Renalda
My athena

In the waiting room, Alda looks a mess. His eyes were so puffy, his face was also no longer care. Next to him was his mother-in-law.

Renal sat down in front of Alda.

"What's wrong? Why?" tanyanya.

"Athena, Ren." Alda replied.

"Athena why? I remember you asking the driver to pick him up"

"I asked the driver to pick her up. Someone hurt him at school"

"I'm sorry" Renal said.

Alda nodded. He patted the empty space nearby, asking Renal to sit next to him.

"Who would do such a small child harm?" thought Renal.

"I don't know either, Ren. Athena sweet girl. Why would anyone want to harm him." Alda doesn't think.

"What did the doctor say?" ask Renal.

Alda shakes. He has not received any updates from his son other than blood transfusion preparations that must be done immediately.

"Sorry late" said Jake, who had just arrived.

"Bang Jake, please my Athena" Alda said.

Jake nodded. He asked the nurse to take his blood immediately.

"We owe you too much, Jake" said Aina, who sat next to Jake's gurney.

"It's nothing, madam."

"This is the second time we've asked for your blood for Athena. Hope there is no third time." hope Aina.

"May the little miss always be in God's protection" said Jake sincerely.

"Your father is now where is Jake? Didn't you come to town A with you?"

"Father is accompanying Mr. Lathief to meet the person who harmed the little miss"

"You know that guy?"

Jake nodded.

"Little miss's birth name. On CCTV it was seen, the woman grabbed the little miss's hair, then dragged it and pushed it into the street" Jake explained.

"My granddaughter, my Athena" Aina cried. He can't believe this. Why is there such a man.

Jake who was still a little weak could do nothing.

The door of the action room opens. A gurney where a child is on top of it is pushed into the intensive care unit.

Alda and Renal who saw his son's head back wrapped in bandages, as well as several other parts of his body covered in bandages suddenly felt weak. Respiratory aides were also attached and some other cables they did not understand.

"I'm sorry for the thousands of times we said father and mother, we couldn't help many of these children through their critical years. We just stopped the bleeding in his head. Apparently the bleeding made him critical. Let us pray together for the healing of the child. That kid is strong. His breathing had stopped, but returned to beating a few moments later despite being in a critical state." explained the doctor.

Renal can only nod. Alda had broken down on the floor.

"Why baby?" ask Aina who just came out of Jake's room. He fixed his feelings before leaving Jake.

"Athena is critical, ma" Renal answered while helping his wife to sit on the sofa.

Aina hugged her son.

"Patience well dear." she stroked her son's messy hair.

It was late, Renal asked Alda and Aina to go home. Aina of course needs a break, and Alda there is Nevan who still needs her ASI.

Not long after Alda and Aina's departure, Lathief arrived.

"How's my grandson doing?" tanyanya direct.

"Athena critical, pa." replied Renal cf. Iir.

Lathief breathed.

"Next time never turn off the phone under any circumstances. Meet as important as anything or you will regret if the same thing happens. Understood?"

"Understood, pa. Sorry" said Renal.

"You know, papa ever lost a tender worth tens of trillions because papa suddenly left the room?"

Renal shakes.

"At that time papa's phone sounded. Call from the kids' school. Yaudah papa left the room straight to their school. It turns out that at school his teacher reported that Mika nonjok Randi because her sister was bullied." Lathief's story ended with a small laugh.

"Until now, I didn't forget that. And papa never regretted. What do tens of trillions mean if children and wives are in distress, feeling neglected."

"Thank you, pa for the lesson. Papa don't hesitate to rebuke Renal if Renal fails to be the head of the household"

Lathief patted his daughter-in-law's shoulder.