Reaching the Miss (Daddy)

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Sighing slowly, Tama drove forward his car at a fairly high speed. This afternoon the streets were a little slow making him able to easily break through the highway.

Upon his arrival at the hospital, with wide strides he walked through the corridor, his steps came to a halt when his pair of neutrals stared straight at the seated figure with both elbows resting on his knees while palms covered his face.

"Aldica!"

The man lowered his hands and looked up.

"Yes!"

"Where's mom?"

"Mother is still in the ICU room, dad is accompanying her inside"

"What's going on?"

"I didn't understand Tam myself, just heard from the nurse she said Shella had brought her here"

"Shella?"

"Hmm" he said as he nodded. "Mother and shella were in an accident, they were in one car"

"Where is Shella now?"

"He's in the treatment room on the third floor"

"Then his condition?" Tama asked with a serious look.

"She's fine, just her temple hit the steering wheel"

"Are you okay?"

"Yes Tama, it looks like Shella slammed the steering wheel to the left, that's why the mother's wound is worse than her"

Suddenly Idris came out interrupting their chatter.

Tama and Aldika compactly turned their heads towards Idris then stepped towards him.

"Well, how's mom?"

"Mother is awake, the doctor is examining her now"

Hearing the father's words, Tama let out a long sigh and threw it away after holding it back for a moment.

"Sit down first" Aldika ordered while leading Idris to sit down.

Seeing her father's face that highlighted darkly, Tama again sighed a long sigh, then restored her hair. In his mind if the current family is really being tested with various problems.

"Is this my sin that indirectly caused my mother-in-law to die?" He sat in the midst of his frustration. "Because I can't control my own emotions, Nara and I fought in front of her parents, got my mom into a heart attack and eventually died?"

"Is what I feel right now what Nara felt back then?"

"The Rania family?" A doctor called and approached them.

"Yes doctor?" Idris, Tama and Aldika stood up as soon as they heard the call from him.

"How's my wife doing, Doc?"

"Look sir" he said heavily, with a look on his face that I don't know what it means. "Luckily, the head wound was a minor injury, maybe his left hand had blocked the head from being hit, but there was quite severe nerve damage in the leg and left hand"

"What's the next step, Doc?" tanya Tama probing.

"Forced his hand to be casted, and for a wound to the leg, we had to perform surgery as soon as possible, but_" he added, which was cut by Tama's voice.

"But what doctor?"

"Maybe for a while Miss Rania can't walk"

"Can't walk the doctor?"

"Yes sir"

"When is doc?"

"We can't be sure yet"

"Do your best" Pinta Idris pleaded.

"That's for sure"

"Can I see him doc?" ask Tama.

"May, but only one man. And soon we'll do casts and surgery on his feet"

"Okay doctor, thank you"

"Together"

After the doctor's departure, Tama asks Idris for permission to see his mother.

"Come in Tama, comfort your mother and encourage her"

With a quick motion, Tama stepped in.

His eyes caught the mother lying weakly on the hospital bed. After almost two weeks his heart and mind had calmed down because his son was getting better, this time the anxiety came back because of the condition of his mother.

The man felt pity and sorrow for his current fate. The world was completely twisted and a split second made his life instantly at the very bottom.

"Mother?"

"Tama"

"Yes bun?"

"It's all because of Nara, Tama"

Frowning, he was astonished by his mother who still blamed his wife.

"Mother said, if you had married Shella, it wouldn't have been like this"

"Even what drives you to do that is him"

"Bunda better focus on the mother's recovery, do not think of the various"

"How come you don't think about it, how hard it is for you to accept Shella's terms to marry her, that way, we can definitely save our company, Tama"

"Then why didn't you persuade me to accept Nara's help?"

"The mother is not willing to accept his help, want to put where the mother's face, which later she feels high flying has helped our family"

"Nara's not like that bun"

"Keep defending your wife"

Choosing silence, Tama no longer answered Rania's words. Not because he could not deny, just did not want to argue the stubborn mother was at the highest level.

"Excuse me sir" A nurse suddenly came.

"We're going to do the operation now"

"Good sister" Tama replied after seeing the nurse at a glance, then refocused on Rania.

"Mother spirit yes, we will provide the best care for the mother"

"After this, I hope you will marry Shella" Rania said expectantly.

"Let's talk about bun again, the important thing is that you are healthy first"

Although the treatment of Shella has been very outrageous to her, but for the sake of staying luxurious Rania still hopes her son will marry the woman of his choice.

****

While waiting for the mother who is undergoing surgery, Tama took the time to call Nara. In addition to wanting to tell him about Rania's situation, she also misses Amara who may be waiting for her arrival, because Tama promises to come soon in the next five days.

"When's Daddy here?" that's Amara's question from behind the phone.

"Sorry son, daddy can't come yet, because omma is sick again"

"Omma hurts what?"

"Omma accident dear" said Tama lirih.

Instead of responding to Tama's words, Amara asked Nara.

"Omma mom's accident?" her question with a spotlight was completely staring at Nara.

"Dear, Omma again in her foot surgery, now daddy same opa again waiting for omma in the hospital"

"When will daddy come?" this time Amara's question was addressed to Tama.

"Daddy try to get ready soon"

"When is that soon?"

Tama had not had time to give an answer, Nara had already voiced.

"His daddy doesn't know Nak" Amara's gaze, which was directed at the phone screen, now turns to the left looking for her mommy face. "Wait for omma to heal first yes" added Nara trying to make her daughter understand.

"Wait long?"

"And daddy said as soon as possible, it could be a week, it could be two weeks, it could be three weeks"

"What three weeks are you having?"

"twenty-one days"

"Much meaning?"

"No dear, daddy later often-frequently phone"

Hearing the conversation between his wife and son, Tama's lip reflexes published a smile. Although only listening through long distance calls, but it feels like he is in the middle of them. And Tama really likes this.

But the smile did not last long when two policemen approached the father.

"With Rania's family" a question from one of the policemen for Idris that Tama heard from a distance of about seven meters.

"Yes sir" answered Idris, rising from his seat.

"Ara, it's a long time ago son, daddy there's a need for a moment"

"What's wrong?" tanya Nara adjustment.

"There's a cop, daddy matiin first yes, then call again"

"She has been careful greeting father"

"Okay Na, assalamu'alaikum"

"Guard"

Shortly after closing the call, Tama immediately approached Idris and two policemen.

"What's up, sir?" tanya Tama was a little nervous mixed in wonder.

"The car that Rania was driving in had hit a seven-year-old, and the boy died"

"There's no way sir, it wasn't my mother who hit him, but Shella, he was driving the car at the time"

"But the accident was triggered by the attitude of Miss Rania who had made the accident happen"

"What do you mean, father?" Idris asked in disbelief.

Hearing Idris question, the two policemen take turns explaining until his explanation makes Idris and Tama shake their heads.

But even so, they have not fully trusted the words of the police who get information only from one side. However, Idris and Tama cannot hate Rania.

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