The Bond of Our Love

CHAPTER 117 - Caesar's Operation

The operation was carried out after Rahul gave his decision, and signed the papers needed to carry out the surgical procedure. With a heavy heart Rahul had to give his first son, because he had no other choice.

During the operation, Rahul chooses to calm himself down, praying for his wife and son, who are struggling between life and death in the operating room. Now he could only leave everything to the almighty.

Wishing and praying that his wife and child could get through all this. Although he had decided to prioritize the safety of his wife, but his hope was still very big so that his son could also survive. Even if the possibility is too slim.

But he still believed, nothing is impossible as long as God has willed. And he hoped that the miracle would come to him again. Because he never had the slightest intention, to sacrifice his son in order to save his wife! He loved and cherished his little son, who was still in his wife's stomach!!

But he also could not sacrifice his wife's life!! He still desperately needed Zahra!! That woman was everything to him!!

Feelings of dilemma and guilt still loom faithfully over her and raging in her heart!

Fajar decides to pray for Zahra dimushola with Rahul. Pray for the smooth operation. He sincerely prayed that God would still give Zahra a chance to live happily. Although she must accept the fact that happiness is not with her, but with Rahul her husband!

But it was much better for him. He can still hold it! Rather he should see the woman gone for good, just like Shreya once could not be saved!! It was much more painful for him!! And not necessarily he could hold it!!

Helmi and Lesti followed Rahul and Fajar kemushola. They also sincerely offered prayers for their son-in-law and future first grandchildren. They were hoping that both of them could be saved! Although the possibility may be minimal.

Only Gala, Amora and Naomi remain in front of the operating room.

"Darling, Ma, let's go with the others. We pray for Zahra and the baby, so they can both get through the operation safely" Gala said.

"Mmmm.... You are just, baby. I'm coming by the moon" Amora gave her a reluctant excuse. Gala glanced at the shocked Naomi and tried to rack her brain, having gotten an interrogation look from her daughter-in-law.

"Mmmm.... My mom couldn't either. Red light too"

"Kok, you two can menstruate simultaneously like this?" Gala frowned in wonder as she looked at her wife and mother-in-law in turn.

"Yes Mama knows. That is our nature as women. It's not us who control when the menstruation comes" Kelit Naomi casually.

"Yes already then, I stay first yes" said Gala resigned.

"Yes-yes baby. Mama and Amora, just pray from here" Naomi nodded and spoke sweetly.

"Yes Ma" Gala leaves his wife and mother-in-law, heading to the mosque to catch up with his parents and sister. Now only Amora lived with her mother in front of the operating room.

"Why do we pray that the hamlet woman and her child are safe, Ma? What we expect is just the opposite" said Amora cynically.

Actually he had no intention, to make the village woman to such a critical extent. For the purpose she only wanted to get rid of him from her in-laws' house. And he never thought, if what happened was even worse than he imagined.

And what could she do if the woman and the baby did not survive? Maybe it was their destiny. He never killed them either, right? So it's not all his fault.

"Yes dear. If she survives, everything we've done, is useless" Naomi chuckled a little.

"Yes-yes" Sahut Naomi with a frown.

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After half an hour in the dimushola, Rahul and his family finally returned to the front of the operating room. For hours they faithfully and patiently waited for Zahra, who was still struggling inside, with a feeling of anxious expectation.

Rahul sat in a waiting chair with his hands holding a prayer beads and his mouth reciting remembrance. That was all he could do to calm his heart and mind from the restlessness and timidity.

A few minutes later, they were all startled by the sound of a baby crying coming from Zahra's operating room.

"Ma, how come... Is there the sound of a baby crying?" Helmi questioned his wife in a daze while pointing at her daughter-in-law's operating room with her index finger.

"Yes Pa. Tha-that.... The sound of our granddaughter's cry Pa" Lesti replied with mixed feelings of surprise, confusion, uncertainty, teasing and delight. Half of his heart felt certain that it was the sound of his granddaughter's crying. The other half are afraid of false hope.

The sound of crying baby accompanied by the babbling of his parents in front of him, made Rahul rise up and look at the door of the operating room with a feeling of uncertainty, between confused and anxious.

Curiosity soaring high makes him want to break through the door, to find out what the condition inside there. What is the condition of his wife and child?! Are they safe and well?!

Soon, the door opened and the doctor came out. With his heart racing fast, Rahul immediately approached the doctor.

"Dok, how?!" Rahul asked with a feeling of tightness.

"Congratulations sir, baby boy. Already born safe" the doctor smiled sumringah. His words made everyone there touched, excited and able to breathe with relief, except for Amora and Naomi who seemed to look at each other with a gawking and pouting face.

"Alhamdulillah!" Rahul smiled as he rubbed his palm against his face. His eyes seemed to be glazed with tears of happiness. I can't believe he's really a father now.

Likewise with Helmi and Lesti who embraced each other happily for the presence of their first grandchild. Likewise with Gala and Dawn who also feel relief and exhortation. Gala approaches Rahul to congratulate him.

"Welcome new Papa. Hopefully you can be a good father to your little hero" said Gala while hugging her sister with a happy feeling.

"Te-thank you Brother" Rahul returned his brother's embrace with a banquet.

"The baby survived Doc? What does that mean... Her mother's....?" Stammering Naomi opened her voice to confirm her curiosity. Because at will, there is only one person who can survive as the doctor said before.

If the baby survives, it means the mother is dead. And he hopes that's what's happening now. That way, Amora's chance to get Rahul back will open up as widely as possible, after the village woman leaves this world.

The atmosphere that had melted and relieved, back concentrated and tense as a result of Naomi's speech. Everyone was once again agitated and anxious, thinking about Zahra's fate which still made them curious.

Especially Rahul who began to return frustrated. His feeling that like he could fly high, now fell back to think about the state of his wife who is still alive or...?!!