
"Doctor, there's a patient who just came in condition of already opening six."
Having just rested for a while after her practice time was over, Alya was startled by the arrival of a nurse who spoke hurriedly.
"Is the condition worrying?"
The nurse who came shook her head.
"Conditions are stable, Doc. But he ...."
"If the patient's condition is good then the delivery can be prepared immediately!" Alya gave her orders.
"But he insisted on seeing Doctor Alya first." The nurse said what she heard from the woman who had come to give birth earlier.
"Is he a patient here?"
"Yes, Doc. He was a patient of Doctor Alya, an overflow from Doctor Irfan."
All right, we're going to the delivery room now!"
Still with limited steps because using one stick, Alya still tried professionally and meet the request of one of his patients.
As he was about to enter the delivery room in front of him, the graceful hijab-wearing doctor was startled by the presence of two people he knew in front of the room.
"Alya ...."
"Mas Miko?" Miko, Riko's only brother and his wife stand up and approach him.
"Please help Cindy, Al. She was about to give birth but insisted on meeting you first. He asked us to bring him here."
"Cindy? So that patient is Cindy?" This time the nurse who was still accompanying Alya nodded confirming the doctor's question.
Without waiting any longer, after nodding his head to Miko and his wife, Alya immediately entered at a fast pace no matter the pain in the legs that he began to feel because he forced himself to move quickly.
"Alya ...."
In one of the rooms, Cindy lay weakly in a wide-open leg position, after being examined by a midwife who served there.
After speaking for a while and listening to the midwife's explanation, Alya approached Cindy and stood beside the bed.
"Cin, calm yourself. Don't worry, your little daughter will be born soon. Strengthen yourself, soon your opening will be complete and we can begin your labor process."
Cindy did not listen to the words spoken by Alya. Her right hand grabbed the hand of Alya, her husband's ex-wife.
"I want to apologize to you, Al. I'm sorry for not being able to prevent Riko's treatment of you all this time so you've always been hurt by him and endured a lot of suffering for what he did."
Cindy mulau sobbed, not because of the pain she felt in the core and the contractions that kept coming attacking her more and more often, but because of her regret and guilt for Alya.
The nurse who was accompanying Alya took a chair and gave it to Alya, so that the doctor could sit down and rest his legs.
"I've forgotten everything. So I'm asking you, don't be burdened with the story of our past."
Alya's one free hand rubbed Cindy's stomach and tried to keep the independent woman calm, because she had to fight alone without her husband accompanying her.
"I'm sorry, Al. I beg you, I'm sorry ...!" Cindy kept expecting apologies from Alya.
The woman was not satisfied with the answer she heard from Alya's lips. He wanted to make sure again in order to free his heart and mind from the guilt that had still kept him from being calm all along.
"I forgive you, Cin. Without having to ask for anything, I've forgiven you and Riko a long time ago. Forget everything. We open a new chapter of our brotherly relationship after this."
Both corners of Cindy's lips were drawn upwards, commenting on a thin smile, a sign of the relief of sorry she had heard spoken from Alya's lips.
"Aauuwhh ...!! It hurts so much ...!!!"
The contractions that Cindy felt became more and more painless until she unconsciously gripped Alya's hand that she did not want to be released from earlier.
"Check the opening, Sus!"
Without any objection, immediately the midwife who had accompanied Cindy from the beginning, again concentrated in the core Cindy, accompanied by a groan of pain that escaped the dry and pale lips.
"It's opening eight, Doctor!"
"His blood pressure's getting lower, Doc."
Alya tries to hold Cindy's consciousness to stay awake and not give up even though her body has started to limp and run out of energy.
"Open your eyes, Cin! Don't give up, you can give birth normally. In a moment, let's listen to me and keep talking to ease your pain."
The infusion fluid was attached with a needle stuck in the back of Cindy's left hand.
"I'm not strong anymore, Al! I give up, I want to be operated on .... I ... I ..., aaauuwhh ...!!!"
Spontaneous Alya got up and stood up by forgetting his wand that was still leaning beside the table. Ignore the pain in the ankle that is still prone post-surgery.
"Don't talk like that again, Cin! You must be strong. You definitely can. Just one more step, gather your strength!"
Alya who had previously requested to prepare a warm tea immediately helped Cindy to drink it. The woman whose appearance was already very messy was resigned and obeyed whatever Alya asked for.
Shortly after, groans came back out of his pale lips accompanied by a face that was increasingly visible in pain.
The midwife again checks into the core part of Cindy to ensure her readiness.
"It's opening ten, Doc! We can start the delivery now."
Alya nodded and prepared to carry out her duties. Actually with Cindy's current condition, midwives can still handle everything.
But her little heart was moved to intervene alone to help her ex-husband's struggling wife give birth to her daughter into the world.
The warning of the faithful nurse was ignored. Alya remained and shifted slowly until his body stood right at the bottom of Cindy's body which had been covered in green cloth in a wide-open thigh position with support on both sides.
After everything was ready, Alya who had coated her body in sterile clothes immediately carried out her duties with full concentration.
"Let's do it again, Cin. Take a deep breath and exhale along with the full pressure at the bottom! Do now!"
Alya began to sweat just as Cindy was more drenched in sweat all over her body. Every now and then she looked up, watching Cindy's red-faced face endure the pain and continued to groan.
The helpful midwife next to him had moved to the side of the bed, holding Cindy's hand and helping the woman to push back as hard as she could.
"One more time, Cin! His head is visible. Scold, now ...!!!"
Alya's high voice spurred Cindy to come out all the rest of her strength and push back with all her might.
"Ooweekk ...! Ooweekkk ...!! Oowweekk ...!!!"
The sound of the cry of Cindy's baby for the first time, echoed in the delivery room.
"Thank God ...!! Your daughter was born safe, Cin. He's healthy and perfect, nothing less."
Alya's two hands wrapped in medical gloves held the blood-stained red baby. Her gaze was amazed and filled with gratitude, because it had successfully helped the birth of a beautiful baby Cindy and Riko, her ex-husband.
Alya slowly moved aside to show the red baby to her mother who was still half-conscious due to severe fatigue after spending energy to give birth to the beautiful daughter she had been carrying for nine months.
"Look, Cin. Your baby is so pretty. As beautiful as you."
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