The Night Woman's Suffering

59 - Will Not Be

The night Alice reached home, Doctor Bryan was sitting in the exit room with Mom and Cantika.

"Doctor Bryan."Said Alice flatly.

"Norra."Greet Bryan.

"Doctor, can we talk outside for a minute?."Ask Alice. Bryan looked at Bu ayu and Cantika, before he looked back at Alice and nodded.

Bryan walked with Alice outside and sat on the porch.

"Doctor Bryan, I'm sorry that I'm being disrespectful, to be honest I'm happy to be your friend, but after today I see that you still expect more from me Dr. Bryan, if I'm honest I can't, maybe I never will."Said Alice.

"Why?, I don't care what your previous job was Nora, I've fallen in love with you."Said Dr. Bryan.

Alice chuckled despite the sadness in her little laugh.

"Doctor, don't you see, we haven't even started it yet, but there's no wall to separate us, I can't Doctor, I can't."Said Alice with two teary eyes.

"But Nora...."

"Doctor, understand that we can never be happy if we are together, please forget me, I don't deserve you, out there a lot more deserving of you, we can still be friends, but let's not have this feeling, I'm not comfortable."Said Alice.

Dr. Bryan slowly breathed out heavily. He nodded in understanding that Alice was no longer giving him a chance.

"I Go first Nora, I'll come again sometime, without feeling like this again."Said Dr. Bryan.

Disappointment and sadness enveloped the man's heart, and he saw Alice for a moment before she left. Alice could only stare at the man leaving without saying anything more.

"It's a temporary feeling, my heart is still searching, I can definitely forget it."Inner Alice.

•••

Next day.

Alice was cleaning Bu Ajeng's room while humming. Bu Ajeng who was sitting in a wheelchair smiled hearing Alice who was humming.want her taste he asked Alice what made her happy until she hummed.

As he had just finished putting the bed sheet on Bu Ajeng's bed, he was suddenly startled by Ares who was already behind him. he almost hit the man as he turned his body..

"Jeez Mr. Ares, you surprised me."Said Alice.

"So much to your surprise, what else makes you happy to hum like that?." Ask Ares.

Alice smiled shyly and scratched her head that was not itchy. "Master, my heart is happy, so I hum."Said Alice.

"really??" Ares and Alice asked slowly.

"i want to take my mom out for some fresh air, do you know where the right place is?." Ask Ares.

Alice thought for a moment and remembered the lake she had just said.

"Yes, sir, I know, we go to the lake, where I often go, where the place is beautiful and...." Not finished he explained, Ares turned to leave, Alice was pouting.

"Prepare, I'll wait outside."Ares said before he actually left the room.

Alice who was pouting heard immediately smiled widely and quickly approached Bu Ajeng.

"Mom, let's get changed, I'll be so happy to get there."Said Alice. Bu Ajeng wanted to smile and answer him, but he still held it.

While Ares was standing outside listening and smiling, he deliberately asked like that, because he heard that Alice longed for the lake she used to go to, even though she did not know where it was, but at least he can make the woman happy.

"Res, where are you going?."Ask Sora.

"I'm going out for a minute with Mama on the street."Ares.

Sora was silent, because Ares did not invite him. "I'll go first."Ares and Sora smiled.

Alice, who was in the car with Bu Ajeng, smiled to see Sora, who was touched by Ares.