
A body that was still covered in a thick blanket began to wriggle. The morning began to say hello, the sun began to show his might but the owner of the body is still tired was still reluctant to open his eyes.
those who are still asleep, slowly. "Wake up" continued Ratih later.
The girl squirmed again, but remained with her eyes closed. His sleep is really good at the moment.
Practice a thin smile. There is a happiness that emanates from the middle-aged face when he sees the Miss regardless of suffering.
After a long journey, the new group reached Thomas' residence almost in the early hours of the morning. The sudden atmosphere had to be when the Thomas family welcomed the arrival of Isabel and Praja which had been for many years could not be found with tears.
Praja immediately received special treatment from a specialist doctor who is still a close relative of Thomas in one of the hospital in the capital. Praja did not get medical attention while living with Arum to make his paralyzed body deteriorate until the whole body is almost unable to move back.
At first Praja was only paralyzed in the legs, but over time and the lack of therapy or drugs that the man consumed, making his entire body weakened and lost energy.
Laura, Isabel's late mother did not come from an ordinary family. Laura was born from a fairly well-to-do family that also has a wide variety of businesses that have spread in the capital. So did Thomas, Laura's sister who also inherited the footsteps of the father.
Laura's family is not indifferent to the fate and growth of Isabel. They also had to make various efforts to be able to bring Isabel away from Praja at that time, only Laura was the one who forbade. However, Praja is still the old father of his daughter who has been naturally raising and also supporting their only daughter. Praja also threatened to sue Laura's family, if she was deliberately separated from the princess for any reason. Laura can only resign, she can not do much other than ask her family to no longer bring up the problem of Isabel and Praja life. Especially with the condition of his body which is now starting to deteriorate due to the decision of Praja who married Arum as his second wife.
"Miss, get up," said Ratih again. "Is the lady not hungry. Now it's almost lunch time."
Isabel spontaneously opened her eyes and woke up.
"What! Really true?" Isabel looked at Ratih with a look of disbelief.
"Right," replied Ratih while nodding his head.
"Oh, my sleep this time is really good, aunt." Isabel looked around. A room is quite spacious with furniture and all knick knacks are dominated by light green. Room he had occupied for a long time. A room that Thomas deliberately prepared for him, if he had stayed since childhood.
"Oh, I miss this room so much, aunt." Isabel restores her body on a super soft mattress that makes her sleep really comfortable last night. He had even forgotten, when was the last time he could fall asleep this late.
"Ishable." A beautiful woman with a five-year-old little girl, entered Isabel's room with a smile on her thin lips. She is Kinanty, wife of Thomas.
"Aunt Kinan," said Isabel with a glowing face. The girl quickly went down the bed and hugged the body of Kinanty and his little nephew.
"How you sleep, son. Wakeless?" Kinanty asked enthusiastically. He rubbed Isabel's head full of affection, as he often did before.
"Very. It's so good I woke up bad." Both chuckle. Isabel's gaze now turned to the adorable little girl with the cheek of a kingpin. The girl's hand moved nosy until finally clamping the two cheeks of the boy's lock because it was so anxious.
"Hi girl," said Isabel.
The little girl smiled widely, but she was embarrassed and chose to hide behind her body.
"Name Anabel. I purposely gave him a name that was quite similar to yours. Honestly, aunts miss you so much, aunts always remember you, so that at the time of conceiving and giving birth to Ana, Thomas and I agreed to give her the name Anabel. Anabella."
Isabel teased. He knelt down to equalize his height with the little girl who looked at him with a look of confusion. This is the first time they met. It was only natural that Ana still felt afraid of Isabel.
Isabel quickly clutched Anabel's body tightly. He kissed the girl's cheek while saying thank you. The little girl was confused, but she allowed Isabel to embrace her and did not intend to let go. However, the little girl knew that the girl who was holding her was now part of her family.
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Praja stared at the ceiling of the room. Once in the capital, Thomas immediately took him to undergo treatment at a hospital that was handled directly by a speaialis doctor.
Praja feels completely useless now. He was also ashamed of the family of his late wife whom he had been away from.
The treatment room door is open. A doctor and a nurse entered the room. Thomas was also seen trailing behind.
The nurse examined Praja's condition with the supervision of a doctor. The Doctor approached Thomas, both of whom were talking quite seriously about the state of Praja. Sometimes Thomas is seen nodding with a serious face. Not long after, the doctor and the nurse left the room to leave Praja and Thomas.
A moment of silence ambushed. Both were silent, without any conversation. If Thomas may be reluctant, but not with Praja who honestly feel embarrassed when going to start the conversation first.
"Thom, thank you." Praja's voice brushes Thomas's sense of hearing.
The sister of the late Laura sighed deeply and then said, "For what?"
"Color has taken us away from Arum."
Praja's answer, spontaneous makes Thomas appreciate.
"If not at Isabel's request, I would not have brought you with me. But what's more, my niece is desperate not to leave if she's not with you."
The corner of Praja's eyes began to heat up. The man in a lying position almost launched a clear circle from both corners of the eye, but as much as possible he could hold.
"Don't be surprised by what I say. I don't think it's worth what you did to my sister." Thomas deliberately unfolds the memory of the past to open the eyes of Praja's heart.
"Sorry," said Praja regretfully.
"I still can't believe seeing your condition right now. Apparently, five years have passed so much has changed." Thomas paused for a moment of speech. He looked carefully at the current condition of Praja's body.
Thomas chuckled.
"Women who managed to shift the position of my brother really play a neat role to successfully make a man as tough as you become a useless paralyzed man" said Thomas who made Praja mentally weaker. The man bowed lethargic with teary eyeballs.
"Where was Praja I knew? Ambitious man who eventually subdued by lust. Where was Praja, the proud man who could have wasted his own wife for another woman, whom he claimed was better." Thomas stared at his interlocutor sharply. The man seemed to be venting his heartache over the events of a few years ago that made his older sister suffer to lose her life.
Laura's death was the biggest blow to the entire family. They know enough about Laura's pain, though, only the intermediary due to no longer able to bear the inner wounds that had been incised by her husband to bring other women in a household that was actually built with thousands of wounds and tears.
It used to be that Laura's parents did not approve of her daughter's marriage to Praja. I don't know what the problem is, even Laura herself doesn't know exactly why.
But the hardship of Praja to be able to melt the hearts of Laura's parents, making the middle-aged couple finally grant the princess' desire to be able to marry the man she loves.
And now after all the tempest that happened did Laura's parents regret the decision given? I don't know. The couple had even died not long after Laura was called the creator.
Thomas was claustrophobic in the chest as those poignant memories flashed back to his mind. I swear by anything if it wasn't for Isabel, the man lying on this patient's bed, would have died in her hands.
"For God's sake, a-I'm really sorry." Lirih Praja.
Thomas chuckled, as if ridiculing.
"slowly. Your regret will not be able to restore my brother's life, nor the trauma that my nephew must have felt."
Praja was back down inside. Indeed, the regret is now useless. He was unable to restore anything he had destroyed. Now there is only a bitter reality that he must accept where Arum, the woman he loves with all his heart, can incur a deep wound and make his life crumble.
"Remember! If it wasn't for Isabel, you would have died in my hands. So, don't misunderstand my kindness for bringing you to this hospital. All just as a form of my love for Isabel and nothing more. I hope you're aware of who you are. The cowardly man who would destroy his own household." Thomas's gone. He stepped out after closing the door quite tight. Anger was clearly still depicted on his face. Meeting Praja back was honestly not something he wanted. But how else. Isabella was like her own daughter, and she will forever remain that way. Maybe he should learn to make peace with the past, at least to make Isabek smile again.