In the Name of a Mate
Chapter 28: Misunderstanding

The cold air of the night is not felt compared to how the cold atmosphere created in the living room with a simple mat. Layla was silent and did not know how the story could be like this

"Looks like you guys should get married"

"Yes sir" Layla looked at Qais who replied excitedly, while she herself was still digesting what was happening now

"We don't do as you think" Qais said after answering with passion, this only makes people's suspicions stronger

"Son, the most disadvantaged in this regard is women. Women who will bear shame and leave a mark. Men can relax because no one knows. Women who will be ostracized and blamed no matter who is right. So you better get married to avoid adultery" Layla just kept quiet to hear the words of the mothers who rubbed her back from earlier. He didn't understand what they meant, he just didn't do it and obviously it was just a misunderstanding

"I'm sorry, but we really didn't do that" she replied, a few times, but how could they have believed. Especially with the condition of his clothes being torn because of the strong pull of that person

"Son, don't dodge it anymore. We have to do this for your safety as well. Now call your respective guardians, you're getting married tonight"

"WHAT!" Layla was most surprised to hear this, and somehow Qais just immediately pulled out her phone as if she strongly agreed

"Father can't take decisions like this for granted, it's not just about one party's opinion. But it also covers my future" Layla replied straight away, her sentence clearly showing a rejection

"Son, we understand. But if it's like this, your future will be ruined. Isn't getting into a relationship in a marriage bond better? Not a sin but a reward"

"Call your parents now, we need to explain" Layla pensively said, starting when Qais helped her earlier against those who followed her. After being beaten up they still had time to escape, Qais who initially wanted to pursue Layla was detained because he thought it was unnecessary. That's where the misunderstanding began, two people in simple clothes and a sheath sheathed glaring toward those in dark places with positions that made misunderstandings. At that time, Qais was helping Layla to her feet. Moreover, the condition of Layla's clothes is not okay

"Astagfirulloh" were the last words Layla had heard before the two men dragged them forcibly to the house of Mr. RT. Why did it end up getting married?

"Call your two guardians, zina's too real now. You will not feel how painful it is in the world but remember how the heat of hell fires with humans as firewood" a hijab-wearing woman whom they suspect to be Mr. RT's wife interrupts several times Qais and Layla try to deny and explain

"No one would believe it, if all the perpetrators of adultery claimed that maybe men will have more than ten wives and even women can have more than one husband" this discussion was somehow further off the mark. Layla looked at Qais who also looked confused, because every time they explained to defend themselves, there must be someone who interjected

"You better marry, and repent to ask forgiveness of the powerful. We have no right to judge you, for the fairest judge is God"

Not judging her words? Then what was this name when they charged without hearing an explanation? Is it not judging?

"The generation of today is increasingly eroded by the times, is not ashamed to have parents who have taken care of their hard-earned. Are his parents not teaching him that, too?" Layla clenched her hands listening to the mothers with makeup that was quite thick on her face

"This has nothing to do with parents, you just said no judgment, so what's this name?" Qais who spoke, his tone was firm as if he understood that Ila was offended by the mother's words. If only there was no one he might want to throw a punch on the woman's face, it was seen that the protruding veins of her neck held in anger

"But..."

"Assalamu'alaikum dad, Ila wants to get married tonight. Come quickly do not be late"

The most frozen Qais heard that, did he not hear wrong?

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Soon a notification from Layla sent him the location, after trying to contact his daughter again, the number was off

"BOLLY!"

Bilal came running a little, he had never heard his father shout like that, so he was quite surprised when he was suddenly called

"We're meeting your sister now, I don't know what she's doing" Naufal rubbed her hair rough, believing her daughter couldn't do anything she shouldn't

"Ila why?" Bilal is now confused, from the last call, Layla did not pick up the phone at all

"Ask later, get our car ready to go now" Bilal nodded according to him, not saying much. Naufal's like a fucked-up man

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"Happy?"

Ila really wanted to say that sentence in front of the faces of the mothers. He most disliked that his parents had been brought up in the things he did. His parents taught him good, he could not make his father sick because of this

While Qais was still glued to the spot, he also just finished calling Kenzo who was surprised and demanded a lot of explanation but was immediately turned off by Qais. Kenzo was told to come straight to see what happened.

Qais could only be silent without a word, before long the roar of the car that entered the yard of the house was heard

"Yes"

Layla who was silent was not even aware of her father's presence on the doorstep

"Father" he immediately ran to hug the man who had been his first love since knowing the world

Naufal who from home intended to get angry and demand an explanation even now could not bear when Layla hugged him and cried sobbing without thinking about the person there who was staring at them

"What's going on?"

Layla just shook her head, she couldn't say anything more

Naufal scanned the surroundings and found Qais there with a bruised face, only to realize by now that his daughter's clothes were falling apart. Naufal refused to come to his own conclusions, but he really could not have imagined that it would happen. The one who failed here was clearly a father who could not protect his daughter