The Imperfect Story
Chapter 38

"Will he never win?" asked Ismail in a soft voice with confidence.

"Maybe you think this case can win. But what if they can prove that Zayn was dumped by his mother?" ask Judge.

"What if Rey is able to prove that you deliberately brought Kia down?" added again.

"Isn't the only way to avoid an increasingly difficult case is to simply hand over Zayn?" the Judge's proposal again made Ishmael take his breath heavily.

"So then, let's see." Without saying anything else, Ismail disconnected the call.

In other parts of the world, Kia felt bored throughout the day. Without seeing the spoiled behavior of Zayn, without hearing the unclear chirps of Mbak Asih and without moving from home to go to work, all Kia feels like life without direction.

The sun was about to reach its destination in the western horizon, Rey had just entered her house, put the bag in place then rushed to clean herself because she felt sticky because of a day of work. Just entering the room, her phone rang, it was Kia who called. With a face, the man answered the phone.

"Assalamualaikum, Kia" he said, starting the conversation.

"Waalaikumsalam, Rey." Kia said briefly. Rey was silent for a while waiting for the next word but not a word came out of the woman's mouth.

"What's up, Kia?" tanya Rey was cautiously afraid that Kia was in a bad mood.

"Hehe, there's nothing 'sih, Rey." Kia's voice sounded clumsy, obviously if the woman was confused about the direction her destination was calling.

"Are you bored, alone at home?" guess Rey with a small chuckle.

"Hehe, good thing you understand." said Kia with a crisp-sounding laugh.

"Well, how about we update tonight?" rey asked with a heartbeat that beat three times faster.

"Huh? You're asking me out?" kia asked afraid of hearing wrongly.

"Yeah, let's go out tonight." take Rey again.

"Are you serious?" ask Kia to convince her hearing.

"Yes, Kia. Do you want to accept my invitation?" Rey asked again.

"Alright, if you force it." said Kia making Rey laugh.

"Yes, I'm very coercive" Rey said, then both laughed.

"I'll pick you up after Isya prayers" Rey said before the call was interrupted.

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Ismail stopped at a mall, his goal this time was to visit a boutique and jewelry store. Given how things happened, he wanted to give a little happiness to his small family before continuing the problem of cases that would disturb his calm later.

A green tosca dress caught the attention of the childlike man. Without a second thought, Ismail immediately bought it by imagining how beautiful his wife was after wearing it. After paying, Ismail sauntered to a jewelry store not far from the clothing store of his choice earlier.

His eyes stopped looking as his gaze fell on a golden ring that formed a love motif on it and decorated with a jewel added to the beauty of the object. He was weighing for a moment, does it fit with the style of his wife or not? To answer the doubt, the man chose to keep buying it. After paying, Ishmael immediately left for home. He deliberately bought these items to surprise his wife.

"What's this?" ask Vita who can't hide her shining face.

"Open up." said Ismail and Vita immediately opened the box. Closing her mouth she saw a dress that was so beautiful to her and then slapped the dress on her bed.

"Hows it? Do you like the gift?"  asked Ismail while hugging Vita from behind.

"Yes, I like it. Thank you, Mail." said Vita broke her husband's hand then she turned to face Ismail and hugged him tightly. Vita was still shy of the cat and hid her blushing face on her husband's field chest.

"Come, we'll have dinner outside. Let's take Zayn away together." take Ismail in a whisper right in the woman's ear and Vita nods happily.

"Yes, you are ready, dress up beautiful, I will tell Zayn to prepare as well." Ismail said as he briefly peeked at Vita's forehead.

Ishmael entered Zayn's room, looking at his little son who was reading his books. Ismail felt sorry for Zayn who no longer went to school because of Vita's possessiveness.

"Hi, daddy whiz! Do you want to go with me for a walk tonight?" ismail asked, Zayn turned to his father and looked at him with the tip of his lips slightly interested in forming a crescent moon.

"Where's dad?" ask Zayn.

"We ate outside with Mom." said Ismail, whose smiling face is now gradually receding when he heard the word 'along with Mom'.

"Come, get ready." said Ismail again, Zayn just shook his head and immediately prepared as his father commanded.

Wearing Ismail's gown, Vita looked at herself in the mirror. She looks so beautiful tonight. She rubbed her lips using natural pink lipstick to make her beauty aura look more natural. Ismail was amazed when he saw the first time Devita dressed up for him.

"Ah, I think I'm getting more and more in love with this woman." Ismail was amazed in his heart, his eyes seemed reluctant to blink afraid to miss the opportunity to look at Devita's beauty when his wife was only his so that he could look at her whenever and wherever he wanted.

"Why look at me like that? Is there something wrong with my appearance?" ask Vita while looking at herself who might think there is something bad about her look.

"There's nothing wrong, let's go." he said without praising his wife's beauty directly.

"When I've dressed up for her, why doesn't she praise me." - Vita grumbled in her heart.

The car breezed away to its destination, a restaurant that was ordered by Riska but he changed the day to today because yesterday so many problems occurred.

Not waiting for a long time, the little family of Ismail arrived at a fancy restaurant, seen on a table of bright candles neatly arranged. Do not forget the beautiful western music that adds to the impression of elegance and the opening of the restaurant.

"Welcome, on behalf of Mr. Ismail, yes. Please table over there." said a waiter showing table number three in front of him.

"It must be expensive, right? whispered Vita after sitting together.

"This is not worth your happiness, dear." said Ismail smiled as he gently rubbed the head of his wife who is now sitting next to him while Zayn sat in front of them both. Then Ismail reached into his pants pocket and pulled out a small object from there.

"This is for you. Sorry, just got to give it to me now." Ishmael pinned a ring to his wife's ring finger.

"Thank you, my husband." said Vita softly but sounded in Ismail's ear. The man also commented on her beautiful smile when he heard the word 'my husband' from Devita's mouth, along with that, without feeling his tears fall.