Reaching the Moon
Chapter 31

"I'm leaving first, Dad, honey. Later in the day I will come to pick you up for treatment" said Nizam, then extend his hand towards the Moon while on the front porch of the house. However, as the Moon only looked at his hand without daring to welcome, it made the man again pull his hand.

"Sorry, Honey. I forgot again" said Nizam, smiling understandably. "Then I'll go first. You're fine at home, if there's anything call me right away. Assalamu 'alaikum," continued the man.

"Wa'alaikum hail, be careful, Mas!" The moon could only wave its hand at Nizam who had now entered the car.

The car began to drive away from the yard to the office. This morning Arfan said that there will be a meeting with his business partner, so he must come faster to the office. After that, he picked up the moon for treatment.

Two hours passed in Nizam's room. The meeting was finally completed with a new deal that would certainly be mutually beneficial. The man is now cleaning his desk and preparing to go back after the departure of his colleague.

"You, where, boss? Why do you look so rushed?" ask Arfan who is currently still sitting on the sofa while cleaning up some meeting files.

"I have to go home soon, today is the schedule for treatment of the Moon. Please take charge of my work, if anyone wants to meet, ask him to come back tomorrow." Nizam picked up his bag and walked to the door.

"Boss, there's something I want to tell you."

"Later on, I'm in a hurry."

"It's about Aura."

Nizam's footsteps suddenly stopped, as well as the hand that had been about to pull the doorknob, instantly motionless. The man turned his body to look at Arfan with furrowed brows full of question marks.

"I have a friend who works at the hospital where Aura used to work. Yesterday the hospital was in an uproar because of the arrival of a woman who was very similar to Aura, no, the arrival of Aura was more precisely because she claimed to be like that," explained Arfan.

"Whatchu mean? Didn't that time the doctor clearly say that Aura had died?"

"I asked my friend to double-check Aura's vision to see who died, if the Aura-like woman was indeed Aura."

"Then, how did it go?"

"He hasn't told me anything to date."

Nizam was silent for a moment. His feelings were immediately agitated and not calm. If Aura was still alive, she would be very grateful. And what about his heart? I don't know, he himself can't deduce what he's feeling right now.

"Zam, are you okay?" tanya Arfan breaks Nizam's daydream.

"I .., I have to go and bring the Moon to treatment" Nizam said without answering the assistant's question. His feet again stepped out of his room so quickly.

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While at home, Moon chose to sit on the swing while waiting for the arrival of Nizam. His legs moved forward and backward, making the swing go forward and backward. However, unlike the two legs that move agilely, the view of the Moon is actually silently staring straight ahead.

It had been two days after Nizwa's arrival at that time, but his conversation about the husband's fasting schedule still disturbed his mind. Now he began to realize the reason that became most likely the husband decided to run all the sunnah fast it¹.

Yes, minimize orgasm and practice sunah. The moon clearly knows that fasting is the path God recommends to reduce the sense that can control the heart and common sense. All of that is certainly because of her who is not able to carry out her duties as a full wife.

"Astaghfirullah," the Moon withered, covering her face with both hands.

Just thinking about it made Moon's chest feel tight and forced tears to flow down her cheeks. The heart of a wife who does not feel burdened when all activities in devoting herself to her husband can do, except physical contact. While it is the main need and be the reason why it is recommended to get married if you can.

The moon was still drowning in sadness when suddenly her phone rang. The woman immediately wiped away her tears as the name Syifa now filled the flat screen.

"Assalamu 'alaikum, Ms Syifa."

"Moon, I've found your sister" Syifa said across the phone.

The moon immediately stood up from the swing when it heard Syifa say. "really?" asked the woman enthusiastically.

"Yes, but ...."

"But why, Ma'am?"

"I'm sorry, Moon, your brother's dead."

The Moon's body immediately fell onto the ground uninspired, her tears dripping back, even more profusely than before.

"One of the forensics experts who had made a visit to a victim of a car fire at that time was a friend of mine. I gave your sister's characteristics including what was attached to her body at that time, and she said that 90% of her characteristics were suitable based on post mortem examination, dental identification, and DNA identification," syifa continued explaining.

"But, why was it that when I went there, they said that it was Aura and not a Star?"

"someone? Wh who? Why would he do that?"

"I don't know for sure if it is."

"Maybe it was Marcel's men so he didn't get in trouble because his mission failed" said Moon.

"What did you say, Moon?"

The new moon will explain, but when he saw Nizam's car had arrived, his intention was undo.

"No. .., it's okay, Ma'am. Thank you for everything. Sorry to bother you, Ms. Syifa. Oh yes, it was already, Ma'am. Mas Nizam has come, assalamu 'alaikum."

After disconnecting his phone, Moon immediately approached Nizam's car which had stopped in front of the gate of his house.

"Come, Mas."

"Oh, are you ready?" Nizam who was just about to come down to call the Moon was made a little shocked by the sudden arrival of his wife.

"Yes, come on."

Nizam momentarily silent to observe the face of the wife who was pamphab, he was very anxious to ask, but he did not continue. The man drove his car back to the hospital where Moon was on medication.

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"So far, the process of recovering Mother Moon is getting better, especially with the presence of a husband who is so caring and loving, God willing, Mother Moon can pass everything well."

"Oh, yes, because the issue of Mother Moon is still around the subconscious, I will invite Mother Moon to do the stages of EMDR² therapy," the doctor said as he moved both fingers to the right and to the left.

"Will my wife be hypnotized, Doc?" ask Nizam curious.

The doctor nodded slowly with a smile. "No, Sir. I will not hypnotize or do anything else that can get Mother Moon into her subconscious. During this session, Mother Moon remained aware and connected to me." The doctor then raised both fingers and showed them to Nizam and the Moon.

"So, later on Mother Moon must follow the movement of my fingers to move left and right quickly because I want to provoke Mother Moon focus on memory, feelings, and feelings, the visualization and body movements that appear are related to the traumatic events of Mother Moon in the past" the doctor explained.

"All right, Doctor Ma'am. I understand, please continue, I will sit quietly listen here," said Nizam.

The doctor began therapy on the moon. The atmosphere of the room is now increasingly quiet no sound anymore than the sound of the doctor and the Moon. Nizam deliberately asked to join in to accompany the Moon so that the Moon does not feel alone. It was one of the ways that he decided as the support system of the wife.

From the therapy carried out by the Moon, now Nizam increasingly understands how heavy the burden is on the mental responsibility of the wife. Really, what he had experienced that woman in the past was truly frightening.

While waiting for the Moon, Nizam occasionally checks his phone to monitor his work through Arfan. However, an incoming message from Nizwa provoked the man's attention a little.

'Sister, please come to the house, someone is looking for Brother here.'

Nizam frowned reading the short message. It was not usual for Nizwa to send such a message to him. Various preconceptions began to appear in his mind.

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After the therapy session was completed, Nizam invited Moon to stop by his parents' house first. The message from Nizwa a few days ago really made her quite curious.

The husband and wife walked into the house and said their greetings. However, Nizam's footsteps stopped immediately when he saw a woman he knew very well now looking at him with a sweet smile in the living room.

- Connected

NOTES:

¹Dawood Sunnah fast as mentioned in the next chapter is fasting done intermittently (one day of fasting, one day not), and so on. Ayyamul Bidh fasting is a fast that is usually done on white days or days where the moon night shines very bright or full moon. Fasting if in accordance with the Hijri calendar can be done on the 13th, 14th, and 15th of each month. Monday-Thursday fasting is done every Monday and Thursday.

"From Abi Hurairah r.a, the Prophet said: "All charity is paid on Monday and Thursday, then I prefer when the charity deposit is in a state of fasting." (CHR. Tirmidhi).

Fasting worship can also remove sin and draw closer to Allah, can also prevent from the deeds of evil, God willing.

²EMDR therapy or Eye Moving Desensitization and Reprocessing is a therapeutic technique that requires awareness and focus of the patient on memory, feelings, visualization and body movements that arise related to traumatic events.

The EMDR method involves dialing back (recalling) stressful events and reprogramming (reprogramming) the memory into a positive, conscious belief selection, using rapid eye movements to facilitate the process. During the treatment, the patient is asked to recall memories that trigger events and unpleasant emotions and then reprogram the event into positive beliefs so that cognitive processes are expected and reduce traumatic disorders (Susanty, Susanty, Koesno, Yudhistira, Lusianti, and Suprijanto, 2015).