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My feet

Arion still continued to undo his intentions. He seemed to have no guts to approach even see the state of Pinky until now. Pensively, that was all he could do in his days.

For over a week, Pinky was in the hospital. The accident left him unconscious for too long. Arion, the one name he keeps saying in every dream he sleeps.

No one knows for sure why Pinky was hit at the time. Some people there just thought Pinky crossed the road without seeing a vehicle passing in front of her. Thank goodness at least Arion is not to blame for this. This is pure Pinky's negligence.

Kinan seemed unable to hold back his tears every time he heard his son was delirious. He held Rey's hand with a look of pity, "You bless them! I know it's hard, not just for you but for me and Pinky. But it's also inappropriate that we blame Arion for all the mistakes of his father and mother. Real love is never wrong, like your love for me was." Rey hugged Kinan.

"I'm sorry!"

Kinan took off the hug, "Do you bless them?" Rey nodded. Kinan hugged her back. "thank you. You are the best man in the world. I love you, until any moment."

They join the forehead and the tip of the nose. Closing your eyes and enjoying each other's breath.

"Ma ...." They're jumped. Kinan wiped his tears and walked over to Pinky. Rey followed him. His eyes looked like they were looking for something. "Where's aero?"

"He'll be here any minute. What do you want? Eat fruit, drink milk, or ...."

"Ma I'm bored here all the time, can I take a walk out?" sahut Pinky ignored Mama's offer. He doesn't want any of that. His tongue is bitter.

Kinan's face turned flat hearing her son's request, she looked at her husband. They looked at each other for a long time without answering their son's questions.

"Ma ...." Pinky frowned. Why do they look at each other and not answer?

"Eh," Kinan turned his head towards her. He didn't know where to start talking. From the accident that night the doctor said Pinky had a spinal cord injury. As a result of one of them the loss of the ability to move the legs aka paralyzed. How should he tell this harsh reality to his daughter? Rey could not open her jaw. She couldn't see the tears of sadness running through Pinky's eyes.

"Darling, you can't go anywhere!" kinan lirih.

"But I'm tired of Ma, I've been lying in this bed for too long. I don't feel any pain anymore."

Pinky looked at Kinan's eyes which were endlessly letting out her tears. "Mama why?" Kinan quickly wiped his tears and shook his head.

Pinky tried to shift her legs. Brow wrinkled. Heavy, he felt his legs were very heavy. He tried again, but nothing changed.

"Ma, why are my legs so hard to move?" He still keeps trying.

Rey approached him and gently stroked his head. "Honey, listen to Papa! Whatever happens to you, we will always love you!"

"What does Papa mean?" Pinky still can't move her legs. "What's this for?"

"Because of the accident, your feet are lum-puh.."

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Pinky could no longer contain her feelings. His chest was too tight, the corners of his eyes kept on shedding tears. He shook his head as if he could not believe the harsh reality that had befallen him.

"Ma ... Papa lied, didn't he?" his voice became hoarse because of his sobs.

Rey hugged him. "Darling, Papa will no longer hide anything from you even if it hurts a lot. Whatever happened to you. Papa will always be there for you. Papa will always be with you."

"Can't be Pa!" Pinky pushed Rey. He lifted his blanket and looked at his feet. He still did not accept it and kept trying to shake his feet. "Ma, then what should I walk with?"

"You want to go for a walk, we use wheelchairs for a while" Rey said as she brought the wheelchair closer to Pinky. "Here Papa help!" Rey lifted Pinky slowly into the wheelchair. "Where are you going?"

Pinky just daydreamed speechless with endless sobs. "Azka, a-pa does she know I'm Pa?"

Rey nodded. "He's the one who took you to the hospital."

"I want to meet him."

Rey and Kinan threw eyes at each other. Even the man had not appeared for three days to visit his daughter.

"Papa phone him first yes," said Rey while removing the phone from his pants pocket.

Kinan pushed Pinky who was sitting in a wheelchair out of the treatment room. She took her son to the hospital park as she wished.

There's not much the three of them talk about. Pinky is still silent as if she has not accepted reality. His face is getting pale.

Not long after Azka came to them. Papa and his mother left them in the garden.

"Azka, thank you for taking me to the hospital." This time Pinky started talking.

"Everybody would do that."

Pinky looked at Azka's eyes. "Are you proposing to me?" Azka was silent. Pinky raised both eyebrows, hoping that the man in front of her would immediately answer her question. This time Pinky was ready to accept her proposal. He no longer needs to think about Arion who he thinks really does not love him anymore.

"Sorry,"

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One word that rattled Pinky.

"I'm here to clarify our relationship as well. I'm not proposing to you." Pinky shed her tears back. "I might still be able to accept if you're not holy, but I can't have a crippled wife. Sorry, I didn't mean to insult you. But, you know I'm an important person in the company, I don't want to be ...."

"Enough!" yelled Pinky with sobs. "I understand! It's enough don't go on!"

Azka bowed with her lips thinned.

Pinky tried hard to push the wheels of her chair away from the man. His life seemed useless. No man can accept it. Azka's speech was like giving a scar in her heart. Grievous.

She returned to her treatment room with sobs that everyone who saw her felt pity.

"Mr ...." Pinky yells and hugs Rey. "He won't accept me. Who would accept a woman like me. I'm sorry I didn't follow Papa's advice all along. I am not valuable. I-I don't ...."

"Hey ...." Rey prostrates herself in front of Pinky. "You're still precious to Papa." Pinky shook her head. Rey wiped away those tears like she never stopped.

"Papa I want to go home. I'm ashamed."

Rey stroked Pinky's head. "Wait until you're completely healed!"

"I won't be able to heal. I'll be paralyzed like this all the time. Let's go home Pa!"