
Brandon held the saliva, his throat felt dry. "He has an oiler—"
"Miss Rona, the cure is ready" said the pharmacist. Rona stood up and left Brandon unfinished to speak.
"How much should I pay?" rona asked and took the wallet out of her pocket.
"Everything's 200 bucks, Miss." The apothecary handed over the items Rona needed. And Rona handed me two 100-dollar bills and thanked me.
"Thank you back, Miss. Please come again" he said with a slightly bent body. Rona nodded and walked over to Brandon then sat down beside him.
"So what did the doctor say?" Rona stuck out her palm. "Sorry, our conversation was cut off."
Brandon pulled his head down. "It's ok! But we better talk somewhere else. It's less comfortable here." Brandon stood up and took Rona out of the pharmacy.
"Where are we going to talk?" Rona turned her head to the right and left looking for a suitable place then pointed to a small cafe across the street. "If it's there, how?"
Brandon just nodded then asked for time for him to take something from inside the car. "Wait a minute!" Brandon held out a palm.
Just having to wait a few minutes, Brandon came carrying a sheet of paper in his hand. "Come, Doc!" take Brandon to the woman in front of him. Then cross the street and enter the cafe.
"Doctor Rona want to order what?" bargain Brandon while opening the menu book.
"I'm a Japanese Slipper, '" replied Rona.
"There again?"
Rona shakes. "That's enough, Doc!" rona replied that she did not want to have much pleasantries because she was worried about her husband's condition.
Brandon who seemed to understand, he thrust a sheet of paper in his hand. "Please see Doctor Rona and learn for yourself."
Rona frowned then picked up a few pieces of paper that Brandon thrust. The papers contained reports of medical records of patients on behalf of Nath Lucano.
Rona put on her glasses, then read slowly and carefully. The finger follows the direction the eye moves. The heart beats faster and faster to analyze what he sees. He opened the next sheet and was further dumbfounded as both eyes caught the writing under the word diagnosis.
"Yes God... Nath has disease—?"
Brandon nodded, confirming Rona's hanging question. "He told you about his illness. That deadly disease is slowly eating away at your friend's life." Brandon put his hands together on the table. "This is all a result of his bad habit of changing partners and playing with commercial sek-s peddlers."
Rona leaned back, her body instantly squeezing. The news about Nath greatly denied his feelings. "Nath."
Brandon patted the back of Rona's hand as a sign of empathy. "Propay the Doc. Without the patient's permission, I wouldn't be able to open the patient's data like this."
Rona nudges. "Thank you very much, Doc. Then I'll excuse you...."
Brandon was about to hold Rona down because his ordered drink had just arrived. However, he had to swallow the disappointment because Rona just left without tasting the drink first.
...***...
Along the way, Rona could not concentrate. Several times he almost hit people when the traffic light turned red. Many times also he almost hit the vehicle in front of him. But luckily, God still gives protection.
"Yes God... Nath why did it go that far? I think he just has fun with his girlfriends, apparently also playing the jalangg!" Rona nodded. His head was getting dizzy.
In Rona's mind now revolves around the illness suffered by his best friend. A deadly disease that has no cure. He recalls the fact that he just found out, that Nath and Amber were involved in a scandal.
"Jeez. if Nath has AIDS, that means Mom Amber...!" Rona shook her head while smothering her own mouth. Unable to imagine bitter realities that are interrelated and intertwined.
Rona kept wondering in her heart. His wits and feelings asked and guessed each other. He was shocked by the sound of a cell phone ringing. Rona put up the earphones, then pressed the green button.
Rona
Wh why?
Edward
Rona
I'm sorry, I'm here in three minutes!
Rona disconnects the phone because she does not want to vent the wedge in her heart to others, especially to her husband.
The Liam family mansion
After going through a journey that feels heavy and long, with a tangled and branched mind. Rona finally arrived at the Mansion. He was greeted by the in-laws who stood at the door while holding each other, preparing to add to the situation.
"Good.. Husband is sick again, even preoccupied with a young man!" sindir Amber is trailing Rona.
"What does Mom mean?" Rona looked at the corner of her eye.
Amber shows a photo that makes Rona ignited emotions. Photo when Dr. Brandon patted the back of his hand while in the cafe. In the photo, it was as if the young man was clasping his hand.
Rona snorted annoyedly. "From Mom finding out about me and making it a way to slander and take down, it's better Mom find out about Mom personally. Who knows, currently suffering from a contagious and deadly disease!" Next to the leg snapped, Rona glared then passed through her in-laws who were preparing to pounce on her.
"Bastardly son-in-law!!!" shouted Amber who was already flabbergasted wrath. He walks ahead of Rona intending to slap her daughter-in-law. However, Rona quickly managed to dodge.
"Don't you dare touch me, I'm no match for you Mom!"
Amber screamed letting go of her frustration while ruffling her own hair. "Be careful you are Rona. You're dealing with the wrong guy!"
Rona responds to Amber's bluff by pulling both her shoulders up. Without a care, she climbed the footrest towards her husband's room.
"Mommy...!" Ezio's cry welcomed his return. "Mommy from anywhere, why so long? Pity Daddy from earlier crying," said Ezio who made Edward's face reddened.
Rona pulled her eyebrows up. "Crying, is that really Edward?"
Edward instead answered instead of throwing his face and turning his body. He was like a child.
"Hey, I'm sorry, I had some important business." Rona rubbed Edward's shoulder. There was a sound of stuffing and shaky shoulders.
"Why so long.." whined Edward who made Rona twitch her lips.
"Why are you Edward, how come you're such a kid?" Rona saves the medicine for Edward and hides the test pack into a dresser drawer. "It's taken the medicine first, who knows your stomach is good!"
Edward turned around and got up and sat up straight. He grabbed the medicine that Rona was proposing and continued to gulp it down with one glass of water. "Thank you. I'm sorry I'm such a kid."
Ezio, who listened to his parents' chat with some toys in hand, also commented. "Mommy.Maybe Daddy wants to buy a toy just like me. That's why Daddy cried...."
Rona only held back a laugh while Edward turned a lip because of Ezio's babbling. While Ezio, with an innocent face back engrossed with his toys.
...*****...
...This is Edward why? What is shearing...? Hihi......
...Thank you for the support of everyone....
...Good night and good rest....