8 To 4: The Mayor's Contract Wife
Disaster Brings Blessings
The ship docked at the city dock, Wira went down with Abdi to go to Boni's shop to discuss business with his men who had gathered there. But the Hero accidentally collided with someone.
“Sorry.” He said reflexively and the man just looked down.
Wira looked at his face out of curiosity and he hurriedly bowed.
“Sorry, Mr. President.”
“Ssssttt!” reply Mr. Suryo. “So you're that guy?”
The hero still bowed while nodding. “I Prawira Hadinata.”
“Why are you even here? Where's my son?”
Wira straightened her body and turned to the island behind her to show Ajeng's whereabouts. But he saw smoke rising from the island.
“Fire!” pekik Wira panicked.
He rushed back to the boat and ran the boat alone. But Mr. Suryo and his guards and also Abdi had already climbed into the boat. The hero then drove the boat at high speed to be able to arrive at the island even though it still takes more than fifty minutes.
Once there, the fire began to be controlled. Wira came to the room that was almost burned out to find Ajeng's absence.
“Do you guys see my wife?” ask the panicked hero.
“Bu Ajeng is in the clinic, Sir.”
Mr. Suryo's body limped for a moment. They went straight to the clinic and found someone lying with bandages all over his body and face. Mr. Suryo almost fainted to see it. He continued to hold his chest which felt very painful and tight.
“You are fine, Sir?” ask one of the aides to Suryo. And the man could only nod.
“Doctor! How is my wife?” wira asked in a panic when she saw Husein's doctor coming.
“Condition is fine. He only had a few burns to his hand and had difficulty breathing due to inhaling too much smoke. But we've handled it and now he's resting.” Clearly dr. Hussein.
“Then this?”
“This is the man Ajeng tried to save. He suffered serious burns from burning wood. Fortunately he pushed Ajeng out first, otherwise Ajeng would have experienced the same thing.”
“Where is my son now?” sela Pak Suryo's.
“There is.” Answer dr. Husein pointed at the room across.
They rushed there and saw Ajeng lying on his back with a breathing apparatus and his hands were wrapped in thick white bandages.
“Jengs! You're not papa?” whispered Wira while crying. “Jeng!”
He opened his eyes slowly.
“You're up?”
Ajeng. “Kok Mas Wira is here?”
Then Mr. Suryo entered and Ajeng immediately cried as soon as he saw who was in front of him. The fat man approached Ajeng's bed and greeted him.
“How are you doing?”
He could only answer with tears. He tried to open the breathing apparatus he wore so that he could freely talk to his father but Suryo first forbade it.
“Papa know you're safe. You are Papa's most powerful and courageous son.” Suryo said while wiping the tears behind his glasses.
Ajeng nodded again and Suryo immediately hugged him. “Sorry Papa, Jeng. All this because of Papa.”
Ajeng. “It was an accident, Pa.”
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“Papa not home?”
Mr. Suryo shook his head. “There is still work to be done here.”
“Work?”
“Wir, what dowry do you want to give my child?” todong Pak Suryo's.
“Now?” ask Wira surprised.
He felt his whole body and had nothing because it was very sudden. He then reached into his pants pocket but found nothing there because he did not prepare anything beforehand.
When Wira takes out her bare hands from her pocket, Suryo gives her a ring, a contract wedding ring that Suryo took from Ajeng's finger when her beloved daughter is in a coma.
“Alright, Prawira Hadinata I married and marry you to my son Diah Laksmita Rahajeng bin Suryo Diningrat with dowry a gold ring paid in cash.” Said Mr. Suryo while shaking the hand of Wira in front of Ajeng, Abdi, his aide, dr. Hussein and Dara.
“I received his marriage and marriage Diah Laksmita Rahajeng bin Suryo Diningrat with the dowry of a gold ring paid in cash.” Answer the hero firmly and steadily.
“Sah!!!”
Wira immediately hugged Ajeng who had cried first because he was moved. Ajeng then released the arms of Wira and turned to the arms of his father.
“Thank you, Pa.” is all that Ajeng is capable of telling the man.
“Now Papa's work here is done. Papa must come home soon to take care of the country.”
“Wait, Pa. Ajeng wants to nitip something with Papa.” Ajeng then whispered something to Wira and the man rushed away.
Shortly thereafter, Wira returned with a document in her hands. Ajeng took the document and handed it to Mr. Suryo.
“Mas Wira has written this and has also sent it to Jala Brata Provincial Government. But until now there has been no response at all. But Papa saw it for himself, right? The number of residents here is very large, but the facilities of the government are available only guard posts and clinics. If we do not ask for supplies to health centers in the city, Ajeng may not be able to be treated properly like this because of the limitations of drugs and tools.”
“Papa. You just calm down. This is already the duty and responsibility of the government.” Sahut Pak Suryo while receiving Ajeng's gift file and handing it to his Adjut.
Suryo hugged Ajeng again and said goodbye to return home.
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Wira accompanied Mr. Suryo back to the ship. They cross the water distillery as well as the house and makeshift school that Wira built with Ajeng. Suryo listened to Wira's explanation of those places carefully. Also about the various complaints and difficulties experienced by citizens related to limited access and bureaucracy.
“So you guys built this school?”
Hero nodded. “Ajeng can't stand to see children and parents who can't read and write. He asked me to make a whiteboard, and then this table and roof for his place to teach. He also made the nameplate and status of the patient at the clinic earlier.”
“Why don't you take him away from here and let him live like this?”
“Ajeng refused. He wants us to stay hidden here until you get re-elected president.”
Suryo threw away his face because he did not want Wira to see his teary eyes.
“Then what about you and your family?”
“Ajeng is my life. No matter where, as long as I am with him, I will stay. And I would go anywhere if she asked for it.”
“Papa you?”
“We don't want to interfere in your candidacy and my Papa. For us, you and my Papa remain our parents, win or lose.”
Suryo set his foot on the boat without a word. And Wira goes straight back to the clinic after the ship Suryo was aboard sailed away.
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