PRISONERS END IN LOVE

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Grace asks Isabella why Isabella told her to go home so quickly. However, his current gaze was directed at Rizal who moved his head turning towards him. Suddenly Grace immediately widened, until the heat attacked her eyes which caused clear liquid to condense in the eyeball of the beautiful woman.

Grace seemed to not believe in her eyesight, when now she met her beloved husband, until tears were not flowing on her cheeks.

" Papih?" With a sobbing Grace walked slowly towards Rizal's gurney. He was afraid that this was just a dream. But the gaze of his eyes was not severed with a man who was smiling a thin smile on his lips, until now approached and was on the edge of Rizal's gurney.

" Dn ..." Grace sobbed until her shoulders trembled, but she still did not dare to hug Rizal.

" Mr ..." It was only after Rizal mentioned her name, Grace immediately dropped her body hugging Rizal's body. Grace seemed to be unable to say anything other than crying and crying happily.

Isabella, who saw the scene of Grace's encounter with Rizal after her Papih, realized that she had chosen to leave Grace's room because she did not want to disturb the two of them. He closed the door to Grace's room, which had been wide open.

Until a while, Grace just cried on Rizal's chest. Happiness after knowing her husband realized it seemed indescribable through words.

Rizal also let Grace continue to cry to let go of her longing, like she missed everything that was in Grace.

About five minutes passed, Grace's sobs began to subside. The woman then raised her head which she had been resting on Rizal's chest and sat on the edge of the husband's gurney. Grace bowed her body with her hands stroking Rizal's head, while her eyes returned to her eyes with her husband who was almost a month unconscious.

" So I woke up too." With quivering lips, Grace's voice finally sounded between her cries.

" I miss Papih ..." Grace now kissed Rizal's forehead for a few seconds until the clear liquid dripped on Rizal's skin, then moved to kiss Rizal's cheek and last kissed her husband's lips long enough, just like he did when Rizal was unconscious. But this time is different, because Rizal responds to the touch of his lips, although not reluctant usually if they kiss under normal conditions.

Grace then laid her body beside Rizal and hugged her husband's body as if she did not want to take it off again. His gaze continued to look at the face of Rizal who still showed fatigue, while his hand stroked the face of Rizal which was overgrown with mints in his jaw. She still could not believe that her husband was actually conscious at this moment.

" Pih, Papih don't be like that anymore, huh? I'm really scared of losing Papih. Poor our son, pih." Grace took Rizal's hand and brought Rizal's palm closer to her stomach. " Here, there is now the seed of Papih. I'm pregnant, we're gonna have kids, pih." With a sense of haru Grace revealed about her pregnancy that Rizal had heard from Indra earlier.

" Thank God .." said Rizal still in a slow tone, while his fingers moved in Grace's belly.

" Papih's happy, right? Am I pregnant now?" A silly question that Grace threw, because of course she knew her pregnancy was highly anticipated by Rizal.

Rizal responded with a nod of his head to Grace's question. It is certain that he feels happy when he finds out that he will get offspring from the fruit of his love with Grace. That's exactly what he wants.

" If Papih is happy, don't be afraid again like yesterday, yes, Pih! I don't want to be a young widow even though a lot of men want me" Grace lamented.

Grace's words made Rizal frown. Of course he doesn't want to until there's another guy who has Grace. Not even willing Grace fell into the arms of another man if she did not regain consciousness.

" Mr ..." Maybe Rizal said in protest because he did not like to hear Grace's words earlier.

" But Papih is now conscious, so I won't be a young widow." Grace chuckled scornfully.

" Grace, there's Doctor Peter." From the direction of the room door, Isabella told the arrival of Doctor Peter who came after hearing from Sister Rita about Rizal's condition that had been realized.

Grace sits at the edge of the gurney, knowing that Peter is in her room.

" Doc ...."

" It's giving up longing, huh?" Doctor Peter's joke seems to know what Grace and Rizal are feeling.

" Yes, Doc." Grace admitted shamelessly, because what she is pouring out right now is more than a word of letting go of longing.

" Hello, Mr. Rizal. Welcome back. I'm Peter, I'm the doctor who tackled you during your treatment." Doctor Peter introduces himself to Rizal.

" Hello, Doc." Rizal..

" How do you feel right now?" Doctor Peter asks what Rizal feels after waking up from his long sleep.

" Does Mr Rizal remember well, Ma'am?" Ask a question about Doctor Peter.

" I think so, Doc. My husband can remember that I am his wife." Grace's reply made Doctor Peter smile.

" But my husband is very talkative, Doc. From earlier spoken the answer was a mere two words." Grace complained that Rizal didn't say much.

" That's because Mr. Rizal was asleep for a long time and there was a decrease in consciousness. The post-awakening condition of the coma can sometimes be like that. Therefore, in the recovery period later, Mr. Rizal is advised to do therapy, to restore memory and physical condition of Mr. Rizal." Doctor Peter explained what Rizal had to live after waking up from his long sleep.

" How long will my husband's condition improve, Doc?" ask Grace later.

" If you immediately do therapy hopefully can recover quickly. Because the recovery time of patients after a coma is different." Peter's doctor explained.

" Oh, Pih! Papih must be therapeutic so that the condition of Papih quickly recover as usual." Grace advised her husband to immediately go through the therapy process.

" Yes," said Rizal, of course he also wants to recover quickly. It will be saturated to spend time in bed when our condition is conscious.

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Rivaldi is researching a draft memorandum of understanding as an employment contract agreement with his client in his room this afternoon. The young entrepreneur is now starting to have a healthy competition with Mahadika Gautama company in finding new clients. He would certainly feel ashamed of Mama if he had to compete cunningly with Arina's daughter-in-law.

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Rivaldi glanced at his phone which read. He saw the name Isabella that appeared on his phone screen at this time. His forehead immediately frowned, what did Isabella contact him with? He had just returned to the office after picking up Isabella. Since Grace's quarrel with Isabella, Rivaldi did pick up Isabella several times from her campus. It wasn't because he was interested in Isabella until he did. All this he did was to keep Isabella from harassing Grace because of Isabella's unwarranted jealousy.

" Hello, is there, Bella?" rivaldi asked as he lifted the incoming shackle.

" Assalamualaikum, Brother Aldi. Papih's conscious, brother." Without further ado, Grace tells Rizal what's going on right now.

" Your father is conscious?" The shock felt by Rivaldi made him forget to answer the greeting uttered by Isabella.

" Yes, Brother. Thankfully, the Papih is now dead. Now being checked by Doctor Peter's condition." Isabella explained.

" Did Rena know about this?" Rivaldi remembers that Grace had gone with Vito when she drove Isabella to Grace's house.

" Grace knows, is now in the room with Doctor Peter as well" Isabella replied.

" She kept calling out Grace's name. But, I do not know for sure what Papih experienced until finally realized and called the name Grace. Maybe Papih is afraid Grace is called another man" Isabella said.

Rivaldi was silent to Isabella's story. From there he can draw conclusions if in his subconscious something happens to Grace who finally woke Rizal. From this event Rivaldi can see if the love between Grace and Rizal is very strong, until Grace is the one who can restore the spirit of Rizal to his current body.

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Agatha rushed down from her car. He was in Bandung when Grace told him that Rizal was awake. It was definitely happy news for him as well. Because his daughter must be happy with Rizal's consciousness from the coma.

" Bi, how's Rizal doing?" Agatha asked as she entered Grace's house.

" Mr. Rizal is in the room with Non Grace, ma'am. Thank God, you have begun to awaken now," replied Saonah conveying the happy news.

" Yes, I've heard from Grace" said Agatha continuing her steps toward Grace's room until she reached Grace's doorstep.

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" Mr ..." Agatha knocked on the door first before entering the room, because Rizal was already conscious. If yesterday-yesterday, Agatha still entered without prior permission.

" Just go in, Mam." From inside the room, there was the sound of Grace telling her to go into the room.

After getting permission from Grace, Agatha opened the door handle of Grace's room. Agatha saw Grace rise from lying beside Rizal. Grace even now stretches out her arms welcoming a warm embrace from him. Agatha immediately hugged Grace, and at once Grace cried happily in her arms. It seems like just this time Agatha felt a sensitive and crying Grace easily. Especially when Grace cries in her arms, Agatha feels that she is needed by her child.

" How's Rizal doing, Grace?" Agatha asked looking towards Rizal who was looking towards her.

" The papih is still weak, not able to move much and talk. Had to go through therapy to make his recovery faster." Grace explained what Dr. Peter had explained to her.

The sight of Grace and Agatha caught in Rizal's eyes was seen as a soothing sight to Rizal. What happened to the mother and the child when she fell asleep? For sure whatever it is is a positive thing that makes Grace and Agatha's relationship improve.

" It's good to see you're sober, Rizal. Grace always accompanies you in the hospital and doesn't want to go home to take care of you. It was her pregnancy that forced her to rent an apartment in the hospital so she could get to the hospital sooner if something happened to you. You should never make my daughter suffer again!" Agatha still seems stiff to face Rizal even though she has approved of their marriage.

" Yes, Mom. I ... will keep Grace ... as good as possible." With a disjointed sentence Rizal answered Agatha's words.

" Mam .. already, deh! Don't scold Papih! The papih just realized." Grace protested against her Mama who she assumed was scolding Rizal.

" Good, Grace! Who scolded who? Mama just told me about your sacrifice for almost a month in the hospital!" Agatha felt that if she did not scold, only advised.

* Yes no longer need to bring up what I did in keeping Papih. That's my duty as a wife." Grace insists that what she does is her duty in caring for her husband.

" You see, right? My daughter always defends you. You should be grateful to have a wife like Grace." Agatha looks still prestige admit if she can accept Rizal as Grace's husband.

" Mam, if Mama's arrival is just to make a fuss, you should just go home, huh!" Grace just drove away the Mama and thought her Mama was only disturbing the happiness she felt because of the recovery of the husband.

" Grace, don't do that ...!" Rizal rebuked his wife. The current situation is different from the situation when Agatha just arrived in that room. The debate he saw between Grace and Agatha this time did not feel familiar to him.

" Yet when your husband was unconscious, you were always sweet towards Mama, now that your husband is aware, you kicked Mama out!" Agatha felt the defiant and stubbornness of Grace re-emerging after Rizal's consciousness.

" Maybe it's better if your husband is unconscious, let you follow Mama!" Agatha even mentioned that her relationship with Grace looked better when Rizal was unconscious. Although it was not spoken from the bottom of his heart.

" Oh my goodness, Ma! Mama can't pray that my husband doesn't heal!" Say Grace was mistakenly responded by Grace. The woman thought that her mother still hated Rizal.

" Mommy doesn't like to see your husband get well! Mama just doesn't like your attitude back against Mama!" Agatha dismissed Grace's accusations that she was happy to see Rizal continue to be unconscious.

" After all, if you are happy to see your husband continue to be sick, why do you come and accompany you in the hospital to take care of your husband!?" Agatha shows that she also cares about Rizal's recovery.

Rizal shook his head weakly at the debate between Grace and Agatha. However, he could see that between the two of them they were actually affectionate and considerate, only that the stubbornness of the mother and child was too strongly affecting both of them.

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Now Rizal has been moved in the bed used by Grace, it is not in the gurney anymore, because all medical aids have been removed from Rizal's body. Rizal currently only needs the restoration of brain function to remember many things that happened before he fell into a coma and the recovery of his physical condition.

" Pih, when Papih was unconscious, Papih always called her Mamihnya Bella. Is Papih there comfortable accompanied by Bella's mother to the point of not being aware?" At night and at bedtime, Grace asked what Rizal was doing in his subconscious.

" Yes .. I feel Sonia is accompanying me all the time and taking me away ..." Rizal paused his words, because he had to catch his breath. To speak alone, it seemed to be very exhausting for him. " Till I finally heard you yell calling me, asking for my help ..." Rizal told me what he remembered in his subconscious.

" I'm in Papih's subconscious?" Grace gasps as Rizal says he is present in Rizal's subconscious.

" There I saw Om Daniel coming to take you and our son away" Rizal continued.

" Our son? There's our son there, too, pih?" Back Grace gasped because their future child also entered the subconscious of the husband. Maybe it is a sign, if the presence of the fetus in his stomach wants Papihnya still survive.

" Yes, you and our future son are present in my subconscious, Grace." Rizal tries to move his hand to caress the face of the wife he misses.

" The Papih's body is still limp, huh?" Grace asked, holding Rizal's hand that touched her cheek.

" Yes, it's so tired, Grace." said Rizal.

" Papih later must be in therapy so that the physical condition of Papih quickly recovered, yes!? I miss the same Papih. I haven't touched Papih for almost a month. If Papih is still limp, when I want to, I ask him who tried the same?" The silly question Grace asked Rizal made the man's forehead wrinkle.

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