When she arrived at school, her son was already waiting. It's not advisable to ride a motorbike with a child, especially on a highway. But, she was already familiar with the shortcuts of going home, and there will be no traffic enforcer who would reprimand her. Besides, her son will wear protective gear. “Mom!” Adrian was surprised when he saw his mother on a motorbike.“Hi, honey! Is it okay with you riding a motorbike? If not, we will wait for Uncle to pick you up.”“No. It's okay Mom.”“Are you sure?” she asked.“Yes. Mom is too cool when driving the motorbike.” Ara smiled at her son’s comment and ruffled his hair.“then, let’s go.”“Let’s go!” Adrian excitedly said. She pick-up the helmet and assisted her son in putting the helmet. Ara also put some protective gear on his knees and arms. She also put on a passenger belt with handholds that she bought before going to her son’s school as an additional safety measure.“Hold tight, and we’re going,” she said and drove the motorbike.
Ara was still confused when she woke up. Then she realized that she was in the hospital. But, it was strange. There is something different because she saw herself lying in bed. She was still contemplating what was happening when suddenly the nurse barged in, went to the crib, and pick-up the child. That was when she noticed the crib near the hospital bed. The nurse picked up the child and went out. At first, she never doubted whether the woman in bed was her in her previous life or Arrianne. She initially believed that the woman was her. Of course, that was because she knows herself best. But looking that there were a child and the scene had never happened in her life, she was now sure that the woman in bed was Arrianne. Although she and Arrianne look alike that she cannot deny herself. But one thing is confusing, she has never been in the hospital what more to give birth. So, even with doubt, she believes that the woman was Arrianne, and what was happening is she watched one of Arr
Another hour passed, but Harvey could not fall back to his sleep. He was thinking about the changes he made in his decision regarding his so-called 'family', and the company after Ara woke from her car accident.If before, he let his father and his family do what they want in the company and other properties left by his mother. But now, he decides to make changes to protect the people he loves. He has already given too much time for them to enjoy the company's profit, and indulge in their unscrupulous way for too long. This is now the time for him to collect the interest on their debt. He can no longer afford to let her family suffer just because he let them be. If he wants his family to have a peaceful life, he needs to start cleaning up everything. Even if he needs to give up the company her mother left, for them to lose their support, he will.He was still thinking of his plan when he felt the woman in her arms trembling and sobbing. He was startled and realized that she was havin
Although it had already been a year since her last visit to her mother’s grave, before that, when she was still studying in the capital, she visited her every time she had a chance. Now, it has been her routine, no matter where she was, she had to visit her mother’s grave during her birthday, which was also her mother’s death anniversary. If she had time, she made sure that she also visit her during ‘All Soul’s Day. Even when the time she was avoiding her so-called adopted parents, she always made sure that she visit her mother’s grave. But this year, she fears that she might not be able to. Then, the sudden realization when she remembered that she was returned a year to the past. In the same year in her previous life, she was able to visit her mother’s graveyard. And if she does exist on the other side and what was happening to her right now does not affect her previous life, it means she was able to visit her mother’s grave on her birthday together with her Master.The cemetery was
Time passed quickly, and it had already been a few months since she left her adopted family’s house. She lived in the cemetery with her newfound family. And her best friend, Alexa, the eldest daughter of the family. She was beautiful but a bit boyish. Alexa was older than her, but she did not go to college right after she graduated from high school because of poverty. She was working in a Shooting Range Club, trying to save money for her entrance exam to the military academy. There are only designated places where they can take their entrance exam, and sometimes it is held only at their military school, which is not in the capital.The good thing about the military academy because the government provides scholarships and allowances to all the students who pass the entrance exam. However, to be eligible to get the scholarship and allowance offered by the government for the passers will depend on the results or scores get by the examinees during the entrance examination. The continuati
When Harvey felt that his wife fainted, he panicked and immediately carried her to bring her to the hospital, but Joshua stopped him. With the kind of weather outside, there might already be a flood, and they will only be stuck in the middle of the traffic because of heavy rain and flood.“Let me check first,” Joshua said. Harvey nodded and carried her to their room. He helped her change her clothes first before instructing Joshua to come in. Adrian also followed and saw her mother in bed. He felt soured, but he stopped himself from crying.“She has a fever. I will give her an injection to reduce her fever. Let her rest first. She might rest and wake up the next day, but she might also wake up in the middle of the night.”“Okay, I understand.”“Don’t worry, we are just downstairs. We are about to stay anyway.” When Adrian heard that his mother might wake in the middle of the night, he went downstairs. He immediately went to the kitchen and picked-up ingredients. The people in the liv
After her dinner, she returned to the room. The heavy rain has already stopped, but the string breeze brushes her face.She walked to the balcony. All this time, she finally accepted the fact that whether it was in her previous life or the current life she had right now, she always kept herself busy during the day so she wouldn’t feel lonely. Or feel neglected. Or feel sad. But when the sunset and she’s alone in the room. Her loneliness will consume her. Before, when she felt lonely, cooking became her companion. It can only relay her feelings, but afterward, she would sit outside the balcony and look up at the stars and moon beneath the cover of darkness. She would think of her past life. Her past life. How full it was with the laughter and love of her friends and employees. And her master – the father she missed. Her goal and independence. Her freedom. She would miss how fulfilling her life had been. And the things that she wanted to do to enhance her skills. Even when she was lonel
When Ara woke up the next morning, she was hugging her sleeping son. She has no recollection as to when her son comes to their room. She touch his face and smile gently and made a promise.‘Whatever is the truth, I promise to protect you.’Harvey saw the gentle smile from his wife while caressing their son and while he was envious of the attention given to his son, he was still happy that Ara was now able to smile again.“Good Morning” Harvey suddenly said. Ara was startled when she suddenly heard Harvey. When she raised her sight, he saw her husband sitting in the bed with a book in his hand. He might have been woken up for a while and just reading while waiting for them to wake up. She suddenly blushed when she remembered what happened last night. She was crazy to allow Harvey to help her in taking a bath. It was still unacceptable even if she was not in her right mind. She was not even drunk not to know what was happening around her. Now, he had already seen everything and she can’
The next day, it was still dark outside when Adrian woke up. He immediately climbed out of bed and went to his parent’s room. He knocked softly but heard nothing, so he slowly opened the door and carefully climbed up in the middle of the bed, lay down, and hugged his mother before closing his eyes. Harvey opened his eyes. He can only shake his head but does not say anything. He carefully tugged the quilt to his wife and son and hugged them both.When Ara woke up, she saw Harvey sitting in the bed with his laptop and Adrian with his book.“Wake up?” Harvey said when he felt some movement in his wife’s side.“Hmmm, Good morning, happy birthday, baby!” Ara said when she saw her son. She got up and hugged and kissed him.“Good morning, Mom!”“What time is it? Why didn’t you wake me up?” she turned to her husband.“It’s still early. Don’t worry.”“Let me prepare for our breakfast first before we go out.”“Actually, why don’t we let Aunt Melba prepare our breakfast? You don’t have much rest
After another week of recovery at home, Adrian was finally able to return to school. And soon, Friday comes and it’s a day before Adrian’s birthday. It was planned that they would celebrate Adrian’s friend and classmates and tomorrow, the actual day of his birthday will only be celebrated by their family. When it the time for the student to return home, the class where Adrian belongs was happily chatting, while walking to the gate. When they reached the gate, they looked for their nannies or parents who picked them up, and then they looked at Adrian to ask for their service. Adrian looked around and saw his Aunt Lulu walking to their side.“Are you ready guys?” Lulu smilingly asked.“Yes!” the children happily shouted.“Then, let’s go”. There are only 20 children plus their nannies and the parents who pick up their children, so Ara rented a bus for them to fit in. Although some of the parents who pick up their children have their own car, they still ride the bus as it is a rare exp
Ara immediately went to the bathroom to wash up. When she opens the bathroom, she found no one inside the room. Harvey was not inside but heard him talking to someone on the phone. She lay down on the bed to wait for Harvey to finish his call, but before even Harvey returned to the room, Ara could no longer fight her exhaustion and tiredness. Her lack of rest and sleep this past few days had taken her the moment her body touched the bed.Harvey listened to his wife’s gradually steady and shallow breathing. He slowly lay beside her, embraced her, and kissed her forehead before closing his eyes. He was also sleep-deprived these past few days and needs to rest. After a week, Adrian was discharged from the hospital and allowed to recuperate at home. During this time, while the investigations were ongoing, the case had already been filed in court against the woman who injured Adrian. The case was also featured in the news and is trending in social media. There are a lot of video clips of
Ara confirmed first that Adrian had already fallen asleep. After waiting for him to be in a deep sleep, Ara got out of bed and tucked him in before she left the room. She went to the connecting room, which she used as her room while accompanying Adrian. The hospital really lives up to its tagline, where the patient lives like a guest in a hotel; just like the room they booked, it has its own kitchen, living area, and two rooms for the patient and the other for the one, for those who are taking care or looking after the patient.Ara picked up her notebook and wrote her ideas for her son’s birthday. She was in a good mood right now, and her ideas came effortlessly. Besides, the time is a bit tight because she only has a month to plan everything. She has a lot of ideas, and she writes them down in her notebook one by one and how they should be done. She also wrote the menus, the giveaways, gifts to give to those who will attend, prices for the games, etc. Of course, she needed to have A
After Ara’s emotions subsided a little, and after she calmed down, Harvey and Ara walked and sat beside Adrian’s bed. Harvey silently held his wife’s hand and sometimes hugged her to give her some comfort and assurance that everything would be fine and that Adrian soon woke up.It was terrifying quiet inside the ward, with only the sound of various instruments running. The wait for Adrian to wake up seems too long. But both the husband and wife did not want to break the solemnity of silence. They were comforting themselves and knowing the presence of the other was enough and having their own thought wishing for Adrian to wake up soon and his fast recovery.When the night fell, Adrian woke up, and Ara was so happy, and finally, her heart felt relieved and settled. She didn’t even realize her face was already soaked with tears from crying because of how happy she was. “Mom, I’m sick!” Adrian said while trying to look aggrieved and looking for an embrace from his mother, but Ara was too
After Uncle Domeng finished talking about the result of the investigation, she also instructed him to investigate further regarding the family of Janet and if they could uncover the mystery of Adrian’s birth. She was curious as to who is his biological mother. Uncle Domeng nodded and left the room to continue with the task. Ara picked up her phone and dialed a number saved on the phone. Her heart was beating faster as the phone kept ringing. Just the other party picked up the phone on his end, the phone in Ara's hand was suddenly snatched, and when she looked back, it was her father. She frowned and looked as if asking for the reason behind his attitude. Enrico saw the name on the phone and directly canceled the call before looking at his daughter questioning look.“Why are you calling him?” Enrico asked first, not minding the puzzled look from his daughter.“I just want to know if he knows that Adrian was not Janet’s son.” Despite the dissatisfaction of Ara, she still answered her
After Uncle Domeng confirmed that the husband and wife would keep the matter a secret, he expressed his thanks and immediately went to Ara’s side and saw Ara’s father opening the food pack.“Let’s eat first before you talk about everything. I know you want to know about the investigation, but it’s hard to think if you are hungry.” Enrico said to her daughter.“I’m not hungry,” Ara said while looking at her Uncle.“Even if you’re not hungry, you still have to eat, so you can have the strength to taking-care of Adrian. What will happen to him if you will get sick.” Enrico still tried to persuade his daughter, but Ara just closed her eyes while sitting on the bench near the ICU where Adrian was put for observation after the surgery. After looking at her daughter, he sighed and shakes his head. After a while, he called her using the tone which he usually used when he was disciplining her when she was still a child.“Arrianne Jade Lusuegro!” Ara suddenly opened her eyes when she heard her
Just after Ara hung up the phone, a nurse went to her side and introduced herself as the one from the organization and the one who would donate blood for her son. She found out that her name was Ana, a nurse in the Pediatrics Department in the Hospital, and was already aware of her son’s condition even before the organization posted a notice to the group.Ara thanked her and gave her a calling card to contact her if she needed help in the future. That was the only thing she could do for the woman as the organization prohibits members to accept payment in helping their members or their family when it comes to helping them with blood donations. So, to show her gratefulness for saving her son, Ara is willing to help in return. Besides, her husband was rich and powerful, and his connection was wide, so she believed it would not be hard to help in the future.Ana thanked her, and just as she turned around to go where she was going to draw blood; when suddenly, someone grabbed her hand. Ara
After coming down from Marinaya Mountain, Ara, and her father decided to rest at a nearby hotel before returning to the city. After they checked in, Ara checked her phone and saw that the battery was already drained, which could be expected considering that they had been staying in the tribe for almost a month. She picked up the charger and went inside the bathroom to take a bath. Although the tribe community was located in the innermost of the mountain, the tribe created a secret passage that allowed them to go in and out of the community to the town faster, but it was still exhausting going down the mountain for over half a day. Now, she only wants to have a long soak in a hot bath. She adjusted the water temperature, put a few drops of lavender oil, and lit a scented candle for a more relaxing effect. It’s a good thing that for a small town, they have such a 3-star hotel, and their services were already top-notch, and she saw that there was already tourist exploring the place. Ma