A ROSE FOR MOM

A ROSE FOR MOM 14

Rini retreated backwards, crashing into the thrust gerobag that was carrying a piece of medicine.

"Rini !!" yell Arum. 

But Rini kept on passing, half-running and profiting because the drug cart stopped.  The driver picked up several boxes of drugs that fell due to being hit by him, and it covered Arum's vision on him.No matter the driver nagged with a furious face saw Rini instead of helping instead ran as pursued by the devil.

"Who's Rum?" ask Suryo's mom who's sitting next to Arum.

"I saw Rini Bu, but I just called her she had run away in fear" Arum said.

"He's a hospital employee?"

"Looks not, he's not wearing a uniform like the other employees. Maybe also taking medication. I don't know what it hurts."

"Yes, let it go. Who plants it will reap its fruits."

Arum feels weak, his body is not so healthy, plus met with Rini who ignited back her anger.

He leaned his head against Suryo's shoulder, which stroked his arm to make Arum feel calmer.

"Mom, long time no soon called, Arum is very tired."

"It will soon be called. Just be patient."

"What pain am I ma'am?"

"You have too many thoughts, that's all. So you need to calm down, let go of all the thoughts that make you sad. Trust me, you'll be healthy soon, and get your happiness back."

"Mother Arumsari..! the nurse called Arum's name.

Bu Suryo helps Arum stand up, and leads him into the practice room. A doctor was sitting waiting. It's not the doctor who usually takes care of Arum. It's a young doctor, and. With a face of uneasiness and a sympathetic smile, and a soothing glare of sharp eyes, Arum and Bu Suryo sat down.

"Good day, Mother," she said kindly.

"Good day Doc. How'd the doctor change?" ask Suryo's mom.

"I replaced Doctor Seno, who was transferred to the central hospital. I'm doctor Bram. Bramast."

Arum looked at the young doctor without saying anything. He felt weak, not energetic.

"According to the notes I read, Arum's mother is perfectly healthy. Why do you look like a sick person? Many thoughts maybe?"

Arum smiled, thin.

"What do you think ?"

Still with a faint smile Arum looked at the young doctor. The doctor replied with a sharp look.

"Many Docs my son thinks about. Just got a trial," said Suryo explained.

"Oh, okay, but all the trials will have to be faced, ma'am, do not have to be discouraged. Did Mom know? A mind that is too heavy can cause illness?"

Arum lowered his head. So gently the doctor said and calmed her a little.

"Now what do you feel?"

"Just limp," replied Arum lirih.

"Alright, I'll check on Mom again. Please lie down."

Arum stood up, a nurse helped him lie down. Then check Arum's blood pressure.

"Please Doc, give him the spirit to live" Suryo whispered.

"Have it?"

Mrs Suryo nodded.

"If the situation is healthy, then ready for surgery ma'am," said Dr. Bram. 

The nurse was talking to him, so Arum could not catch the conversation of Suryo and Bram.

"Still low Ma'am, " said the nurse to Arum. As the nurse retreated, Bram's doctor stood up and did his job of examining Arum.

"Bu Arum has to eat a lot, the mind is calm, and don't forget the cure" said Bram's doctor who checked with his stethoscope.

Arum nodded slowly. And again the sharp eyes of the doctor like piercing his heart.

"I wrote down the prescription, ma'am" Bram said after examining Arum.

"Blood pressure is still low, the heart is slightly weak. Routinely taken the medicine." he said while staring at Arum.

Arum. 

"If everything is good, then Arum is ready for surgery."

Arum surprised. He never knew anything about his illness, and now he's going to be operated on?

***

Wuri is annoyed that Rini left so long ago. As soon as he came, he gasped for breath like he had just finished a thousand kilo marathon race.

"Where are you from? So eat first huh?"

"No. boro-boro eat, drink also do not have time" he said while panting.

"Why are you?"

"Where was my drinking water?" the tank then took a bottle of mineral drink whose water was still half left, then gulped it out.

"You why the hell? Chased demons?"

"It's not just the devil. This is the great-grandfather of Satan. Haduu... "

"Where's the file? Don't fall somewhere 'cause you ran away from the devil's great-grandson."

"Sudaaah. Come on now eat, everybody's on the go eat."

"Yes, briefly. But tell me why?"

"I saw Arum's mom."

"You, Arum again?"

"Eh, you know, I was just trying to avoid, uh. he even saw me. He called me, then I ran away."

"People who have sins are like that. Already let's eat," Wuri said as she walked out of her study. Rini followed.

"Don't go through here, let's just go through here."

"Why the hell, far away, you know, he said hungry."

"Yes, but he's still there."

"Where?"

" In the surgical clinic," said Rini while pulling Wuri to pass another path.

 "He wants an operation?"

"You don't know, just come closer."

"What pain is he? Same husband?"

"No, same mother, but it's not her own mother, I'll know the mother Martono, the mother Arum."

"Maybe his assistant."

"Ihh, no, her maid outfit is glamorous so. Must be the rich man."

"Oh, his brother probably."

"When I saw her for the first time, so did the mothers. But when I looked at the toy store a few weeks ago, Ms. Arum looked fresh, not like a sick person."

"It could be that when it's fit feel her body fresh, don't feel pain."

"If I could meet Mr. Aryo, but if it fits myself, I want to ask, what pain is his wife."

"What the hell is it, you want to know people's business. You've almost ruined the household, still nosy."

"It's okay, just a prank. I miss seeing his handsome face."

"Neither are they people."

Wuri was speechless, his face grim, seeming that he was very angry at his best friend.

"Halloooowww.. I'm just kidding, how angry really?"

***

While on the way home, Arum was silent, but when he got home, he could not bear to ask Suryo.

"Mom, what do I really hurt?"

"Poni !!" shouted Suryo to Pono.

Pono approached, so Suryo held out a piece of recipe and several pieces of money hundreds of thousands.

"Please buy this drug at the usual pharmacy No, just wanted to stop by, ma'am Arum seems very tired."

"Okay, ma'am" she replied then passed. Yu Siti, please prepare a change of clothes for Arum huh."

Yu Siti looked at Arum.

"Son Arum is healthy?"

"After, we'll talk again, now let Arum wash his accomplices and change his clothes."

Yu Siti goes to Arum's room and picks up a change of clothes for Arum, then knocks on the bathroom door .

"Son Arum, here's a change of clothes for Nak Arum."

Arum opened the bathroom door, received the clothes that Yu Siti brought and closed it again. He was never told about his illness at all, and would suddenly be operated on? What pain am I?

Bu Suryo has always hidden the disease suffered by Arum. Dare not say it for fear will add to Arum's sadness.

"Yu Siti, Arum only spent the medicine that the doctor had given, for a month. After that if the condition is strong, will be operated immediately."

"What is the danger mom?" ask Yu Siti with a worried tone."

"No Yu, even if not operated on it would be dangerous. I've never talked about his illness to Arum, worried that he's in shock. Especially when you think of your son."

"It's very concerning Mom, I often cry when thinking about the state of Nak Arum. His fate is really bad."

Arum's out of the bathroom. Bu Suryo was ready to say about the operation, because he already knew. He followed Arum into his room.

"Arum, take a break. Yu Siti will prepare lunch, meanwhile Pono will definitely have come back from buying medicine for you."

"Mom, why should I have surgery?"

"Actually I've wanted to say it for a long time. But I'm worried about you being weak. Not just your body, but your soul."

"Every time I ask, Mom always answers me it's okay."

"really. Every mother consults a doctor, she always says it's okay. After any examination, I always keep it a secret. I'm worried you're getting sad to hear it. But finally I have to say it, because after all you have to live it."

  Arum sat on the edge of the bed, staring at Suryo's mom sitting in a chair nearby.

"Lay down, you were feeling weak, right?"

Arum, according to him, laid his body, then Surryo's mom took a slow massage on his leg.

"But you don't have to worry. You'll be handled by the experts."

"What is my illness?" the question is soft, with heart pounding.

"There's a tumor in your heart."

"Oh, that's vicious? Am I going to die?"

"Why do you say that? You I take to the doctor, get treated, let you be healthy, and I won't let anything bad happen to you."

  "Have been examined, it's a benign tumor. You must not be afraid. You're operated on so you're healthy."

Arum was very moved, so much attention bu Suryo to himself. He spent a lot of money on himself. Again her tears were flowing. Then Suryo rubbed it gently.

"What should I do to repay all of my mother's kindness?"

"Whatchu mean? You are my son, and caring for a child is not a virtue, but an obligation. Forget all that, and I just want you to find happiness soon. So you have to be healthy, and achieve that happiness."

***

A month passed, Ratih filled his days by always comforting Angga, and trying to forget 'the other mother'. He invited her to play, and sometimes told stories when Angga wanted to sleep.

Sometimes Ratih had to sleep also in the Aryo family home if Angga is very fussy. And over time the 'the other mother' was no longer asked.

Over time Aryo was also used to the presence of Ratih, and they seemed to get more familiar. The excitement that had filled their feelings vanished being grinded day after day which was sometimes exhausting.

The wait for Ratih will come Arum one day at the school Angga, extinct already. Because Arum never went back there again.

Aryo, hoping for Arum's return, slowly lays down his agitation and uneasiness as a result of losing a wife he loves. In fact, only once did Arum come to see Angga. And no matter what happens after that.

If Aryo knew, that day Arum was undergoing tumor surgery suffered. Only Suryo's mom, Yu Siti and sometimes Pono are waiting for him.

***

Unfortunately, Rini heard about Arum being operated on. Then came niyat to disturb Aryo.

At that time he was walking towards Wuri's workroom after carrying out the duties given by Wuri. Suddenly he had to pull over because a gurney was being pushed towards the operating room. Actually Rini did not care, but the woman who walked behind the gurney was known to him. It was the mothers who always drove Arum.

Rini slowed down, looked at the gurney, and was surprised that Arumumah was on top of the gurney. When Wuri arrived at work, he deliberately did not say anything he saw, because it was with the nagging of his best friend.

***

"I'm in the afternoon service tomorrow, so don't take a nap if you don't want to be late" Wuri said that morning.

"I'll ask permission tomorrow, there's no need for there."

"What do you need? Tumben-tumbenan needs everything."

"I'm going to meet my mother's brother who says he's in town."

"Oh yeah? Yes it's okay, but just a day, because I'm doing a lot of work."

"Yes, one day, very stingy."

***

Rini got off from the taxi she was riding in, not far from Aryo's house. He walked slowly, passing the house of his former handsome master. He looked towards the courtyard, but the house looked deserted.

"Is Mr Aryo waiting for his wife in the hospital? This hour usually just come home from the office." murmured Rini.

Then Rini passed through Aryo's house, and after about two hundred meters she came back again to pass through it.

But when he was right in front of the house, suddenly a scream was heard.

"Rinii!!"

Rini was surprised, and cheered happily for a reason to stop there.

He stopped, and Angga ran up to him. So close Rini immediately embraced him and lifted him up and carried him.

"Adduh, Angga is big, Rini is not strong anymore, come down !!"

Angga slumped down.

"Which father?" whiskey Rini swung by Angga.

"Not yet to come home" Angga replied.  

Then he screamed.

"Ibuuuu.. There is a Riniii !!"

Rini was shocked half dead.

***

tomorrow again yes