My girlfriend, my daughter-in-law (Mantu becomes sister-in-law)

The Hospital

The sky of Jakarta is starting to blacken. My eyes were fixed on the white cotton that rolled over the sky. This car will take me to Kasih Bunda hospital. But somehow my mind is uncertain, between fear that the donor failed with fear of Dodo brother asking to get married. I'm not married yet, I still want to go to college.

"Mama knows you must have met Dodo. Don't forget to tell him when you're applying, when he's asking you to get married."

I told you, Mama must be talking about that.

"Ma, I'm 18. Still want to go to college and pursue my goals."

"Capek mama debate with you, na. You just don't want to be lonely at home alone. If you get married, someone will take care of you."

"Yes, mama also don't go with men anymore. I'm at home."

"Keep if I'm home, who's looking for your medical expenses? you think mama left just for fun. Mama's working, son. work!"

I looked back at the sky to divert the conversation with my mother. It was still two in the afternoon but the sky felt five in the afternoon, the speck began to fall. The cloud scared the people on the street. Water drops from the sky as if to drive the pedestrians away. Soon more and more.

"Na, mama there is business awaited mama sis Yerli's friend. You don't go alone. When you get to Dodo, let him pick you up from the car."

"What's more important, ma. More important than me I control it."

As usual, my mom never said anything. Huh, let me still be able to go there myself.

I put my back on the car seat. It closed its eyes for a moment, but the shadow kept passing through my mind. For a moment I remembered a dream,

A woman who looked like me asked me to look after her daughter.

The princess?

I opened my bag containing the school diploma I wanted to show off with Brother Dodo. It says my name is "Karina Permata Gunawan." Mama once said that it's my papa's name, mama also told me that my papa married mama in his 60s.

But what makes me the most crowded, not the mother who came at the graduation announcement. Except Rangga's leg, even though he's my half-brother, but I'm not good to continue to bother him. Somehow since High School he always knew when the schedule for reporting.

Like she showed up at school without telling me. I'm sure he must have taken the diploma.

"Non, it's here."

I tried to contact Brother Dodo to catch up with me in the car. The rain seems to be getting heavier.

"Kok, brother who followed. Where's Dodo?"

"Dodo there's another patient."

It was Ilham's brother, a colleague of Dodo's. The guy's good, everything in the hospital is good to me. But this brother is different.

"Where's it?" My bill

"By-by what,na?"

"Said brother Dodo, brother Ilham just returned from Jambi, where his souvenirs."

"It's gone into hahahahahaha's stomach."

"Ish..."

"You've been to the Dodo room, I'll follow you."

Me and Ilham walked in opposite directions. Walking past the many eyes that saw me, heard the cynical scorn of the sisters.

Chequek!

I opened the door to Dodo's office. A patient is young and beautiful. Dodo's eyes stuck to me waiting for the patient to come out of the room.

"Beautiful, yes."

Brother Dodo's hands wrapped around my waist.

"You're prettier, honey."

He always said that when he found the patient beautiful. I tried not to show jealousy, but like she knew how I felt.

"Ehm ..."

"You are, ham. Disturb!"

"Hahaaha... Do, still mending I bother than you make a weird one with Ina. Poor him he's still a kid, still a long future.

Okay, we're straight to the point. My best friend is in a lot of pain right now, she feels like her life is not long. So he registered himself as a donor for you Ina."

"Women, na. Where can a man's heart be for a woman, Karina."

I tidied up the hair that had just been shuffled alternately by the two men in front of me.

"What's his name, brother?"

"There, deh. Anyway that's the message. Another week you're in the hospital to prepare for your surgery."

I scratched the head that didn't itch "Why should it be a week? why not just today? I'm ready, man."

"If you're ready, I'll pick you up tonight, okay?" Sis Dodo looked at me more closely.

"Ehm .. You are this! I'm going back to the room."

"Sir Ilham why? how come he's so good as he is?"

"Again heartbroken, his girlfriend ran away to marry another guy. Don't mind him. There will be me."

"So I'm hungry, I'm going to the cafeteria first." My pamit.

"You first, I'll catch up. There is still something I do. No papa, right?"

I tried to smile "No papa, brother. I go first, okay?"

I walked out of the Dodo room. Seeing many patients and their families passing through the hospital corridor. Some children who walk with their mother, their hands tightly coupled as if afraid of their child loose.

As for me, since childhood never accompanied by a mother when seeking treatment. It was Papa Aryo who always brought me control, while my mama was busy modeling. My mother is an adult magazine model, although sometimes she also participated in fashion shows of famous designers such as Ramli. A long time ago as a kid, Papa Aryo loved taking me to mama's shows.

His feet stopped in a canteen. Many menus there, there is meatballs, soto, nasi uuduk, nasi goreng. Of all the menus my choice to nasi uduk and warm oranges.

"Is that what you're eating here?"

"Sister Mona?"

Mona's sister is also one of the doctors at this hospital. Mona's sister is Kak Rangga's former lover, but now she is married and has children. Despite not being a sister-in-law, Mona's sister is still as good as when she was dating my sister.

"Son, how are you?"

"Alhamdulillah good. What's your school, na?"

"I'm graduating, brother. Now we're still looking for campus."

"Goodle. By the way Rangga how are you? Is she married yet?"

I'm still sipping hot oranges. Why Mona nanyain kak Rangga?

"Taber is good, brother. I don't know if he has a candidate yet. If there was, she would have known me. Like he knew brother to me."

"vienna ... Ina ... He's had someone he's been waiting for. He even said that someone was his first love."

First love? who's? How come Rangga never told me? Ish, what kind of sister she is, confiding in others is not the same.

" Who's the brother?"

"He .... "

"Doctor Mona, you're waiting for the patient." A nurse came to see Mona's sister.

Ah, so I'm curious.

"Surely he said until now the girl has not been sensitive. Brother first, yes."

Ah, that's none of my business.

My feet came out of the canteen. But my gaze turned to a man, his hands holding his chest, like a person in pain.

"Suster!"

"What's wrong?" One of the sisters approached me.

"That's someone fainted. By pleasein dong."

Not long after I saw people swarming around that guy. I didn't see her face very clearly. Ah, I hope he's not papa.

Seriate.