My madam, my poison

(More) bitter

With a shunt step I entered a treatment room. I saw the mother I hadn't seen for a long time, she was weak on the patient's bed.

"Who?" he asked when he heard the door creaking.

"Mother.this is your daughter, Azzura," I replied.

"Azzura who?"

"Azzura's Mom's daughter."

"I don't know you."

"Dad said, Mother gave me the name Azzura shortly after I was born. There's no way you'd forget me." I grabbed my mother's hand and held her.

"Don't come any closer! Just go! My head! My head hurts!" mom shouted while holding her head.

"Mother why?" I asked with an anxious face.

"Don't come any closer!" 

My mother pushed my body hard enough that the one holding Lyra almost fell down.

"Doctor! Please my mother. He screamed in pain" I told the doctor about to enter the mother's nursery.

The doctor examined the mother.

"What happened to my mother, Doc? Why does he not recognize me? He also kept screaming in pain."

"It looks like a hard bump on your mother's head also caused her to lose her memory" explains the doctor.

Of course, that statement took me so hard. In addition to blindness, the mother also has amnesia.

"How long do you have to be treated, Doc?" ask again.

"Your mother is allowed to leave the hospital if her condition is stable. I suggest that your mother be treated for the next few days."

How'this? Who will take care of Mom? I can't possibly let Lyra linger in this hospital. Brother Darren. She's the only one I can ask for help to look after mom.

I left the room and walked towards Fatimah's treatment room.

"Assalamu'alaikum" I said.

"Waalaikumsalam," replied Fatimah and Brother Darren simultaneously. Both are preparing to leave the hospital.

"Well, Ra? You still here?" ask Fatimah.

"I've left this hospital but on the way I saw an accident. The victim of the accident turned out to be mom."

"Mother? So, your mother's alive?" ask Fatimah.

"Yes. And now he's in one of the treatment rooms at this hospital."

"How's your mother doing?"

"Mom's condition isn't so good. You could even say so bad."

"What do you mean, Ra?"

"The accident caused him to lose both his sense of sight and his memory."

"Innalilahi wa Inna ilaihi Raji'un."

"Didn't you want to see Mom?" I asked Darren. I'm sure he was shocked to hear this bad news, too.

"I have to drive Fatimah home" he replied flatly.

"If you want to take care of him, that's okay. I can take a taxi home" Fatimah said.

"In addition to Brother, I don't know anymore who I'm asking to help look after mom" I said.

"You're his favorite son. Why don't you take care of her?"

"Mas' knows, Lyra's only two months old. There's no way Zura's asking her to linger in this hospital." Fatimah.

"Let's go home now." 

Brother Darren lifted up the bag containing a change of clothes and was about to leave this room.

"Sister Darren! Wait!" myrag.

"I'll wait in the parking lot."

I can't do much. My brother actually left in front of me.

"I'm sorry for Darren's attitude" Fatimah said.

"It's okay. Maybe I should go see Mom often."

"Oh yeah. What about the hospital costs?"

"Thank God, I paid for it."

"If you need extra charges, don't hesitate to tell me. God help me" said Fatimah.

"I'm not just your best friend, Ra. I'm Darren's wife, which means your family, too" she protested.

"Oh yes. I should have called you Fatimah Ma'am," said I who responded with a horse's grin.

"You just go home. Darren must have been waiting in the car" I said.

"Lantas, you want to keep your mother here?"

"I would ask the nurse to watch over the mother's nursery often. Maybe I'll come back here tomorrow."

"Oh yeah. Where's your hostel?"

"After the textile factory LR."

"We're together. In line with our home. Or you just stay in our house" said Fatimah.

"Thank you for the offer. But I don't want to trouble you guys."

"We're family. There is no troublesome word," said Fatimah.

I responded to that remark with a wry smile on the lips.

"We go home now" said Fatimah.

We also walked away from the hospital. Fatimah got into Darren's car while I took a taxi that would take me all the way to my place.

I arrived at the boarding house when the clock showed me at half-five in the afternoon. Along with the factory employee's return hours.

"Where's Zura from?" rahma asked when I had just entered the gate.

"From the hospital. There was one of my brothers who had just given birth" I replied. You just got home?" 

"Yes, Mother. Um, can I not carry Lyra?"

"Are you brave?" my many.

"Dare dong. I am a mother-to-be too. So you have to learn how to hold a baby" she said.

I carefully removed Lyra from my sling and gave it to Rahma.

"I deserve to be a mother?" Rahma chuckles.

"You are young. Don't think marriage is about having children."

"Lohs. What's the matter, Mother? Isn't marriage good, huh? There is something we sleep with. Someone makes a living for us."

I smiled blandly.

"Marriage isn't just about sleeping and making a living. More than that, getting married is that we are required to be able to accept each other and get used to the lack of a partner" I said.

"so yeah. I think a married woman is a good life. He always felt safe and protected."

"Perhaps if the woman is lucky, she will get a good mate. Dear, understanding, and.setia."

There was a sudden sense of pain as the last word slid from my lips.

Mas Fabian who I thought was loyal turned out to marry another woman, even he did it secretly. Uh! Why do I remember that name? 

"It looks like from yesterday I didn't see Lyra's father. Does he not live here?" asked Rahma curiously.

"Ehm, Lyra's father works out of town" I replied. 

It seems that only that sentence is the right answer to Rahma's question. I don't want her to think weirdly of men if I tell her the true story of my life.

"Let's come in, it's late afternoon" I said.

We also walked to the boarding room.

******

News of the accident that hit Sabrina also in the ears of Mr. Prayoga. Later that afternoon, he plans to go to the hospital.

"Where are you going in the afternoon?". asked Widya when she found her father preparing to leave the house.

"Hmm, dads want to go out for a while, there's a need."

"Dad, don't lie. I'm definitely going to go see that girl, right?"

"Ti-ti-no, son. I have a little business."

"If you're not lying, I want to come along" Widya said, causing confusion.

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