Butterfly In You
Chapter 88: Sarah's Dilemma

A warm compress of water that had just been squeezed, Lilis put it on Nurbanu's forehead. Already earlier he was sitting on the edge of the bed-compressing while accompanying the child he continued who was lying sick while waiting for the arrival of Sarah. Sarah had been told by Shehan about Nurbanu's illness.

"Ma ... Mama...."

The raucous voice came from the dry lips of Nurbanu who, although awake in his sleep, was occasionally delirious in calling the mother.

"Pity, Nurbanu."

Lilis became very unbearable to see how heavy the psychic burden that Nurbanu had to bear due to the divorce of his parents to cause the little child to be sick like this. Then grabbed Nurbanu's right hand and LiIis grasped it tightly. Hope the warmth of his hands can replace the affection of Sarah who has not arrived until now.

'Sister Sarah, come quickly. Nurbanu misses Mbak very much, Lilis' inner heart is full. Highlight his concerned eyes never once separated from Nurbanu.

After a long wait, about fifteen minutes later Sarah came with food and fruit. Sarah handed over the food and fruit she brought to Mbok Tum to be placed in a proper container. Sarah went straight to Nurbanu's room.

Htc .. tok .. tok....

The sound of the footsteps of the stilettos on the floor jolted the dreamy LiIis. That sound sounded hurried.

'Maybe it was Sarah who came.'

Lilis turned to look at the door of Nurbanu's room which was currently sealed shut.

Chequek!

The closed door was opened by Sarah who came wearing magenta color stiletto shoes. In harmony with the dress that wrapped her slim body.

"Sarah's sister!" Sontak Lilis semringah, got up from her seat.

"How's Nurbanu doing, Lilis?" ask Sarah, quickly approaching.

Lilis turned her head for a moment, son. "The temperature is still quite high, Ma'am. I've compressed it, but it hasn't come down yet. Nurbanu also called Sarah's mother while sleeping" Lilis said.

Sarah sighed deeply, pitying to see her daughter slumped weakly in bed. Usually Nurbanu will immediately hug Sarah with excitement if he knows Sarah is coming. Now the little boy's eyes were clenched and his face was pale.

Sarah was sitting on the edge of the bed - just like Lilis was. He put the back of his hand on Nurbanu's forehead, wanted to make sure for himself the condition of his daughter and it turned out to be true. Nurbanu's body temperature is still quite high.

"Did the doctor come check on her, Lilis?"

"Already, Ma'am. If Nurbanu knew his mother was here, Nurbanu might be cured soon" LiIis said.

"Yes, LiIis. I wish it was like that too. Oh, yeah...." Sarah turned her attention to LiIis who was standing beside her, "you must be tired from already looking after Nurbanu. Let me take care of him now, Lilis. You can rest."

"It's okay, Ma'am. I'm not tired." Lilis was disinclined if she had to leave at a crucial time like this.

"It's okay, LiIis. You just take a break to be able to look after Nurbanu tonight because I can't stay here."

Realizing this, LiIis wanted her husband-Shehan to allow Sarah to stay in their home while Nurbanu was sick. Lilis also expressed her intentions through a phone call. Their conversation did not last long as Shehan quickly agreed to LiIis' proposal.

Lilis went out of the main room, about to go to Nurbanu's room and tell Sarah about this proposal. But who would have thought Sarah refused.

"Sorry, Lilis. I can't stay in this house even though you and Shehan have allowed me to. I'm still going home to my own house."

"It's all for Nurbanu, Ma'am. If Nurbanu sees Sarah's mother all the time, he'll be cured soon."

"No, LiIis. I'll come here again tomorrow. But I'm not staying here." Sarah insists.

"Sarah's sister, despite sleeping, but from that moment Nurbanu called Mbak continued. I feel sorry for Nurbanu, Ma'am. She misses her mother so much."

"I'm sorry I haven't been to Nurbanu for a week. After this I'll see him more diligently."

"Sarah's sister, I have one request. Please don't misunderstand my request."

Sarah suddenly frowned. "What request, Lilis?"

Not directly speaking, LiIis steadied her heart first for a while. While Sarah looks curious waiting for the continuation of the conversation LiIis.

Like lightning striking in broad daylight, Sarah gasped deeply. "What do you mean tell me to go back to Shehan, Lilis?" His brows furrowed almost in chains, describing his sudden, raging mood.

"I. .. I want Mbak back to Mas Shehan." Lilis hesitated after seeing Sarah's tense expression.

"Are you humbling me? Because now I'm a widow, so you told me to go back to Shehan!" Sarah put her hand on her chest. Rushing Lilis apologized for offending Sarah.

"Sorry, Sister Sarah. I mean it's not that. Again I'm sorry." Lilis clenched both palms in front of the chest, "i did this solely for the sake of Nurbanu, Ma'am."

"Lilis, my husband-Jody has not long since passed away and I am still mourning his passing. Why would you give such advice?"

Sarah was crying and it made Lilis feel even more guilty. He was crying too.

"Sorry, if Sister Sarah is prejudiced. I mean nothing, Ma'am. I just want to convey what really caused Nurbanu's illness and Nurbanu's desire that he harbored all this time, Ma'am."

"Hiks .. hiks ... hiks...." Sarah sobbed, wiping her tears, "if this was all for Nurbanu's sake. I'll think of another way to make him heal from this psychic wound. But not to go back to Shehan."

"I beg you, Ma'am. Think first!"

"No, Lilis. I don't think our conversation about Shehan needs to continue. I assume you never said that. Please don't talk about it again."

Sarah left Lilis after ending their conversation unilaterally. While driving the car towards home, along the road was Sarah's dilemma. Thinking about the fate of his daughter who was sick because of his guilt as well. While on the one hand, Sarah does not want to be considered a third person who can damage the harmony of LiIis and Shehan's relationship.

All day his mind was not calm. Keep thinking about the best solution that will not harm anyone. When the next morning came, Sarah finally made an absolute decision. He went to Shehan's office before going back to see Nurbanu who was still sick. The former couple spoke seriously with four eyes inside Shehan's office.

"Shehan, frankly my goal is to come here to discuss Nurbanu and LiIis."

Actually, Shehan was wondering what made Sarah come to him early in the morning like this. Shehan had also guessed that there must be something wrong. Then he flinched and listened to Sarah speak first.

"Yesterday LiIis asked me to come back to you."

"What?" Shehan's surprised not a bitch. Shehan remembers Lilis once asking him the same thing - back to Sarah, before Nurbanu fell ill.

"Lilis told you that too?" shehan.

"Have you guys ever talked about this before?"

"Liis was the first to say this."

"Then I apologize, Shehan. I don't want to be a thorn in your household with LiIis. Nurbanu is also sick because of me. I didn't really take care of him. Although Nurbanu's custody fell into my hands, but I never took care of him and instead gave up the duty to take care of him to you." Sarah's eyes began to glaze over.

Shehan also picked up a different signal from Sarah's direction of conversation. "You mean---"

"Yes, Shehan." Sarah interrupted before Shehan completed his sentence, "let me bring Nurbanu to live with me. This time I will take care of him seriously. I will never ignore it again. You can also take care of Nurbanu later. Whenever Nurbanu wants to stay with you, I will definitely not ban him. We both babysit our kids together even in separate houses."

"But we have to ask Nurbanu first, Sarah. I don't want to force it."

"I'm sure Nurbanu would agree if I asked him to stay with me. After that, you can go through your household nosedives with LiIis as you should."

"Actually LiIis did not mind nurturing Nurbanu. He also regarded Nurbanu as his own biological son."

"Shehan, please allow me to fulfill my duties as a mother. I realized all this time my actions were wrong. Please let me fix it. I will still stay in Bali so that at any time Nurbanu can also stay with you again."

Shehan was silently-thinking hard. Sarah's reasoning was logical enough to be acceptable to her senses. Shehan also knows that their daughter misses her mother very much.

"Alright, Sarah. I'll let you know that Nurbanu wants to come with you too."

Sarah's happy smile was created to welcome Shehan's kindness. "Thank you, Shehan. You are a good father."

Shehan smiled, accompanying Sarah's happiness.

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