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16. Piqued

It is not wrong for Aiza to feel upset at the Father, who not only once or twice her father promised to go home, but in fact did not come home.  While his mother had cooked a lot to welcome the husband, and finally the cuisine was spent without the presence of the husband.

Aiza was tired of the same story, so the presence of her father was not at all expected.

Aiza headed to the dining table and saw some of the various foods presented.  Why his mother continues to be so respectful to his father who has not appreciated his wife according to Aiza.  

“Other times do not have to cook this much, Umi.  Mubajir,” said Aiza with a face that was still pouting.

“Kan Abahmu wants to come.”

“Her turn is again cool with his young wives.  No way he's coming.”  Aiza turned her back leaving the kitchen.

His mother turned her head and just sighed looking at his youngest attitude.

Aiza did not enter the room, she entered her grandmother's room.  He buried his face in his grandmother's lap.  Aiza felt calm being in such a position.  Her grandmother was really like a refrigerator, cold and soothing.  

While Aiza was being upset like this, the only place to lean was grandma.  For some reason, he felt hurt every time his mother was hurt.  

First, his father claimed to be remarried to a rich young widow with one child whose beauty is extraordinary.  It certainly made her mother feel hurt, but there was nothing she could do except allow her husband to remarry.

Second, her husband claimed to be married again with a beautiful widow who lives in Bandung.  

Complete already, Aiza's father now has four wives.  And the less often the man goes home to the first wife.  It could be a month or two once the man comes home.  Besides having to divide his time for his work, he also had to share his time with his wives. Is this the habit of men if they have a lot of money?

“Polygamy is okay.  Non sinful.  Men are allowed to have more than one wife.  Women who hate polygamy and are strongly opposed to polygamy, that is to oppose the Qur’an.  The highest sincerity of women is when her husband willingly married another woman.”

That's the sentence Aiza heard from her father's mouth while talking to her mother.

Aiza was annoyed once every remembered those words.  His father always pressured his mother with a religion he deliberately adopted only to win her over without caring about the beautiful explanations in the verses of God.  

Regardless of what his mother's heart was made of, the middle-aged woman still looked patient and legowo.  She also remained obedient and respectful to her husband, even though she already looked like trash in her husband's eyes.

“Say ustad, understand religion, but why?” said Aiza reminiscing about her annoying father.

“By the way, Nduk?” ask Aiza's grandmother with a thick Javanese accent.  She was the mother of her father Aiza, whose husband was originally from West Java. His hearing had begun to diminish, his age was very old, almost entering ninety-two years.

Aiza wanted to ask, did her father not know that his marriage hobby was hurting his wife?  Didn't his father know that his wife used to cry at night?  

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