1 METER OF FOOT
MAMA MULAN'S STORY

The journey Shanum and Emyr took was not short. It took them hours to get to the city.

During the trip, Shanum and Emyr were completely uninvolved in meaningful conversation. Shanum is more silent and will speak if he is spoken to first by Emyr.

After a journey that is quite draining, finally the car they ride to also in a very super luxurious house. A house that was very far from Shanum's mind.

"Shanon!" Emyr tries to wake Shanum.

Apparently, Shanum fell asleep when he almost reached Emyr's house.

"Engh! Yes, Brother Emyr?"

"We're here, let's go down. Just leave your bag there. Will be brought in with my driver."

Even though Emyr was talking with a smile. For some reason, Shanum still felt unsettled and uncomfortable. Because today he is in a place that is really very foreign to him. And he never visited at all.

"Wait for Emyr's sister!"

Emyr's movements that would open the car door instantly came to a halt, when he was summoned by Shanum.

"Yes! What's up Shanum?"

"Actually whose brother? Is there anything Shanum doesn't know about Big Brother?"

Emyr smile. "Much! And I have no intention of hiding it from you. You will know for yourself. And if you are not clear, then you can ask me directly. Comein! Consider it your own home."

Emyr just got off the car. Because Shanum didn't get out of his car either. Emyr opened the door for Shanum.

Shanum's eyes bulged very wide when he saw the magnificent and luxurious building that was in front of his eyes.

"Who's this is Sis' house?"

"My house." Emyr answered with a smile.

"Come on! Logging in! No need to be confused. Soon this house will also be your home."

"Well!"

Emyr just smiled. He immediately led Shanum into his house. Shanum's legs were truly trembling, as for the first time set foot in a super luxurious house once. His eyes were awed to see the whole house of Emyr.

"Have mom and dad gone back to Turkey, Bi?"

"Turkey?" said Inner Shanum.

The aunt asked by Emyr immediately replied. "Not Mr. Emyr. The madam and the great lord were resting inside the room."

Emyr just nodded. He then invited Shanum to wait in the family room.

"You wait here first Shanum."

Shanum just nodded stiffly in response to Emyr. And after that, Emyr immediately passed away from before Shanum.

After Emyr's death, Shanum continued to pay attention to the living room of Emyr's house. It really is a very luxurious and magnificent house.

"Goddessa. This house is very nice and also luxurious. I never even dreamed of a house this good" Shanum said in his heart.

Not long after, Shanum's fascination with the house of Emyr, distracted by the arrival of three people. If Shanum guessed, the two people who walked behind Emyr were to his two parents.

"Goddessa! Prospective mother-in-law! Aaaaaa!"

This was the first time Emyr had brought a woman home. And Mama Mulan is really very happy. He even ran a little to get to Shanum.

Shanum himself really did not know anymore, how to express his shame in front of the three people who were currently walking over to him.

Shanum's body was stiff when suddenly Mama Mulan hugged him warmly. "Mama's ghost!"

"Came-ayo sit!" Mulan's mom was so happy.

Emyr and Hisham's father are sitting on the sofa opposite Mulan and Shanum.

"Definitely tired of going from there to here. What do you want to drink, baby, what do you want to eat? Just tell me, let it be prepared with aunt."

Shanum just looked down and smiled stiffly behind his niqab. "Emm! No need to bother Madam, ... "

"Eh! Ko Madam again! Mom dong! You will soon be married to Emyr. Is that right, Emyr?"

"Well!"

Emyr just nods his head and beats the mama.

"It's dong Ma! Let him breathe first. Mama Daritadi made him even more embarrassed," said papa Hisham.

"Oh, I forgot my son! Meet me, he's Emyr's papa. His name is Papa Hisham."

Shanum just nodded while smiling thinly behind his niqab.

"My name is Shanum, emm Ma ... "

"Shanon! Her name is so pretty. Must be pretty, right?"

"Can Mama see your face, son. You'll soon be Emyr's wife."

Actually Shanum was really embarrassed and did not want to show his face to Mama Mulan and Papa Hisham. But he somehow very difficult to refute the words of Mama Mulan. Even Shanum was also silent when Mulan's mother always said that she was his future wife Emyr.

With a stiff movement, slowly but surely, Shanum was finally willing to open his niqab to show his face to mama Mulan and papa Hisham.

The deg! The deg! The deg! The sound of a heartbeat but like the sound of a war drum. That was how Emyr felt at this moment. Emyr even held his chest because it was not strong with the sound of his heartbeat.

Seeing her beauty Shanum who made her eyes reluctant to turn away. That's how he feels now.

"When you wear the niqab. It's smart you're looking for a wife, Emyr! Her face is so pretty," Papa Hisham teases Emyr.

While Mulan's mother was silent while staring fixedly at Shanum. And that made Shanum even more embarrassed, then covered his face with the niqab.

"Who is your old man Shanum's name!"

Mama Mulan's voice sounded seriously not as warm as it was.

"The names are Umar and Yasmin, Ma!"

"Yasmine?"

Shanum just nodded. Suddenly, Mulan's mother left Shanum's presence and made Hisham and Emyr's father ask what the truth is.

Not long after, Mulan's mother had returned with a piece of the photo.

"Is this Yasmin, the same as Yasmin, your mother Shanum?" mama Mulan immediately sat down on the sofa next to Shanum while giving a piece of the photo earlier.

Shanum looked closely at the photo that Mama Mulan was currently showing him. In the photo are two women in high school uniforms. One wears a hijab that one does not. And Shanum knew very well who the woman wearing the hijab was.

"This is a picture of Shanum's mother when she was young, Ma."

"Shanon!" mama Mulan immediately hugged Shanum very tightly. And Shanum was further confused by Mulan's mother's attitude towards him.

Emyr and Hisham's dad are still watching, what really happened to Mulan's mom.

"Then where's your mom, son? Mama wants to meet. Your mother was a good friend of Mama's back in High School."

Replace the eyes of Shanum, Emyr and papa Hisham who glared very wide. "A!"

"Your mother is very smart. He could get accepted at an expensive school, because he got a scholarship. And if your mother can keep her intelligence until graduation. He's guaranteed not to have to pay at all for school mama's school at school."

"It just so happens that my mom is with your mom, son. From the beginning of school, your mom and mom have been close friends, until we graduated from school."

"Mama's present appearance is also because of the advice that your mother gave to Mama. She always advises Mama to wear hijab. Until when I graduated high school, Mama has established herself to hijab, and thank God until now."

Everyone was still in silence to listen to Mulan's mother who was in deep nostalgia.

"Last met your mother when we finished graduation. And Mama really can't communicate at all with your mom, because she doesn't have a cell phone."

"Mama would love to visit your mother. But Mama doesn't know where your mother lives, son. Because while in town, Yasmin lives in the dormitory that the school provides."

"We are busy with our lives. Especially after you married Papa. Mama settled in Turkey and rarely returned to Indonesia."

"Now! Say Nak! Where is your mother. Mama wants to meet him. Mama really misses him."

Shanum's eyes look teary. "Mommy's been dead a long time, Ma, since Shanum was still an MTs."

"What!"

Mama Mulan was crying. "Yasmine!"

"Then your Dad? Still alive, isn't he, son?"

Shanum shook his head. "Dad was also dead two years before she died."

"Well!" mama Mulan opened her mouth with tears flooding her face.

"Oh my God, Shanum! Son! So you're an orphan?" Shanum nodded his head.

"Who have you been living with?" ask Mama Mulan again. His heart was completely sliced to hear the story from Shanum.

"Sama Grandma. And Grandma just died a few years ago Ma!"

"Astaghfirullah Son!"

"Yasmine! You left such a beautiful child alone in this world!" mama Mulan said again.

Papa Hisham was also quite surprised to hear the story of Shanum who was very touching.

"Emyr!"

"Yes Ma!" answer Emyr.

"Mama doesn't want to know! In three days you should get married!"

"Well!" Emyr and Shanum were completely shocked to hear the words of Mulan's mother.

"But-but Ma!"

"No buts, son! You have suffered enough. Mama promised to be a good surrogate mom for you. Yasmin is Mama's best friend. He's a very good person, you must be a good person."

"But Shanum felt unworthy to be Emyr's sister's wife, Ma!"

"Why? Are you a widow?"

Shanum was very surprised because Mulan's mother already knew she was a widow. "Yes Ma!" Shanum nodded his head.

"If we could know. What makes you a widow, son?"

"Suami Shanum prefers another woman, Mister!"

"Astaghfiullah!" mama Mulan and Papa Hisham said simultaneously.

"What causes your husband to choose another woman. Did you make a fatal mistake?"

Shanum shook his head. "We have not been given the same descent of God during the two-year marriage, sir," Shanum replied honestly as is. Because he doesn't want anything covered up.

"Shanum can't marry Emyr's sister, Ma! Shanum's afraid, if Shanum can't give you offspring."

"If God had not given us a child. I won't behave like your ex-husband, Shanum!" answer from Emyr.

"I know! You must have a trauma to get married. But rest assured! I'm not that kind of man!" Emyr tries to convince Shanum.

"Allow Shanum to think first Brother. Shanum please!"

"All right! Hopefully the decision you take is the one I hope to make" Emyr replied.

Mama Mulan tried to convince Shanum. "Please think carefully, son! Emyr is not a bad man like your ex-husband. Not because Emyr's Mama's son, so Mama said this to you."

"Trust! Emyr can surely give happiness to the emptiness of your heart."

"If it's a child's problem! You just calm down, son. Later we will check your health and Emyr to the best doctor, if necessary to go abroad to be able to immediately get a child. Please accept Emyr yes Son!" mama Mulan was seen pleading with Shanum.

"Better we give Shanum some time, Ma! Because he must be really surprised right now."

"All right! You just rest first. Let's get Mama into your room."

Shanum just complies. He then went with Mulan's mother to the guest room that had been prepared before.

Only Hisham and Emyr were there. "Do you know what Shanum's life is, Emyr?"

Emyr nodded his head. "It's Pa! Emyr already knew everything about Shanum. So Emyr was determined to marry her even if she was a widow."

Papa Hisham swaps the nodding. "If that is your decision. Moreover, your mama really likes Shanum, moreover she's the son of her best friend, Papa can't do anything."

"If you need Papa's help. Just say. Trust me, Shanum will accept you. Because Papa see, he won't be able to refute your mother's words."

"Prepare your marriage from now on. The sooner the better. Because Papa will soon be back in Turkey."

Emyr just nodded to the papa. And Emyr felt, if what the father said was true as is.

Papa Hisham, after saying this to Emyr, went from there to his room.

As for Emyr himself, it was also the same as going straight into his room to rest his tired body.

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...~TBC~...