Restore Your Smile

Celine is gone

Two days had passed, news came from Celine through Mama Ratna. Mama Ratna delivers Celine's news at PKW.

Papa Celine's condition in the RS has been quite stable. Dangerous conditions that can be life threatening can already be avoided. It's just that papa Celine is now experiencing paralysis of the body on the left. His face drooped, seen sagging on one side and his speech was pelo or less clear.

A few days later, Celine gave the news again by phone to Mama Ratna. Papa Celine can go home. But due to partial paralysis, Celine decided to use the services of a home care nurse to help her care for the Father at home.

The next two days, Mama Ratna again continued the news about Celine at PKW. To restore body function in order to return to normal activities, Celine and her extended family agreed to take Mr. Adipratama abroad to undergo physiotherapy there because the tools are more complete. Mbok Yani will also be invited there to accompany and help Celine.

Nearly a week later, Celine reported that she was abroad. His father had seen a doctor there. Doctors say, to achieve maximum results, routine physiotherapy is needed for at least 6 months. Therefore, for a while they will settle there.

Because the therapy time needed is quite long, Celine also thought about the fate of her education while abroad. After consulting with Mama Ratna, Celine decided to jump straight into college. He tried to contact the intended university, to discuss the requirements that must be met in order to get an education there.

Mama Ratna was amazed at Celine. From their conversation so far, Celine looks very mustering courage to be able to survive the situation he experienced. How he had to force himself to change the character of his shy to meet and face many strangers at once. Fortunately there was Mbok Yani accompanying, so Celine did not face him alone.

After Celine leaves, James returns to his room that Celine used to occupy. The nuances of his room now changed considerably compared to when it was still occupied by James and James wanted to let it go. Who knows, this way a little can entertain himself if he misses Celine.

After all, Celine left all of Dion's stuff and some of his stuff in the room. He only brought clothes, textbooks and some of his novels. It was this that gave James a little hope. Who knows Celine thought she might someday want to return to this house.

At the moment James is just daydreaming about sitting on his bed. His eyes glanced at Celine's painting on the wall of his room. His mind was upset because Celine had not contacted him.

She knew that Celine's relationship with her mother was very close. Still remembered in his mind, the member of the Vijaya family who was first called Celine when living here was mama. But somehow, he hopes Celine still contact him occasionally just to tell the experience or grievances experienced.

All he could do right now was entertain himself. Perhaps this meant that Celine was either doing well or was still in a situation she could bear. Didn't she herself say 'if anything', did Celine contact her? It could be that Celine just means it round and round, right?

On the other hand, James laughed at himself. He himself turned out to be still the same as himself in college. He did not have the courage to contact Celine first. It used to be because they had never talked. Now then? Because not ready yet?

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Since the news that Celine wants to go to college, only a week later Celine gave the news again. He reported on the requirements requested by the university. It turns out that the conditions are quite troublesome. Understandably, Celine doesn't even have an SMU degree yet.

Among these is, he must take the GED (General Educational Development test ) to get a diploma equivalent to an SMU diploma. In addition, to prove his English skills, Celine must also attach an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) certificate.

About two weeks later, Celine again reported to Mama Ratna that her tests failed in the first attempt. But Celine hasn't given up. He decided to take a preparatory class to face the test of the next period. Mama Ratna was happy to see Celine who had spirit and unyielding.

One month later, Celine gave word that her father had started to speak clearly thanks to regular physiotherapy. His left hand can also be shifted, although he has not been strong to lift it. The Wijaya family is grateful to hear it.

If you pay attention, the frequency of Celine giving news is getting rarer and rarer. James and his family understand, maybe it's because Celine is difficult to divide time. Besides he still has to look after and care for his father, he also still has to take care of his college preparation.

Now, Celine only gives news once every 1-2 months. The story alternates between his father's circumstances and his college preparation. Of course everything was told only to Mama Ratna who conveyed to all family members during PKW.

Until finally, six months had passed since Celine went abroad. The last news he gave was that he had already been accepted into his chosen university. Celine eventually majored in communication science as her college choice. After that, the routine news from Celine began to disappear. A few months could pass by, with no word from Celine.

Mama Ratna tried to contact Celine first, but the phone was not picked up. Once also even Mbok Yani who picked up the phone from Mama Ratna. Mbok Yani represented Celine apologizing, because Celine was in college and her schedule was indeed quite solid.

Finally, for fear of disturbing Celine's busyness, Mama Ratna simply left a message in the email to ask her how she was doing. That was not directly replied Celine. It took a few days or even a week later the reply from Celine arrived. With such circumstances, it is inevitable that the communication relationship between the two becomes more and more tenuous, until finally it is completely cut off.

Seeing this condition, James was getting worse. If Mama Ratna had just fared like this, what about her? He thought maybe this was one of the karma he had to accept. He recalled, he had once ignored Celine for her college business. Now the wheel is turning. It is her turn to experience it now.

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