The Perfect Happiness
S2 - Eps 133
Happy reading ...
Stay safe, at home yes 😘
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Pov Haikal.
Time showed at three o'clock in the afternoon when I finished checking the data in the ER room. Then check Tika's condition that is getting worse and worse. That was caused by the scar where the hot lead lodged in his body.
Every few hours the bandage should be constantly replaced. And it began to happen after a few hours Tika eating food and taking tablet drugs that the hospital gave. Makes me have to step in to check it out myself.
While I was checking her condition and changing the bandage that was wrapped around her body, Jefri's phone suddenly rang. Then he immediately received the phone call without moving in front of Tika.
I secretly hid my smile seeing that. Because from Jefri's attitude it is clear, that he is very honest and does not want to cover anything from Tika. He did not want to make his wife suspicious of him just because of a phone call.
"Who?" tika asked when Jefri had again disconnected his phone.
"Father. They want to come here, so I told you that you're here again. They were shocked to see the room last night empty." Jefri explained as he put his phone back on the nightstand.
Me and some nurses continued our work until it was done. "We'll see how many hours this bandage can last. And for a while you drink only water, not sweet."
Tika nodded listening to my explanation. Then suddenly he asked me about his twins.
"What's my son's condition?" tanyanya who is still sitting firmly with oxygen hoses that are still stuck in both nostrils.
"They're doing fine. And still have to do a series of intensive care. You have to get well, so you can see him" I said slowly as I sat on the edge of his bed and stroked his cheek.
"Let me go there and I'll video-in for you." Jefri gave a suggestion.
"Well, now you have to focus on your recovery. Okay?"
Tika nodded her head again with her eyes starting to glaze over. That's what Tika would be like if she spoke to me from heart to heart. Or with Max. I don't know what's in his heart, so he can make it like that to us. I never asked him.
I glanced back at my watch and found that time had already shown four o'clock in the afternoon past fifteen minutes. I reached into my pants pocket to contact Max, but he didn't answer my phone.
"Kal, can my family come in?" jefri asked me for permission.
"By the way, this is already in the clock. But a maximum of four people."
"Thank you. I'm out fucking shit, right?" said Jefri who also asked permission to Tika, who was answered with a nod of his head.
Jefri immediately went by, exiting the room to pick up his family. While I was texting Max. Then as soon as Jefri was out of sight, I turned my eyes back to my sister. Looked at him intensely.
"Why?" tanyakanya.
"Don't waste such a husband. Remember that you are married and have children. Whatever happens to you, it's his responsibility. You want something to happen to you or your child, he is to blame. You want him to be cornered and accused of being an irresponsible husband?"
Tika shook her head quickly and the look on her face turned into fear.
"Yes, anyway every will act remember your position. Don't be rash just because you think about your own feelings" I added.
Shortly after, the Jefri family came to us. Both of Jefri's parents immediately greeted and hugged Tika in turn. They both look healthy and fit, what else is his papa. He looks much healthier than he was a few months ago.
After greeting each other and chatting for a while, I decided to retreat. And let them chat. Then I immediately stepped into my car park and left the hospital building. I rushed back to my house to meet Max. Talk about something I think is very important.
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I just walked into my house and stepped into my bedroom, to pick up a box of cigarettes I had stored in a drawer. Still new and sealed. Then suddenly the sound of a car alarm was heard to my ears and from the front of my house.
'Surely it's Max, ' my inner self.
I stepped towards the front door and opened it, clearly visible from a distance Max was getting off his car and carrying a white tote in his right hand. And I can guess what he brought. Must be some snacks and a few bottles of drinks.
It's Max's custom to meet me. Always thought of me as a child who could not provide food or drink when asking him to come over to chat with me.
"I have a few bottles of drink in the fridge" I cried as Max approached.
"Yes yes, but how many months has it been perched there? You rarely go home." Max's words sounded in my ear. But there's a point too. I sneered after he passed from before me. I wanted to throw a pack of cigarettes into his head.
I immediately closed the door and put up the latch and followed him walking, stepping towards the veranda beside my house. My second favorite place from this house after my own bed.
Max immediately put the fist he had brought on the table and took a can of beer from inside. I watched him open the can and drink the contents while pulling a chair.
If Max has been drinking beer, it means his mind is in a state of turmoil. Then do I have to read it with all the questions in my brain??
I sighed as I saw him who managed to finish off a can of beer with a single lift. As I unwrap my cigarette box and pick up a stick to ignite it. Slip it between my lips and enjoy it.
"What are you talking about?" max broke the silence between us.
I leaned my ass against the wooden fence surrounding this veranda. Then I exhaled my cigarette smoke and looked at him.
"Before I speak, you seem to have a problem. Don't want to tell me first?" god is intentionally.
He scrunched up next to his eyebrows and looked at me. And moved his hand that seemed to signal me to share my cigarette with him. I threw the cigarette pack on the table, along with the lighter.
"The problem I'm having is not very important" he said, igniting a cigarette that had been tucked into his lips.
"It's not important, it's not possible to buy this much beer," I guessed firmly at him and then pulled the chair next to him and dropped my ass there.
Max looked at me and looked back at the cigarette in his hand. "The cave hasn't slept from yesterday. So it's just a need" she said.
I shook my head and said, "I'm not well, Max."
"Cigarettes are not healthy!"
"OK fine! Why are we arguing?!" I finally raised my voice. Then take a soda drink from the package he brought earlier. And drink.
"I just want something with you." I took my breath and exhaled it, many times I repeated while enjoying my cigarette.
It was hard for me to gulp down my saliva to vent, bringing out the questions that were in my brain through my mouth. "What do you have to do with Lisa?" I finally managed to say that to my brother.
I know, this question I shouldn't have asked. Because Max really does not like if there are people who try to interfere in his personal life. Unless he asks someone else for help. And that's something else for him.
At once I saw Max's changed face, not angry or angry because of emotion, but his confused face. It looks like a wrong behavior. Like a child who has been caught cheating on his friend's answer.
I can see all of that very clearly.
"You mean what?" max answered stammeringly, nervously.
Once again I looked at him closely, but unfortunately Max turned his eyes to me. Hiding his eyeballs from my eyes.
"Don't pretend you don't understand. Lisa fainted after the surgery. And he calls your name in his subconscious. I'm sure Ranti told me everything. But why did you even tell bi Mince to eat him? Not you?" cercaku. Passing sentence after sentence that could have made Max feel cornered.
"A—aku ...." Max started to lay perfectly.
"I don't know what after Bi Mince came, Lisa still called your name or not. What is clear is that whatever has happened between you, get it done. Alex loves him so much. 'And you know that?!" I said and this time was full of emphasis.
"Whatever happens to you two, I don't want to know. And I'm not gonna find out. What's clear, finish." I pressed my remaining cigarette slightly inside the ashtray on the table. Then stand up, step into the house towards the bathroom. My brain feels hot already saying such a sentence to Max.
And if Max just goes silent with all my words, without any refutation or anything like that, that means it's true. Max has a relationship with Lisa. Whether it's still intertwined or not, I don't think I can think about it.
I left him who was still enjoying his cigarettes and the cans of beer he had bought before. I need to cool my brain down.
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Max POV's.
All the words that came out of Haikal's mouth felt like they were pounding my heart with a single jab. The trap was right in the middle of the target. Just because Lisa was delirious about saying my name.
And right now I just realized my carelessness. Why would I ask bi Mince to check on her condition. Right said Haikal, if when bi Mince there and Lisa mention my name again how? What am I supposed to do now?
I cut my hair with my hands propped up on my knees. After previously turning off the cigarettes I enjoyed inside the ashtray that was available on the table.
Again I picked up a can of beer and went back to spending it. My breathing began to feel dull again. I just felt the sense of tranquility even though I shot the fucking guy dead before.
But why does this never seem to be solved?
Soon after, Haikal reappeared after a long time I had been in contact with myself. It looks fresh and comes back clean.
"You want to stay here, I'll drop the keys to the house. I want to go back to the hospital" he said gently to me.
"I'm coming to the hospital, I want to talk to Lisa" I replied steadily after three cans of beer I spent. I have to talk to him.
"Lisa I've put the room with Alex. And I also don't know if Lisa's still delirious or not."
I lowered my face, staring at my knees. Then slowly I told Haikal everything. About how I felt about Lisa eleven years ago. When the woman lost both her parents. The first time I felt sorry for him.
And without me knowing, it turns out that pity can turn into a feeling of affection and then love. Like a path of the same circle, it goes hand in hand without any end. Always spinning. The difference is too thin.
"And I don't know if he's still— at the moment"
"Yes Max. If in a person's unconscious he mentions a name, it means the most important person in his life." Haikal.
"Now I ask you. If Shilla didn't exist, would you choose her?" Haikal asked me a question that I found very difficult to answer.
"If you don't know the answer, it means there's still doubt in your heart. Don't you think with my recent dating experience, then I don't know about love" she said.
I can't say anything more. Just close my eyes behind my palm which is now massaging the temple of my eyes. I'm getting fucked up.
After my argument with Haikal, I insisted on going to the hospital with him. But do not go using each car, but using my car.
Because Haikal couldn't believe that I could still drive properly. After successfully not sleeping for twenty-four hours and spent three cans of beer.
And I did not intentionally tell Haikal about the incident that I experienced this afternoon. Let that be my secret with Igo and some of the other employees in that dark building.
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Haikal asked my permission to stop by his girlfriend, Clara. No, not her boyfriend, but her fiance. To give a medicine. Before we finally went to the hospital. And during that journey he told me to close my eyes. Try to sleep and rest for a while. I obey.
Arriving at the hospital parking lot, Haikal woke me up. But I asked him to leave me here alone. In this car.
I just want to think back for a moment. Because to be honest, the way my current logic works is not very in line with the way my heart works.
With this messed up state of affairs, I am aware of one thing. The words I said last night when I met him in the hospital hallway were indeed too evil. Not to mention every sentence I charged him with, so unreasonable. Aye right?
Maybe it was because of my words that made him think of ending his life. With the condition of his body like that, as Dave said.
I don't know.
The more I find out, the more I fall into my deepest feelings and I don't want that.
The day is passing by. Now the sky has begun to darken again, after previously painting a beautiful twilight on the eastern horizon. When I got out of the car and stepped into the hospital.
I stared at a large table in the middle of the lobby as I walked past it. Suddenly, my footsteps stopped. Then go back to the front of the big table which is none other than the reception desk.
"Sorry, may you know where the patient's room is on behalf of Lalisa Florencia?" My heart was racing when I asked that. After all, Mamah had promised to take care of him when his two men went to do the duties of the company I now hold. Which is now my responsibility.
After the hospital employee told me where Lisa's room was, I immediately thanked her and left. Step straight into Lisa's room.
From the glass window in front of the door of the room that Lisa was in, I could see her lying helplessly. With the bed at hand with Alex there.
This time it was not the pain I felt. I'm happy to see Alex love him. Not just love his body like other men. It's not like Dave adores him but he does heinous deeds. And not just like Dana who just use it. And not like Dana's friend, whom she met in Bali who enjoyed each other just for a moment's pleasure.
I abandoned my intention to meet him. Maybe one day there will come a good time. For me and Lisa, sitting together, talking about all this. From heart to heart, but not to hurt each other, nor to cry for each other. Just to find a solution. So that both of us can live each other's lives that await.
