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18. Malika's Story

With a worried look, Anjani looked at Malika who was still sitting with her head down. She really didn't expect that taking the girl to another place and meeting several people would make her miss the happiness that had just come to greet her. In her heart Anjani cursed her carelessness and who could not take care of a girl named Malika.

“I'm sorry that I made you like this. I shouldn't have taken you to the laundry room earlier. I should have let you sit and or rest in this room and I took your own clothes. Again, I am sorry. There is absolutely no intention of making you remember the event that traumatized you."

Hearing Anjani's words, Malika looked up. She looked at the beautiful face in front of her then shook her head. She knew she didn't have anything wrong with him. She knew her biggest fault was that she couldn't control her emotions and couldn't forget the events that really made her feel so worthless. Especially when she saw Bima and Erlangga in front of her.

"Brother is innocent. In this case I am the one who is most responsible for my own safety. I should be able to act mature even though there are so many things that I can't control myself all the time.”

Anjani nodded her head hearing what Malika said to her.

"Whatever you've just been through, I hope you get well soon and recover as usual. We will be friends and feel the pain and sadness together. I hope we can become brothers who can complement each other, can share stories and can take care of each other regardless that we come from different mothers, different families and very far away backgrounds.”

"Thank you, sis. I never thought that behind the sadness I was experiencing, God sent a beautiful angel like my sister. I don't know what will happen when I don't get to meet wise people who are willing to accept and help me as much as they can.”

 Anjani nodded her head hearing Malika's words. In her heart she praised the resilience of the girl in front of her.

They both stayed in their respective places and were busy with their own thoughts. There was hardly any conversation in a few minutes.

"Sis. . . ."

Anjani looked at Malika, waiting for what the girl would say to her.

"What's the matter? Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Will you accept me as I am when I've told everything that happened to me? I- I can't just sit around like now without telling my sister what happened to me. I don't know who to share this heartbreaking story with. If big brother will promise to keep all the secrets that I just experienced, I really won't mind telling you all the things that just made me feel like a lunatic who lost consciousness. I live like a corpse and have no desire to do anything before being here. My only sadness is how I was able to survive to avenge the death of my parents.”

 Anjali shook her head. She didn't want to hear Malika's story about being behind her and her family, but she didn't dare to hear a*********s from Malika because she was afraid that she couldn't keep the trust of the girl who was considered her own sister.

"If you still doubt that I can't keep all the secrets, you don't have to tell me everything because I'm afraid I can't keep your trust."

 Malika then nodded, then she reached out to Anjani and hugged her tightly. She burst into tears in Anjani's arms and stunned the girl to get a treatment she never expected from a girl she had just met. She immediately stroked Malika's head and tried to calm her down.

"Don't tell me if it really makes you sadder when you remember all the events that you've just experienced."

"I'd better tell my sister because this will help me recover quickly from the trauma I've experienced. That's if you don't mind. If you mind , I won't do it at all."

Anjani reaches out trying to take Malika's hand. She smiled and nodded her head making Malika too.

“You can tell me that it can make you better. I'm ready to take care of all the stories and will not go anywhere God willing. Thank you for considering me as your older sister who can be used as a place to pour out your heart. I deserve to be able to give you the best. Let's just say I'm a big brother and not someone else."

 Malika nodded her head then she told everything that was experienced from a to z making Anjani cry hearing the story of the girl who had just met.

“I never thought you'd just experience something like that. At first I thought you were just left by your parents. At first I also thought you were a spoiled child who always served in your life and when you lost both your parents, you did not have any hold on it. Turns out everything I thought was wrong. I never thought that I would be able to accept a test as severe as the one you went through. I am sorry for what has just happened to you and your family, I hope your parents will find the best place in the sight of Allah.”

"Amen. Thank you for the support you gave me. "

"Every creature is tested according to its ability. Nothing more and nothing less. If he already knows our abilities so that he has measured the test given to each of his servants. If God gives a heavy test, it means that he knows that the girl in front of me is really a strong and unyielding girl. It's not like I thought before."

"But I'm still a crybaby. Can't control my emotions especially when I meet men. I don't know why the fear comes back when I'm dealing with men. Like what I experienced on my way home from the laundry room. I, I don't know who they are but somehow this body responds very negatively. I was terrified and couldn't hide the fear that really appeared uninvited at all. At first I thought that this fear was natural, but when I got to this room I realized that my trauma and fear still cannot just go away from me.”