Temptation of Telaga Residents
A piece of memory

Nina arrives at the hospital and goes straight to the room where Ronald is being cared for, Ronald's mom waits for Ronald alone, Nina comes in and hugs her in-laws, the two women crying bitterly, Erick who entered just silently looked at Ronald's face full of wounds.

The two women realized that there was someone else there, Nina introduced Erick to her in-laws, after taking a short break Erick said he would go to his parents' house first before he returned to Semarang.

"Nin, I go home first yes, you do not have to think about the resto let me the same Dayat who continued later we just make a report with you," said Erick before leaving.

"Thank you Rick, you be careful on the road huh, what are you riding?" ask Nina.

"I got on the bus, I want to go home first, I haven't been home for a long time so this is all I stopped by" Erick said.

Nina delivers Erick, while walking in the hospital hallway they cross paths with the crash patient who was pushed on the bed, the sound of the creaking bed that brought the crash patient suddenly made Erick's head hurt, Erick said, Erick stopped and massaged his head, a flash of memory flashed through his mind, a shadow of him being pushed on the bed because of an accident, a shadow that was very faint Erick did not know if it was him or someone else.

"You why Rick?" Nina touched Erick's arm.

"Oh it's okay Nin, I'm just dizzy" Erick said when Nina touched him.

"We eat first yuk, you must be hungry later you continue the journey," Nina took Erick to the hospital cafeteria to eat.

This hospital is the same hospital when Erick was treated, in this hospital also Nina used to cry over Erick's body who was in a coma, now they both come back here in different situations.

Nina tried to hide her taste, while Erick she felt familiar to be in that place even though she used to be in an unconscious condition, but Erick felt like he had been in this place.

Nina tells her in-laws that while she is eating in the cafeteria, Erick is silent during the meal, he is trying to remember but does not know what, the more he tries the more his head feels heavy.

"Are you okay, Rick?" Nina looked at Erick's face.

"I'm fine Nin, you don't have to think about me, the same focus Ronald just later news of his development yes," said Erick, he smiled so that Nina did not worry about him anymore.

Erick left immediately after finishing eating, while Nina returned to Ronald's room while bringing a meal for her in-laws who were waiting for Ronald.

"When you eat first Mah, you must be hungry" Nina opened the rice she accidentally bought for her in-laws.

"Thank you Nin, Ronald last night in surgery there was a narrowing of the blood vessels in his brain, now we're just waiting for recovery, there's some fractured bones, when he realized he had to be treated immediately," nina's light-in-law.

"I'm sorry Nina doesn't exist when Ronald is like this Mah" Nina said regretfully.

"We're just thankful you didn't come home with Ronald, at least you survived Nin" Nina said as she tried to eat.

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On the bus to his hometown, Erick tried to remember a small memory that had suddenly appeared when he was in the hospital, he struggled to remember it but still it all felt dark.

Five hours on the bus Erick finally arrived in his hometown, the day the magribh Erick chose to pray at the terminal and told his sister to pick him up at the terminal mushala.

While waiting, Ronald's younger brother arrived at the mushala, he immediately hugged his older brother as the two of them met.

"Where's my brother from?" ask Ehsan wonder.

"I'm from Jakarta San" Erick replied.

"Jakarta, what?" Ehsan was astonished.

"I'll tell you a long story later when we're home, how are you?" ask Erick.

"My wife just gave birth two days ago, sister, you have a beautiful niece, I just want to ngabarin Brother uh suddenly Brother called for a pick-up," said Ehsan as he walked to his motorcycle.

Ehsan is already married to his girl, while Erick is still at home with his solitude.

Ehsan hugged Erick home, he was very happy with Erick's return of his only brother. Erick's parents welcomed Erick's arrival with a sense of haru, all this time Erick just send money and call but he never came home.

Erick's mother was happy to see Erick's face that looked more cheerful than when he had left his house, they chatted while telling stories, Erick did not mention about his departure to take Nina to his family.

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That afternoon Erick was chatting together with Ehsan on the front porch of his house, Ehsan was curious to know why Erick suddenly went to Jakarta.

"Why not go to Jakarta?" ask Ehsan.

"I sent my sister who was in Semarang, her husband could be calmed," said Erick.

"Oh, I think brother remembers the past," Ehsan replied.

"Past time?" Erick looked at Ehsan's face curiously.

"Yes, you were in Jakarta before the accident, you still don't remember?" ask Ehsan.

"Now have you not found a suitable woman?" ask Ehsan slowly.

"Somethe my heart is still frozen, but I like it, and no one has it" Erick leaned his body against the chair.

"Huh ..., really Brother is in love, who is it?" Ehsan.

"Yes the woman I anterin yesterday, I think she's single never had a husband," Erick's face looks disappointed.

"Yes it's not the name of Kak's soul mate, there are still many other women in this world, when Big Brother wants to snatch someone's wife," Ehsan looked at his brother's face that looked grim.

"Is she beautiful, until my ice-hearted sister falls in love?" Ehsan was suddenly curious.

"She's so beautiful, every time I look into her eyes she's like filling in something that's missing from my heart" Erick imagined Nina's smiling face on her.

"Who's the woman's name, sister?" Ehsan took the tea and drank it.

"Nina ..., EHSAN!!!" Erick was surprised, Ehsan suddenly spurted his face with tea from his mouth.

"You're not being polite with Brother, wet all this!!" Erick grumbled as he cleaned his wet face from Ehsan's spray.

Ehsan was still dumbstruck as if he had just seen a ghost in broad daylight, he could not believe Erick mentioned Nina's name, whether it was the same Nina or just a similar name.

"Ni-na ..," Ehsan stammered Nina's name.

"Why are you?" Erick was astonished to see his adek who was like a person in shock at hearing Nina's name.

Ehsan ran into the house and picked up the book and then went back to meet Erick, he opened the book and took the old photos stored there.

"This nina?" Ehsan showed the photo to Erick.

Erick looked at the photo of Ehsan, there was a picture of Nina being with him and it was an old photo, Nina's face still looks very young.

"This ..., what is this, Nina and I ...?" Erick felt his head turn.

"Is this Nina the one that Brother is taking?" tanya Ehsan was convincing.

Erick nods he is still confused by all this, why there is an old photo with Nina who Nina really is.

"Who is San?" ask Erick.

"Your boyfriend Nina used to be Sis, she came here once when Big Brother was conscious from a coma but Big Brother did not want to see her, Big Brother does not want to know about the past Brother," Ehsan started telling me how Nina loved him so much when Erick was in a coma.

"Why can't I remember San," Erick ruffled his hair.

"Spatient Brother, maybe it's not time for Brother to remember all of Brother's past, but why can you meet again, lest you guys be fooled," Ehsan looked at his brother's sad face.

"It's only right when I first met that she didn't like me, did I hurt her too much?" Erick asked himself.

"Maybe he also has to take care of his heart, brother" Ehsan continued.

"Is it wrong that I love him now?" erick asked Ehsan.

"Your love may not be wrong Brother, it's just that he already belongs to people, Brother must let go of it," Ehsan replied.

Erick was silent, he looked at the photo in his hand, the face that looked happy when he was with Nina at that time, unfortunately those memories were not stored in his memory.

"Here I bring ya," Erick kept the picture.

"Did you want to tell me about this?" ask Ehsan.

"No San, I don't want to ruin his household, let me love him in silence" Erick sighed softly.

"Oh my goodness, sister, I'm dizzy thinking about your love story, hopefully someday you can unite again, sister Nina good woman may be the fate that is not good," Ehsan sighed.

"If I'm given a chance to look after him, I'll make him happy until the end of my life San" Erick said softly.

"Important Brother don't break the fence, remember your sin" Ehsan reminded her brother

"I know, and your brother isn't that kind of guy," Erick went into his room and put the photo in his backpack.

Erick stayed two nights at his parents' house, after which he returned to Semarang, he had promised to take care of Nina's restaurant with Dayat. Although he cannot remember his past, Erick feels he has found a speck of light in his memory. He was sure that one day everything would return brightly lit.

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