A ROSE FOR MOM

A ROSE FOR MOM 24

Aryo clenched his hand. Wanted to hunt him down and beat him up. But the doctor had vanished around the corner. 

"Suster, sister..for a moment, please ask," Aryo told one of the nurses who had walked behind the doctor, although a little far away.

"Well, how can I help you?"

"Whose name was the doctor just past?"

"Which one?"

"Just passed by, then turn there."

"O, that's Dr. Bramasto, the surgeon."

"Oh, thank you sister."

And the nurse passed.  Aryo walked slowly. There was a slight feeling of inferiority hearing the nurse's description. 

"So I compete with an expert doctor? Surgical specialist?" he murmured while continuing to step.

Arum would have chosen him. Dashing, handsome, cooler, surgeon. And her? Only an ordinary scholar only has the position of deputy director in the company where he works. Is my job lower? Am I not handsome too? Oohai, a feeling of unease disturbed his heart until he returned to his office again. 

But when he arrived at the office, his desire arose to see the surgeon. He must be able to eliminate the jealousy that disturbs him, for a love that he must fight for. No matter the surgeon or any doctor, he should be able to reclaim his Arum.

With that in mind Aryo then took a break to leave the office again, returning to the hospital.

***

"Good day" a greeting sounded in front of the door. Bu Suryo who was engrossed in the front was shocked.

"Lho, Doctor boy, come on please come in, please come in," said Suryo ma'am kindly.

"Sorry to interrupt."

"No, absolutely not, please come in,"

"Here you go, ma'am, fresher air."

"Alright, I call Arum first yes," said Suryo ma'am while rushing to the back. Doctor Bram put his luggage on the table, some novel book that he will give to Arum.

"If Ms. Arum sleeps don't build Mom, pity."

"No, just now he went inside after talking to me here, by the way" said Suryo ma'am as he continued to step up.

"Arum, there is a guest for you," Suryo's mom shouted.

Doctor Bram is waiting. The first thing other than giving the novel away was wanting to tell about a woman who looked like her in the bookstore yesterday afternoon.

Yu Siti came out while carrying a tray filled with drinks.

"Please drink Doctor."

"Thank you, ma'am, I really bothered.

"No, Doctor, there is already. Go ahead.."

"Thank you, Mom."

Doctor Bram looked at Yu Siti, who, though only a maid but always dressed nicely, was treated like family by Suryo's mother. 

"Good day Doctor," said Arum kindly.

Doctor Bram stared fixedly at Arum. Really the same face.

"Doctor from the hospital?"

"Yes, come straight here. You must immediately hand over the book I promised."

Dr. Bram has dropped some of the books he's been putting on the table.

Arum sat down and grabbed the books.

"Yes, the doctor is trying so hard for me, said Arum as he looked at the books and saw the title."

"This seems to be a book about love. A STORY, A HEART SPEAKS, A PIECE OF LOVE WAITS FULL. Wow. That's interesting."

"Bu Arum says he likes romance books."

"Yes right, I like it. Thank you very much Doctor."

"As long as Ms. Arum likes it, I'm really happy."

"Surely I like it, rather than being lonely not having a job. Doing anything is forbidden by the mother. I feel healthy."

"It will soon recover. Arum must be patient."

"Thank you Doc, thanks to the Doctor. That's the drink, Doctor, please drink it."

"Actually I want to say something," said Bram's doctor, sipping a drink served by Yu Siti.

Arum is pounding, would you say what about this handsome doctor?

"What is a Doctor."

"When I bought the book yesterday afternoon, I met someone. A beautiful woman, with a little child, whom she called Angga."

"What's? "

"It looks like the little boy is his son. They're picking up books."

Arum's face was grim for a moment. That's Rini and Angga?"

"But the woman's face is very similar to that of Ms. Arum."."

"Haah? Rini's time is similar to mine? Ogah I.." said Arum loudly, and annoyed.

"Rini who?" 

"If that woman were Rini, Angga would have been my son."

"I didn't get to ask him. The boy had hit me, so these books fell to the floor. The woman helped pick him up and apologized, then chased after the little boy. To my surprise, the woman's face was very similar to that of Arum.

Arum's confused. So that kid must not be Angga. Rini's face looks like hers?  

"A lot of people are similar to each other in this world" Arum muttered in the end.

"Why is it so similar, like a betel nut split in two."

"That's because the doctor bought a book for me, so my face was so dear" joked Arum who had managed to get rid of his annoyance.

"Is that so?"

"Sir Doctor, let's eat first, it happens that we also want to have lunch," suddenly Suryo's mom appears.

"Lho, ma'am, I have lunch."

"There's dong, we happen to want to eat, Doctor Son came. Come on Rum, take the diner doctor, "

***

Aryo has arrived at the hospital. Already at 3 pm, he immediately asked, in the room where Bram's doctor practices.

"Oh, I'm sorry sir, doctor Bram came home about half an hour ago," the office official .information said 

"Wow, where he practices in the afternoon, for example."

"I don't think Dr. Bram practices at home sir. Just this hospital."

"Oh yeah, do you know where the address is?"

"If it's not wrong in the way of the pigeons sir, but I don't know exactly."

"All right, thank you."

Aryo stepped lunglai. There still has to be a struggle. Looking for Bram's doctor's house. If he hadn't come by, he would've been in his house. Aryo slid towards the path of the pigeon. Tracing along the road, maybe there is a plastered name dr. Bramasto surgical specialist. But there's no. He returned to the path he had walked. In a shop he stopped.

"Mango mas," said the shopkeeper.

Aryo has to buy something, just ask.

"There's candy?"

"Which German sir, there's a lot of candy here."

"Anytime. That's sweet."

"It's all sweet. This one ?"

"Yes. yeah, that."

Aryo holds out the money and the seller hands over the candy and the change."

"Sir, do you know where Dr Bramasto's house is?"

"Doctor Bramasto? Which surgeon is it?"

"Yes.yes.true."

"There sir, down this street, left of the road, little house, painted gray."

"Oh, all right sir, thank you very much."

Aryo turned the car around again. The end of the street, the little gray-painted house. Slowly Aryo observed the houses along that road. Oh yeah, from here left the way. Then Aryo found her. But he saw the house was sealed shut. There's a locked gate from the outside. The doctor has not yet returned.

Aryo is still sitting behind the wheel, hoping that the owner of the house will return soon. But for an hour he waited, the handsome doctor did not come home.

"I'd better go home first, take a shower then a little night and come here again."

Aryo runs his car again, heading home. It was not realized that Dr. Bram's car came a few minutes after he left. Maybe it's not time to meet.

***

"Doctor Bram is very attentive to you Rum" said Ms. Suryo after the doctor came home.

"Yes ma'am, I'm a former patient."

"But he treats you with a different attitude. I feel like there's something in her heart."

"Something is what ?"

 "A feeling. Love"

Arum thumped hearing it. Of love? Ah, it seems like it's still very far away. Have you met a few times, been in love? But love at first sight is said to exist. Ah, Arum wants to go into his room and read the books he just received. But Suryo's mom still asked him to talk.

"Arum, if if it's 'yes', what about you?"

"What's Mom?" Arum pretended not to know.

"That feeling of love, if there were, would you repay it?"

Arum pensively for a moment.

"He's a good man. I am sure he will be a husband who loves you with all his heart. I'd be happy if you could be his wife."

"But Mom, I still have a husband."

"But lawyers are also helping to process your divorce. After you get divorced, you are free to do anything. Looking for a husband again.selecting the best for your companion."

Arum sighed. He likes Doctor Bram, but is that love? Or symptoms of love? Suddenly recollections with her husband. A husband she loved very much. Does that love still exist? 

"She has hurt you Arum" Suryo said.

"It's just mom."

"You have to rebuild your ruined life because of him. Moreover, he already has a wife."

Arum is still pensive. Looking to the bottom of his heart, is there still love left? 

"Why do I feel hurt, and hate Rini at all? Is that a sign that I still love Aryo mas? If there is no love, there is no need to be jealousy, right? " say Arum's heart while hugging the books given by Dr. Bram.

"Are you sorry you sent a divorce to your husband?"

"Come on ma'am, Arum is confused."

"The trial will be held in a few days. You wanna come later?"

"No ma'am, there's a lawyer" Arum replied, sighing.

"All right, just rest. You haven't had a nap yet."

Arum nodded then stood up and stepped into his room.

"IF THAT LOVE IS NO LONGER THERE, THERE SHOULD BE NO JEALOUSY" he buried those words deeply. So is he still in love?

Laying his body in the room still hugging the books, Arum tried to digest his heart. Put the books beside him, and try to silence his taste and heart. He will find that love, if he does not meet too, it means that his household will end. It must be sad, then the point of her tears.

***

Aryo had just taken a shower and dressed. Miss Nastiti who felt astonished approached her son.

"Tumben immediately took a shower, want to go for a walk with Angga?"

"No ma'am, Aryo wants to see Bram's doctor."

Miss Nastiti was surprised. Worrying his son will do things that scare him.

"What are you gonna do? Be mature Yo, don't just obey your heart. That violence won't do anything good."

"Mother, Aryo won't be violent."

"Then..?"

"Mother asked Aryo to take back Arum, didn't she?"

"Right, but in what way did you do it?"

"Just take it easy.."

"Yo, you are a grusa-grusu pretender, told to be patient not play hard. Yes, I'm coming, then."

"No, ma'am, fight.. Don't worry, mother."

But Miss Nastiti still showed a worried face. Aryo smiled and hugged her tightly. 

"Mother don't worry, just pray that Aryo will succeed."

Aryo took the shoes and put them on. He must appear neat, and handsome, must be it, so that his rival knows that he is also handsome and not only himself. Ahaiii.it is true, and it is what Aryo thinks. He went towards the large mirror that was plastered in the middle room. Turn around and make sure that he is really okay.

"As if you want to meet a girl who just got assessed," muttered Nastiti ma'am saw her son's actions.

"Aryo must look handsome in front of him ma'am. It's not just him who can attract Arum, said Aryo who suddenly behaved childishly.

I don't want Nastiti smiling.

"Where are you going?" yelled Angga who was running from the front.

"You'll come out for a minute."

"Well, are you coming? Ibuuu.. come with you .." he shouted to Ratih.

"Eh, can't Angga, father is there need."

"Can't the little ones come?"

Aryo wiggled her index finger.

"Mom's handsome father?" again Angga praised his father.

"The handsome dong, his son is also handsome," said Aryo while lifting his son's body up high. Angga chuckled happily.

"Good at home with mom. You just for a moment," he said while lowering again Angga's body.

"It's almost dark, don't play on the page, Angga." Aryo's message, who then took a break to his mother and Ratih, who took Angga to not run to the yard.

***

Aryo stopped his car in front of the house he had visited this afternoon. There's a car parked in the yard. The owner of the house has gone home. Thank goodness, Aryo said. Aryo shuts down the engine and then slowly descends. His head was stroked, worried that there was hair being ruffled and reduced his good looks. Ehemm.

But before he rang the guest bell, someone came out of it, wearing a sarong and a skullcap. Aryo knew the man. He's Dr. Bram.

The handsome face he knew, which took his wife's hand in a friendly manner, and was recognized by Arum as his future husband. There's a little bubbling anger, uh not anger, but jealousy. 

The eyes of the two handsome men were fixed. Equally handsome and handsome. Both have sharp eyes and full of charm. There is a lot that both think. Bram accepted it as an anger to be thrown like when he was almost taped to him. But it was a little relieved when those eyes did not spit out fire like they used to. What'd he want to come here for?

*** 

tomorrow again yes