The Sweetest Harsh
Episode 73 - A Glimpse of Hope

Tiara sat down languidly on the edge of her bedroom bed. Stare lazily towards the window with a blank look. His eyes were still sore because he had cried and stopped, ignoring the turn of the day, where right now, the sun had risen more than a half, but, the window curtains are still in place. Closing the access of light to enter the room, until the state of the room is still dim.

For more than a week, the woman has been locked up, refusing to leave her room since she was discharged from the hospital two weeks ago. No one could persuade him, including Alpha. The arrival of Helmia who visited with peace did not promise much, because Tiara only locked her mouth and sometimes seemed furious with the arrival of people who did not want her. Likewise with Berta, Tiara spoke nothing and just cried as much, and leaned his head on his mother's shoulder. The words of comfort from his mother were as if they were meaningless.

The doctor said that Tiara was depressed. The woman suffered severe trauma, because in her third pregnancy, Tiara was already too happy and felt crushed just like that with the death of her future child. Crumbed. His heart crumbled softly. The hope is like it has run out, yawns just like that, because with a cesarean last time, Tiara had to delay further pregnancies.

For days, it could count how many mouthfuls of food that managed to get into his stomach, that's all, Alfa had to persuade to despair until his wife was willing to meet the nutritional intake for his body. The beautiful female paras is now increasingly pale with eye bags that are fluttering under her eyelids. Everyday, Tiara would just stand still and sometimes talk in a rage, taking whatever her hands could reach and throwing randomly. Patiently, Alfa always tidied up her own messy room because of the woman's overflow of annoyance, and took care and accompanied his wife painstakingly.

Alfa looked at his wife for a while, then once again washed her face with water in the sink in her room. Hope the coldness can slightly extinguish the blazing anxiety within. Don't be asked what the man's condition is like at this time, he really looks messy with a mustache and beard that began to grow in place because Alfa did not pay attention to the state of his body at all. He's hit. Just as devastated as the Tiara, it was even twice as bad as the woman. For he must continue to strengthen himself and must continue to convince his woman. The man had to pull Tiara from the pit of his destruction with himself who didn't even have the energy to stir up his spirit.

The sound of the door opening creaking made Tiara's body stiffen. The woman took the pillow behind her, then threw all her might towards the door.

"Go!" The woman screamed loudly.

Alfa who was surprised by the sound of screams immediately ran over and saw who was about to visit her room this early. And it turns out, it was nobody, just Popo, Tiara's ragdoll cat who meowed and stomped on the pillow that was thrown at the door. Not ignoring the apparent expulsion by his master.

Tiara who was surprised by the sound of her beloved animal then turned her head and looked at the cat who was now walking towards her. The spoiled sniffles on the woman's legs are dangled to the floor. Gawking and sniffing around the nightstand, circling around Tiara's level feet and walking back towards the door. Sitting on his back while rubbing his eyes with his front legs. I barked loudly and then came out.

Tiara who was comforted by the behavior of the hairy animal then stood up. Looking at her cat who passed away from her room and slowly straddled her two tribesmen following Popo.

Alfa who saw the magical scene in front of her shook her head slowly with both hands shaking her waist. Gosh darn. Lost to a cat? How could Popo with his language be able to make Tiara want to step out of the room with a single invitation? Does he have to like the furry animal for the sake of Tiara?

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"Tiara suffers from PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a psychiatric disorder that afflicts a person due to such a shaky or unpleasant event. In this case, of course, because your wife just lost her baby" Jeni said fretfully.

Alfa scrunched her face. Didn't expect that the two of them would get to this point. Where did the circumstances really test him, drain his entire mind and squeeze his heart to the peak of rigidity that seemed to challenge him arrogantly, still being able to be patient?

"How is Tiara doing right now? Is there any progress?"

"Tiara shut herself up and didn't want to interact with anyone. With me alone, he didn't talk much, just a little something was bothering him, Tiara was angry and raging." Alfa sighed and exhaled a long breath. "What am I supposed to do?" The man rubbed his hair in frustration.

"What do you mean?" Alfa who was sitting leaning her head turned her head quickly with a frown.

"If it has come to behavior that really shows that he has given up, then the last stage that must be passed is resignation. If you can get close to your wife at the right time, then, that resignation can be a healing step. It might not be easy, but, you're the one who knows best how to persuade Tiara," he explained.

"It's not like I can take my wife's heart." Alfa.

"Then?" Jeni looked at me with a strange look.

"You know? Tiara wanted to leave the room for the first time thanks to Popo. A magical cat whose voice I don't even know what it means, but it's capable of hypnotizing my wife. Do pets also have chemistry with their owners so they can communicate without words?" The man crossed his arms to the front of his chest.

"Cats? Tiara likes cats?" Once again Jeni said in her raised voice as she gasped at the words of the surprised Alpha.

"Yes. Why are you surprised?" Alfa clucked and exhaled violently.

"Cats are animals that can provide calm including curing depression. His distinctive snoring is able to provide a sense of relaxation when we touch his hands. Goody. You can continue to take advantage of their closeness. Maybe you can add another method by taking Tiara to a place you have never been to, or also invite her to move with a new atmosphere that if it can make her curious and try. Well, again, I can only give you advice, you .. try to take the initiative, because after all, you know better and have more closeness to Tiara," the doctor was obviously long.

Alfa nodded. This conversation is enough to give him relief, because, although men tend to be silent and prefer to save all forms of emotions, but, men also need a place to share complaints. Throwing tired and discussing to get new ideas.

Maybe he and Tiara need to take a moment to just start over. Making their lives different, living things in other ways, by not bringing up the issue of heredity of course. Because that is what is now the center of female trauma.

Alpha takes a deep breath and exhales through the mouth. Prepare to start things with a new step. For Tiara, what wouldn't she do?

"alright. I will try my best" he told the doctor as he got up from his seat.

"Yes. Supports you. Talk to me if you need anything. I'll also find the best psychiatrist if needed" he said.

The man smiled bitterly, nodded thinly and said softly. "Yes." Yeah."

"Don't give up" he comforted again when Alfa had reached the doorway and turned to hear Jeni's chanting, then turned back and stepped back by closing the door.