BASEBALL WITH MY SON (18 AGAIN)
AS A FORMER ATHLETE (REVISED)
With a tangled shirt with completely unkempt hair, as well as a body scent that smells of cigarette smoke. Adrian walked dazedly into a house that was holding a thousand-day commemoration (Three years more) The death of his late son or commonly referred to as the Ngewu celebration. Where the goal itself is a salvation event that states that the Bodies of the Scriptures have reached the perfection of the Bodies of the Scriptures that have fused with the land as the origin of humans.
His arrival at that time was not warmly welcomed by everyone who was there, even some of the glare of the eyes could only look pityfully at Adrian. Maya is the ex-wife of Adrian.
"What's with your eyes? I wouldn't have come here either, if Maya hadn't invited me. Besides who is sincere about the death of his own son," snapped Adrian who was passionate in the room that was being enlivened by guests. It seems like the guests have just finished reciting prayers and recitations for the late Aksara, hence the many stacks of Yasin in the corner of the room.
"What's? Why are you looking at me so hatefully, it's my fault that your team lost?" adrian shouted to some friends who used to be his teammates.
"Calm down, Adrian! you ruined this show, you don't have to come if you can't take away our son's death." Maya began to feel bad for the guests, she also did not get out of thought with Adrian's increasingly severe behavior and depression that never subsided.
Patiently, Maya attracts Adrian to leave the house as soon as possible. It feels guilty because he thought that Adrian had improved, in fact he would only embarrass himself if lingering here. Maya also does not want Aksara school friends will be embarrassed to see his father who behaves and looks like a mad person, he does not want his son who is there will feel unsettled.
"Keep away from me, May! You don't understand my feelings at all, you're just like them. Have you forgotten what it's like to be a mother to Aksara? Ah no, it looks like you've been living happily with your new lover and forgotten your role as a mother for Aksara." Adrian never ceases to vilify his wife's manta, he really can no longer think logically and continue to curse everyone in front of him.
Until in the end, Mr. Surya who is a former in-law of Adrian began to intervene. Obviously he did not accept the words of Adrian who often vilified Maya, he was really disappointed with his former daughter-in-law.
"You've crossed the line, get the hell out of my house!" drive out Mr. Surya who immediately pulled Adrian to leave his house. His patience was completely on the verge, he could no longer tolerate Andrian's attitude and words. Though all this time, he was very grateful to be able to get a great daughter-in-law like Adrian.
"You're the same, old man. You've forgotten your grandson, you've never loved my son." Adrian was not happy when he was driven out of the fence, he continued to point towards the face of Mr. Surya.
Until finally two elderly people walked hastily approached Adrian with a very sad face, even the old woman hugged Adrian tightly with tears dripping.
"That's enough, son. Let's go home now" persuaded the old woman named Santi who is the biological mother of Adrian.
"Going home? My house has been destroyed since Aksara's death, ma'am. I've had nothing left since that day, I've been a failure." Adrian crying in the arms of his mother, he almost fell if not held by his parents.
"Pity your father and mother, son. I don't want you to stay down like this. Let's go home!" take Miss Santi again while gently pulling her child's hand.
Meanwhile, Mr. Bimo tried to restrain his embarrassment and tried to apologize to Mr. Surya who had been a relative.
"I'm sorry my son, then excuse me." Mr. Bimo did not intend to say anything more, he glanced at Maya who felt guilty towards him from a distance. Then he helped his wife to bring home Adrian who did not stop offending himself.
"Good, Sir. Don't be long, sir, pity Adrian hasn't eaten from yesterday." Mother still continues to hold Adrian's hand that began to calm, he also actually did not have the heart to bother the two parents. But every time he wants to try to make the death of the Aksara, the greater the guilt to the child.
"I'm sorry, Mom. I really can't bear to see mom and dad have to take my life again in old age like this, if only I could prevent Aksara from dying surely you'd live as well as you used to." Both of Adrian's eyes glazed, he tried to keep hold so as not to cry in front of his mother.
"Mother and Father have never been disappointed with you, even when you retired early from Baseball and fled the world championship did not disappoint us in the least. It's just that we feel sad, when we see the child alone puppet we have to live like this. You have to learn sincerely, son, try to rearrange your life again. Father same mother is old, we do not want you constantly haunted by feelings of guilt over the passing of the Aksara." Ms. Santi tried to advise her son, she felt very sorry for his poor son. Especially when the neighbors do not stop talking about Adrian who became a burden on the family, some neighbors also often make fun of Adrian who is considered trash by baseball fans because it has embarrassed the country.
The hearts of Bu Santi and Mr. Bimo feel very sad, not even infrequently Miss Santi found Mr. Bimo crying over his son and his late grandson. How sad is the heart of Miss Santi who must see the state of the house that has only been filled with sadness for the past year.
"I can't, Mom. If I let go of my son, the same name I forget my faults. What good is all that I have done to punish myself? It'll all be for nothing, ma'am." Adrian began to shed tears that he could not bear it. He immediately hurriedly wiped the tears and released the hand of Bu Santi from him.
"Mother and Father go home first, I want to see Adrian at his resting place. I want to apologize once again to him," said Adrian who immediately ran without having been intercepted by Miss Santi.
With all his might, he ran under the hot sun in broad daylight. He really still has the endurance of an athlete's body, a natural talent he had as a former professional baseball player.
"If only I could go back in time, I would have prevented my son's death. I will also be his best friend and help him to qualify for the team, he no longer needs to end his life and no need to be depressed. And I" Adrian's words stopped, he could no longer imagine. Because this is the umpteenth time he does not stop being stubborn, as if fate had indeed listened to all his pleas.
With increasingly fast footsteps and a controlled stomp, he ran with all his might down the path that would lead him to the cemetery not far from there. And right at that moment, a smoke from a passing motor vehicle hit his eyes and made Adrian rubbed his eyes while running. Until he did not realize that he entered a white circle in front of him and made him feel sleepy right then and there.
Until finally, the drowsiness was paid by the feeling of surprise when he opened his eyes and found himself in a hospital.
"Where am I?" the question is still lying half conscious.
"You were at the hospital deck, you had an accident on the highway. But luckily no one was injured anyway, just a slight scuff." The nurse smiled as she checked Adrian's vital signs, then handed Adrian the registration documents before leaving for a while to check on other patients.
"Don't forget to fill in the deck, all the numbers of his parents so he can be contacted."
Adrian who was still not very aware just nodded when he received the Document. And how shocked he was when he realized all the words of the nurse that immediately made him sit in the hospital bed.
