Love, take my side
Chapter 130

In a separate place from Rendra's company.

Salsa tidied her clothes into a closet. He had just arrived at the house after a two-hour air journey. And from the airport to this house. Salsa had to spend two hours as well because of the toll road.

Salsa eventually resigned from her job as a secretary at Rendra's company. It turns out that surviving more than a month after the death of the man he loved does not mean he is still at home working at the company. Salsa survived because she had not found a new job. And now he is in the city and in this house. It was because Salsa was accepted as a secretary also in the larger Company. And this house is a new office facility. Salsa certainly does not waste the opportunity. He doesn't want to be just a spectator of Rendra and Anna's happiness.

Love is a mystery. And can't choose where that love can dock. If only Salsa could do that. He will not make Rendra as a berthing of his love. Danny's attention and love statements don't make the love in Salsa's heart fade away.

Sometimes it still hurts to see the man laughing happily with his partner while he struggles to get rid of those feelings. That's why Salsa chose to find another job instead of staying at that company.

Danny has come to bring a million hopes and love. But in the slightest there is no intention to return the love because he did not feel at all towards the man. If you force yourself to be happy. He could have accepted the man. As Anna said. A woman is better loved than loved. Danny's family's blessing is there, too. But Danny's past leaves Salsa with no interest at all in accepting the man.

Salsa had already felt how she felt unrequited. In a state without burden and traces of himself must let Rendra go with the woman of his choice. Salsa had felt a half-dead pain especially Nia who had to wet some of Danny's self throughout her life.

Salsa already felt love was not on her side. And Salsa will not make herself the one who makes love not side with Nia. Salsa believes Nia is still alone, which means she's still expecting Danny.

Getting out of Rendra's company is the only way to avoid the heartache and pursuit of Danny. This is Salsa's decision.

"May I find happiness in this city" Salsa told herself. He was now staring at the yard of the house that was not too broad but pleasing to the eye because the page was neatly arranged with flowers that flourished.

As a normal woman. He wishes to be happy. The woman also hopes to find a soulmate in this city. She also hopes to find a man who loves and she loves not far from her age. Because every Salsa remembers how chasing after Rendra who deserves to be her father will make the woman feel ashamed of herself.

It's been a month since Salsa left Rendra's company. The woman is still trying to adapt to her work environment. And that one month too. Danny tried hard to find his whereabouts. Danny also gets pressure from Gunawan and Grandma Rieta for not getting Salsa.

"Where should I look for you again Salsa," said Danny in frustration as he looked at his cell phone. All of Salsa's social media can't pinpoint where the woman is.

Danny is really busy looking for the heart. So that he forgot that actually there is also someone who must get attention from him. That woman is Nia. They are not married. But there's no harm in Danny watching women who will fight to die giving birth to their future children.

And that's true. Nia deserves attention right now. At the age of the womb that has stepped on at the age of seven months it is appropriate there is someone who is ready to be on standby if the woman needs help.

As of today, Nia was not working because she was feeling very exhausted. Nia felt her body so heavy that the woman was lazy to move. And sometimes the woman can not resist urination that is getting more frequent. Thats why. Nia asked to stop working until giving birth because she did not want to close the boutique owner who cares about her.

"What's this?" nia said when she realized that the back of the negligence was wet when she did not urinate. Nia tried to get up but did not so because suddenly her stomach was very sick.

"Cannot be. It had only been a few days for a month," Nia murmured as she thought she was about to give birth. No one could be asked because only he was in that house. His two brothers were not at home. As for asking the neighbors, Nia would not want to either. Since her pregnancy spread in that place. Many neighbors sneered at her and even said she was a cheap woman. Nia had already accepted that as a consequence of her stupidity.

Nia grimaced in pain. The pain she had felt for the first time made the woman unable to endure the pain. It's not just the pain now that the woman feels her body sweating. It really hurt and made Nia uncomfortable. It turned out that the excruciating pain made his voice sound out. A passing woman heard and moved her heart to enter the house.

"Nia, why are you?" ask the woman to panic. Nia sat on the floor and the place was wet.

"I don't know mom. It hurts so much. Could it be that this was about to give birth but it was still seven months," Nia replied then grimaced. The woman approaches Nia and helps Nia to sit on the sofa. He found out that it was the woman who was worse to sneer at him but now it was the woman who saw his condition. The heart is unpredictable. In the past, the woman hated Nia half to death for getting pregnant out of wedlock. But in the present times the woman is the helper for Nia.

"We're going to the hospital now. Whatever it is. The medics know better" said the woman, tinkering at her cell phone.. The woman ordered a taxi online.

"Let's help. The taxi has come," said the woman while helping Nia to stand up. Nia allows the woman to help herself because Nia realizes that she really needs help right now. Refusing just to let himself die is ridiculous.

"To the hospital or to the maternity clinic," the woman asked after they sat in the car. The woman had actually made their goal to the maternity clinic knowing how Nia's life had been since her parents moved to this place. Nia was the backbone of the family after the death of both her parents.

"Mum's maternity clinic, '" replied Nia weakly." said Nia. She chose a maternity clinic for childbirth because in the clinic it is much cheaper than in the hospital. Nia should save. Because after giving birth she must not have income. Because I have to recover. Moreover, this pain appeared when he was still trying to collect maternity money that should be two months away.

Arrive at the clinic. Nia gets immediate treatment. What Nia is experiencing at this time is a sign of giving birth. Because of too many thoughts. The fetus cannot be born old enough. The birth canal already shows five openings which means that several hours of birth will arrive.

"It looks like your fetus is two or twin," the midwife said after examining Nia's stomach with a palpation.

"Twin?" asked Nia and the woman who helped her almost simultaneously.

"Never an USG?" ask the midwife again. Hearing the surprised question from Nia and the woman. The midwife suspects that Nia never checked her pregnancy with the sophisticated device.

Nia did not answer. The pain made him unable to speak the words to answer. Grimacing is better than talking which will make him sicker. Like a midwife question. Nia never checked her pregnancy. Getting pregnant out of wedlock makes her limit interaction with outsiders including the hospital. She thought that everyone who saw her being pregnant knew that she was pregnant out of wedlock.

"Why midwife?" ask the woman who helped Nia when the midwife was done checking the fetal heartbeat. The midwife shook her head.

"His heart rate is only one. But when I was raba. This seems like two," the midwife said as she went back to inspect Nia's stomach.

"We'll see later. Single or twin births. What matters is that you and your baby are healthy. Spirit yes," said the midwife after she finished examining Nia. Nia just nodded her head. The pain cannot be described as. Nia could only grimace and take a breath then exhale it back.

"Do you not need to tell a man, the father of your fetus?" ask the woman after the midwife leaves them for a while.

"Ahl. Ti..not per.lu bu." replied Nia stammeredly.

Seeing how Nia endures herself feeling that pain. The woman had suspected that the man was unwilling to take responsibility. At once, the ibj felt sorry for Nia. Her hatred all this time towards Nia faded away just looking at Nia's pain. Nia is not only sick but also hurt. The mother, assuming Nia's suffering happened to her biological daughter.

"As far as you are, the important thing is that you should not give up fighting" the woman said. Seeing the look of Nia's eyes that look cute. The woman was afraid that Nia would not survive this birth. The woman also directly contacted Jessi Nia's sister who was in college.

"Awhile more. Jessi is coming" said the woman. Nia nodded her head.

"Did it hurt no more?"

Nia has not yet answered. The pain struck back even as sweat flooded Nia's body.

Two hours later.

The delivery finally arrived. The midwife had already directed Nia to push. He was according to what the midwife had ordered. But after straining a few times. The fetus is not ready to go out.

"Come Nia.. You should be able to," said the woman encouragingly to Nia. Her fear almost became a reality seeing Nia already suffocated.

"What if I get taken to the hospital?" ask the woman to the midwife. The woman was afraid because of late handling. His life was not saved.

"Good mom. I will order the driver to prepare the car" said the midwife. The car intended by the midwife is not an ambulance but a private car that is used as the owner of the clinic to deliver patients who cannot be handled in the clinic to the hospital.

The midwife called her companion from the door of the room. The midwife did not leave the weak Nia. In this case, it is not only Nia who must be referred to the hospital. The clinic is a place for pregnant women to give birth from the lower middle class. Some of them have no health insurance. Many of them did not have their pregnancies checked sophisticatedly before. So that in the process of giving birth to normal constrained. Because they don't know if they can give birth normally or not.

The clinic always acts quickly. They already have cooperation with certain hospitals. They are unwilling to hold the patient to a normal delivery if it is not possible. Just like Nia was doing right now.

"Don't think about the cost. What matters is that you and your baby are safe. Money can be sought even in debt. But lives cannot be bought" whispered the woman right in Nia's ear. Nia nodded her head. He also may not die silly because he feels responsibility to his two younger siblings. In the midst of her pain she thought about her baby if she died. He alone has been rejected by the family Danny let alone his fetus that still needs a struggle to raise. About the material, Danny's family side is beyond doubt. But about affection. Nia does not guarantee.

"Ohhh."

Nia groaned back then strained. The midwife who was still paying attention to the birth canal of the fetus told Nia to go back to straining because the head of the fetus was already visible. Nia according. A few seconds later. The baby can be pulled by the midwife. But they don't make crying sounds.

"Your baby is a boy" said the midwife after cutting the umbilical cord. But then the midwife put the baby in the newborn's place. The midwife looked busy with the baby by turning her back on Nia's body.

"Why with the baby?" whisper the woman who helped Nia to the midwife. The woman stared sadly at the very small baby boy. It may not weigh up to a kilo.

"This baby's dead from inside the mom. The twin is still inside" said the midwife slowly so that her voice would not be heard by Nia. After the baby came out. The midwife groped Nia's stomach. And there's still a baby in it. The midwife made sure that the baby was the one whose heartbeat could be detected. The woman looked at Nia for a moment.

"In secret first the midwife," said the woman. She does not want Nia to drop after knowing her baby died even though she still has to fight to give birth to one more baby.

Fifteen minutes later. Nia felt pain again. The midwife told Nia to push. Maybe because the baby was still breathing. Only one time straining. The baby can be removed. And his voice filled the room.

"Baby you're a girl."

Just like the first baby. The midwife did not place the baby girl on Nia's chest. The baby girl was put into an incubator. The baby girl looked bigger than the baby boy. Although the weight can not be said to be normal weight for a newborn baby.

Nia felt happy and sad at the same time. She had delivered her baby safely without being referred to the hospital but the baby was unlike any other baby. A baby has a mother without a father.

"Where is Mom?.

Somehow the midwife asked the father of the baby since Nia's arrival at the clinic. The midwife asked that because she did not get an answer. Moreover, knowing that the woman accompanying Nia was currently only a neighbor. The midwife felt that she needed to tell her father the condition of the dead boy first rather than directly to Nia.

Nia felt the sadness was becoming more and more. In silence Nia cried considering the fate and fate of her daughter's son. The woman felt saved from the midwife's question with Jessi coming in the room.

"Where's the baby?" jessi asked happily after confirming Nia first. The woman accompanying Nia and the midwife looked in a different direction. The woman looked at the baby boy who had been neatly wedged while the midwife looked towards the incubator.

Jessi looked at the direction of the two women's eyes. He looked at the baby boy and at the baby girl.

"Twin?" ask Jessi happy. Nia nodded her head happily. He didn't have bad thoughts about the baby boy. Nia thought that the baby boy was put there because there was only one incubator in the room.

Jessi approaches the baby followed by the midwife.

"Died?" jessi was confused. Before the midwife told him about the baby's condition.

"Died, who died?" ask Nia. Along with that the woman immediately clasped Nia's hand tightly.

"Sorry mom. Mother must be strong. This baby boy died from within. That's why her heartbeat can only be detected from one baby alone" the midwife explained.

"You must be strong Nia. You still have one more baby to look after" said the woman. Nia could not help that sadness. Nia crying. Happiness decreases knowing the condition of the baby boy. He felt perfect with the birth of his daughter's son but only for a moment. Nia had to settle for just getting her baby daughter.

"May I hold it one last time?" asked Nia with a sob. The woman and the midwife looked at each other. The woman actually thought it was unnecessary because it would make it difficult for Nia to forget her baby boy. But looking at Nia's hand that was still outstretched. Finally the midwife placed the baby next to Nia.

Nia looked at the baby boy while crying. The struggle for Danny's responsibilities is not working and how she bears the shame of maintaining her pregnancy. But one of her babies is not willing to fight alongside her. The baby chose to leave rather than enjoy life as a fatherless child.

"Must be strong mbak. We face this reality together" Jessi said in tears and hugged Nia. He could not see Nia's sadness. Jessi then takes the baby and puts it back where it was. The midwife also seemed to dissolve in the sadness.

"Mother midwife, may I ask you a favor?" asked Nia after she stopped crying. The movements of the baby girl seen by him made Nia strong.

"What's that. Say it."

"Please make the baby's birth certificate stating if the baby died from the inside without mentioning if I gave birth to twins," said Nia. The midwife nodded her head because of what Nia asked. The certificate must be issued by the clinic.

Not long to make the certificate. In just a few minutes, the certificate was already in Nia's hands.

"Jessi, please deliver this baby to Danny and give me this affidavit" Nia said. Everyone in the room looked confused but reluctant to ask.

"Yes," replied Jessi. Jessi grabs a letter from Nia's hand after receiving any message Jessi wants to convey to Danny and his family.