
Ana still remained in her position, since earlier, the middle-aged woman did not move in the slightest from Ray's side. Her hand never took her husband's hand.
Yuan looked at him with a sad look, the sadness and guilt still clouded the man's heart.
Rachel had already gone home a few hours ago, when Yohan came with a commotion.
Nana's stepfather behaved more frantically than Ana or Yuan, especially when he found out that Ray had HTN probably because he only had one kidney. Meanwhile, the cause of Ray having one kidney is himself.
Yohan keeps saying that she wants to have surgery to return her kidney to Ray.
The medical team had to intervene to help calm the middle-aged man.
Yohan is forced to be given a sedative injection and taken home by Rachel, not knowing if the middle-aged man will return to the hospital and make a fuss again after he wakes up later.
"Mom, go home and rest, let Yuan take care of daddy." Yuan.
Ana glances at her son, then turns her eyes back to Ray who is still unconscious.
"Mommy, please— go home." Pinta Yuan's.
Considering the middle-aged woman's physique was weak, Yuan was afraid that her mother would be sick as well.
"Mom—"
"Yes, mom heard it, no need to repeat it again. Please take care of your dad." Said Ana as she moved from her seat.
"Wait, let Yuan call the house driver first to pick up mom." Yuan.
"No need, mom just took a cab home." Reply Ana.
"But— "
"Don't worry about mom." Ana slid the door of the treatment room, she walked out of it, before closing the door again.
•••
Rose wiped one of the tables at the restaurant where she worked part-time, cleaned one table at a time and tidied it up again before closing the restaurant.
Every now and then the breath of the young girl was heard, her mind still shrouded by Yuan, many things were bothering her head, therefore she had made many mistakes today, he often gets a lot of protests from buyers.
Fortunately, his senior already knew Rose very well, therefore he only got a reprimand and advice.
The sound of bells from the door of the restaurant rang, marked there was someone coming inside.
"Sorry, we—"
"Would you close it?" Ana asked who had just entered the restaurant.
"Bos Ana, sorry, I think you're a visitor who wants to eat here." Rose said as she lowered her head towards the owner of the restaurant where she worked.
Ana smiled in response,
"What else has gone home?" Ask.
"There's still a Dita manager, he's in the storage room to check things out." Answer Rose.
"Aah so." Said Ana.
The mother of Yuan then sat in one of the visitor seats, a sigh of fatigue enveloping the middle-aged woman.
"Is chairman Ray okay boss?" Asked Rose in a cautious tone, he was afraid of making Ana angry because of the question that might offend Ana's mind.
"His condition is stable, but he's still unconscious, maybe he's conscious tomorrow morning, that's what the doctor said." Ana replied as she looked at Rose.
"Eh— but I haven't finished cleaning this all up yet."
"No problem, sit down."
Rose also said, he sat opposite the mother of the man he liked. Nervousness enveloped Rose, as often as she met Ana and chatted with her, but their chatter and their closeness were limited to employees and restaurant owners only.
"I heard these few weeks— Yuan lives in your apartment huh?" Ana asked that made Rose feel like she was choking on her own saliva, the girl until hiccups were made.
"I'm not interrogating you, so be calm. I heard this news from his aunt Yuan, but I did not tell this news to his father Yuan. Because if he finds out, what he's thinking must be something negative, then he could get even more angry at Yuan and maybe you." Ana.
"I'm sorry." Rose said, the girl lowered her head, not daring to look at the face of the mother of Yuan.
"No problem, I trust you, I know if you're a good girl." Said Ana.
"Thank you, but bos—"
"Eng— Rose, can you just call me aunt when your working hours are over? I'm your friend's mother anyway."
"Good." Answer Rose who looks persuasive with Ana's request.
"Okay, go back to what you wanted to say." Ana.
"Bos— uh, I mean aunt Ana calm down, one week ago, Yuan told me that she was going home today, but— "
"But what?"
"I'm not sure, I just think for the last two weeks he's been seen training hard for today. Looks like he wants to prove to Chairman Ray about his dreams, then if Chairman Ray changes his mind he'll go back home."
"If you don't change your mind how?" Ask Ana.
"Come, but if it's like this, I think Yuan will return home. Even though he's been away from home for weeks, the guy always seems to miss his aunt and chairman Ray." Answer Rose.
Ana smiled hearing that,
"You look pretty close to Yuan." Ana.
"Ah no no, not like that. After today, we're back to being strangers."
"Why is that? Aren't you guys friends?"
"We are friends but not that kind of friendship. We just got to know each other and bonded because of something Rose couldn't explain to aunt." Answer Rose.
Ana was silent for a moment, she stared at the girl before her for quite a while, making Rose feel uneasy.
"Did Yuan trouble you when he was hitchhiking in your house?" Ana asked averted the topic of the previous conversation.
"No, not at all troublesome, I'm glad Yuan asked for my help and stayed at my apartment— eng, I mean, I—"
"It's okay, auntie understands the feelings of a young man like you." Ana said, before long she finished her words, her phone rang, incoming calls from the yuan listed on her phone screen.
"Ah looks like aunty should go home, Yuan called, surely she asked if aunt has arrived home or not."
"Yes, be careful on the bi path."
"Em, I'll see you, and thank you for keeping Yuan for the past few weeks." Said Ana who then walked out of her restaurant.
Rose exhaled, although Ana told her to calm down and be relaxed, but she still couldn't act that way.
He felt tense and very stiff in front of the woman who was the mother of the man he liked.
✍ This story is just fictitious. Sorry if there are similarities in the names of characters, places of events or events that occur.✍