Injuries in the Family

Chapter 38

Doctor Rian stood up and walked over, and gave the prescription to his close friend.

"Your son, tremendous inner pressure. What are you doing? Until things happen like this?" ask Rian. "Even his body is bruised a lot.".

Hearing that Gionino swallowed his silva, "What do you mean, Rian? You're accusing me of violence, huh?!" it was him who was trying to cover it all up.

David was only astonished to hear that, especially bi Imah who was standing in front of Nadine's room just closed her mouth. Just wanted to give her voice she couldn't.

"No, I just wanted to make sure. Your son needs a companion like a psychologist and a psychiatrist."

"Your job as a doctor is just to examine the patient and that's why I call you, how's the condition?"

Rian sighed, he looked at Nadine's body at a glance then looked at Gionino whose emotions were still unstable like before.

"Just pressure alone, resting well made him recover and I saw his body bruised a lot. I'll prescribe medicine and you can make up for it at the pharmacy."

After Gionino received the piece of paper, and gave it to David while having his sister-in-law buy him medicine. Bi Imah also drove Dr. Rian to come out again from his master's house.

David who came down from the 2nd floor was staring at his brother who put on an ordinary face, even being cool playing his gadget. What's wrong with this family? Why does he have to know so much? Just a few days, David was not finished with his brother's family that he considered harmonious.

"Where are you going?" asked Sarita who saw David passing in front of her.

"Boiled medicine." replied the man.

Sarita was silent, and David was out riding his bike. While in the room, Nadine who finally realized was just speechless staring at the ceiling of her room. He recalled that a few hours ago, his body still ached and even moving was still aching. Before long his room was knocked, and appeared bi Imah carrying a tray containing porridge.

"Are you better?" tanya bi Imah slowly rubbed Nadine's forehead after putting a tray on the side of her bed nightstand.

The question made Nadine cry, and hugged bi Imah sobbing. Bi Imah just stroked his back slowly, his heart was as broken as if the violent incident were to repeat itself. Even bi Imah often heard every time Gionino tortured Nadine, always the woman asked her own father to eliminate her forever.

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When the Moon and Panji meet, they look at each other. The Eye of Panji so shines a very deep longing, the same as the Moon. Karinda looked at her mother, she shook her mother's hand.

"Mama..."

Immediately the Moon looked at his son, and Panji looked at the little princess who was holding the Moon. It turned out that it was true, the Moon gave birth to a child whose face was very similar to the Moon.

"Is this your son?" ask Panji.

For a long time the Moon did not hear the voice of Panji, of course for the first time they met again made the moon's heart tremble. The voice that he so longed for, now he had heard even his figure was in front of him.

When the Moon wanted to answer, they were distracted by the figure who called Panji.

"Mas .." call the voice of the woman who comes to us.

The moonlight heart again ached to see the woman struggling spoiled in Panji's arms, her heart still felt the same. His feelings remain the same, loving the man as before. But, it looks like Panji has forgotten about it and has now got a replacement.

"If you'll excuse me." said the Moon.

"Wait, mba." prevent the woman who made the moon's footsteps stop.

"Mba, the Moon?"

The moon who still wears a mask frowned in wonder. He did not know the woman, but she knew him.

Karinda again tugged at her mother's hand, "Mama.. Ayoo, aunt Jihan and Farid are waiting.".

The moon nodded at Karinda, "Sorry before, but I am not the Moon. Excuse me." he said.

Again and again Panji fell silent, his eyes were not wrong. He knows exactly the face, and the moon's eyes. By wearing a mask, Panji tau. Their relationship was not short, but almost 10 years together.

"How could I not know you? You're still the moon you used to be, don't avoid. I'm looking for you everywhere." said Panji who now opened his voice.

The moon's position is so complicated now, he doesn't know what to do. "I'm sorry, I should have accepted you as you were then. I shouldn't have left you, at that moment that was falling." he continued.

His grip on Karinda grew stronger, "Sorry, I don't understand what you're talking about. My daughter and I excuse you.". The moon stepped out of the restaurant, and headed straight for Jihan who was waiting in the parking lot.

"Old kok?" ask Jihan.

"I just met someone, sorry for so long. Now you want to go home?"

Jihan nodded, the woman performed the ritual farewell with a kiss on the right and left cheeks.

"I also want to kiss the moon mama." said Farid.

The moon chuckled, she took off her mask and crouched down to receive a kiss on her cheek by the cute boy she already considered to be her own niece. After Jihan's car had left the restaurant area, it was now the turn of the Moon and Karinda who walked to her car.

"I guessed it, it was you. Why are you avoiding?"

Deg.

The moon forgets to wear her mask when she realizes before him Panji, a former lover whom she ended her relationship 7 years ago. Panji looked at Karinda's face, he drew closer to the boy and equalized his height.

"You're Moon's mama's son?" ask Panji. Seeing the situation, Karinda fell silent in fear which finally made the child slightly backward behind her mother's body.

The moon carried Karinda, "Don't scare my daughter, you better go home. Our relationship is over a long time, Mr. Panji."

Panji stared at the cold gaze of the Moon, Karinda continued to hug her mother's neck covered in hijab. In the eyes of Panji, the Moon had changed a lot even more beautiful when the woman was already a mother. If only he had not left the woman. If only he had been by his side and accepted everything. They will surely marry, Karinda will be present in their midst. Sorry, Lunar.

The moon rubbed Karinda's back, and walked towards her car to leave the restaurant area. There was a sense of tightness in his heart when he met Panji again after 7 years had passed. Forgetting it takes a long, long time. Why did God bring us back? What the hell is it?

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While on the other side, Marliana and one waitress who was assigned to clean the house and cook in the kitchen was so busy to cut some food that would be processed for dinner with the family of her stepchildren. This impromptu event was planned by Yudha, because he wanted to know more about the family that might become his besi.

Yudha continued to knock on Chika's room, the only daughter never left the room from the morning.

"The Iqbal family wants to have dinner with us, you don't want to meet them?" yudha said slightly raising her voice.

Chika opened the door, her swollen eyes after waking up made Yudha a little surprised. He rubbed his daughter's face, and tidied up the slightly disheveled hair.

"Your girlfriend's family will be here tonight, you get ready, baby" Yudha said.

After Chika closed the door, Yudha approached Marliana who was cooking. There was a shock in their hearts, "I'm just nervous, especially I'm not Chika's parents. If they knew how? Will they accept our child? Will they accept our past?"

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