My husband is not the CEO

Sixty Eight

"Sir Rafka, we have asked the TNI AL to find Ms. Caramel immediately."

They have been informed that the ship Caramel was on sank in the waters of the Bali Strait. When he heard the news Rafka and some colleagues at the meteorological office tried to find information about the passengers there.

Rafka grew increasingly alarmed when he heard that there were some passengers and crew members who did not get into the float. Rafka can't stay in the office any longer, fortunately Yohan's boss

Rafka is currently on a plane that will take him to Bali. He could not sit quietly even though one of his coworkers told him they had contacted the TNI AL to find Caramel immediately.

Rafka stomped his pulsating temple, he could not imagine how Caramel faced the high waves with just a lifeboat. Rafka soaked her lower lip leaning her head against the chair and closed her eyes, tears did not feel melted wet her cheeks. Rafka won't be able to live a normal life if she loses Caramel. During this time Rafka has been the most stoic human being even while seeing Caramel together with other men for many years. But now what if he can't see Caramel anymore?

Rafka exhaled heavily, her chest feeling very tight thinking about the wife. It is fitting that he felt bad when Caramel decided to go to Bali. Rafka wants to ban him but he does not want to be selfish and interfere with Caramel's work. Next time Rafka must have the courage to forbid Caramel from doing anything.

The plane landed at I Gusti Ngurah Rai airport after 1 hour airing from Soekarno Hatta airport without transit. It was the first time Rafka had set foot on the island of the Gods, reactivating his phone while stepping out of the airport.

One phone went into Rafka's phone, with one quick gesture he answered the phone.

"Hello." Rafka started impatiently.

"Hello, we are from the SAR side, is this true with Mr Rafka?" A man's voice sounded across the street.

"Yes." Yeah."

"We've found Mother Caramel."

Rafka's eyes rounded at the news, his mouth open in surprise impatient to see Caramel's condition. There was a slight feeling of relief slipping into his chest, he would be much calmer if Caramel was fine.

"How is he doing?"

"Mother Caramel is hypothermic, the medical authorities are trying to restore her normal temperature and now we are on our way to Bali Royal Hospital."

"I'll be there soon, please take care of my wife she's pregnant." Rafka waved his hand as he looked at the taxi.

"Of course, sir."

Rafka hurriedly got into the taxi while putting the phone in the shirt pocket after disconnecting.

"Bali Royal Hospital, sir." Rafka mentioned his destination to the taxi driver. "Please hurry, sir." Said again.

Without answering the taxi driver increased the speed of overtaking several other vehicles in front of him. The road was not too crowded that afternoon, the sunny weather was also very supportive for the car to go fast without worrying about slippery roads.

The beautiful scenery on the left and right of the road did not make Rafka interested, he lowered his head to support his forehead with both hands interlocked. Rafka offered prayers in his heart so that Caramel and his future son could survive.

"Why are you?" Caramel laughs holding Rafka's tyrannical cheeks.

"It's the first time we've split up during marriage so—"

"It's not parting."

Rafka pursed her lips tightly holding back tears as she recalled her conversation with Caramel that night when they opened the gift together. The conversation just crossed his mind when he did not want to.

Rafka looked up as the car's pace slowed, "what's up?" Ask.

"There's a zebra operation sir." Answer the taxi driver while looking at Rafka through the rear view.

"Why should it be today?" Rafka grumbled, he leaned his head on the chair.

"Yes?" The taxi driver looked at Rafka.

Without answering Rafka closed his eyes ignoring the question of the taxi driver. He was too lazy to repeat the sentence addressed to himself. Is there no other day to have zebra surgery, why should it be today where Rafka is in a hurry to get to the hospital.

"Is the hospital still far away?" Ask Rafka.

"About fifteen minutes from here, sir."

It should have been fifteen minutes it wouldn't have been long but in a situation like this, those fifteen minutes felt really long for Rafka. This would be the longest fifteen minutes of his life.

The sound of the car horn sounded earthy deafening. Rafka looked out the window, apparently everyone was in a hurry today.

"Good day sir." A policeman approached the taxi that Rafka was riding in.

The driver showed the car and his SIM to the police. For a while the police checked the taxi letter.

"Good way back, sir." Police said after they finished checking the completeness of the letter belonging to the taxi driver.

Coinciding with the long holiday of Christmas and the new year the police conduct more stringent checks especially to tourists.

"Thank you." Rafka got out of the car after paying his bill, he arrived in front of Bali Royal Hospital. He stepped into the hospital lobby towards the reception desk.

"Has the victim of the sunken ship reached this hospital?" Ask Rafka.

"Not yet sir, it took me long enough to get here from the harbor."

Rafka turned his head to hear the sound of ambulance sirens in the hospital yard. He immediately ran out looking in case it was Caramel.

"How!" Rafka was stunned for a while to see some nurses carrying the bed out of the ambulance, he clearly saw that it was Caramel. "Caramel." Rafka runs to push on the bed carrying Caramel.

Along the corridor to the ER Rafka called out Caramel's name many times but with no answer, Caramel's mouth was tightly shut. Caramel's body was wrapped in a thick blanket which was one of the efforts to recover him from hypothermia.

Faintly Caramel heard Rafka's voice, he wanted to open his eyes but could not. There was a sense of relief that enveloped Caramel when she heard the voice of the husband. Is this real? Caramel wondered.

Rafka clasped Caramel's ice-cold hands, trying to warm his wife.

"You're her husband?" Ask one of the nurses to Rafka.

"true." Answer Rafka quickly.

"We're still trying to restore her normal temperature and Ms. Caramel also has a rupture of the membranes."

Like being struck by lightning during the gap Rafka was surprised to hear the nurse's explanation. Arriving at the ER they immediately took action to Caramel. Caramel's current temperature is still below normal so they must still make efforts to raise his body temperature.

Rafka was sitting on the floor, why would Caramel have to go through this all alone. It's too much for Caramel, Rafka wants Caramel to share all that pain and suffering with him. Caramel already contains the baby, it is heavy enough for him. Rafka wants to take all the pain that Caramel is experiencing just for him. Rafka just wants Caramel to be happy all her life.

"His husband's father?" A doctor approached Rafka.

Rafka nodded and moved from her seat, "how is my wife Doc doing?"

"We have to have surgery right away after the temperature goes up, the baby has to be taken out."

"Doctor, save my wife." Rafka said expectantly with tears welling up.

Caramel's pretty face lost its hue, her normally reddish lips now turning pale as they were covered in powder. Rafka approached, rubbing Caramel's head slightly wet and sticky because it was submerged in salty sea water for quite a long time. Rafka grasps Caramel's hand and kisses her.

"I'm here, baby." Rafka Whisper.

Rafka feels like a failure when he can save many people by giving them an early warning about the weather, he can't save his wife from danger. What's the point of him working years of weather analysis if he can't keep Caramel away.

"You cold?" Tears flooded Rafka's face until Caramel's hands were wet with tears. Caramel likes to be cold but it's too cold for her.

Slowly Caramel opened his eyes, with a still blurred look he saw Rafka's shadow before him. Is he dreaming? he did not know how long he was drifting in the sea to the cold. Caramel only remembers that she had contractions before she was unconscious.

"Rafsa .... " Call Caramel after gathering all the remaining energy.

Rafka opened her eyes hearing Caramel's raucous voice calling out to her, "you wake up baby?" Rafka's cry became more and more but this time not a cry of sadness but haru and full of gratitude because Caramel finally woke up.

"I'm cold." Caramel said weakly.

"Let me hug you." Rafka pulls Caramel into his arms, he feels relieved when he can do this again. Rafka could feel Caramel's weak breath hitting his neck.

"Am I dreaming?" Caramel grabbed Rafka's arm when she felt contractions in her stomach.

"Don't baby, it's real." Rafka dyed Caramel's head repeatedly. "You got a sick stomach?"

Caramel nodded, "i'm sorry, I should have heard your words not to get on the boat."

"Don't apologize, in that case I should apologize for not being able to protect you." Rafka rubbed Caramel's back gently.

"I feel like I'm on the verge of death."

"Don't talk like that."

"I'm really afraid I can't see you again, Ka." Caramel's lips trembled with tears raining down her cheeks. He is afraid that he will not be able to meet Rafka forever. Caramel still wants to raise their children and watch them grow up.

"Wherever you go, I'll chase you Caramel."

"I'm sorry I left home that day."

"I won't let you go again, no matter how big the matter is, we can't leave each other."

Caramel nodded and again buried her face in the chest of Rafka's field. Caramel did feel too childish by running away from home. But who is not hurt when accused of his own husband even though that night he was in need of support. Caramel seemed to be hit many times with a blunt object whose pain impregnated until now.

"How's Jane and Doni?"

"I haven't heard from them yet but I'm sure Jane and Doni will be fine."

A female doctor in her 40s approached Caramel's bed. He checked Caramel's body temperature and blood pressure.

"Your temperature is normal." The doctor said, "we'll move Mom to another room, we'll take a blood sample to check her hemoglobin levels."

"She's gonna be okay, isn't she?" Rafka sees the doctor, so visible on his face that he is worried about Caramel's state.

"Of course." The doctor smiled to reassure Rafka and Caramel, Caramel's condition was quite serious because long enough to be at sea with the amniotic situation had broken but he still had to give peace to the patient.

"I'm going to do amniocentesis by taking a sample of the remaining amniotic fluid to examine the fetus's lungs, do you now feel contractions?"

Caramel nodded, even now her stomach was more heartburn than before. Rafka rubbed Caramel's stomach to help ease her pain even though she didn't know if this helped.

"We've set up the operating room, once all the checks are done we have to do the surgery immediately because the mother's membranes have broken, we are worried that there will be complications."

A nurse injected Caramel's infusion with pain relief before she was transferred to another room for further tests.

Caramel nodded, inevitably she had to be ready to give birth even though she had done a lot of consultations with her obstetrician in Jakarta. But it turns out she had to give birth away from Jakarta with another doctor.

******

Caramel tensed up as the nurse pushed her bed towards the operating room, she had already changed into a green robe and head covering. Rafka who accompanied Caramel was also tense, his body was cold because it was the first time he entered the operating room like this.

After a series of checks, Caramel was transferred to the operating room. Even Caramel had vomited all the food in his stomach after the doctor inserted a tube into the nose to the esophagus. The doctor said Caramel had to spit it all out before the surgery.

"All will be well." Rafka's whisper while holding Caramel's hand.

Caramel withstood a faint nodding smile, knowing that Rafka was hiding her fear to calm her down. At this moment Caramel's feelings are jumbled between fear and happiness. Since childhood Caramel never fainted let alone stabbed intravenous needles but after pregnancy he felt everything. Even now Caramel is under the spotlight of a very bright operating lamp. It turns out that the struggle of a mother to give birth to a baby is not easy. Mama Caramel only dared to have one child.

"You're scared too, aren't you?" Caramel teases Rafka.

"No." Rafka shook her head stiffly.

"Obviously you're afraid." Caramel Cibir.

"This is our first child, it's only natural that I'm afraid let alone your condition like this but I'm sure everything will go smoothly." Rafka dips Caramel dry long enough.

Caramel saw the shadow of his stomach that began to be slashed by the doctor using a small knife, he should have turned away but everything could be seen from the big lamp hanging right above his body.

"Don't look." Rafka cupped Caramel's cheek and kissed her.

"Our hero is coming soon." Caramel turned to look at Rafka's face, hoping that the child's face would look like his papa. But anyway the face of the baby later Caramel will certainly fall in love every day like him who fell in love many times with Rafka.

"He's a strong boy like his mother."

"But why is Papa whiny?" Caramel has never seen Rafka cry so well.

"I'm handsome even when I cry."

Caramel wanted to laugh but he didn't have enough energy to do that. It turns out that robots can also be narcissistic now.

The crying of the baby echoed throughout the room breaking the silence between them. A strong cry that actually flowed happiness to Rafka and Caramel who finally after going through many trials could meet the baby.

"That baby boy!" Exclaimed the doctor raised the body of the baby who is still covered in blood and mucus.

The tears just melted down Caramel's cheeks as the doctor placed the baby on top of her. Caramel clutches the tiny body of her baby who starts to stop crying.

"You did it, baby." Rafka kissed Caramel on the forehead several times with a trembling voice crying out in amazement. "Thank you for fighting for our son." Jemari Rafka slowly touched her son's face. "Didn't he look more like you?"

"Don't be envious."

Rafka laughed at the cry of his day, how could he be envious if Caramel was the one who fought the most. Even if Rafka had to give up everything she had it would not be worth the struggle Caramel pregnant to give birth to their child.