Dusk At the End Please

Extra Part 22: Handheld My Hand

"You know, time doesn't give us a chance to repeat what we've been through, but it gives us a chance to make a change"

Liani only glanced at Ghifar when she heard the man speak a wise sentence justified by his wits. He took a deep breath, as if responding if what the man said was true.

They are currently standing facing a glass window that borders the space between them and two tiny babies who appear to be increasingly active and healthy.

"Look, her hands are waving at me" Liani turned the sidestepping conversation away from the topic that made her heart feel claustrophobic, she understood where the man was heading. Liani saw the tiny baby raise his hand as if waving at her.

"It seems he knows if his aunty is grieving" Ghifar's sneer made Liani snort, until the man chuckled when he saw her.

"I just want to remind you to be firm on what you have decided, no longer waver just because of a small attention that eventually re-opens your heart's wounds" Ghifar again uttered a sharp sentence, making Liani's mental shrink because the silent and cold man before him was very understanding of what his heart was feeling. Somehow she changed her call to me and you made Liani a little awkward,

"What experience sir?" Liani did not want to dissolve in that thought, she again joked about expelling the awkwardness between them.

All this time he was not easily open to anyone about the affairs of the heart and his feelings. Only Shanum knew very well how his heart was because he always told the slightest thing he felt to Shanum. But somehow the man who was now standing side by side with her seemed to know everything.

"You think?" Ghifar asked back, looking at the girl next to him, making Liani clumsy herself.

"It looks like it is" Liani replied again neutralizing the state of her heart,

"It's good that you know" Ghifar replied as he passed,

"Well, where are you going?" Ghifar just waved his hand without looking.

"Hissshhh" liani who felt neglected by the man.

"You come with me" suddenly the man he had just cursed was back standing behind him,

"Where?" asked Liani ketus, she was still upset because she had been ignored.

"Do you want to be with them here?" Ghifar pointed with the corner of his eye towards where three people were walking towards him while chatting.

"No, I'm coming with you" Liani replied quickly after finding out who was walking towards her.

Akhtar, Ahsan and Suraya are now at the glass door of the baby room. Ghifar slightly lowered his head towards them when it was close,

"Please sir, there will be a nurse who will accompany you to meet them" Ghifar appointed a nurse who will accompany Akhtar who will accuse his two children. He will always be formal to Akhtar and Ahsan if in the presence of others, in this case Suraya.

"Alright, take my wife" Akhtar replied staring at Liani and was answered with a nod of the head by the girl.

"Okay sir, we'll excuse you" Ghifar replied as he coded Liani with the look of an eye to follow him.

"Yes....Ghif," Ghifar paused his intention to leave the place, he waited for Akhtar to tell him something.

"Well sir" Ghifar replied with a nod of his head,

"Come" Ghifar invited Liani to leave,

"I'm sorry sir" Liani said goodbye and immediately turned her back to follow Ghifar,

"Li...." Ahsan who had been feeling the cold aura from the woman who had been close to him had tried to call, too,

"Ahsan, you accompany me to see Shanum twins yes, Akhtar will have to go inside. He said you haven't met them either" Suraya, who knew that Ahsan would prevent Liani's departure from action, quickly cut off Ahsan's words and shifted the man's focus in the other direction.

Liani who momentarily stopped her steps smiled wryly, fortunately she had not turned her back when called otherwise she would feel goiter because of that stale alkaline call. Liani followed Ghifar to the room where Shanum was being treated.

*

Three days passed, Shanum's situation was already better. Currently he has been transferred to a treatment room that can be found even though it is still very limited. As long as Akhtar did not leave his wife, he wanted to be the first person Shanum saw when he opened his eyes.

The results of the doctor's examination, Shanum's condition has improved. All of his vital organs are functioning properly, the doctors at the hospital who turned out to be the property of Mr. Furqan's friend intensified in monitoring Shanum's health development hoping that his special patient was immediately aware.

"Assalamu'alaikum warohmatullah's....Assalamu'alaikum warohmatullah..." Akhtar has just ended the Isyanya prayer, during these few days Akhtar did all his activities in the nursery.

After reciting and praying he then moved, approaching where the wife was lying with a body that was still attached to some medical equipment.

"Darling, it's been three days...you don't want to wake up heumm?" Akhtar grabbed Shanum's non-infused hand and grasped it tightly. The routine he always does is to invite Shanum to chat. Akhtar was sure that his wife heard what he said.

One hand gently rubbed the head of the wife wrapped in hijab, Shanum frowned deeply, as if flowing love and longing so great for his wife.

"You don't miss me, heumm?" his whisper softly in Shanum's ear, his eyes suddenly heating up feeling a sudden rush, a sudden rush,

"We're parents, baby, you're a mother now and I'm a father. Wake up, dear, we miss you so much..hiks.." sobs of restrained crying made Akhtar stop his speech, he clasped Shanum's hand tighter and held it in his chest, and held it in his chest,

"Darling.I miss you, all about you I miss including the story about us that we passed yesterday, I need you. Arise, hicks...."Finally he was unable to hold back, his defense collapsed again, the tightness felt because of the longing for his beloved wife.

"Honey, I know that if there is nothing in this world that really has each other, we are all just cheated on each other. But I always ask the Khalik to be allowed to be cheated on you longer, baby...."

"Darling, I can't imagine having to go through the days without you any longer, I don't think I can" Akhtar tightened his grip even more, his head was further down beside the bed where Shanum lay weakly with tears growing in the river,

"Wake up for me .. and our children, wake up.." The more raucous his voice sounded and heart-wrenching, his shoulders shook, the more unbearable his cry became.

The night crawled late, the cold air increasingly gripping hugging the bodies of people who were still awake.

His conversation tonight with Shanum seemed to be very draining of energy, he fell asleep with his head beside Shanum's bed. While his hand was still tightly grasping the hand of the wife who he had not realized Shanum returned the grip of his hand.