Mentari in the Night Sky

Past Time: Aunt Emily

The first face I saw when I got to the IGD waiting room was Felix's face. Arthur told me if he contacted Felix about Natasha's condition, he didn't know if Felix was going to the hospital because he was as surprised as I was when he saw her face. He was accompanying Carlista to play the puzzle I gave him this morning because he kept looking up at the puzzle in the car, which was William's real puzzle.

I would change the puzzle if William looked for it because all this time he would never look for his belongings left in the car and would definitely order the same items again and therefore a lot his property with the same type because of his impatience in finding his goods left behind in either the car or class.

Arthur also told me that he had contacted the school for both of us absent. It would be best if he didn't contact the school and let this be the first 'stupid' of my life. Besides, the, neither did I want father or William to fly back to London just to make sure we were both okay because it was impossible for the school not to tell the father about his two children who did not come to London school. I don't care if you scold me for truancy, I'm more concerned about the time when you will interrogate me for not attending school for uncertain reasons like this. Arthur just said the two of us couldn't go to school for some reason and he didn't try to make up a reasonable excuse.

"I've taken care of all Natasha's medical expenses" Arthur said, sitting next to me.

"Sister Arthur paid the fee or did the hospital know who Brother was?” I asked because I saw some people greeting him.

"The "masker I used wasn't enough to make them not recognize me. They immediately knew who I was and it seemed like the guards also informed the hospital."

"In a moment surely father or Brother William will call.”

"William called exactly 5 minutes after I called the school, while you were still in the doctor's room.”

"What did Will say?"

"Father will be waiting for us at home at 3 pm, there is no tolerance for delay. That's all he said and it scared me even more because there was no anger in his tone."

"What injury on Brother's arm?" I tried to change the subject.

"I'll treat him at home."

"Obati here, Zeta is afraid there will be an infection in the wound if it is not cleaned and treated immediately."

"Well," said Arthur, standing up from his seat and rubbing my head before walking into the IGD room to ask for treatment.

Uncle Stephan who was 5 meters away from where I was sitting, now walked over as soon as he saw Felix approaching me. I gave a gaze so that Uncle Stephan would do nothing and remain where he stood. Felix wouldn't do anything to me, he's not the kind of person who would hurt someone before that person hurt himself or the precious person in his life.

"Thank you for helping Natasha. I shouldn't have ignored Carlista when he asked me for help" he said, leaning against the wall behind him.

"What do you like about Natasha?"

"Why are you asking me that?"

"When Ken finds out the truth is happening, he'll attack you. The heir to the Parker Family can have you boycotted by many companies, you could lose your scholarship and future employment. What makes you love her so much?"

"...."

I waited for the answer to come out of his mouth for 1 minute and only silence I got. I should know that talking about privacy like this can't be done by someone who hasn't been a good friend. Even those who are already friends sometimes do not exchange stories about who they love or why they love someone.

I immediately turned my face towards Carlista who was still busy with puzzles depicting Toy Story movie characters, a film that William always watched whenever he could and of course he collected all things Toy Story. Back to Carlista who with his plain face is looking for other suitable puzzle pieces. The face that was previously filled with anxiety had now turned into the face of such an innocent little child. The face he should have always shown in his childhood.

Carlista caught me watching him. He immediately walked up to me as soon as I saw him move his hand, trying to call him closer. He kept the puzzle in his lap, made me play with him. To be honest I called him close because I was bored and wanted to play a puzzle with him, he seemed more sensitive than me.

"Thank you for helping Sister Natasha" he said in an anxious tone.

I guess, he was not too afraid of me to be able to make a voice that never once he let out to reply to every writing I gave him. I took his right hand and wrote 'ok' using my index finger on his palm. He smiled amusedly at me and immediately returned busy with the puzzle.

"Does Carlista have a backup hearing aid?" ask me to Felix.

"She only has one," she replied with a quite surprised expression at my question.

"Should I call an ENT doctor?"

I turned my gaze toward Arthur who was walking closer to us with a bandage on his arm. His long sleeves also changed to be shorter, just as I expected from him. He never liked taking off his shirt in public places, he would rather have his shirt cut than he took off the shirt he was wearing even though he was currently also wearing a shirt behind his shirt.

I threw my hoodie at him. He immediately put on my big hoodie and joined me in playing a puzzle with Carlista. I caught a glimpse of Felix's surprised expression as the two of us were able to get along with Carlista, looks like Carlista is a difficult kid to get along with strangers or like I thought he had a trauma that made him unable to trust strangers right away.

"So, should I call an ENT doctor?" arthur asked once more after finishing the puzzle and doing a high five with Carlista.

"Does Aunt Emily handle Natasha?"

"Yep, Auntie said she'll be out of the IGD in 5 minutes and take care of Natasha's transfer to the hospital ward."

"All right."

"She thanked me, in her tiny voice," I continued.

"She seems to like you better than I do."

"It looks like you guys like Carlista regardless of what's been going on or is all this just imaging because you're in a public place?"

Arthur's face changed upon hearing Felix's words. Other people's views of the Allison Family will not be able to change, they will always see the Allison Family as a hard and indiscriminate family when someone hurts one of their family members. They only saw that scary side of my family without trying to see the other side of us that we also showed in public. They only regard the tender side of our family as an image in front of the media even when we are not trying to cover up anything we feel when no media is following us.

"Sister Arthur," call me to try to keep him calm.

"I can ask them to move Natasha from this hospital, you want to see her?"

"Sister," call me. This time I pulled Arthur's body away from Felix. Whereas before Felix didn't look for trouble with me, what was with him suddenly looking for trouble with Arthur?

"I'm sorry. I just feel weird seeing you guys treating Carlista so well regardless of what's been going on."

"Don't equate a child with an adult. They are still innocently untarnished with the evil thoughts of adults."

"Oh... Aunt Emily!!!" I screamed trying to change the mood.

Aunt Emily immediately walked up to me, she was the sister of the father or the last child of my grandfather and grandmother. Unlike her siblings who choose to become entrepreneurs, aunty prefers to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor.

Aunty knew that she would only be a substitute or a shadow of her brother and therefore she preferred to be a doctor to remove the shadow of the Allison Family even though she remained at work the Allison Family Hospital. Actually I can say Allison Hospital exists because of aunt who became a doctor. Grandfather tried to keep him within the Allison Family's sphere no matter what and grandfather succeeded by waking up a hospital.

"Just yesterday Aunt saw you at home and now you're back at the hospital" said the aunt, hugging me. I returned the hug I had just received one day earlier when my aunt suddenly came home to discuss something with my father, something that seemed to have something to do with this hospital.

"Your friend is fine, she's just fever but Auntie will still do a thorough checkup after her fever drops. You can see him in 30 minutes because Auntie just gave him some medicine."

"Okay" I said, saluting.

I followed Aunt's index finger pointing towards Arthur. Arthur just exhaled and immediately hugged Auntie.

"Arthur hates private doctors" Arthur said slowly as Aunt took off her arms.

"Even if you hate the personal doctor your father gave you, Auntie hope you don't torture him by not contacting him every time you get sick. Your dad keeps pushing him and Auntie thinks you know it."

"Arthur will change Arthur's behavior."

"Good boy."

Aunty gently brushed Arthur's hair, a sight I'd always seen when we were kids. Ever since my father inherited Allison's company, Auntie has pulled herself out of the Allison Family spotlight and like giving all the spotlight to our family. Not only did my aunt do that, Uncle Eric, my father's second brother, did the same. Something I really hate because I still want to interact with the entire Allison Family. And something that the media actually liked quite a bit because we thought our extended family was divided. Very ironic indeed.

"And Zeta," said Aunt Emily stopped as she looked into my eyes.

"What's Auntie doing?" I was confused because Aunt Emily did not continue her words.

"Your father is always watching you."

"Zeta knows it."

"Your father sent back your daily videos after Ken did something he shouldn't have done."

"What does Aunt mean?" arthur asked to take over the conversation.

"You know how much your father loves Zeta, don't you? As long as Zeta receives unpleasant treatment, Zeta's subconscious is aroused and reopens something that Zeta has lost. Today is the proof, Zeta again felt her trauma with a narrow space, something that Zeta had not felt for a long time."

"Then you mean Auntie?" arthur's reply still doesn't understand.

"Your father sent Zeta's daily videos to Dr. Esme to find out Zeta's mental state. Didn't Doctor Esme tell you that?"

Arthur turned his eyes to me. He looked worriedly at me.

"No. Zeta will take care of it."

"But Auntie, this time Zeta can't run."

"What does Aunt mean? Why can't Zeta run?" arthur is back.

Aunty looked confusedly at me and Arthur in turn. Arthur didn't know that I was the same as him when I first received treatment, we both hid our memories from the doctor who treated us until I finally gave up and told him everything. Arthur only knew if I was successful in my trauma treatment because of my openness to doctors.

He had no idea that some of the memories and memories that were inside my brain were now gone. No one knew about it but my parents and the doctor who treated me. Even my parents did not know what kind of memories or memories I had lost. Only me and the doctor know but for now only the doctor is the only person who knows what kind of memories and memories I have lost.

"Tante, can Aunt introduce an ENT doctor to help Zeta's friend's sister?" I try to shift the subject.

"What's that little boy?"

I nodded and walked over to where Carlista was still playing the puzzle that Arthur had previously solved. Aunt immediately warmly welcomed Carlista. Aunty always struggles to have a child but until now God still has not given her one chance. Aunty always treated all the children she met with affection and tenderness because she always thought maybe God had not given her one chance because the way she treated the children was still not like a mother. I just hope God can grant aunt's wish.

Aunty took out her phone from her pocket and wrote something down quickly. I used a book every time I tried to talk to Carlista. I can't think of the existence of such advanced technology.

'Will you come with Auntie for a minute? There's plenty of food, toys and whatever you want.'

Carlista looked at me as soon as she read the message from Auntie. Looks like he's trying to ask me if Aunt Emily's a good, trustworthy person. I picked up my aunt's phone and started writing things down.

'This aunt is Aunt Brother, Carlista can come with her. Auntie's gonna give Carlista a new hearing aid.'

Carlista immediately ran to get his bag and he also cleaned up his messy toys.

"Where does Auntie know if she can't hear?" my many.

"Just feeling?"

"Then, why doesn't Auntie use sign language?"

"It looks like Zeta also doesn't use sign language when it comes to her. Aunty realizes she doesn't really know sign language when you go straight to her and doesn't tell her to come here using sign language. He was not born deaf. Does Zeta know anything about her?"

"Zeta has only met him a few times."

Buk up!

Carlista hugged me quite hard, more like she was slamming her body into my feet. I crouched down in front of him and tidied up some of his messy hair. This time I took out my phone.

'If there's anything, call Brother right away? Brother will put your phone number in the front bag.'

I put my business card in the front of Carlista's bag. Not to forget, I also gave my little finger to him to promise to contact me if anything happened. He directly hooked his index finger and smiled gently before finally walking over to Auntie.

"Zeta leave Carlista to Auntie. Forgive Zeta and Brother Arthur for bothering Auntie this early," I said trying to make Auntie not say anything more about my condition so that Arthur would not worry more.

"Tante is happy to overcome all the hassles you make for Auntie. Aunty will probably take her out to eat and play for a while before she finally meets the ENT doctor, after all Aunt will call you. See you soon."

I gave a smile and a nod to my aunt. Unlike me, Arthur still looked at me full of curiosity mixed in worry. He will definitely continue to ask what is the meaning of the words until he gets the answer and I inevitably have to give an answer to him if I do not want to continue to be disturbed by him.

"Zeta, no matter what happens Aunt will always be there for you" Aunty said one last time before leaving us.

"Zeta, I know if you're trying to divert the conversation" Arthur said as soon as the aunt disappeared from our sight.

"I'll tell you everything but not now."

Just as I turned my body around, I saw Felix's face looking surprised at what he had just seen. I forgot about Felix's whereabouts when I hugged my aunt. Though the reason I called my aunt to keep Arthur from losing control and hit Felix. Now, Felix saw something that our family really didn't want to show in public.

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