Chapter 40

It was her tears that kept her alive in the furnace of this pain. She could not extinguish what has been, yet only carried her forward until a time comes when that searing pain is distant enough to forget more than remember, and maybe one day erase itself from her brain.

“You should take it easy on yourself, Ya Hidayah. You’ve been crying since you woke up.” Nafisa spoke, softly. She kept looking at the door to see if he’d show up. After he had announced about the pregnancy, he excused himself and left the hospital about an hour ago and he still wasn’t back.

“That’s it… I’ve given up on him. I am done, Nafisa. I’m just tired… because… he’ll never love me back. He has the one he loves.” Her face was terribly wet, as though she was standing in a blowing gale. 

“He told me they were going to spend only a month there but he ended up abandoning me for almost two months.