The Passion of the Segara
Eps. #83 Start to Be Conscious

Arkha sat in his study with both elbows placed on the table. Both of his hands propped up his chin with the glued net staring at the laptop screen before him. But Arkha's mind was not there.

Back then, his mood was extremely messy, his mind was extremely chaotic. So many problems he faces. That's what makes Arkha feel so depressed, that he can't concentrate on his work. The company's reports on his laptop haven't even had a chance to digubrisnya at all.

Tok...!

Tok...!

It was then that someone was knocking on the door of his study.

"Come, Rendy!" pekik Arkha's.

"Are you calling me, Boss?" Rendy walked into his room and immediately sat down on the chair in front of Arkha.

"Is there any progress on Mama?" ask Arkha. However, his eyes remained blankly staring at the screen of his laptop.

"Until now there is still no one, Boss," said Rendy as she lowered her head, she was afraid that Arkha would scold her after hearing her answer.

However, Rendy's guess was wrong at that time, Arkha just let out a long sigh and leaned her back on her work chair.

"Rendy, I'll give you an extra assignment" Arkha said.

"I want you to send a spy to keep an eye on Livina's movements, find out what she's been doing all this time" she said in a fierce tone.

Rendy frowned and squinted her eyes, she did not expect Arkha to give such a task to her.

"You serious, Boss? are you suspecting Mrs Livina?" rendy asked hesitantly as she raised her head and tried to look at Arkha's facial expression, to know the seriousness of her speech.

"Yes, Rendy. I think he's been keeping secrets all along. And it looks like she also had something to do with Mama's escape from the hospital. All this time he never cared about Mama, I wonder why he suddenly went there yesterday. I suspect there is something he is hiding from me" Arkha said with confidence and a suspicious look on her face.

Rendy nodded her head understandingly, "alright, Boss. I will immediately send my men to spy on Madame Livina as per your orders!" willing.

Arkha turned his gaze forward while closing his eyes for a moment and again sighed deeply. Slowly he rubbed his face and stared at Rendy.

"When will all these problems be solved, Rendy? we haven't been able to find the pearls. I was happy because Mama had improved, but now Mama is disappearing. Where else should we go looking for them?" arkha complained, he felt disappointed and desperate because everything he had done so far was in vain, not producing any results at all.

"We need to be patient and keep trying, boss. I'm sure we will be able to find them as soon as possible," entertained Rendy trying to reduce the disappointment and distress felt by the boss.

Ting...!

Rendy rushed into his pocket when he heard a short message notification from his phone. Rendy smiled as she read a message on her phone.

"There's good news, Boss!" rendy looks very excited.

"What's up, Rendy?" Arkha felt very curious when he saw Rendy look so happy.

"I got a message from the hospital. Genta is conscious, Boss!" sahut Rendy's.

"really?" Arkha smiled happily.

"Yes, Boss. Here's a message from the doctor who handled Genta during her coma." Rendy explained the contents of the news she had just received through a short message.

"Ready, Boss. I will prepare the car first" responded Rendy as she stepped out of Arkha's office.

Hearing the news that Genta had regained consciousness, giving Arkha a glimmer of hope so that his face that had looked disheveled, was now beaming with a smile seen adorning him. His hope of soon finding the Pearl again blossomed in his soul.

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Arkha and Rendy arrive at the hospital and head straight for the ICU room.

"Sorry, Sir. The patient on behalf of Mr. Genta has been moved to the treatment room, because he was aware of his coma" explained a nurse who was there.

"Oh yeah, in what room number, Sus?" Rendy asked immediately.

"In room 1706, sir, it was on the seventeenth floor," said the nun, as she soon passed from before Rendy.

Arkha and Rendy looked at each other and both smiled.

"You're too rash, Rendy. You should have asked at the reception first" Arkha said.

"You brought me straight here, boss," licked Rendy.

The two then chuckled at their silliness. So happy to know Genta is conscious, they just go to the ICU without finding out first, when in fact Genta has been transferred to the treatment room.

Arkha and Rendy hurried on to the elevator to take them to the seventeenth floor of the hospital building.

Arriving at Genta's treatment room, the two immediately entered and found Genta still lying weakly on the hospital bed. But his eyes were a little open.

The infusion hose is still attached to his hand, the cast of the neck and back support is also not removed, breathing apparatus is still attached to his nose. Although he was conscious, Genta still looked very weak and his condition was still not fully recovered. He still has to undergo intensive treatment.

"How are you, Genta. Are you feeling better?" asked Rendy while directly sitting on the chair next to the Genta bed.

"It's better, Rendy," said Genta softly as he tried to open his eyes wider. However, Genta could not turn his head, the broken collarbone he suffered had not healed so he had not been able to move his head. Understandably, a cast that is still attached to the neck makes the motion of his head restrained in the same position.

"Almost a month you've been in a coma, Genta. I'm so glad you're sober now" said Arkha, sitting next to Rendy and staring at Genta's pale face.

"Boss Arkha," greeted Genta with his barely audible voice. His hand moved trying to reach Arkha's hand.

"Yes, Genta. I'm right here." Arkha grabbed Genta's hand.

"Now try to tell me what really happened to you, Genta?"

With a very soft voice, Genta then told how his crew members sealed him and tortured him in a cargo container.

"Basic narrow-minded humans, no brains!" Rendy clucked in annoyance, "what did they get after torturing you to such an extent, Genta?" Rendy becomes very upset to hear Genta's story.

"Come, Rendy. I don't understand either" explained Genta.

"Then what about the Pearl, the Genta? You said he was alive, how did you survive the tsunami?" arkha Sela.

Indeed, from the beginning he was very impatient to hear the story of Genta about the existence of Pearl, the woman he loved so much.