
While waiting for Reza to finish bathing, I quickly prepared a change of clothes for him. In this condition I fully understand, Alfi is like the only sibling figure Reza has in this world. His mind is chaotic, he is in the maximum eternal period, so I always remind myself to carry out my role well.
"Thank you, honey," he said as soon as he got out of the bathroom and took his clothes that I put on the bed. The prayer for him was already presented. He was immediately dressed.
I also nodded. "You pray first. I'll take a shower."
Reza nodded, immediately I went straight into the bathroom. And it all started to go normally. But no, it's just hope. Hope is empty. Because in the end - something unexpected happened. Someone called Reza at three less than ten minutes. I knew exactly what time it was, because right before the phone rang, I was picking up my face, chasing after the time of the noble at the end of time. I looked at the wall clock to check if I still had time to pray zuhur.
Reza picked up the phone, but took it outside the room to talk out there. I didn't hear him talk to the guy who called.
It was raining down hard. The wind gusts, crashing the walls and windows of the house. Lightning was barking in the dark sky, thundering.
The phone was still in his grasp when he returned to the room, just as I was smoothing my face back and folding the prayer mats. The atmosphere between the two of us was silent while I waited for Reza to open her voice. But words are not necessary. I knew there was bad news he was going to say, just by looking at his facial expression, I understood.
In the softest, slowest voice I've ever heard from Reza's mouth, she said, "Alfi... Erik said that the doctor...."
Reza walked over and looked out the window, turning her back to me. About half a minute later, still turning his back on me, he said, "Alfi must be amputated. Her left leg...."
If I had stood up earlier, then the word amputation instantly made me fall as if I had lost one leg.
Reza flipped over, her face hollow, gray as cement, and when she opened her mouth to speak, no sound came out. He just stood there with his mouth open, like he was waiting for the dentist to clean the plaque on his teeth. Then he put his phone - he threw it gently on the bed, then went into the bathroom and closed the door.
She was crying again.
I think my mouth is open, too. I wanted to say, "If that's the only way to save Alfie. How else would you like?"
But my tongue is crabbed. I can't say anything. I wanted to stand up, go up to him and ask him to open the door. But I could only freeze, lying alone with my mouth locked. My breath feels tight clogging my throat. For a moment, my heartbeat stopped.
The color of the gray sky was slowly sinking into a gloomy. I know, dusk won't crack. Rain covers the orange color of dusk with a dark color. Now the sky was soot-colored, black, accompanied by uninterrupted rain, and the occasional sound of lightning screeching, adding to the grief.