The Rose of De Haas
Chapter 54: Doctor Nathan
"How are you, Mrs Van der Linen?" greet Doctor Nathan kindly upon arrival Rose who was carrying Oliver in his yard that afternoon.
The smiling rose gently responded, walking gracefully through the porch of the Doctor's house.
"Thanks to your help the other day I felt very good. Oh, next time you can call me just by first name," said the Rose still with its graceful speech.
Although the clothes he wore made the appearance of the Rose is now not much different from the indigenous people in general, but his graceful soul still stands out like a royal princess.
In addition to her face that is still so beautiful like a young girl, said Rose was so polite and well-organized, making anyone who met her like the mother of one child was no exception Doctor Nathan.
"Is that not a problem?" the doctor asked, feeling wrong.
"Why should it be a problem? My husband is gone anyway so I wouldn't mind if you just called me Roses" replied the full Rose, sure enough, making Doctor Nathan smile.
"That makes sense. If you say you're a virgin, I'm sure people will believe you" Doctor Nathan joked with a soft chuckle.
Rose chuckled in response to Doctor Nathan's joke. "apparently you can joke too, Doctor Nathan."
"Let's go in, I'll check on your child's health" Dr Nathan said as he led the way to the check room.
Besides being handsome, Oliver is also a very calm and calm child.
The child rarely cries so that the Rose can still move calmly as before giving birth.
Every day Roses knit and embroider, the results of his work are then sold by Saritem in the market. That way, Roses can help the economy in Saritem house because it feels bad has been troublesome Saritem all this time.
Nathan's doctor takes Oliver from the Rose sling and begins to examine Oliver's health in order.
"Your child is very calm, it is rare that I find a child this calm when examined," said Dr. Nathan amazed to see Oliver who was so calm.
"I was a little surprised, but I'm grateful that Oliver seemed to understand that I had to keep working so that we could keep eating every day" Rose replied with a smile, make Doctor Nathan's heart rustle.
Never in his lifetime did Doctor Nathan find a woman as beautiful as the young widow Rose van der Linen before him even while he was still living in Europe.
"Aren't you thinking of remarrying, ma'am? I think you can have a better life if you remarry" Doctor Nathan tried fishing, looking for a gap to get closer to the eve.
"I haven't thought about it, Doctor Nathan. For me, being able to survive even so far I am very grateful," said the Rose as it is, considering the struggle of the Rose to survive is not easy.
"My husband was shot dead by Japanese soldiers to protect me who was pregnant at that time. I can't imagine what if I didn't survive that time," Rose began to tell the story, making Doctor Nathan who had completed his examination clothes to Oliver decided to listen.
"Then, what happened?"
"You're right. I am still left alive because I am a doctor who is still needed" the doctor added as he stroked the soft strands of Oliver's hair that began to sleepy.
"To be honest, there are things I want to do but I still have to take care of Oliver first" said Rose, looking at the baby in Doctor Nathan's arms.
"What do you want to do, ma'am?"
"Ah, Doctor Nathan will be the one I tell you earlier if my plan is really mature" replied the Rose with a smile full of mystery.
The woman was indeed very attractive, making both corners of Doctor Nathan interested in forming a smile.
"It must have something to do with Japan, doesn't it?" guess Doctor Nathan is still with a smile that hasn't faded.
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The sound of boiling water rang out loud from the pot on the stove making Doctor Nathan run small towards his kitchen.
The night was late, but the doctor had not felt drowsiness to make him decide to enjoy a glass of tea.
Carefully, Dr. Nathan poured the boiling water from his pancake into a porcelain glass filled with tea and sugar that he had prepared just a moment ago.
Tea in the middle of the late night is not a very good idea, but Doctor Nathan does not know what else to do when his feelings are chaotic like this.
The man's mind continued to be fixed on the Rose, wondering what the air wanted to do later.
Doctor Nathan then took a sitting position at the dinner table, staring at the tea glass before him while waiting for the tea to become a little cooler to drink.
"The weight that the Rose had passed at that time must have made it more difficult to open the heart again," murmured Doctor Nathan, looking at the glass jar containing almond cookies given by the Rose this afternoon.
"Before marrying his name was Mawar de Haas, the only daughter of a puppet marriage of a wealthy Netherland man and an Inlander. Interesting, it deserves the beauty of the Rose to look more striking," murmured Doctor Nathan while reading a note given by one of his acquaintances regarding the Rose.
Doctor Nathan's pair of blue netra re-read the notes in his hand carefully. "Mawar de Haas and Cecilion van der Linen, son of the then governor of Batavia married after agreeing to leave Batavia together? Oh? Was their marriage not approved? It's beyond my expectations, I think she married her husband because of an arranged marriage."
Doctor Nathan grabbed his glass, slowly blowing on the still slightly hot surface of the tea to start sipping it.
"Born from rich parents does not necessarily make the perfect Rose life apparently. Too bad, he even had to marry a man of his own choice away from his parents," Dr. Nathan returned to monologue, remembering the forced marriage by betrothed that is often done in the Indies.
Not only the indigenous women who are often forced to serve the Dutch master as Nyai, dutch girls are also often forced by their parents to marry a man they have chosen without their child's consent just for business or other purposes.
"Rose, whatever you're going to do, I'm going to stay behind you so you don't have to worry about anything anymore" Dr. Nathan said determinedly as he looked at Rose's glass jar.
