-------------- Los Angeles, California.
------------------------- Next morning( Lily Specialist hospital)
" Khalid, you should go home and rest, the night was long" Mother said as we came out from the lab, after donating some blood for Faryah. I didn't want to leave her side. I didn't want the culprit to attack her again. " Yes Son, you should go, I called up Sumayyah and let her in on what happened, they'll be praying for her" Brandon said as we all walked side by side together. " I need to go to the police station first, Sophia's coming with me, the culprit needs to pay for what he has done to Faryah" I said as I held my arm, where the syringe went through. I wasn't a big fan of needles but anything for Faryah. " Sure, I'll cooperate" She answered and I smiled at her. "I'll be expecting you at the office later on son" Brandon said as he patted my shoulder. I wasn't going to concentrate well in the office. But I had to.
" Excuse me, miss Sophia good morning" A man from the police called as he walked towards where we all stood with other three of his men. How did he know Sophia?. " Good morning Director Malcom" She answered. " We're handling the case of Miss Sophia's incident, I am Director Malcom, and I am really hoping that we can cooperate to find who really is behind all this" He said again. I was willing to cooperate. " Sure Director" I answered. " Mr Olyster, have you seen this man before?" The director asked again as he handed a paper to Brandon and I. I collected the paper and took a good look at the sketch. I had seen this face before, not exactly the face but something similar to it. " He looks like Mr Gabriel" There, it clicked as Brandon blurted the answer out. " Yes, the eyes, we're not saying its Mr Gabriel, but the person here has similar features with him" I answered too. " Can I see that son?" Mother asked and I passed it over to her. " Does this said Mr Gabriel have a son?" The director asked again. " Well none that we know of" Brandon answered. " We are going to question this said person, Can I get his full name?"
" Jake Gabriel Jr" Brandon answered. " Thank you"
" Uhmm is the victim awake now, we need to question her on what happened, we found her Phone and hand bag at the scene of the incident" The director said and he handed them to me. " We checked her phone and found some texts from an Unknown number, we tried tracking the number but it wasn't registered" He said again. " Don't you have any details on who could've possibly purchased it?" I asked him. " Well yes, but it led to a dead end, we really need the statement of the victim, how is she?" He asked again. " she's being operated on, according to the doctor, she also got into a coma" Sophia answered. " Director Malcom, the culprit is still running free and he wanted to silence Faryah, I bet he has eyes and ears everywhere, when he finds out that Faryah could wake up at any moment and Identify him, he would try to kill her again, please we need security for her" Brandon said again. " Yes, my men are on that, we also got some lab photos and results and from the photos from the crime scene, we saw that the Victim was stabbed with a pocket knife due to struggle, we also found some bruises on her arm, I am guessing she struggled" He said again. " Finger prints?" I asked.
" Well the culprit didn't leave any prints behind, foot prints and finger prints, we didn't find anything, he did a clean job" The director answered and I sighed in disappointment. " We'll go ahead and talk to the doctor in charge, we'll get back to you" The director said as he shook Brandon's hand. " I'll like to talk to the doctor too" Sophia said as she followed behind the director.
" Khalid!" oh lord. I didn't want more complications right now. I should've expected this. " Good morning Sir, Ma'am" She greeted as she pecked Mother and Brandon. " Good morning Grandpa July" She said cheerfully and a small smile formed on my face as I watched them. She had packed her wavy hair into a ponytail. She was already in her coat, she was wearing a white pencil skirt, with a dark blue button up shirt and black heels. She was wearing little makeup, pink lipstick and eye liner. She looked so beautiful. She graced us with her presence. Our kids were going to be so beautiful.
" Khalid honey" she said as she placed a small kiss on my cheek and hugged me. " What are you all doing here, what happened?" Ella asked as she faced me and the others. " Well Khalid's... " Oh no she wasn't. I stopped Mother before she could say anything more. " My mothers friends daughter came to stay with us for a little while, The lady got into an accident, No Biggy, just a small coma, she'll be alright" I said as I tried avoiding the gaze of Mother and the others. I used my hands to brush my hair and looked at Mother, she was giving me the " What the hell!!??" look. Even I felt bad about lying about Faryah. A tiny part of me felt like shouting to the whole world that Faryah was my wife. My One and Only wife but whenever I thought of Pamela, I began to feel guilty. " Oh you didn't tell me about that babe" Ella said again as she stood by me. " She hasn't been here for long so yeah it kind of slipped" I answered and smiled at her. " Oh, what accident did she actually get into?" She asked again. " Uhmm She was stabbed and beaten up, you know like a robbery" that wasn't a lie. It really was like a robbery. I put my hands around her shoulder and kissed her head as I pulled her closer to me. " She has a room now?, can I see her?"
" Oh no Pamela, she's being operated on now" Mother said. " Oh okay" she answered. " Khalid, lets go home, I'll call Anna up and tell her to come over to keep watch on Faryah, lets go" Mother said and I nodded. " Yes sweetheart, you should eat something" Ella added and I smiled at them.
" Yes, we'll go home now" GrandPa Julius said as he got up from where he sat. " I'll head on to my office now, I have a patient" She said and kissed me. " We'll talk later okay" I smiled at her in response and watched her walk away.
" Why did you have to lie like that?" Mother asked immediately she left. " And I thought you two were over" She asked again. " Yes, Khalid what's going on?" GrandPa Julius asked too. " I and Pamela are engaged" I blurted out. " Come again?" GrandPa Julius said giving me a stern look. " She asked me to marry her and I agreed" I said again, this time avoiding their gaze. " You are married Khalid" I heard GrandPa Julius say. " But not for love GrandPa" I answered back. " What do you mean not for love?, I can clearly see that you're falling in love with Faryah" He didn't have to say that. Why were they saying that. " No GrandPa, I just care " something told me inside that I was lying. " Son, you're getting yourself in big trouble you know" Brandon finally spoke up. " No I'm not, Pamela doesn't need to know that I am married to Faryah, because I'm divorcing her when her Grandfather kicks the bucket.." Mother cut me off. " What do you mean?, you want her Grandfather dead, what if he doesn't die in the next twenty years Khalid" Mother was worried for me. " Mother, don't worry, I'll be fine" I assured and smiled at her. " You won't be fine if you continue lying to her, lying always makes matters worse" She said again. She was right, but I could pull it off. " Mother dear, don't worry" I said as I hugged her like a small baby.
" Excuse me?" We heard Doctor Michael call as he got out of the operating. I really hoped it was successful, I needed to get to know Faryah more. " Is she okay?" I asked with worry. " Yes, it was successful, she's still in a coma but we've transferred her to the ICU, you can see her for now" At least we were past that. " Mrs Olyster, we made some x-rays and we saw that, there is an old scar on her hippocampus, the patient already has Amnesia, TGA to be precise, and now that she has gone into coma again, due to a brief blockage of the blood vessels supplying her brain, I think she's going to experience another TGA, it is very likely" Faryah had Amnesia?, how was that possible. GrandPa Musa didn't tell us anything about that. " Doctor can you Identify what caused the previous TGA?" Mother asked. " Well probably a blow to the head, like the incident that just happened or it can be due to Emotional shock" The doctor said again. " The patient is mute right?" He asked again and I answered him instantly. " In my theory, I think she is mute due to the Traumatic Brain Injury that made her have amnesia in the past, does she normally seclude herself from people?" This was really getting interesting. " She acts normally, she enjoys her life, she even studies, she's in her last year" I answered back.
" Well it is possible that when she woke up from her past coma, she forgot about what traumatised her, but the effect of the trauma still existed, so she had to grow up with it and had to learn how to lead a normal life, so with this blow to the head now, it's either she loses her memory again or she remembers the traumatic incident that happened to her or she remains normal" We needed to talk to GrandPa Musa about this, why didn't they tell us anything about her accident. " Michael, which chances do you personally think are higher?" Mother asked the doctor. " Well Zainab, Personally I think the chances of her losing her memory again is higher than the rest" Oh my goodness. She was going to forget about me, forget everything about herself, forget who she really is.
" Oh my goodness" Brandon sighed. " Is there a way we can avoid that?" I asked him. " No, we just need to wait for her to wake up, no matter how long it takes" He answered and I felt like my soul was ripped out of my body. I really didn't want her to start afresh, what about all what has happened to her, her memories and everything.
" Faryah needs your prayers" The doctor said and I watched Mother break down in tears. I immediately pulled her into a hug and hid my tears from them. " she'll be fine mother" I managed to say as I patted her back. " We'll do our best, I have to go now" the doctor said as he tapped Mother. " How could we be so careless" Mother cried on my chest. " She'll be okay" Brandon said as he hugged Mother and I. " I'll talk to Musa" GrandPa Julius said. What if this wasn't the only thing they were keeping from us.
Faryah, please be alright.
--------------------Indonesia, Palembang
-------------------------Same day.
Sumayyah.
" Abbah you heard what they said, she'll be fine, they're taking care of her" I said as I managed to console Abbah. He had refused to eat anything since he heard the news of Faryah being in a coma. This wasn't the first time. " Sumayyah, she can't be fine, she's in a coma again, the last time she was in a coma she forgot about her past life, and now she's in a coma again, what if she forgets about us, about me?, I won't be able to take it" Abbah said as he looked outside the window. " Abbah all we have to do is pray for her now" I consoled again. I had called Firdaus earlier today to tell her the condition of her sister. I knew she cared for her deep down. " I want to see her for myself Sumayyah, what if she loses her life..." I couldn't bear to lose Faryah. "Abbah, don't say that, Faryah will be fine okay" I answered as I patted his back. He kept quiet for a moment as a tear rolled down his cheek before finally speaking up. " Allah knows best" he finally spoke. " At least we need to find her real family, in case of any misfortune" He said again.
That was right, Faryah wasn't our real family. Abbah had found her close to the river where an accident happened. The police didn't find Faryah, Abbah found her and decided to take care of her, he took her to the hospital and finally took her in. Like his own. Abbah and I grew to love her but Firdaus didn't. Abbah decided to make Faryah believe that she was truly with her family when she woke up from her coma after 8 months. He didn't want her to go through any more trauma. She was just a young girl when we found her, we decided to make it look like she was six at that time and that I was her real mother.
The past was catching up to us slowly.
Abbahs phone rang and I checked the caller ID as I handed it over to him. It was Julius, requesting a video call. I sat by Abbah as he answered the call. " Good day Musa, Sumayyah" Julius said to Abbah into the phone. " How are you Julius?" Abbah asked. " well we're fine here and Faryah's blood transfusion was a success, she's still in a coma although" He answered. It looked like he was in his bedroom.
" Musa, Faryah has Amnesia?" Abba sighed after that question. " Yes, she was in an accident when she was six, she fell into a coma for eight months, when she woke up she couldn't remember us, and due to the accident, she became mute" GrandPa answered. He was still sticking to our story. " That explains what the doctor said, and he also said its very possible for her to forget again, when she wakes up, we just need to pray that, that doesn't happen" My beautiful Faryah. Please don't forget us. " Insha'Allah, that won't happen" Insha'Allah. " I have to take my bath and eat breakfast now, I'll call you back for more updates" Julius said again. " Goodbye" I and Abbah said as he ended the call.
Faryah please wake up soon.