Dollar Girl

Chapter 32 Children Who Can Rely On

Yati quickly asked for a sudden leave as well as Wijaya her husband after getting a call from the village, they could not calm down during the trip until finally arrived.

They quickly ran to find the room where the grandmother was in care, but when they found it they saw the figure of Ratna who was helping grandmother walk back to her room.

"Mother... gosh... What's going on? why is mom like this?" tanya Yati quickly approached.

"Auntie take it easy, grandma just fell. The doctor said there were no serious injuries even when she fell on her head to faint, the grandmother only needed to rest for a few days" Ratna replied.

"Then let's go back to lying down, why are you even taking a walk"

"Grandmother ran out of the toilet" she replied again.

"Yes, come on! let me help you get back to the room" said Wijaya.

Slowly they led the grandmother back to her bed, with Yati swiftly laying her mother down comfortably.

"Thank you Ratna, thanks to you grandma is okay" said Yati.

"Why thank me? I didn't do anything"

"No need to be humble, girls are indeed more reliable than others. I should have always been there for a mother at an old age, as a child I have sinned leaving her to the wrong person" Yati said, clearly referring to Amus.

"Ah but now there is you, I am calmer" he continued in a soft voice again.

Ratna could only smile without knowing what she could say, for now because Yati had gone home she pleaded for resignation.

"Amus!" call him.

Amus stopped walking and waited for Ratna who was running towards him.

"Your parents have come, meet them" he said.

"Oh no need"

"Why?" ask Ratna wonder.

"It's okay, you better go home! all night you didn't sleep for looking after grandma, didn't you come to work today?"

"What about you?" ask Ratna worried.

"No need to worry about me, I can sleep later"

"Are you sure? I can ask permission not to enter today"

"For what? the sick grandma is not me, you should go home" said Amus staunchly.

Actually Ratna wanted to stay there to accompany Amus, but from wherever he knew Amus' condition was currently wanted alone. Finally, he gave up and went home.

Ratna kept asking permission not to enter and Hamdani allowed it, the time he had was used to rest for a while and make food for Amus and his family in the hospital.

The news of the accident that befell grandma has certainly been spread everywhere, he said, ardi and Jimy's parents took turns to look at Sapardi who took Grandma to the hospital to come home after morning to rest.

"Amus!" call Ratna who comes after the afternoon.

"Why are you coming back?" ask Amus.

"I've asked my boss for permission not to come in, Jimy and Ardi will come to see you later tonight and here's food for you. Did you sleep earlier?" ratna.

Amus shook his head slowly which made Ratna even more worried.

"Find a comfortable place to sleep if you don't want to go home, however you need to stay healthy because that's not to sleep"

"I'm used to fighting"

"Don't argue!" ratna said sharply.

"Ah you can use the room over there, I see there's only one patient in the care there so you can take a short break but eat first!"

"Well, I'll eat"

"Now!" ratna's orders began to bring out her negative nature.

Amus stared in shock at Ratna's cold voice, slowly opening the lunchbox and starting to scoop it up.

"Good boy.I went to see grandma first!" ratna said soften.

With the food that he had prepared for Amus Ratna's parents also entered the room where the grandmother was treated, he handed the food to Yati so that they also remained healthy while looking after the grandmother.

"Thank you, thanks to you we are very helped" said Yati.

"No need to think about aunt, we are a family so there is no need to hesitate. Isn't that what my aunt told me?"

"Well, it looks good, honestly I'm hungry because I just ate bread. Come mah! we eat first" invited Wijaya who saw the contents of the lunch box.

"Alright, Na please take care of grandma for a moment.. "

"Give it to me" replied Ratna.

After the departure of Yati and Wijaya swiftly Ratna wiped the entire body of the grandmother who was sleeping with warm water, ranging from hands to feet.

"Ratna." call Amus slowly.

"Oh, are you done eating?" ask Ratna.

Amus nodded, slowly he walked in and handed the lunchbox to Ratna.

"Where are my parents?" tanyakanya.

"I told them to eat first"

"Oh. This medicine and ointment for grandma, tell them the medicine in the drink after eating and ointment her use in the waist area of grandma"

"All right, I understand"

"Is the infusion going well?"

"Yes, no problem"

"Well then I go out first" said Amus about to leave.

But his steps came to a halt when he saw Yati standing right at the door, his eyes sharply staring at Amus with an unstoppable hatred. Suddenly Yati walked quickly towards him and.

Plaques

One slap landed right on Amus' cheek.

"What are you doing asshole? is this how you return the favor of the person who has cared for you since childhood? if you hate me then come to me don't hurt my mom!" his yell.

"Soge Na, don't stop me from punishing this selfless child. Because she's a granny in the care!"

"Auntie I beg... Please think about Grandma's feelings, what if she wakes up because of this fight?"

Yati softened to hear the words, he began to be silent while Amus who was silent since just now suddenly left the place.

"Amus!" call Ratna anxious.

But Amus ignored the call, running so fast that Ratna lost track of him. Ratna knew how Amus was feeling and therefore she could not leave Amus alone, anxiously searching everywhere and even asking everyone.

Until finally he found Amus banging on a tree in the park, seeing Amus' expression that signified sadness and anger made him unable to stand it anymore. Soon he ran over to Amus and clasped his fist that was covered in blood.

"I beg you not to be like this, I know you are sad and disappointed but please don't hurt yourself" Ratna said.

"Take off Na, I can't take it anymore! I have to get my heart out" said Amus with a voice of his voice holding back tears.

"No! I won't let you do this" Ratna insisted.

Suddenly Ratna hugged Amus and said.

"Cry.don't be quiet again, take out all your sorrow. You need not be ashamed or afraid, cry until your heart is satisfied."

At first Amus hesitated, but slowly the embrace felt so comfortable that in the end he released all the mixed feelings in his heart.

Through crying he let out a sense of sadness, disappointment, anger, hate and despair. The soft caress of Ratna's hand slowly rubbed her mind until she could completely vaporize it all through crying to satisfaction.

"You heard it yourself last night after the doctor examined the grandmother she said the grandmother was not injured, in a few days she must be healed" Ratna said after Amus finished releasing the burden on her heart.

"That night, I woke up to hear a voice, when I saw my grandmother lying unconscious in front of her room" Amus said.

"Don't blame yourself, the accident is already part of destiny"

"No! there's actually a reason why you hate me so much, you can't get pregnant and you want to adopt a child. But it is unexpected that apparently the father betrayed, secretly the father was in a relationship with a woman until pregnant. Mother only knew when the woman died after giving birth and the child was me" Amus told a story that made Ratna quite surprised.

"In a great anger some time ago my mother told me this, she told me that I was just an illegitimate child born from an affair. At first she planned to dump me, but she threatened to divorce her if it happened. The mother who loved me so much was finally persuaded by my grandmother to accept me as part of the family."

Amus took a deep breath, recalling every word Yati said back then in an angry state. Every word like a sharp sword pierced his heart, so he had no face to show the family. That reason is what makes him stop and no longer want to meet face to face with Yati.

"Although I was an illegitimate child, even though my father had betrayed my mother, my grandmother was still kind to us. He was willing to take care of me and raise me wholeheartedly, but the kindness I even returned like this"

"Sssshhhhhh, don't blame yourself for what happened" said Ratna who could not bear to see Amus' red eyes that returned with tears.

"No Na, I'm wrong. I'm not good at looking after grandma"

"It will be good again, grandma will be healthy again"

"I have to how Na? how's it?" amus again fell in Ratna's arms to weep for his fate.

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"A.. mus. "call the newly awakened grandmother from her sleep.

"Ah. mother is awake" said Yati.

"Where's Amus?" ask grandma slowly.

"Why are you even asking the goddamn kid?" ask Yati back emotions.

"Sst, ah Amus is out first he will come again" said Wijaya gave the condition that Yati not carelessly talk.

"Madress, how does she feel?" the Doctor who suddenly came.

"Oh Doctor please come in" said Yati rising from her seat.

"I feel better" replied Grandma slowly.

"Is there dizziness or nausea?"

"Little"

"Well that's still reasonable yes, sorry I can check for a moment!" the doctor said it was friendly.

"Please dock" replied Wijaya.

"Whatever is normal, maybe some days grandma will feel pain in the waist due to impact but it does not matter. Don't move much first ya grandma, I've given the medicine dizziness and pain was the granddaughter who brought."

Yati immediately searched for the medicine and found it right next to Grandma's body.

"Is this the drug the doctor is referring to?" tanyanya showed me the medicine.

"Yes right, this is the cure" replied the doctor who made Yati know the intention of the arrival of Amus earlier.

"Grandmother is very lucky to have a nimble grandchild like her, boys are indeed more reliable"

"Doctor mean?" ask Yati confused.

"Every night the rain was very heavy until there was an incident of trees falling here and there, as a result of which the speed of the vehicle became jammed. Luckily the granddaughter of the grandmother was a strong child, once she saw the unconscious grandmother she quickly carried the grandmother to the hospital. He was also very smart and nimble, last night our nurse was busy all because there was a back-to-back accident, he was just directed to do first aid and he did well."

Yati was stunned to hear the doctor's story without being able to say anything.

"After the infusion he took the initiative himself to bring grandma to a new hospital room to take care of administration, I as a doctor did not do much. Just now, he also took care of grandma's medicine, if in the care of grandchildren as well as this deserve at the age of the grandmother who is now still fit. Ah.. You as a parent must be proud of him, you have given grandmother to the right person. Okay. I'm sorry first"

"Thank you doctor, please. "wijaya replied to usher up to the door.

The doctor's story has just made Yati realize that the reason she hates Amus is because every time she sees Amus she feels she is seeing her failure as a woman, he who loved Vijaya so much felt like a wife to fail until her husband had a child from another woman.

The heartache had blinded his eyes to Amus' kindness as a child, he remembered Amus' childhood adorable looks and showed his cleverness. Mothers often praised Amus and expressed how lucky he was to have a child who was not only handsome but also smart, but he was never happy with the praise.

Little Amus had lived by him and Vijaya to work, with their grandmother lived together and never made any mistakes. Both at school and in the neighborhood where Amus became the most reliable adult child, the reason is what makes him give the task to take care of Ratna.

Seeing the only daughter in their neighborhood Yati actually wanted Ratna to be his daughter, he had said this to Ratna's late mother but of course the request was rejected. Instead, Ratna's late mother reminded her to open her heart to Amus, now fourteen years have passed and Amus really shows the figure of a real man.

His slow steps with an unreasonable mind led Yati to the park and saw Amus sitting limp with Ratna, the pool of water in his eyes began to spill to see the child he had been complaining about had grown up to be the pride of the family.

He quickly wiped away the tears and walked up to him, Amus was surprised to see Yati standing right in front of him as well as Ratna. His eyes involuntarily looked at the back of Amus' wounded and bloodied hand, for some reason there was a sense of worry arising in his heart seeing that. He took out a handkerchief from his pocket and tied it to the back of Amus' injured hand.

"Go home and go to sleep, and then night will come back. Don't forget to bring a few change of clothes for grandma and. treat your wounds, I don't want you to get sick" said Yati slowly.

"I. ma'am." called Amus not to believe what he heard.

"Now mom and dad are here, so you don't have to worry about grandma" said Yati, who then left immediately because she didn't want Amus to see her crying.

With a happy feeling Amus stared at his mother's departure while kissing the handkerchief that Yati had tied to his hand.