In the Name of a Mate
Chapter 55: Back

"Huh? Husband?" Layla repeated Qais's question which made the man nod in confusion

"Yes, the boy at the park earlier..."

"Astagfirulloh, that's Brother Bilal's son" now Layla understands that Qais's question since the park was ambiguous. So he thinks it's his son? Athala's face is more like her mother's than Bilal's. Only his eyes were the same color as Layla.

"Bilal's son? So..."

"I'm not married yet Kak Qais" Layla said, Bilal and Bela just giggled while Naufal just smiled shaking his head

"Alhamdulillah" Qais gave thanks in his loudness, almost shaking the shoulder of Naufal who was sitting next to him, but he paled and looked down again

"Ila, do you want to be with me again? We repeat the time when we are together, this time even better"

"Neither, did Ila have a candidate or not?" Bilal asked, Qais looked back in surprise. He forgot about that. So, is it too late? But before the formal bond can still be tikung? Though his heart was happy but just blown away

"But not yet halting?" Ask Qais. He turned to face Naufal and held his former father-in-law's hand tightly

"Dad, let me go back with your daughter. I promised to keep him and guide him to be a good priest"

"Why don't you ask my daughter? Does she still want to be with you after all that?" Qais slowly looked at the face of his ex-wife sitting next to Bilal

"Well, are you going to open your heart for me again?"

"I'm sorry that I may seem pushy, but just so you know that even your name is never absent in my prayer. I was tormented in the face of everything, but what tormented me the most was when you were no longer lawful to me" Layla was stunned. Is it possible that it is also not easy to forget Qais?. He has heard that your soul mate may not be the person you always say his name in your prayers, but who speaks your name most often in his prayers. Layla asks to forget Qais, but Qais prays more often otherwise

"Take it, son, if your heart is still the same. You are all grown up to understand. No longer a labile teenager like six years ago. Now is not the time to play around like this. Putting aside your ego and emotions, adulthood is no longer the time for such games" Naufal patted Qais on the shoulder and looked at his daughter

"I can never lie about how I feel, six years is hard to forget even if I want to. So, please guide me well, be my priest who can lead me to his heaven"

"Definitely" Qais nodded confidently, more confident than six years ago

"I'll learn even more" he answered with no hesitation at all

"But, aren't you ashamed of my status as an ex-convict?" Qais's shoulders slumped again, ex-con, that name will continue to be embedded in him like a criminal title. Most people think that they are bad people and do not deserve to live, even though iron bars can make them learn and better

Qais smiled and nodded, the thing he was most grateful for, God still guarded the heart of an Asma Layla Husna for him. Six years in cold iron bars, the thing he feared the most came out when his heart had not healed and could not forget. He prayed that Layla would be destined to reunite them, but if she did not teach him to be sincere. Trying to forget but Qais will never be able to, the name of Asma Layla Husna as already tied with her heart

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It did not take long from that night, just six days away now the garden of the front of the simple house was transformed as a seat for invited guests to watch the sacred event, the pronunciation of sacred promises made by couples who have been together but must separate. According to Layla this is too soon, but Naufal said the sooner the better, to avoid the sin of adultery before marriage

A wedding that is not grand, just simple with invited guests who are not less than a hundred people. Layla asked, because after all, she understood Qais must not be ready to meet many people

"When I first met Rio, why did you marry first?" Sewot Zara hugged her cousin tightly

"The soul mate and the future no one knows" Layla replied

"Uncle Darren has Rio's blessing?"

"Udah, even though it was a matter of urate finally agreed also let alone pas denger you also reciprocate the same Qais"

"So, pas said yesterday stayed two months on the Nessi show that has not got blessing?" Layla asked recalling the conversation that day

"Yes, it's just a plan if you don't agree that I'm still alive" Layla is eager to mentor her cousin who works as a doctor. But given this event he couldn't have done that

"Daddy's daughter is big and grown up now, you've found a maid. So the good wife and the servant who always obeyed the command of his god" Naufal stroked Layla's head wrapped in white hijab with a small flower on it, he turned and looked at Qais

"For the second time I'm putting my daughter to you. Don't hurt him anymore, when I see him crying I feel like I'm failing to be his father" Qais nodded with a smile

"Don't tell me that, I'm still the best" Layla shook her head in disbelief

"Now that father's responsibility has moved again, this time make your old relationship a lesson. Learning from your mistakes, I pray you stay together until death is the chasm" Layla wiped away her tears, her dream marriage like her parents, how faithful is Naufal's love only to his mother who has gone

"I promise, Layla is the only one who will be my side until death picks me up, you can trust me" Qais clasped Naufal's hand, making the middle-aged man almost sixty smile

"Dad trust you Qais, please don't disappoint me"

"I won't let you down"