For Your Mother's sake, You Betrayed Me
Praying for each other

Zahra continued walking outside the hospital. He wanted to go home but it was raining very hard. His steps were stopped by Reza's call.

"Zahra stop! Where are you going?" reza ran towards him.

Zahra looked back. He saw a worried looking Reza. "I want to go home, Mom!"

"You crying? Did Mama hurt you again?" reza asked with a look at Zahra's face.

Zahra smiled faintly. "I don't know why Mom hates me so much. I may be a fucking carrier, Mas!" zahra said with a sad face.

"What are you talking about? He just hasn't seen the sincerity of your heart. Looks like Mama's got her fault for you" Reza retorted.

Zahra looked up at Reza. "What do you mean, Mom? What's going on?"

"Your mother had a heart attack and will have a stroke. In the last few months, he had high blood pressure. So the aftermath of Rizal's accident left him in shock."

Zahra looked down again, she looked back.

"You why? Don't tell me you feel guilty! Zahra they have been rewarded for his actions. Viona is in a postoperative coma. She gave birth to a baby girl and is now being intensively treated in an incubator" Reza said. "Rizal is also unconscious, his condition is very critical" he added.

Zahra took a deep breath, she tried to calm down the tightness that was in her heart. "Mas, I want to go home. I'm tired!" sahut Zahra's.

"All right, let me take you home! Rest, don't think!"

Reza immediately drove Zahra home. He knew what his sister-in-law was feeling. A few minutes drive, both of them arrived at the villa.

"Zahra, you're in! I'm going back to the hospital because I have to accompany Papa. There's no way I'm letting Papa alone in the hospital" Reza said. He's still in the car with Zahra.

"Yes, Mas. You be careful! Slow down, because the road is slippery" replied Zahra. He was getting ready to get out of the car. "I'm going in first, Mom. Assalamualaikum," he continued.

"Waalaikumsalam" replied Reza.

Zahra got out of the car, then got into the house. After that Reza returned to the hospital.

Reza has arrived at the hospital. He walked to his stepmother's ward to meet her father. "Papa," call Reza.

Mr. Roni turned his head, his face looked exhausted. Reza sat down next to his father. "Papa rest, let me keep watch here" Reza told his father.

Mr. Roni took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled. "So these past few months, have you been hiding Zahra?" ask Mr. Roni.

"I'm not hiding, Pa. More precisely to save. I don't want any danger to Zahra, because I love her" Reza replied.

"So you also lied to Papa, because at that time you said you did not know the existence of Zahra."

Reza was a little guilty but he had to say everything. "Sorry Pa, I've been dishonest. After returning from abroad, I bought a villa without Papa's knowledge. At first I wanted to tell Papa after the villa was renovated. But there is something urgent. Then I undo the intention to tell Papa."

"Is Papa angry with me?" ask Reza. He didn't want his father to misunderstand.

"No. Papa understands your point. It's just, this makes Papa a little surprised because lying is not your nature," replied Roni. "Now, everything is clear. God has rebuked your mother and your sister. Papa can only resign and accept because all the advice that Papa gave was never heard in the slightest" continued pak Roni with sadness.

"How was your relationship with Zahra? Has Zahra accepted you as Rizal's replacement?"

Reza looked ahead with a focused look. "I'm still trying to convince her heart, Pa. It is not easy to reach Zahra's heart. There was still doubt in his heart. He said his status was unclear. Although, Rizal had already dropped the talaq on him, all I did now was just to protect him, Pa!"

"You must understand Zahra's attitude. Do not force the will. It may be hard to accept a new love. You yourself also know how sincere and affectionate you are to Rizal. But Rizal just wasted that sincerity. Even if Zahra has given birth later, Papa is not sure she wants to return to this family. He will definitely be afraid of your Mama and Viona, too" said Roni.

Reza pensively momentarily digested her father's words. "I'm wrong if I want to, Pa. I can't turn away from Zahra. From the beginning I've been in love with her, Pa."

"It is not wrong if Zahra's status is clear. But back to Zahra, is he going to accept you or not? Your intentions are also good, you meet all the needs of Zahra because in the womb there is flesh blood from the Narendra family. Leave everything to God because, only he is able to solve this problem and give you the best. If you are a match, Papa is sure someday you will be able to unite. Now we can only pray for the safety of Rizal and his wife, because after all they are members of our family" replied Roni wisely.

"Yes Pa, I will leave everything to God and I will keep trying to do good" Reza replied with a smile.

Mr. Roni nodded. "You are Papa's best and wisest son. If Rizal had a nature like you, his fate would not be like this. But maybe this is fate and indeed must be lived with patience, maybe this is also a test for Rizal."

Reza spent the night talking to his father. Only with him was the complaint can be channeled, because indeed Mr. Roni gave full affection for his child only from the first wife.