Night Destiny
Bereft

"Of course to spend some time alone with you! Agh!, why are you pinching me?."

Salsa smiled, "To wake you up so that your mind does not always point in that direction!."

"What spirit?" asked Azka pretending not to know.

"Yes that!."

"That's what?."

"Ish, you know what I mean. Don't pretend you don't understand!."

Azka laughed, she was really anxious for her wife. "You're worried about it."

"I'm not a kid, so it's not adorable!."

"Then, let's make an adorable little boy!."

Deg

Salsa froze, she remembered her dead baby. His face turned into a sissy. Realizing that his words might offend his wife, Azka pulled Salsa's chin, making the woman look at him. It was clear that there was sadness in those pretty eyes.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to remember you back to our son. I'm sorry!," said Azka

Salsa shook her head, "It's not your fault. I just haven't been completely sincere with his departure!."

Azka pulled Salsa in her arms, "Crying, Sal. Cry if it makes you take it off!."

Salsa was unable to resist the crying, the crying that sounded so bitter in Azka's ears. The man also felt pained to see the fragility of his wife. He just found out if Salsa was saddling it.

"I-I haven't been able to let go, Ka. I can't yet. I'd be lying if I said I was okay. I'd be lying if I said I didn't lose. I'm losing, Ka. Half my soul and my life went with him. I lost the only hope I had. I lost the only thing that made me strong and survive. I lost him forever."

Azka tightened her embrace, her heart was sliced back when remembering how his wife had to end here and lost their baby. The anger was back up. The emotions in him rose again.

He'll pay for your heartache, Sal. He'll pay for our loss. I promise I won't let her live a quiet life after taking away our happiness. I will never forgive that man. I promise to avenge all his deeds. I will make him suffer. Azka clenched her hands, she tried to temper her anger in front of Salsa.

"Calm down, Sal. Now there is me who will always be by your side. I promise I will never leave you. Don't be sad anymore!."

"I never regretted his presence. I never considered it a sin. I love him so much. I love him with all my soul, but why did he leave me? Am I a bad mother? That's why he chose to leave!."

"He never bothered me during my pregnancy. Absolutely never, Ka. He understands me, he understands me. I'm losing, Ka. I'm so lost!."

Azka shed tears. His heart was saddened to hear all Salsa said. "We can only pray for him, Sal. Pray that he is happy at his side. Don't make the steps heavy!."

"I-i-i-!."

"He was happy. He must have seen us from there. Don't make him sad because you haven't really let him down!." Azka wiped away the tears of her wife, "I know you are very lost. Not just you, me too. Father, Mother and Saga also felt lost. We can get through all this!."

"W-what if I can't get pregnant again? What if I fail again? I'm scared, Ka. I'm always haunted by fear!."

"Std. Don't talk like that. You have to think positive. There is always wisdom behind every event. God wants us to be better people, God prepares us to be better parents. I'm sure someday, we can have another child. Pray and strive, no effort will be fruitless. And believe me, His plan is more beautiful than we thought!."

Salsa hugged her husband, hugging the warm body that was starting to become her habit. "Don't leave me, Ka. I have no one in this world. Although many people love me, I am still lonely. I'm alone!."

Azka's feelings warm up, Salsa's words imply that the woman is beginning to have a taste for her. "definitely. I promise I'll never leave you, you're not alone anymore. There is Mother, Father and also Saga which is now your family. There is Mother Qomariah and your other family in Panti. And obviously, there is me who will always be there when you are down and hurt."

Salsa nodded, immersing her face in the most comfortable position she felt. Until a few moments later, Salsa's breath sounded regular, Azka smiling to see Salsa asleep. But he was also sad when he remembered how the woman's roaring was.

Gita and Dirga break into their daughter-in-law's room. Azka more needed today by Salsa. They let both.

"We'll just go home. Tomorrow morning we'll be here again!."

Gita said, "All right."

Gita and Dirga walked down the hospital hallway. Although no longer young, the two joined hands as teenagers.

"Are we just dating?" asked Dirga.

Gita looked at her husband, "Is it still appropriate for our age to go on a date?."

The middle-aged man smiled, "Of course. Even though you are old, you are still beautiful as before. And I'm still as dashing as I was when I was young. There's nothing wrong with dating!."

Gita chuckled, "It actually sounds ludicrous, but fine. Let's go on a date!."

"Come, I can't wait to spend some time alone with my beautiful aunt!."

"You have the heart to leave your handsome, single son behind?" Saga grinned.