My army my Hero
Episode 32
Mom told Arsyaf to hurry home. Because I don't want Intan too long left alone at home.
I took off my army motive jacket. Smiling at the sight of my mother staring at the night view from the window.
"How do you pay for everything, son?" I sat on the sofa in front of the TV.
"Mom doesn't have to think about it"
"Mom just wants to know"
"I have a special savings to make mom happy" I grabbed a towel, I wrapped it around my shoulder. Answering that.
"Since childhood you've never been with mom, but you're exactly like Arsyad was. You know and can make mom admire you. Look at your brother now, he's totally alien to you, like he's never lived together since he was a baby"
I approached mom. Take a sitting position next to him. Mom's eyes don't know what. It was like the gaze of someone who was reminiscing about the past.
"I don't know, you didn't do it on purpose" Mother kept quiet. Not responding to my words.
"You wanna hear Mom's story?"
"It's with pleasure ma'am" I took a comfortable position. Ready to hear the story from my mom.
"After Arsyad completes its mission in Singapore. He came home unconscious. Mom was in heavy shock. The fear of losing Arsyad, who I knew was my only child, was in my heart. Mother had cried hysterically during the trip to the Army Hospital to the inpatient room. I don't care what kind of mother people look at, no matter when people talk a lot about you crying like crazy. I just don't want to lose Arshad. Don't want to lose the only booster in my life"
She took a deep breath, then continued her story.
"Until there, Arsyad is still being treated by a doctor. You can't go in until it's all over. 30 minutes of waiting, with anxiety, fear. Tears continue to fade. Then Intan came with Aunt Diana. Mother was getting hysterical crying in Intan's arms, then changed to Aunt Diana. 'Patient El, everything will be fine' said Aunt Diana at the time. Then the doctor came out. Mother approached him, asking about Arsyad's condition. Doctor says...
"He's fine. There's only trouble here"
"What's the problem, Doc?" Mom's getting freaked out.
"Dok's mean?"
"For the time being, there are some memories of his memory that are lost, maybe he will forget anything that has ever been done, his family names, essentially related to the past"
"Doctor means. My son's amnesia?"
"It's more or less like that. But I'm calm, this amnesia can be cured. Patience key. Train him to remember anything he has done. Take names in the family for example. But don't be too pushy, just slow down" the doctor said.
It was a heavy rain that day. The wind is blowing hard. The water drops were heard coming inside. Nature is like witnessing mother's grief. Arsyad is conscious tomorrow. Mom was very happy. Mom always waits beside him. But the one that makes mom's heart hurt. Arsyad asked 'you who?'. Mom's heart was broken, sad very sad. Arsyad really didn't recognize mom, he completely forgot everything. Then I remembered the doctor's 'key patient' message'. Well mom's trying to be patient. Retraining Arsyad's memories of who he was, who the people around him were. But every time she helped her memory, she was in pain, complaining, screaming, asking to stop anyone who told her about the past she couldn't remember.
"Arsyaf has also experienced it, Mom, really sick once forced to remember" I said. Cut a little mother's story.
"True son, mom no longer forces her to have to remember everything. Slowly, my mother began to accept. Two weeks passed. Everything is the same, no change. Suddenly Arsyad asked to marry Intan. I should be happy, happy to hear Arsyad's wishes. But the marriage wasn't supposed to happen" Mother kept quiet. Like refusing to continue the story.
"Why mom. Isn't that what I wanted"
"Wedding of people in a state of amnesia is it permissible son? Is it considered legitimate?"
"I mean ma'am?"
"Their marriage is not legal, son. Arsyad has not fully recovered from his memory. He's still in a state of confusion"
My heart was like concrete. Mother was right, their marriage was not legal. Especially after Arsyaf was conscious from his memory. He must have known he was Arsyaf. But at the wedding, she used my name.
"Mother's right. Their marriage is not legal. Then why do they keep marrying mom?"
That night, I spent time with my mom, listening to all of my long stories.
In my heart I began to devise a plan, what should I do to diamond.
