Sleeping Rooster

17. Presentiments

"Darling.

"Mas, our son is very handsome. I want to name him Ardan." said the female figure.

"Ardan.... Good, honey, what does it mean?" ask the man in front of him.

"signs. A sign of success for you and for all of us."

"May I hope, baby. Ardan dear.." the man then fondled the nimang of his newborn son.

Suddenly a thick white fog covered the happiness in Ardan's dream.

"Mom, Dad, don't stayin' Ardan."ask Ardan.

"Ardan..... Ardan ....... Wake up dear Mother." said Bu Farda.

"Mother.....Bu Farda." tatih Ardan because now he is wearing a ventilator on his nose.

"Ardan..... Want to....... Linda.." said Ardan, limping.

"It's been, Ardan has to rest huh. Later if it's healed can meet Linda."Said Bu Farda.

Meanwhile, Mr. Herman was calling the doctor who was examining his son.

Not long after, the doctor came with the nurse to examine Ardan's body.

"Same mother please come out for a while. The doctor will examine the father's child with the mother." said the nurse evicted subtly.

Mr. Herman and Bu Farda came out so the doctor could examine Ardan, whom he considered his son.

Before long the doctor came out carrying some letters and handed them to Mr. Herman.

"So a patient named Ardan had stage 4 liver cancer and the doctors were unable to save him. Because the cancer has spread throughout his body. If the donor can also for his operation success is only 0.1 percent. For now Ardan's patients need chemotherapy."

Hearing the doctor's statement, Bu Farda was unable to support her body. He sat down with a lunglai.

"Mother, I must be patient first." said Mr. Herman to calm his wife.

"For the cost of chemotherapy it's already in that map sir. If you want to pay the fee, please go to the receptionist. I'll say yes sir."

The doctor went and followed the nurse behind him.

"Where sir?. Ardan did not want to be in chemotherapy when it could minimize the spread of cancer." Bu Farda's cry broke because Ardan had been examined and told chemotherapy but he refused raw.

"We try to persuade again. May his heart soften."

Bu Farda was crying in the hospital hallway. Mr. Herman only provides a shoulder for his wife to vent her grief.

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Linda slammed the main door and closed it back. Fortunately, his house was empty. Linda rushed to the bathroom because her clothes were soaked from the rain. His condition was very sad with careless eyes and scuffed clothes out of the rain.

Linda rushed to take a shower and changed clothes. His sadness could not be relieved by taking a shower. He was still lying face down covered in bolsters and crying sobbing sedu vaporized everything. Until he fell asleep with that situation.

"Linda, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. Please forgive me."

Suddenly the hand reached by Ardan slowly disappeared into a dust. Flights and eliminates, leaving Linda alone.

Linda woke up with a sweaty face. He then got up and picked up a jacket by the door and immediately ordered a taxi for him to ride. Linda in front of the minimalist house. He then ran around the main door.

"Ardan..... Ardane.... Ardan opened the door." asked Linda but there was no answer from the owner of the house.

Linda forgot to bring her phone. He only brought money. He thought for a moment to calm his heart in front of Ardan's house. Linda immediately had an idea to go to Mr. Herman's shop.

"Oh yeah maybe. He's at Mr. Herman's shop."

Linda rushed to order a taxi back and waited for her pickup taxi in front of Ardan's house.15 minutes wait finally the taxi she ordered arrived in front of Ardan's house.

The taxi then drove away from Ardan's house.

In the taxi car he was riding, Linda would not stop praying that she could meet Ardan.

But after arriving in front of the shop Mr. Herman. Linda found her meat shop closed.

"Sir wait a minute here." ask Linda to the driver so she does not look for a taxi again.

"Assalamualaikum sir. You see Mr. Herman who sells meatballs there." asked Linda while pointing towards the closed shop.

"Oh Mr. Herman. I saw Mr. Herman and his wife in a hurry. Where are you going?. But what I heard earlier was that Ardan had an accident. I can't be sure if the news is true. That was obviously Mr. Herman and his wife......"

Hearing Ardan's name, Linda rushed to her parking attendant.

"I said yes sir." trim Linda and hurry to go back to the taxi that has been waiting for her.

"The child does not know thank you. If you can give me a drink dong. Aggal nih ngoceh trus." the parking attendant quipped after seeing a taxi car speeding.

Linda asked the driver to drive her to the nearest hospital.25 minutes drive, Linda finally arrived in front of the hospital.

"This is sir, thank you" Linda said as she offered some money.

"Neng, neng."call the driver sir to Linda who fortunately has not come far from where the car is parked now.

Linda who was called immediately returned to the taxi car she was riding in.

"The money is less neng" said the driver.

"No sir. Sorry I just brought that money. Gini aja my father love my father's number later I transfer money to the father."

"Where is neng. I don't want to know, you have to pay in full for the money. No debt owed."

"Sorry sir, this is all I have."

Suddenly a woman gave money to the driver.

"This sir. I pay for the lack."

"Well gini dong. Thanks neng. Beautiful beauty can't pay anyway." sindir pak driver to Linda.

The taxi then drove away leaving two women on the side of the road.

"Thank you. I'll change the money." Linda was surprised to see what was in front of her right now. A very familiar woman stood next to him. The woman who yesterday hugged Ardan so tightly.

The woman smiled sweetly at him as if nothing had happened to her.

"Yes. What if we were acquaintances? Yulina Fahma call Lina." asked Lina while shaking Linda's hand.

"Alinda Agustina's. Call me Linda."

Hearing the name thrown by the woman next to him made Lina forcibly take off her handshake.

"Linda. Your name is Linda." lina's lips.

"Yes." Yeah."

"May we talk at the cafe." Lina asked.

"But I..."

"I'll deal with it." Lina went first with Linda on the back kneeling her.

Lina and Linda walked into the cafe in front of the hospital and ordered what was on the menu. Linda only ordered coffee because she didn't want to trouble Lina.

"Want to go back?" ask Lina.

"Thank you that's it." Linda replied.

Lina and Linda had not opened their chat until the order they ordered reached their table. After the waiter left them Linda tried to open the chat.

"Why are you taking me to this cafe" asked Linda.

Lina sipped her coffee first then answered Linda's question.

"Please stay away from Ardan." pinta Lina while shaking the shake of the coffee cup she was holding.

Linda stared cynically at Lina. He still did not expect a very drastic change in the nature of women in front of him.

"Don't look at me like that. I know you're looking at me." Lina said, not looking back at Linda. He looked at the coffee cup he was holding.

"Why are you telling me to stay away from Ardan?" ask Linda.