
"Don't go! I want to enjoy my lost time with you, Dad."
Mr. Kafeel, I mean dad, he turned his body around and looked at me. One tear escaped his old eye. He slowly approached me with a hint of doubt.
"What did you call me?" father asked, implied doubt in his eyes.
I looked at the man who had always been the one I expected most in my life. "Dad!"
The crying broke, but not from my lips or my mother's. Except from my father's lips, he forgot his arrogant and cold attitude. His image as a cold and haughty man had faded away and was replaced by the warmth and helplessness so evident in his eyes.
My heart trembled to see my father crying happily just because I called him father. Simple things that are so hard for me to do.
"I'm sorry, Dad," I said, trying to stand closer to my father.
I took my hand and kissed her. But her tears did not stop flowing.
"This tiny hand has turned into a pretty hand. I'm sorry that I didn't accompany you through the most important times of your life, dear," said the father.
I put my hand on my hand with my hand. "Then, come on, go back in time!"
***
The knocking sound produced by the shoes that are mutually unpretentious forced me to open my eyes and immediately see the figure of Daffin who had just entered the room, followed by Shaka who was no less anxious with Daffin.
"Mrs Stevano?" Highlight Daffin's eyes on me who was lying on the patient bed, then turned to look at the mother who was sitting beside me. "What's going on, Maya?" tanyanya flat.
Mother smiled warmly in response to Daffin's cold attitude. He immediately stood up as if to make room for Daffin to get close to me.
"Lily and your mischievous son are fine. He just wanted to scare us all." so mom walked to the couch across the room.
"Son?" Daffin's blue eyes are perfectly rounded.
I nodded when our sight met. "Yes! I told you he was a son. Now you believe me?"
Daffin. His eyes glazed over until finally the tear-filled fur fell on his cheek.
"Why are you crying?" I asked confused, then looked at the mother who was just silently watching. "Mom, looks like Daffin wants a daughter. Lookie! She cried so much to know I was carrying a son." I complained.
The corner of Daffin's lips drew a smile in the middle of his tears. "You're wrong, Mrs Stevano! I cry because I am happy. Happy that God has returned one of your sons."
That'sthat's true! My son came back to me. He can't watch me live alone. And he's the reason I've remained strong to this day. Unfortunately, I always ignored his presence until he acted in my stomach to attract the attention of everyone.
Flashback ...
The fun and excitement of the playground atmosphere has always been a stunning sight other than the rides that stimulate adrenaline.
Ever since I was a kid, I've loved visiting playgrounds with Erlan. However, when my friends started mocking me and showing their family warmth, I never wanted to go to the playground again.
"You want to ride that ride?" ask dad, his hand touched my shoulder.
My view is fixed on a vehicle that is quite challenging, but it is not the vehicle that I want.
"No, Dad!" My head shook, then pointed at one of the rides reserved for children. "I want to ride it!" my door.
Father and mother could not hide their shock, until they looked at me with enlarged eyes.
"Darling, are you sure? You're an adult." asked mom, more precisely persuade mom.
I nodded for sure. "Yes, Mom, I always wanted to ride it with my parents like my friends did."
Mom seems doubtful. "But, Honey"
Suddenly I grabbed my hand. "If that's what Lily wants, then that's what's going to happen."
Dad took my hand and I held my mother's hand. In my heart, I continue to be grateful that God still gives me the opportunity to feel today. A day when I can enjoy what my friends say.
"Only children with parents can feel this kind of happiness."
"Darling?" Mom's look was filled with worry.
A smile on my lips. "I'm fine, Mom! I'm just showing the world that I've found my happiness."
Mom's tear and dad's smile that never left her face made me feel really happy. All the things I've always wanted to do as well as all the things I missed when I was a kid, everything I did today. I don't care about people looking at me weird. The important thing is that I have filled my happy memories that were empty.
From a distance, I saw a cotton sugar salesman and asked my father to buy him. In an instant, a bundle of cotton sugar was already in my hands.
I pinched that appetizing cotton sugar. The first pinch I gave to the mother who received it in silence, then the second pinch I gave to the father who immediately brandished his two thumbs. However, when I was about to put cotton sugar into my own mouth, I suddenly felt something in my stomach.
"Aahh ..," I cried because I felt something just move inside my stomach. "My stomach ...."
Immediately panic was created because my father and mother immediately took me to the hospital without asking what I was feeling. Ah, this is embarrassing! Especially when the doctor asked me how I felt.
"I ... I felt something move in my stomach, Doctor, but it's not anymore" I said, a little embarrassed at the fact that it created panic.
The young doctor smiled. "Have you never felt this before, ma'am?"
I shook my head because this was the first time I felt this.
"This is common in the womb that enters the second trimester. You should've felt it a few times, but it wasn't a problem." explained the doctor, who placed a stethoscope on my stomach. "You can feel it? The baby kicked again." he asked enthusiastically.
Aye! I feel it again. "So, the movement in my stomach ...."
"Yes, Madam! That's your baby's movement. He wanted to show her whereabouts." said the doctor. "What if we do an ultrasound to see the condition of your baby? When was the last time you did it?" tanyakanya.
I rolled my eyeballs, looking for answers to the doctor's questions. "When I first learned of my pregnancy."
The problems that came over and over made me forget about my pregnancy. The chance I had when I met Rei at the hospital, I just missed it.
"Alright, we can do an examination to see the condition of your baby" said the doctor, asking the nurse to prepare everything.
No need to wait long, the doctor has put a tool on my stomach that has been given the gel before. The cold gel that hit my stomach made me flinch because I was so focused on the computer screen beside me.
"Look, ma'am, it's your baby." Show the doctor on the screen.
A computer screen showed a picture of a baby curling up. The shape of his head was already visible, but not so clear. The doctor also heard the sound of the baby's heartbeat in my stomach.
"Your gestational age is entering the twenty-third week, ma'am. Everything is good, your baby's weight is also normal." explained the doctor.
Unable to hold back my day, my tears flowed without me stopping. I miss the father of this baby.
"You're lucky, ma'am, it looks like your baby is in a good mood." exclaimed the doctor as he continued to slide the device he placed over my stomach.
"meaning?" many confused.
My mother's warm hands caressed my hair. I had forgotten the presence of my faithful mother who had accompanied me since.
"What's my grandson's gender, Doctor?" ask mother.
"Congratulations, ma'am, the Stevano prince is about to be born."
Flasback off ...
"We're all happy too, Daffin, congratulations! Your and David's dreams will soon be fulfilled." I threw out a pat on Daffin's shoulder.
"Thank you, Dad, it's all thanks to your daughter."
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