VENGEFUL SHACKLES

Joshep's Grief

"What's the patient's condition, doctor?" asked Paula who immediately rushed over to the doctor who had just left the room.

But instead of answering immediately, the doctor took a deep breath like a weight to convey the answer Paula asked him.

"I'm sorry, we've tried our best, but the patient can't be saved, the patient has a history of heart disease, it seems he was too shocked to cause his condition was immediately critical and-" the doctor did not continue his words.

Paula nodded slowly to understand, this time she was confused how to convey the painful news to her husband, too much and too many trials that now faced Joshep, Joshep, now it must be added again with the death of his mother who was very sudden in the midst of the maelstrom of his father's problems that were even peaking.

Paula kept looking at the screen of her phone, many times she tried to send a message to Joshep but only a few words were deleted back, she was confused what she should write in the message, several times also Paula tried to make a call to her husband, but several times also she paused her intentions, she was confused what she should tell Joshep.

But suddenly, the ringing sound of his phone shocked Paula, especially Joshep's name is clearly shown on the screen of his phone as a caller.

"How's Mommy doing there? Is mom okay?" joshep asked from the other end of the phone to ask his mother, there was a tinge of worry from his voice.

"A--- emh--- that-- wouldn't it be best for you to just come here?" stuttering Paula.

"Why? Did your mom refuse your presence?" ask Joshep again.

"N-no, but I think you better come over here and meet your mama!" paula replied, really she did not have the heart to say what really happened to Joshep's mother.

Feeling that something was wrong with his mother's condition in the hospital, Joshep finally decided to immediately follow Paula there after making sure her father's lawyer had come and accompanied Frans at the police station.

Joshep's heart suddenly felt erratic, some estimates appeared in his mind, one of them if his mother was angry because Paula accompanied him in the hospital, joshep's heart was increasingly disoriented when he imagined that Paula was now being scorned by her mother with harsh and painful words like before.

It is not terbesit in his mind even if his mother is now gone.

"Darling, are you okay? Where's mami? Are you angry with mommy?" a barrage of questions flowed straight from Joshep's mouth when he just got to the hospital and met Paula who was waiting for him in the lobby.

Paula shook her head softly, "Your mom didn't scold me." said Paula.

It was clear, how could Bertha scold him, he had stiffened up before he could meet her.

"We didn't get to meet" Paula said still in a soft voice.

"Wait, why are we here? Isn't the ICU room going that way?" Joshep stopped his steps feeling Paula was taking herself in the wrong direction, but Paula did not answer him a word other than to continue to ask him to continue their journey.

This time Joshep was riveted, his body was sculpted and instantly became frozen in front of the corpse-raising room, his head suddenly empty, his heart felt chaotic.

"Why did you bring me here? Aren't we going to see mommy?" joshep's voice was stammering.

Joshep is still trying to deny his mind if his mother is not in the room.

"While it may sound meaningless, I still want to say that you are patient and let your mama go, I was in your current position, and I realized that being patient and sincere was not as easy as what people were saying that tried to comfort and encourage me at the time, only that I still had to say that, I'll accompany you and be by your side no matter what." Paula tries to strengthen Joshep who is still glued to the door of the room scary for all those people with eyes that start to glaze over.

"Doctor Smith!" an attendant of the room greeted Joshep when he had just come out of there, of course they knew Joshep, who does not know the only son of the doctor Frans whose name is now skyrocketed because of the case, the, especially before the name he is also often referred to as Frans as an ungodly child who prefers his wife compared to his parents.

"My mothers, is my mother inside?" ask Joshep.

"the officer nodded, "Your mother is done in the cleaning and is ready to be brought to the funeral home."

Joshep dragged his suddenly limp feet like no bones into the room to see Bertha's mother's body.

Bertha's body was being put in the coffin when Joshep entered the room.

"Mi, I came with Paula here, don't you want to scold me and my wife? Why did Mom leave me at a time like this? Did mommy deliberately punish me for me to endure all this alone?" joshep said on the side of the chest while continuing to look at his mother's face that had been stretched stiff inside.

Paula only saw her husband from the doorway, she gave her husband space and opportunity to express and shed his grief, but once she remained near him, she knew how much pain she had left her parents behind, and what is needed most is the support of a loved one, even though Joshep was not there beside him when he lost his father, but Paula will not repay all that, he said, he will remain with Joshep under any circumstances.

"Mrs Bertha, you have made me suffer so much, but you are still Kevin's grandmother, after all, even though you haven't had time to apologize to me for what you've done to me, but I've forgiven you, may God consider my forgiveness to you and ease your sins." paula said in her mind, while staring at the face of Bertha's pias from a distance.