
With a sour face and a confused mind about the state of the child, Nada walked to the apartment door to see who was visiting.
Chequek...
"Doctor! Oh my god, I guess who! Thank you for visiting the doctor this evening! I don't know how to thank the doctor! " said Nada surprised but with a happy face.
"Why are you thanking me Madam? I didn't do anything! " ask Martin in wonder.
"Aqila fever doctor! I was confused because I didn't know who to ask for help! " answer Nada in a bitter and sad tone.
"What!!! " cream Martin without being told to go straight into the apartment.
Tone that was afraid of the pain Aqila did not pay attention to the attitude of his nyelonong Martin what else until reprimanding him. He followed Martin half-runningly as Martin's long footsteps preceded him to meet Aqila.
"Aqila.. !! Did you hear Om talk?? Aqila.. !! " said Martin with a soft pat on Aqila's closed cheek.
Anxious look on his face made Nada touched and without realizing it he smiled a little. Martin touched the compress on Aqila's forehead and placed it in a small basin under the bed.
"How long has Aqila had a fever?? Have you taken medication?? " asked Martin, still staring at Aqila.
"It's just tonight Doctor! It was healthy this afternoon, still playing with Amirah in the room after control! I have given fever medicine in the box p3k after the magrib prayer, because the fever was just known I finished praying! " answer the honest tone.
"Hm.. Just 2 hours on his medication! Leave it first while in the compress continue and always wipe his sweat ! Is there a thermometer?? " said Martin while asking Nada.
"It looks like there's no doc! I saw in the p3k box there were only medicines for first aid! " answer Nada with confidence.
"Then I'll go for a minute to buy a thermometer! It's a little long if I go back home to get my medical equipment! Don't forget to close the door after I get out! " said Martin while standing up from the bed.
Without them knowing it, they talk like a couple who are worried that their child is sick. Even Martin didn't realize if he said I wasn't me as usual. Nada also doesn't realize if Martin doesn't mention me anymore but I'm currently talking to him.
"Yes Doc! Be careful on the road, I wait here! " said Nada before he closed the door of the apartment.
Deg
Martin's heart suddenly skipped a beat hearing Nada's ambiguous-sounding words in his ears. He stopped walking because he felt his ears were misheard.
"Ah, maybe it's just my feeling that she said she'd wait for me! " his murmur with the head-scarves.
Meanwhile, Tada leaned against the door of the apartment with a heart that was also beating fast, as if to jump out.
He suddenly drowned and his body slumped to the floor so shocked by his own attitude. His face flushed in embarrassment for saying that to Martin. But in an instant he shook his head with a sad and scared face.
"No! No! This can't happen! Doctor Martin is too noble for a dirty woman like me! Not only dirty but I am also a woman who is not clear status! The wife of a man is not a widow either! Doctor Martin deserves a better woman than me! " he said with a bitter tone of condition for sadness.
Unknowingly, he let out tears and hugged his knees tightly by crying in silence. Lucky Aqila fell asleep due to the influence of the medicine, Amirah who was guarding Aqila also fell asleep next to Aqila while holding hands.
Long enough Nada cried in silence with her shaken shoulders and face drowned in her knees. He raised his face after feeling his tears were not coming out anymore. Slowly he got up and stood up, walking towards his room after seeing the children already asleep.
Tone entered the bathroom in the room he occupied. He washed his face in the sink and then brushed his teeth. He saw the reflection of his face in the bathroom mirror.
"For two years I ran away, this is the first time I've comfortably been close to a man except Bang Sandi. It was when the children were young, before Bang Sandi changed her attitude. The damn incident made me even worse until I managed to escape the more it made me afraid, uncomfortable and anxious to meet new people, especially men! But Doctor Martin is different, the man looks cranky and flat but very soft inside even more so with the kids. Realize Nada, you don't deserve a good man like that doctor! " his words speak for themselves as if speaking with his reflection in the mirror.
His closed-eye tone momentarily brushed aside the memory of the event that traumatized him.
"Astaghfirullah's... You must be strong! Get those damned memories out of your mind! You must be strong for your children and do not show your weak face in front of others ! " he said again while normalizing his heartbeat racing quickly like a horse run.
There was a bell that indicated that Martin had returned to the apartment.
"Calm the tone, calm down! Stay focused and assume nothing happens! " his murmur was soft as he walked towards the door.
He peeked out of the small hole and it was Martin who came. He inhaled a lot of oxygen while holding the doorknob.
"Bismilbornrahmanirrahim." he whispered slowly.
Chequelek
"Come to the Doctor! I'm sorry if I haven't slept in a long time! " tone with an unpleasant face.
"It's okay, madam! I stopped by to buy martabak, do you like martabak? You see I buy sweet martabak and egg martabak because you do not know which martabak you like! " sahut Martin at length explained to Nada.
"Don't bother the doctor! I'm not trying to make you tired ! Thank you for liking both! " said Nada with a small smile.
After closing the door, the two of them walked into the kitchen to put Martin's purchased martabak.
"Look at him, Tone! He didn't glance at you much less get interested in a woman like you! Remove all those feelings in your heart just sprouting! Do not become a bud until it blooms into a flower! Break the buds down to the roots! " inner Tone with poignancy.
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