The Substitute

Wake up...

Hendri came out of the ICU room where Ameera was treated with tears. Outside some police were waiting for him to return to the detention cell.

Zarima had just arrived at the hospital with Erzan and Elmira. Hendri looked at his two twin grandchildren with a sad look. It felt like Hendri hugged the two children. However, the middle-aged man was aware of his position. Ozan seems to be very angry with him.

Rangga tried to calm Zarima who could not hold back his tears.

"Mama don't worry... Ameera must be fine" Rangga said.

Erzan and Elmira looked at Hendri like strangers. They hid behind Hasan's body, frightened as Hendri kept looking at them. Sometimes the kids peek. Until finally the police took Hendri away, then the two boys breathed a sigh of relief.

Naura immediately approached Erzan and Elmira. Then take her to his lap.

"Which father's mother, auntie?" asked Elmira in her plain language style.

"Mother is inside. El same Er wants to see mom, right?"

The two children replied with their heads. Naura took them into the room.

Ozan, who was still in the room, continued to hold Ameera's hand, looking at her pale face and many wounds.

"Darling, wakeup! I have to say what the kids are like if they ask their mom why..." Ozan's voice sounded soft. Erzan and Elmira entered the room.

"Dad.." call Erzan.

Ozan looked at his two newly arrived children with sad faces. Erzan and Elmira then approached, and sat on their father's lap. Elmira looked at her mother who was filled with medical equipment.

"Mom why, Daddy?" ask Elmira.

"Mother rest, son..."

"Why do you sleep here? Why not just at home?" Elmira's innocent question made Ozan drop his tears.

"Mom's sick again, son. Er same El do'a for mom yeah... Let me get well soon."

The two boys then prayed innocently. Ameera who was lying unconscious dripped a speck of clear liquid in the corner of her eye.

Elmira then kissed the mother on the cheek, and whispered in her ear, "Mother is healing fast, yes... El promise not to be naughty anymore, don't hit brother again,"

Ozan rubbed the heads of the two children in turn.

"Er same El wait outside, yeah... Little kid can't stay in here long?" ozan said to his two children.

"But Dad, El wants to be here with mom.." ask the boy with the pot.

"No way, son. Mom wants a break. El same Er go home first, yeah... Tomorrow I can come here again with Oma." Ozan begins to persuade his two children who continue to whine and take him out.

***

In a room, a man was crying. Remembering his past crimes. Starting from his plan to eliminate Rudi which resulted in Ratna becoming a victim,

Then the plan to kill Ozan by sabotaging his car, then a major attack that killed Rudi.

The regret in his heart had mounted. Especially now, after knowing that the child who had been trying to disappear for years turned out to be his own biological child. The man continued to mutter Ameera's name in his tears.

Without ever seeing what Ameera's face looked like, the vengeful one ordered his men to finish him off.

Remembering how the fall of Rangga's wake protected Ameera from her evil plans. How Rudi sacrificed his life to protect Ameera who was not his biological child.

"My son, Ameera..."

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Time keeps rolling. For nearly a month Ameera lay in hospital unconscious. Various medical measures that were sought for him, in fact did not produce results.

"Yank, wakeup! You have no pity on Erzan and Elmira? Erzan is sick now, he needs you" whispered Ozan in Ameera's ear.

"How, Mas? Do we just take him to the hospital? It had been a few days Er kept crying for hospital," asked Zarima who was holding the child.

"Alright, but don't take it long,"

They took Erzan and Elmira to the hospital to visit her mother. Upon arrival at the hospital, Erzan immediately asked to lie down next to Ameera. With that feeble-sounding voice, Erzan tried to wake Ameera up.

"Mother, Er Kangen is the same Mother... Wake up, ma'am. let's go home." said Erzan crying.

Ozan rubbed the boy's head, "Er don't cry, yeah... I'll be sad, later,"

"Dad, why did you sleep so long?" ask Elmira who is in the lap of the father.

"Mom still needs time to rest, El will wait patiently right?" Elmira looked so sad, she simply replied by nodding her head.

"Dad, Er wants to stay here with mom." I don't know what to answer. Ozan was silent at the request of the child.

After a while in the room, Zarima entered the room, about to bring the two children home.

"Rzan, Elmira... We go home first... Tomorrow we come again" Zarima said.

"No way," Erzan immediately cried again as he hugged Ameera.

Ozan and Zarima must try to persuade the two children to go home. However, Erzan's cries became more and more.

The boy tried to rebel in his father's arms. Usually, if Erzan had cried like that, only Ameera would have been able to persuade him.

Elmira cried after seeing her sister crying.

"El doesn't want to go home, wants to be here, either,"

The room was immediately filled with the cries of the two twin boys.

Ameera's kisses could hear the heartbreaking cries of her two children. Clear liquid started flowing in the corner of his eyes.

Suddenly...

Miracle ensued, slowly Ameera began to move her hand. With his eyes still closed, he muttered his son's name.

Ozan was stunned to hear the voice, then approached Ameera. He grabbed Ameera's hand which started to move.

"Ameera.." call Ozan and grab Ameera's hand.

Erzan who was still in Ozan's arms rebelled again.

"Dad, Er wants to be with mom.." Pinta Erzan.

Slowly Ameera opened her eyes with great difficulty. Faintly in his sight, Erzan kept crying out to him.

"Erzan.." murmured Ameera.

Zarima who was carrying Elmira came closer. Her tears broke as Ameera began to open her eyes.

Ameera reached out her hand as if asking Erzan and Elmira to come closer to her. The two boys went up to the bed and hugged their mother.

"Mother.." call the two children crying.

"Er-zanu... El-mira.." murmured Ameera in her weak voice.

Zarima smiled happily as he wiped his tears. I quickly got out of the room and called the doctor.

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