
"What's? You proposed to her, le?" kyai Hasan was shocked when they were at home to pick up some supplies to be taken back to the hospital.
Gus Musa nodded slowly as he lowered his gaze down, not daring to look at his brother.
Kyai Hasan snorted, but did not look ripples of anger on his old face just like he was thinking hard.
"But .. do you really want to build a household with Jeni, le. You already know not ... his past?" kyai Hasan tried to remind, who knows his son did not know who Jeni in his past that he heard directly from his wife, Umi Nafisah who once asked Jeni directly.
Gus Moses nodded. "Corn, bah. I know, and God willing .. I will not take issue with that, let the past be a lesson and life experience for the future for Jen and me."
Kyai Hasan looks mangosteen, salute with the wisdom and decisiveness of his son.
"Alright, then ... how does Nak Jeni respond?" ensures.
Gus Musa's face immediately reddened, recalling a moment ago when he proposed to Jeni directly to her.
*Flashback on*
"I ... I don't deserve it, Gus." Jeni lowered her head in not daring to look at Gus Musa, because her heart now could no longer be lied to. There was a fly in his stomach every time he sat on the roof or near Gus Moses.
"No human being has the right to judge himself as worthy or not, all of that is the business of the Gusti Allah. Stop to continue to judge yourself, I beg ...give me the opportunity to be able to keep Mbak and grandpa," interrupted Gus Musa again, still not desperate to persuade Jeni.
Silent, Jeni was silent and did not answer a single word. But a drop of tears that fell into his lap, explained everything.
Jeni raised her face after being silent for quite a long time with the sound of her little babble that was not ceasing to sound.
"Do Gus Musa know ... if I am .. former prostitute*?" whispered Jeni.
Gus Musa looked at Jeni in the shade, and nodded his head slowly.
"Well, I know .. and I promise I will never mind that, Jen's mom who is now, is no longer Jen's mom who lived in the past. So .. let Ms. Jen at this time be my responsibility."
Jeni still shook her head uncertainly, her one hand holding her child began to slacken and deftly Gus Musa took the child from Jeni's lap.
"I'm dirty, Gus. I am a widow, and I am a kara, I am poor, I have nothing and I do not even have sufficient experience or religious knowledge. Then where are my advantages that make me confident to accept Gus Moses?" sergeant Jeni is frustrated.
Although he knew that his lips and heart were not in sync at all when he spoke that way. Well, Jeni was actually expecting Gus Musa in silence.
Jeni grimaced with a pulse of pain in her still very wet wound, slowly lying back down to ease the pain a little. Fortunately the baby was in good hands, so Jeni did not have to worry when this condition attacked her.
Arriving in the dim darkness of her gaze, Jeni pricked as she felt a tiny hand touch her fingers and put them in her mouth.
"Dedek," joked Jeni as she was about to get up to hold her baby who was busy biting Jeni's tissue with her soft gums.
"Even this baby wants Mbak Jen to try, I don't care about Jen's past. That's why I was determined to take Ms. Jen and Dedek to a better path, in a halal responsibility for me." Gus Musa reassured again, he himself did not know the courage from where to advise others who had not even been known for a long time but could already knock on the door of his heart.
Jeni turned her head and looked at Gus Musa inside, looking for doubt or even a speck of lies in her eyes. Unfortunately, there is no.
"Will Sister Jen accept my proposal?" reworked by Gus Moses.
With teary eyes, Jeni finally nodded albeit very faintly.
"God willing, I'm willing, Gus."
*flashback off*
"Subhanallah, he can even still be honest with you, even though he knows the effects may be hated or abandoned. There is no more lie than the answer" exclaimed Kyai Hasan after hearing Gus Musa's story about how Jeni received her proposal.
Gus Musa nodded in amazement, just like his elder brother's expression.
"Yes, bah. I myself did not expect Mbak Jen could clearly without the slightest doubt reveal directly about him in front of me. If it was another woman, I thought it would definitely cover up the disgrace of the meeting, but Jen instead said it honestly, as if it was not a burden for her, but a part of her life story.
Kyai Hasan smiled in satisfaction as he rubbed the thin beard growing on his chin.
"Alright, God willing Abah will bless you if you want to marry Jeni right away. But Abah's message, always remember your condition and he who united is not in perfect condition, never hurt his heart with the problem, treat him later gently, and then, remove her trauma with love and don't force her to change if she doesn't feel comfortable doing so. Love him, protect him, pamper him, and love him sincerely because of God's Wrestling, understand my son?" kyai Hasan's advice slid smoothly into Gus Musa's ears and quickly absorbed into his heart to be stored and run later.
"Goddessa, Abah. Thank you for Abah's blessing."
****
Day after day passed since Jeni received a proposal from Gus Musa, legal proceedings to reclaim land and gardens belonging to Nek Minah are also under way thanks to the help of Gus Musa's friend who works in the police force.
Finally the day that was waiting arrived, today Jeni has been allowed to go home because her condition has stabilized and the wound also began to dry up. So they decided to continue Jeni's treatment at home, as well as to discuss Jeni and Gus Musa's marriage which had been discussed during a family meeting in the hospital a few days earlier.
Impatiently Jeni walked slowly towards her dorm room, the baby is currently being carried by Umi Nafisah to her house with Nek Minah who was asked by Gus Musa while staying at the boarding school during the legal process is still running in the search for the perpetrator.
"Dad!" exclaimed Jeni when looking at the back of the body santriwati who had been very missed, especially during the hospital Asiyah did not show the trunk of her nose at all, said Umi Nafisah she became more busy because Jeni did not exist, how unreliable Jeni heard it at that time, but it was the circumstances that forced everything to go like that.
Asiyah turned around, and how surprised Jeni was when she saw the sweet girl's face was already covered in tears.
"Mbak Jen," she shrieked as she ran to meet Jeni and hugged her tightly with a badly shaken shoulder.
"Why, As? Sorry if the healer is long, you must be tired of changing Mbak's duties huh?" jeni feels guilty.
But Asiyah shook her head quickly in her arms in a still crying condition.
"No, Ma'am. It's not about that, but ... but .. a-my biological father is still alive, Ma'am."
Jeni took off her embrace from Asiyah and held both of the girls shoulders tightly.
"Are you serious? Then where and who is he?"