
Almost 3 months passed so quickly, especially for Valencia and Carter who until now have not received a donor for Alex.
Alex's increasingly thin body leaves his distended stomach Karen swelling of the heart and spleen makes Carter and Cia always cry when every child closes his eyes, fear is not without reason, it is not without reason, it all happened because Carter and Cia were so afraid that her son would never wake up again.
Although Alex routinely undergoes blood transfusions but that's just to buy time, the type of thalassemia he suffered was a fairly severe type so the only way that the baby could survive was to get a spinal cord donor.
Almost every day Cia always felt anxious every time she saw the condition of her son who was declining, even several times little Alex had to be taken to the ICU room.
"what should I do rain?" cia on Raina.
"allan and I have done everything we could for Cia, if one of us is fit to be a donor".
"i'm sorry rain, I'm sorry because I can't be a good mother to Alex". cia's tears continued to flow until her beautiful face was now turned into a damp with blackened eye bags and messy hair, even her body weight was lost almost a third.
"it's not your fault Cia, there's not a single mother who wants her child to suffer, ask God to do a miracle, may one match Alex". Raina cries, imagining Alex lying weak in the hospital, while she should have grown up to be an active child and learning to crawl like Ali.
"rain, how's Aleta doing?"
"she's fine, Cia, she wanted to come but since Ali's home she didn't come".
"i miss Aleta". Cia glared out the window, her eyes blank, though tears were unceasingly flowing from there.
"rain.. "
"yes .. "
"i want to say something". Cia looked deeply at Raina.
"let's say".
"promise me, whatever I say won't change anything, you'll still be my friend". Cia lowered her head, squeezing her own fingers, as if she was gathering the courage to reveal something to Raina.
"i promise".
"rain, I'm sorry if what I'm going to say after this hurts your heart, but believe me, I sincerely love Aleta, I'm sincerely your friend, there is no other purpose for me to enter into your family, even I did not expect that we could be friends until this close, I am grateful, mama and Mr. William were able to accept me to be part of his family as they accepted you, I thank you for the kindness of your family, but ..". Valencia sighed, calling back the rest of his courage.
"what's wrong?"
"what do you mean Cia?" Raina stared intensely at her best friend, trying to find the meaning of every sentence that Valencia made.
"i'm the cause of all this mess, I'm too selfish and can't solve my problems well, I'm sorry rain, since I left Aleta at the home of Mr. William to make Allan lose the light of his life, I have ruined Allan's life, I got Allan involved in arms smuggling because of his grudge against the very unity he once defended".
"Cia.. So, you are ... ?" Raina covered her mouth with both her hands as she almost shouted in surprise.
"yes rain, I am Aleta's real mother, I ran away after leaving Aleta in front of Mr. William's house just like that, I went to Bali until I finally met Carter, Carter, with all the deceit I asked Carter to pay for plastic surgery for me in Korea, I wanted to change my whole face so that no one would recognize me anymore". Cia looked so sorry, every word she said there was nothing that was not accompanied by tears.
"three years I knew Carter he finally knew who I was, and more surprising was the fact that he was friends with Allan. at first he was so angry that he thought I was just using his money for the sake of vengeance on Allan, when in fact I loved him so much, that he asked me to marry him to prove that I wasn't messing with him". continued.
"i don't know what to say Cia, I still can't accept what you said just now". Raina.
"please rain, you're the only ones I have here, I don't have anyone". Valencia cries bitterly, making Raina undo her intention to leave.
"then, why didn't you tell me in the first place, would you cover it up forever if Alex wasn't sick?" ask Raina.
"initially yes, I wanted to be close to Aleta without causing confusion and hatred to her, I wanted to be someone else who was well known to her, she said, because I'm sure if he knew this fact he'd hate me so much". Cia Say.
"Aleta isn't the kind of vengeful child, I'm sure she'll forgive you, she loves you so much". For some reason, there's a bit of disappointment infiltrating Raina's heart, even though he knew that there was no evil intention in Cia.
"i know you're upset rain, I get it, I'm a person who doesn't deserve to accept forgiveness from anyone, but please rain, all of this I'm doing is not without reason, I used to have absolutely no feelings for Allan, I was only paid to accompany her to sleep, and I accidentally got pregnant because of my own carelessness". Cia looked down deeper, making Raina could not bear to intimidate him at this inappropriate time.
"it's not entirely your fault Cia, and for me, you're innocent, because you've given us a beautiful, healthy and intelligent child, meet Aleta, later after things have improved". Raina rubbed Cia's tears, making sure that she really wasn't angry at her best friend.
"are you sure Aleta won't hate me rain?"
"i'm sure Aleta has grown up to be a good child, she's older than her age because of the way she lived before I married her father".
"thank you rain". Raina and Valencia embraced, until finally Allan and Carter came after the two had a meeting at Allan's company.
Allan patted his wife's shoulder, Carter standing behind them.
"tomorrow we will do a test for 20 people who are willing to donate their spinal cord, hopefully some will be suitable.
"hopefully, I can't afford to see my son like that". Cia was crying again.