A ROSE FOR MOM

A ROSE FOR MOM 26

"Mother, I'm Arum's husband" Aryo said.

"Yes, I've heard when you say it," said Ms. Suryo coldly.

"Let me meet him."

"But he doesn't exist."

"Where?" 

"I don't know" said Bu Suryo, then shouted back to Pono, the driver.

"No, when you're done say yes.  After Yu Siti later you will have to deliver me as well."

"Yes Mom."

Aryo was upset. Ms. Suryo didn't bully her. 

"Lady..." Aryo tried to call when he saw that Suryo's mom wanted to enter the house.

"I'm sorry, son, I told you that Arum doesn't exist, try to come next time. I'm in a hurry" said Ms. Suryo as she stopped her steps, just for a moment, then went inside the house.

Aryo sighed. He turned his body around, trying to ask the man who appeared to be Suryo's bu driver, but he was no longer there. After flinching to and fro like a lost child, Aryo immediately stepped out.

If he said his heart, he wanted to shout to Arum, but Aryo could still hold back. He doesn't understand why Suryo's mom stopped him from meeting Arum.

Aryo enters his car, but does not leave immediately. He was still there for an hour more, then he saw the car that had been cleaned out, carrying no one, because it was not visible from the outside. He also saw when the driver locked the iron gate, then went back into his car and left. 

Aryo. He must know where Arum is, and why Suryo's mom is preventing him from meeting. The car's glass was dark, it didn't look like anyone was in the car. Anxious at Suryo's mother's treatment, Aryo continues to follow her. Even he once hit a red light for fear of losing his prey. Aryo realizes he is so reckless, thankfully no police saw him.

Suddenly, his phone rang. Well, what's the matter is his secretary telpone.Aryo picked him up in annoyance.

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Where's the father?" the secretary said from across the street.

"On the road, still can not go to the office," he said while keeping an eye on Suryo's car. Somewhat tucked a few cars behind him, because when calling he slowed down the speed of his car.

"Father is waiting for the meeting right now, said the father is very important."

The father in question is the chief director. Aryo sighed.

"Sir, can you come to the office?"

"Yes.yeah, for a minute, and then closed the phone. In front was a red light and he could no longer break through it because there were several cars in front of him.

Suryo's car is no longer visible. When the green light turns on, Aryo keeps on driving his car, but upon arrival at the next intersection he is confused, whether the car continues, or turns left, or right.  Aryo beat his wheel in despair.

His phone rings again. Aryo didn't pick it up.  He returned and drove his car to the office. What can I do.

***

 "Mother, where are we really going? Why do we suddenly have to leave the house?" asked Arum who was astonished because without speaking before, Suryo mom invited him to leave, along with Yu Siti as well.

Mrs Suryo smiled.

"Arum, this was intentional by the mother. I want to surprise you."

"Surprise how mom?"

"Mom has a small house in the village. I have a rice field there, which is done by the villagers. If you are free, you often go there, enjoy the cool air of the hamlet."

"Oh, it must be fun."

"You must be happy. I haven't been there in a year."

"Since Arum, ma'am?"

"really. Mom is busy taking care of you. But now I want to take you there."

"Comeway?"

"No, it's close, but it's kind of suburban. Yu Siti asked, she has been there a lot, hasn't Yu?"

"Right son, the air is fresh, lots of sapodilla trees there. But now it is not the season yet, ma'am," said Yu Siti who sat next to Pono.

"Yes, but there's a corn tree that's bearing fruit. We'll burn corn in the yard."

Arum smiled happily. Perhaps in a comfortable shade will calm his heart more. He did not know that Suryo's mom was keeping him away from Aryo..

***

In the meeting, Aryo was not at all concentrated on what the leader was talking about. He just nodded to relieve. He wanted to finish and leave. The first thing he would do after the meeting was to see Dr. Bram. O. .. no, maybe Bram's doctor is still busy with his patients in the hospital. He has to see Rini. 

"It must have been him who told Arum that I had married him" he murmured inwardly. The indignation of feeling that Rini was not enough to make his wife leave, but still added blocking the reunification of his family, made him very furious.

"Sick father?" suddenly a soft voice resuscitated him. His secretary was standing nearby, and the meeting arena was already empty.

"Oh, is it done?" ask him confusedly. No one in the meeting room except her and her secretary greeted her.

"It has. I didn't notice anything from there."

"Oh, sorry," then Aryo raised his body that was originally leaning.

"Sick father?" ask the secretary again.

"No, thank you."

Aryo stood up and returned to his room, still with a troubled heart.

He opened his phone and read a few short messages. One of them is from Rati. What's up Ratih ? Something happened to Angga?

"Sir Aryo, I'm sorry, my father just called, a little bit unwell, so I had to go home. Nastiti's mother invited Angga." the message read.

Aryo looked towards his watch, it was already two o'clock, surely Angga and his grandmother had already reached home.

Aryo felt limp, a lot was weighing on him today. He told his secretary and left the office.

Hopefully Angga is not fussy because Ratih has to go.  Does it hurt Mr Kardi?

Aryo felt bad if he had to shut it down. He called Ratih to ask about his father's pain.

"Hallo, Mrs Ratih?" sapana 

"Yes sir, "Rati replied from across the street.

"Where is your coach?"

"At the hospital sir, still waiting in line. Maybe it'll be a turn soon."

"What pain is it?"

"So early in the morning did say a bit dizzy, I had asked him to rest after eating, but kind of in the afternoon he called, he said feeling nauseous and vomiting, so I had to go home. Sorry sir."

"It's okay Mrs Ratih, I will follow Mrs Ratih to the hospital, after seeing the state of Angga. I just finished the meeting so just opened the message of Mrs Ratih."

"Is Angga fussy?"

"Hopefully not, I'll be home for a while."

"Father didn't have to go to the hospital, you were with me and it seemed fine."

"It's okay ma'am, I want to see the father."

Aryo closed the conversation and rushed home.

***

But at home he saw Angga was asleep.

""Ratih's son came home because his father was sick" Nastiti said.

"Yes, I told Aryo. Angga fuss?"

"No, son of Ratih said there's another job and a promise will come tomorrow morning."

"Thankfully, Aryo will follow Ratih's mom to the hospital, pity, we always bother him, so I also have to care when he's in trouble."

"Betul Yo, that's good. But what about Arum? Have you met and talked a lot?"

"Not ma'am, I'll tell you again."

"Not seen?"

"Arum left, said his mother, or his adoptive mother. So I haven't been able to meet him."

"Where's that early?"

"Entah, later Aryo will tell a lot, now to the hospital first yes ma'am, hunt Pak Kardi already home.

"Okay Yo, hopefully it doesn't hurt that serious."

"May Ma'am."

Aryo followed to the hospital. Ratih called, where are you.

"I'm in the general poly sir. Well, why is Mr Aryo so hard to come here?"

Aryo rushes towards the designated poly, and finds Ratih and his father there 

there.

"How are you doing, Father?"

"Son Aryo has been so hard to get here. You're okay,"

"No, maybe before you slept too late, "

When Kardi's name is called, Ratih takes her in. Aryo was still waiting in the waiting room. Suddenly he remembered wanting to curse at Rini. But just as he picked up his phone, a reprimand shocked him.

"Sir Aryo is here ? Same with Rini, right?" he said while laughing giggling. 

Aryo who felt annoyed pulled Rini's hand, invited her out of the yard, which was a bit far from people. Rini followed while smiling to herself, happy to have her hand held by the handsome man she loved.

But he was surprised when he arrived at a place that is rather airy Aryo released his hands violently, making him almost strayed.

"Oh, sir Aryo kok that, kirain Pak Aryo kangen same Rini," he said with a frown.

"Tell me, why did you tell Arum that I married you!!" the hardic.

Rini dumbfounded.

"I? Who said that?"

"Arum accuses me of marrying you, have my eyes blinded to make you a wife?"

"Wait sir, well, don't glare so dong sir, Rini got scared."

"Say why!!"

"No, my goodness sir.. Rini never said that. It is precisely Rini herself who is cursed by Arum and accuses Rini of being the wife of the Father."

"What did you say?"

"When Ms. Arum opened here, I tried to go to her room, because I felt something was strange. The strange thing was that I saw a face like Arum ma'am at home, but at the hospital Rini saw the same face. Well when I entered his room that's why Arum said that I was already his wife Father. I was also surprised, but happy anyway," he said with a grin.

"You lied, right?"

"The brave oath was struck by geledeg deh sir ! Not that I said it, but Arum's own ma'am ."

Aryo scratched his head. He leaves Rini and returns to the poly. He saw that Ratih and his father had already walked out of the examination room.

Rini who had originally followed Aryo was surprised to see Ratih. Steps ceased.

"Kok now Arum's mom with the old man?" confused muttering.

Ratih who saw Rini looked at him sharply. There was no friendliness in that gaze, because Ratih was also annoyed at Rini's behavior.

Rini receded backwards and left from there.

"That's Rini?" he said to Aryo.

"Yes, let it go. How'd the doctor say?"

"People's blood pressure is a bit high. Nausea and vomiting due to severe dizziness. I got an injection, and a prescription."

"Where's the recipe?"

"Let me take it in the pharmacy."

"Don't, let me. Waiting in the hospital for too long, pity you. We'll just buy it at the pharmacy."

Trainer stretched out her recipe.

"I'll take you and dad home. I'll buy the medicine."

"Why, why so troublesome."

"Bu Ratih don't say that. Let's sir, my car is there" said Aryo while guiding Kardi from the left side, while Ratih from the right side.

Rini looked at him from a distance in surprise.

"Who exactly is he? Is it true that Arum's mom is a twin?"

Aryo opened the car to pack Kardi in the back, Ratih sitting in front. But when Aryo was about to get into the car, someone stared at him sharply. Doctor Bram, who also wants to go home, sees that Arum is already with her husband. But who is that old half-man? 

"Maybe his father was Arum's. But I'm grateful that they've made up."

There was a prayer offered by the handsome doctor. Prayer and hope, may the couple be happy.

***

Arum sat in front of the beautiful little house feeling comfortable. Ms. Suryo was meeting trusted people, and gathered inside the house.

Arum looked around the garden. True yu Siti, there are some sapodilla trees in the courtyard. 

"Here used to come here, when the sapodilla tree was bearing fruit," suddenly Yu Siti was sitting next to him while bringing a cup of ginger wedang.

"It's a pleasure to go home to the city with two full baskets, which the neighbors then share."

"It's a pity that right now it's not bearing fruit Mom."

"Yes son. I don't know why mom suddenly invited us here. But it seems there's a need to talk to those farmers."

"But the air is fresh, and calm, ma'am, away from the hustle and bustle of the city."

"Yes, but if you go anywhere far away, son. Shop away. There's no supermarket here, there's a traditional market."

"Bu Siti wants to go to the market?"

"So, son, but I've been shopping a lot before we got here, right? Fish, vegetables, spices."

"Are we gonna be here a long time?"

"Eitherway. Usually only a day anyway, but looking at so many groceries, it seems to be a bit long. Does Arum like it?"

"Like. It's up to mom. For Arum anywhere it makes no difference."

But from the light of his eyes it seemed that there was something he was thinking. That divorce business. Will the trial be held soon? But didn't her husband's lawyer say that Aryo wouldn't divorce her?

"What did Miss Arum think?"

"There's nothing, ma'am," he said as he grabbed the cup containing the wedang made by Yu Siti, then gulped it slowly.

"It's ginger, but it looks like there's another spice."

"That's from ginger, lemongrass, orange leaves, cloves and cardamom."

"Well, there's a lot of spices."

"It's here that the air's cold night. Mother always asked to be made wedang like that, so that the body becomes warm."

"Yes right, it feels warm."

Suddenly, Suryo came out while holding out his cell phone.

"Arum, here's a call from Dr. Bram, and I'm talking to them."

"Oh, thank you, Mom."

"Hallo, good afternoon Doctor." said Arum kindly.

"Good afternoon, I was home, but the house was empty, the gate was padlocked."

"Yes Doc, the story is that my mother again invited me to rest in a quieter place."

"Thank God. Is the book read?"

"One book is finished. I also brought all of them. Good story."

"Thank God that Ms. Arum is happy."

"Thank you very much Doc, it's been a hard time buying books for me."

"Thank you so much has been said by Ms. Arum, so already, later I mostly eat thanks," joked Dr. Bram.

Arum laughing.

"Bu Arum, I want to talk a lot. I'm a little surprised to see this."

"What's the Doctor?"

"It's about Mr. Aryo. Miss Arum have you met?"

Arum. Forgot that his head was not going to be seen by Bram's doctor because they were talking on the phone.

***

tomorrow again yes