Cohabitation With My Ex-Husband

"Raphael, Gabriel! Mommy will be leaving because Mommy has work, so you guys have to stay here until Daddy comes, okay?" said Sarah looking at her two kids who had wanted to leave, but couldn't because Sarah held their hands.

The two nodded then turned back to see their grandfather who was staring at them. There was also their grandmother who looked very happy.

Sarah sighed when she saw the attitude of her kids. After talking with Michael and the kids, they agree to let Raphael and Gabriel visit their grandfather after school because Sarah and Michael have to work.

Michael went to pick them up, then took them to the hospital, and Sarah went with them to Mr. Collins' room. Michael had an important meeting to attend to, so he left immediately after dropping off the kids.

Fortunately, after asking Steve, who is Mr. Collins' doctor, the blonde doctor agreed.

"You remember what Mommy said, right? To play with your toys and listen to grandpa and grandma, okay? Gabriel?" said Sarah when she saw Gabriel looking unfocused.

"I understand, Mommy. Let me go, I want to play with grandpa!" said the blond boy with the figure of Batman in his hands. He couldn't wait to show it to his grandfather.

Sarah finally let them go and let the two kids run to her grandfather and climb onto the bed.

"Then I'll excuse myself. I still have work to do," said Sarah, looking at Mr. and Mrs. Collins in turn, then left when she saw their nodding heads.

"Grandpa! Look! It's Batman! Isn't this cool?" said Gabriel showing the figure of Batman being held by him.

"Wow, that looks really cool! Did Daddy buy that for you?" asked Mr. Collins trying to make an overreaction.

Gabriel shook his head.

"No, this is a gift from Mommy's friend. Grandpa, look!" Gabriel said again while showing his Batman.

Mr. and Mrs. Collins fell silent upon hearing this. One look, they could tell that the Batman figure must be very expensive. However, who is Sarah's friend who gave such an expensive gift to their grandsons?

However, the two of them didn't seem to think much of it and chose to focus on looking at their grandsons.

In an instant, Mr. Collins looked very busy because his two grandsons who were on his left and right kept calling him and showing him the toys they brought, or the drawing they drew at school.

Meanwhile Mrs. Collins, who was sitting by the bed, just looked at them with a smiling expression. Even though she wanted to join in and play with her grandsons as well, she felt a little awkward because she knew her grandsons didn't like her.

After all, seeing them come and play with their husbands was enough. Thankfully Sarah accepted her request to let her kids come to visit her husband.

Raphael was looking through the contents of his bag for the toy he was going to show him, and suddenly looked at Mrs. Collins who was in front of him.

"Grandma!" called Raphael suddenly, making both adults there slightly surprised.

"I'm hungry, do you have food?" he asked, trying to look nonchalant as he looked back at the contents of his bag.

To be honest, he knew why he had to come here because he listened to his Mommy and his gra… grandmother's conversation. He had to play with his grandfather so that his grandfather could get better..

He also heard his grandmother's apology to his mother, and he could feel the sincerity of his grandmother.

So, well… There's nothing wrong with him trying to get close to his grandmother, right? To give her a chance like his Mommy said.

"Ah! Right! You must be hungry because you just got home from school! Wait a minute, grandma is going to buy you some food!" said Mrs. Collins with a big smile on her face then stood up and left the room.

Not long after, Mrs. Collins returned with a large plastic bag in her hand.

"Why did you buy so many?" asked Mr. Collins, chuckling at what his wife had brought.

Mrs. Collins didn't know what her grandsons would like, so she bought everything on the menu for two each.

"Wow! There's a lot of food!" said Gabriel with blazing eyes looking at the delicious looking food in front of him. He then looked at his grandmother.

"Thank you, grandma!"s

After saying that, he immediately jumped to get down and grabbed one of the food.

"Thank you, grandma!" said Raphael and followed his sister.

Mrs. Collins' smile grew wider when she heard her grandson's thanks. Aren't they so adorable?

She was really happy to be close to her two grandsons. It seemed her decision to try to be close to Sarah was right.

***

"It suddenly became quiet," Mrs. Collins muttered when her grandsons had been picked up by her son.

The room, which had been full of laughter and voices from little kids, suddenly became silent, and it made her feel sad and empty.

"Yeah," replied Mr. Collins quietly.

There was sadness on his face.

"So…." Mrs. Collins then looked at her husband. "Do you really not want to have surgery?" she asked frankly. Her facial expression was hopeful.

Today her grandsons keep saying that they want her husband to come over to their house and play with them. The kids  also asked about their house, and wanted to visit there.

"That…." Mr. Collins didn't go on. Usually he would be quick to say that the decision was final, he wasn't going to have surgery and it was best if she didn't discuss it with him again.

However, his heart slowly began to waver after the presence of not one, but two of his grandsons who looked very adorable and smart.

Mrs. Collins sighed when she saw that her husband had not continued his word. She felt annoyed, but she decided to swallow back her words.

She was sure it wouldn't be long before her husband changed his mind, and she should ask his doctor about the risks of the operation.

***

The past days continued as usual, Raphael and Gabriel kept visiting their grandfather, and Mrs. Collins occasionally helped them both.

"Wouldn't it be nice if Grandpa went with you guys to go camping?"

"Yes, it's a pity that Grandpa is sick. Let's hope Grandpa gets well soon!"

"Would you like to go out with grandpa and grandma when grandpa has gotten better?"

Mrs. Collins kept trying to provoke such questions. She noticed that her husband was glaring at her, but Mrs. Collins didn't care. She had to do her best to get her husband to do the operation.

"Are you really going to keep doing this?!" asked Mr. Collins who finally couldn't take it anymore when his wife had been asking questions like that for the past two days.

​ "Yeah, until you do the surgery!" replied Mrs. Collins irritably. "After all, what are you afraid of? Your doctor already said the operation can be done!" she continued.

Mr. Collins was silent when he heard that.

"Are you afraid?" guessed Mrs. Collins.

Mr. Collins just kept quiet because it hit the mark. He was afraid that after the surgery, he couldn't open his eyes again.

In his last operation he fell into a coma and was unconscious. It was really scary!