The Sweetest Harsh
Episode 84 - Preparation

Helmia walked back and forth with a wrinkled face. Next to her hand, put the phone in her ear. I was hoping to worry about someone across the street, wanting the phone to be picked up immediately. One month later her first grandchild will be born and the woman actually makes a phone call every day to Alfa, not wanting to be left with the slightest news of the situation of her son-in-law and future baby.

Jonah who was working in front of his computer was also removing glasses and stopped his activities for a moment. Exhaling a rough breath as soon as he saw his wife seemed restless with gestures that showed an upset attitude.

“Alfa?” Asked the man by putting both hands in front of his chest.

Helmia. “Iya, who else?” he then threw the phone into the sofa. Really upset that his call went unanswered.

“Alfa has consulted the best doctors in Flower City. Already, your attitude that is constantly worrying will actually make them uncomfortable. We just pray for the best. Hopefully there is nothing until the time of birth,” said the man calmed down.

“Moon-months I haven't met them. Would it be okay if I came to visit?” said the woman with a soft face.

Jonah gave a thin smile. Understand all the turmoil felt by his wife. It was almost a year ago that Helmia came face to face with Tiara when her daughter-in-law was in a state of severe depression. And at this time, towards the time of this birth, indeed the woman could not calm down if she had not ascertained herself that at this time Tiara had recovered properly and had again accepted her condition. How much she misses her son-in-law and daughter. Long-time long miss and lately difficult for him to tepis.

“Try to talk about it with Alfa first. Well, I'm sure Tiara will definitely accept our arrival with pleasure,” entertain him.

Helmia took a deep breath and nodded thinly.

“Mistress?” Julius who had arrived at the door earlier finally managed to air his voice that hesitated to say. The door of the room was not closed, but, it seemed, the master was talking about something very important, so he waited and was instead like a hearing thief who had managed to catch all the talk of Jonah and Helmia.

“July. Hows it? Have you finished your job?” Helmia reached out her hand forward, allowing her assistant to enter the room and sit across the sofa.

“Have Mistress. Just waiting for instructions from you, when the delivery time will be carried out,” he replied with certainty.

“Good. I have to wait for news from Alfa first.”

“Delivery? What are you sending?” Jonah who was endlessly staring at the conversation of the two people in front of him finally asked, because as usual, the woman always made a quick decision without telling him first.

“I have bought equipment and all kinds of baby clothes including octopus, bedong, as well as nursing mother supplies. I told Berta and Alfa that I would buy them all. You know, don't you? Tiara is still very layman to things like that, so I have chosen the best quality and materials, so it is comfortable to wear,” he explained.

The man raised both eyebrows with his apparent shock. He understood correctly the character of his perfectionist wife. If you already want something, then it must be done perfectly without reproach. And, his heart was so touched this time. It turned out that, like her natural formula, the deep hatred brought love, and now Helmia was receiving her punishment, loving her daughter-in-law with an expression of affection that could not be contained anymore.

Jonah smiled warmly, nodding his head with a bursting feeling of happiness filling the heart.

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Tiara fell asleep on her side with both hands hugging her husband's arms. The woman closed her eyes with a frightened face and her cheeks that were still wet with tears. Alfa tried to calm down by grasping his wife's fingers and watching Prita's doctor writing something on the paper he was carrying.

“Do not worry. Bleeding like this is natural because it is the womb of Mother Tiara experiencing total placenta previa as I have explained before when Mother experienced the first bleeding,” he explained.

Alpha breathed a long breath. Really lately the state of being connected gives a test of patience for him. Tiara's pregnancy continues to give a surprise that makes her limp helpless because of the anxiety that makes her heart beat fast. Fortunately, everything was fine, his wife was healthy and the baby was growing perfectly according to his age, although again and again, there was an imbalance that made him have to stroke the chest.

“Yes Doctor. We are afraid something unexpected will happen. The doctor knows for himself, right? Things like this aren't the first time they happen.” Alfa smiled wryly.

“We understand, according to the estimated date of birth, then next month is the last month we do the examination. And given the condition of your wife's pregnancy, then, we have to wait for the bleeding to come back before doing cesarean section.” Prita said with great caution in his sentence.

“Pending bleeding?” Alfa unceasingly frowned, hearing the words of the doctor who did not comfort her at all.

Tiara opened her eyes by biting her lips. Not imagining how he should wait for the deep red blood to come again at a later date. But even so, there is still as much pleasure that tucked the relief there. That soon she will be a perfect woman by giving birth to her child, she will bear the fruits of her love with Alpha.

“Yes. Well, thank you,” said the man while standing from his place, taking the doctor's departure to the front door of the room.

“Mr, no phone from mrs.” One of the servants said, looking down, it was bad to see that the master was in a state of turmoil.

“Take my phone in the workspace and have my mom contact me via phone,” her orders and then go back inside the room.

The man smiled faintly at Tiara sitting on the edge of the bed while stroking her stomach, it was as if they were talking to their son and promised each other that they would be patient and fine with everything that happened.

Alfa crouched in front of his wife. Pecking his wife's stomach briefly and grasping Tiara's fingers. “Looks like God is very happy to test us, knowing that we will be strong,” he said then looked straight into Tiara's eyes. He gave away all the love he had for the woman. “You are still my most powerful woman Tiara, you are super strong, and we will definitely be able to pass through all this fatigue.” Alfa kissed the back of his wife's hand with her eyes closed.

“And for leaning on you I am strong Alfa.” Tiara smiled with a loving smile at her husband. “You're the one who keeps pushing me to keep going,” he praised.

Alfa folded her lips, restraining haru who always managed to tear her soul apart. For some reason in Tiara's pregnancy this time, the man seemed to experience emotional changes that he had never experienced before. Alpha is easily touched.

The knock on the room door distracts the two for a moment. The man reached the door and received a cell phone brought by the waiter. Alfa then walked up to Tiara again and smiled. “You want to talk to Mama about something? She must have missed you so much because it's been a long time since you guys haven't talked.”

Tiara seemed to weigh in before finally saying, “Of course.”

The man gave her his cell phone and was received by the woman with a long sigh. A few seconds passed, only silence reached Tiara's ears until she decided to say hello first. “Mama.”

There was a dull sound on the other end of the phone. “Tiara? Uh... How are you?” Helmia said with a stammer.

“Good. Mom when did you come here?” Her question that instantly made her father-in-law amazed.

“Oh, you're so nice Tiara. Just know if mom misses you guys hard,” compliments. “Mama will be visiting your home soon and bringing you a lot of the equipment you need. You don't have to buy anything anymore. Everything I've bought,” he said with pongah, which changed to make Tiara gaped.

“What? Mama has bought baby gear?” Tiara asked in disbelief. The woman looked towards Alfa who was watching her from earlier. The man nodded, understanding the conversation of his wife and mother.

“Iya. You and Alfa stay set up space, will be where your nursery is placed.”

“Thank you very much Ma, me and Alfa will wait for the arrival of Mama,” said Tiara who responded with a short answer and a happy smile Helmia across there.

“You intentionally?” Tiara looked at Alfa with a frown.

“What intentional?” the man shrugged and held a smile. Yes, he was deliberately delayed to invite Tiara to buy baby equipment because her mother was the one who continued to force. And he thought, what's wrong with sharing happiness with his mother?

“Continue delaying to take me to the baby shop because mom already bought?”

Alfa smiled with one lip and sat down next to Tiara. “Mama is very excited to buy you nursing mother supplies and various supplies for our baby. I might as well refuse that. Isn't that a sign that mom cares about you?”

Tiara looked at her husband's entire face. “Yes. Thank ye. I'm so grateful to have any of you who love me so much."

The man nodded and slipped his wife's hair behind his ear. “So, will where we put the baby room?”