Dusk At the End Please
Extra Part 15: With Yasmin

A house with a modern minimalist design, not too big is also not too small. Shanum sat on a single sofa in the middle of the house. He circulated his gaze observing every corner of the house that looked neat and clean.

The men who carried him were invisible, the three women who carried him put him in the house and sat him in a chair that should have been comfortable but not for Shanum. After opening her blindfold, the three girls went somewhere.

Shanum's hands were still tied so there was not much he could do. With his hands still tied, Shanum stood up from where he sat and walked slowly to observe everything in the house. He hoped to get a clue of whatever was in the house. Who kidnapped him and what motive did he have.

After he went through all the rooms in the house that only consisted of one locked room, living room, living room, middle room, the kitchen adjacent to the bathroom and also the door to the back porch which there is a small garden that is visible from the large glass windows is quite beautiful and well maintained Shanum did not get any instructions, nil.

Shanum took a deep breath, seeing that the bound wrist had already started to redden because the bond was quite strong, Shanum could not even open it after several attempts.

The time showed at six in the afternoon, it seemed like it was time to pray maghrib. She remembered her husband, at this time her husband must have landed and was on the way to Garut. Shanum also remembered that Mother and the other families at home felt increasingly uneasy, they must have been very worried about him. Especially the mother, must be very panicked because there is no news from him.

Shanum's bag and device are somewhere, the three girls who brought him must have secured him so he can't contact anyone. Shanum also chose to perform prayer, heading to the bathroom with his hands tied. As much as possible do ablution with its current limitations.

Shanum did not get the slightest hint of where he is at this time, he also prayed just by relying on his belief alone, not knowing exactly where the Qibla in his place now.

The walking time felt very long for Shanum, being alone in a foreign place. To be honest her heart was filled with fear and worry, especially when she was pregnant. According to her estimates, she will give birth next week, but the anxiety she is experiencing at this time makes her stomach feel a little contraction that is enough to make her face grimace when she feels it.

The sound of the door opening shifted Shanum's focus, which was still resting where he was prostrating, Shanum turned towards the open door. Someone who was no stranger to her was now in front of her.

"Yasmine?" Shanum was surprised to see the person who entered the room was Yasmin, his own sister-in-law, precisely the half-sister of Akhtar.

"Yes, it's me. How's sister-in-law doing?" asked by revealing a forced smile, there was also sadness and anger that Shanum saw from the expression of the face that seemed to be trying to calm it.

"Three women who took me, your man?" Shanum asked back and ignored Yasmin's question.

"Yes, they are my men" he replied coldly,

"Why?" shanum asked softly, he tried to dive into Yasmin's seemingly desperate state of heart.

"Why?" Yasmin repeated Shanum's question with a grinning smile.

"Yes, why are you doing this? we can talk well if there is anything" Shanum explained meekly, he looked at Yasmin who was looking at him sharply with a gaze full of gentleness. Hope Yasmin does not do something she does not expect, which will save herself and the child in her womb.

Shanum knew Yasmin was a good girl, and she loved and respected Akhtar very much, but why did she do this now? there must be a trigger factor that makes him desperate to do this.

"really? is it true that you and your husband will accept me after knowing my true circumstances?" yasmin's voice sounded desperate.

"Of course, we're family" Shanum replied, wanting to find out exactly what Yasmin's motive was for doing all this.

Shanum remembers her husband's story about his father-in-law who learned that his wife had been betrayed. Yasmin their first child was not her flesh and blood, he's the son of Sopia's mother from another man and his father-in-law has to endure it all in a lie Sopia's mother has made over the years to make Mr. Furqan believe that his pregnant wife is pregnant with his child and makes him pregnant Fatimah left him.

And now after knowing the true reality of Mr. Furqan wrath, he was very disappointed, lied to for years to make him lose his wife who was once even still very loved. Although his body with Ms. Sopia, Mr. Furqan could not avoid if in his heart Ms. Fatimah was the best woman ever in his life and now only regret felt. If time could be repeated again, he would definitely choose back to his time together with Fatimah with all its simplicity and choose never to be reunited with Sopia ma'am.

"Haha....."Yasmin laughed out loud at the sentence Shanum had just said.

"Sister-in-law, you're so nice. Do you really consider us family? didn't her husband choose to leave the house? doesn't that mean he doesn't want this family relationship anymore?" yasmin shouted, angry.

"And now that the truth has been revealed that if I had no blood relation with Akhtar, would he still consider me his family?" Yasmin shouted back to say what was on her mind.

"Of course, shouldn't family relationships always be because there are blood ties?" Shanum was still trying to calm down, now he understood that his sister-in-law was only frustrated because of the current circumstances.

"really? then where was he when I needed him, where was he when I got hurt knowing that I wasn't the son of Furqan Wijaya? where was he when I cried because it turned out that my father was an irresponsible jerk? where was he when I cried begging Father Furqan not to leave the house? where was she when I was devastated to see my biological mother in pain because of her illness while my heart hated her because she had ruined my life, destroyed the warmth of the family that I had all this time, shattered into nothingness because of her lies"

Yasmin continued to shout saying everything that stuck in her heart, it turned out that she was so down, she was so hurt and badly she felt herself having no place to share all her feelings. Yasmin even burst into tears after saying all of that in front of Shanum.

Without feeling Shanum also shed tears seeing how fragile the girl in front of him is. Shanum knew Yasmin was the victim, the victim of her parents' behavior, and now she was the most injured.

"He is happy with you while I have to suffer alone, he forgets me when he was always there for me" he said again between sobs that sounded bitter, heartbreaking to anyone who heard him.

Shanum took his breath back, calming down accompanied by a do'a memorization that he kept saying in his heart. Asking for protection and salvation for oneself and the child in his womb also asks that God soften Yasmin's heart.

Shanum let Yasmin continue to cry, letting out all the tightness in her chest. He knew the girl was just being misdirected, and Shanum hoped to get her back in the right direction. But Shanum was still doubtful about Yasmin's feelings towards Akhtar, was it true that she lost her brother figure after Akhtar left or more than that.

"Sister, why did you leave me? I need a brother, even though I'm not your brother but you always said you'd always take care of me" Yasmin murmured softly in her tears but still heard in Shanum's ears.

Shanum breathed a sigh of relief, concluding that Yasmin had really lost the figure of an older brother.

"Yasmin, Akhtar is still your brother. We never forget you, thank you for coming to me even in a way that is not right. But I'm happy, because that means you still think we exist. I'm sure your brother will welcome you happily" Shanum assured Yasmin that he is still very valuable.

" But I'm not Furqan's father's son" he said slowly still with sobs that began to subside.

"It won't change anything, since childhood you've lived together in Furqan's father's family. Whatever the reality that is happening right now is not worth it if you have to destroy the good relationship between you, you are innocent. You remain brothers, you and Naura remain sweet sisters to A Akhtar. You know, a few nights before his departure to Malaysia before going to bed he always told me about you and Naura. Telling the story of your childhood who always scrambled to be carried by A Akhtar every time he came home during college vacation, I know from the way he actually misses you"

"Aa once even said that he really wanted to meet you. Aa was very sad at our wedding because you were not present. Only Father Furqan comes, Dad says you and Naura are having a test that cannot be left behind"

"Aa looks sad to hear it, just accept the gift while you guys don't come. Though your arrival at our wedding was the most beautiful gift for us" Shanum told me again about Akhtar.

"The gift?" Yasmin stopped her crying, she wiped away the remaining tears that had soaked her cheeks, her hair had even been disheveled due to her cry and hysterical cry.

"Yes, kado. Dad brought a gift he said it was from you and Naura" Yasmin looked confused as Shanum talked about the gift.

"Here" Shanum pointed out his anklet, he had a little trouble with his big belly and his still-bound hands extending his legs before Yasmin.

"This is the anklet, the gift you gave us and I always wear it. A Akhtar himself put it on, he even asked me to never take it off. Aa said, it's a special gift from her sweet sisters"

"Say Aa, these letters are the initials of our names, A Akhtar, S Shanum, Y Yasmin and N Naura. Aa said, out of all the jewelry you like the most and Naura is an ankle bracelet"

"Does Akhtar say that?" Yasmin looked up, looked at Shanum with her puffy eyes and was answered with a nod with a reassuring look and a soothing smile by Shanum.

"Don't you remember that?" Yasmin muttered again as she continued to hold Shanum's anklet.

"Of course, you are A Akhtar's sisters and will forever be A Akhtar's younger brother" Shanum said.

Yasmin pulled her leg and aligned it with Shanum's. He touched her anklet and likened it to the anklet Shanum was wearing. The same, the motif of the bracelet they wear is the same, only the hanger of lowercase letters are different. The anklets worn by Yasmin only have one letter Y hanging as a decoration that further beautifies the anklet.

"This must be what Dad did. Naura and I have never prepared a gift for your wedding. I didn't even know the day you were married, I knew all the lies Mama and Dad had left the house by then" Yasmin explained.

Shanum smiled, thinking it must be his father-in-law.

"That's a sign Furqan's father loves you very much, you are still his children do not care about the truth. What is certain if this is the act of the father must be because the father wants his children to still have a strong brotherly bond"

"Dad .....Sis...." Yasmin cried again,

Shanum smiled, he was sure Yasmin had softened, God had granted his prayers to soften Yasmin's heart.

"Sister-in-law, I'm sorry" Yasmin hugged Shanum's leg she squealed, crying as she continued to say sorry.

"Yasmin, Yasmin stop. Don't be like this" Shanum continued to wiggle his legs, he couldn't dodge as his legs were held tightly by Yasmin who continued to cry while saying an apology.

"Yasmin, wake. My sister is uncomfortable"

"Huh, sister-in-law" Yasmin stopped her crying and sat up straight looking at her sister-in-law.

"I'm sorry, sister-in-law" he said again,

"Yes, I'm sorry. Now can you untie my brother's hand?" shanum asked with a grimacing face as he felt his hand sting because of the bond.

"What!" Yasmin was surprised, she only realized that Shanum had tied her hands together.

"I'm sorry Brother, I'm sorry" Yasmin panicked again, looking for scissors to untie it.

"I'm sorry big brother, I'm sorry" Yasmin hugged Shanum after the bond broke while repeating her apology.

"Yes, brother forgives you" Shanum replied, returning Yasmin's embrace and rubbing her sister-in-law's back.

"Douches" Shanum suddenly complained, he broke his embrace so much with Yasmin who was startled to reflexly take off her embrace.

"Big brother why?" Yasmin frantically saw Shanum grimacing by holding his stomach.

"Sister's stomach hurts, deck" Shanum continued to grimace as he held onto his stomach.

"What!" Yasmin is panicking, though,

"Aren't you going to give birth?" tanyanya's worried, though,

"Come, but big brother's stomach hurts a lot" Shanum grimaced with the pain, clutching his stomach.

Yasmin took her car, she called someone and before long the three girls who had brought Shanum came.

"Sis, get the car ready. And you both help me get my sister-in-law, we're going to the hospital now. My sister-in-law is about to give birth" Yasmin half yelled commanding her friends who also looked panicked to hear that Shanum was about to give birth.

They were already in the car, looking for the nearest hospital that could help Shanum. Currently they are in the Wanaraja Garut area which is quite far from the settlement. The road that passed was flanked by gardens.

After thirty minutes they arrived at the private hospital which is still in the Wanaraja area. Yasmin immediately arrested Shanum with two colleagues and took him to the ER.

Shanum was immediately treated by the doctor and immediately diverted to the obstetrician because it seems Shanum already shows signs of giving birth.Yasmin increasingly panicked, he was confused what to do.

"Where is my sister-in-law's device?" ask his friend.

"In the car"

"Take" he said with high intonation, which was immediately obeyed by his friend because they were both panicked.

Yasmin activated Shanum's device, which had been disabled for hours so that no one could contact Shanum. He was surprised to find Shanum's device unlocked. Yasmin sought Akhtar's contact, knowing that her brother had returned from Malaysia from people she had told to look for information about Akhtar before the plot was executed.

"As..Assalamu'alaikum" Yasmin stamped as her call connected.

"Honey, where are you?" there was a panicked Akhtar voice across the phone.

"Sister, it's Yasmin. Shanum is with me now. We're at the hospital in Wanaraja area, it looks like Shanum's sister is about to give birth" Yasmin spoke quickly, panicking and fearing mixed into one making her voice tremble. She did not care about Akhtar's anger because of her actions, which is important that now her sister-in-law and the baby are safe.

"So you're with Shanum? you brought Shanum?" yelled Akhtar at the end of the phone, angry.

"I'm sorry brother, I can explain. Now Shanum is in desperate need of big brother, you better come quickly and bring all the maternity equipment. I'll share the location" quickly Yasmin interjected Akhtar, she was more worried about Shanum's current state. Regarding Akhtar who will be angry or even hate him after this he will only resign because he realizes it is his fault.

"Sir Shanum, I'm sorry" Yasmin muttered again with tears streaming down her cheeks, clutching her device tightly after severing her call with Akhtar.