The Broken Ring's

Thank You, Lita ....

After apologizing to each other that day, Arfan and Erick's relationship was not arguably warmed up, but at least much better than before. What is clear, Erick is not complicated when he wants to see Lalita if it is his business related to the prospective child Lalita is born with. She also had the opportunity to accompany Lalita to check her content, so she could see firsthand how her prospective children looked through the USG screen.

There was a feeling of pain that infiltrated in the midst of Erick's happiness. For the time being he regretted having wasted Lalita in the past. If only from the beginning he opened his heart, maybe now he is still the husband of the woman who will give birth to his child. But never mind, the rice has become porridge. Everything has gone like this. After all, on the other hand there was Larisa who had lost something precious in her, it was because of Erick. Maybe the current situation is indeed the best path for all of them.

Erick no longer wants to be selfish to force Lalita back to him on the grounds of child. For him, being allowed to accompany Lalita before labor alone was more than enough. He is self-aware and wants nothing more. He failed to be a husband, at least not to fail also being a father. Even if later Lalita meets another man and remarries, Erick decided to give up his ex-wife completely, although of course it will not be easy.

A few days after accompanying Lalita to check the content, Erick who was busy pioneering a new business after resigning from the Arfan hotel suddenly received shocking news from Riani. She said Lalita had a contraction and is now in the hospital. It looks like his ex-wife is about to give birth sooner than expected.

Rushing Erick went to the hospital in question with mixed feelings erratically. There, she finds Larisa and Arfan waiting in front of the delivery room.

"Lita? How's Lita doing?" erick asked with a breath that was still gasping.

"He is going through the process of labor inside. The doctor has suggested a cesarean section, but she insists on giving birth normally" Arfan said. Anxious roar was clearly visible on the middle-aged man's face.

"No one is accompanying?" ask Erick again.

"There's Mama inside too." Arfan replied again.

Erick nodded while sighing in relief. He then sat down near Arfan as well as Larisa, waiting with a tense feeling.

"You didn't go inside?" ask Larisa to Erick.

"Me?" Erick looked at Larisa.

"Usually the father of the prospective baby who accompanied during the delivery process," Larisa said.

Erick speechless. Of course he really wanted to be next to Lalita at the moment, but did he have any rights?

"Come in if you want to come in." This time Arfan chimed in, making Erick turn towards his former in-laws.

"Can I?" lirih Erick with an indescribable feeling.

"It is possible that the baby will be born sooner if the father is accompanying," said Arfan without looking at Erick.

For a moment Erick was stunned, before he finally got up and stepped into the delivery room. There he replaced Riani who had been next to Lalita.

"Erick?" Lalita who looked in great pain seemed a little surprised by Erick's presence. Moreover, the mother also said that Erick would accompany her.

Lalita said nothing more, but she felt a much more painful contraction than before. The young woman groaned a little with sweat that was increasingly pouring out

"Sick ...," he hissed with a slight gasp.

Erick doesn't know how to. He wanted to hold Lalita's hand and give her strength, but her position as only an ex made her stop doing that. All she could do was wipe the sweat on Lalita's endless forehead out.

"You're strong, Lita. Soon the baby will be born. A little more" Erick then half-whispered, trying to give his ex-wife some encouragement.

With instructions from the attending physician, Lalita began to push because the opening in her birth canal was enough. It was clearly visible on his face if the pain felt even more unbearable. The sweat wetting his forehead grew more and more.

"Sa .. kittt ...." Once again Lalita groaned with a breath of breath.

Finally Erick unconsciously grasped Lalita's fingers tightly. His eyes seemed to be glazed with an erratic rumbling feeling. Now seeing how much Lalita suffered in order to deliver their future child born into this world, the regret in Erick's heart was many times over.

"You can do it, Lita. A little more, you'll meet our son ...." Erick's words hang when he unconsciously says the word 'our child' in Lalita's ear. Her tears suddenly fell without feeling. If the situation between him, Lalita and Larisa is not so complicated, of course after this he will not let go of his hand. Even if Lalita pushes him away.

Lalita pushed back with all her might. The agonizing pain grew more intense and unbearable. Until finally, after struggling with the pain, the sound of crying babies filled the room.

Erick gasp. Her breath was held for a moment while the doctor who handled Lalita straightened her back while carrying a red baby in her hand, the baby that Lalita had just born.

"Congratulations, ma'am, the baby was born safely" the doctor told Erick and Lalita.

"Thank you, Lita. Thank you ...," Erick said in a hoarse voice holding back a cry. Both of his hands seemed to hold Lalita's fingers firmly, then he carried the back of the hand stuck to his forehead. There were no words that could describe Erick's current feelings.

Lalita let what Erick did. After all, the man was the father of the child he had just born. Erick deserves to be happy and moved by the birth of the child.

After Lalita and the baby are cleaned, Lalita is then moved to a regular hospital room. The baby was delivered to the room by a nurse.

The nurse then helps Lalita give ASI for the first time. It made Erick step aside slowly, then out of the room. Now there are Arfan, Riani and Larisa. He is no longer needed. But anyway, everything was more than enough.

"Erick's." Suddenly, Larisa's voice called out.

Erick who was just about to leave, turned his head towards the source of the sound. Larisa approached him rather hastily.

"Where are you? Lita's looking for you" Larisa said.

"Lita's looking for me?" reset Erick.

"Yes. Come on, go back inside." Larisa again stepped towards the room while hinting for Erick to come in as well.

Inevitably, Erick went back in. Riani and Arfan said they would go out for lunch, Larisa did. They did not have time to eat lunch because since then just focus on waiting for Lalita to give birth.

After everyone was gone, Erick sat in a chair next to Lalita's gurney. The woman seemed to be smiling while looking at the baby in her carrier. Babies who sleep so peacefully after being given ASI for the first time.

"Said you were looking for me?" asked Erick with a bit of hesitation.

Lalita lifted her face and fell silent for a moment.

"You want to carry it?" Instead of answering Erick's question, Lalita asked back.

This time Erick was silent. Of course, since then, he had wanted to carry his son, but he did not have the courage to express his wishes.

"Come here" lalita's pinta.

Erick got up and sat down on the edge of his ex-wife's gurney.

"Be closer," pinta Lalita again.

Erick stared at Lalita for a moment, before finally inching until they were completely facing each other.

"Your hand." Lalita hints at Erick to raise both hands. After that, he handed their baby into Erick's sling.

Erick's heart seemed to stop beating when he looked at the tiny face in his sling. A face that has a fusion of himself and Lalita. Paras is so beautiful that Erick's chest is swollen because of haru.

"What's his name?" lalita asked, making Erick look up.

"Have you given him a name yet?" Erick asked back.

"You're his father. You have to give it a name" said Lalita.

For the third time Erick was made silent without being able to say anything. After what he had done, he should have lost all rights and honor to their child, but Lalita still gave it. Really, he really doesn't know what to say anymore.

Erick sighed as he looked up at her face, trying his best not to shed any tears.

"Thank you, Lita ...." Finally that was all Erick could say with his chest feeling immeasurably tight.

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