Not a Choice
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...How to show regret may be different. The important thing is to try not to repeat the same mistake. ...
...~Sekar~...
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The flashback
A month ago in the hospital.
There was a conversation between Sandy and Mira that night, when Sandy regained consciousness for a while from her coma. Actually Sekar has arrived at the hospital and is in front of the door of the nursery Sandy. However, he paused to enter the room because he saw the condition of his favorite grandson and his daughter who was talking. When Sekar steals to hear what his daughter and granddaughter are saying, Sekar's heart becomes sore. Even when Sandy's condition is critical, her grandson still worries about the lives of others who are not even blood related to her. Sandy is still thinking about the condition of Khan –son of Runa. A woman he never liked because of his past.
Unfinished to steal the talk between his daughter and granddaughter, Sekar decides to leave Sandy's room and seeks out the doctor who treated Khan. He will ask and find out how the child is doing, because Sandy continues to insist on donating her heart to Khan .
“Excuse me doctor, I want to ask about the condition of my granddaughter who is in the ICU room. Patient on behalf of Khan,” asked Sekar to the doctor.
"Shortly, Mom. I saw the medical records first." The doctor opens one by one the files that are piled up on the table. "I'm sorry, whose mother's name?"
"Shirt, Doctor," replied Sekar briefly.
"Once again I apologize, it is written that the family who is entitled to know the condition of Khan's patients there are only three. Ibu Runa, Mr. Byakta, and also Mr. Sandy. So I suggest you ask them about Khan's patient's condition" the doctor said.
"But I'm his grandmother, Doc," said Sekar a little pushy.
"I'm sorry, Mother. This has become a code of ethics that we adhere to. Sorry, I can't help." The doctor kept smiling in response to Sekar who started to frown.
Left the guard room empty-handed. What you want, you don't get. The steps are not necessarily direction, Sekar does not want to return to Sandy's room at this time. More precisely, Sekar did not feel the heart to see Sandy's condition.
While his mind was in a state of turmoil, Sekar caught the figure of Runa coming out of a room. Sekar immediately hid, though Sekar kept an eye on where Runa was going. After feeling quite safe, Sekar rushed to where Runa was.
"Khan?" Sekar was surprised to see the condition of Khan with various medical equipment attached to his body.
Suddenly his heart hurt, he was disappointed. All this time he had treated Khan and Runa badly. Slowly her tears came. Sekar could not bear to see the small body drooping helplessly.
"Mom, why are you crying? You don't want to come in?" The sound managed to make Sekar surprised.
Lukman smiled at Sekar. Lukman recalled that the old woman was Sandy's grandmother. They met yesterday in front of the operating room. "Mother doesn't want to come in and say hello to Khan?"
I feel very ashamed. Yesterday he had treated Runa unkindly, and now Lukman was very polite towards him.
"Thank you, son. Forgive my mother yesterday, yes. I'm really sorry." Sekar. His pride seemed to fall when he was in front of Lukman.
"It's okay, Mom. I understand how Mom feels. Maybe if I was in Mom's position, I would do it too" Lukman said.
"How's Khan doing?" lirih Sekar's. He was honestly afraid to ask this.
"We have to pray a lot. Khan's condition is not good at the moment. Khan had to get a heart donor right away so he could stay alive." Lukman looked at Khan with a sad look.
Hearing Lukman's explanation just now made Sekar feel guilty. Deep regret tormented his mind so much. So much so that he wanted to separate Sandy and Runa and his son. If only he had approved of their relationship, perhaps his granddaughter would have been the happiest man.
“About where can I get a suitable donor heart?" sekar asked the doctor who served in the ward where Khan was.
“Aalhamdulillah's. Just now the doctor told us that he found his donor. We ask for his prayers for Khan's recovery, yes, ma'am."
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The next morning at the hospital, when Sekar came to visit.
Sekar was confused what to say to Runa so that Runa would leave Sandy's room. Sekar wants Runa to focus on keeping Khan alone while she and Mira are next to Sandy.
To be honest, I am ashamed and ashamed to apologize. Therefore he chose to tell Runa to go the wrong way, by slapping Runa's cheek and saying rudely to Runa. Really, honestly at that time Sekar was really sorry.
How to show regret may be different. The important thing is to try not to repeat the same mistakes.
“Excuse Runa, Grandma. Because Runa all this happens,” said Runa lirih.
“Now you go from here! You should not be here,” said Sekar firmly make Runa leave Sandy's room.
After Runa left Sandy's room, the atmosphere was quiet again, until finally Mira began her conversation.
“Bu, Mira please, don't be like this again on Runa. Right now Runa's situation is the same as ours. Especially at this time Sandy's condition is not okay, Mom," please Mira to Sekar.
“I'm sorry mom, Mira. Maybe mom's way was wrong. Mom is selfish. I don't know how to be nice. I just want her to go back to her son. I know how you're wrong. But I did this because I was worried about Khan too. There's us here. I don't want Runa's focus to be divided because she thinks of Khan and Sandy" Mira said.
“Mother?” Mira looked at Sekar in disbelief.
“Nak, I heard it all last night when Sandy woke up from her post-operative coma. Mother feels sad because the mother's grandchild is so worried about the condition of others. I also saw the condition of Khan last night, mother felt sad because they both lay weak.” Sekar looked at his grandson's weak body on top of the gurney.
“Mother to see Mr Lukman? How's Khan, Bu?” asked Mira excitedly, the article from yesterday Mira has not been able to leave Sandy to meet Khan.
"Today Khan will have surgery. Last night the doctor found a suitable donor for Khan" Mira said.
"Thank God, may all be done, yes, ma'am." Mira was so happy to hear the news. "But who's the good donor?"
Just shaking his head, he really had no idea who the person who had given his heart to Khan was. "Whoever he is, let's pray that he'll settle down there."
***
A few minutes before Sandy's accident.
"Sir, can it be faster? I have to get to the hospital soon. I have to quickly find the donor heart," said Sandy in the middle of the streets of Surabaya which began to jam.
"Good, sir."
Seeing Sandy, the taxi driver concluded that the child of the passenger was critical. He rushed to find an alternative way to get to the hospital faster. In the end, the accident was inevitable.
The taxi driver's father's operation coincided with Sandy's, as both were seriously injured. Shortly after the operation, the driver's father who turned out to be his life as a kara began to realize. He delivered a message to the doctor that if anything happened to him, he would donate his heart to the son of his last passenger, Khan.
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“Thank God, Mom, then. Mira just hopes that Sandy and Khan can recover as soon as possible,” said Mira hopeful who was embraced by Sekar.
Sekar, who saw his granddaughter unconscious, now began to sit beside Sandy's bed. He held Sandy's hand and said.
“Sandy. Grandma's favorite granddaughter, wake up baby. Quickly healthy and recover. Grandma knew that Sandy was a strong man. If later you are healthy, grandma promises to bless your relationship and Runa,” said Sekar with clear circles that wet his old cheeks.
Flashback off
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One month has passed, slowly Khan's condition is getting better. The little boy misses his father more and more, even when there is a biological father he still asks about Sandy.
“Mother, when will we meet Dad. Khan kangen with Dad, Khan wants to see Dad.” Rengek Khan on Runa.
“Patience, yes, Dear. Later we will definitely meet Dad,” said Runa gently gave understanding.
“But when, Mother. Khan has been waiting for a long time. Why Khan still can't meet Dad.” Khan started crying because he really missed Sandy a lot.
The entire extended family of Runa and Ata who at that time was gathering to see the development of Khan's recovery was also feeling compassion.
Ata, who was in Khan's presence at the time, tried to calm Khan's cries, but to no avail. Ata recalled the doctor's message, if Khan should not cry too often because crying can spur the work of his heartbeat.
“Khan, please stop crying! If Khan stops crying father promises to deliver Khan to Father Sandy,” Ata told Khan. Hearing that, Khan's cries immediately stopped.
“What did Om really say? If Khan stops crying Om will deliver Khan to dad?” ask Khan who is still sobbing.
“Iya Khan, promise dad. Father and Mother will deliver Khan to Father Sandy.”
Runa who heard Ata's promise to Khan immediately looked at Ata asking for an explanation, while Ata just nodded her head, as if everything would be fine.
***
The next day Ata, who had promised Khan, kept it. Ata takes Khan and Runa to the hospital where Sandy is being treated. Arriving at the hospital, they are warmly welcomed by Mira.
“Grandmother Mira,” call Khan then hug the middle-aged woman.
“Wah, there's grandma's favorite granddaughter, nih. How are you doing, honey? Khan's coming to see you, huh?" guess Mira on Khan who answered with a passionate nod from Khan.
“Khan healthy, Grandma. Khan's here to see Dad. Khan is already kangen with Dad. Can you, Grandma, Khan meet Dad?” Seeing the sincerity of Khan's heart made everyone who was there full. Even Sekar also shed tears at the sincerity of Khan's heart.
“Bby, babe, let's delivery grandma meet Dad.” Mira invites Khan and Runa into Sandy's treatment room, while Sekar and Ata watch them from an outdoor window.
Khan entered Sandy's ward, which appeared to Khan at the moment was Sandy lying weakly with life aids on her body. Slowly Khan approached Sandy, he began to shake Sandy's hand, which did not even move at all.
“Assalamualaikum, Dad. Khan's coming, Dad. Khan kangen Same Dad. Why do you sleep so much. When did you wake up? Khan promised me that if Dad wakes up, Khan will do the same thing that Dad and Mommy said. Khan promised to be a good boy, Dad.” Khan asked Sandy various questions. However, it still did not get a response, until finally Khan was shed tears.
When Khan's tears fell on Sandy's palm, it was the first time Sandy responded to a touch. Unexpectedly, Sandy opened her eyes and looked at Khan wistfully. Mira and Runa who saw Sandy open their eyes, like they had a miracle. Seeing that Runa immediately pressed the button above the head of Sandy's bed to call the doctor.
Ata and Sekar who saw it were also happy. It turns out that it is true, the happiness of Runa and Khan lies in Sandy, and vice versa. For that, now Ata tries sincerely with what has happened. Maybe Runa is part of his past story.
***
Two months after waking up from a coma, and undergoing a long process of recovery, Khan and Sandy finally decided to propose and marry Runa. The strong woman he loved in college.
Runa and her extended family received well a proposal from Sandy, as well as the blessing of Sekar that they finally got to make Runa and Sandy the happiest couple.
