Rannie
Time Bond
That day the clock showed at 18:00 WITA, darkness could not form a bright blue color on the horizon black gray.
The stars seemed to scatter with their lustre and matched the darkness of the sky at that time.
Everyone is getting ready to greet the night with rest or joking with family. Enjoy a beautiful night....
Afgar used to welcome the night like them, joking with his family let alone his little goddess would complement their family's happiness but now the happy house looks dark. The electricity did not go out but their homes were uninhabited.
The moonlight of the night managed to find Afgar, he sat in the corner of his Father and Mother's room hugging his exhausted knees. The room looked so chaotic, he had ransacked the personal belongings of his Father and Mother. He finds a box that is very suspicious but he does not dare to open it, he is so afraid to know all the truth that his parents always hide. On top of the box there is a photo album that looks neat, it looks like the items are very guarded by his parents.
With trembling hands he took the photo album and opened it slowly. The first image of the album shows a beautiful woman wearing a white wedding dress but combined with a hat that was characteristic of Dutch women in ancient times. The woman looks very similar to Ranni's face, if Ranni ever smiled at her like that maybe she would think the photo was Ranni. After looking at it carefully. He turned the sheet over, saw a picture of his father's face but it was no different than his father's present face. No signs of aging made him unsure was when he saw the date on the corner of the photo showing May 1968. Then he turned to look at the photo next to him hoping to find the error of the photo, he was so stunned to see the photo that was right next to his father's photo. That woman is his mother. The woman was speechless, the red lipstick on her lips added to the feel of horror, her mother's face was no different at all from her current face. The date on the corner of the photo was March 1958.
Afgar was stunned for a moment, what had he just seen? He quickly opened the next sheet looking at two photos of similar little children, they looked like a pair of twin brothers. He immediately turned his eyes to the corner of the photo there was writing but it looked like a symbol that he did not understand, there must be an intent of the symbols. He quickly turned over to the next sheet but he only came across photos of the old building, he continued to open but he did not find any just photographs of old buildings that were similar but taken from the corners of different sections. He continued to open until at the end of the photo sheet, seen a photo of a small baby that has a crest on his forehead like one of the emblems listed on the photo of the two twins, earlier, he was about to confirm the photo but suddenly his smartphone rang, he then took the smartphone out of his pocket and answered the incoming call. It was a call from the hospital.
In a hurry he took the box he found earlier and stored it in his bedroom closet while the photo album he put into his jacket pocket. He ran out of the house and took his motorcycle to go to the hospital immediately. Along the way he continued to pray that his mother would be fine as well as his little goddess.
After arriving at the hospital he immediately ran to the delivery room where his mother is now. He approached several nurses who were standing near the room and asked about his mother's condition. One of the nurses asked.
"That's your mom?" Ask the nurse.
"Yes it's my mother" Afgar replied steadily.
The nurses then looked closely at Afgar. Afgar looked confused.
"What happened to my mother?" asked Afgar in confusion.
"Did your mother check her contents often?" one of the nurses began to ask again, they seemed to want to make sure something.
"YES!!" afgar replied in a furious tone.
"They are indeed a strange family, he looks just like that person. But it seemed like he didn't know anything" the nurses whispered as they passed leaving Afgar.
Angrily Afgar was about to chase after the nurses, but the voice of a doctor who called him stopped his intention.
"You're Afgar, right?" the doctor replied in a soft tone.
"Yes doc" Afgar replied gently as well.
"Come, let's discuss your mother's condition in my room" the doctor carefully assured Afgar that he was not offended.
"Then how's my mom doc?" ask Afgar in despair.
"She hasn't gone through her critical period, but she's fine. Your sister is also fine she is now undergoing treatment for being born prematurely" the doctor replied soundly trying to calm Afgar down.
Afgar just resigned and followed the doctor's steps. Arriving at the doctor's office...
"Come, sit down son" the doctor asked.
The doctor was seen staring at Afgar's face deeply, his eyes hinting at longing.
"So your father came" the doctor opened the dialogue carefully.
"Dad? Where is she now, doc?" asked Afgar in a worried tone and a little angry.
"He's been picked up by the police" he replied in a soft tone.
Afgar was silent, his face reddened. He was angry, but he loved his father too.
The doctor who saw it stood up and was seen making him a cup of tea.
"Drink this son, it can calm your soul" with a smile he gave Afgar that warm tea.
His eyes could not lie, love and longing were hiding there....
"Thank you doc" replied Afgar slowly.
"You've grown up so well, son" his voice sounded raucous as if he was trying to hold back tears.
Afgar was stunned and confused to see the doctor's behavior.
"What's the doc?" ask Afgar curiously.
"Can you call me like the man the police picked up?" he could no longer hide his longing.
Afgar was silent for a moment...
"Dad?" answer Afgar make sure.
The doctor smiled then stepped up and hugged Afgar tightly. A very warm hug.
Afgar swiftly pushed the doctor's body.
"What the fuck? Why are you asking for such a strange thing?" answer the emotions.
The doker was just speechless, he was seen wiping away his tears.
"I've guessed this is your reaction, son, he'll never let you know everything" the doc replied.
Afgar was about to ask again, but then the doctor got a call as if there were emergency patients to deal with. Before leaving Afgar, the doctor patted Afgar on the shoulder and said
"You strong boy" with a smile he left Afgar alone in the room.
Afgar was again upset, everyone kept something secret from him......