CLEO & CASSANO (Love In Hospital)

CHAPTER 4

They resumed their lessons, and Cleo had seen Nayla so agitated. Not feeling that the lesson was over, Cleo put her books into a bag.

"Nay, wait!" Cleo's after Nayla.

"What's wrong?" tanyakanya.

"Would you like to go home?" Nayla nodded.

"Bareng me alone, let me take you home." he asked.

"But, Cleo, I...?!" Nayla looked at Sandra.

"Already, come!" Cleo who understood instantly pulled out her hand. Nayla was unable to say anything more. Sandra kicked the chair in front of her.

"Get it!" he said after taking his bike out of the parking lot.

"But I don't have a helmet." Nayla looks doubtful.

"You take it easy." Cleo turned off the engine, and opened the seat. "Here, I purposely brought it for you." Cleo gave the pink helmet to him. "Come on!" take her as soon as the helmet was already on Nayla's head.

"You want to go straight home, or do we walk first?" cleo asked as they were already out of the school area.

"Just go home, because I have to clean the house. I must have gone to work" he said.

"All right." Cleo turned her motorcycle towards Nayla's house. It took them only 20 minutes to get to Nayla's house.

"Almost yuk!" take Nayla to him. Cleo opened her helmet and placed it in the rearview mirror. Then, he followed Nayla into the house.

"Where's your mom?" ask Cleo.

"Mother used to leave after I left for school" she replied.

"So, what do you want?" Cleo wondered why Nayla would not be invited to the street.

"I have to clean up." Nayla walked into her room, not how long she had been out in a house shirt. "Wait a minute, let me make you a drink."

"Can I come?" ask me before he gets back inside.

"Come on!" after thinking for a while, Nayla finally allowed him to come along.

"I'm sorry my house is so small" he said as he watched Cleo look at every corner of his house.

"It's small!" cleo replied, Nayla's face turned grim. "But you're not happy?" tanyanya when she saw Nayla lowered her head.

"of course! Although our house is small, my mother and I are very lucky. Because this house is already ours." he replied.

"That's what matters. Why a big house if you're not happy." Nayla turned to him, knowing that it was aimed at herself. "I'm white water!" cleo said as he watched Nayla pick up sugar.

"All right." Nayla changed the glass back and filled the water in the new glass. They walked back to the front. The scorching sun made Cleo immediately gulp down the water. It was fortunate that Nayla brought the teapot forward, so she could add one more glass.

"That's really thirsty?" Cleo nodded. Nayla turned on the fan hanging above the ceiling of the room.

"Nay, I saw Sandra whispering something to you. What's he saying?" tanyakanya.

"Ah, that .., he's just kidding." Cleo knew that she was lying.

"You sure?" Nayla nodded, Cleo could no longer force her.

"If I may know, why would you help me?" Nayla looks at him.

"I'm sick of seeing those who are always acting arbitrarily." she replied. "You too, against dong! How long will they bully you?" Cleo looked annoyed.

"I'm used to it." she replied.

"Nay, I know you're forced? Is this because your mother works at her house?" Nayla's speechless. "Did your mother know this?" Nayla shook her head, Cleo exhaled a rough breath.

"I can't tell my mom" she said slowly.

"But you can't keep quiet. Poor mother, what if she finds out what you're going through? I'm sure your mother will be in shock." Nayla looked at him with teary eyes.

"I don't want to burden mom. He sacrificed too much for me." Cleo could understand what she was going through.

"In that case, from now on I will support you." Nayla stunned.

"No, Cle! I don't want you in trouble." Stop it.

"That's what friends are for, isn't it?" Cleo smiled, while Nayla was no longer able to stem her tears. Only this time did someone sincerely offer her friendship. From then on, Cleo helped Nayla whenever Sandra and the others wanted to work on her. 

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"How are you doing?" ask dr. Vincent to Adam.

"Well, as you can see" he replied weakly.

"It's already the 6th, isn't it?" he said after checking his best friend's medical records.

"Do you think I can heal?" dr. Vincent fell silent.

"Right now you have to be strong" he replied.

"I already know your answer. But, at least I can extend my life with this chemotherapy." Adam looked at the window of his room in the care.

"How's Cleo?" dr. Vincent switched the conversation so that his best friend was not sad. "You miss him?"

"of course. I really want to hear his voice. Do I still have a lot of time?" Adam was always like that. Ever since this cancer had gnawed at his lungs, the shadow of death had always haunted him. It was not death that he feared, it was just that he was afraid of leaving his beloved daughter alone.

"Keep fighting, I will always support you" Vincent replied. "Are you still keeping it a secret from Cleo?" Adam was weak. "When do you want? Aren't you thinking about how she'll feel?"

"He doesn't need to know. I don't want to make him sad" she replied.

"The chin!" dr. Vincent looked at him.

"What?"

"You remember our promise, don't you?" tanyakanya.

"Of course!" answer Vincent.

"I hope you can take care of him. I don't have anyone I can trust but you." Adam looked very weak.

"You just calm down! I'll make sure Cleo will be my son-in-law." Vincent replied, Adam smiled with relief.

"I can leave quietly." after saying so, Adam immediately closed his eyes. Vincent let Adam rest, he immediately exited the room.

Adam and Vincent have been friends since they were young. When he just landed in Indonesia, Vincent who came alone experienced fraud, so all his property was lost. Not knowing what to do, Adam's parents who happened to be at the same airport offered to help him. They brought Vincent to live together, because Vincent was the same age as their son, it was not difficult for Vincent and Adam to know each other. Their relationship was established until the age of twilight. Currently, Vincent is already a cancer specialist and also serves as a Director at one of the private hospitals in the capital. While Adam continued his family business as an entrepreneur in the field of property. 

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"Earn dr. Andreas into my room." he ordered the nurse who had been standing behind him.

"All right, Doc." Vincent is back in his room.

"Hallo!" Andreas answered his phone as one of the nurses stuck it in his ear.

"Dok, you are asked to go to the Director's room now" said the nurse.

"Tell him, I still have patients" he said. After that, Andreas again continued to handle patients who had a mild accident.

"Dok ...!?" Andreas stops his steps as a woman in a white coat chases after him.

"What's wrong?" ask her as soon as the woman approaches.

"Have you had lunch? How about we have lunch together?" take the woman's doctor.

"I'm sorry, but I have an appointment." Andrew immediately entered the elevator. 

"What did you call me?" Andreas immediately asked Vincent as soon as he got to his room.

"Sit down!" Andreas sat down immediately.

"Is your job done?" tanyakanya.

"My work where there is an end." he replied casually.

"Hurry up, why did you call me?" his insistence.

"And, do you remember what I said about your matchmaking?" Andreas surprised. Vincent did talk about his match, but he disagreed.

"Don't you get my answer" he said.

"But I still want you to marry the woman of my choice." Vincent bluntly.

"This is not the time of siti nurbaya, and papa can't force me." she replied.

"Are you unable to comply with your papa's request?"

"Papa may ask for another, but not for this. I'll never sacrifice my future for a woman I don't know." she said.

"And so begin to know him. I'm sure you'll like it." Vincent, who already knows what Cleo looks like, is sure that his son will definitely like his choice.

"My answer is still not" he said.

"Give me a good reason." Vincent stared hard at him.

"There's a woman I love" she replied.

"Did he love you too?" Andreas was speechless, seeing that Vincent was smiling faintly.

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"So, your love is clapping one hand." so, Andreas was so upset to see Vincent teasing him.

"Whatever papa wants to say. I still wouldn't want to do that match." He walked towards the door.

"And, you should marry him. I won't accept anyone to be my daughter-in-law except her." Not wanting to hear anything more from his father, Andreas got out of there.

"I'm not a kid anymore. Until whenever I won't marry that woman." - Grunts.

"Who will marry?" Andreas was struck with a voice he was very familiar with.

"What are you doing here?" ask her best friend Alvaro.

"I have a consultation schedule. And, can you explain who's getting married?" ask again.

"It's none of your business!" ketus answer.

"Are you getting married?" andreas' face flushed. "Let me guess, were you betrothed?" Jhosua smiled faintly.

"Shut your mouth, ice man!" Alvaro laughed at the anger on his face.

"Come, we're going, Jo! I don't want to be stuck in the days of siti nurbaya like her." He just kept laughing and passed away leaving Andreas who started to grumble.

"Based on my accursed friend!" mean it. 

~tbc