Rewriting The Love Story: Learn to Love Again | Ongoing

Chapter 3

Isaac's intertwines his fingers with Amaryllis as looks at Yohan who's currently placing the black film sheet on the light board before moving the board to face the both of them. He can feel Amaryllis holding his fingers tighter as her eyes start scanning the sheets. To be honest it has been a year since Amaryllis started the treatment to get back on her feet and there is no sign that she's gonna get better anytime sooner. Isaac can wait forever for his wife to get better or not. He doesn't mind. As long as Amaryllis is with him. He already vowed that he will still love his wife unconditionally.

"The swollen around your focal chord has been reduced greatly Amy," Yohan said with a smile on his face making Amaryllis looks at the doctor then her husband. She can feel Isaac lightly squeezing her hand before her attention is back to the doctor in front of her. "So, you can now proceed to next stage of physiotherapy...more stretching and range-of- motion exercises before we can start putting you to try to walk again. No more forcing yourself to walk," he continues as he saw how Amaryllis eyes brighten up. Isaac smiles a little then he looks at Yohan. "So, Amaryllis of the meds now?"

"Oh no. She will still have to take them. We don't want the inflammation flare up again and make the cord swell again. But we are gonna reduce the dosage until we do another scan in..." Yohan stops for a while before he looks up into the computer and then looks back at both Amaryllis and Isaac. "3 months."

Isaac carry Amaryllis in his arms bridal style and place her on on the bed. "You heard what your doctor said," Isaac said making Amaryllis smiles again. "I'm getting better," she said smiling softly as start to play with the Isaac's shirt collar and nuzzles her nose against Isaac's neck before giving her husband little kisses all over Isaac's neck making the man start groaning a bit. Isaac soon joins his wife on the bed while holding Amaryllis close to him. Truthfully, he misses this little kisses, little caress between him and Amaryllis but he was being considerate towards his wife since he doesn't want to force himself on her and he let Amaryllis be the one that willingly initiate the moves to become intimate first. Isaac braces himself as he can feels Amaryllis lips started to travel around his neck, making him start to feel excited. He's a man after all and Amaryllis is still beautiful and alluring in his eyes. So, this little intimacy somehow excites him. Isaac begins caressing Amaryllis nape as his wife still excitedly planting little kisses on his neck.

Upon feeling's her husband caress on her nape, Amaryllis shudders. She stops for a while as she looks up at Isaac's face and into his eyes. The way her husband looking at her, she understands what her husband wants so she closes her eyes as she feels Isaac lips on hers now and she lets her husband take the lead.

It has been a busy week. Isaac has to leave to the office way before 8 and come home almost at 12. After the day of her appointment with Yohan to check on her progress, Isaac starts to become busier. Somehow in the back of her mind, she thought that Isaac is somehow trying to distance himself from her. After all, it was her fault that she can't fulfill the role of a wife anymore. She remembered how excited Isaac was since they haven't been intimate for more than a year, but Amaryllis can't continue. She doesn't feel anything from her waist below, so she asked Isaac to stop. Being the kind husband he is, Isaac obliges and he just kisses Amaryllis temple before pulling her into his arms despite both of them were no longer fully clothed. Amaryllis feels terrible but Isaac said no to worry, he can manage despite the obvious bulge form. That day she silently cries into Isaac's arms while her husband keeps caressing her back.

She sighs deeply as she can feels how disappointed her husband must be. Hence, Amaryllis decides that it's best for her to postpone her therapy for a while as she didn't want to trouble Ivan from sending and taking her from the hospital (more to didn't want to hear more venomous words from his brother-in-law). So, Amaryllis spend most of her time drawing on the empty canvases, more to doodling since she can't seem to produce any paintings that she deems right to continue. She watches the television, but turns her back once her eyes fall on sports channel. Because she can't no longer join any marathon or runs that she enjoyed so much back then.