The Neglected Pearl
Part 76 Finds a dead end
Seeing Gita sobbing, the mother also grieved for him, calmly, with Gita sitting and chatting with him.
“Well try to tell everything to Mom, who knows you have a solution for your exit.
“Nothing I can tell you Mom, everything is final.” Answer Gita flat.
“God created a problem, and channeled it to the human heart, all of it must have a reason, but, we do not realize it, so we despair to deal with it.”
Gita did not answer, she just kept quiet and listened to the teaching of what Mother put into her heart.
“The wisdom behind the problem, must have been set by God as well, what and how.”
“I am a non-Muslim Mom, I have a lover of a doctor, he is a good person, and well-mannered in speech, but he is Muslim, in his religion forbids marriage to people of different faiths.”
“Yes it's true !” the mother replied, nodding her head.
“The problem is now, my parents do not approve of me to enter the Religion adopted by my lover.”
“You have spoken well to your dear parents ?”
“Udah Mom ! even he told me to invite my lover to adhere to our religious beliefs.”
“Does your lover want ?”
“Ngak Bu.”
“Why ? surely he has his own reasons right?”
“Iya Ma'am, according to my lover, a leader will be held accountable later on about his leadership, if a leader easily changes his faith, then how about the person he will lead later. It must be all messed up.”
“Yes, that's right, means your lover is a person who has a strong belief, I love a man like that.”
“But my family responded, with another thing Miss ?”
“What did both of your parents say ?”
“If only, your lover honors the teachings of his great-grandmother, we must also dong ! we also have ancestors that we must follow his teachings.”
“Then you keep trying to persuade him, because that's the best way you still have. Speak softly, from heart to heart.”
“Alright Mom, I'll try.” Answer Gita slowly.
“Well, now go home, Mom will go first.”
“Iya Bu.” replied Gita who at that time also walked towards her house.
Arriving in front of the house, Ahong was standing at the door. He had hoped that his daughter would rebuke him at the time, but that hope had been lost, for Gita entered without speaking to her father a word.
Leni, who saw disappointment in her husband's heart, tried to remain patient and not immediately carried away by emotions.
But after Gita enters her room, she never appears again, Ahong and Leni are sad, because her daughter does not look at her at all.
But Leni does not want Gita to get sick, she banged on the door of Gita's room and told him to come out.
“Gita ! Gita baby ? don't you eat son ?”
Gita was silent, even though she heard clearly, her mother's voice was calling her. Then by force Leni tried to push the door from the outside, but it turned out that the door was stronger than her desire to enter.
“Why did you do all that to us son ?”
“Mama evil !” gita exclaimed from her room.
“Wicked why ?”
“Why Mama did not allow Gita to marry Bang Zaki.”
“Mama mengngizinkanmu darling ! but don't move Religion dong ! you can find a man who has one trust with us ! it is not necessary that dr. Zaki is a darling.”
“Aduh ! The gita ! in this world is not only Zaki who exists, there are still many other men who are handsome and kind-hearted !”
“Mama forgot yes ! if this house we live in, is Bang Zaki's gift to us, so that we can live a decent life and not contract the house again, but what in return Ma, we have failed him. I only ask for the blessing of Mama, no more.”
“if married to Zaki, will Mama blessing, but if you want to switch trust just because you want to marry Zaki, Mama will not allow !” leni insisted at that time on her daughter.
After Mama gave a very heavy decision, Gita did not want to deny it anymore, because at that time, Gita had no reason anymore.
That night the weather was very cold, but Gita could not fall asleep, her mind was always on Zaki who had been a heavy burden in his life.
Not only did Gita bear that heavy burden, Zaki who looked strong in front of Gita, he also felt the same, in the middle of the night Zaki often cried bitterly, tried to hold sobs, so as not to be heard by his family.
The sadness he experienced, could not be described in words, because his mistake was not because his parents disagreed, but all because of their different religions.
There is no way out that can solve it, because one's teachings and religion become the most priority in this life.
Two days Gita did not come to the hospital, there is no information that states about the alfaannya. Zaki who had always been waiting for his presence did not dare to meet him.
Meanwhile, Mang Ojo and Fatma who were at home, also felt sorry for the condition of her son, because he had been sick for several days because he was thinking too much about his lover.
“How is Zaki Pak ?” alhuda asked his father.
“Tuh, still looks limp.”
Hearing the explanation from his father, Alhuda went straight into Zaki's room, sure enough, in that room Zaki was just silent, the sister who was once very cheerful, suddenly became a gloomy.
“Hai !” greet Alhuda while holding his forehead.”
“Bang !” answer Zaki. With a soft voice.
“Why deck, no decision yet on Gita ?”
“Not Bang, he has not been in work for almost a week.”
“why ? have you seen her condition.”
“I haven't been there Bang.”
“Why not go there ? if you go there, you know how he is right now.”
“I don't dare, Bang.”
“What if Abang sent kak Ranita there ?”
“Ngapain ? later caught, kan santar.”
“Ngak ! your Ranita brother is already a professional !”
“Iya, but if found out how ?”
“Please deck, brother guarantee, your brother will not fail.”
“Terupon Brother ajalah.”
“Ya, so dong !”alhuda smiled widely.
Sure enough, that afternoon Ranita went straight to Gita's house, which was not too far from the hospital where he served.
Because Ranita knows, if the residents are not Muslim, that is why, Ranita did not say hello when he was about to knock on the door of the house.
“Tok, tock, tock ! excuse me ! hello there's someone at home?” asked Ranita who kept calling her residents.
“Shortly !” a mother answered from inside the house.
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