the homeland, the neighbors called him Hajj, although he often refused titles that should not exist.
Besides wearing a hijab is a religious order, Herlambang is also embarrassed to hear neighbors who call the child of a Hajj not veiled. He often shouted that Anna should be veiled.
To Angel, Herlambang no longer needed to shout the same thing. Already since Junior High, the eldest was wearing a hijab because it was Angel school in Tsanawiyah and continued to Aliyah. After graduating from college, Angel pursued his activities as a duck farmer.
Unlike Anna who studied in public school. Anna never answered whenever her father ordered her to wear the hijab, at most just smiling knots.
Herlambang grabbed his phone that was ringing and immediately replied. The candidate besan.
“Good morning, Mr. William. Sure, Sir. I will take the time to discuss the matchmaking between the Father's son and my daughter. Ja. Can, can, sir. I'll take my daughter to meet. Before they are married, of course we must meet them first. My daughter will definitely marry Alan William. Yes yes, sir. Sure.” Herlambang smiled proudly staring at his phone as his interlocutor disconnected the phone. He hasn't talked about it to his daughter, but he believes her daughter definitely received the honor.
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“Not leaving yet, Pa?” laura asked while cutting the burger that the maid had provided at the long dinner table. So long can be for amen table tennis.
“Not yet. Breakfast first. Where's alan?” William asked his eldest son after previously sweeping the room and did not find his eldest there. There were only three maids standing behind him wearing black and white maid uniforms. They are on standby there, if the employer needs something then they will quickly present it.
“Alan was asked, Stefi same Clarita not asked?”
“Alan is our most handsome child,” said the Papa who has more attention to his eldest. Besides Alan is considered the most reliable as well as the successor of the company he manages, of course Alan is seen as a substitute angel in the house. After all, it was not in vain he educated Alan with hard upbringing all this time. Alan became a responsible and intelligent man in the eyes of William.
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TBC to be continued. .
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Love, though,
EMMA SHU