Love For Madinah Girl
Episode 23

The sky was covered in black mega when Lamborghini began climbing the narrow and winding road. The distant light pierced the darkness of the night. Lamborghini cannot glide at maximum. A few lives were lost in a deep ravine and wild trees along the way.

No vehicle has dared to pass this road since dusk arrived. They would rather take a detour. The distance is almost double, but it is safe.

This area is prone to begal. Al must be observant to see the surface of the road in case there is a nail mine or his countrymen. Tubeless not designed nail bomb resistant. Change where the tires are? Along the way there are no villages, let alone tire dealers.

"Mind the tires," grumbled Irma restlessly. "There are two angels you need to protect."

"Quiet," entertain Nidar. "There I am."

Irma sneered, "Look at the barongsai just pissing."

As a child Nidar was most afraid of the barongsai. He must have run into the house if someone paraded barongsai around the village in the Chinese new year. Fortunately, there is no trauma after adulthood.

"It was a small time" said Nidar. "I've got enough to piss on you."

Irma looked on not understanding. "Pissing what?"

"Pissing on what can be urinated on!"

Al knew what he meant, he quipped, "Marbot mosque when you say that?"

"Marbot is human."

"Crazy people are human too."

"Anyway we're safe," Riany cut quietly. "They're just robbing cars and valuables."

Irma. "just anyone?"

"His life is more precious."

"If life, the apes have it too."

"What else does it matter?"

"Honor! Forced how?"

"They don't bother people, just don't fight back."

"Because all this time who got a begal guy. Try if the girl is wrapped neatly like you, do not want to know the contents?"

"There's Al."

"Kok me?" al protest.

"Cowok should be able to protect girls."

"So I have to choose you over Lamborghini?" 

"My horse is on a Lamborghini."

"In Harbi's eyes."

"In your eyes?"

"Only the past. Is there a precious past?"

Riany offended. "So it's only Lin Wei that you have to protect?"

"Lin Wei again," Irma grumbled. "Jealous huh?"

"Well, what's jealous?"

"Come, muna! Look at Al Lesehan and Pamela wants to come back!"

"I have no appetite for food anymore!" sergeant Riany.

"No appetite people mean," sambar Nidar laughed.

"Well, keep listening to Al ta'aruf's plan as Vidya your face red as a boiled crab...."

"You'll know my face gets reddish when it's exposed to sunlight.... Al mau ta'aruf same Vidya, Pamela, Aisyah, Lin Wei, Wulandari.I don't care!"

"I'm glad to hear it" said Al. "I'm afraid you're jealous, which means my return caused a commotion."

"You should expect Riany to be jealous" sambar Irma said. "So there's hope to get in."

"I don't usually go in for closed doors."

"If the host opens the door?"

"I'd better go to Yogya because it's supposed to be closed."

Riany stared at me. "What are you talking about?"

"I'm surprised, ever since I met Lin Wei you've gotten so jutek. It's only natural that I'm scared because there's no clarification."

"You want me to sash because you have a whole girlfriend? Good. I will announce it later at the mosque. You want me to smile proudly because in your eyes I'm cheaper than Lamborghini? Fine." Riany opened the niqab and smiled contrivedly, then gave a glance. "Happy?"

Riany put up the niqab again.

"I have a friend so alay so yes," commented Irma. "All of you show off your kayaking aura in that photo. Glad there's a lot of miscall?"

"Riany wants to give an implied message that the little queen is more valuable than Lamborghini" said Nidar. "She opened the niqab to remind Al that the little queen is prettier than her all-round boyfriend."

"I'm so confused," Riany said. "What do you want anyway? How do I know I'm smiling proudly if I don't open the niqab?"

"I was just asking" said Al casually. "If you think the past is worth more than Lamborghini, yes, I will save the past."

"Tumben you call the past, not the little queen" Irma said. "Want to make distance?"

"I have to respect Harbi."

Lamborghini passed a corner. There was a small banana stem blocking the road dozens of meters ahead. Al stepped on the brakes. Lamborghini slowed down and stopped. The two hijab girls looked tense. On Irma's face she felt fear.

Irma blames her friend, "You're the one, Ri, everything wants to go this way."

"Let's hurry" said Riany. "Al can't be late for dinner invitations. Through the ring road sure Al's just gonna do the dirty dishes."

"It's so close, you know? This is how it became! Oh God! Protect your servant who does not have this car!"

"I'm the same Al means not to enter that prayer?"

"Seek for yourself! You can pray."

"Pray stingy."

"You who want to go this way."

"For Al."

"Hiswa drifting a rayin?"

"If you need to."

Irma glares. "You want your life to float for dinner?"

"I want to redeem his mother's wrath."

"His mother doesn't know, Ri."

"So putty."

"Warn me next time."

"Means next time I say it."

Women if faced with the problem of the first busy mouth, thought Al while observing the banana stem. It often hurts because of itself.

"Just hit it" said Riany. "Just a little banana."

"That's what they want."

"meaning?"

"They don't want us to stop. Lots of big banana sticks on the side of the road. They purposely used a small banana stem because they wanted us to bully it."

"Trap," cetus Nidar. "That banana stem must be nothing."

"Component."

Al looked around. His eyes cannot penetrate darkness. What is visible is only the area highlighted by car lights.

"Don't come out no matter what," said Al. "Take over the wheel."

Riany looked at Al with a strong feeling of worry behind her bluish eyeball charm. "Keep you?"

"Move the banana stem."

"Al," Riany sizzled. "Collapse, whatever happens."

"We're all dead if it's a TATP bomb."

"I'm willing."

"Harbi is not willing."

"At least it can be a bomb" Irma said. "The car must be broken. What did they get?"

"They got Riany," said Al lightly. "He is more valuable than Lamborghini."

"Just run," insisted Irma. "I'm sure there's no bomb."

"Your faith is missing," sambar Nidar. "Al says we all die if the banana stem is attached to a TATP bomb. Do you understand if not? What?"

"I'm used to it times."

"Spring huh?"

Al unlocks the door. "Go ahead when there's a signal from me."

"You're in the car" said Nidar. "Let me move the banana stem."

"You could die if they had a gun."

"You're bulletproof?"

"No."

"So you want to die first?"

"I survived not dying until I managed to move that banana stem."

"We both went out. I'll protect you so you can move the banana stems."

"They don't want us to stop. So they put a small banana. So they're not really ready if we attack."

"Well, can you."

"See there's movement in the front bush. They're approaching the car." Then Al turned to Riany. "Ready?"

Riany nodded. For the first time Al saw there was a fear of loss in those beautiful eyeballs. For some reason, Al even more daring to come out.