Tear Flower
Chapter 40's
Outside the magnolia shop, the luxury car parked there becomes the meeting point of one family. People go back and forth to be the background of togetherness.
Zidan sat in the back seat looking straight ahead where Ayana's shop door was clearly displayed. His fingers squeezed into each other channeling unrest.
"Did Mom and Dad bring me here to talk about Ayana?" Zidan opened his voice.
Lina and Arshan who since his arrival just sat quietly were flabbergasted. They looked at each other, looking back at Zidan watching closely.
"Since our meeting at the Arsyad family party that time ... Mom and Dad had agreed to see her again. We believe that he-"
"Wanna?" cut Zidan quickly made his parents nod.
"What did Mom and Dad say to her?" ask Zidan again.
"Father and Mom only speak the truth. We asked Ayana to be honest, but she remains someone else" Arshan said.
"That's right, Mom and Dad just want Ayana to be honest, that's all," Lina continued.
Hearing the words Zidan was surprised to not expect. He thought he was the only one who thought Ghazella Arsyad was his wife, Ayana.
"W-did that woman confess that she was Ayana?" ask Zidan again nervously.
Lina and Arshan shook their heads compactly. The mother turned to look at the dark bead of her baby. There's sadness stored neatly there.
Over the past year, Lina often found Zidan crying and regretting what he had done to Ayana.
His first son was always in their bridal room while looking at the photo frame of Ayana in his grasp.
Lina who saw it at that time remembered Zidan once said, "Ayana, if you are still alive I want to start our story from the beginning again. I really love you and wish we could be a real married couple. I'm sorry for hurting you so deeply, even .. I killed our son. I'm sorry."
From there Lina found out that the baby who was Ayana was pregnant at that time was not a natural miscarriage, but because of the deliberate nature of the father.
Lina is angry and blames Zidan for making her daughter-in-law and future granddaughter leave. He scolded his son with tears, roaring, and hitting the chest of his field.
Zidan did not fight back at all and let the mother do what she wanted. Because of the physical pain he received, it was not comparable to the wounds that had been inflicted on Ayana.
His parents also found out that Zidan had been in a relationship with Bella. They do not believe when the son admits that he played with fire behind Ayana and even married secretly.
Lina and Arshan disappointed not playing, Gibran again hit the face of his brother who had been blinded by love. However, when he said he wanted a divorce with Bella they strongly agreed. To make the family relationship better.
Since then, however, Lina and Arshan have focused on Zidan's recovery. Nor can they continue to blame the baby.
Because after all the rice has become porridge. Time cannot be turned back to yesterday, everything has happened and become the most painful memories.
"So, Mom and Dad believe that the woman is Ayana? My wife's still alive, Mah? Ayana is still alive in this world, right? I don't misunderstand people, do I, Mah, Dad?" Zidan looked at his father and mother again for approval.
Lina who witnessed the invisible wounds of her two manics only gave a short nod. The woman, who was almost six heads, got out of the car and rushed into the back seat.
"Mama also initially thought of her as Ayana. No. We did believe she was Ayana, but after seeing the DNA test results from Dr. Danieal broke all that."
"You doubt if he is someone else. Ghazella Arsyad, that's what she really is. The DNA explains that he is really the son of the Celia and Aidan family of doctors," Lina said, making both of Zidan's beads vibrate.
"That's impossible, Mamah must be lying. How could there be two people in this world whose faces were so similar? Even ... until their habits are the same," said Zidan gave a hopeful look to the mother.
Lina's soot beads widened instantly. "What do you mean their habits are the same?"
"Ayana really likes to drink green tea, although I used to not pay much attention to it, but .. I often saw Ayana drink it, and the woman also liked it."
"Is this not a coincidence? Not only faces, but their habits are the same. I never knew what kind of purpose Ayana had forging her identity." Zidan said the thing he believed with excitement.
Neither Lina nor Arshan could have thought of all the words of the son. Deep down, both hoped Ghazella was Ayana.
"It would be great if she did, Ayana," Lina said again.
"I miss him so much, Mah. I really miss him. I can't see it like this. I love him so much .. I love him so much," said Zidan, his two beads teary-eyed with tears as they might.
Seeing the sturdy figure before her being slumped back, Lina immediately pulled Zidan into a hug. The gentle touch of the mother instantly calms and neutralizes the pain in the chest.
Zidan and Lina and Arshan remain convinced that Ghazella Arsyad as Ayana. Although there is a DNA test that states the woman is someone else, but there is doubt in their heart.
The three think that Ayana is still alive and faked death. However, the lack of evidence does not make the speculation true.
Zidan will only wait until the time that shows the truth. He thought that someday there would be an answer behind it all.
After struggling with his parents, Zidan continues his initial intention to meet Ayana. He stood in front of the entrance while taking a breath and exhaling it slowly.
"Bismillah, I can do it. O Allah help me to face this reality" he murmured.
Not long after that he pushed the entrance and instantly the smell of magnolia blossoms thrust into the sense of smell.
Zidan was stunned as he watched the painter sitting behind him. The black hijab dangles downwards and covers the shoulders, occasionally revealing the white side of the face.
Zidan seemed hypnotized, still stiffly looking at the scene that was only a few steps ahead. He was fixated on the charm of the painter's aura.
Right in front of her eyes, Ayana was painting an abstract that showed scrolls and erratic scribbles.
However, for the maker it has a deep meaning. Zidan who accidentally saw it even briefly understood what the meaning behind it was.
He also moved his feet closer to Ayana. The heartbeat gets too fast when the propagated taxis are so conciliatory.
"Wanna?"
The head of the hijab looked back and their eyes locked onto each other. Like a drama film that is pause in the middle, the two people dive into the beauty of each.