
As the elevator doors opened, Rayyan immediately ran down the hospital corridor. Hands fingers of the beautiful beauty who owns beautiful eyeballs and pliable eyelashes continue to hold the hand of the husband. He followed wherever he went without letting go of his hand. Two lovebirds link hands together all the way to the ICU room.
From a distance not too far away, Rayyan saw a woman in a nurse uniform sitting alone while pensively in front of the ICU room. The gaze of his eyes was blank, as if his soul was drifting away from nowhere.
"What really happened to Papa, haem? Why could it be like this? As I recall, Papa had a private nurse, then why not save her at the time of the incident!" fret Rayyan when she has arrived in front of the ICU room.
Puspa who was still not fully aware of the daydream, looked like a dazed person. The eyeballs are moving in an uncertain direction. Being fouled by various questions made the woman's mind blankly spring up.
Arumi who was standing next to Rayyan rubbed her husband's shoulder. "Mas, we better get inside. After seeing Papa's condition, you interrogated this nurse. However, do not use violence. Pity he must still be in shock over the fire incident this morning."
Rayyan took a few breaths to unravel the anxiety she felt. Then glanced towards Puspa while saying, "Wait for me here! Never try to escape from me, for I will continue to seek you to the ends of the world!" threaten him with a sharp look.
The woman in the nurse's uniform nodded weakly after knowing that the man and woman before her were the son and daughter-in-law of one of the patients lying there.
Before entering the room, Arumi touched Puspa's shoulder. "Don't be afraid, we just want to ask for your information. When my husband loses control, I'll help you." Gently rub the woman's shoulder. "Sit down! Calm yourself!"
The feeling of unease shrouded in deep guilt made Puspa look very shocked at the events that befell Firdaus and Lena. However, hearing the soft sound of an instrumental piece of music made the young woman a bit calmer than before. For the woman, said Arumi sound so melodious that makes the cells in the blood and tense muscles become sagging and feel more relaxed.
Beautiful eyeballs, said the soft words of Triplet's mother as if able to bewitch everyone who is experiencing problems. That is why Rayyan really likes to look at his wife's brown iris, because there he found the shade and every strand of the sentence that was said to be able to make him calm again.
Rayyan's body sculpted when he saw someone lying on a hospital bed with an infusion hose stuck in the back of the hand, as well as a circular breathing apparatus on the head. A monitor was on the table, next to the hospital bed. Despite watching the scene through a transparent window, the connection between the ICU room and other spaces still makes Rayyan mixed feelings.
Up ahead, there, a middle-aged man who is none other than the biological father of a hospital leader of international standard and so famous throughout the island of Java even famous to the outside of the island is lying weak with the condition that quite apprehensive. Part of the face was burned, as well as his legs and hands were prey to the Red Jago.
Rayyan looked at Firdaus with a warm gaze. However, as the shadow of Mei Ling's face flashed through her mind the ingrained hatred for a dozen years returned to the surface, making the inner turmoil of anger continuously erupt. The man's ego is too high to defeat his common sense and conscience as a human being.
The mother of three twins just walked into the ICU. His heart melted for a while as his net witnessed for himself how appalling the current state of the in-laws was. A tall, well-built man with an appearance that is always cool even though the age is no longer young is now no longer there. There was only the figure of a paralyzed man with burns everywhere even his face was barely recognizable.
Unknowingly, Arumi's tears just slid without being able to be dammed again. The heart felt like it was slashed by a blade so sharp. Despite knowing that Firdaus is a jerk like her ex-husband who can cheat while at home there is a woman waiting for him faithfully but his instincts as a human being still function well so that he can feel pain when witnessing for himself the suffering of others it is his own father-in-law.
Take a deep breath, then rub the crystal grains that had slid on both cheeks. "Mas, let's go see Papa!" arumi said with trembling lips. The woman had clasped her husband's hand, but the handsome Chinese doctor's body did not want to move even a little to remain frozen in place.
"I can't meet the man who killed me, my mother, Babe. I ... can't afford." The sentence just slid from Rayyan's lips. The head shook weakly to the right and left sides.
Lips may say yes, but the heart feels very difficult to forgive because a flash of shadow when Firdaus was making out with Lena continues to be recorded clearly in the memory of his memory. Footage of the incident continues to haunt Rayyan and is always present in her nightmares.
Arumi understood how Rayyan was feeling right now. Seeing someone who had incised a wound in the heart was unconscious plus there were burns almost all over the body must have made a little bit of a beloved husband shaken violently. However, deep down, he was convinced that the father of his three children was eager to meet with Firdaus.
"But if you can't meet Papa, we better go home now. Rather than wasting time here just seeing someone else fall asleep was useless. Meningan you rest at home, rest for a while after being preoccupied by various activities in the hospital," said Arumi. Not wanting to force her husband to remain in the hospital if indeed the man could not meet Firdaus in four eyes.
Arumi turned her body, about to leave the room. However, her hand was blocked by her husband. "Stay here! Follow me to see Papa."
The beautiful-eyed woman smiled thinly, satisfied that she had successfully used a disguised stratagem to subtly bully her husband. Impressed cunning but she was forced to do it all to dampen the ego in her husband.
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After replacing the green sterile sandals and robes specially designed to enter the ICU room, Rayyan approached Paradise. Various medical equipment is installed in the old body. The almost unknown pale face made the handsome doctor's body of the owner's narrow eyes almost collapse to the floor. The legs are no longer able to support the body. Luckily Arumi continued to hold the fingers as if channeling the power possessed for her beloved husband.
Rayyan sat beside the bed, eyes staring straight at the figure of the middle-aged man who was unconscious. "Pa, it's me, Rayyan," he said softly. The trembling voice of Triplet's biological father echoed throughout the room.
"It's been a long time since we met. If not mistaken, the last time you met was when Papa swerved Arumi in the hospital after giving birth to Triplet." Pause for a moment the sentence. "Papa knows, now they're growing up to be very adorable kids. They've started babbling every time we talk." Rayyan laughed softly, holding back tears so as not to wet her cheeks. Trying hard in front of Firdaus for not wanting to look weak.
"Ghani, Zavier and Zahira grew up with their own personalities despite being born from the same womb but apparently their characteristics were different. Among Papa's three grandchildren, only Zahira was the most violent. He never let me freely approach Arumi if the squinty-eyed plump baby has not fallen asleep. Apparently, she was steadfast in the principle of not wanting to be a sister before the age of five."
Silent. Only the sound of medical equipment dominating the room. Firdaus still faithfully closed his eyes as if the man was tired of facing the harshness of this world. While Arumi, sitting sweetly next to her husband, continued to hold her husband tightly while occasionally rubbing the man's back.
"Papa must be disappointed, right, because at that time I did not let the bodies of my three children in your arms and that woman? I had to do all that to avoid having your dirty hands touch the still-holy bodies of my children." Rayyan paused for a moment her sentence. He took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly. "For the reason why, Papa already knows the answer without me explaining."
"I just don't want my three children to follow the vile example that Papa has done behind Mama's back. As a father, I want Ghani and Zavier to be faithful, responsible and sincere men who love their partners. That's all, Pa. So, am I wrong to prevent them from taking actions that can make other people feel hurt?"
Again and again only silence was heard by Rayyan. This was the first time he had looked frustrated and very upset that Firdaus had not responded to the slightest of what was said to him.
"Take me, Pa. Don't just shut up! Does Papa not want to fight with me? Didn't Papa's hand feel itchy because it hadn't landed on my cheek as smooth as a highway?" rayyan asked with an elevated tone of speech. Hope Firdaus wakes up and answers all his words.
Rayyan let out a rough breath. His eyes were staring at the monitor screen and the figure of Firdaus simultaneously. The man's heartbeat on the hospital bed did look weak, there was no development at all before and after he came there.
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