Trapped in a Sacred Prison
CHAPTER 23

The santri cooperative

"Ustadz, my pocket money's gone, how's dong?" Ulfi spoke softly to Ammar who was not far beside him.

At first glance, they look like they happen to be shopping at the same time.

"What I've been past yesterday is over?" ask Ammar.

"Yes" he replied slowly.

"If you want, there are conditions" said Ammar while tidying up the snacks a little messy.

They are not shopping, only they make their own busy so that no one suspects them.

"What?"

"Good night at home tonight."

Ulfi frowned, "this night, right? After that it's up to me, right?" Ulfi made sure that there was no trap from her husband's words.

"Yes, it's up to you, after all I don't want to force you if you're uncomfortable," said Ammar a little resigned, "but there are conditions."

"There are so many conditions of ustadz, it already exists."

"That's different, the first condition for your pocket money, and the second condition for me who doesn't want to force you to spend the night at home with me."

"Never again have you run away or come out of the boarding school without my permission, and.-"

Ammar hung his words, making Ulli more curious.

"And?"

"My company is now going somewhere" he continued.

"Ih ustadz, don't wait, I'm out at school hours" the girl protested.

"Ustadz Fahmi is not the one who taught after this?"

"Yes, I'm talking about.-"

"Lfi!" reprimand Ammar while looking at Uldi every time the girl will say the word, because he does not like the word when it is spoken from someone younger than him.

"Sensitive, anyway" said Ulli, while Ammar shook his head slowly.

"Ustadz Fahmi was fulfilling an invitation in the village next door, so he did not have time to go in to teach" explained Ammar.

"Oh that, if so where are we going? All I want is healing well ustadz," said the girl as she lowered her eyebrows.

After that conversation, Ammar and Ulli finally left in a car owned by Hasan's grandfather. Ammar's main goal this time is to go to the jewelry store. At first Ulfi refused to wear a couple ring, but after Ammar gave him understanding, finally Ulli was willing. Even now Ulfi seems more enthusiastic than Ammar.

The couple ring they want this time is a ring made of platinum or often known as white gold, because Ammar will also wear it. Various models of rings are now shown to them.

After weighing long enough, now the choice of Ulfi falls on a couple ring where the female ring has a small and simple ring model with a heart-shaped jewel on it. Men's ring has a thicker ring model and is so clearly seen that it is a wedding ring.

After finishing shopping for the ring, Ammar brought Ulfi to enjoy the atmosphere outside the pesantren.

"Where are you going Ulli?" ammar asked as he turned towards Uldi who was sitting beside him.

"Hmmm, to the place where the water is just ustadz, let my mind be clear and cool" replied Ulli.

Ammar seemed to think for a moment considering the location that might be in accordance with the wishes of Ulfi.

Until finally Ammar decided to drive his car to a place that has a waterfall.

Due to its location within the forest, Ammar and Ulli had to walk a few minutes to get there.

"Yyyaw." Uldi looked so amazed to see a fairly large waterfall in front of him, plus the temperature around the place was cool, making the girl look so happy.

"You likey?"

"Like ustadz, this place is very comfortable."

"Good if you like, now come here, we have lunch first," Ammar asked while taking out the two packaged rice that he had bought at his favorite food stall.

Ulfi quickly picked up his packaged rice, but his hand was held back by Ammar.

"We eat together, if this one runs out just opened that one," said Ammar while pointing at the rice wrapper.

"Well, that's what is ustadz, mumpung two rice packs, so eat maaing-each," refused Ulli.

"As long as you are my equal, I want us to eat like this" Ammar said.

Inevitably, finally Ulli was forced to follow Ammar's wishes, even though he ate in a manyun state.

It was not that Ammar did not see, the man clearly saw the lips of Ulfi that advanced a few inches than usual, but he did not reveal. He thought it was funny to also see Ulfi who was singing lips but still enjoying the food. Even when it ran out, the girl took a second pack of rice and took it halfway between Ammar and herself and opened it.

"Open, aaaa." Ammar tried to bribe Ulfi, but the girl always refused him.

Until in the end, Ammar no longer do it, he was a little disappointed with the attitude of Ulufi who still clearly can not accept his status. But once again the man tried to understand.

After finishing his lunch, Ammar sat down on a rock and watched Uldi play with water, until the thunderous sound in the sky shocked him.

"Ulfi, let's go home, it looks like it's going to rain" asked Ammar.

"Before ustadz, again cool. Liability," reject it.

Until the drizzling rain starts to wet the leaves, little by little until finally the rain gets heavier.

"Ustadz rain," Ulli shoot.

"Let's just, bear," the man quipped, making Uelfi snort.

"Yes, come in here" Ammar told Ulli to enter the jacket he now makes as an umbrella, where both hands were raised to hold the tip of his jacket, and the petite Ulfi entered into it, making the man's heart argue faster than usual.

But when in the middle of the road, the rain increasingly heavy and wet one of the shoulders of Ulli.

Unable to see Ulfi raining, Ammar increasingly shifted his jacket to cover the body of Uldi, although now his own body is soaked.

"Ustadz, wet ustadz."

"It's okay, let's get on the road."

They finally arrived in the car, and Ammar began to drive his car home to the boarding school.

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The next day, Ulfi felt strange with her husband, the article this morning was his schedule to teach, but until the lesson almost ended the man did not come.

"Sarah, the tumben ustadzmu did not come to teach, usually he was most punctual," Sinta lirih told Sarah.

Ulfi who happened to accidentally hear it, somehow felt uncomfortable with the name 'ustadzmu' for Sarah.

To be honest, she was also curious about her husband who did not come to teach this morning. What the hell is it?

Feeling bored in class, Uelfi decided to go to the santri cooperative to buy bread, coincidentally this morning he had not had time to eat breakfast.

While busy choosing bread, he accidentally heard the talk of the endadzah Maryam with the cooperative guard mother.

"Tumben buy ustadzah bread, instead of ustadzah do not like bread?"

"It wasn't me who was going to eat it ma'am, but ustadz Ammar, he was sick and I wanted to see him."

"illness?" Ulfi immediately condemned his foolishness that did not keep his promise to spend the night at the house of Ustadz Ammar that night. Though he had promised to go to the house of ustadz Ammar after he changed his wet clothes, but when night fell he even undo his intentions.

Guilt slowly approached her heart, so she rushed to follow Maryam's body from afar, not to forget that the girl also brought some food and milk to give her husband.

Ulfi continued to follow Maryam's ustadzah until she arrived in front of her husband's house. Ulfi hid a little so that he would not be seen by the woman.

After knocking on the door a few times, the door opened. It was obvious that the man was sick at the moment, his face was pale and limp.

Uatadzah Maryam gave a plastic bread to Ammar, Ammar received it with pleasure, a smile on his pale lips, and it made the heart of Ulfi feel uncomfortable, no matter what.

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