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125 - ON THE VERGE OF LABOR

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*****

One Week later.

It has been two nights Mayang stay at the home of the child and his son-in-law, since the Barrelas pregnancy, every week the middle-aged woman who is kind and soft hearted was staying there.

Mayang was so strict watching and guarding Laras when Arga was in the office, the 56-year-old woman took care of Laras like a mother treats her biological child.

Mayang always thought, that Laras was an orphan and a kara, then it was his duty as in-law to replace the position of Ibu Laras who had long died.

With the presence of Mayang in every week in their house, making Laras days more cheerful, living his pregnancy happily, not infrequently he and his in-laws go out, and, around the mall or just a walk to the city park with ushered Mr. Wito, Mayang loyal driver.

"Ma, tomorrow is Saturday, mas Arga is off work, before Laras lahiran, Laras wants to go out with mama and mas Arga, do you want?," asked Laras when the three men were eating dinner.

"Yes definitely want dong son, as long as you and your future grandchildren are happy, mama will follow all you want. Tomorrow is the right time for the three of us to get out together, it is rare that we can walk three," said Mayang smilingly agreeing to the idea of Laras.

"You yourself how dear? Do you want to join mama and Laras?" Mayang asked Arga who was busy chewing food.

"If Arga, it's up to Laras ma, Arga will go wherever Laras goes," the man answered his potluck, as he continued to chew his food.

"Waah.., mama just found out, now you can't get far from your wife yes," Toda mayang laughed, Laras and Arga also laughed with the joke of the good woman.

Next day.

At 16:00 p.m.

Mayang, Arga and Laras have arrived at Muara Angke floating restaurant in North Jakarta, which is not far from their home, where the restaurant is a favorite Mayang restaurant with their late husband.

After the Asar prayer, they immediately went to Muara Angke, Arga himself who drove.

Not until thirty minutes, the three have arrived at the floating restaurant, it looks like the visitors have crowded the seafood restaurant.

Many young couples, married couples and even one family seemed to meet in every corner of the room.

In the afternoon especially today coincides with Sunday night, visitors are much more crowded than ordinary days.

Mayang ordered several menus, crab saos oysters, fried squid flour, grilled lobster, grilled fish, and various vegetables at the entrance of the restaurant that had been staying by the restaurant attendant to record visitor orders, then another restaurant attendant escorted them into the room.

"In the room near the window only mas, so it's good to be able to directly look at the beach," Pinta Mayang told the resto officer.

And coincidentally, the room in question Mayang just empty because the visitor just came out leaving the restaurant.

"Please sit down ma'am, the food will be delivered in approximately thirty minutes," the attendant ushered into a room that had just been empty and let his guest sit down.

The three sat down on a chair by the window.

"Thank you, mas" said Mayang and then the resto officer immediately left the room.

After they sat down and enjoyed the beach atmosphere from the room they were in at this time, Arga suddenly asked a question to his wife.

"Darling, do you remember not the chair you're sitting in now?" asked Arga looking at Laras.

Laras smiled nodding.

"Yes remember, this chair where we sat a few months ago, the first time mas invited me to eat here," said Laras considering the moment where Arga first invited him to eat at this restaurant.

"So you guys have eaten here?" asked Mayang to chimed in.

"Yes ma, at that time Laras was not feeling well, Arga took the initiative to invite him to eat here," explained the handsome man to the mother.

"Oh so, means this is the second time you come here son?," Mayang asked staring at Laras.

"Yes ma, Laras is happy to come here, besides being able to eat fresh seafood, Laras can also enjoy from the top of this restaurant the atmosphere of the beach in the afternoon," said Laras spread the view to the crashing waves that were rolling slowly blown by the afternoon breeze.

"Yes, my mother used to invite your late father to come here, with Arga and his brothers," Mayang told his son-in-law.

"Yes ma, Laras already know from the Arga mas that this restaurant is my favorite place. Mas Arga once told Laras,"

"Yes, what Arga told me is true, this is the place where my mom and your dad remember," Mayang smiled as he recalled the times he came to this restaurant with his late husband.

"And this is also the place of Arga's memory with Laras ma..," suddenly Arga chimed in the words of the mother.

Laras and Mayang immediately exchanged glances and smiled together to hear Arga's words.

"Are you, baby? This is also where your memories are with me and also where we ate our first meal together?" Arga asked the wife.

"Dear, this is also a place of memory with mas, I always remember that time," said Laras smilingly looking at Arga followed by smiles from Arga and Mayang.

Thirty minutes waiting, finally the food came, and the three immediately ate a fresh seafood dish that had been served at the table.

"Mama can no longer eat too much of this delicious food, avoid cholesterol, you also do not eat too often high cholesterol, although still young but you must still maintain your diet and health," mayang's advice to both of his favorites.

"Yes ma," said Laras and Arga in unison.

An hour more they enjoyed the seafood at the restaurant, Mayang who did eat a little, had first finished his meal.

"You go to the toilet and wash your hands" said the woman standing up from the chair.

"Let Laras accompany my mother," Laras was about to move from his seat.

"No need, you're pregnant, you're still going to the toilet on your own, you haven't finished eating, either" Mayang forbade her daughter-in-law.

Laras sat down again to obey the words of his father-in-law.

Arga and Laras continue to eat, Laras as usual helps open the crab shell for Arga and feed into the mouth of the husband.

The handsome man greedily ate the crab meat from the mouthful of his wife.

Shortly after, the husband and wife had finished eating and washing their hands and sat back in the chair waiting for Mayang from the toilet.

Arga looked at Laras' sweaty forehead, the handsome man took a few pieces of tissue and dried his wife's sweat, then rubbed the beautiful woman's stomach with affection.

Mayang who just came out of the toilet accidentally looked at the child and his daughter-in-law who was laughing happily.

The middle-aged woman also smiled happily at the happiness of Arga and Laras.

Mayang deliberately did not go directly to the table where the child and his son-in-law were sitting, the woman was sitting in an empty chair not far from the existence of Arga and Laras.

From where she was sitting at the moment, the middle-aged woman continued to observe and pay attention to her child and daughter-in-law who were chatting while laughing, Arga occasionally kissed Laras stomach, she said, looks a happy smile on the face of Mayang who began to age watching the scene in front of him.

Flashback a few months ago.

When Laras just found out about her pregnancy, the next day Laras immediately invited Arga to stay at his favorite in-laws' house to convey the happy news that had long awaited and awaited the in-laws.

Later that night, as they were sitting relaxing in the living room while enjoying a snack on the table, Arga said to the mother.

"Ma, you know something?" asked Arga, who was sitting in front of her mother.

"What's the matter?" Mayang asked curiously looking at Arga.

"Mama's desire will soon be realized ma..," said Arga deliberately not explain in detail.

"Which mama wants?" Mayang was increasingly curious by the words Arga did not explain in detail.

"Grandchild" said Arga in short.

A word that is short but able to make the prospective grandmother surprised.

"Huh?!," Mayang's eyes rounded and immediately looked at Laras who was sitting beside Arga.

"Good-grandson? Is that true, dear?" you are now pregnant?," Mayang asked the daughter-in-law with a radiant face.

"Yes ma, right," Laras smiled confirming the in-law's question.

"Alhamdulillah, soon mama will be a grandmother, mama so impatient," said Mayang moved from the sofa and sat beside Laras then hugged his daughter-in-law.

"Congratulations dear, herbs must take good care of your womb, later mama will once a week stay at your house to accompany you," said the good-hearted in-laws.

"Yes ma, thank you, Laras is very lucky to have a husband and in-law like Arga mas and mama," said Laras hugged the in-laws tightly.

Mayang took off a hug, then looked at Arga who was beside Laras.

"Remember, you as a husband should always take care and serve your wife well, never make her sad, angry let alone stressed. Pregnant women should always be guarded feelings, should make him happy and should not make it a lot of thoughts," Mayang advised as well as warned the son.

"Yes ma, Arga will always be next to your favorite daughter-in-law and will not make her sad" said Arga reassuring the mother.

Flash back done.

Mayang smiled to himself given the happy news that Arga and Laras brought a few months ago.

Mayang returned to the room where Arga and Laras were, and a few minutes later they returned home.

*****

Two months later.

Thursday, 08:00.

"Congratulations Tin, your baby is so handsome" said Laras smilingly stroking the red baby beside Tina.

"Thank you Race, so I'm ahead of you, the doctor estimates ten more days, but the baby can't wait to come out today too," said Tina chuckling as she glanced at her tiny baby.

"Yes, just like you who are often impatient," interrupted Laras teasing Laras who made Tina smile nodding, confirming Laras' words.

Arga and Rico who were standing not far from Tina's bed, only smiled at their wife's conversation.

Then Arga also congratulated his assistant and best friend.

"Congratulations! got a little whiz!," Arga patted Rico on the shoulder and hugged him.

*****

Next day.

Friday, 05:00.

Arga and Laras just finished performing the Fajr prayer.

After folding the face and prayer mats, the pregnant woman stood up from her seat with the help of her husband.

Suddenly Laras held onto the stomach and slightly grimaced, the woman felt a pain in the stomach.

"O dear God, my stomach is sakiiit," Laras leaned against Arga's body, trying to hold on to her husband.

Arga who saw Laras grimacing in pain immediately moved quickly to lift the wife's body and lay on the bed.

"Honey, the delivery schedule is still one week away, is today you are going to give birth?," asked Arga worriedly grimaced to see Laras grimacing.

"It looks like yes, the pain is getting wrapped around, please take me to the hospital," said Laras holding the stomach that feels more pain to the back of the back.

"Well, calm down, be patient baby, hold on a little, I'll take you to the hospital soon, wait a minute, I'll call a Gatot mang to take us," Arga said, unable to hide the panic.

Arga galloped out from the door of the room, the man with quick footsteps, dashing down the stairs calling for the Gatot mang, the, fortunately, Mang Gatot had woken up and was sitting in the kitchen with Bik Lina.

"Mang Gatooot, Mang Gatooot! get the CRV out! My wife is about to give birth!" cried Arga in panic and then ran back up.

"Darling, dear, you are still strong right?," Arga had reached the bed, his breathing seemed to be stingy, holding Laras' hand with an anxious look.

"O Allah, it feels more twisted, it hurts so dear..," Laras began to sweat to withstand the pain that hit his stomach and back, it looks like the mattress has been slightly wet by amniotic fluid.

Arga felt so worried to see Laras who was holding pain, Arga also had seen there was a little water seeping from the negligent wife, it felt that the man could not see the state of Laras, his heart became sore.

"Mas don't worry so, I'm fine, keep praying..," the woman still tried to calm Arga when she saw the tension on her husband's face, even though Laras himself was already in pain.

"Dear, let's go now" the man deftly carried Laras' body, not forgetting to take the phone at the table and put it in his pajama pocket.

The man quickly exited the room and descended the steps one by one very carefully.

Arga went straight to the car that had been prepared by Mang Gatot and immediately put the body Baras into the Honda CRV.

Without waiting long, quickly Mang Gatot directly run the car out of the fence that had been opened Sapri.

Arga laid Laras' head on his chest, holding his wife's body.

Arga reached into a cell phone in his pajama pocket and called the doctor Sylvia, an obstetrician who visited Laras and Tina every month. Arga immediately called Sylvia's doctor and asked the doctor to come to the hospital immediately.

The doctor complied with Arga's request and will be rushed to the hospital soon.

Luckily, the man was still thinking about taking his phone from the room table, so he could tell the doctor if his wife was going to give birth soon.

"Honey, baby, hold it, soon we get to the hospital," said Arga continued to feel anxious, his face looked so panicked, behind his head with anxiety and fear mixed.

"Dear, I am still strong, O Allah." Baras tried to endure the pain that was getting wrapped up.

The barrel feels the sense of contraction is more spread, pain and wrapped around the more it feels gripping the stomach.

"You must be very sick, be patient, baby, we will get to the hospital soon," Arga tried to calm Laras and rubbed the woman's stomach, continued to wipe it so that the wife can remain calm.

Arga tried as hard as possible to calm the wife, but in her was feeling great fear, she was very afraid of anything happening to Laras, she said, and he wouldn't be able to live if something happened to the wife he loved so much.

For some reason, suddenly the tears just melted from both corners of the man's eyes, when he saw that Laras was still grimacing withstanding the pain, the man was very afraid that if Baras left him, he was afraid, he will not be able to accept the reality if the stewing thing will happen to the wife.

In times of emergency like this, the shadow of the past, when he hurt even hurt Laras suddenly flashed again, the man's heart felt even more sliced, as he hurt, and guilt and remorse re-emerged in his heart.

"Darling, dear.., hold on dear.., forgive my old mistakes, I love you, love you so much.., you must endure for the sake of me and our future children..," said Arga on the sidelines of his sob.

Laras could only nod softly in response to Arga's words, only his hands strengthened his arms to Arga's body, while in the heart the woman was unceasingly praying for her smoothness and safety for herself and her future children.

Arga also did not stop praying and surrender to Allah SWT for the salvation of his wife and prospective children.

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