TOUCH OF LOVE STRINGS
23. FORBEARANCE
When Roby was already in the living room, Rhihana hugged her tightly.
"Roby I miss you so much." Rhihana said in Roby's arms.
For a moment Roby felt a strange tremor in her heart, a longing that almost exploded within her, as if disappearing when Rhihana hugged her.
But the shadow of Ana's face in the girl's time had not done facial surgery, making her unable to accept Rhihana's treatment. He broke his arms and sat on the sofa.
"Robby I am Anamu, your lover, you and I are married dear. We already have children and try to see this wedding photo, at that time you gave me a wedding gift in the form of a private jet, the one on the plane had the initials that were my name and yours that were written with the initials RR." Rihanna recounted the part of Robby's memory missing by showing the photo.
"That's not the problem I want to know, I want to meet Ana and this photo may have been set on my face to be your husband. I just want to meet my girlfriend Ana." Roby wants to see Ana's real face.
"I am Ana. I've had an operation because your foster father has broken my face and killed both my parents when you and I were separated." Rhihana told Roby to know the situation why he had facial surgery which has now changed.
"We meet again when I sing our song, the song that you created for me, I beg you to believe me I am your lover and now I am your wife too.
We got married after you heard my song what else do you want to know, baby?" Anna asked patiently to face her husband who had forgotten her memory and forgotten her.
"I'm sorry, because I can't remember you at all." Said Roby who avoided Rhihana's eyes on her.
"If you don't remember me at least look at your daughter who looks like you, dear." Pinta Rhihana was a little bit compassionate to her husband to pay more attention to the face of her daughter Tania.
This beautiful baby saw his father. He wants to be carried by his father. The 1-year-old baby stretched out his arms so that his father could carry him.
Roby took her daughter and carried her in her arms. There is a closeness between the inner two, not unexpectedly Tania pecked her father's cheek to make Roby instantly vibrate.
His instincts seemed to be aroused that this was his flesh and blood, he brought his daughter to play with him. Tania who was already agile walked and ran after her father. Seeing that scene, Rihanna was slightly treated for her disappointment towards her husband who did not remember her at all.
"Ana stay patient baby, it's all a process we can't possibly force your husband to remember everything this fast." Grandma Yati.
"Grandmother has prepared the best doctor for her, maybe through some therapy and drugs that can stimulate her memory, don't worry too much, son, all there is a solution." Said grandma Yati.
"Now what should I do with my husband, if he refuses to sleep with me?" Asked Rhihana with a pouting face.
"You've got a lot of memories with him, when you're alone, sing your memory songs, and then maybe he'll remember you."
"Well grandma, I'll try to do it." Rhihana's starting to fall.
"But you also do not expect much you have to prepare yourself to be disappointed," said Yati's grandmother then left Rhihana who is still watching her daughter and husband who is currently playing together.
Seeing Rhihana just dumbfounded, Roby called him to play with them.
"What's your name, miss?" I beg you not to confess your name Ana, for I do not believe your words." Said Roby.
Ana took a deep breath and exhaled it violently. She then answered her husband's question.
"My name is Lydia." Say Rhihana briefly.
Robby remembered something. The name that Rihanna just mentioned.
"It looks like I've heard that name but where is it." He tried to remember it.
"There's no need to force it if you don't remember it, baby" Rihanna said.
"Please don't call me dear because the only one who has the right to call that dear is Ana." Roby warns Rhihana.
"Well, I won't sue you and treat you like my husband." Rihanna finally relented and did not want to impose her will on her husband.
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On the plane, Alicia and Calvin are furious at Robby for being sent back to America.
"why are we headed to America?" Ask Alicia.
"Where's Robby?" Ask Calvin.
"Sorry sir, when you are in a state of deep sleep, Mr. Roby has gone down at Soekarno-Hatta airport." Stewardesses.
"Why didn't you wake us up when you got to Jakarta?" Alicia asked the obvious reason of the beautiful flight attendant.
"Mr Roby doesn't want to wake you up and ask us and the pilot to take you back to America" the flight attendant said.
"Damn it looks like we've been tricked by that bastard." Alicia grunted annoyedly.
"If I see him again I won't let him go." Alicia said.
"Is he looking for Lydia?" Ask Calvin.
"There's no way he can't remember anything that some of his memories are gone, if he remembers for sure all he remembers is his homeland" said Alicia.
"Tell me what it is because of all this Roby's plan, we're just being used by him, for his goal to be achieved." Alicia.
What makes Calvin sad is Sarah.
"Sarah, what is your relationship with Roby? Why did you suddenly leave me like this? and chose to be with that kunyuk." Calvin is furious at the thought of his girlfriend who disappeared with Roby.
"Don't tell Mr. Robert that we're heading to America, later if he calls us himself" Alicia said.
They were both silent, busy with their own thoughts.
The next day Mr. Robert called Robi's cell phone but did not connect because Robby left him on the plane dead. He then contacts Alicia but Alicia does not want to pick her up.
"What are they doing so that no one will take the call from me." Sir Robert was upset.
It has been one week Roby in Jakarta, he just spent his time playing with his daughter. Sometimes he underwent therapy to restore his memory and the drugs given by his doctor were taken regularly.
Robi does not argue or protest anymore, she feels calm living her life without being overshadowed by Alicia and Mr. Robert.
At Rihanna's residence everyone treated her well.
Rihanna's patience caring for her husband makes Roby feel touched, even though they sleep in separate rooms at Robby's request, who still thinks Rihanna is just a stranger to him.
Days passed when Mr. Robert found out that Roby had run away from him and returned to Indonesia.
He then mobilizes his men to search for Roby's whereabouts, although to date Mr. Robert does not know that Roby has married the daughter of his enemy whom he has killed.
Robby doesn't go anywhere, if he does go to the hospital, it's just for therapy, he's closely guarded by Rihanna's bodyguards.
He does the therapy and the doctor hypnotizes Roby so Rihanna's husband tells her how he can forget memories.
The development of Roby's memory is only until he meets Mr. Robert and the man has hit him with a baseball bat.
Every time he recalled that last incident, his head felt very dizzy. The doctor who helped her therapy no longer wanted to force Roby to recall the painful parts of her past.
When Roby returns home from his brain therapy to recover his memory, he hears Rhihana singing their favorite song as a young boy. While playing the guitar, the melodious sound flowed beautifully in the wind carrying the sound down to the first floor because Rhihana was singing the song on the second floor balcony.
"Why is that beautiful voice like Ana's?" Is that Ana?" Roby ran up the stairs to the top floor.
Rhihana's voice was more clearly heard in Roby's ears, the string of the guitar, just as Ana did.
"Let's....Ana....Ana!" Roby hugged Rhihana's body from behind.
Rhihana immediately stopped playing his guitar and singing when he felt Roby's arm was already clutching his shoulder.
Rhihana cried with joy, as the warm embrace calmed her down, releasing the longing burden felt by her.
Roby turned to sit under the feet of Rhihana and when he saw that the face was not Ana, he immediately woke up and scolded Rhihana.
"What are you doing?" Do you want to frame me by pretending to be Ana?" So I can trust all your stories that you're Ana with your new face?" Ask Roby cynically.
"Who wants to frame you, if you don't believe me, it's your choice, I'm tired of being like a fool who keeps begging you to believe that I'm Rhihana or Ana or Lidya, two different faces with different personal identities. Until when do you keep refusing to acknowledge me as your wife?" Rihanna just grunted in annoyance.
"I'm sorry!" Said Roby nervously when he saw Rhihana's extremely sour face staring at him.
"If you don't want to believe me at least don't insult me, it hurts so much to hear your every insult to me."
"I just need time to accept all this, for me meeting someone with a different face is very uncomfortable let alone asked to believe it.
Your attitude is like Alicia who claimed to have married me but I did not feel married to her at all and refused to sleep with her. I did all of that because I kept my heart and body loyal to only one woman, Ana.
If you are angry that I do not believe your words, I apologize, because whenever I love only one woman, she is my lover Ana.
I miss him so much and see his face." Said Roby ketus.
Roby leaves Ana alone on the balcony and goes into her room. While Ana is only dumbstruck to hear all of Roby's words that make her heart flowery at this time.
He smiled in embarrassment by covering both of his faces with his hands.
"It turns out he was so loyal to die to me, he loved me dead and he never touched Alicia. Thank you God for keeping my husband's heart loyal to me. Although in a state of amnesia he does not want to be touched by any woman, even though I am his own wife whose face has changed.
It's okay baby, if you want it that way, I hope your memory recovers quickly and I'll tell you thank you for your loving loyalty to me." Said Rhihana while rolling on her king size mattress.
"Mother.mother!" Call Tania who's awake.
"Oh, are your kids awake?" Rhihana held her daughter and took her daughter to play with many dolls in her room.