
11.
On the way home Andre saw a ketoprak seller on the side of the road, he became reminded of the late Shalwa who loved to eat ketropak. Every time their office breaks they always go buy it.
Andre also approached the ketoprak seller.
"Cock stop, Mum?" Ask Nazhwa.
"I want to buy a ketoprak, you want to?"
"That's a hell of a thing, Mas. I haven't eaten ketoprak since Shalwa didn't exist. In the past, every time I went home from work, Shalwa always brought ketropak for me."
Andre smiled, of course he knew about it. Because Shalwa always bought two servings of ketropak which he said to his sister.
Andre got out of the car without responding to Nazhwa's remarks, and Nazhwa also got out of the car.
Due to the large number of buyers, Andre and Nazhwa were forced to queue. Actually he could have bought elsewhere, but this ketoprak seller is a subscription Shalwa whose word tastes better than ketoprak in other traders.
One by one the buyers left after getting their ketropak order, now it is Andre's turn to order.
"Tropak is two, sir."
"Sir Andre, huh?" The ketoprak seller recognized Andre, one of his customers who had not come to buy ketropak for a long time.
Andre answered him with a nod of his head while smiling at the ketoprak seller.
"For a long time never buy ketoprak again, have changed the boncegan aja, sir." Tempt the ketoprak seller while glancing at Nazhwa.
Again Andre just smiled in response.
While Nazhwa looked at the seller and Andre took turns, he gave a smile. She knew what the ketoprak seller meant was the woman her husband loved.
While waiting, Nazhwa was startled by someone who patted him on the shoulder. Nazhwa turned his head and it turned out that the one who patted him on the shoulder was a man in a doctor's uniform.
Nazhwa frowned as he looked at the man who seemed familiar.
"Let's guess who?" Said the man with a smile.
Nazhwa still seemed to be thinking about trying to remember who the man was.
Andre who stood beside Nazhwa only glanced as if he did not care about the arrival of the man who seemed to recognize Nazhwa.
"Oh my goodness Nazhwa when you forgot? I was Adam your classmate in High School first. That's a guy who's a wrestle at school but only interested in one girl is you." His words that make Nazhwa flabbergasted.
Nazhwa immediately turned to look at Andre, but her husband did not seem to care about the presence of Adam her schoolmate.
"Y-yes, I remember."
"Look Nazhwa, now I'm a doctor like you said I was. I have to be a doctor to heal girls who are heartbroken for being rejected by me." Adam said, chuckling.
Nazhwa forced a smile by occasionally glancing at Andre who was completely as if unperturbed.
"Nazhwa, where have you been all this time? After graduating High School I was looking for you to make a list of admission to college at the same campus, but I've met you again. Where did you go to college?"
"After graduating from High School I didn't go to college, Dam." replied Nazhwa, to Adam's surprise, likewise Andre who wondered in his heart why Nazhwa did not go to college when his parents were quite capable and there was also Shalwa who worked.
"Not college, why?"
"It's okay. Oh yes, Dam knows this Mas Andre my husband." said Nazhwa while pointing to Andre, but her husband did not respond and instead continued to pay attention to the ketropak seller wrapped ketoprak order.
Adam glanced at Andre with an unusual look, then looked back at Nazhwa. "So you're married?" Adam's cheerful face instantly turned sad.
Adam put on a smile that seemed forced, "If it is safe for your marriage. I'm back at the hospital first." His words then stepped near the ketoprak seller.
"Sir, ketropak my order will be taken by the security guard yes, I have to hurry back to the hospital."
"Good, sir."
Adam glanced at Andre for a while then finally he crossed the road to the hospital which happened to be across the road with the ketoprak seller.
After getting the order and paying for his drop, Andre just walked up to his car without waiting or saying a word to Zhalwa.
"Mas, that was me." Nazhwa said trying to break the silence.
they are now on their way home. Somehow Nazhwa felt unsettled to see Andre was silent when this was not the first time, but it felt something different.
"No need to be clear, whoever he is I don't care." Andre flat said.
Nazhwa chose not to respond again, Andre was right, she explained because her husband would never care about her.
Arriving at home as usual Andre just got out of the car and entered the house without waiting for Nazhwa.
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Inside a room in a hospital, Adam's doctor sat looking dreamy recalling his encounter with Nazhwa a moment ago.
Adam is a man who was a snare in the school first, but he is not a land crocodile that serves women who pursue him. He was only interested in one woman, Nazhwa, but unfortunately Nazhwa did not respond.
Until the moment they graduated from the white-white-gray period, Adam lost track of Nazhwa but he was not discouraged to prove to Nazhwa if his feelings sincerely determined to become a doctor as Nazhwa said even though he knew at that time Nazhwa was only joking.
"I didn't expect, after we all came back it turns out you were already someone's wife. I felt like my struggle to become a doctor was in vain." Adam smiled smirkily. Yeah, he can't blame anyone for this. He knew at that time Nazhwa was only joking but he still persistently wanted to become a doctor.
Adam daydreamed again, until a knock behind the door of his room made him jerk in surprise.
"Lake in."
The door opened, a woman who was also a doctor entered her room and in her hand she carried an envelope.
"Eh, Doctor Heni, come sit down."
"It's normal, Dam, don't be so formal." Doctor Heni said as he sat in the chair facing Doctor Adam. "I'm a nuisance, aren't I?"
"It just so happens, because today my patient is a little. You're just bothering my daydreams." His chuckle that made Dr. Heni also chuckle.
"What are you doing again?" Ask Dr. Heni.
"I'm again daydreaming of my fate is sad." Adam's doctor replied with a smile. "Oh, what are you carrying?" Ask her later.
"Oh this, my patient's examination results but the results are slightly worse. But I salute him, he is so strong not to show that he is sick again. Not even his family knows." Doctor Heni replied.
"What are your patients sick about?" Ask Dr. Adam who made Dr. Heni grunt.
"Hehe, I'm sorry I was just kidding. How bad is the kidney pain your patient is suffering from?" Ask Dr. Adam again.
"Already stage 4, have ah do not need to discuss it again. I'm here to take you home in your car. Last morning I was just taking a cab here, my car broke down."
"Okay, Doctor."
"Bas on you Dam."