TOAST
* Slice 257, Both are dead

After the dawn prayer, the two continued to sleep again, mumpung Sunday and Dafi again no appointment with anyone.

"Neng ... Why did you wear that rich shirt last night?" discuss Dafi.

"Mas mah can not be invited romantic little. Not that the husband likes to see his wife wear sexy clothes" Qeena even sprained.

"The tumben-tumbenan sleep wear it, usually also wear the same shirt with shorts" replied Dafi.

"Yes already.tomorrow no longer use the rich that is if emang Mas do not like" said Qeena disappointed.

"It's not like Neng Mas, but how rich is not really Qeena. Neng who Mas know his wealth is not that brave. Good for a husband. But the richness is not the real purpose. Are you starting to stress about children?" shoot Dafi.

"Who knows with the temptations of the rich Mas last night, our relationship becomes more smoldering and can be pregnant" honest Qeena said.

"Neng, the wealth during this relationship we also always smoldering .. kanya deh Neng really already got mental, Neng was already stressed. If it is still strange again, Mas instead took it to a psychiatrist or psychologist rather than to the doctor obsgyn. Please Neng.. I just want to see you happy. After all if Neng is happy, Mas is also happy, not that it is better for us now? Why should people think? do we ask them to eat? do we trouble them? if there's a child in our marriage, what's in it for those people?" said Dafi who felt compassion for Qeena.

Qeena was about to get out of bed, but Dafi's hand had already pulled her.

"Neng .. sorry Mas if forced to say as harshly as before. This is because Mas dear, Mas do not want you stress, sad and even depressed. Later we make an appointment to another obsgyn doctor yes, we follow the medical therapy that will be recommended again. Mas can sell assets if you are advised to make baby tubes even, anyway Mas want to see you happy" promised Dafi while hugging Qeena.

"But Mas." replied Qeena.

"It's still like this, mending you don't have to go out of the house and meet anyone" said Dafi softly.

"Mas promised ya would not stayin Qeena rich Mr. Ninggalin Mak Nuha" said Qeena rada frightened, his hands shivering.

Qeena's body was covered with Dafi, then replaced with a long shirt and trousers, her legs were worn socks to make it warmer. He hugged Qeena in his arms. Eventually, Qeena fell asleep. His hand held Dafi as a sign that he did not want to be left behind.

Dafi tried to read information from the internet about the change in Qeena's attitude that was easy to mellow and so different from usual.

Dikantor, there is a personnel section that S2 psychology, the colleague had discussed about past trauma, at least Dafi can picture if someone's past can have an impact in the future. Although Dafi did not tell about Qeena, he tried to cultivate the knowledge he got when chatting with his office colleagues.

Dafi continued to think while waiting for Qeena to sleep, until she came to the conclusion that Qeena was worried that Dafi was looking for another woman if she did not get pregnant. Although many times Dafi convinced Qeena, Dafi's speech was difficult to get into his brain. Qeena's mind was filled with unreasonable anxiety. Even now there is a severe jealousy from Qeena, this past week, almost once an hour sending a chat to Dafi just want to know what is going on. Even during the break, Qeena called just to remind her to eat or ask her to go home at what time.

🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️

Bu Fia joined Qeena's team. He answers the chat order until the transaction is completed. Bu Fia also recorded the postal address and in print.

Izma occasionally helps if there are no more college assignments. Rian also spent more and more time with his laptop in the room, editing photos that he had taken using the camera. Bu Fia just gave a DSLR camera so that more enthusiasm to work.

Alifa is also busy with her studies. His way out of the house, he looks dashing, but if there is no activity outside the house even lemes.

The relationship between Rida, Mak Nuha and Mak Imah also seems to have not developed much. Mak Nuha and Mak Imah do not accept the presence of Rida as his new wife Iyus, but rather they are lazy to connect with Iyus again.

🌺

This Saturday morning Qeena had many old-school order sponge tape and brownies baked bulkhead (current cake with chocolate toppings with a famous brand), the order was an open PO for a week. In total there are thirty old fashioned sponge tape baking pans and five packages of brownies bulkhead plus birthday greetings because the cake is now widely used as a substitute for birthday cakes.

The plan will also make a chicken camp plus a package of sambelnya. Aa' Zay ordered thirty packets of chicken beige.

Iyus delivered Rida as usual, but rather unfortunate because this morning, Rida help Nyai make a miracle first.

Along with Iyus, Shaka came to Dafi's house.

Dafi welcomed them all. Qeena made coffee and prepared the finished sponge for friends to coffee.

"Abis from where Mr. Boss, stray tumbens into my hut .. hehehe" joked Dafi.

"It could be aja deh . yes again lonely, the children again go with their respective families, so Mr. prank no friends chat. Eh keingetan to play here, all of you want to order hampers new year for partners" said Mr. Shaka.

"Usually by phone Pak .. eh forgot, if here you can see the bonus doi ya .. hehehe" Dafi ledek increasingly become.

"Persis Aa' Zay if you have seduced me" said Mr. Shaka.

Qeena serves drinks and food to the guests.

"Sir Shaka is still here a long time?" ask Qeena.

"Don't you like me coming?" said Mr. Shaka.

"It's not so, sir, would like to take lunch if it's not in a hurry" replied Qeena.

"Neng .. don't just have lunch, all dinner. Unfortunately, we can't stay because our house does not have a guest room . hahaha" continued Dafi.

Qeena did not understand what Dafi said. Mr. Shaka mesem-mesem. Iyus who started the crotch.

"I didn't reject the offer, Qeena. Moreover, Masnya nawarin until dinner .. okay .. quite able to eat for free today" said Mr. Shaka who then laughed with Dafi.

Dafi understood the change in Iyus' face.

"So Mr. Iyus ... Mr. Shaka is a successful businessman in Jakarta, his parents are people who help Qeena and Mak Nuha while in Ciloto. Maybe at my wedding, I did not have time to know the figure who dampingin Mak Nuha. Now I know you" open Dafi.

"Sak Shaka is a widower, his two children have a family. He helped Qeena a lot at the beginning of the business in the field of accounting and until now became a VIP consumer of Qeena. He is a residential business. Yes quite a lot of projects" said Dafi.

"Waduh .. known is too high" said Mr. Shaka low.

"Help do'a aja yes he has a soul mate with Mak Nuha" said Dafi to the point.

"Oh so it's about Noah again?" said Iyus while mangosteen.

"I don't know exactly what Sir is. Both of them are very mature to decide about their relationship" Dafi replied diplomatically.

"Nuha is still young, she can still have children" Iyus said.

"Haha... Mr. Iyus can be his vice, I already have five grandchildren, have not thought to have children again" replied Mr. Shaka.

"What else is it for, sir, if it's all about the bed and having children?" Iyus said that jealousy arises because Mak Nuha can get a better man than him.

"Maybe when I'm my age, bed business is not the main thing, but rather want to have a friend chat. Rich today, posterity goes all. I am alone, I want to play golf and I have no friends. To the restaurant or to the luxury Mall it feels alone also impressed rich people dazed" said Mr. Shaka classy.

"It's an ex now, right? when your Qeena was separated, I thought it was natural that Noah would open a new page. He also deserves to be happy. It's cash same duty Qeena. Now Qeena has a husband who can take care of her" continued Mr. Shaka.

"Kids can accept the same presence of Noah?" ask Iyus kepo.

"I don't want to impose my will on my son and Noah. Just follow the current. If the soul mate is not going where. I admire the figure of Noah and do not know how his personality deeply, his family also not yet. Is there a tone yet to move on Mr Iyus? isn't Iyus married again? said Mr. Shaka scuffed Iyus.

"Yes .. oh so the pantes yes Noah did not want to be invited to refer to me, it turns out oh it turns out .. still want to live happily so be more choosy Mr. Shaka" cynical Iyus.

"Never slander me again as a woman who just wants to be happy without accepting the trouble. Just remember again Mas, am I the woman that Mas accused? if I want to be happy doang, maybe a month since we married, I have lived Mas. Mas forgot if Mas got PHK and I who make money by helping make pao. Even I raised Qeena without the help of a penny from Mas when you all wasted her. I have changed women many times, do I also have no right to step with a new story until it slanders me" said Mak Nuha suddenly, apparently Mak Nuha heard Iyus talk when he was going out to bring a warm bath for them.

Mak Nuha went into the house with a sad face.

"Sir Iyus ga narik ojol? later Mba Rida let the driver of the house who delivered home. So Mr. Iyus can take longer" Dafi recalled to break the tension.

Iyus felt subtly expelled by Dafi, and Iyus left.

Now only Dafi and Mr. Shaka are sitting on the terrace.

"That pain is Mak Nuha .. So my advice, do not force a relationship to him. The injury is still felt, something that I think is natural if he is afraid to step up to build a new family" said Dafi.

"Yes ., so I try slowly as your advice, but you are serious. As soon as Noah wanted to, I had to. The children were sincerely the choice of you to marry again" replied Mr. Shaka.

Mr. Shaka at Dafi's house until ba'da isya. The driver had come to pick me up from Maghrib. Throughout the day, everyone talked together in Qeena's kitchen and talked a lot with Dafi, even this afternoon the two fell asleep in the saung. The wind made them both sleepy.

For Dafi who lost the figure of Father, of course, Mr. Shaka became a figure who was able to patch the sense of loss. Many teachings from Mr. Shaka for Dafi, in addition to life, Dafi is also taught to make business as an investment if you have retired later.

🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

Dafi has been approved for his annual leave. Because the Christmas holiday and new year plus still have the remaining annual leave of five days, so he can until eleven days off (the fall of Friday red date, Saturday Sunday is indeed a work holiday).

A number of plans have been prepared for Dafi to spend this leave both with Qeena. Qeena has also completed all the cake hampers for the new year and has closed PO, the plan will reopen if he finishes the holiday. The stock of jam, preserved, pastries and frozen food is already quite a lot. It could be trading during the holidays, later taking care of Bu Fia and others.

Before going on vacation, they say goodbye to parents for the blessing of their trip this time, this time, the mothers can only pray that they will survive until the goal and can further strengthen the relationship of the two who are quite stiff due to the self-confidence of Qeena to himself and Dafi's busyness in the year-end. So the trip together they this time Dafi intended to relax his mind Qeena and himself.

After parting with the family, the car left the house to a place. Dafi parked his vehicle right in front of the parking lot of a Kindergarten. Kindergarten where he and Fajar went to school first. While looking forward to the stall now rented to the fried rice maker. The stall that used to belong to Mak Leha then changed hands to belong to her father, but now it has been sold because Dad felt it was not too profitable.

"This is all started Neng, Mas decided he wanted to enter Kindergarten Islam and I signed up here. Even when you are not born into this world. Then Dawn went to school here when you were a year old. The father who fell in love with you for the first time, seeing you was like finding a coveted daughter, many times he told me about you even though he already had Izma. I once said, someday you'll be his ex. Funny yes, I plan to match you with Rian, but the same love you even Dawn, even though in the end it is Mas who is your husband" said Dafi with a smile. Qeena clasped Dafi's hand.

"Man plans but God has a story, right?" sahut Qeena's.

"Mak Nuha gives a lot of input and love to Mas, know for yourself if Mother used to be busy with her own world. That is why I consider my own mother rich to Mak Nuha from long ago. You and Dawn began to be close friends, until that point Mas ga no feeling anything with you. Even in the past Mas often nasehatin Dawn to continue to take care of you and if you are ready to get married, it is better to get married" said Dafi again.

"The way of life that makes Qeena the same Mak Nuha can meet the late Mak Leha, who teaches how to make bread and sarikaya jam that tastes different from factory-made. It is precisely that which is the path of Qeena's fortune now" said Qeena.

"Yes... Mak Leha is a very extraordinary figure, in the midst of economic turmoil he survived alone without family, until you and Mak Nuha came in his life. Somehow at that time Mak Leha was very interesting to look at, who would have thought he became a link between us. If Mak Leha doesn't offer help to Mak Nuha, is it possible that our story will be like this? he's the one who made us meet, right?" dafi said.

"Mak Leha changed the world of Qeena and Mama. If not for his affection, maybe we have been stuck in the terminal Mas, do not know what our fate is" recalls Qeena.

"That's Neng .. God always has a great scenario. A Mak Leha who has no family, meets you who are running away from the family. Mak Leha and you need some family warmth. Be God found in the same coordinates. Become a new family" Dafi said.

"Kaya Mas want to remember our meeting memory huh? next we go" asked Qeena curiously.

"We go to the tomb of Father and the tomb of Mak Leha yes" said Dafi while running his car to the tomb of Mr. Dzul was new to the tomb of Mak Leha.

Qeena and Dafi entered the cemetery where Mr. Dzul was buried, they offered a do'a there for Mr. Dzul.

"Dad, thank you, because Daddy Mas is able to become an independent person and overcome his own problems. Although often times Mas screamed and wanted to return to Daddy's embrace. Remember the word dad first.. Mas Dafi, I can't stay with you forever, but God will always be with you. Now Mas understands, there will be times when you have to step on the trail and step on your own even though this step is very heavy and limped. Father, thank you, for giving me an eternal longing that never stops. Only a thousand words of thanks that Mas can say, while Dad never asked for a reply from the affection that Dad gave. Often it felt like complaining and giving up, but again the embrace of my father invites me to rise again. Forgive your son Well, always interrupt Daddy's time and activities first. As promised by Mas in front of Father's body, Mas will protect and take care of our family Well. Thank you for forcing Mas to marry Qeena, the thing that Mas used to curse but now Mas is very grateful. Rest calm Well, until we will meet again in His Jannah" said Dafi in his heart, without feeling anyone ready to fall at the end of his eyes.

"Father.thank you for the love of a Father since Qeena was a child. I give a lot of advice in life. Even Dad handed Qeena over to an amazing man who looked as good as Dad. Now Dad was in the arms of the Powerful, but still Qeena saw the shadow of Dad to continue to be used as a guide. Smile over there, Dad.. Your little daughter has become a tough woman, all because of the father who helps and is eager to face the forging of life" said Qeena also in her heart.

Qeena's cry broke out every time he made a pilgrimage to Pak Dzul's tomb. Dafi hugged her to strengthen her, wiping away Qeena's tears with tissue, after which they continued their journey.

Qeena and Dafi entered the cemetery where Mak Leha and her husband were buried, and they offered money to the caretaker there.

🏵️

The day before Ashar, Dafi was already on the highway, Qeena could not guess where to go because Dafi was secret.

The plan is indeed Dafi wants to go to Yogyakarta, visit the family of Mr. Dzul who has not been visited for a long time. Mr. Dzul's sister suggested getting married that night and acting as his successor because he was an ustadz in his village. So you could say become an important figure also in a religious marriage that night.

Because it was tired from the morning driving from home to school, continued to the tomb of Mr. Dzul and the tomb of Mak Leha. Very draining and exhausting for his eyes Dafi for driving without change.

From the Cikampek toll road they finally came out first at the East Brebes toll because they were exhausted. Dafi is looking for a cheap hotel around the toll road so that tomorrow can continue. Tonight the two feel separated from their usual routine and always together for twenty-four full hours, feeling different sensations of togetherness.

🌺

Because the hotel jasmine, the morning can not get breakfast. Dafi invites Qeena to find a special breakfast dish there that has never been tasted with Qeena. Dafi had visited the area several times, so he knew where good food was.

"It's a vegetable ketupat ya Mas?" ask Qeena.

"Yes similar but there is typical here the name is glabed peel, there are pieces of ketupat and served with young coconut milk vegetable mixed with beef pieces. Well friends eat glabed peel that is very fitting use satay blengong (blengong: marriage between entok and duck) that tastes sweet and savory" explained Dafi.

"How do you know about this culinary, have you ever traded here?" cananda Qeena's.

"It is because of his work that Indonesian muters mulu Neng.. used to be a duty in this area, but the most meaningful was near the Brebes Mosque anyway" said Dafi.

"Then Qeena if you go back to Wonogiri take the bus stop just at a place to eat that has been cooperation with PO Bus, so you do not know there is a rich dish gini. Interesting also the travel plan Mas .. could be added knowledge, especially culinary rich gini Mas, could be an idea to add a trading variant .. hehehe" said Qeena.

"Yes, anything is an idea for a trade" said Dafi.

"Let's not bosen Mas, should be able to increase the sales variant" replied Qeena.

"Yes Neng . spirit yes, so next year you already have a cake shop with the nameplate Qukis by Qeena.

"Aamiin yes rabbal'alamin" said Qeena.