Om That Possessive, MY HUSBAND!
HER, MY WIFE!- 20. Singapore (2)

...Singapore...

The news of the arrival of Zidan and Manda had reached all the members of the extended family, so since 4 pm, the main house was crowded. Zidan's cousins immediately arrive to congratulate Manda on her pregnancy, and welcome a new member to their family??

"Congratulations, Zidan, Manda. You will definitely be the greatest parents for your children!"

"Congratulations, Brother Zidan. Healthy is always Manda and her baby-frog candidates!"

Various congratulations and do'a poured out for Manda and her future baby, even Manda to blink because she still did not expect, how could they treat Manda like now? It was inversely proportional to their treatment when Zidan first came to know Manda as his wife!

Luna, one of Zidan's cousins, was sitting near Ahkam.

"Who should I call him, brother?" ask him to Zidan.

Zidan stroked Ahkam's back, and sat Ahkam in his lap.

"Ahkam, this is Luna's sister."

Ahkam smiled as Luna continued to pay attention to him.

"Whose full name is Ahkam?" ask Luna.

"Muhammad Hafidzul Ahkam!"

"Oh, very good name, Brother likes it!"

Luna did a tos with Ahkam, Luna's expression looked so sincere, without any coercion.

"Well, there's Brother Zidan and Manda!" Dea sat down in front of Zidan. The girl just came home from college and went straight to school.

"How are you doing, Manda?" asked Manda, but her gaze was fixed on Ahkam who was now sitting near Luna.

"Thank God, how are you, how are you going to be?"

"Emm, that's how it is, as always!" Dea moved to sit, closer to Manda, Zidan stood up, decided to switch seats, uncomfortable sitting in a crowd of women, even his own cousin!

"How is it, healthy?"

"Alhamdulillah be healthy!"

"That's it, Ahkam right?" ask Dea. The girl is no stranger to the name Ahkam, because Aunt Melinda often tells him about Ahkam, Auntie is so fond of Ahkam, like her own grandson.

"Yes, want acquaintances?"

"It has to be acquaintance anyway!" Dea got up, now sitting near Luna.

The others were busy changing clothes, just saying congratulations and sitting down for a while, then going to the room where their clothes were available.

"My name, Ahkam. Whose sister's name?"

"Dea, call me Beautiful Dea Brother Jelita!"

"What a long nickname?"

"Hahaha, be kidding, call Brother Dea!"

"Emmm, Brother Luna? Why don't you wear a hijab like Kak Dea and Mama?" ahkam asked after watching Dea and Luna alternately.

"Well, you're not ready!" luna replied as she shifted her eyes, what a shame this is!

Maybe if an adult asks her, Luna will answer, 'That's my right, whether or not to wear a hijab, it's none of your business!! Take care of your business, don't interfere with other people's business!'

But now it was even the little boy who asked about it to her! Luna was confused as to what kind of answer?!

"Sister Luna must be more beautiful if you wear a hijab, right, Pa?" Ahkam looked at Zidan, asking for an opinion.

"Yes, girls do look much prettier if they close the aura!"

Luna bowed to Zidan's words. Actually this is not the first time he heard Zidan say that, in the past when Luna was still sitting on the bench of Junior High School, Zidan always reminded her to wear hijab at every opportunity they met. Never tired of Zidan reminded of his cousins who have not used the hijab.

It just so happens that Zidan is the first and only grandson in his extended family, all the children of his uncle and aunt, there was once a grandchild, but left when he was 1 month over 5 days.

Zidan asked everyone in the house to get ready, half an hour later the Maghrib, Ahkam had entered the bathroom first, while Manda prepared the prayer clothes for Ahkam and Zidan.

Downstairs, two waiters were busy rolling out carpets in the living room, providing prayer mats and mucenas as well. If there is Zidan, surely everyone will look like Muslims who keep praying 5 times. In addition, Islam is only in ID cards!

"Sir Luna is angry, is it the same Ahkam?" tanya Ahkam when Manda put on her black skullcap.

"No, Sister Luna is not angry with Ahkam!" Manda justifies the buttons and collar of Ahkam prayer clothes, so that it looks more neat and handsome.

"Any sister Lunanya angry? How's dong, Ma?"

"Emmm, Ahkam just apologize." Manda smiled, she slightly pulled Ahkam's body closer to her, then whispered to the boy.

"Kalo Ahkam felt that there were people who did not like the words of Ahkam, Ahkam was sorry, yes, son. Then, if there are people who make Ahkam angry, Ahkam must be spit-spy also sorry him!"

"Even if he doesn't apologize to Ahkam? Ahkam should have pardoned him too, Ma?"

"Yes, it's better for Ahkam who's sorry for him first!"

"Yes, later Ahkam apologized to Kak Luna, Mama Temenin Ahkam huh?"

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"You are, Uncle is not ready to be a priest!" uncle Sham said when Zidan offered him as an Imam, because no one wanted to, Zidan finally advanced, Uncle Haidar the Iqamah. Ahkam took the saf next to Uncle Sham.

In the second row there is Mama Melinda, Manda, Dea, Shofia, Amira, Evi, Puspa, Aunt Qiara and Aunt Hasna. Luna is not praying he said.

The new year is just a little less Stella, even Evi and Shofia come with their partner, intending to introduce to the big family, the plan is next year they will marry together. Evi waits until her S2 finishes first.

After the completion of the prayer, dhikr and prayer, followed by bringing Surah Yasin, while waiting for the Adhan Isha'. In essence, this new year celebration was truly the most different from the previous years!

Ahkam walked over to Luna, after finishing praying Isya' congregated and changed her prayer clothes with ordinary clothes, Zidan and Manda walked behind Ahkam.

"Sir Luna?" call Ahkam while touching Luna's hand with her index finger.

"Yes, why Ahkam?" Luna turned her eyes to Ahkam, everyone was already gathered in the backyard, getting ready for the burning event!

"Excuse me yes." Ahkam. "Sir Luna is angry, isn't she the same Ahkam? Because Ahkam asked Kak Luna earlier?"

"Eh?" Luna looked at Zidan and Manda, she was not angry anyway, just a little uncomfortable, rather, Luna was embarrassed to be asked by Ahkam! Moreover Ahkam said she would definitely be much prettier if she wore a hijab!

"I'm sorry Ahkam, sister?"

Luna clasped Ahkam's hand, staring at Ahkam. The way Zidan studied Ahkam was no doubt, now that Luna was more aware, there was no point in her rejecting the presence of anyone in their family, be it Manda or Ahkam.

To refuse the presence of men like Manda and Ahkam is to refuse a diamond, and not necessarily a diamond given to their family!

"Sir Luna is sorry Ahkam. Now here, sit down with Sister Luna!"

Ahkam sat beside Luna who was piercing the sausage to be burned, Dea and Amira were busy with their grill equipment. Evi and Shofia are busy introducing their respective partners, while Puspa helps bring some snacks to the backyard.

Manda wanted to help as well, but was banned by Mama Melinda and Aunt Qiara.

"You sit down, the guest is the king!" said Aunt Hasna. Manda could only smile at hearing that.

"Pa, can Ahkam start fireworks?!" tanya Ahkam while showing the fireworks that Luna gave.

"Don't, Ahkam. Ahkam can not play with fire, later Papa aja nyalain, Ahkam can not ya galain itself!"

"Anything with Luna? Can you, Pa?"

"Later, yeah. Wait Papa!"

"Emm, okay, Pa!" Ahkam tells Luna that Papa Zidan has not allowed her to set off fireworks, and Ahkam will never oppose what Papa and Mama said!

"Manda! Here, sit here!" call Dea, all the ingredients for ngegrill are ready, there is 6 kg of beef, 3 kg of chicken, and 5 packs of sausages.

"Sister Zidan? Manda can eat this?" puspa asked, Zidan squinted his eyes, watching what the girls were cooking.

"Don't do much, baby!"

Manda smiled, Zidan allowed it.

That night, the men were busy burning fish, the girls were busy with their activities, some were busy cooking this and that, some were having a good time with a boyfriend, some were busy, there are busy taking photos and videos, which joget-joget not clear in front of the HP was there!

While Aunt Hasna and Aunt Qiara were busy chatting with Mama Melinda.

"What about the boy, do we have to take it for granted? Without knowing what his background is? Whose son is he and he was born in what neighborhood?" said Aunt Hasna, talking about Ahkam.

Mama Melinda breathed out slowly. "He was the son of a good man, and his mother and father were remembered for his kindness after his death. From the beginning I had already agreed to Zidan's decision, even when I was taking care of Ahkam's custody!"

"But--"

"Qiara, all this time Zidan always obeyed and fulfilled all my wishes, he was willing to do this and that for me, even look at her, she still respected me as a Mother, no matter how bad I was!"

"You forgot? How did Zidan sacrifice his ideals just for the sake of obeying Papa-in-law's wishes? You forget, how did Zidan say yes when we forced him to get engaged to Vanessa?"

"Or do you still forget as well, how do we treat Manda when Zidan introduces the girl as his wife?!"

"Yes, maybe at that time I also refused the presence of Manda, because I considered Zidan was presumptuous to marry her without my knowledge! And bad for me, I had intended to separate them, to throw Manda away from my son's life!"

"But what did I get? My son needs Manda in his life! She was like an undead without Manda present, I could also see how sincere the girl loved my son!"

"He was there when my son was just lying weak, he was always there for my son, even to the point that he didn't pay attention to his own health!"

"You know, how noble her heart is, she still forgives me, she still respects me as her mother-in-law, and I love her very much now, she is not just a daughter-in-law, but also a child in my eyes!"

Aunt Qiara and Aunt Hasna were silent a thousand languages, they were bowed, staring at their fingers, not daring to look at Mama Melinda.

"Zidan also has a personal life, just like us, his life is not only about work and company, he also wants to be happy, and his happiness is on Ahkam and Manda!"

"Can't you support your own nephew? Can't you respect his decision, just once! Is there still less sacrifice he made for all of us? Does my son have to sacrifice his whole life for the company?"

"I say this as a Mother who just wants to see her son live happily! You are also a mother, right? You guys must understand how I feel, I'm not as young as I used to be, I just want to enjoy the old days with my children and grandchildren, see them living happily with their partner!"

Mama Melinda could not hold back her tears, she cried without a sound, Aunt Qiara and Aunt Hasna immediately embraced, along with feeling guilty for having behaved inappropriately to Zidan and Manda.

Zidan looked towards them with an astonished expression. Because it was rare for Zidan to see them cuddling like that.

"Mom why, huh?"