Kirana, Women of Desire
Chapter 23 - Comma

"Mr Jeff? You here?" Greet someone, make Jeff turn his body. He saw Kirana standing with her bag.

"You're here too, Kiran?"

"Oh yes sir, it was a coincidence to meet you here."

"Why are you here?"

"I'm always here when I'm not okay." Answer Kirana.

"We're with Kirana."

"Is there anything going on, sir?" Ask Kirana lirih.

"No, just reminiscing about old memories." Jeff replied casually, his face was too flat for Kirana to understand his boss's circumstances.

"Ohh well, I guess only I have a heavy mind."

"Everybody's got Kiran's problem, don't feel like you're the only one with the problem." Jeff replied, still with his flat face.

"Master.. Signore.. Heii.." A man waved his hand in front of Jeff's face, leaving the man shocked.

"What's up, sir?"

"You've been talking to yourself since, are you okay?" Asked a middle-aged man, who was none other than his own driver.

"Where's Kirana? He was here, sir."

"Kira? Your secretary? He's not here, sir, it's just me and you here." The driver replied, making Jeffran speechless. Who said hello and talked to him? That's Kirana, right? He remembered that Kirana was here, but after he looked for it there was only him and the driver who had come with him.

"Am I hallucinating Kirana?" Even her smile looks real, but she's not here.

Jeffran shook his head, he felt dizzy just because of one woman, who else if not his own secretary, Kirana. The woman who managed to make her subdued in her charm and elegance.

"Take me to the hospital, sir." Jeff said finally, he still wanted to make sure what came was Kirana or not, making sure that everything he had experienced was not a hallucination.

"Okay sir, come on." The driver opened the back door for Jeff, and the man immediately went inside, sitting comfortably.

At the hospital, Kirana was crying, she felt desperate. Just now her mother was conscious but her condition back drop. The doctors also panicked.

"How is this, even after the operation the mother's condition never improved." Kirana muttered in between her tears. Kirana sat in the waiting chair and covered her face with both hands. Before long, the sound of footsteps approached, making Kirana look up, she thought the doctor was coming out of her mother's room, but it was Jeff who came in his tidy suit.

"You crying? What's up, Kiran?" Ask Jeff with a frown.

"Mother drop again, sir." Kirana replied softly, making Jeff reflexively hug Kirana. Kirana did not refuse, she shed her tears on the chest of Jeff's field.

"Cry if it makes your heart calm, Kirana." Jeff said, the man gently rubbed Kirana's head.

Now that Jeffran was convinced that the incident in the tea garden was really his hallucination, how could he hallucinate Kirana?

"We sit down Kiran." Take Jeff, then put Kirana in the iron chair in the hospital hallway.

She swallowed too many bitter pills today, starting from her mother's surgery which was declared a failure, her mother was critical, had time to hope her mother was cured after seeing her unconscious, she said, but it turns out that his ordeal is not over.

"His operation failed sir, this morning Mom was critical, but in the afternoon she woke up, but now she's dropping." Kirana replied softly, barely audible.

"Keep Kiran, your mother is being tested for her illness. You sure he can? Don't despair."

"But sir, I'm afraid that you can't go that far."

"Don't precede fate, Kiran. There must be a way, you better pray now. I hope your mother is okay." Advice Jeffran, even though he himself never prayed for the recovery of his wife.

"Why are you here?" Kirana asked softly, her voice hoarse from crying for too long.

"Just want to know your mother's condition." Jeff replied with his super flat face, but his hands still embraced the woman and rubbed her back gently.

"Then?"

"That's it." Jeff answered briefly, but in his heart he was worried about the state of his secretary. Even from the look in her eyes, Kirana knew.

"Don't worry sir, I'm fine." Kirana's words made Jeff shake in disbelief.

"Don't lie, I know you're not doing well, Kiran."

Kirana looked at the man in front of her with both eyes puffy, making Jeff re-hugging the woman because he could not bear, leaning the girl's head on his chest.

"Don't pretend to be tough when your heart is broken, Kiran. I don't like people who pretend, I like people who are."

Hearing Jeff's words, Kirana came back crying. Jeff's words were right, he was feeling devastated right now, crushed to the brink of destruction.

Jeff hugged Kirana quite tightly, rubbing his shoulders that shook violently from the cries, even when the door of the room opened his second was unaware.

"Excuse me, sorry to interrupt."

"Yes doc, how's my mom doing?" Kirana asked seriously, she immediately stood up from her seat and broke Jeff's embrace, visible from the look of her eyes Kirana looked worried right now. 

As for Jeff, the man threw his sharp gaze at the young doctor who handled the care of Kirana's mother, he disliked when he saw the doctor's interested gaze on Kirana, he felt very upset.

"Your mother's condition is deteriorating, with a heavy heart we declare your mother in a coma Miss."

Jederr...

Kirana limbung was unable to support her body anymore, she really felt crushed at this moment. Like being struck by lightning during the day, his heart felt in the rain of thousands of swords so sick. He was no longer able to hold it, finally he limp unconscious in Jeff's arms. 

The man was no less surprised, especially when he felt Kirana's body limp in his embrace. How could the operation fail? If you know it's gonna fail, then Jeff won't let Nita's mom in surgery. The coma? One short word but able to destroy all hope that is difficult to build.

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