Sarah is a young girl who is now at the end of high school. But her life was hard for her to continue when nearing her final year of graduation, she had to accept the news that her husband had died in a plane crash that occurred a few weeks ago.
Marry? Isn't Sarah still in school? Yes, that's how it is. She is married to Alex Bell, a young man who loves her very much.
They started dating when Sarah became a new student at Alex's school, and at that time he was in grade 3. It could be said that Sarah was from Alex's junior class. Their love relationship is going well. They dated like young teenagers, with Alex being two years older than Sarah.
Their relationship is maintained even though Alex has finished his education and works as a casual daily laborer in an American multinational company that produces household cleaning goods and other consumer chemicals. The company is headquartered in Wisconsin, United States of America.
Even though he already has a job, what Alex has is not enough for Sarah's family to approve of their love affair. Coupled with Alex's status as an orphan who grew up in an orphanage in the city they currently live in. Sarah's family wants Sarah to become a successful doctor, and her relationship with Alex is seen as disturbing their daughter's future.
But their love is not that easy to stop the wall of parental blessing. The two continue to date without Sarah's family knowing. Until when Sarah's father, Mr. Rey Henson, had a traffic accident that left him dying.
At the end of his life, Mr. Rey blessed Sarah and Alex's relationship because he believed that his daughter could be happy with Alex, and before he died, Mr. Rey married Sarah to Alex so that their relationship would not be disturbed by Spencer Henson, Sarah's older brother who vehemently rejected the relationship his sister was with Alex.
They finally got married by just saying their marriage vows and the relationship will be formalized in the civil registry after Sarah finishes her education later.
The relationship that has been approved makes their love even bigger to the point of forgetting the boundaries that still have to be maintained. Sarah and Alex had unprotected intercourse in the hope that the pregnancy would not happen because what they were doing was the first time for both of them.
Not long after their modest marriage, Alex received a promotion from his workplace and had to travel to Mexico. It was then that fate separated them and destroyed the happiness they had just begun. Alex's plane exploded before landing and it was reported that all passengers and crew were killed.
Of course, the sad news shook Sarah's life. How could she have been abandoned by Alex when she had just been abandoned by her father? Sarah was very depressed and no longer had the will to live.
Her already pitiful life is getting heavier when she now receives the news that she is pregnant with her baby with Alex. Can Sarah survive such a cruel life like this?
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Doctor Archie, who saw how sad Sarah was at this moment, couldn't help but be silent. According to his role as a doctor, he can only provide the best advice for Sarah's pregnancy.
Even though it felt different when he saw Sarah who was his patient, he couldn't say or do anything more than medical advice to Sarah at this time.
Without Doctor Archie and everyone knowing, while everyone was cheering Sarah on by letting Alex go, Sarah rejected that fact in her silence.
Until now, Sarah has never admitted that Alex died. Although everyone convinced her to accept Alex's death. As long as she hadn't seen Alex's body, Sarah would continue to believe that her husband was still alive and somewhere in the world.
Sarah never gave up hope that one day Alex would come back home and hug her, kiss her forehead, while stroking her hair with the same affection, then hold her hand tightly to step into the future as Alex promised before.
After a few days of treatment, finally Sarah was allowed to go home by the doctor when her body condition had shown rapid progress and Sarah's mental state had also begun to stabilize. With the help of Doctor Archie who every day gives Sarah positive suggestions about her pregnancy, Sarah appreciates the life of the small fetus growing in her womb.
Sarah complied and started her healthy lifestyle again. Starting from eating regularly although still with small and good portions of food, every time Sarah starts eating, she always inserts a prayer in her heart and seems to be talking to the little fetus in her womb.
'Hurry up, honey. Grow up healthy, daddy's love! Help your mother to get up, honey. We must always be healthy to wait for your father to come home,'
Every positive word Sarah spoke in her heart, it was as if she was talking to a real person. The positive suggestions that Doctor Archie gave were effective in making her rise and change her slumped life.
'I have to be strong and hold on for my baby. God, when the time is right, allow Alex to come back with us. I'm sure You still keep happiness for me, by bringing him home one day. Thank you, keep reminding me not to end this beautiful life,'
'Alex, your baby and I will always be waiting for you to come home. Hope you can find your way home. Hopefully, we can get together again,'
'I don't know why I'm like this either. When everyone said that you were dead, but why does your image in my dreams always make me believe that you will come back again?'
'Then… thank you for leaving a beautiful gift to accompany me when you weren't here. I love you, Alex,'
Sarah always prays softly in every coverage of her hands and hopes that the Owner of the Earth lifts her prayer to be answered soon. Nothing bad. All things that God has given are good even though we have to be in pain to live this hard life. If life feels sad, hopefully, it is happiness that is delayed and will come at the right time, as Alex always told Sarah.
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Sarah has returned home in a fairly healthy condition. She just needs to be more often eating and taking vitamins so that her body is refreshed. Sarah began to do all the doctor's advice, trying to appreciate and be grateful for the gifts that God had given her.
Although sometimes, she still occasionally cries because she can't help but miss Alex's figure. For a second she never forgot the figure of her husband. Her crying was about to subside when Sarah put her hand to touch her still flat stomach.
'Honey, be well in there. Only you can make me excited to go through the day. We have to support each other, honey. Help me excitedly waiting for your father to come home,' Sarah said to herself as she sat looking at Alex's face in the photo frame she was currently looking at.
"Alex, you have to hurry home. I'll always be waiting for you," she said with tears in her eyes and then smiled.
Sarah was able to return to school. There, Sarah was surrounded by her friends and loyal companions, and only they knew, the misfortune that befell Sarah who had been abandoned by her husband. While the others and the school only knew that Sarah had not been to school for so long because she was often sick because she was sad over the death of her father.
Sarah slowly got up and disguised her sadness in front of everyone. This is shown by Sarah with her learning achievements. Even though she hasn't been to school for a long time, Sarah is still able to repeat her lessons and catch up. Coming to school keeps Sarah busy and slowly can share memories of the sadness of her life.
Without realizing it, six months have passed. Sarah's life, which had gradually returned to normal, is now starting to be disturbed again when Sarah's stomach is getting bigger. Even her school clothes, which were already big enough, could no longer cover her distended stomach.
Unpleasant talk began to be heard everywhere. For example in the neighborhood around Sarah's house. The neighbors around Sarah's house only know that Sarah and Alex are only dating considering their young age. The neighbors don't know that Sarah and Alex are married, because there are many assumptions out there that think early marriage is a shameful disgrace, regardless of the reason for deciding to marry early.
This morning, the neighbors were seen gossiping excitedly about Sarah, after Sarah greeted the older mothers who were talking in front of a neighbor's house that she always passed when she went to school. At that time Sarah was being rid on a motorbike, Stu, her younger brother, slowly remembered his older sister's growing womb.