CHEATING

Proposing

Zaky was chatting with James Watson when his phone rang, and Zaky asked permission to answer the call. He stood in the corner of the room and answered his call, as soon as the look on his face turned riled up. Zaky turned off the call and immediately took a break from some of his colleagues. He ran to the elevator to the parking lot. At high speed, his mind drifted somewhere. The one in her head was somehow Tia's current state, a bad shadow spinning in her head. He was terrified to remember what might have happened to his wife and baby.

Zaky was so scared and panicked, almost several times he almost collided with other road users. He didn't care, his heart seemed like it was about to explode at this moment. He wanted to teleport so much that he could arrive at the hospital right now. After grappling with so many questions, he finally arrived at the hospital precisely installed emergency department. There, Mr. Pandi and Robi, Bi Tuti with a doctor and a nurse were in the action room. Zaky approached the two men.

" Where are the children?"

" At home with Lila, we'll be there as soon as Mr. Pandi calls."

"Where's Tia? How are things, and you sir, why don't you take care of my wife!" Zaky yelled at Pak Pandi.

"Boss, this is not the time to blame. We're focusing on Tia's situation first." Robi held him back and took him to a waiting chair.

Zaky shuffled and sat on the waiting bench. A moment later the doctor came out. Bi Tuti goosebumps when he sees Zaky there. He was terrified because he had failed to take good care of Tia.

"Where is her husband?" ask the doctor about them all.

" I'm a doctor." replied Zaky.

" Can we talk for a second. Follow me." The doctor left them all.

Zaky followed the doctor to his room not so far from the action room earlier. There they sat facing each other

" All right sir, just get to the point. His wife was in a coma due to heavy bleeding in the head. And I'm very worried about the safety of your wife and the baby. Soon maybe if you allow it, we will do a cesarean section to save the baby, as well as do brain surgery to stop bleeding in the head. This operation is likely to succeed 50:50 considering the bleeding is quite serious. There's no other choice we can make sir. If you agree, sign this license, then we'll take immediate action."

Zaky closed his eyes.

My God, what our fault is that bad things keep happening.

Zaky pulled the paper the doctor had provided her. He signed it with trembling hands, and pushed it back in front of the doctor.

"Good sir. I will prepare for the operation. Please wait outside."

While the doctor prepares surgery for Tia, Zaky goes to see the state of his wife in the IGD action room. Looks like the woman he loved was lying in the ward with her head wounded and still bleeding. His skin looked pale and his hands felt so cold. His hair was still wet from drowning in the pool water. Zaky sat on the edge of the ward holding his wife's hand and kissing Tia's long, bulging belly.

Honey, please hold on. You're strong, you're a great woman, hang on for our children. Hang on for your baby. Hang on for me, I can't imagine living without you. Tia my wife, please hold on.

Zaky sobbed there, but the woman in his arms only stretched stiff, even her breathing barely seemed to hit. The doctor arrives and asks Zaky for permission to take Tia to the operating room. Zaky let go of his wife without being able to say a word. He came out to sit with Pak Pandi and Robi. Robi patted Zaky's shoulder to strengthen her. Bi Tuti stood in the corner terrified of Zaky. She felt guilty for letting Tia walk herself inside.

The night before, the operation had already begun, the lights on the operating room door were already on. Zaky could not sit quietly, he stood up and turned around, sometimes it seemed he was massaging his forehead also occasionally robbing his hair to look messy. Zaky looked at Bi Tuti from the corner of his eye, He just thought to ask what really happened. Zaky sat beside Bi Tuti and looked at the old woman. His two eyes immediately got wet upon seeing Zaky.

"Bi, I'm not going to scold you, tell me what happened, why did he get by the pool?"

Crying can explain. " The kids played in the pool this afternoon. Tia was bored and wanted to go down to see the children, I had forbidden it, but when I went to the kitchen to take juice and snacks for the children before they started bathing, but when I went to the kitchen to take juice and snacks for the children, he's already there. I asked him to come in and take him inside, but he wouldn't let me leave my son in the pool unattended. By the time I turned around, he had already fallen banged against the pool divider and splashed. Me and Mr. Pandi lifted him up from the pool. He is no longer conscious."

Zaky leaned his head against the wall. Inwardly he lamented why Tia had come down from the room. Ever since they found out about Tia's pregnancy, and especially after knowing her baby boy, Zaky was overprotective, he was even impressed like locking his wife in a room, he said, Tia's just out and on the road only if she's with Zaky.

Half an hour later the operating room door opened. Two nurses were carrying babies in incubators. All who were in the waiting room immediately stood up to greet the baby. Zaky's heart trembled.

"Congratulations sir. Your baby was born safe, he's a boy.."

"We're going to take him to the nursery, his wife is having brain surgery. Please pray for the baby's mother."

Bi Tuti was unable to hold back his cries anymore. Seeing that little baby with a holy face like his mother made him so sad. The baby left them. Robi embraces Zaky who looks helpless after seeing the baby.

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At home, Lila continues to calm the children. Naya and Nami are already asleep while Zoya and Ifa are still asking questions about the state of her mother and her future sister. Lila tells Zoya and Ifa not to worry, praying for mom and baby is all that matters now.

Lila got a call from the robi, she answered immediately.

" Are you okay with the kids?" ask Robi from across the street.

" Yes, how's brother?"

" The baby was born safely by caesarean section. Tia is undergoing brain surgery. Pray for him."

Lila cried considering Tia who had been in her considered like her own sister.

" You rest with the children. You're pregnant too. It's a tough day for all of us. I'll tell you later."

" Good baby."

Lila closed the call and her tears sagged. Zoya and Ifa embrace him. Lila tells her that the baby's sister has been born, but she hasn't finished surgery. The three of them prayed together.

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The clock shows at 12 p.m. The lights on the operating room door turned green. Not long after that door opened. The doctor came out from there with a riled face, some assistants and nurses also came out from there. All those waiting stood up immediately, Zaky asked how his wife was doing, and the doctor asked him to speak in the room.

Arriving at the room, the distraught Zaky immediately forced the doctor to answer.

" What's up, doc? say it!"

" So sir, the operation is over and we've done everything we can to save your wife. The critical period has passed and the bleeding in the brain has been treated. But unfortunately the father's wife may not be immediately aware in the near future. He is still in a coma. All this now depends on the power of God and the strength of your wife. I hope there will be a miracle."

Zaky drowned leaning against the chair. Why comma if the operation goes well.

Honey, please wake up.. Our son is born. Little Ben, you want to watch him, don't you?

" How long will he be conscious doc? "

"I can't be sure. During the coma, we will install life-sustaining therapy or life support tools on him. That's how he can survive. Pray the best for your wife."

And the sky was like a collapse for Zaky to hear that his beloved wife lived and survived with a device. I don't know what will happen tomorrow.

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