
Ali spoke at length to Kiai Ilham about his wife, while Umi Kumairoh and Ning Sarah just kept quiet without speaking a word and just listened to Ali's story. When Ali was about to say goodbye, Ning Alisah came out of her room again.
"Akang, can Alisah talk for a second?"
"Of course it can be Ning, as long as it is accompanied by Ning Sarah. Umi, Abi I'm out first."
"Yes to Ali."
Kiai Ilham and his wife answered in unison. Ali immediately walked first while lowering his gaze, followed by Ning Alisah and Ning Sarah.
Ning Sarah is the younger sister of Kiai Ilham who is 3 years older than Ali, while Ning Alisah is only 20 years old.
"Please what Ning Alisah wants to talk about?"
Ali spoke first when he reached the side of the fish pond with a look of eyes staring at the fish pond. The fish that Ali cared for while still in boarding school.
"Why did Akang reject Alisah again? Is Alisah not worthy of Akang? Obviously Alisah did not ask to be the only wife of Akang, Alisah was willingly polygamous by Akang, but it seems Alisah has flaws in Akang's eyes."
Ali let out a heavy sigh with eyes still focused on staring at the fish, he felt uneasy with such a question.
"Ning Alisah has no flaws in my eyes. Ning Alisah was perfect in my eyes, but the soul mate was just God Ning's secret. Ning Alisah also knows that in my principle there is no word polygamy, it is often said when I was a child on Ning Alisah, so I can not polygamy, I can not say, I'm afraid it can't be fair to my wives and I'm also afraid my sons are lacking in affection because I have two wives."
"Then has Akang harbored feelings for Kinanti? That's why when Kak Aska cancels Akang's wedding loudly ready to replace Kak Aska to marry Kinanti?"
"No Ning, I don't even know Kinanti even though she's a top model, but it turns out that Kinanti is a little girl in my past."
Ali does not know his wife even though his wife is a model, even ranked number one in the modeling world.
"So Akang did not love Kinanti, but Akang married her, while with Alisah, Akang always refused the presence of Alisah, why should it be like that Kang. Does Alisah not deserve to be loved by Akang?"
Ning Alisah's tears immediately flowed, her heart was very sick when the man she loved did not want to learn to love her, while with Kinanti who only knew when she was a child, she said, Ali wants to marry and wants to learn to love Kinanti.
"Or is there a lack of Alisah that makes Akang unable to love Alisah?"
Ali sighed harshly when she heard Ning Alisah ask again about flaws, what else she thought Ning Alisah was perfect. Even Ning Alisah knew a lot about religion, Ning Alisah should have thought more mature if he was not his match, not corner him until he felt guilty and felt he was the worst man.
It was enough that Ali felt guilty about hurting him in the past for rejecting his proposal, not to mention the guilt on his sister-in-law Kinar, but he was very grateful that Kinar was thinking of adulthood, and now he felt even more guilty again with Ning Alisah's demeaning attitude in front of him.
"Don't think like that Ning Alisah, maybe Ning Alisah's soul mate is not me, no matter how hard humans try, if in Lauhul Mahfudz not my name written for Ning Alisah, she said, I can what?"
Ning Sarah let out a rough sigh as she looked at her nephew who just kept humbling himself in front of Ali.
"Please don't embarrass your pride Alisah, you have faith, you should think mature like Ali. Don't think narrowly like that, what else Ali said is true."
"So what's wrong Alisah because Alisah loves Akang? Not'is love fitrah, but why is Alisah wrong here?"
Alisah's tears grew even more intense when her love was blamed by Ning Sarah. Before Ning Sarah answered Ning Alisah's question, Ali spoke first.
"It's true that love is fitrah and Ning Alisah is not at all wrong, but please don't lower Ning Alisah's self-esteem in front of me. Please understand my feelings Ning, from the beginning I refused Ning Alisah to have Ning Alisah erase Ning's feelings on me."
"Where does Alisah forget about Akang if the name Akang Alisah mentioned in the prayer one third of the night Alisah? Alisah always hoped that Alisah's love was reciprocated by Akang with the passage of time, but in the end Alisah still can not get Akang."
Ali rubbed his face violently, his eyes still staring at the fishes, he knew that Ning Alisah had been crying.
"I'm sorry Ning, because I have to hurt Ning Alisah for the second time, if time can be turned, I don't want to go down here rather than have to hurt women's feelings. Again I'm sorry Ning."
"It's not wrong, Akang doesn't need to apologize, but here Alisah is wrong. Alisah who always hoped that one day Akang could accept Alisah, but it turns out that it was only Alisah's wishful thinking. In fact, Alisah's desire is only a dream that Alisah can never reach."
" I ask to erase Ning Alisah's love for me slowly by mentioning the name of Allah, I believe that Ning Alisah can erase Ning Alisah's love, because Allah is all-reversing, all-reversing, and hopefully Ning Alisah gets the right guy. Sorry for the hurt I made on purpose or unintentionally."
Not yet Ning Alisah replied to a remark from Ali, suddenly Ali's phone vibrated.
Dret... Dret...
Ali reached into his cell phone in his pants pocket, he immediately picked up the phone from his wife.
"Ali, where are you?"
Ali let out a heavy sigh as his wife asked without saying any greetings first.
"Greet me first."
"Oh forgot. Assalamualaikum."
"Wa'alaikumsalam, I'm still at the boarding school, I'll be home soon."
"Here you go, I can't order Ali?"
"What message? What do you want to buy with me Kinanti?"
"Message don't like to spread charm on women, don't smile at women. Your smile is like honey, even sweeter than honey."
Ali shook his head when he heard the answer from his wife.
"What is sweeter than honey?"
"Where do I know, that's the saying that says."
"It's been 40 minutes since I got to the apartment."
"Yes be careful Assalamualkum."
"Yes, wa'alaikusalam."
Ali cut off his wife's phone call.
"Yes already Ning, I have to say goodbye to umi and abi immediately because my wife has called."
"Yes Akang."
"Assalamualaik."
"Wa'alaikumsalam."
Ning Sarah and Ning Alisah answered the greetings.