Sleeping Rooster
30. Contrition.
Linda's at the airport. Looking for Dion's whereabouts. Until it breaks into the check in direction. Until the guards there stop Linda's steps to find Dion.
"Mbak apologizes. You can't get in before you show your ticket" the guard said.
"Sorry but I want to find my friend and I don't have a ticket."
"I'm sorry, ma'am. Without tickets you are not allowed to enter."
"But just for a minute sir." melas Linda.
"Sorry you can't."
Linda came back with guilt in her. He wanted to apologize for his guilt for refusing and ignoring Dion all along. Linda tried to call Dion's phone but it went unanswered.
"Dion please answer my phone." Linda's crying broke because Dion didn't answer her phone.
From behind the glass, a plane had already flown out of the airport. Linda hoped it wasn't the plane Dion was flying.
Where is dion?
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The pain continued to grow in Ardan. Until he cannot get back up from his place. Her hair is falling out continuously.
Bu Farda sees Ardan's pain and can only encourage him to pray so that Ardan can get through it.
"Mother." - Irene Ardan called Bu Farda.
"Yes son. Why do you need anything?" ask Bu Farda.
"Ardan...want later mother do not cry yes..." Ardan tried to catch his breath.
"Ardan. If I miss Ardan later hug a gravestone Ardan.." melas Ardan.
"Ardan.
"Yes, I wouldn't cry if Ardan left. I know you'll be there no more pain. Ardan will be healthy there. I'm proud to have a son like you, son. Who have fought until now. Thank you for fighting for Mom and Dad" said Bu Farda while hugging Ardan's already weak body in his bed.
"Mother.... please call father...here.." pinta Ardan.
Bu Farda rushes to get her phone and calls her husband who is buying food for Ardan.
Not long after, Mr. Herman came with an order for Ardan who wanted porridge to eat.
"Ardan, this is my father buying you porridge. You have to eat yes." said Mr. Herman while carrying the porridge he bought earlier.
He rushed to Ardan's bed and immediately opened the porridge pack. Feed the porridge towards Ardan's mouth. Ardan took the porridge from Mr. Herman's hand.
After eating a bribe from Mr. Herman, Ardan grasped his father's warm hand and said "Please sir. Already the parents that Ardan craved......."
"Same as son. I also thank you because Ardan wants to survive until now. Ardan can go quietly now." - Sir Herman's voice slid into Ardan's ears.
Heavy breathing from Ardan made Mr. Herman unable to hold back his tears.
"Father of mother....... Take good care of yourself.......Ardan.
La ila ha illa Allah
The last words from Ardan and the electrocardiography beside his bed took out a beep............
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Linda is still looking for the whereabouts of Dion but until now still has not found the trunk of her nose.
The ringing of the phone made him have to stop to look for Dion's whereabouts.
"Assalamualaikum" Linda replied.
But across there was only the sound of crying from Bu Farda. Bu Farda tried to talk to Linda.
"Getishalight." Bu Farda said brick.
"Mother why? Is there something, ma'am." asked Linda.
"Ardan son... Ardan." he said.
Linda doesn't want to be prejudiced for fear that it's not true. Linda's trying to think clearly now.
It turns out that what you think is not as expected. Behind Linda's door, she saw that Ardan's body was covered by a white blanket.
Linda hoped that this was just a dream. Linda's footsteps walked slowly towards Ardan's body which had been stretched stiff in his bed.
"Ardan.... Ardan...." Call Linda. There was no response from the owner of the name.
"Your son must be strong" said Mr. Herman patting Linda on the shoulder.
Linda tried hard to open the blanket that covered the body.
Hopefully not Ardan. Inner Linda.
Linda opened the white blanket slowly and found a familiar face lying on the bed.
Linda's tears broke as she recognized the figure behind the blanket. Ardans. He's gone to leave her.
Linda was powerless to stand up until she sat helplessly. Spilling all sorts of sadness.
The figure of a lover who always stood by him is now gone. Even the person Linda hoped to strengthen her heart has now gone to another country.
Lord, what trials have you put on the servant...
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The sprinkles of flowers had filled the mound of land in the name of Ardan Prasetya. Linda sows flowers towards the mound. One by one the people left the cemetery. Until his parents are left, Ardan and Linda's own foster parents.
Linda rubbed the gravestone emblazoned with Ardan's name.
"I brought the dandelion flower you gave me" Linda said, holding back her cries.
"Say you want me to pump out the dandelion flowers that I lock up so they can grow perfectly in this world."
Linda plugged the dandelion flower into the mound of land belonging to Ardan. Suddenly a breeze came and flew the seeds of dandelion flowers.
Linda stood up again and her mother tried to strengthen her son's feelings now.
"Ardan I say yes. I'll come to see you often."
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After the departure of Linda's family was also Ardan. Lina came carrying a flower. Walk towards the mound that is still wet with the inscription Ardan's name plastered on his headstone.
Lina sat nearby and placed the flowers she brought to the mound.
"Ardan, why don't you say goodbye to me. I know you don't think I'm important?" lina's cry broke to the point of hitting her own shirt.
"I'm sorry, on your last day I didn't visit you." Lina wiped her tears rough.
"I want to give you good news." Lina put on a happy face and stroked the stomach that now had a life in her womb.
"You'll have a niece" Lina said back.
"But Mas Yoga did not realize that I was pregnant with her child. I tried to avoid him so he wouldn't hurt this kid."
Lina got back up from her seat. Greeting his friend for the last time.
"I'm saying goodbye to Ardan. I'll go back and tell you about your niece's development in my womb."
Lina left Ardan's tomb. Now Ardan has returned to the arms of his biological mother.
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I'm sorry Linda. I'm not saying goodbye to you because I don't want you to cry about my departure. This is my way of trying to move on from you. It's not your fault I chose my own path. I will come back to you when my heart is ready to receive you. Take good care of yourself Linda.
^^^Dion^^
The letter that Dion sent made Linda cry as it became. In the room with the dominance of white and pink. Linda screamed but made no sound.
The life that Linda hoped for was now destroyed like dust that flew in an uncertain direction. Lost is the person who always accompanies him. The rose-given gift from Dion is now withered and dead.
