Best Defense

chapter 55

Franda and Nino had returned to the treatment room, accompanied by two nurses pushing the gurney. They were greeted by the anxious faces of all the family members who had been waiting for an hour and a half ago, Nino deliberately did not tell them that the baby was born.

"Hey! Hows it? Where's my grandson?" mama Rossa asked impatiently, her voice almost deafening, and her eyes looked around trying to find her grandson.

"Ma, slow down a little bit! Franda had just fallen asleep." said Nino quickly as he looked at his wife's tired face. "Ben's still in the nursery, he'll be ushered in." she continued.

"What's going on? Is my grandson okay?" ask Mama worried. The others approached the hospital bed to see Franda.

"Yes, he's fine, Ma! Very healthy, and handsome like me." replied Nino proud of her big smile.

"Then, why not bring it here?" mama asked again, the old woman was really impatient.

"The doctor still has to do some checks to make sure nothing goes wrong... Just a few hours" said Nino.

"But he's okay, right?"

"Yes, Ma. Your granddaughter is fine, don't worry..." Nino hugged Mama Rossa tightly, She understood her Mama's excessive worries, especially related to the grandchildren she had been waiting for for several years.

Mama Rossa cried when she received her son's embrace, her happiness was not able to be said with words, having a successor from her family was the happiest thing in her life. The same happy feeling as when giving birth to Nino first, but this time happier again because of the struggle of the child and his daughter-in-law who was so patient.

"Congratulations to you, dear" Mama Rossa said after their embrace was released.

Nino nodded, then received hugs and congratulations from the others, starting from Papa Azka, Edward, Mother, and Mia who were so excited.

"You made it, huh? Stop being stupid, from now focus on them. I'm gonna kill you if you make her cry again!" mia said in the ear of her sister-in-law, whispering her last sentence to threaten Nino.

Nino smiled and nodded, not offended at the slightest threat from her sister-in-law, She felt it was natural that Mia said it because of course the young girl loved her brother very much.

"Thank you, Mia! It's best that from now on you stop poisoning my wife with your extraordinary high-class fashion sense, she'll bankrupt me instantly." Nino satirized back, raising her next to her eyebrows.

"I did it so you wouldn't have the rest to give to another woman, it's better for Panda to spend it! I can even help him bankrupt you sooner than you think." Mia replied casually.

His reply made everyone laugh when they heard Mia saying it out loud, especially Nino who smiled clumsily while scratching her nape that did not itch at all. Mia's words were so spicy, although not painful but still disturbing because the girl insinuated her previous affair with Jenny.

"Don't listen to Mia, she's not serious about saying it" Marissa's mother said.

Nino nodded, "It's okay, Mom. I was once guilty of your daughter." replied Nino, looking down, not daring to look her mother-in-law in the eye.

Marissa's mother smiled, patting the base of Nino's arm a few times. "Forget it, live it well ahead." Mother's message.

Nino nodded again.

"You better rest now, because you won't have another chance once your wife wakes up and your son is ushered here" said Mama, who knows how Nino's situation will be.

Nino obeyed his mother's advice, He also felt very tired, his whole body was only crumbling once his wife gave birth, because he had never felt it before. The focus continues to center on Franda, getting Franda to chat or do silly things that make her laugh.

Franda wriggled, his sleep disturbed due to the cold that pierced to his bones, his hands and lips trembled, even to the point of making his upper and lower teeth clashed.

"You need something?" mia asked, holding her brother's arm.

Franda folded both hands on his chest, he wanted to sideways but could not because his lower body was still stiff after surgery an hour ago. "Hm, blanket! Please raise the AC temperature" Franda said after opening her eyes.

Mia quickly pulled the blanket over, covering Franda's body up to her neck. Then quickly grabbing the AC remote, his forehead wrinkled at the temperature that showed the number 27°C, it shouldn't be cold, thought Mia.

"Not to be reduced, Franda was cold because she just finished surgery, it was common" said Mother answer questions in Mia's head.

"Oh, but why?" ask Mia.

"The causes are many, but this is indeed common, the medical term is postpartum shivering." explains Mother.

Mia nodded in understanding. Mother adds to the thick blanket she carries from home along with other belongings belonging to Franda, Nino, and Ben, their tiny baby.

"Thank's, Mom!" franda said with quivering lips, "Where's Nino?" she has not seen her husband sleeping on the couch, as Mama Rossa sat blocking her view.

"Sleep, tuh! Wanna wake?" mama Rossa replied, tilting her body.

Franda shook her head, "Let it go, Ma. He must have been tired since yesterday."

"That's her job, which you gave birth to is her son too" said Mama Rossa. "Franda, congratulations to you, honey. Thank you for being patient with Nino's condition, Mama is grateful that you accompanied her all this time, Forgive her mistakes in the past, hm?" continued Mama Rossa.

Franda smiled, "I've forgotten it, Ma." she replied honestly.

Mama Rossa shook her head, "Mama knows it's not that easy to forget, the past will always haunt your marriage. Trust your husband, trust my son, be assured that he is truly sorry for what he did, my dear. Mama herself will beat him up right away if he dares to do it again to you, that's Mama's promise to you."

"Yes, Ma. I believe him."

"Would you like to eat something?" ask Mom after a while.

Franda shook her head, "I'm not hungry, Mom!" he answered, his hands were busy tightly hugging the blanket to warm his body.

The sound of the open door of the treatment room turned their eyes away, Edward who had just returned with food, smiled closer and put his luggage on the table beside the hospital bed.

"How was it?" ask her while smiling.

"Rifiying!" answer Franda briefly.

"Well, you're like someone who's going to die tomorrow!" eyed Edward who saw his sister shivering with lips that continued to tremble.

Franda rolled her eyes, "Thank you!" he said, lazy to serve his brother's joke.

Edward chuckled, "I'm just kidding, why are you so serious?" said relax. "Anyway, congratulations! I'm happy for you!" continued again.

"Hm."