Not the Perfect Son-in-law
Chapter 48. Grandson for Mom

Chapter 48

"I have good news for my mother" said Ali.

Ruqoyah raised her head then looked towards Ali. His son smiled widely and placed Ruqoyah's hand on Hafsah's stomach.

"Here is the mother's grandson" Ali continued and it made Ruqoyah open her mouth. 

"You didn't lie, did you, Ali?" tanya Ruqoyah still did not believe it.

"Thank God, Mom. God has entrusted trust to us." Hafsah answered with a smile.

"God, O God, how great is Your power. At last your long wait has borne fruit" said Ruqoyah, stroking Hafsah's belly with tears running down.

Both Hafsah and Ali smiled happily at the behavior of Ruqoyah who continued to stroke the stomach where her future grandchildren were.

"This is my second granddaughter, huh?" ask Ruqoyah.

Now it was Hafsah and Ali's turn to be surprised. They did not expect that Ruqoyah could think like that.

"Mother's first grandchild whose face is very similar to Ali. He's a handsome, polite boy. He sends you greetings. He said he would wait at the door of heaven" Ruqoyah said with a faint smile.

"I mean Mom?" ask Ali.

"Mother dreams of meeting father and bringing a boy. He said it was the mother's granddaughter who had not seen the world. I thought about when Hafsah had been pregnant, but I saw that the little boy seemed to be about five years old" replied Ruqoyah.

Hafsah decided to tell him what happened to him first. She also apologized for not knowing that she was pregnant and not paying less attention to the state of the baby in her stomach.

"Mother who should be apologizing to you, Hafsah. If you know you're pregnant, you won't be asked to take care of Alika's birthday party. Your cooking is so good that many like it. I also always praise the taste of your cooking. The neighbors also said they liked your cooking," said Ruqoyah.

It has all been their destiny in the past. Mutual forgiveness forgives all the sins that have wronged people, making their hearts calm.

Ruqoyah also gave some money from her savings to the orphanage children as a token of thanksgiving for the favors obtained by her son and daughter-in-law.

***

Ruqoyah can now be brought home. They are picked up by Bimo and Alika. 

Once home, Hafsah was told to rest and Ali would accompany his mother.

"God still loves mom. Though mothers often do evil to others, especially to you and Hafsah," Ruqoyah said during the day.

"That is because there is a Hafsah prayer that is granted by God. The prayers of the persecuted are certainly granted. And do you know what prayers Hafsah often says for mothers?" ask Ali.

"Hafsah always prays that God softens the heart of the mother and she can make the mother happy" Ali replied because her mother was silent.

Ruqoyah's tears flooded her cheeks again. From dawn she did not stop crying, but her eyes were not swollen. 

How happy he is to have a son-in-law like Hafsah. Although it has often been hurt, but it is still good for him. He felt more guilt and shame towards his daughter-in-law.

"Mother asks that you always be happy Hafsah. Don't hurt him anymore, he's suffered enough" said Ruqoyah.

"So, you're never gonna ask me to marry Sarah again, are you?" ask Ali.

"No. Do not marry any woman again. Enough Hafsah to be the mother's daughter-in-law" the woman replied.

Ali hugged her mother and thanked her. He will also make all his family happy, not just Hafsah.

***

If Ali and Hafsah are happy, different from Alika. The woman gets unfair treatment by her in-laws and her elder brother if Bimo is not home.

"There's cooking for lunch! Do not feel comfortable staying here for free," said Anggun with innuendo as usual.

Alika's presence in that room was no different from that of a maid. Ali's younger brother had to do homework even though there was a domestic assistant who had worked there for a long time.

Alika felt sorry for leaving campus because of her mother-in-law's orders. She asked him to take care of the house and the husband. Even so, he received a different treatment from Bimo's first wife who was allowed to go to work.

"Well, you don't know how to take care of fish!" snapped the Goddess Bu when she saw Alika cut off the fish head while cleaning it.

"Sorry, Ma. I don't know how" Alika said slowly.

Alika doesn't know homework, let alone cooking. He asked and told. When he got married, he had to do everything.

'Is this a reply because my mother and I used to like to rumble Hafsah?' inner Alika.

Alika did all the work according to her mother-in-law's orders. He could only endure the cries in his heart. She felt hurt by the woman who gave birth to her husband.

'I can no longer live in this house!' alika shouted in her heart.

***

Will Alika receive the same treatment that Hafsah had received from her husband's family? Follow their story, yes!