Aunt Melinda

Occasions

Apparently, Erli did not want to sleep because he was already kangen with his om Danang. He wants to sleep with his Om.

"Honey. Om Danang is at Aunt Della's house. So, tomorrow only yes," Linda said trying to explain to her son.

But Erli kept on nodding fast.

He did not want to sleep, because he wanted to sleep with Danang. Not with his mother or with his mother.

"Erli wants to sleep with Danang! Kan Erli can not sleep as papa anymore. Huhuhuhoo..." Erli was crying, saying his present wish.

Linda, who was still sitting in a wheelchair, could only wipe her own tears. Because she was crying too. With the attitude of his son like this, since Ferry died.

"Lins. Just call Danang Lin," suggested his mother, who actually knew. If Linda won't call her sister.

If Danang's at Della's. Linda never wanted to trouble her sister, only to be able to fulfill her son's wishes.

He said that, Erli will get used to being spoiled, if anything is always followed.

Although Erli was an orphan, but everything should not be privileged. There must be boundaries as well, so that he can get used to it later on.

If she has to fulfill all her wishes, Linda is afraid that Erli will become a habit and so on. So that Erli will grow up to be a selfish child. By relying on his current status, as an orphan.

"Mom."

Linda nodded several times, upon hearing her mother's words. Who proposed to contact Danang, to be asked to go home.

"But Erli can..."

"If he is tired, he will fall asleep by himself. Don't always spoil what he wants. Linda didn't want him to be more selfish if Danang and Della had kids."

According to Linda, Erli could be jealous of his son Danang later. Had Danang would have put his own son first, compared to him.

Linda is also not happy with Della, if she continues to trouble them. Especially just to put Erli to sleep who was sulking like this time.

And her mother, no longer forced Linda. Calling her sister to go home.

And it's true, not long after, Erli had fallen asleep with the position of his stomach because of the lashing earlier.

But Linda could not justify the position of her son who fell asleep in such a position. Because in addition to the state of himself that can not be, the child's body is also quite densely packed.

Finally Linda called her mother, to help herself to change the sleeping position Erli face down.

"Mom. Please Erli's position. He's sleeping on his stomach."

Her mother who was still in front of the TV, along with her husband, finally stood up from her seat, then walked towards Linda's room.

"Would I just go to my mom's room, Lin?" ask his mother, ask her permission.

"No, ma'am. Let Linda be the same," replied Linda, who did not want if later at midnight Erli woke up, will look for her whereabouts.

Finally his mother just confirmed the sleeping position of his grandson, who was still as unwilling as ever. Even though he was asleep.

When she was done, her mother came back out, after volunteering, to help Linda get on the bed. Linda would not.

"Linda can be alone, Mom. Thank you." Thank you."

*****

Her uncle Della, suddenly comes to Linda's house during the day.

"I just got word, if the jackass has a stroke sir," his uncle Della said, speaking to his father Linda.

*dongkol is a term for former lurah sir or village chief in Linda's area.

"Pak Kongkol has had a stroke for almost two months now."

Finally they talked on the front porch of the house. Because when he was invited in, his uncle Della would not.

He reasoned that, he preferred to be outside the cool house. Because it was just from a trip.

Fortunately, Linda was going to the hospital for therapy, with her mother asking for help from one of their neighbors who had a car.

Erli had just come home from school, and was playing in a neighbor's house.

Since there was no Linda in the house, her uncle Della was also not long in this house. He was ready to go home soon. Katena still has a lot of work to do.

"Thank you, sir. Excuse me first. Assalamualaikum..."

"Wallaikumsalam..." His father Linda, answering a greeting from his uncle Della, nodded his head.

But when the guest gave him some money, his father Linda refused. He did not want to take the money.

"Not bother. If you want to stop by, just stop by here" said his father Linda. Who does not want to receive the money.

"If you don't want to, tomorrow-tomorrow I won't stop by again!"

His uncle Della apparently used a tactic that made his father Linda confused awkwardly.

He felt bad if he received the money. But he also did not want to be considered arrogant, if the uncle of his son-in-law said so.

Finally, his father Linda accepted the money. And after saying thank you, her uncle Linda actually left her house.

In the middle of the road, his uncle Della grumbled to himself. His attempts to meet and talk with Linda failed.

"Sylli! Apparently he's not home. Forced to have to stop by at the cob house, so that if at any time they talk can connect. If I don't stop by, I'll be caught lying later."

*****

At the hospital, the therapy doctor who treated Linda is on duty out of town. So what replaced him was the intern, who had just been on duty for one week.

The young doctor, looking at Linda with amazed eyes. He felt sorry, seeing Linda's current state.

'She's so beautiful. Not inferior to the artists in the big city, and also models. But I think she's prettier because there's no permakan so natural.'

When the doctor had the opportunity to talk to Linda, while doing therapy, he wondered a little about personal matters.

"sorry. Does this kid have a husband?" ask the doctor carefully.

He did not want to ignore the feelings of his patients who felt special in his eyes.

"Already Doc. I was in this accident with my husband. But. He's gone first."

Hearing the explanation given by Linda, the doctor did not know what she was feeling right now.

He was very concerned about Linda's fate. But she was also happy, as it turned out that Linda did not have a husband.

So he thought that, he could approach with this patient of his.