The Love Story of Two Pearls

30. Dad's Sick

That morning, Riska was queuing at the hospital alone, for several days she was not feeling well, she felt a fever and a red rash appeared on her skin.

Now it's her name's turn to be called, limply, Riska walks into the doctor's office. When he entered, he was surprised by the doctor in front of him.

"This was Joseph at that time" Riska smiled.

"Good morning, what are you complaining about?" joseph asked kindly like the other patients.

"It's mas, uh I mean doctor, on my skin I've had red rashes, I've had headaches, nausea, and fever for a few days" too" riska said wrong behavior while showing her hands full of red spots.

"I checked first ma'am" said Yusuf then checked Riska carefully.

The examined Riska kept looking at Joseph with a pounding heart but not at the mediocre Joseph.

"Sorry mom, it seems like the mother has symptoms of DHF (Bloody Fever), but to know for sure, the mother should do a blood test first, if the result is positive, then the mother should be hospitalized" joseph explained.

"What's? A DBD? is that bad doc?

ask Riska to worry.

"Symptoms that mothers experience are mild symptoms, but if left unchecked this will still be dangerous. Fortunately, the mother immediately checked herself, so that she could immediately get treatment, God willing, immediately improved ma'am" Yusuf said while giving a letter of introduction to Riska to conduct blood tests in the RS laboratory.

"Aided by the nurse, Riska waited for the results of her blood examination with anxiety, she was very afraid, especially she was alone in Jakarta.

On the one hand, Riska was happy to meet Joseph again, but on the other hand she felt fear and pity for herself because she had to fall ill on the land of the region alone.

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At lunchtime

As usual Yasmin, Nisa, Febri and Andi will have lunch together in the hospital cafeteria. They eat occasionally and laugh together. Yasmin began to get along with her group of friends.

"Do you know Yas?" asked the somewhat woody Andi to Yasmin who was eating.

"No idea!" nisa and Febri answered simultaneously making Yasmin hold back her laughter.

"What do you want to say, Andi?" ask Yasmin.

"So I saw you at the Minimarket, and you helped a middle-aged mother, right?" said Andi.

"Yes, I accidentally met Mom earlier, why Andi?" Yasmin asked back.

"So, when the mother passed in front of our room with a handsome doctor who I do not know his name, the staff said that the mother was the wife of the owner of this hospital! It was only fitting that the mother's aura was so graceful. I'm sure that the handsome doctor was his son" Andi said in her tourist lambeh fashion.

"Sok know you, how do you know that the doctor is his son? you don't know his name" Febri said.

"Yes from his face, the handsome doctor's face is very similar to the face of the mother who is very beautiful when she is middle-aged" replied Andi.

Dret dret (vibrating voice hape Yasmin)

"Before you guys, I'm gonna pick up the phone first, Mom I'm the phone" yasmin said then went away to a place that was a bit quiet because he was worried about getting a lot of phone calls from his mother accompanied by a message "get up immediately phone!" from the Mother.

"Hello, assalamu's 'mother's alaikum" Yasmin said.

"Wa'alaikum salam. son.why did ki just pick up the phone, from earlier pi Ibu telfon ki" (son, why did you just pick up the phone, from earlier Mother called you) said Mother with a worried tone.

"Sorry mom, a lot of recipes came in, so you didn't have time to see hape, why ki Mommy?" (sorry Mom, there were a lot of recipes coming in so I didn't get to see the phone, Mom why?) Yasmin.

"Father sick son, and earlier father called on namata, I hope I can go home now to Makassar see Ayatta son, I've sent money to buy a plane ticket here" (Father sick son, son, and then I kept calling your name, I hope you can go home now to Makassar to see your father, I sent money to buy a plane ticket here). Said Mother.

"Iye Mother, God willing you go home now, then, ask permission you used to be the same person in charge of my place PKL, Assalamu 'alaikum" (Yes Mother, God willing I go home now, then, then, I asked permission first to be in charge of my place PKL, Assalamu 'alaikum). Yasmin said later.

After calling, Yasmin left the place to go to her friends' place to say goodbye. Not long after, Joseph emerged from behind the wall where Yasmin called. Apparently he had overheard Yasmin's conversation. Although he is not good at using the Makassar dialect, but he can understand what Yasmin is talking about because he has an uncle in Makassar who he often visits first.

"So Yasmin is Makassar.Will she return to Makassar today?" lirih Yusuf asked himself.

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