Little Story About You
CHAPTER 10: TOUGH DAYS FOR MEANINGFUL TOGETHERNESS
Abel met his mother in the hospital parking lot. As soon as he saw the whereabouts of his mother, Abel immediately approached.
“Ma.”Abel rebuked and embraced his mother's arm while resting his spoiled head on her shoulder.
“You're making Mama worry aja.”
“Sorry, Mom. Abel makes Mama bother, yes?”
“But, you sure are healthy, right? No complaints?”
Abel nodded slowly. “Doctor Ibram deft same health condition Abel, Ma.”
“Good, yes?”
“He'em.”
Mama Abel smiled happily at her daughter's confession. He seemed to rub Abel's hair for a moment.
“Such a gap with Mama.”Abel said spoiled while kissing the clothes worn by his mother.
“Iyaaa.”
“On hospital park bench aja yuk, Ma? Pegel stood here constantly. Over there is bench.”Abel pointed in front of them.
“Yaudah.”Mama Abel looked at the driver. “Pak, please carry the suitcase.”Mama Abel talks to Abel's family driver.
“Good, Bu.”The driver stepped into the back of the car to pick up Abel's suitcase in the trunk.
While Abel and his mother had walked first leading to the hospital garden shaded by many large trees there. Some patients, families, and nurses appeared to be there.
Abel and his mother sat on an empty long bench behind the Red Soka Flower that formed itself like a fence.
“You can ask doctor Ibram to come here?”
“Can't, Ma. Doctor Ibram is again busy with his duties.”
“Yaudah no pa-pa. Are you sure you don't want to go home?”
Abel nodded slowly.
“Judah is up to you. The important thing is to take care of the condition. Mama equally papa do not want to hear anything that makes us hang at that time.”
“Ready, Boss!”Abel gave a respectful attitude.
Abel and his mother stopped when the driver came with a small suitcase on his lap.
“Excuse me, Mom. Here's the suitcase.”
“Still, Sir.”Abel responded.
“Sama-sama, Ma'am. I excuse.”
“Judah. Mama also all the way.”Mama Abel moved from her seat.
Abel stood up. “Iya, Mother. Careful.”
“Iya. You too.”
“Bye, Ma.”
***
Only fifteen minutes later Abel returned to the room while pulling a suitcase. Arriving there, unfortunately he was unable to find the whereabouts of Ibram. Put his bag on the gurney to look around the room Ibram, even knocking on the bathroom door there, the result remains the same. There is no existence of that man.
Abel sat on the lips of the gurney waiting in dismay, for his mother had just left and now he was alone in a hospital with no one to know but Ibram, but the man was not with him in the room. Then, he took a cell phone, but he just remembered if there was no mobile number of the man in his contact. The girl sighed softly and then put her phone back next to her.
“He where to try?” he said, then stepped closer to the door of the room. He opened the door and stood in front of her. Abel began to look around him. Currently the scenery he saw was only other doctors, passing nurses, patients, and families. He immediately turned back to enter the room, but simultaneously he accidentally saw the sign on the door.“Doctor Alfabio Ibram Baskoro. Her hand closed her open lips.“He has a title as great as that?” his voice muffled behind his palm with widened eyes digesting the writing in front of him at this moment.
“Why are you outside?”
Abel jumped out loud hearing Ibram's voice coming from behind him. The girl quickly turned around and saw Ibram had been standing right in front of her in less than a meter. Abel shook his head slowly and slightly made himself slightly off the edge when Ibram was about to go through the door.
Ibram entered the room first, while Abel followed behind him still with a face that was in shock at the achievement the man had achieved. Abel remembered his act when joking nosy to the man. Abel rubbed his hair into disarray. His mind went into a sudden mess to the point that he did not hear his name already called Ibram twice.
Ibram put two plastic bags in his hand. He turned around in wonder Abel had not responded to his call since entering the room. Once facing Abel back, Ibram had witnessed Abel's hair form that had fallen apart.
Ibram looked at Abel's hair.
Abel looked confused. But seeing the direction of Ibram's view, Abel immediately realized and tidied his hair.
“So I redeemed your medicine. There is fruit too. The food is still.” Ibram said he told me the contents of his carry-on bag.
Abel glanced at the plastic bag over the gurney.“Thank you.” He smiled looking awkward. Honestly, he was curious and wanted to ask further, but it felt impolite to dig into the personal information of others he just knew. But, this is not him. He is an outspoken man. So, she decided to venture to ask.“You... have that title?” tanyanya awkward.
“That's what?”
“Ituu... which I read at the door just now.” Abel said clumsily as he pointed at the door.
“Hemm.”
“At the age now?!”
“Hemm.”
“Means, you're the same age as Hugo and Reni's sister, right?”
“Iya.”
“Great fun you!”
“What?”
The beautiful sister responded with a gentle smile and the typical hospitality of her profession. Then the nurse came out after doing her duty.
At that moment Abel immediately noticed Ibram who was heading to the table where the food was placed. The man looked deftly open the cover eating and drinking one at a time, which exposed the contents. There is yogurt, warm ginger tea, rice porridge and grilled salmon, boiled potatoes, also vegetable salad. Not to miss the fruits, there are bananas and papaya diced. It was all healthy food.
Abel suddenly felt a headache thinking of how to spend it.“This for all of me?”
“I don't know what you want. So I ordered as needed your condition now.” Say it while giving warm ginger tea to Abel.
Abel smiles amusedly.“How do I feel to have a personal doctor gini, yes.” He said while receiving the warm tea Ibram gave him.
“Abel.” Tegur Ibram suddenly.
“Iya?” Abel looked at Ibram.
Ibram seemed confused to convey. “I... there is this abis task. You're not pa-pa alone here, are you? Or need friends?”regretted that he could no longer be in the room to accompany Abel.
Abel's face slackened for a moment. He stared at Ibram long.“Yaudah, not pa-pa. I shouldn't bother you. This is your job as a doctor. But... I wait for you alone here not pa-pa, right?” abel's Response. His feelings even say otherwise. Abel did not want to interfere with the man's work just because he was afraid in the hospital alone, especially without knowing anyone, except Ibram.
“Oke.” Ibram smiled relievedly hearing that.
“But..”.
“What?”
“Tomorrow can you get me out? Where aja's. Pliss. Yes?”
“I'm working on.”
Abel also smiled happily to hear the availability of Ibram. “OK. I wait.”
***
In the workspace owned by Ibram−usai left by the owner, Abel pulled the curtain curtain to cover himself who was lying on the gurney. Then she activates her phone which endlessly reads receiving messages from Ray and Cindy. But unread, the entire message was immediately deleted. Calls from both are intentionally ignored. There are also HP Hugo and Afreni numbers. Even suddenly more than three kinds of foreign and different numbers went into his mobile number, but he didn't care at all.
Because of the inconvenience continues to be disturbed, Abel revoked the sim card that was stored by Ray and Cindy all this time. Abel replaced it with another sim card that he only used for himself in times of urgency. He decided to discard his old sim card and use the other sim card for the next.
He is determined not to participate in any business that concerns Ray and Cindy, such as the relationship of his mother and father who are tense with his aunt and omnya, as well as Ray's parents. Papa and his mother are always cold when passing each other in any moment, but both still accept the presence of Ray or Cindy to the house, even though their atmosphere has changed awkwardly.
Mama and her papa seemed to have just realized the attitude of the two parents Ray in treating his daughter and Cindy was very different during this time. Of course, it makes both of them offended because of the difference in treatment received by their children. Even Abel could feel it, and it sometimes made the pain in his heart appear. Because of his naivety he had created a million smiles on his lips all this time, but the real meaning was that he was very pitiful in front of those people.
Abel decided to get out of Ibram's room to go around the corners of the hospital, take an elevator, and then shortly to the workspace owned by Surya doctor, when he and his mother had visited, he said, it's on the third floor. Suddenly there were two familiar sisters who passed by her, both of them smiling kindly. Abel remembers, one of them was the assistant doctor Surya at that time, the other was Ibram's assistant.
“Suster.”Abel immediately reprimanded and restrained the steps of the two sisters. Making the two simultaneously stop and turn to look at Abel.
“There can we help?” ask Dr. Surya's assistant.
“I want to ask, if doctor Ibram is still long time no task?” tanyakanya.
“We are no longer assigned with doctor Surya or doctor Ibram. ”Jawab one of the sisters.
“Ooh.” Abel mangosteen and his facial water looked disappointed. “Yaudah thanks for the information, Sus.” Abel nodded politely and turned back to the elevator.
Abel was bored by being alone, and he thought it was good to breathe air outside the hospital. There was a minimarket across the street from the hospital, which made Abel want to buy food there, before Ibram caught him eating it, it would be better if he spent it all at once in the hospital yard. That's the plan.
Arriving at the minimarket, Abel put several types of snacks and bread into the basket. The snacks she considered were not too high in MSG. Then the girl immediately paid him at the cashier and then came out of the minimarket while carrying a bag and bread in the other hand.
“Abel.”
Someone's voice appeared behind Abel. As soon as he turned around, it was a shock to him that the bag and bread in his hand fell down instantly. The two people he least wanted to meet were standing right in front of him right now. Abel retreated slowly one step, without caring about the bread and the bag of groceries, Abel ran quickly to avoid Ray and Cindy.
Unfortunately, both of them did not give up. Ray and Cindy go after Abel.
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