Love In Butterfly Needles

Accepted Working

It had been nearly fifteen minutes for Dena to stare herself in front of the mirror. Several times he changed the clothes he was wearing, he wanted to make sure his appearance this morning was as perfect as it used to be when he was still tracking his career in the Capital. Dena is indeed a woman who always pays attention to her appearance, even for small things.

Finally he was steady with a matching blazer and blouse that morning. The weight of his body has slowly risen even though it is not as it used to be but at least not too thin. He must still maintain the dry weight of his body, the term for kidney failure patients where body weight does not contain much fluid. Dena is accustomed to her weight gain every dialysis, after finishing dialysis the weight will return to the original dry weight. That includes one of the functions of washing the blood, to remove fluid that accumulates in the body because it cannot be removed optimally by the kidneys. So far Dena can still control her weight gain from her dialysis schedule to her next schedule.

He put on his face with a thin makeup. Without makeup, the face looks beautiful. He grabbed the bag he had filled with the application file.

" May this day be launched and I be accepted to work for the Company", Dena prayed in her heart.

Then the man's face flashed across his mind and he muttered softly,

" It's easy to end up with me working and having a busy life again, I can set my heart to stop with this wrong step".

*** Hasbi delivered her sister to the Company as she said yesterday. Dena set the steps to line up Hasbi's fingers that run very fast. He seemed to run small with black high heels at his times. They arrived at the company's Chairman's room, because they got special recommendations so that day Dena did not need to do a written test in the HRD Room. He will be interviewed directly by the Chairman of the Company.

Hasbi is waiting for her sister outside the room. Dena looked calm and answered all the questions posed to her . About work motivation and some questions about finances in accordance with the position he wants to apply for. The company leader seemed satisfied with all the answers from Dena. Then he read Dena's prior work experience who had worked at a large Company in the Capital City. He asked why Dena had stopped working for the promising company.

Hearing that question Dena seemed to realize that yesterday she forgot one thing. How could he be so confident of being accepted into the Company, while he forgot that he could not leave Hemodialysis' schedule twice a week. That means he has to get permission every Wednesday to be able to come late because he is waiting for his dialysis action to be completed. As for Saturday, he was not so worried because it was in the Company that put his employees at work that day.

" Hmm.I was forced to resign sir because of the illness I suffered", Dena steady answer as it is. Regarding he was not accepted to work in the Company he would like to be.

Finally, Dena told me because she had to let go of losing her career in the famous company.

The middle-aged man of the company was touched by the persistence of this young woman before him. It would be unfair if he did not give Dena the opportunity to continue his career considering the work achievements he had achieved in several companies before him.

Dena is ready with all the worst possibilities.

" I understand if you refuse me to work in this Company after knowing my situation" said Dena with a calm face.

The man smiled at Dena's statement, "I don't think there's any reason for me to reject a competent candidate like Miss Dena".

" Welcome to this company, you can start working Monday", the company's chairman said steady while shaking Dena's hand .

Dena smiled with excitement, how lucky she was to be able to work in this company by being given special waivers to be able to come after lunch every Wednesday.

" I will prove to you that I am worthy of this opportunity."

"And I will contribute fully to the progress of the Company, Thank you very much Sir", said Dena confidently.

Dena is indeed a smart woman, she can put herself in all situations, understand how to take a stand. That's what makes the Leader want to accept it working there .

Dena exited the room with a fluffy smile, she vented her excitement by hugging Hasbi.

" I got accepted into this company and can start working on Monday".

Hasbi smiled, from the beginning he was already convinced that his older brother would be accepted into this Company with the abilities he had. They walked hand in hand towards the parking lot, Dena excitedly told how it had been in the room.

" It is always cheerful like this, brother, even without the love of the man", Hasbi murmured inwardly.

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The brothers finally decided to have lunch outside, as a form of small celebration for the work Dena received.

" Si'm the one who decides where to eat lunch, I'll come along" Hasbi said

" Ahh...why the hell have to deal again with everything about Mas Adam?", Inner Dena.

" Am I really still craving that guy?"

Dena then denied the feeling of feeling it by arguing she chose the restaurant because the food fits on her tongue.

They arrived at the restaurant just at lunchtime and were crowded by visitors.

" Sister had eaten here" asked Hasbi while remembering what she had previously brought her sister here until Dena decided to have lunch here.

" Ehhh.no, I've never eaten here".

" I just go through it a lot and I see there's always a lot of visitors, it's definitely good food" Dena lied to Hasbi.

It's troubling that he has to be honest about this place which is Mas Adam's favorite place. His sister must have thought that he still remembered about the man, although in reality Dena could not say that he was still interested in things related to Mas Adam.

Dena chose a seat exactly in the same place when she came to this place with Mas Adam. Memories of memories re-emerged, when the man for the first time said that this place was the first place he dated with his former lover which at that time interpreted Dena with a real ex-lover. And at that time Dena foolishly concluded that the man was a single man.

Sometimes what is planned is not always going well, see how Dena tried to die against her memory of the man. He proved to his sister that he could forget the man. But the more he fought, the more crowded the shadow of the man filled his memory .

He imagines that from tomorrow at their meeting at the hospital, Dena should start to keep her distance. Should how later he learned indifferent while all this time he always even sought attention from the man.

For some reason, Dena now hopes that the man also begins to stop trying to pay attention to her with all the hospitality and warmth that he offered. Thus the heart of Dena will not hesitate to step away anyway . But if the man continues to devote his form of caring by being adorned with a friendly voice and a warm smile, how can Dena try to run away.

" He was the first man to let me know what love was other than my parents and brothers".

" He was the first man to make me feel what a desire is between a man and a woman".

***

" Sister Dena, what message do you want?", Hasbi's voice broke Dena's mind.

He almost forgot his sister who had been waiting for his sister to order a food menu. Finally, Dena ordered the same menu as she came here with Mas Adam.

" Yet again all about you is still so attached", sigh Dena in heart.

They both came out of the restaurant with full stomachs. Hasbi drove her sister home and back to her office. Before leaving he told his sister,

" Morrow's your sister's schedule to the hospital, right?"

" I'll accompany Kak Dena tomorrow, want to make sure that big brother really with the intention that Dena ever threw".

Dena gulped her spit, imagining tomorrow her younger brother would be a personal security guard for her.

Then he prayed; "God may Adam leave work tomorrow, so I don't have to deal with him".

But his half-heartedness again revolted, proposing another hope..

" Lord, I hope tomorrow I can still see the man in a very close distance when he sticks a butterfly needle in my skin"..