Neighbor Husband

Episode 44 - The Results You've Taken

"Well... In the end Satria heard it too... And he left me" Luke muttered in the room, taking care of the crying baby.

Due to frequent replying to messages from Satria from Austria, it seems Luke is starting to have a taste for the man.

"Luke, let me go in and see the baby" Dede exclaimed from outside.

"No. I'm not letting you into my house even if it's just one step" Luke replied.

"What's this about? Why do you want to see my baby?" a woman stood behind Dede.

"Oh, sorry," Dede was startled and spontaneously shifted from where he stood.

"So this is the baby's mother? And Luke really isn't pregnant... Who is he, huh?" inner Dede while looking at the woman in front of him closely.

"Why do you see me like that?" ask the woman.

"Oh, no. Sorry," said Dede nervously.

"Sister, why are you standing outside? Your baby keeps crying?" said Luke.

"Yes... Yeah..."

She ran and went into Luke's room. Sure enough, before long, the baby's cry subsided. Dede, who was embarrassed, finally returned home.

"Well... Dede.. Make me ashamed... Why don't you remember what happened that night? I'd be crazy to see Luke again" he murmured.

In the house next door...

"Thank you, brother. Thankfully, my brother came quickly. I don't know what to do?" whispered Luke.

"Yes... But why is that man standing in front of your house? Could it be Dede you told me about?" salma, Luke's cousin.

"Yes" replied Luke.

"God. You guys are close neighbors, huh? I saw him enter the house next door" said Salma again.

"Yes. Since March he's contracted here with his wife" Luke replied.

"Geez, Luke... You should just move out of here. Later brother find you a rented house that is more comfortable and cheaper than here," said Kak Salma.

"It's okay, brother. I can take care of it myself. Later if it is not comfortable again, I will definitely find a new home" replied Luke.

"Haaaah.... Alright... If there is anything, do not hesitate to say with Brother, yes," said Kak Salma.

Trinjg... Luke's phone rang.

"Hello. What's up, Flo?" ask Luke.

"There's sad news. Shilla is dead" Flora told the point.

"What's? Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi rojiun" Luke said.

"News from his family, will be buried this afternoon. Waiting for his sister who came from Semarang," said Flora. "Do you want to come to worship before he is taken to his hometown?" continued.

"If I come to worship, I'll definitely meet with all my friends, right? Am I ready to meet them all?" luke thought to himself.

"Ah, sorry Luke. If you object and are not ready to meet the alumni, there is no need to come. I'm san Sri will represent you" said Flora, as if she understood the concerns of her best friend.

"It's okay, Flo. What time do we go to the service?"

"What about ten o'clock? I'll pick you up" said Flora.

"alright. I'll get ready" Luke replied.

*****

Two months ago, at Medika Nusantara hospital...

"At that time Ina asked me if I knew you. Then I said, if you..."

"What took Restu from you?" cut Luke.

"Yes. I'm sorry Luke. Whether it's High School or a while ago, I've always been jealous of you. You used to be a school frontman in the Biology Olympics. Then with the help of some teachers, I managed to take it and you were put in the physics Olympics" Shilla said. He still covered his face with a blanket.

"But unexpectedly, it turns out you even escaped to the national level. And the person I've liked since Junior High, always praises you. In comparison, everyone admits that I'm more beautiful than you" Shilla continued.

"So you mean, everything you do is worth it because I've beaten you in academic terms?" satirical Luke.

"Of course not. But I've only realized it lately. There's not a single good thing that we'll accept, if we try to get it in a fraudulent way" Shilla said.

"Ah, but Ina never did anything bad to you, did she? He's not influenced by what I say, is he?" ask Shilla curiously.

"You think?" Luke asked back. "I accept the hard thing because of all of you. For years I was excommunicated, not knowing what my fault was. And after we split up, it turns out you still hurt me. I suffered so much that I had to take all sorts of drugs to keep going through my days. Do you guys know that?!" Luke's emotions exploded. He forgot to be in the hospital.

"I'm sorry.." cried Shilla. This time he took off his blanket and knelt down in front of Luke.

"If I don't forgive you, will I be as evil as all of you?" ask Luke. Her tears are flowing. He could not bear to see the woman who lived in the skin wrapped in bones prostrate before him.

"stand. I hope this is the last time we meet and talk to each other" Luke said.

Currently, at the hospital where Shilla's body was buried for a while.

"If I don't talk to you like that, are you alive right now?" luke cried while tightly grasping the arm of his schoolmate who had been stiff.

"Luke, stop. This is the destiny of the Almighty" said Flora and Sri Rahayu.

"Shilla, even if it's a little late, but I really forgive you. Go rest in peace" whispered Luke in the stiffened ear of his friend.

******

Hospital Medika Nusantara, in different rooms and floors...

"So all this time Luke was pregnant with Dede's son? So that's why he's kind of keeping his distance from me?" thought Satria.

Who is not surprised, after guarding his heart and views while in the land of people, he even heard something bad when he just came home.

"But I'm still not sure. Luke is not that kind of person. I can't just believe it. There must be something weird. Was he framed by Dede? Or the... Hardness*****ual?" Satria struggled with her own thoughts.

"Ugggh... The more thought out, the more the headache," complained the young specialist. "That's it. I want to get a drink to cool my mind first" he continued.

Bruckkk!!

"I'm sorry, doctor," said the young nurse, picking up the fallen files.

"I'm sorry too" Satria said as she helped the nurse gather the files.

"Eh, isn't this Luke?" He saw a file on behalf of Lukella, twenty-eight years old.

"So for three months while I was in Austria, he was treated here? Under the gynecology and psychiatric department?" thought Satria.

"Mona, whose file is this?" ask Satria.

"Doctor Yunita and Doctor Lambert, doc.." replied the young nurse. "Excuse me, doctor," he continued.

"Yes... Ja.. Please.." said Satria while thinking.

"I need to find out the truth about Luke. Although it slightly violated the paramedic code of conduct," Satria's determination.

(Connected)

Thank you for reading. See you around.