HOLY PRISON

Chapter 23

Author POV

After hearing the words Angga Risa walked home while thinking of every word that came out of Angga's mouth.

"If his smile is worship and sodaqoh means I have lost charity all this time" Risa muttered while walking.

Dimas who was standing near the door to the backyard saw Risa's behavior felt a little strange.

"Why are you Risa? Why do you look confused?" Dimas said when he saw Risa walking while thinking.

Risa looked at Dimas and looked at him for a long time then shook his head and after that Risa continued his steps, making Dimas pensive in confusion.

"Where is Angga?" Dimas asked when his first question did not get a satisfactory answer from his niece.

"do not know " Risa replied for a moment then continued her steps again making a wrinkle on Dimas's forehead when she saw Risa's strange behavior. Dimas continued to look at Risa until Risa's back disappeared behind the door to the middle of the room where the recitation took place.

Then to ensure and treat his curiosity, Dimas immediately headed to the backyard. There was Angga who stood up, daydreaming and managed to make Dimas confused to see Angga's behavior as strange as Risa.

'What happened between Risa and Angga, are they weird today? Dimas thought. When he saw Angga standing there smiling.

"daydream ..." Dimas said while patting Angga's shoulder to make Angga aware of his reverie.

"Why are you with Risa so strange, today?" Dimas said, who saw Angga's behavior as strange as Risa's.

"Apparently, the smile is very beautiful" Angga said, smiling with a look that looked empty but his eyes seemed to remember a beautiful event he had just experienced.

"Do you mean what's beautiful?" Dimas asked because he was confused with his brother-in-law.

"Hurry inside, we pray ashar first, why do you suddenly become strange" Dimas said because he saw Angga smiling to himself.

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While Risa is now with Zahra, Anisa is none other than Zahra's mother and Fatih who is none other than Zahra's father.

They gather while chatting and occasionally laughing when the conversations they make impress humor, their families gather and look very harmonious to the people who see it.

When the Asr prayer echoed Dimas, Angga, Fatah and several other male relatives immediately went to the mosque while their women prayed in congregation at home.

At Risa's house, Zahra, Anisa and several other women were preparing to take ablution water. They performed ablution in turns because there were only 4 bathrooms in Zahra's parents' house.

When Risa finished performing ablution. Risa came out of the bathroom that in Zahra's room when she was still living in her parents' house, but suddenly there was a pain that spread on her head. It feels like a very hard blow, so it feels like Risa really can't accept it. Without Risa realizing there was blood flowing from both of Risa's nostrils, when Risa approached everyone, they were shocked to see Risa's condition bleeding from her nose.

"Risa you why?" Zahra asks in a worried tone and hunts Risa's body who is standing and not in good condition.

"Your nose is nosebleed"

Zahra says again with her busy hands grabbing a tissue box on the table and will clean her blood.

"Don't cancel aunt's wudhunya again, it's okay, Risa can be alone while doing ablution again"

Answer Risa stops Zahra's hand activities that will erase blood on Risa's nose.

"but" Zahra said again, which was immediately cut by Risa.

"It is okay" Answer Risa quickly.

"Auntie, accompany you yes" Zahra said when she saw Risa's condition was not in good condition.

"Don't need aunt, just calm down"

Answer Risa tried to calm her aunt who looked very worried to see Risa's condition.

After performing ablution again, Risa and the others immediately performed the Asr prayer with Anisa as their leader.

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After the prayers from the Dimas mosque, Angga, Fatih and the others gathered with the women and they prepared to wait for the guests who would came follow the recitation that had begun to arrive, because the reading would begin at 4:00 a.m.

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