UNABLE TO FORGET YOU

BEREFT

"Julia lives in Melbourne, her husband has a restaurant near the University of Melbourne, why?" asked his father Zeehan sitting on the sofa in front of his confused-looking son.

"I'm going to find Lenka, Pa,"

"Yes, Mr. Hendra said you fired Lenka before her parents crashed," 

"Yes" Zeehan replied briefly.

"Why did you fire Lenka? he's the best pediatrician in this hospital, you have a personal grudge against him" Mr. Daniel said.

"Sorry Pa, I'm just pissed at her, she left me, without a message and more heartache, she didn't tell me her pregnancy,"

"You mean, Kenzio's your son?" Mr. Daniel doesn't believe.

"Yes pa, and I just found out, when I came back to the village"

Daniel Aryadinata, rubbing his tired-looking face. "Go son, find him, bring him back. Papa doesn't want, what happened to you, happened to your son Kenzio, too" he advised.

"Yes Pa, I will look for them" said Zeehan. 

"Papa will send you their address in Australia," the old man, taking the cell phone in his pocket, and giving his son the address of his aunt Julia.

"That very day, Zeehan left for Australia, hoping that Lenka would forgive him. And they'll get back together.

But when he arrived in Australia, Zeehan did not find Lenka and also Kenzio.

"Zeehan! ... Lenka and Kenzio didn't come with us back to Melbourne, Kenzio didn't want to come, because he wanted to see you, but the nurse said you went home to Bima," Aunt Julia said.

"But, they're not at home, nor at Lenka's apartment, Bi," 

"At some time, auntie calls Jovan, maybe she knows where the boy is," The woman goes into Jovan's room, before she goes out with Jovan.  Jovan looked at Zeehan cynically.

"What's wrong?" He said he sat down in front of Zeehan and raised his leg.

"I want to ask for help, call Lenka, and find out where she is now" Zeehan said.

"Why don't you call him yourself" said Jovan.

"Lenka blocked my number" Zeehan said sadly.

"Of course he blocked your number, because you've been berating him, calling him cheesy" Jovan said.

"I know I was wrong, I was jealous at Lenka's closeness to you, I thought you were her new boyfriend, because Kenzio called you Daddy" Zeehan said.

"Well, you know, Zeehan.  I did marry Lenka to get her son recognized, after Kenzio was born, we got divorced, but that doesn't mean you can just insult Lenka,"

"Sorry, I didn't know before," said Zeehan lowering his face. 

Jovan took her phone, tried to dial Lenka's number. Private numbers that only Jovan and Aunt Julia keep.

"Hello Van, tumben called, what's wrong?" ask Lenka.

"Where are you?" ask Jovan seriously.

"In Jakarta, why?" 

"Never lie to me, Val!" 

"Yes, sorry, I'm in Surabaya!" Answer Lenka honestly.

"There's something about you and Kenzio" said Jovan flatly.

"Who?" asked Lenka, even though she thought it was Zeehan.

"You guessed it yourself?" 

"Van, please don't tell Zeehan that I'm in Surabaya again" Lenka said.

"Slow Vall, I'm putting on loud speakers again," said Jovan, holding a laugh on his lips.

"Jovan, why didn't you say that" Lenka shut her mouth in shame.

"Now, talk to him yourself!" Jovan.

"I don't want to," Lenka cut the line one-sidedly.

Jovan put his phone on the table. 

"You heard yourself, Zeehan, Lenka won't talk to you" said Jovan grinning.

"May I ask for his cell phone number" Zeehan said.

"No, without Vallen's permission," said Jovan firmly.

"Alright, I will find it myself to Surabaya," said Zeehan. He stood up straight out of Aunt Julia's apartment, after saying goodbye to the woman.

*******

That morning Lenka went to Medika Mother and Child Hospital, after taking Kenzio to school. He wanted to ask about his cover letter which had no explanation.

"Lenka, you're Lenka, right?" a beautiful woman with an elegant appearance, approached Lenka who was wailing in front of the hospital lobby.

"Yes, you..Belinda?" Lenka smiled happily, because someone knew her at the hospital.

"Yes Lenka, who's sick?" Belinda asked her best friend.  Belinda was Lenka's best friend when the brand sat on the Junior High School bench, while Papa Lenka was on duty in the city.

"Nobody got sick, a few days ago, I submitted a cover letter, to work at this hospital, but there was no response yet" Lenka said.

"What do you propose to be?" Ask Belinda.

"Children's doctor" replied Lenka.

"Oh, come with me!" Belinda took Lenka to her room. "Sit down!" Belinda said she allowed Lenka to sit on the couch, while she contacted someone on her line.

Before long a man in his 50s, entered the room carrying a map.

"Here, Miss Belinda!" The man handed the map to Belinda.

"Mm, your CV is tucked away in a different place to the applicant's file, I don't see it, you can start work tomorrow" Belinda said.

"Belinda, do you have this hospital?" Ask Lenka not to believe it.

"This hospital belongs to my papa, I just run it" Belinda said.

"Thank you Belinda, but I'm sorry later if for example a lot of permission, to pick up my son to school," Lenka said.

"Do you have children?" Belinda asked raising her eyebrows.

"Yes, it's now first grade in SD" Lenka said.

"It's okay, as long as it doesn't interfere with work," Belinda said.

"Thank you again" said Lenka smiling happily.

That morning, Lenka was getting ready to go to work, 

"Zio, are you ready, baby?" Lenka visits Zio in her room, the boy can already dress himself neatly. 

"Have Ma, Zio is handsome yet, Ma? He said he was looking at himself in the mirror.

"Mommy's son is always handsome every day, already smart to wear his own clothes, eat alone, Mama is proud of Zio," Lenka kissed the child's cheek gently.

"Mom, don't kiss, Zio's cheeks are red, Zio doesn't want to laugh at friends" Kenzio wiped his cheeks with a tissue.

"It won't be red, Mama's lipstick is non-sticky" Lenka laughed, with her son.

"Let's go! Today, Mama works at the hospital, later when she comes home from school, Zio plays at your workplace, only" said Lenka.

"Yes Ma," Zio replied obediently.

After locking the apartment, Lenka accompanies Zio to wait for the school's shuttle bus at the stop. All Lenka took the bus, because the hospital where she works is not far from Zio's school.

The first day Lenka worked, she got a good reception from the hospital employee. Except for a middle-aged woman, named Yunita, looking at him cynically.

******

Zio is very fond of his friends at school, because Zio is a good and helpful child.

He excelled in every subject, let alone math and science lessons.

At the age of just entering seven years, Kenzio has been able to solve the problems of the olympiade for the class above him. Making teachers proud, the school plans to include Kenzio to participate in the science olympiade in Jakarta.

Darya Medika Hospital, Jakarta.

Zeehan threw the file in front of him. His head felt like it was going to break, a lot of problems were whack at the moment, and he was not able to solve all those problems, because his brain was deadlocked.

A week he had been in Surabaya, but the results were in vain, Zeehan did not find the woman he loved there.

"Oh my God, help me, give me a clue as to where they are" Zeehan said.

Zeehan was almost desperate. Finally he returned to Jakarta, to search for clues about Lenka's whereabouts in Surabaya. In recent days his body feels weak, Nausea and vomiting often afflict him. Zeehan had to be hospitalized.

"What's wrong with you, Han?" Daniel was worried about his son's seemingly frail condition.

"I don't know Pa, lately I often forget to eat, maybe my mag relapses," Zeehan said.

"But, if you are Mag, do not vomit every morning right, ..Papa had experienced it when your mother was pregnant, the name is sympathetic pregnancy or maybe you impregnate the child of another person Han," 

Zeehan was silent, the last time he slept with Lenka, when that night Lenka was drunk after running away from her failed marriage. "Is Lenka pregnant again" Zeehan's inner. "Where are you Lenka, don't torture me like this" murmured Zeehan, twitching his dizzy head.

"If it's like this, I can't do anything, Pa?" said weak Zeehan.

"Go to her apartment, maybe you can find a clue about Lenka's whereabouts there." Advice from Papa Daniel.

"Yes Pa, if I'm healthy, I'll go there" Zeehan said.

With his body still feeling weak, Zeehan went to Lenka Apartment, asking for help from apartment officials to provide a spare key.

This is Zeehan now, in Lenka's room.  The man opens Lenka's wardrobe, looking for something he himself doesn't know what. Zeehan just followed his instincts.

There weren't many Lenka outfits there, her eyes glued to a well-folded high school uniform on the top shelf.  Zeehan picked it up, smelling the floral scent of the uniform. The scent of Lenka's body calmed her mind.

Zeehan laid his body on Lenka's Medium Size bed, He slept there, very soundly. Hugging Lenka High School Uniform. The uniform Lenka wore when they were together in a tree house on her small island.

Zeehan awoke from his sleep after it was getting dark. Zeehan stretched out his body which felt fresher. "Sorry Lenka, I took your uniform," said Zeehan, putting the white shirt in his bag. He forgets his main goal to Lenka's apartment is to look for clues to Lenka's whereabouts. 

Zeehan leaves Lenka's apartment after a late night.

*******""

Lenka just finished serving her last little patient. His stomach was hungry when he had just eaten.  Lenka doesn't know why lately, her appetite has doubled.

"Mama, is my mom fat now?" ask Kenzio.

"It's normal" Lenka said.

"Try me to stand in the glass, ugly, Zio doesn't like it?" Said the boy pouting.

Lenka just smiled, ruffled her son's hair, "His innate mom is now hungry all the time, Zio,"

"Yes, mama eats a lot now, then mama eats at the restaurant, up to 2 times," said Zio.

"Yes, from tomorrow's mama diet," said Lenka smiling.

Lenka stood in front of the glass, looking at her clothes that no one else could fit, because her stomach was already enlarged.

"Don't I get pregnant huh, it's been 4 months, my monthly guests don't come," said Lenka 

"Oh my God, don't let it, Jovan definitely won't help me this time. Why should I get pregnant again!" his gerrick. Lenka took a deep breath. A silly question, which Lenka herself did not understand the answer to. 

"Do I have to see Doctor Han to hold him accountable this time? I don't want my son to be born without his father" Lenka said. "What am I supposed to do now? I hate situations like this" Lenka murmured.

Seriate.