Possessive Love
Trying to Rise

The nurse appears to be bringing baby Aretha back to the nursery, fearing that her psychological well-being would be disturbed, when she heard her mother's hysterical cries.

After trying to calm Aretha, Anton and Kris came out of the room, with Richard and Rendy. I don't know where they're going.

After five minutes, Maria took part, so the only ones in the room were Aretha and her mom, as well as her three best friends.

"Re ... lo is strong yes," said Diandra, after a few hours later Aretha looks a little calm. She was still crying, but not as bad as before.

"Mas David, Ra ...." Diandra immediately grabbed the body of his best friend, letting Aretha cry in his arms, while the other two friends seemed to still pay attention, without commenting anything. They only seemed to put on a hearty expression staring at the two friends.

How complicated the test that Aretha was facing. However, they believe that God will not give a test to someone beyond the limits of his ability. They believe that his best friend can get through it all until he will finally find his happiness again. Not just hope and faith, but it has become a prayer for his beloved friend.

"Prophey, it'll all be over soon." Diandra looked like he was rubbing Aretha's back. He also felt the sadness of the woman who was in his arms at that time.

"If I had known it would be like this, I probably wouldn't have allowed David to leave. I'm sorry, Ra. It is fitting from the beginning that I felt very hard to let David go, it turns out this is the answer to my anxiety in recent days. Why am I so stupid, Ra? Hiks ...," said Aretha regretfully.

"Sstt .. you can't say that, Re. It's all fate, no one can prevent it" Deasy said as she approached Aretha. Instantly Diandra stretched her embrace.

Aretha seemed to turn to Deasy who was standing on her right.

"Remember! There's lo's son. They need lo. So, you have to be strong, for their sake and your husband. If you are weak, who will take care of them? If you are a crybaby, who will encourage David? How can he be healed, if you just stay still in a slump? Believe me, everything will come back as it should" he added.

"Life is like a ladder. If we want to get to the top, of course we have to go through some stairs. Even with life. If we want to move up one level, then we should be able to pass one test. Just like you are facing now. To move forward is always an unexpected obstacle" said Tania who also tried to open the heart and mind of Aretha. He seemed to force his smile, even though he himself felt pain, when he saw his best friend sick like that.

Tania was silent for a while, before she finally continued her words. "And from that, don't give up easily. You have to get up and be sure that you can get through it. God's plan is always more beautiful than we think. You feel sad, sick and disappointed, so make you cry like this? You may. That's a natural thing. However, after that rise again, do not then drag on in the sadness. In the end, you forget that there are many people around you who also want to see you smile happily. Lo know? Happy you are happy your family. Bahgia lo, also part of our happiness," he added at length.

"Darling, listen to what your friends are saying. You are lucky to have friends like them. Mommy's happy to see it. What they say is true. Whatever life is, it must continue. It has become the law of nature. No one is forever happy, and vice versa. Every hurt and happy, each has a time, when they will come and disappear." Carmila follows Aretha's three companions.

The middle-aged woman who seemed sad to see the princess who continued to cry hysterically, suddenly she was able to smile again, when she saw the three friends of Aretha who tried to support and strengthen her daughter. He was very happy because he knew that his daughter did not choose a friend wrongly.

At once Aretha was made aware of the words of her three friends and her mother. He seemed to wipe his tears with his own hands, as if he wanted to stop his crying activities. And it should be like that. He must not continue to fall like what his friend and mother said.

Although his heart still felt sick and sad, but he would try not to show it in front of people who cared and loved him so much.

I must rise! For the sake of David, for the twins, for the sake of mami and papi, for the sake of mama and papa, also for the sake of my friends. I can't be like this. I must be strong. I can't cry, because David doesn't like that. He'll be very angry if he sees me like this.

Aretha still continues to wipe away tears that are very difficult to contain. After a while, he was finally able to stop it.

"I'm strong! I have to be strong!" he said as if sure.

Diandra looked smiling looking at her, although her eyes seemed to be glazed as if enduring the sadness.

"That's dong ..," said Daindra while pulling both corners of his lips to form a smile, although it seemed a little imposing.

Diandra cuddled Aretha again, with Deasy and Tania, so they seemed to embrace together.

Carmila who was standing not far from them also seemed to widen her smile as if feeling happy. At the very least, the worry for her daughter had already diminished a little, by just looking at Aretha like that.

***

Three days passed, during which time Aretha also tried to be able to move immediately, even though just sitting and walking slowly.

The age of three days is still vulnerable for him to be able to walk, after surgery. But he doesn't care. She kept trying to do it to meet her husband. Because even though he could meet her with the help of a wheelchair, he was still not too strong to be able to sit straight.

After he repeatedly did that, learned to sleep on his side, learned to sit up and walk, finally he was able to do it, although still have to be very careful.

That afternoon, Aretha decided to meet David who was still lying stiff in the ICU room. After three days of special treatment, there has been no development at all. David is still in the same condition, still unconscious.

Aretha is seen sitting in a wheelchair, then assisted by the papi. The wheel chair was pushed by his papa to the ICU room.

The door of the room was open. Anton stopped his activities there.

The atmosphere of the room was gripping, only the sound of the monitor was heard rowdy in the room. And increasingly names the level of the room's horror, making anyone who heard it shudder in horror.

From the doorway the two chocolate beads were already seen glazed over, staring from a distance at the figure lying there. Aretha felt pain at the sight. A sight that his entire life had never been imagined at all.

"Mas ..," said Aretha as she covered her mouth with her right palm, as if she did not believe what was in front of her eyes.

The woman's mouth twitched. The clear crystal that had filled the corner of her eye had finally fallen as well, although she had tried to hold it back from crying in front of her husband. However, seeing David's condition at that time made him heartless and made his defense collapse instantly.

Anton, who noticed it, gently rubbed his daughter's shoulders, trying to give the princess peace of mind, as there was not much he could do, besides.

Aretha regained consciousness of the papi's words. He also took his breath—trying to neutralize back his feelings, even though it felt very difficult. But he kept trying to do it.

Aretha wiped her tears back. He had indeed broken his own promise not to cry anymore. But what I can do, it's really painful for him.

"I'm strong, Pi. Papi can leave me alone?" aretha said as she raised her head, looking at the papi.

Anton looked down, staring at the princess. The middle-aged man seemed to publish his smile, then asked, "You sure?"

Aretha simply responded to the papi's question with a nod of her head. Surely not sure, she still had to have time alone with her husband, although that did not necessarily change anything. At least, she is more free to express her complaints to her husband who is not necessarily able to hear what he will say later, but a fool with it. Apparently, he doesn't care anymore.

"alright. Papi's getting there" Anton replied, pointing at David with his face.

Aretha did not comment, as if approving of her papa's words. He just obeyed whatever his papa said.

Anton immediately pushed the wheelchair back, drawing closer to the patient bed where David lay unconscious.

The middle-aged man seemed to be positioning the wheelchair to the right of the bed, very close to David's face, hoping his daughter could do more freely without having to get out of the wheelchair, because he knew Aretha was in a lot of pain, when trying to stand up, even more walking.

"The fire is staying, baby. Papi wait outside, if suppose there is anything immediately call papi," Anton said.

"Yes, Pi," replied Aretha briefly.

Again Anton published his smile, before he finally left the room.

A few seconds after her papa came out, Aretha was still silently staring at her husband's face which was not so clear because the nose and mouth were covered by Ventilator— breathing apparatus.

Again the woman was not strong not to shed her tears seeing it all. However, as quickly as lightning he wiped the tears back, as he soon realized his promise that he would be strong. He did not want David to see himself as weak.

Her mouth twitched crazily, as if it was hard to say a word, even if it was just calling her husband's name. I don't know why it feels so hard.

She let out a long sigh repeatedly, as if trying to neutralize her feelings, so that in the end she felt strong enough to invite her husband to talk.

"Mas ..," Aretha said in a raucous tone, then she shed her tears again.

Apparently she was not a strong enough woman faced with such a situation. He really could not help it, despite repeatedly trying to stem the tears. But in the end it falls again and again.

With a slight tremble, the woman seemed to be trying to hold a plain hand of David without an infusion needle attached to it, hoping David would feel a stimulus from it. But still, that doesn't change anything. David is still flinching.

"Mas, you're evil ...." Aretha began to cry sobbing as she began to invite David to speak.

"Hiks .. hiks ... hiks ...."

It felt Aretha was so heavy to continue her words. But he kept trying to do it.

"Mas, you know? How painful am I right now?" aretha said a little pause. "you say, you can't see me crying, but what? These few days you've made me cry and hurt so deeply. I'm sick, Mas, sakiiit!" he added a little flat. He seemed to hold his own chest, when he conveyed his complaints to the husband.

"You don't want to see me like this? Please, wake up, for me and for our children. They are waiting for your presence. They would have loved to be touched and held by his papa. Please, get up for us, Mas. Hicks!"

Aretha was sobbing until her breath felt so tight. Because, enduring the pain that seemed to gnaw at his chest. Worrying and fearing to lose, at that time it had completely filled his brain. Of course he is not ready if it happens to him.

The woman further tightened her grip, as an impingement from her pain at that moment. However, David was still unmoved, there was not the slightest response from the man. Apparently, the woman's grasp was not enough to stimulate the man who was still lying stiff.

"Mas, please banguun! Wake, Mas!!"

Aretha seemed to drown her face in David's hands. She cried so much that she no longer knew what to do and what to say so that her husband could come to his senses.

"I beg ... You wake up, Mom! You know I'm a weak woman. I can't live without you, Mom! I can't fend for myself taking care of our children without you in it, Mas. I beg!" Aretha kept pleading with David whether or not the man could hear her.

Tut .. tut .. tut ....

At once Aretha raised her face back, when she heard the suddenly weakened sound of the monitor, as if David's organs were not responding. That instant too Aretha was made to panic. He immediately screamed in fear. Of course he was afraid something bad would happen to David.

"Mas, what's wrong with you? Mas ... Mas ... Wake up! Maaaaas!!!" he screams helplessly.

"Docteeeeer!!!" she screamed again while crying so badly. He really has been made flurry, no longer able to do anything. He tried to find help by calling a doctor who suddenly made the door of the room open.

"What's up, son?"