Aunt Melinda

Uneasily

"It's best to get it to a hospital or clinic!" romi suggested, when feeling the heat at the child's body temperature.

"Tap_but, this is me coming home because I don't have any money. We, just got into a disaster. Huhuhuhoo..."

Finally the woman told Romi, if two weeks ago, her husband had just died from liver disease.

They are family, have been trying to treat the disease, so it costs a lot. Even their homes and investments have sold out.

But still, her husband could not be helped. Because the disease is already in the final stage.

And now, he intended to return to the village. Start life there with nothing. For the sake of her two small children.

Romi saw the child, who was already helpless in his mother's arms. And the heat at his body temperature, visible from the skin of his face red extinguished.

"We're taking it to the nearest clinic. If it does not need to be copied or special handling, it means you can go home immediately. But if not, you'll have to wait until your body's condition improves."

Hearing the words and explanations given by Romi, the woman turned deathly pale. Because he doesn't hold enough money.

Seeing the situation, Romi tried to calm the woman.

"Silence Ma'am. I can help as much as I can. The important thing is that your child is helped" Romi explained earnestly.

Without waiting for an answer from the woman, Romi went straight to the front of the bus. To see the driver. To stop the bus at the nearest clinic or hospital, right now.

Romi also explained the reason, why he asked the driver to obey him.

"It's an emergency sir!" obviously Romi again.

"Yes-yes. I'll stop for a moment" said Mr. driver in response to Romi's request.

Eventually, the bus stopped shortly afterwards, at a clinic by the side of the road.

Kernet bus is also asked by the driver to help the passengers get off. So that he can check his son who has a high fever.

The driver asked the other passengers to be patient for a while, to help the life of a small child.

After waiting a while later, Romi finally returned to where the driver was. He said that the child needs medical treatment first. Because it requires intravenous fluids as well.

Finally, on the advice of the driver, the mother and child better wait in the clinic. Tomorrow if you are allowed to go home, there is another bus that is the same as this bus PO as well, which can pick them up.

The driver also immediately contacted the PO bus, to report all the events that occurred. So that it can be understood.

Hearing the explanation given by the driver, Romi thanked him.

"Thank you Sir. I'll give this explanation to these mothers."

Romi returned to the clinic. The two talked briefly with the mother, and gave an explanation to her, about the explanation given by the driver.

"So you don't have to worry about being able to go home to the village. Cause another bus is gonna stop by here to pick up Mom."

After giving understanding and explaining to the mother, Romi said to leave. He also left some money to the mother, for the cost of her son's treatment at this clinic.

The woman thanked Romi, sobbing.

He also went outside for a while, to thank the driver. Because his son has now received medical treatment.

Finally, the bus returned to go home, because it was already overdue for an hour and a half.

*****

Linda expressed her desire and intention to move into her own home, to her mother and father tonight.

"But, you haven't been able to do anything yourself Lin. How can you get there by yourself?" asked his mother, with a worried face.

"Yes Nduk. You can't do anything by yourself. There must be help from others. If Mom or Dad had to accompany us there, how could we go back and forth?" his father chimed in.

Linda let out a long sigh, as she could not give a more detailed and precise reason. So that it can be accepted by his mother and father.

"But the house there was empty for a long time. Fearfully, if something is broken it's not even found out, Mom, sir." Linda tried to make another excuse.

"Then, Erli how was school?"

Now, Linda just remembered, if Erli now school is in her mother's village. So it's impossible to change schools again.

After all, if he had to move to housing, he also could not deliver Erli to school.

"Hhh..."

His mother and father looked at each other. The two of them did not know, what this quiet child really wanted.

"What's up with Lin? You don't feel right in this house?" ask her mother to investigate. He thought that Linda was not at home to stay at home.

Linda quickly shook her head several times, as that was not the reason that made her want to move to her own house, which was in the housing.

"Then what?" ask her mother, urging the reason Linda made, so she wants to go home.

"Linda, Linda wouldn't be comfortable if her Uncle Della came here."

Now, her parents look at each other again, not knowing what really happened between Linda and her uncle Della.

"Why Lin?" ask her mother again, who was astonished by her son's attitude this time. It's not usual for Linda to be dislikeful of someone excessively.

Linda was confused as to what else to say, to give her reasons. Because he could not give a more detailed explanation to his mother and father, about the events in the past.

The two of them couldn't possibly believe what Linda was going to tell us now, because it had already been decades ago.

Eventually Linda fell silent and did not continue their conversation.

"Linda wants to go to the room first, Mom, sir." said Linda to her mother and father. He tries to avoid his mother's questions.

After Linda went to the room, her mother asked her husband. "Linda why, sir? how come you don't like her uncle Della?"

"Boy doesn't know, either. Your son won't talk, if there's a problem."

Linda's mother can only nod, because that's how linda's been doing all this time.

"Let's ask Linda sometime and slowly, because maybe she can tell the same story later."

Her husband just nodded, obeying his wife's words.

Shortly after, Erli came home from school. He was screaming happily, because he could get a prize at the time there was a race that he participated in at school.

"Ma... Mama..."

Erli had been screaming from the street in front of the house, because he was happy and impatient, to tell his success to the mother.

She didn't know that her mother was feeling restless in the room.