Bound Mumtaz
Chapters 105. The Ultimatum of a Alfaska.

Now in Zahra's nursery left only Mumtaz, and his three best friends. Mumtaz peeked at Zahra's tired face, playing her brother's tiny fingers.

" Look, how small is Brother's hand. I can break it down under one pressure."  His monologue.

" why? Why are you silent. Am I not that useful?" Mumtaz was crying under Zahra's hand.

" Sorry!!! I'm sorry!!! already ignoring brother Ala, sorry not understanding brother Ala." Still sobbing, Mumtaz lashed his chest claustrophobic with guilt.

" Sister, wake up. Let's talk! Banguuunnn, don't be quiet. I can't lose anymore. Hicks ..hiks..." Mumtaz let go of his emotions as the clear circles fell.

Three of his best friends were silent in their heads hiding their grief when they heard Mumtaz's words.

Chequek!!!

Mumtaz turned his head, he wiped his tears, Farhan stood clumsy.

" I'm sorry to interrupt, can you come to my room? I have something to say about the condition of the prof. Zahra."

" Of course." The four companions quietly headed for Farhan's room.

Exiting the special public toilet for visitors to the VVIP zuper floor, Tia sees Alfaska and Bude Sherly waiting for the elevator.

" A..." Call Tia as she approaches them.

Alfaska and Bude turned towards the voice.

" A, Tia. Just come or what?" Bude asked because Alfaska never greeted his wife, he turned his gaze to the elevator door again.

" Already bude, was waiting for Cassy when the others to Ala's sister's room."

" Oh so."

" Where is Bude going?"

" We're going home, do you want to go home with us?" Tawar bude who pity his nephew's wife.

The apparent romance of sadness on her face, Alfaska himself ignored her.

" maybe?" She hesitates to look at her husband.

" Why can't it be the Fa!?"

" Hmm," Alfaska replied fixedly staring at the elevator door.

Tia smiled, a smile that was caught through the glances of Alfaska's eyes.

As soon as the elevator door opened Alfaska went straight inside, "bude, hurry in!"

" Yes, I'm patient." Bude gerutu who likes to chat with Tia.

In the elevator only filled the three of them bude stood in front of Alfaska who was standing in front of the right part of Tia.

On the second floor, three people enter the elevator that Tia uses to shift closer to Alfaska.

Tia did not waste the opportunity she held Alfaska's hand perched beside her body, a quick movement that made Alfaska slightly startled, for a moment she wanted to stop him, but it was stopped when he saw whose hand was holding his finger.

Aware of the lack of time available Tia tightened her grip channeling her longing to her beloved husband who was reciprocated with a slight grasp by Alfaska, and it was enough to make Tia smile, a smile that these few weeks had lost to her.

Tia was sure her husband also kept a longing for her, Tia looked down deeply when it felt like a clear circle was about to slide out.

Ting!!!

The grip was released when the elevator door opened, Alfaska exited the elevator followed by Bude and Tia who stared at alfaska's back all the way to the car park.

Alfaska parked the car in front of Sherly's house, "Fa, do you want to stop by? Your mom is inside." Sherly said expectantly, she knew for sure her sister missed her only child.

" Yes, there's something that Afa has to give to Mami as well." Alfaska retrieved the brown envelope from his dashboard.

" You wait here." He said when Tia was about to open the car door.

" A, UH,..." Call Tia begging.

" Wait!" Firmly getting out of the car ignores the sad romance of the faces of the two women of different generations.

" Patience to you!" Sherly pats Tia on the shoulder, which is taken in by the master.

" Openetrish..." Greetings Alfaska.

Sandra who was heading to the kitchen, stopped her steps when she heard the voice she missed so much" Wa, alaikumsalam... Af..." Sandra ran over to welcome Alfaska while stretching her hands up.

Sandra directly hit Alfaska, hugged him tightly, she cried in the arms of her son ignoring his sense of prestige.

" Mi, don't do this. We're going to the living room." Alfaska cried flat, even though he also suppressed the longing for his mother, but on the other hand he did not want to be disappointed again by his mother."

" What's up?" Sandra was astonished, Tia usually Alfaska was stiff with her.

" We'll sit down first."

After they took a seat on the sofa that was in the living room and quieted down, Alfaska placed the brown envelope on the table.

" What is this?"

" Just read it."

" From the religious court?"sandra said with a trembling voice.

Alfaska could only nod, his hands clenched in front of him.

" Your mediation failed, it's a summons for your talaq filing trial." Alfaska's speech held back emotions. Although he was not close to his mother, no doubt this divorce made his heart sick.

" Fa, look... Papi you..." Speech that saves synergy

" i, please. Don't say anything dirty about her, Afa is old enough to be influenced by Mami." Cut Alfaska with his sharp gaze.

" Afa, why don't you try to persuade Papi you to make peace with Mami."

" For what? Don't involve Afa, this is your problem. Papi deserves to be happy!"

" Do you think Papi is unhappy with Mami?

" When do you understand Papi? Does Mami know that Papi misses being with Mami?"

Sandra fell silent, trying to remember the last time she and her husband had a casual conversation. And he was stunned to find the fact that it had been a very long time.

" But Mami's working?" alibi slowly.

" For what? Help with family finances? Bullshits. Mami's foot barges in our house won't fall poor, Mi."

" Fa, please understand Mami."

" When do we not understand Mami, the question is when does Mami understand us? Never mind that Afa is tired of always discussing the same thing with Mami, a waste of time. Afa go." Alfaska turned to the main door.

" Where's tia?" Mami asked as Alfaska held the doorknob.

" It's in the car."

" Mommy wants to see him." Sandra stand.

" Don't meet him." Speak with a flat-pitched voice.

Mami's shocked," FA..." His impact.

" He's my wife, you're a bad influence on her so I forbid you to meet him." After saying that Alfaska disappeared behind the door leaving Sandra who was still too shocked with Alfaska's hateful words to her.

Along the way to the apartment there was no conversation between the husbands.

" A, did something happen from your conversation?" Tia carefully asked not to make her husband offended.

The two sat in a parked car in the park's front parking lot, where the windows were fully open. Here they can see some happy families.

" A..Did Aa assign Bang Ragad who kidnapped me to protect me?" Tia asked, open her voice

" Why know?"

" He lives in the unit next to us, he says he's now part of RaHasiYa."

Alfaska nodded his head, "most days he's intending me, just not as car as me, if I like him how much?" Tia fishing rod hopes her husband gives her the response she wants.

The two hands holding the steering wheel tightened to whiten, Alfaska leaned his head on the seat.

" If it can give you back to the old you, maybe it's better."

A surprised sigh rang out from Tia, her body stiffened," A..." Calling him in disbelief, he wanted to confirm his hearing, but was afraid.

Alfaska looked straight at the bead Tia was still in shock, "it's time we discussed what caused our relationship to be so messed up."

Alfaska took a copy of the contents of the brown envelope in the dashboard and gave it to Tia, he did copy it to give to his wife.

" This is what?" Ask for fear as soon as you read the letterhead of a religious court.

" A copy of Papi's summons to Mami."

" Why was it given to me."

" Tia, at first I'm glad you're close to mommy, seeing that mommy can already accept you treating you like her own daughter, but you're starting to be different, your gaze sharper yet cold, no more shade, you start buying branded items, designer clothes, back and forth boutiques." Until here Alfaska breathed a heavy breath.

" Your speech style starts to be firm without tolerance, you start to dare to fight the words of Mr. Ala, even start yelling and blaming him, the person you respect so much after the late mama Aida. The point is you become selfish, arrogant, stubborn, angry, individualist exactly like Mami." Press it on the last three words.

" As a husband I figure it out, and it's not hard for me to do. I was angry, disappointed, and sad for Mami who I thought had changed for the better, but she didn't. He no longer insulted you, even began to get close, and accepted you, but it was all a lie, he turned his big mistress character to you, he made you his puppet, he made you his puppet, forcing your family to accept its selfishness, which is of course rejected by Brother Ala." Alfaska let out a long breath of fatigue.

" The peak of your arrogance at the time of barbequan kak Ala which results in bad relationships in your family, brother Ala out of the house, he thought Mumtaz was defending us and no longer held Ala as the head of your home. Lucky for me, your family still accepts me, not judging me even though I'm ashamed to feel like you failed as your priest." Before continuing her conversation, Alfaska took a breath and exhaled deeply.

" Tia, I married you for worship which means our person is getting better, if you still keep this up, what happened to Mami in that charge could have happened to you."

Tia's bowed head, lifted in surprise, "I've talked about this with Mumtaz and Zayin, if I feel like giving up, I'm so sorry I gave you back to them, and they agreed to it." The clear thread escaped from Alfaska's eyes, his heart so sickly imagining his life without Tia as his beloved.

" This is what I have to do for my beloved woman, if you change because of mental illness, and the illness is my Mama, then I have to let you go no matter how much I will accept. Maybe Ragad could be better for you than me." In other words, his head was bowed in. 

Tia shook her head quickly, Alfaska looked at her with a stare full of wounds, a wound that Tia did not realize she was the one who cut her down.

" May I know what's the reason you're stuck with Mami?"

Tia sobbed, she lowered her head." I miss Mama's figure." His issue.

Alfaska closed his eyes, rising smiling irony from his lips.

" You know my story, even the worst. In what part did you find Mami playing a good mother to me?" Alfaska rubbed his face rough.

Tired of it" I finished my teenage years at your house, because I had no one in my house. Even the love of Ala's sister is more I get than the role of Mami, and you're looking for a mother figure in Mami?" A very rhetorical question was asked by him.

" Of Mommy, why don't you go find her? I bet you're ready 24 hours for seven days to give you mom's affection, rather than Mommy's."

Tia stared blankly at Alfaska, Alfaska gently grasped both of Tia's hands in one pile of hands." All options are in your hands, whatever they are, I will accept them with legowo even if they are bitter.

" Is there anything you want to say?"

" I miss you, go home!" Pinta Tia pleads.

" I'll go home, if you go back to what you used to."

Feeling that the conversation was over, Alfaska returned to run his car to the apartment.

Arriving at the apartment lobby, Alfaska stopped his car, "what I said just now don't take me for granted, I'm serious about everything I want."

Tia nodded in understanding, "didn't you come down even if you just drove me?" 

Alfaska shook his head, "it will only make it harder for me, if in the end we will part." He said slowly with sadness.

Tia's face was grim, she came down with a defeated gesture." Careful." He said outside the open door window.

" Yes, come in. Don't forget to eat." Tia nodded.

 Tia's flipping motion came to a halt due to the call from Alfaska," Tia... I love you! Come back!!" Next Alfaska left the pensive Tia.

In the lobby room there was Ragad waiting for him at Alfaska's command, he saw Tia who was still crying while crouching her face on her kneecap even though Alfaska had left ten minutes ago.

*****

At six o'clock in the morning Alfaska was already in his office because there was a meeting at seven o'clock.

He was accompanied by Budi and Ubay discussed several company projects.

" Bud, you're the one who met Mr. Steven from America to clear forest land in Kalimantan.

" Let me and Ubay meet Mr. Xanana related to the construction of roads on the border of Indonesia with Timor Leste."

Chequek!!

Haikal entered the room with a stack of files.

" What is this?" Alfaska massaged his temple in the morning, but his head was dizzy.

" BNN asked for our help in tackling drug trafficking."

" When do we manage that? really males. Remind them we've paid a heavy tax on their paychecks." cynically, he hates the more corrupt state officials these days.

" Who about the others?"

" new info from Judah, Mumtaz and Ibn yes."

" Daniel?"

" said Rizal he followed."

" Ck, don't use that Birawa one."

Brak!!!

They all looked at the door that was forcefully opened.

Sandra entered the room with sharp eyes, thinning lips, wide steps. Standing with her head raised, Sherly gave a worried look at the new quarrel between mother and child.

" Alfaska, what do you really want?"

 Alfaska's frowned asking, "what?"

" Why are you still forcing your bude to work for the Atma Madina corp while Bara has recovered, but you're banning him from the hospital."

Feeling that there would be a heated argument with her mother, Alfaska asked her assistants to come out of the room.

Alfaska's gaze turned sharp, as the heir of the Atma Madina corp, he did not like it if anyone questioned his decision, a gaze that had made Sandra shudder.

" Since she still needs rest." Said calmly.

" Bullshit, Mami went to the hospital and she giggled with Cassandra Hartadraja."

" You only see from the outside, but I know the deepest exhaustion in him."

" Nonsense, get him to work, give your bude back to Mami's boutique. Mommy needs your buds in the boutique."

" I assume you're playing a businessman now not a family."

Sandra's eyeballs twisting lazily, "stop your family's melodrama, Alfaska." Snap Sandra.

Alfaska let out a wry laugh, "do you think all about the niece's bathin health is just drama? Then fuck your boutique, Sandra." Alfaska snapped back

Both Sandra and Sherly were stunned by Alfaska's anger.

" It's not you who sees her crying at night out of loneliness, it's not you who sees Bara suddenly getting angry for something she doesn't understand, it's not you who sees him laughing when there's nothing funny, it's NOT YOU, BUT ME! ME!!!" Shouted Alfaska pointed to himself wholeheartedly in front of Sandra's face.

Sherly is surprised, and she doesn't know anything about it, she thinks her son is just physically exhausted.

" That's why I asked Bude to work in the Atma Madina corp so that he could see what Bara has done for our family and the impact on his emotions. Bara worked since he was a teenager until now, a lot of emotions he hid to advance this company, now is the time we do it let him be himself."

" What about Mommy's boutique?"

Alfaska closed his eyes tightly, his jaw tightening.

" After a long time I told you about the Bara that you fuss about is still your boutique? Hahahaha," his laughter held a wound.

" Your boutique must follow my direction."

" Alfaska, don't be rude to you, that's my boutique, my hard work."

" Your hard work? Haha."

" You think using that brilliant business brain, where there are new people in the fashion world is growing rapidly in a short time if not for the influence of the big people behind it."

" What do you mean?"

" I mean is, the people who work in management, marketing, design, and so on are the people of the company Atma Madina. They make you successful, NOT YOU!" Pressing Alfaska, he did not care if what he said would hurt his Mami's heart.

Sandra shook her head," You're lying."

" Your career was supported by Aryan Argadinata, your then-CEO husband, who is now Bara's CEO. When you succeed the person who contributed to your career you are despicable. So he left you."

" Alaska..." Call him with a vibrating voice.

" If you don't obey my orders I can order them to leave your boutique, then your boutique is destroyed."

" You can do that to me?"

" Why not, when you can ruin my life over and over again by trying to make my wife like you." She looked coldly at Sandra disappointed.

"Whatchu mean? I'm just making him worthy of a great man like you."

" She's my wife, I know how she deserves me instead of you!"

Sandra's eyes puffed wide hearing Alfaska's harsh words to her.

" Afa, stop cornering me. Don't let my blessing pull again."

Alfaska let out a slanted smile, Sandra was very much in dislike of Alfaska's current expression, "Hahaha, blessing, I don't need your blessing. Don't you remember I married her without your blessing, I don't need your blessing!!'

" ALFASKA, I'm just acting as your mother. I don't want him to embarrass us Atma Madina with his simple appearance, friendly attitude, what do people say? Later on, we are ridiculed by the world!"

" And make her a widow like you? You will only make the daughter of a widow like that title which you will hold in a moment. After that title, what pride do you have, Mami? Don't forget that fact." A loud speech from his son struck the recesses of his heart.

" Mom, I gave up hope for your love as a mother when you betrothed me to Adinda Aloya. You have failed to be a couple, at least never make yourself a failure to be a mother! Please stay away from my family!!"

" Do you intend to throw me away? Is this what Aida taught your proud mother about me to you?" Sandra snapped at him, her ego was very flushed.

" Come on, here you're the one who dumped me, not me. I'm asking you why are you standing here right now?" Insinuations.

" For your shop! You asked me to hire Bara who's not okay for your fucking boutique business!"

" Alfaska respects my business."

" For what? Since that boutique you sacrificed your family for, why should I care about that damn business?"

" So you're really going to make bude part of the Atma Madina corp and ignore my request?"

" Not only Bude but also Mami. If you want to use the name Atma Madina behind your name, you have to work here. We want to be free."

" sat..."

" Stop it, stop the convoluted conversation and turn this around my decision is already unanimous. Whatever your argument won't change anything else." Strictly speaking.

" From tomorrow you're in office in this building, or I'll destroy your beloved boutique."

Feeling wasted and wasting time, Sandra walked out of Alfaska's room with an angry face.

" Fa, isn't this outrageous?" Ask bude.

" This is my effort to bring back my family, bude! His life in his safe world made him arrogant who could not be controlled anymore. This is my work as his son." Pilu's weeping.

Sherly was silent, she felt guilty.

" Fa, you and Bara must have had a hard life. At the young end must take control of a large company like the Atma Madina corp." Sherly bowed listlessly.

" If bude had not been in a coma for eight years, maybe you or Bara are still healthy wal, Afiat. It should be your bud or your Mami sitting on that chair not you or Bara." Point it at the chair Alfaska was sitting on.

" Bude, please. Bude coming back and living healthy in our midst is enough for us. Live happily bude, and Mami."

" What about Tia?"

Tataon Alfaska laughed, "I love her, that's why I married her, but if she marries me making her broken, I have to let her go. I don't want to make Mama Aida disappointed in me."

" Why don't you fix it without having to separate from it?"

" It has been. and it failed. Mami's influence is so strong in her, she makes her family strangers, and strangers her family. It's wrong, and it's because of me."

" So your decision is already unanimous?"

Alfaska lowered his head, then nodded," hmmm."

Tia saw everything that happened in her husband's room through Ibnu's laptop that was conducting surveillance on Alfaska, he cried bitterly...