The Estuary of Desire Baruna
Eps. #37 Feeling Anxious

Day after day passed without feeling. The change of time cannot be delayed.

After several days of treatment in the hospital, Baruna is now allowed to go home and undergo outpatient treatment. Although his physical condition was much better, but his body was still weak, the scar on his leg still made him have to stay at home and can not go anywhere.

That morning Baruna had just woken up from her sleep, leaning her back on the top edge of the bed, Baruna continued to hold her mobile phone and her finger was very agile playing on the screen of the phone.

Ting!

Ting!

Ting!

The sound of notification of short messages continued to be heard from the phone endlessly. After a few days the phone was off, a lot of messages went to the messaging app installed there. The messages were sent by close friends of Baruna who just asked for news or other things because they felt empathy for the shooting incident that happened to him.

Understandably, while in the hospital, Arkha did confiscate and turn off Baruna's cell phone. Not without reason, of course Arkha deliberately did all that so that his son could focus on his recovery without interference from anyone who tried to contact him.

In addition, Arkha also tried to cover up the incident that befell his son so as not to become consumption of things worthy of crowded. As a prominent person in the city, of course, many people who highlight and always want to know about the personal life of his family.

Baruna checked one by one the messages on her phone, a feeling of uneasiness emanated clearly from the look on her face. Of the many messages that entered his phone, he did not find a single message from Flo's mobile number. In fact, when he tried to send a message to Flo, it only ticked one meaning the message was not delivered to that number. Baruna also tried to call Flo's contact number. But that number is inactive.

Baruna knitted both ends of her eyebrows. "Since that incident, Flo hasn't sent me a message and I can't reach her either. The phone is not active, my message is not delivered. What's wrong with Flo?" batin Baruna is full of question marks.

"Did Daniel and Diaz do something bad to him?" Baruna was increasingly unable to hide her anxiety, when she remembered the words of her parents.

"Daniel tried to harm me because I had a relationship with Flo, not even when I was in the hospital and couldn't get a wrench there, they've done no good to Flo." Baruna's heart monologued, the worry that more filled his feelings. She was very afraid that something would happen to her boyfriend.

"How am I supposed to find out about Flo?" Baruna pressed her forehead trying to think.

"Papa strictly forbid me to be in contact with Flo, now papa and Om Rendy also watch over me very closely. Before my legs are completely healed, papa will definitely not allow me to get out of this house," she worried.

"Yes, God! Please protect Flo! Don't let anything happen to him. Don't let Diaz or Daniel hurt her. I'm so worried about Flo's safety."

Baruna rubbed her face, the anxiety filled her soul.

Clamps!

There was a room door that opened, and Ardila's sweet smile expanded when she saw Baruna was awake and sitting leaning on the headboard of her bed.

"You're awake, Una? How are you doing this morning, does your leg still hurt?" asked Ardila while putting a tray on the nightstand next to Baruna.

"Don't bring your breakfast here. You must eat and take medicine immediately, so that your wounds heal quickly."

Ardila lifted the glass containing watermelon juice from the tray and gave it to Baruna.

"Thank you, brother!" Baruna grabbed the glass of juice from Ardila's hand and gulped it down slowly.

"Why are you, Una? How can you see you seem to be agitated?" Ardila frowned and noticed his sister's face that looked gloomy like there was a concussion that he was holding himself.

"Sir Dila, are you willing to help me?" Despite the doubts, Baruna knew that only Ardila could help her at that time.

"Help you? Help what, Una?"

"Is ... w-can Brother take me out for a little while?"

"Walk?" Ardila rounded her eyes. "You're still not healed, Una. I don't think going for a walk isn't something you should be doing right now. Papa and Mama will definitely not let you out of the house under these circumstances!" reject Ardila, unwilling to follow Baruna's request.

Ardila just shook her head while looking at Baruna's face.

"Actually, you don't want to go for a walk right, Una? You know, there must be something else you want to find out out out there?" terka Ardila with complete confidence.

Baruna breathed deeply. "Yes that's right, sister," he admitted honestly.

"I can't call Flo, brother. Her phone was off and since I was in the hospital, she hasn't been texting or trying to reach me. After Daniel and his men attacked me, I was afraid that Daniel and Diaz might try to hurt him" Baruna conveyed his anxiety to Ardila.

Again Ardila shook her head and took a slow breath. "You must not forget the advice of papa and mama, Una. You better forget about the girl. Like Brother who keeps trying hard to forget Diaz, like that you should forget, Flo!" emphatically.

"No, Brother! The situation is different now. I can't forget Flo. I also have to take responsibility for all my actions towards him. There's no way I'll ever leave him, brother!" kilah Baruna's.

"Responsible?" Ardila frowned. "What's the responsibility, Una?" tanyanya.

"A-I .. a-I've picked up Flo's girlhood, sister," Baruna said without feeling awkward towards her brother.

Ardila let out a quick breath hearing Baruna's confession. "This is not Sydney, Una. Here you can't play a woman. The girls here are easily carried away, you shouldn't do that to the native girls!" hardik Ardila, showing his dislike of free living behavior, which has become a habit of his sister.

"I know that, Brother. That's why, I don't want to leave, Flo. Besides, I love him so much and Flo loves me too. We both do it out of love, without coercion, sister," Baruna bluntly said.

Ardila was just a flat smile, as a woman, her instincts were a little called out. He put himself in Flo's current position. Therefore, he felt pity and did not want Flo to regret after what had gone too far with Baruna.

"Then, how can Brother help you, Una?" asked Ardila while nodding her head sign she agreed to help Baruna.

"Let me out of this house, brother. We'll both find out Flo's situation now" Baruna said.

"Papa and Mama will definitely disagree if we go together." Ardila looks doubtful, she is not sure that her parents will give her permission to be able to leave the house with Baruna.

"We haven't tried it yet, have we? If we ask nicely with papa and mama, surely they will not prohibit. Anyway, I'm going to come out with Brother not with anyone else" Baruna concluded, trying to convince Ardila.

"Alright, we'll try, Una," Ardila said.

"Thank you very much, brother! Brother Dila is indeed my most beautiful and very understanding sister," flattered Baruna teasing Ardila. She was happy that her stepbrother had always supported her.

"Not to be happy!" cetus Ardila as she throws her lips.

"Now you have breakfast and take your medicine! After that, we'll try to talk to papa and mama. Let's hope they let us both out" Ardila half-persuaded. He wanted Baruna to finish her breakfast and take medicine immediately.

"Sister must also have breakfast, so that it will be strong to accompany me on the road," continued Baruna chimed.

Baruna then grabbed the tray with breakfast that Ardila had brought for her and placed the tray in front of her.

While biting off her favorite multi-grain toast, Baruna also feeds Ardila a piece of raisin danish cinamon, and they both have breakfast in Baruna's room.

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