Our Story: The Sudden Chancellery
S2 Chapter 36 - Last Kiss

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Erika had just returned from talking to her husband and found Viani staring at the nanar at the pseudo-point with teary eyes. There, he found no son at all.

“Vi?”

The call made Viani look up, on the netra of her mother-in-law who is still quite beautiful at the age of close to half a century.

“Vincent where?”

Instantly, Erika knew what had happened when she saw Viani shaking weakly, then groaning as the contraction came again. The woman immediately clasped her daughter-in-law's hand by giving one soft elucidation. “Inhale, Vi .. exhale. Slow down aja.”

The pregnant woman did what her mother-in-law said until the pain passed. Shortly thereafter, Viani again groaned in pain. Erika took the initiative to check the lower part of Viani's body. His eyes bulged as he began to see that Viani was bleeding which fortunately was not enough.

Just as Erika was about to frantically call for help, a nurse called her towards the nurse station. The desperate in-laws also conveyed Viani's condition and her daughter-in-law was immediately dealt with. One of the nurses invited Erika to sit down and put down a document containing files that must be signed before the surgical procedure. But when he wanted to sign the agreement of the operation, he doubted because he was not the right person to be a guardian.

“How so, Bu?” ask the nurse who provided the documents Vincent was supposed to sign.

“Duh, Vincent where the hell?” furious Erika who can not hold back his emotions because Vincent who ran away somewhere. Erika means, this is not the right time to run away and get carried away by emotions.

But on the one hand, Erika understood that this was not something that her son could easily do. There were lives fighting between life and death here, and Erika had no choice.

“Can you wait a minute, Ma'am?”

The nurse nodded and said that Erika should return quickly because this procedure must be done immediately.

Erika stepped towards the IGD exit by stomping her feet, preparing to snap at the head of her son who did not know where to get carried away. Yes, obviously, it's not the right time for Vincent to be like this. Erika had climbed black, preparing both palms to resuscitate the child Niko, if only the young doctor was still mengeyel and carried away his own emotions.

“Ma.”

“Ayam!” Erika's heart almost dislodged when Vincent suddenly appeared like a ghost, then beat her son's back with anxiety. “Where are you going! Wanted from earlier!”

“Sorry, Ma,” replied Vincent while staring at the document. He sat down, did not read what was written there and signed it quickly.

Although it feels relieved, apparently Vincent did not go directly to Viani. “Nitip Viani yes Ma,” Vincent said as he passed from IGD without waiting again. 

"Where are you going?" ringis Erika to her son. Then his eyes met with Viani's eyes that looked increasingly sad.

At that time Erika knew that Vincent was experiencing emotional stress that made him not want to face Viani. It was clearly visible from the eyes of the two of them that implied a wistful.

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Viani is currently being taken to the delivery room, not for spontaneous childbirth, but rather preparation.

"160 per 100" said the nurse to another nurse who wrote something on paper.

A girl who resembled her husband grimaced at the numbers. It was Elvina who was already here to lend support to her sister-in-law. Beside him was Erika who was talking on the phone with Gemma and also Gala.

Viani's body had been separated from the clothes she was wearing earlier, replaced with a green operating shirt. He was lying resignedly on top of the gurney with his hair closed nurse cap. He also has oxygen.

"Ce Viani want a drink?" elvina asked to give the bottle, but stopped because she remembered something. "Yes, Cece wants surgery."

Just the faint smile Viani gave Elvina. Her sister-in-law held Viani's hand tightly. "Sorry Koko yes, Ce. He just can't bear to see Cece like gini. Cece has to be strong, right? We always do'ain let the operation run smoothly, keep me healthy and Cece safe."

"Gemma you want to talk" said Erika cutting before Viani answered Elvina.

Viani's hand reached out to receive the phone, and brought it closer to her ear. "Hello? Hm. Yes Ma, Pa. I don't know, I just met Papa Niko for a second. Yes, Ma. No need to rush. I'll be okay."

Viani's finger swiped the red button to turn off her phone. Reportedly, Gala and Gemma are boarding their private jet to return to Jakarta soon.

Two nurses prepare to pull the gurney towards the 4th floor of the operating room. Elvina and Erika simultaneously retreated. They also follow the gurney that brought Viani to a medical procedure that he had to undergo.

This time, the gurney had already arrived in front of the large steel door with a red light burning on it.

"For a while, ma'am," the nurses said as they worked together to open the steel door and pushed into the gurney. They asked Erika and Elvina to wait in the waiting room.

Then when the door was closed, Viani immediately felt alone. His eyeballs pointed to and fro as if looking for a foothold to lean on, but he did not find it.

The corner of his eyes began to condense upon finding this void space. The two nurses were preparing to change their uniforms, one of which was preparing a catheter and other equipment.

She now misses her husband very much. He slowly rubbed his stomach, where he felt a slight contraction as his stomach tightened. There was no other choice, he could only encourage himself and the baby.

"Baby V spirit, you will definitely come out safe and sound. Mama will fight as much as she can" he said, holding tightness in his chest.

There was a bit of a bitter taste in those words. Baby V must have felt something was lacking, the father went somewhere. Tears were dripping down Viani's cheeks and her body began to tremble. With the back of his hand, he tried to close his eyes so as not to be seen by others, even though his hand failed to block the water that was still flowing from his eye sinks.

Small issues also decorate the room that is right next to the operating room. Viani dissolved in sadness, unable to imagine going alone to the real battlefield without the support of her husband until unconsciously, her body trembled.

Just resigned Viani when two hands touched her body, stroking her stomach and forehead. Maybe it was the hands of the two female nurses who had brought her here earlier. They must have been sorry to see Viani who kept crying.

"Darling ..."

Immediately Viani stopped crying and released her hand from her now rounded eyes. Right in front of him, Vincent was already standing by. Threw Viani's hand and let her wrists slip deeply.

From the injured eye of Vincent, Viani finally knows how mentally destroyed Vincent was when he knew Viani had to undergo this procedure. Not only the operation that Vincent was afraid of, but also what happened after the operation. At any time, the complications experienced by Viani can be very serious and life-threatening.

"You're finally coming" said Viani in a soft wink with soft eyes.

"You ... angry?" ask Vincent with a squeak on his forehead.

With a faint smile, Viani shook her head. "How can I be angry with my son's father?"

Vincent smiles at first, but over time the smile disappears as his gaze recalls Viani's status and how the beautiful body is no longer fat and chubby. The body was already swollen unnaturally because of the buildup of fluid caused complications in her pregnancy.

"I'm..." Vincent's eyes began to water and he sobbed. "I'm ... I'm really scared of losing you" said Vincent in a trembling voice, his head falling on the side of an empty gurney as he occasionally sounded a miserable groan.

Viani's eyelids twitching. The desperate expression made her reflex touch Vincent's hair and rub it gently. "I'm scared too, Vin. But I'd be even more afraid if I faced this alone."

Is this what Viani feels? Does his wife feel alone in facing him? Finally, Vincent understood that his attitude was very childish and even muddied Viani's feelings. "You're not alone, Vi!" vincent said in disbelief. "I'm sorry, it makes you feel alone. I'm too focused on how I feel and forget you."

It was Viani's turn to shed tears, "I thought you left me."

The two sturdy hands that came from the narrow-eyed man then coiled around Viani's body, hugging the wife with overflowing affection. "Where can I leave you, dear."

"Dear I didn't?"

"certain. You are strong and you can! I'm not going to break up with you and our son."

Viani's eyes again flooded, their arms getting tighter with bodies that were equally trembling as if not willing to let go of each other.

"Please, you must be strong, for the sake of our son, dear," Vincent whispered to his wife's ear.

Not until a minute later, their embrace unraveled when a voice finally distracted them.

"Mom Viani?"

"Yes?"

"It's time."

Without wasting any time, Vincent bowed and kissed his wife's forehead softly and long, as if this was his last kiss. The kiss leads Viani into the operating room without Vincent beside her.

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