I Was the Second
Eight

This afternoon Alfina was at the fried chicken shop, she was with her niece Amala who wanted to help at Alfina's fried chicken shop. With painstaking Alfina taught how to make a mixture of flour and dough for fried chicken, also how to work the cash register, make drinks, and so on. The plan is Alfina and Rayhan want to hire one more employee to take care of the store, because Alfina is tired of working at home.

It used to be that the reason he opened the shop was that he sat on his hands in the shophouse that Rayhan had hired to rest waiting for Aisyah and Sulaiman to return to school. Sulaiman who was still Kindergarten returned home from school after dhuhur, while Aisyah who was in Elementary School returned home after Ashar. The distance from home to school is quite far, making Rayhan decide to rent a shop for a place to rest, where Alfina is looking for busyness there.

Because there was a plan Rayhan remarried, then Alfina did not need to go all the way to the city to accompany Sulaiman. Later Sulaiman can be left at the home of his honeymoon sister while waiting for the hours of Aisyah's school.

"Where's Mala? Can ya? Any difficulties?" alfina asked Amala.

"Yes still not used to it, while walking Aunty Al, if there is difficulty Mala will ask," said Amala..

"Alright in shaa Allah tomorrow let the standard operational procedures be made the same om Rayhan, continue to be affixed to the wall here, so that you can easily read it, and hopefully soon you can be friends, so that I can calm down, because soon I will be busy with something, want to close the store kok eman, already many customers Alhamdulillah," said Alfina.

"Yes aunty" said Amala.

Alfina opened her mobile phone that was vibrating in the pocket of her cooking apron. It turns out that Zia was the one who sent the message, Zia told her that her parents wanted to meet with Rayhan. Then he called Rayhan.

Rayhan: "Hello Assalamualaikum Al,"

Alfina: "Waalaikumussalam Mas, where now?"

Rayhan: "I'm in the office, what's up Al?"

Alfina: "Busy isn't it?"

Rayhan: "Ga too, just finished the signature sell the house, this I also want to go there Al, soon,"

Alfina: "That's Mas, e... Zia's parents are at Zia's deckhouse right now, and ask Mas Rayhan to meet her, how?"

Rayhan: "Yes I went there, after the prayer of dhuhur in shaa Allah, just as you went?"

Alfina: "How did you go alone? I'm still teaching Amala,"

Rayhan: "Oh yes, yes I'm alone, what good do I take Sulaiman and Fatimah?"

Alfina: "By Mas, I'm ready for the kids now,"

Alfina hung up her phone, and put her phone back in her pocket, then hurriedly prepared Sulaiman and Fatimah to invite Rayhan to Zia's house.

"Where the hell are you Mi?" ask Sulaiman.

"Sulaiman and Fatimah accompanied Abi to Maryam's house" Alfina said.

"The truth is Mi... Abi want to marry the Ummanya Maryam?" ask Sulaiman.

"Our hope is so dear Sulaiman, does Sulaiman not mind the time ummi and Abi asked first?"

"No objection Mi, but will Abi still love Sulaiman, Fatimah, Mba Ais, also Mba Dija?" ask Sulaiman.

"Of course, son, in shaa Allah Abi will still love you all as much as now, will also love Maryam, do not worry yes,"

"Yes Umma" said Sulaiman.

"Tin.." the sound of Rayhan's car horn entering the courtyard of their shophouse.

"Tuh Abi came, let us out" said Alfina who brought the children out of the shop.

"Is everything ready?" ask Rayhan.

"Yes I know Sulaiman and Fatimah have been lamented, which I ask of you, are you ready to share a husband?" ask Rayhan. Alfina nodded and smiled behind her veil.

"OK, we're leaving, yuk Sulaiman, Fatimah," Rayhan asked.

"Wait for Mas," Alfina prevented Rayhan from leaving first, she ran towards the tavern and returned with a plastic bag containing 1 box of fried chicken.

"This is Mas, rather than carrying nothing, there are several pieces of fried chicken, impromptu anyway, the chicken is brought yes," said Alfina.

"OK," said Rayhan, receiving the plastic bag.

"Mas, may Allah please, I pray from here" said Alfina who kissed her husband's back in reverence.

"Aamiin, we're leaving Al, assalamualaikum" Rayhan said.

"Waalaikumussalam, fii amanillaah (may You be in the protection of God) Mas," said Alfina.

"Maasalamah (may salvation also be with you)" replied Rayhan.

Rayhan arrived at the courtyard of Zia's rented house. Unlike usual, the door of the house that had always been closed during the day was open.

From inside Zia's father was waiting, he saw the black Outlander car was stopping in the yard of the house. And a dashing, bearded man, wearing a white knit peci, wearing a light gray kurta and black sirwal pants came down with two boys and girls.

"Assalamualaikum" said Rayhan who took Sulaiman and Fatimah.

"Waalaikumussalam, please come in" replied the father.

Zia and mother also heard Rayhan coming to the living room because she thought Alfina was coming too.

Rayhan shook the hand of the father, as well as Sulaiman and Fatimah.

"I'm Rayhan sir" said a slightly nervous Rayhan.

"Oh yes, son Rayhan, I'm Iko's father, this is his mother" he said.

"Iko?" rayhan asked confusedly, who is Iko??

"Zia means father, his name is Risqo Fauziah, used to be a child called Iko, but he felt like a male call, so ask to be called Zia, but you are used to Iko," father explained.

"Ah..iya," said Rayhan.

"Where's Mba?" asked Zia who was the first time to invite Rayhan to talk, if it is not important to ask, maybe until marriage they just talked to each other.

"Oh yes, Alfina, my wife is training new employees to cook chicken in the store, this was Alfina brought fried chicken, sorry father, mother, because suddenly, we did not prepare anything," said Rayhan while giving up the fried chicken box earlier.

"Oh yes thank you son Rayhan, oh yes to forget, please sit down, but sorry lesehan on the carpet yes," said the father.

"Ah yes sir, Ndak pa pa," said Rayhan immediately sat cross-legged on the carpet in the living room, actually not the living room as well, but the front room used by Zia sewing.

Zia took Sulaiman and Fatimah to the back so that the father could talk to Rayhan.

"I was told by Iko that if anyone wanted to marry her, but this man was married, was that right?" ask father.

Dag dig dug... Rayhan was nervous, he said what's good so you don't get angry or offended....