THE LIFE OF A MAN
PART 23

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“Anth ..” The son called Anthony when he entered the room and did not see Anthony on his bed again.

The first place that Putra saw was the balcony of his room, because sometimes Anthony likes to sit or stand still there.

Anthony was not on the balcony.

The son reflexively steps into the bathroom after he does not find Anthony on the balcony. Because it's impossible for Anthony to get out of the room.

The son felt neither the sound of the door opening nor the sound of footsteps from upstairs.

“Anth?” The son called again Anthony as he opened the bathroom door.

And it's true that Son's guess is that Anthony was in his bathroom.

But the Son seemed a little surprised, because Anthony he saw was sitting curled up on the floor in one corner of the dry bathroom, by bending his legs that he hugged with his two tiny hands.

“Hey Anth ..” The son approached Anthony. “What are you doing here Anth?. (What are you doing here, Anth? )”

The son was a little surprised when he saw Anthony who looked curled up a little restless.

“Did you have a nightmare?. (Are you having nightmares? )”

“Mom-my said's... (Mom-my said ) .. Have.. (I-must ). to-stay-here ... (to-fix-here). and-don’t-open-the-door . (and-don't-open-door ... ).. if-I-don’t .. (if-I-not ). .. hear-my-uncles-voices.. (hearing-voice-para-pamanku .. ). .. or-Mom-my .. (or-Mom-my... )..”

Anthony spoke stammeringly but his eyes were blank and his body was trembling. The boy was talking, but he looked like he was hallucinating. “Hey Anth ..” Son touches Anthony's arm.

“LET ME GOO!!. ..”

Anthony became hysterical at once.

The boy also looked frightened while brushed aside the hand of the Son and tried to get up and run from the presence of the Son who was then immediately captured by the Son.

Anthony was crying. “Hey, Anth! It’s me!. (It's me! )”

The son exclaimed but Anthony ignored. The boy continued to wriggle vigorously for release.

“ Look at me Anth! Look at me!. (Look at me Anth! Lookatme! ) ”

The son turned Anthony's body quickly to face him while still locking Anthony's body.

At the same time Damian had also come to the Son's room because it happened to be his room next to the Son's room.

“What happen Son?!. (What happened Son?! )” Damian asked with a panicked face, because indeed he heard sayup – sayup a loud voice from the Son's room.

“I also don’t know, he become like this when I touched him.. (I don't know either, she became like this when I touched her .. )”

“Maybe Anth had a nightmare. (Maybe Anth had a nightmare )” Damian said that he was closer to the Son holding Anthony.

“Maybe.. (Maybe .. )”

The son replied while looking back at Anthony who was still trying to wriggle in his grip, and now Damian also helped hold and Putra then cupped Anthony's face slowly.

The boy was crying.

“Anth look at me. it’s me.. Uncle Son.. (Anth look at me. It's me .. Uncle Son ) ..”

The voice of the Son softened while staring fixedly at – sticky eyes of Anthony who then noticed him.

At the same time Bruna, Addison and Garret came to the Son's room. “What happen?! (What happened?! )” Ask all three.

“He became hysteric again Bruna. (He's hysterical again Bruna )” Damian replied.

“It’s me Anth, Uncle Son. (It's me Anth, Uncle Son )”

The son was still trying to calm down Anthony who seemed to be starting to calm down a little and now the boy was looking at the Son.

“You see? It’s me, and that is Uncle Dami, Uncle Ad. (You see? It's me, and it's Uncle Dami, Uncle Ad )”

The son spoke softly while cupping Anthony's two cheeks which were no longer as puffed up as they used to while pointing at Damian and Addison as well.

The two men instantly showed their smiles to Anthony, as Anthony moved his head slowly and his tiny eyes glanced at the two men the Son had mentioned just now.

Anthony looked back at the Son.

“And see ... ( And see ... )”

The son pointed at Bruna and Garret.

“Do you remember them too?.. that’s beautiful Aunt Bruna.. the one who always brings temples for you when she visited you .. and that’s .... (Did you remember them too?..it was the beautiful Aunt Bruna .

bring a lot of candy to you when he visits you .. and it's ).”.

“I am the aeroplane driver, Anth... (I'm an airplane driver, Anth ) ..”

Garret snatched the Son's words while smiling at Anthony as well.

“Uncle Garret! The one who ever brought you traveled over the sky?. You like it right?. (Uncle Garret! Who ever took you around in the sky?. You like it, don't you? )”

Garret gently stroked Anthony's head. The son and the others still showed their smiles so that Anthony could feel calm.

“Can you remember all of us now, Anth?. All of your Uncles are here, also your Aunt. So don’t be afraid, hem?”

“Dad – dyy.. Mom – myy ... they... they die .. he. he kil - led ... Daddy and Mommy, Uncle.. (Dad – dyy.. Mom – myy ... they .... they died .. she... she mem – kill.... Daddy and Mommy, Uncle )..”.

Anthony was laid out in his lyrics and stuffing, where the Son immediately grabbed him. Anthony's body felt trembling in the arms of the Son who then immediately lifted and carried him.

The son immediately brought Anthony back to bed after carrying him out of the bathroom and Damian took the initiative to take the water that was on one nightstand on one side of the bed and help Anthony to drink it.

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“Calm down, Anth... don’t be affraid, hem?. We are all here for you ...* (Calm down, Anth.... Don't feel scared anymore, hem?. We are all here for you ... )” Son back to calm Anthony.

“Uncle Son was right, Anth .. you don’t have to be afraid anymore.. (Uncle Son is right, Anth... You don't feel afraid anymore )...” Damian.

Then Addison approached and crouched down on the side of the bed near Anthony. “Anth.”

Addison grabbed Anthony's tiny hand.

“Can you recognize all of us? (You can recognize us? )”

Addison thanks gently and smiles as Anthony turns his head and looks at her.

“Look at us once again (Look at us once again )” Say Ad again. "Look at us, carefully. (Look at us well - well )"

Then Anthony looked at one – one adults who were near him.

“Now you remember? (Now remember? )”

The son asked again and before long the corners of his lips seemed perfectly curved, as well as his brothers when later Anthony nodded slowly.

“Oh Anth ..”

The spontaneous son immediately embraced Anthony with his bloated feelings of happiness, because maybe after this, Anthony would be able to re-interact normally.

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Bruna took Anthony to the dining room to invite the boy to fill his stomach, because Anthony did not come to dinner with them earlier. The men gathered in the reading room. Their drowsiness

as if it were missing for a moment now.

“Seem that Anth saw everything.... (It looks like Anth saw everything ... )”

Addison spoke up.

“He saw when Jaeden killed Rery and Madelaine before he looked away from Mansion. (He saw the moment Jaeden killed Rery and Madelaine before he was taken away )”

Son, Damian and Garret mangosteen – mangosteen. “Ya I believe so .. ( Yes I think so ) ...” Putra Sahut. “Anth has a big trauma that make him like this now.( Anth has a major trauma that made him what he is today

this )”

The son sighed heavily, sounding frustrated. He had his own feelings of guilt over what happened to Rery and Madelaine until Anthony became what he is today.

“It is really not good for his growth. We need to do something according to this. (It's not good for growth. We need to do something related to this )”

Back Son, Damian and Garret mangosteen – mangosteen.

“Bruna said we need to take Anth to a Psychiatrist.on the day we came to the Restaurant, we just visited Hospital to find one, p, beside we were taking Anth to do some of check up of his body.”

“(Bruna said we should bring Anth to a Psychiatrist .. The day we came to the Restaurant, we just visited the Hospital to look for a Psychiatrist, in addition we did an examination on Anthony's body as a whole )”

“.........”

“But nothing. Not even one Psychiatrist at there. (But nothing. No Psychiatrist there )”

“I know where we can find one. (I know where to find it )” Addison said.

“Where?. ( Where? )” Ask Son, Damian and Garret in unison.

“Jakarta”

“The Capital? (The capital? )”

“Uhum”

“When? ( When? )” Ask Son.

“Anytime. ( Whenever )”

“You decide it Son. From now on every decision according Anth and our next move are on you. (You decide the Son. From now on every decision related to Anthony and our next step based on your decision)”

“Why on me?. (Why wait for my decision? )” Ask Son.

“Because me, Dami, Bruna and Garret were decided something. (Because me, Dami, Bruna and Garret have decided something )”

“Decided what?. (Decide what? )” Putra does not understand.

“That you, who became our leader now. (You, who will be our leader now )”

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To be continue ..*