Why marry me, Gus?
chapter 14

"What advice do you have?" Wirda and I stopped our journey and went back to talking about Huda.

Whatever it is, I'll do it. Looks like Wirda had a good idea to ruin my marriage.

"The Ustadz Wahab family is a distinguished family. Surely they want to have a daughter-in-law who is not that happy, right? Well, what if you try to make the Wahab Ustadz family do not like you. Maybe, you can start with ... be disrespectful to the Wahab Ustadz family? They certainly do not like you immediately and will cancel this proposal," said Wirda.

I round my eyes wide. Is that right? When I was I was being disrespectful to my parents? Not to mention, Ustadz Wahab is a person who is respected by many people. How dare I be disrespectful to him? My father would be angry with me if I acted strangely in front of the Wahab Ustadz family.

"What do you mean, Wir? Should I be rude to his family Ustadz Wahab? I may be hanged by my father!" timpalku rejected Wirda's idea. The idea is pretty good. My only choice, make both parents I do not like Huda or make both parents already do not like me. But this is not the way either. This is called suicide. I can smear my father's face in front of Ustadz Wahab's family.

"It doesn't have to be so insolent. You just a few attitudes that will not be liked by his family Ustadz Wahab. You don't have much choice, do you? You can't make your parents dislike Mas Huda. So the other choice is you yourself who must make both parents Mas Huda do not like you," said Wirda.

But I don't have that much courage. I'm afraid of the sloth. I'm afraid of being scolded by you, Father. I fear that I will vilify my reputation in front of the Wahab Ustadz family.

I am not a good boy. You could say, I am a wayward child. But even so, my father has taken pains to educate me well. I still know the adab and also the manners. If I carry out this plan, I will only hurt the feelings of my parents.

"Where, Rin? The idea isn't really bad, is it? You can't keep looking for the gap Mas Huda kayak gini. The proof, Mas Huda is a good man and has no fatal flaws, right?" exclaim Wirda.

I'm getting dizzy. Come to think of it, I don't have much choice.

"It's good, Wir. But I tried to think about it first," I told Wirda.

"You have to sacrifice a little bit too, Rin. If you don't want to, yes. You have no choice but to accept the application from Mas Huda" Wirda said.

I don't want to embarrass my parents. Wirda's advice is too scary to try.

"Later to consider again. Thanks a lot, Wir! You always support me" I told Wirda.

"Together, Rin. Don't think too much! You'll stress yourself out" said Wirda.

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I sat daydreaming alone in the room with a chaotic mind. The advice from Wirda kept ringing in my head.

Being disrespectful can be a good plan, but I'll get into other trouble if I really do. Just imagining my father's angry face I didn't dare.

"What do I have to do, right? You'll hang me on a power pole if I step on your face in front of Ustadz Wahab's family" I muttered confusedly.

The matter regarding Huda made me tired. My appetite is gone too. My sleep is also messy

"Ruby, Rin! No need to think about it anymore!" I said trying to entertain myself.

I need to take my mind off for a moment. I don't want to keep getting dizzy with Huda's problems.

Luckily, I have a schedule to go to school tomorrow. After a long time entangled with the proposal, I was finally able to get rid of the feeling of shame by returning to the school that I missed.

"Mom, tomorrow I'm leaving!" I told my mom the night before I left for school.

"Where to go?" ask my mother with a frown.

"Tap me to school" I said.

"Why what?"

"You take a diploma, ma'am," I said.

The next day, I woke up from the bed excited. I really miss school. I miss my friends.

I stared at the school gate with a bright face. I saw that Wirda had arrived first at our beloved school.

"Thin!" call Wirda and some of my friends I haven't seen in a long time.

"Hey! Long time no see!" I cried with excitement when I met my friends. My meeting with my friends made me forget for a moment about Huda.

Today, I don't want to make myself sad by thinking about Huda. Today I want to enjoy my youth as an ordinary student before I really have to leave this school.

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