Husband's Regret: Betrayed for Not Getting Pregnant
I Missed you, Ma!
Chequek!
The sound of the door open. Then, shortly thereafter the senior male physician stood in the doorway. Rayyan hurried up and welcomed the arrival of the man.
"Are you a patient's family?" ask the doctor who handled Firdaus and Lena.
Rayyan nodded quickly. "True, I'm his son. What really happened to Papa, Doc?" the man asked for answers to all the questions he had in mind.
The senior doctor took a deep breath before giving an explanation of Firdaus' condition. Even though she had conveyed the state of the patient to Lena's personal nurse, it was still that the woman in the nurse uniform out there was not the patient's family so there was some information that could not be explained carelessly.
"When first taken to the hospital, the patient's condition is very alarming. Fire teams had difficulty evacuating patients because the blaze at the patient's residence was very large and it was suspected that the fire was sourced from the patient's residence. The condition of the body paralyzed to cause the patient was unable to escape when the fire occurred."
"For too long inhaling the smoke of the fire, the respiratory tract of the patient has problems. We have tried to provide help, but when viewed from the condition of the patient is likely to recover very little. Therefore, I ask the family to come in case the patient is unable to survive" said the senior doctor.
Hearing the doctor's words, Rayyan's entire body trembled violently. The man's reddened eyes held back the tear from wetting the cheeks. Not expecting the condition of the father to be between life and death. Just wait for God's generosity to save or even God asks the angel of death to pick up the grandfather of the three children Arumi Salsabila.
"However, if the patient can go through a critical period, it is a miracle for all of us. However, with news injuries in some parts of the body is difficult to heal because the patient has been trapped in the fire for too long."
Arumi's husband's chest felt tight as if a large chunk of rock was pressing on him to make the man have difficulty breathing. His brain was no longer able to digest what the middle-aged physician was about fifty years old. The man's head was empty, unable to think clearly. He just fell silent while staring at the bed with a pushy look.
"Is there really no other way you can save a patient, Doctor?" ask Arumi. Hope there are many other ways to cure Paradise.
The senior doctor replied, "If only there were, me and the team would have done it without Mom and Dad asking. But unfortunately, there is no way that can be done other than to pray and give patients if indeed God wills another."
Rayyan's body looked at everything the doctor said. The man's heart rhythm was racing faster like a racer racing on the match circuit, gasping to full speed. Leaving his opponent to reach the finish.
"Use the opportunity that still exists. Accompany the patient at the end of his wish before the angel of death took his life," said the doctor.
"Then, how is the woman. Is he in the same situation as my Papa?" cetus Rayyan's. He was curious about the condition of Lena, a stranger who came suddenly but managed to win the heart of the papa so that he could cheat behind his beloved mother.
"Bu Lena's condition is the same as that of Mr. Firdaus. However, he was first evacuated so that he did not breathe in much harmful smoke."
A faint smile was painted on Rayyan's handsome face. "His luck is better than my Papa's. Ck! Really shit!" muttered.
"alright, Sir. If no one wants to talk about it anymore, excuse me. There's still work to be done." The doctor immediately resigned from the presence of Arumi and Rayyan.
The atmosphere of silence was again created. Not a single word was said from the lips of the couple.
Rayyan snorted in annoyance. "Why doesn't he experience what my Papa feels! Didn't he love my Papa so much that he stabbed my late Mama in the back!" Every word that is spoken sounds full of emphasis.
Sighs long. Looking for other ways to appease the Devil who dwells in Rayyan. "Honey, how about we go out for a second, get some fresh air. I think the air here is so stuffy that it's making it hard for me to breathe."
Without a second thought, Rayyan nodded. To be honest, he felt the air around him become hot and stifling. The man needed fresh air to clear his mind.
***
Raihan was in the ICU room with his head down and eyes glazed over. He had just arrived there a few minutes after Rayyan and Arumi entered the next room. Although he first arrived at the hospital, but Firdaus' eldest son came later than the older brother, because the man had to receive an important phone call from the campus. This concerns his future as a lecturer and head of kaprodi.
When he arrived in the room, he was immediately presented with a scene that made the air feel stopped in the throat. He's getting more and more trouble breathing. The surrounding air is unable to provide oxygen supply to the lungs.
"Mama ..." he said as he stepped toward the hospital bed. A middle-aged woman was lying weakly with various medical equipment stuck to her body. "Ma, wake. It's me, Raihan." The sound of the chair squeaked as a man who works as an exemplary lecturer at one of the famous universities in Jakarta pulled back the round chair that was near the bed.
The heart is like being pierced with pain when witnessing the condition of Lena who is so alarming. Her beautiful, smooth white face is now covered in burns from the fire incident that occurred earlier this morning.
"I came here because I miss Mama," said Raihan, as he slowly kissed the back of his hand that was not burned. The back of the hand is also the one stuck in the infusion needle. "Mom don't leave me, will you? I ... still need Mama to continue to be by my side."
"Ma .. I also want to apologize for some time ago when I was yelling at you. I was so emotional that I couldn't control myself. But after that incident, I regretted it. I'd love to go see you and apologize, but I'm too proud to meet Mama."
"Mama knows, ever since that incident my days have been so unsettled. My mind keeps on going to you. Life becomes directionless, like a chick that loses its mother" Raihan said. "My work became neglected so often get a reprimand from the Rector. But luckily Mr. Hashim was so wise he didn't kick me out of that college. If that had happened, maybe I would have become so weak by now. Sleeping in the emperan, decked out in cardboard boxes and covered in the night breeze." Raihan laughed softly, holding back the crystal grains' to not wet the earth.
Raihan exhaled violently. "I only realized that I couldn't be far from my mom. Although the pain in me is still there, but apparently my longing for you cannot be contained anymore. I... miss you, Ma! Raihan .. Kangen, Mama!"
"Before coming here, I met my two friends while taking the post-graduate program first. There's Andika and Fahmi. We were gathered at Jonatan's wedding reception. There, I talked a lot with Andika, a man of half Dutch descent from his Papa side. He gave me so much advice that I realized what I did to Mama a while ago was a big mistake for yelling at you."
"Therefore, I immediately left the party after reading the message sent by Puspa, Mama's personal nurse. I don't want to be an ungodly child, living in endless regret."
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