Being My Husband's Affair
The Part 50
After dinner, Abi invites Danu and Nina to talk about her marital status. Because as far as abi knows, Danu has never said the word talak.
"Son Danu, Nina, you don't get out of here, Abi wants to talk to you"
The two people compactly raised their heads staring at abi.
Umi, and mba Yuni immediately packed the dirty dishes they used to eat.
Suddenly silent atmosphere. Danu and Nina are now like defendants to be tried by a judge.
"Do you know what marriage is?" tanya abi started the conversation
"Marriage has a very important and sacred position in Islam. In the Qur’an, marriage is referred to as a strong and firm covenant (mitsaqan ghalizha)" Abi paused her sentence, slightly inhaling oxygen.
"Thus, the phrase mistaqan ghalizha is used to indicate that marriage is a sacred bond. Therefore, every married couple must maintain and maintain the bond"
"Every couple who will marry first must understand the meaning and purpose of the marriage, because in marriage, the goal is not to change the status only. Until here, you understand what Abi explained?" tanyanya added.
"Remember, not just change the status" abi repeated it with great emphasis. "There are rights and obligations that you must fulfill. The rights and duties of being a wife, the rights and duties of being a husband, both of which must be accountable before God in the future"
The two men nodded their heads together.
"Will but" continued abi
"Each partner is required to understand and accept the differences between husband and wife, in order to achieve happiness and comfort in the household, and to be able to understand and accept the differences between husband and wife, or what we know by the household name sakinah, mawaddah, warrahmah".
Danu looked seriously at the face of his father-in-law, listening carefully sentence by sentence. So did Nina, even though her eyes were down, but her ears carefully caught the amulet coming out of her brother's mouth.
"Although they have been separated for a long time, two people are still married if there is no pledge of talaq from the husband. This corresponds to the Fatawa Shabakah Islamiyah"
"So Nina, in this case even though you left her for a long time, you are still the wife of your husband, because Nak Danu never said the word talak in front of the witness" said Abi at length.
"See me, you finish your household affairs with a cold head, and don't blame each other. It would be better if you both corrected yourself. What's wrong in you, you fix it. You are grown and reasonable. Abi hopes that you will make the best decision for the future of your household"
In his heart Nina blames the words of Abi who said she was still legitimate to be Danu's wife. Indeed, by state they are still legal, but religiously, they are no longer husband and wife. Nina knew exactly if Danu's words in the past, implied already falling talak, and according to religious law, they had divorced. However, Nina herself still did not dare to tell Arifin honestly about her husband's treatment and all the words in the past.
"Can you understand abi's explanation?" ask her with a serious look.
"Understand bi" they answered compactly.
"Then, excuse me first, want to check the children of students in the mosque"
"Yes bi"
Abi left them both.
Silence, there was only the sound of crickets filling the silence of the night.
The awkwardness was still felt between the two, until they were silent for a few minutes.
After about five seconds, Danu changed her sitting position cross-legged facing Nina. He looked at the wife's face from the side before saying "Nin" he said nervously. "there's a lot of things we have to talk about, right?"
The woman seemed to nod her head.
"Let's open up to each other" Danu said, with a pounding heart.
"Om Danu's..." Kennan shouted as he ran closer to him.
Danu set his sights on Kennan. And Nina too.
"I don't think this is the right time to talk"
Not yet able to answer, the voice was heard again.
"Om, in the mother's kopel there are many toys, let's play" Invite Kennan to force.
"Tomorrow after work I'll pick you up, we'll talk somewhere else" Danu said. He just left because Kennan kept pushing and pulling his hand.
Nina continued to notice the two men of different generations running away from her, until the two men were no longer caught by her neutrals because they had entered the house.
Now Nina was sitting alone in a gazebo, her gaze staring blankly at the clear sky filled with light like a dot. Letting his long hijab be blown by the gusts of the night wind.
Nina had the face of her husband getting more handsome for her. His soothing gentle demeanor, eyes that seemed to radiate affection, and also his maturity when playing with Kennan. His attitude was completely different, unlike the Danu he had seen a few years ago.
Danu who is now, for him is a figure who seems to want to continue to protect his son and wife.
"What kind of feeling is there in Danu's heart, is she still expecting Nesa, or, is she going to choose me?" Inner Nina, he glanced at Kennan and Danu who were cool playing a remote car on the porch of the house.
"Mas Danu, the kid you're playing with is your real son, he's your flesh and blood"
"I'm sorry I'm still hiding it from you"
Nina smilingly watched the two men who had always been number one in her heart, other than abi.
Danu said goodbye to go home, letting Nina let go of the longing with abi and uminya. He took her hand and kissed her reverence.
As for Nina, this was the second time she kissed the back of her husband's hand. First after ijab qobul five years ago, and now. He reached out to the woman, nervously welcoming the burly hand, and then dyed it briefly.
Nina escorted Danu to the front of the house. The number of secrets Nina kept, making her always shrouded in nervousness and awkwardness.
"Remember, I'll pick you up tomorrow after work"
Nina just nodded.
"I'm home" said Danu. Just a few steps away, he heard the voice of the woman behind him calling, Danu stopped her steps and turned around
"Yes"
"What's sick?" nina asked lowered her head, Danu slightly smiled, for her this is a small concern from her woman.
"I will answer, but you also have to answer my question" Danu said, making Nina instantly raise her head.
"What?"
"Is Kennan your biological son, he was born from your womb?"
Without hesitation, Nina nodded in response to Danu's question.
"Then why did she call Irma mami?" ask again.
"Irma helped me take care of him from childhood mas, she asked Kennan to call her mami"
"Oohh, yes, I'm saying goodbye" Danu was about to turn around but she undoed her intentions when Nina called him back.
"Mas"
"What else?"
"Mas hasn't answered my question"
"Which question?" Danu seemed to have forgotten what Nina asked.
"What's sick?"
"No" he answered briefly "I say goodbye to Nin, Assalamu'alaikum"
"Walaikumsalam, be careful" Nina was still standing in front of the house, until the car vanished from her sight.
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The next day, Danu was already preparing with her office suit. A Silver shirt, paired with a black suit and trousers, her appearance really shows that she is the owner of the company.
Before driving to the office, he will go to the hospital first to see the results of the lineage match between Kennan and himself. There is a belief in Danu that Kennan is the biological child of Nina, who was then playing the role of Nesa.
Arriving at the health building, Danu walked through the hospital corridor to his sister's room.
"How's san?" danu asked as he sat in Dr. Sandra's room.
"I haven't seen it yet mas, it's still sealed, Mas Danu open here yes, I also want to see"
With a pounding heart, Danu opened the white envelope, he grabbed a piece of paper inside, slowly unfolding it.
Danu rubbed his face while reading the data written on the paper.
From the results of DNA examination, it is known that Kennan and himself, have a high level of similarity of 99.8%.
Danu's tears shed instantly, The pool of water in his eyes he was unable to defend.
"How about you, can I see?" ask sandra curiously. Danu immediately handed the paper to her sister, without a word.
"Positive?" muttered Sandra exclaimed "Mas Danu is the father of Irma's son, his wife Rio?" Sandra and Danu's parents did not know about Nina's return, nor did they know anything about Kennan.
"It's not Irma Kennan san's birth mother"
"Then?" Sandra raised one eyebrow.
"Nina's her real mother"
"Mister Nina?" sahut Sandra with a surprised face. Danu assented with mangangguk. "So that's when Nina got pregnant?"
Sandra leaned her back on her big chair "Where do you want to go to Nina now?"
"Tomorrow will explain to you and also papa mama. Excuse me first"
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