
Daniel turned his head towards the door where the voice of the call was sourced. In the doorway was Aris with the Gembul. The usually flat face suddenly looks red after the action a few seconds ago caught red.
“You?” said wonder. Not five minutes ago, he spoke to Aris on the phone. “How did you get here so fast?”
“I've been outside since I was with Kania. You are too serious to be unconscious.” Aris stepped in and stood right beside Daniel. “How is Rani doing?”
“Her temperature is down.” Daniel grabbed a walking aid placed next to the closet, then pinned it between his arms. “Mbul, I have to go with Aris. Titip Rani, yes.”
“Not thou tipped even I will always keep it as I have done all this time!”
Daniel's heart paled upon hearing the gnarly intonation that always rose when speaking to him. However, he understood that the woman's anger towards him was still mounting.
“Alright, I'll go first. If there is any development please notify me.”
The gizzard no longer speaks. He chose to sit while stroking the top of his cousin's sister's head.
After making sure everything is okay, Daniel and Aris move out of the hospital.
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Slowly, Rani's eyelids began to open. The first thing that was present in his gaze was a pair of teary eyes that were staring at him worriedly. Rani examines the circumstances around. His eyebrows seemed wrinkled after realizing he was in a foreign place.
“I where?” he asked with a voice still sounding weak.
“You're in the hospital.”
The deeper the wrinkles on Rani's forehead. His mind was immediately filled with questions. What else when feeling pain in the abdomen when his body moves. “What am I, Mbul?”
“It's okay.” The puff tries to calm. “It's just appendicitis, so last night you had surgery. After this, you will be fine.”
Rani nodded. But wait! Suddenly he remembered one thing. “Operation? But, Mbul ...,” he said softly.
“Why?”
“Where is the operation cost? You know, I don't have any more money.” Rani again examines the room where she is in the care. From the facilities in the room, he can guess that he was in the VVIP room. Rani did not dare to imagine what amount to pay.
“Do not worry, everything is in order.”
“But where do you get money from?”
“No need to think about where I got the money. Anyway everything is in order,” he said soothingly.
Gembul chooses to hide from Rani that Aris has taken care of everything at Daniel's request. Because if Rani finds out, she will definitely refuse.
Daniel's attitude and his always rude speech so far made Rani give up and choose to close her heart.
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Social media coverage is endless, complete with inhumane blasphemies from society. I don't think Rani has any more power to survive.
Seeing the full glow of wounds from his cousin's face, Gembul immediately snatched the phone. It would be better for now if Rani was kept away from things that would stress her out, including cell phones.
“I told you not to open sosmed! You will stress yourself later,” grumbled Gembul while putting Rani's phone into the drawer.
For a while Rani was silent, before finally sounding sobs to leave a hiccup. Rani who usually ignored everyone's blasphemy now showed her weak side.
“I'm tired, Mbul,” is crying. “You see now, wherever I go, everyone looks down on me. They feel entitled to judge me.”
There is nothing you can do except embrace Rani. He also felt a huge impact since the circulation of the video of the shur. All of Rani's friends begin to drift away, wherever she goes is always seen as a virus to be shunned.
“All will unfold by itself. You just need to be patient.”
Gembul still hugged Rani while rubbing her back when the door suddenly opened and gave rise to the figure of Jovan. The man entered in a hurry like he was being chased by something, also with a slightly paled face.
“Why are you, Van?” ask Gembul.
“Under many journalists. It seems that the news of Rani entering the hospital has been smelled by the media. In addition there are representatives from MS and several other companies. They're urging to talk to Rani.”
Gembul sighed harshly hearing the name of the company that had just been called Jovan. “Do they have no humanity? Rani's sick, Van! Could be they come here to charge.”
“I know. But he said they also had to pay compensation for production costs. Hence urgent.”
The bulge took off his embrace from Rani's body. “You rest easy, Ran ... let me face them.”
As the Shepherd was about to step in with overflowing anger, Rani immediately held back her hand. He knew exactly what his cousin was like, which sometimes had difficulty controlling when he was angry.
“Do not, Mbul. If you use violence, it will further worsen our position.”
"But only such a way is suitable for them!"
"Please calm down, Mbul." Jovan stopped the puff. "There's still a way to get out of this."
“What way?” ask as if impatient.
Jovan's face became serious. Staring at Rani and Gembul alternately. “Ran .. You still remember the conditions put forward by Mr Juna to lend you money?”
Rani was silent for a while. He remembered a severe condition that Juna had put forward when Rani wanted to borrow some money from him.
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