Short Story (Cerpen)

love erases my grief (part 4)

Kring. kring. Andri's phone rang.

'Sorry, Put. I have a call, I'm sorry for a minute.' Andri's step away from me and dad.

'Yes ma'am, Andri again at the house of Princess ma'am, yes Andri soon come home, mother do not go anywhere, andri who sent mother.' Andri is a polite child and complies with her parents.

Andri's father is rarely at home, he is very busy with his business out of town. So he doesn't have much time for his family. Andri's mother is already middle-aged just like my father. Andri's mother wants to go shopping to the supermarket. Food and vegetable supplies are running out.

'Hmm dad I said yes, mom wants to go shopping so I have to take her.' Andri said politely.

'Yes son Andri, be careful.' Answer father.

Andri came and approached me 'Sorry I can just send, but if there is a time I must have played in your house long, I promise!' His words are serious to me.

'Yes Ndri'. Answer me with a smile.

His steps getting further away from my sight, he immediately boarded his black avanza. And finally go.

I didn't think this would happen to Andri, my girlfriend. Andri crash his car hit a large tree on the side of the road, before he dodged the motorcyclist who drove fast from the opposite direction. His mother died a strong unlocked seatbelt hit her head hard against the windshield of the mobi. Andri is still in a coma, until this morning he has not been conscious. I don't work today, I've asked permission for 3 days to accompany Andri in the hospital. Fortunately, the office allowed it.

'Andri.. Have you realized?' Ask him who can open his eyes even though he does not speak, to me.

He stroked my hair slowly. He smiled and tried to say something.

'Month, since when are you here to accompany me?' Ask lirih.

'It doesn't matter, baby, what matters is that you get well. You take it easy, I'll always be here looking after you Stars'. I answered, clasping tightly onto his weak hand.

I can't see the situation. The man so strong now lay weakly on the bed, to say a word it felt like he could not. The man who had always protected me, and looked after me, who seemed tireless was now fragile. My tears are unstoppable, I want to feel like I'm screaming. 'I don't want to see him like this. I'm afraid of losing her, I'm afraid of losing the one I love.' Inner screaming.

Slowly his weak hands wiped my tears, he made a smile on his dry lips. As he said

'My moon, you don't have to think about my situation, maybe this is God's reply for me.' His words were accompanied by a guilty face.

'Reason from god? What did he mean, I don't understand.' My whisper in my heart was full of confusion.

'What do you mean, baby? I don't understand.'

He clasped my hand tighter, his face turning to the window. His forehead shriveled as if trying to remember something. And finally he told me the meaning of his words.

'That night, I was drunk. My dad's actually out of town not on business. But since she married another woman, she has left me and mother. I'm old, maybe that's why I left her. On the way home I felt my eyes dim, I was not focused on looking at the road. In front of me was a mother riding a motorcycle. I tried to avoid nudging him or bumping him. But since the hangover effect still affected me, I didn't realize that I had nudged the handlebar. I was scared, I made a big mistake. Because of my mistake, the mothers ended up crashing into the truck and she died. I was frightened and saw the streets still quiet, you finally escaped from the scene. Honestly, I feel guilty until now. And this is probably the karma I got.' Andri said guiltily.

I couldn't speak when I heard Andri's story. Yes, the woman he hit was my own mother. My chest felt smashed by a knife. Heart's hurt. I have no power to make me doubt it will be. The woman I love is now gone because of that crazy black avanaza rider. I've been looking for the existence of that crazy rider for a long time. And I finally found him. And it turns out he's the man I love. How could this possibly happen? It seems my resentment and anger are bigger. I love my mother more than anything in the world.

I pat Andri's hand trying to hold my hand tightly. Andri looked at me with an astonished look.

'What's the matter, baby?' Ask Andri Heran.

'You know, 'who was the woman you killed?' I was angry with the tone of the voice pressed.

Andri was shocked to see my gentle way of speaking had now turned rude, but she tried to answer gently.

'No, I don't know that woman, baby, what's wrong?' Answer Andri.

'That woman is my mother!!! You, you, have killed my mother, you murderer!!' My anger explodes, I doubt it will. From that moment on I hated him. Yeah, hating the guy I love.

'Honey, listen to me! I didn't really mean that to your mother. At that time I thought I was fucked.'

'When you hit me, you said that too, right? Or maybe after killing his mother, you want to kill his son?' Tanyaku.

'Dear forgive me, forgive me dear.' Andri lirih.

'I want us to break up!'

Andri was silent, tears coming out of the corner of her eyes. I saw a regret in him. But my hatred for what he did to my mother controlled me. After saying that, I left her in the room alone. The room was a bit angled so it was not heard when we had a fight earlier.

Today Andri's mother was buried, I didn't go see her funeral. I'm satisfied he's made my mother die and he's lost his mother too.

'Put, why are your eyes so swollen?' Lisa was worried.

'Lis, you remember my mother's death, right? You remind me that I hate those black avanza riders so much?.' My gaze is sharp on Lisa.

'That crazy rider is Andri Lis, my own girlfriend! The first time I met him he hit me exactly what he did to my mother, I thought it was just a coincidence. But it turns out it was a clue, I didn't realize. Until Andri told me something. And it turns out that she's Lis's killer!' My tears broke again, 'Why should she do it, why Lis?' I asked her to hug Lisa.

'Daughter, it's god's destiny.'

'But why is destiny so bad for me, while others are not.'

'Daughter, this is a trial, a trial for us to become a better person.' Lisa's words calmed me down.

'experiment? Then all my life is a trial!! I hate this life, I hate it!' I thrashed, I let go of Lisa's embrace. I lost my way, I fell, I was confused how to.

'Lis, I want to be alone first.' I nodded towards Lisa.

'Yes Put, I'm going home.' The princess immediately stepped her foot away from my room.

After dinner I told my dad everything. But strangely Dad wasn't angry at all.

'Daughter, son..' While wiping my tears.

'Yes father.' I said with a smile.

'Dad taught you to be a forgiving person, son, you shouldn't have done that to Andri. All this is not Andri's will, not ours, and not your mother's will. But this is destiny. It is an almighty will. Everything is arranged, son. Mate, death, rizki. That's all the almighty has arranged it neatly. And every good or bad deed there will be a reward. Believe.'

'So, the actions of the Princess to Andri are wrong huh yah.' I'm full of guilt.

'You should have forgiven her, son, I'm sure mom there smiled seeing you do that.' Reply father full of warmth.

'Yes well, if the princess is ready, the Princess will apologize to Andri.' I said while hugging my father.

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'Daughter. There's a guest boy!' yelled at me from below.

'Yes yeah, I'll be looking for my keys soon.' Shouting while looking for the whereabouts of my motor key under the scattered papers. Indeed my room was never neat, but if there was Lisa to play into my room she would have cleaned it up. He could at least bear to see the messy.

The keys to my motorcycle finally met under the pillow. Then I immediately went down the stairs to meet my guest who had come this early to the house. My steps stopped seeing him. He's a guy I haven't seen in two months. Last time I saw him was when he just woke up from his coma for 3 days. And at that moment he looked very weak. But now he's back to what he used to be. He is now healthy, much different when he just woke up from his coma two months ago.

'Daughter Deswita, my Moon.' He said in the doorway of my house, as a longing emanated from the voice and the name.

'Yes, Star of my heart.' My words retaliated.

I stepped closer to her full of longing and guilt for leaving her. Andri also stepped closer to me. There was one step left in front of both of us. He clasped my hands together just as he did in the Florist Garden back then. And for the umpteenth time that love began to bloom again as she looked at me longingly.

'Dear girl, I'm sorry for that.' Face welds.

'Andri, already.. Don't think about it anymore, let it pass. Now I've done it, baby.' Answer smiled.

'Thank you dear.' He held my hand even stronger.

'Back.' I let go of my hand as soon as I pinched the nose of the nose spoiled.

'Daughter!' Pekiknya.

I didn't realize that I was watching the two of us. Ah it's okay. He was also happy to see me happy.

THE END