
“Dave..! Build Dave..!” Jeslyn held Dave's hand while sticking it to his face.
Dave did not seem to respond to Jeslyn's words. “Dave, today I'm going to ultrasound again.. Don't you want to see your son's progress?” Jeslyn again shed her tears.
“Wake Dave..! Didn't you say you wouldn't leave me again.”
Jeslyn kept asking Dave to talk. He felt so agonized to see Dave lying weak. Never imagined by him, if Dave will have an accident.
There was the sound of footsteps knocking shoes that began to approach. Jeslyn immediately turned his head as the door of the room opened. He saw his father and mother-in-law coming to see Dave. Jeslyn immediately got up from her seat.
“Ma, Pa,” greet Jeslyn.
“Sit. We just want to see Dave for a minute.”
Her father-in-law was worried when he saw her daughter-in-law's face still pale. Dave's mother seems to be upset that she doesn't care about her husband and daughter-in-law. He was sick of seeing that unwanted son-in-law. She was forced to hold back her anger because there was her husband nearby.
Dave's mother approached her son's bed. “Dave, wake up son,” heard a soft voice from Dave's mother who seemed to be holding back her crying.
Jeslyn and Davs' father just silently looked at Dave's mother who began to shed her tears. “Wake up son, don't you feel sorry for Felicia? She's carrying your child. She always cries when she remembers you like this.” Dave's mother rubbed her tears that kept dripping.
Jeslyn asks Dave's mother if she would treat him well if, she knew, he was pregnant with Dave's child.
Jeslyn could not tell anyone about her pregnancy. Moreover, Dave once said to hide her pregnancy temporarily until the condition of Jeslyn and her fetus is strong. Dave is afraid that Felicia and her mother will do something to Jeslyn if they find out about Jeslyn's pregnancy.
Dave's mother began to sit to the left of her son. “Dave, wake up son! Mama only has you. Mama can't see you like this. Never leave Mom. Still got your son in need of Dave's father figure. Mama will grant you anything you ask as long as you wake up.”
Dave's mother looked at his son's face with a sad look. “Ma.. Already.” Dave's father holds his wife's shoulder, which still appears sobbing.
Just this time Jeslyn saw the helpless face of her mother-in-law. All this time her mother-in-law always showed a fierce and firm face.
Dave's mother rubbed her tears for a moment, then looked up at her husband. “Paa.. Why isn't Dave awake yet? Is Dave not gonna wake up again Pa?”
“Maa.. Don't say it like that. If in this week, Dave has not been aware of his coma, we will take him to the Singapore hospital,” Dave's father said calmly. Even though he was in his heart he was afraid too, but he tried to hide it. He didn't want his wife to panic.
Moving Dave to Singapore, actually it was Jeslyn's idea. After that time, he finished talking to Dion about moving Dave to Singapore. Jeslyn immediately informed his intentions to his father-in-law. Jeslyn didn't want to wait too long. He can't see Dave's condition that hasn't made any progress.
“Why wait a week Pa? We should move Dave to Singapore immediately.”
“Later Papa will speak again with the doctor who handled Dave. We can't just take Dave with us without the approval of the doctor who's dealing with Dave right now. There's a lot to consider. Mama take it easy. Papa will find the best way for the recovery of our son,” said Dave's father while rubbing his wife's back.
“Alright, the most important thing Dave can wake up Pa, and soon re-assemble with us.” Dave's father nodded. “We better go home! We can't linger here.”
Dave's mother seems reluctant to leave her child. He was still worried about his son. “Ma.. here is Jeslyn who can take care of Dave. He will always give you news about Dave,” continued Dave's father again when he saw his wife seemed not to move from her place.
Dave's mother was not happy to hear the words of her husband, who mentioned his daughter-in-law's name. He glanced cynically at Jeslyn. “Mama doesn't trust him Pa. He who has made our son wretched!”
“Maa ... It's not Jeslyn's fault. He loved Dave very much. Can't possibly want her husband to wretch.”
Dave's father helped his wife to wake up. He had to get his wife out of the ICU before she made a fuss.
“Papa don't know. This woman just wants Dave's treasure Pa!”
“Sudaahlah Ma. We better go home.”
Dave's father led his wife out. Before reaching the door Dave's father looked turned his head. He saw Jeslyn seeming to be sitting speechless while looking down. Dave's father estimated that his son-in-law was holding back his tears. “Jeslyn, papa and mama go home first! Please take care of Dave.”
Jeslyn turned to her father-in-law. “Good Pa.. Be careful on the streets,” said Jelsyn politely.
Dave's father nodded. “You must also take care of your health, if you are tired, rest! Don't be too self-empowered,” Dave's father's advice.
“Iyaa Pa.” After the departure of Dave's mother and father, Jeslyn looks back at her husband.
“Dave.. I have to go first. I want to check on our son.” Jeslyn grabbed Dave's hand and pointed it at his queen's belly. “I feel comfortable when your hands touch my stomach. Maybe your son misses you Dave.” Jeslyn was yawning her stomach which was still lined with clothes.
Some later Jeslyn puts Dave's hand back in place. “Dave, I'll be back here later. I have to go first.” Jeslyn kissed her husband's cheek. “Wake up Dave. Your son and I miss you so much. If you don't wake up soon. I won't see you again. I'll take our son away. You'll never see her again.”
Jeslyn deliberately said that. He knew that Dave wanted his son very much. Maybe by saying that Dave will open his eyes soon.
After saying that, Jelsyn immediately came out of the ICU room. He didn't get to see any small movements in Dave's hand.
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The next day Jeslyn returns to Dave's room. He felt a little dizzy today. He walked slowly to Dave's room. “Sorry..Who are you.?” He was a little surprised when he saw a woman crying beside Dave's bed holding his hand.
He's trying to control himself. Suddenly appeared raaaa jealous, when she saw the woman holding her husband's hand while sobbing.
The woman wiped her tears then, turned her head when she heard the voice of a woman from behind her. He immediately released his hand. “I.. I am a friend of Dave.” The woman looked nervous when she saw Jeslyn coming over.
“It looks like we've met before.” Jeslyn was trying to remember where she had seen this woman in front of her.
“Really? But I just arrived from abroad about 1 month ago. Maybe you're wrong.”
When I heard the woman talking. He was more and more convinced that he had met the woman in front of him. His face also looked familiar.
“Then, do you know from where my husband was here?”
Not much is known about Dave's accident. His parents deliberately hid Dave's circumstances from everyone. So, Jeslyn was a bit suspicious, let alone the woman just being friends with Dave.
“I.. I got information from.”
Jeslyn squinted her eyes. “From whom?” Jeslyn felt this attitude of the woman in front of him was a bit strange.
“From temannku's. He works at this hospital.”
“Then, what's your name? How do you know Dave?”
The woman seemed to avoid Jeslyn's probing gaze. “My name is Stella. I was an old friend of Dave when I was living in Indonesia,” Stella said calmly.
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