Let You Sick: Husband Not Considered
Episode 4: Warm Greetings
Silent...
Dianna walked slowly to the door to get out and right in the doorway of her daughter's room she said "mom's very sure"
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This morning Dianna was preparing breakfast as usual. A few slices of bread and some type of jam he had served on the table, currently he is busy suwir suwir chicken breast that has been fried earlier as an addition to the porridge that is five minutes away will soon be ripe.
A little glance at the clock on the kitchen wall, the clock has shown at 7:00. Dianna immediately prepared three bowls to pour porridge for her husband, child, and herself. Not forgetting she added a chicken breast and fried onion topping on it, and then tidied it up on the dining table complete with two glasses of water and a glass of milk for her husband.
Shortly waiting, Hartono walked out of his room and immediately headed to the dining table for breakfast before leaving for the office this morning. A few seconds later, Samira followed behind her father for breakfast.
"Try opening your heart to Rafiq, if not his father we can't eat this food, in this house again" Hartono said after a few minutes.
"Good Dad" Samira said briefly and continued her breakfast.
"Be nice to him. If it's not a soul mate at least the good impression you left"
"Good ma'am" that was all he could say right now.
"I'm sorry ma'am, ready to be ready first" after finishing her bread and a glass of water, Samira then passed from the room and went to her room.
"Are we not too imposing on Samira to marry Rafiq immediately?. Maybe.. It's good to let them just get acquainted first, until really they like each other" Dianna told her husband after making sure Samira really was not in the room, to prevent their conversation from being heard by him.
"Until when?... Samira's an adult and she's a girl. Who's gonna take care of him? I was no longer able to watch him. He needs an escort. He's our only child. I don't want him to choose wrong"
Hearing what her husband said, Dianna could only justify it. Their only daughter as the successor of the family's descendants.
"At least Rafiq's family I've known for a long time. If someday I can't survive with my disease, at least I'm relieved Samira to be the son-in-law of Mr. Adrian"
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Somewhere else.
"What time is Samira going to college, son?" Ask Hanna who was heading towards her son to make sure the clothes she was wearing looked neat.
"Cruel again ma'am"
"Remember! first impression" said Hanna who is currently in front of her second child while repairing the crust of her shirt that is already neat.
"Good ma'am, safe it"
Just to drive a woman to her campus, Rafiq was willing to put on his best shirt this morning. The heart does not mean to look excessive, but here he is, who really likes to wear a shirt wherever he goes out of the house to meet his father's business relationship or just a regular meeting with his friends to look neat in the eyes of the beholder and more especially for satisfaction himself.
"Mom, Rafiq said first" said Rafiq a little hard who is currently on the terrace of the house
"Good boy, heart on the road, good luck" answered Hanna for her son's speech from inside the house that was slightly heard but clearly in her ears.
Soon he headed to the garage to see which vehicle he was going to use. Between his motorbike and his car, his vehicle choice fell on a small gray car. The car is relatively cheap but became one of his pride because it was bought from the wages he earned while helping work in his father's company.
Not to forget he brought a neatly arranged parcel in a basket woven from rattan wrapped in plastic wrap that his mother had prepared since this morning when making breakfast for his father.
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50 Minutes of long time that Rafiq deliberately prepared so as not to rush to the house of the woman who will soon 'maybe' be his life companion. Expect still teraisa 20 minutes before the departure of Samira to the campus to talk or just say goodbye to the mother of the woman. The distance that must be traveled to get to the house samira about half an hour.
After about 30 minutes he drove, finally his favorite small car arrived in front of the woman's luxury home. Glancing at the clock worn on his left hand for a moment, the time prediction he had set did not deviate too far. His watch is at 9:25. That means there are still about 15 minutes for him to say goodbye or just a stale talk with the woman's mother.
"Assalamualaikum" Rafiq's warm greetings echoed in the woman's living room he was to deliver this morning.
"Waalaikumsalam, son Rafiq, let's go in" welcomed Dianna who has been waiting for her arrival since.
"This is a little parcel from Mom" said Rafiq thrusting a basket containing a variety of colors held in his right hand.
"Waduh no need to bother" Dianna welcomed the helping hand very kindly.
Without making Rafiq wait too long, Dianna directs him to head to the dinner table for breakfast first before going to campus.
"Breakfast first, son, this aunt made a special porridge for Rafiq son" said Dianna pulled one of the chairs right in front of her had been served porridge complete with toppings and a glass of water beside her.
"Good aunt" can't resist. Only that sentence could he say when he saw the hospitality of the 'prospective mother-in-law'.
"Which eats a lot, Samira a little more already want to go down, he said was ready to be ready"
After a few minutes, the woman he was going to deliver to campus got out of her room. Not wearing makeup, the woman's face was able to penetrate the wall of the heart that had forgotten the woman first. The same feeling when High School was present at a different time.
Stunned for a moment to enjoy the sight and immediately scattered by the voice of the mother.
"Recide the meal"
"Had aunty full, Samira was late to campus. I'm saying goodbye to aunt."
"All right then, pick Samira up, son Rafiq"
"Good ma'am"
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How would it feel if you were feeling in a car with a woman who used to be very fond of him and even had time to express his love. That's what Rafiq is feeling right now. Silence without knowing where to start to break the silence that has been since before after entering the car was created.
Rafiq had to start the conversation, expecting the woman sitting next to him to start it, it would be very difficult. Looking at Samira who is currently staring at the left window of the car. I don't know what he saw that must have been in the car since the beginning, not a bit Rafiq felt he was staring at his face.
The intention to break the silence was not he did until finally the car was 500 meters not far from their destination.
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