Not My Baby
11. Fevers

This afternoon Viona returned to work as usual, after cleaning the contract of the girl who is now twenty years old went to the place of the mother's home to leave Arka there. But since morning he had felt that if Arka was fussy, whatever the cause, there was a sense of not having the heart to leave his son just like that but there was nothing he could do.

"Mom call me if anything happens to Arka?" Her worries were so great at the moment if anything happened to Arka she could not imagine it.

"It's okay, son, Arka's fine," said the mother of the parlour to appease Viona

"Hopefully." Viona rubbed her baby's face gently Arka was not as happy as usual, since Arka was asleep and moved restlessly unlike Arka who was active as usual.

"Quick go, son."

"Please take care of Arka ma'am."

The mother waved her hand to remove Viona from the gate of the home.

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"Hey what's up?" Arin had since noticed how Viona kept daydreaming while working the woman also looked uninspired.

"Nothing" replied Viona smiling awkwardly, her mind still fixed on Arka in the house there is that her son is fine?

Arin just nodded not wanting to ask again. The restaurant began to be crowded after four o'clock in the afternoon not only the office workers this time the school children also came to their restaurant.

"I wonder how those boys can pay for their food?" Viona and Arin who heard Rere's words immediately nodded in agreement. this restaurant is included in the ranks of famous restaurants cost to eat here the cheapest to spend a million for one meal where the children get the money?

"Maybe from their pocket money?" viona's logical answer gives

"Or the sale of yourself."

Plaque!

"Aragh!"

"Don't talk to you! what if the customer hears?" The misadventure of Arin when the girl spoke turned out that Mr. Anton was behind her.

"Manager! I'll complain you about the violence in the world of work!"

They laughed then the middle-aged man looked at Viona, because Arin he had forgotten if there was a need with his new employee.

"Oiya, Viona your phone rang just now it looks like there's a phone coming in" she told Viona

"Thank you sir, I'll be back in five minutes."

Viona walked out through the back door if picking up the phone inside it felt so bad to be afraid of disturbing the others.

The feeling was not good when she saw the mother of the home who called her, is her son okay?

Pressing Viona's call waited a few seconds until her connection was finally connected

"Hallo's? Mom, is everything okay?"

"....."

"What! well mom wait there I'll be leaving soon!"

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Viona could not sit quietly while she was in the clinic delivering Arka treatment.So the mother of the parlour called her and said if Arka fever the baby did not stop whining, out of concern, the mother tells Viona to drive her son to the hospital, but unfortunately, the allowance is only enough to take Arka to the clinic 24 hours.

"Your son has symptoms of dengue fever mistress, I will make a referral letter for your son to the hospital for more intensive care" said the doctor who examined Arka.

Viona turned to Arka who was calm because she was given sedatives by the Doctor, her son had dengue fever how could he not know about it?

"Thank you Doctor."

"Don't worry your son will be fine after getting treatment in the hospital."

Assuming Viona gave a vague response, she did not have much money to finance Arka hospital one way she had to be forced to use the money Aruna gave her, that was the only way.

"Son?"

The mother of the parlour pulled Viona to sit on the waiting chair, the young lady's face looked extremely pale at this moment. "Everything's okay, right?"

Viona shook her head nothing is fine, as a mother she felt like a failure because Arka could get sick to this extent.

"Arka should be referred to the hospital ma'am."

The mother of the parlour closed her mouth in surprise, meaning Arka's pain was quite serious

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Arka was immediately referred to the central hospital for intensive care, in the course of the baby boy's fever was quite high until he made convulsions on the hospital trip.

Viona was so panicked that the fever of her son did not go down, she left alone without a mother's home because the middle-aged woman was worried about leaving the home for so long.

Fortunately after arriving at the hospital Arka directly treated the fever in the baby began to fall even though it was still high.

Clamps

Viona looked at Arka who was calm in his sleep, the doctor said the baby needs to be treated at least 5-10 days to monitor his condition. it has been made sure the hospitalization costs continue to run and hopefully the money that Aruna gives is enough.

"Dear forgive mom, huh? mom shouldn't have left you to work." Arka's face was still hot when Viona touched her. Doctors said his fever would slowly drop after his infection ran out later.

"Ukh!"

Viona wakes up from where the woman is sitting uncomfortable being in the hospital for too long like this, all reminding her of how Aruna lost her life in this hospital.

Going out for a while may not matter, anyway Arka is still sleeping she just needs to come back when the infusion runs out later.

Her feet led Viona to a waiting chair right in front of Arka's room, initially all was well until the voice of a man greeted her.

"Viona?"

Feeling the call of his originally bowed face he looked up to see who was calling his name

"Th-mister!"

Viona stood up from her seat shocked by the presence of her Boss in the hospital.

"Who's sick?" the man asked astonished at the whereabouts of his employees.

The woman was nervous how could she meet Davendra here?

"Arka sir." she replied softly

Dave raised his eyebrows a name that sounded familiar

"Congratulations?"

Viona forgets that if Davendra of course does not know her son, the woman smiles in embarrassment before explaining back who Arka is.

"My son" he answered

Uh!

Davendra glanced at the closed door of Arka's room before refocusing his attention on Viona.

"Can I see it?"

"But.." Viona wants to refuse but is afraid if the man is offended and instead fires her later.

"Please."

Viona opens the door to Arka's room so Dave can get inside

Davendra was stunned to see a baby who was sleeping soundly in bed, just his feelings or the baby was very similar to his small face first?

"How old is he?"

Viona's lips are dumb is she obligated to answer her boss's questions?

"D-twenty weeks" Viona answered stammeredly

Davendra did not know what to react to what he must do to eliminate the unnatural in his heart.

"May your son recover soon."

The man immediately left right after praying Arka quickly healed, Viona felt something strange about Davendra's behavior when he saw Arka earlier.

"It seems like she realized that Arka is a little similar to her," Viona muttered beginning to feel uneasy. What would happen if Arka was really the son of Davendra?

But could what he was thinking not be true? Besides, if Dave is Arka's father, why hasn't the man been looking for his son?

TBC...