Tiba Khitbah
Hope Ummi

Abi Abdullah pushed his daughter's wheelchair patiently towards the princess's room.

Zahra felt how warm and tender her father's love and affection for his beloved daughter, even treating Zahra like a highly venerated and pampered princess, tears suddenly fell on Zahra's round cheeks. Yes, how Zahra would have the heart to say and explain to abi that he really wanted to cancel the marriage with ustadz Fahri on cliche grounds because he did not like it, because he did not like it, while Abi always told him that love will grow over time because marriage is worship because God is God who will bring love in a family so that the establishment of a family sakinah, the family will be together, mawadah and warahmah.

Abi Abdullah is a father who will shake hands and hand over the responsibility that he has been carrying over Zahra to the best husband candidate of his choice. So, how does the father feel when he finds out that his daughter wants to run away before her wedding day arrives.

"Zahra, why are you crying, son?" abi Abdullah asked, finally realizing that tears had washed his daughter's cheeks.

Zahra was silent, unable to say anything to her father, although there were many things that she wanted to reveal.

"Son, Abi knew that the heart of every daughter would cry when she was getting married because soon she would be separated from her parents to live independently with her husband and her new little family. However, one thing that Zahra must know, even though Ara is no longer in this house, but Ara is still the favorite child of Ummi and Abi, who are the children, because there are no former parents and no ex-children, because forever we remain parents and children."

The soothing and soothing words that came out of Abi Abdullah's speech were like a final farewell that made Zahra roar in tears and tears. Yes, between the sadness of parting with parents with the cry of being married to a man he does not love.

"Dear, don't cry! If Ara cries like this then Abi will also be sad," Abi Abdullah said, wiping away tears that had unceasingly fallen down his daughter's cheeks. Indeed, Zahra's chest felt so tight now that he wanted to shout loudly to convey what he was holding.

"Bi-, A-is A-Ara able to say anything?" said Zahra with a sobbing tone of voice.

Zahra looked at Abi's face carefully, hoping that the radiance of the eyes that spoke was able to thrill abi to want to listen to the outpouring of his heart.

"What, Honey? What does Ara want to say?" abi Abdullah asked softly, as if he was giving space to the princess to convey his heart's intentions.

"Bi, Ara-, Zahra-" said Zahra, who stopped and paused.

The heart continued to lead Zahra to speak to her father about the contents of her heart and all the problems that made her tight in her chest, but the mouth felt very heavy, rigid and confused to convey what he wants to convey.

"Abi, it's time for Zahra to take some medicine!"

The voice of Ummi Fatimah who was loud and firm made abi Abdullah's view immediately addressed to him. In fact, Zahra's intention and plan to reveal something finally had to be paused for a moment because he knew very well that the goal of ummi was to prevent it.

"Zahra, now we go to the room first yes, so you have to take a break to take medicine to heal quickly" said abi Abdullah gently with the best smile he gave.

For a moment Zahra tried to follow his father's wishes, but if there was the right opportunity, he would certainly dare to say what he should tell him. Yep, yeah, if the mother forces her to marry a man she does not like then she must also keep trying with the ability and prayer that she has so that what her mother wants is not done in accordance with his hope. Indeed, he is very confident and strongly believes that the father is the most appropriate person to be invited to discuss and convey all the heart he is feeling from his heart, he said, because after all he has the right to determine and choose his own life path.

"Zahra, now you rest Don't think about anything and don't force yourself to do anything, anyway you have to heal quickly because soon you will get married you have to take care of yourself because if not you take care of him who else will take care of him, for you will be a support for your husband and children, you will care for them and love them even though maybe someday your situation is also very bad but a mother must be strong and a wife must be able to do anything, must be ready to accompany her husband as much as she can," said Ummi Fatimah long and wide.

As a woman, ummi Fatimah revealed all the grunts in her heart by issuing any words felt in her heart according to experience, although Zahra did not care much about it because like the wind then only, enter the right ear and exit the left ear.

Yes, after being content to grumble, ummi Fatimah came out of her daughter's room with anger that began to diminish to Zahra.

Huft ...

Zahra breathed a sigh of relief, because at this time she did not want to fight and fight with her mother. He wanted to rest and close his eyes in hope when all that was happening now was just a long dream.

"Suster, I want to take a break, can Sister come out?"

Zahra was uncomfortable and did not like the sisters in her room, as she was not a prisoner who had to be confined to her movements.

"But the Madam asked me to take care of Miss" said the nun, who seemed reluctant to leave Zahra because of a task she was carrying out.

"Suster, I'm not a baby and I'm not very sick either, I just want to sleep and not be disturbed, so if I need to, I'll call Sister," said Zahra with an explanation to make the sister want to not want to, like not like to have to stay out of Zahra's room.

It feels relieved when in the room alone, at least Zahra is free to think or do anything without fear of being uncomfortable and disturbed by others. At least he is free to think of Alex without being scolded by Ummi Fatimah.

'Where are you? Why do you always disappear when I need you? Why did you avoid when we both fought?' zahra said in her heart, imagining Alex's face.

Alex always dodges and escapes if Zahra talks seriously about him, he disappears and cannot be contacted when Zahra quarrels with him. He does not want to argue with Zahra or even discuss everything Zahra wants to ask him, but he prefers to avoid being a coward who has no guts at all.

"Basic crocodile!"