
"What's wrong?" Alex asked when he saw Ana kicking the tire of her car that was still parked in the garage of the house.
Ana is upset with her unlucky fate this morning, after seeing Ray leave with Yohan, she also goes to the garage to pick up her car. But, when the car was just about to get out of the garage, he felt something strange about his car.
Finally Ana got out of the car, and saw one of the tires of the front of the car deflated.
"Where do you want to go? I'll drive you." Alex said when he saw the tire Ana's car seemed not only run out of wind but the tire was leaking, there was a small tear there.
"I'll just take a taxi. Besides, you're also going to work, I don't want to trouble you." Said Ana.
"No no, not at all troublesome. Today there are no important files that I have to check. So, you could say today I'm not too busy." Said Alex.
Ana seemed to think,
"Alright, but— is really okay? The thing is, I want to accompany Rachel to the hospital."
When he heard the name mentioned by Ana, the man looked surprised for a moment.
"Why go to the hospital?" Alex asks a curious question, but as much as possible he makes a question that does not show if he is worried about Rachel.
"Nana had a fever last night. But, can we quickly leave now and continue the chat later. Rachel must have been waiting for me."
"Ah yes certainly." Alex rushes to his car, followed by Ana who gets into the car.
•••
Rachel looked at her watch again, she was waiting for Ana, but her stepbrother seemed to be late from the promised time.
Rachel cuddled Nana who was wriggling her body. The baby's body still feels hot, all night he did not sleep because he took care of it.
It felt tired, but the fatigue was instantly gone when the worry dominated him more.
"What meda?" Ask Kenan who was just about to leave for his campus.
"Waiting for Ana." Rachel, who was busy holding her baby.
"Sir Ana? He's gonna stay here?" Kenan asked, the man always looked enthusiastic when he heard his brother was coming home.
"No, he'll accompany me to the hospital."
Kenan frowned, staring at Rachel from top to bottom.
"You don't look like a sick person. But, the longer I look at you, the more you look like a middle-aged woman in her thirties." Canda Kenan's.
Rachel pinched the arm of Kenan who was beside her, making the man complain in pain.
"You always insulted me. I'm one year older than you, at least respect me." Rachel.
Kenan rubbed his arm that felt throbbing because it was pinched by Rachel.
"A woman who has just given birth is terrible. Ck, like a hen." Cibir Kenan with his mischievous laughter, then he passed leaving Rachel who was still standing in front of the porch of the house.
"Where do you want to go?" Ask Rachel.
"Don't you see what I'm carrying?" Kenan showed me his backpack.
"Bag."
"You know the answer, why ask me again where I'm going." He said, then back out of the yard of the house.
Rachel let out her breath looking at Kenan who was already lost from her sight.
"Rachel." Call Ana who just got out of Alex's car. Because of daydreaming, Rachel did not even realize that her stepbrother had reached the front of the house.
"I must have kept you waiting a long time, huh?" Ana asked with her guilty face.
"True, my legs are numb from continuing to stand here waiting for you." Rachel replied, pretending to be annoyed at her half-sister.
"Nana forgive auntie ya, make your mother wait a long time." Said Ana to the baby Rachel was carrying.
"Why did he drive my sister? Brother doesn't use his own car?" Rachel points her finger at Alex who is standing behind Ana.
"That's because my car is sick." Ana said, her hands are still busy playing Rachel's child's cheeks.
"Oh then we go to the hospital in a taxi."
"Alex will deliver." Ana replies, she takes Nana from Rachel and holds her.
Rachel looked at Alex with a friendly smile, while the man replied with an awkward smile.
"Come on." Invite Alex, his gaze still adrift on Rachel.
Rachel nodded, though,
"Sister, come on."
"Hm." Ana walks towards the middle of the car, inexplicably choosing to sit there and let Rachel sit in the front with Alex.
•••
Ray massaged his temple, he felt a dizzy feeling in his head.
"Sir, are you okay?" Ask Yohan.
"Hm." Answer Ray as it is.
"Is your father sick?" Ask Yohan again.
Ray shook his head, though,
"No, I'm just tired."
The man sat in one of the available chairs. Right now, Ray and Yohan are at the venue for Ray and Ana's wedding preparations.
The concept that Ray is stretcher is outdoor, he remembers if Ana really likes to look at the night sky. Therefore, he chose this concept for his wedding anniversary.
"I'll take a drink for you sir." Said Yohan, the man rushed to one of the tables with several bottles of minerals and snacks prepared for the workers who were preparing the wedding decorations.
Yohan stepped back to Ray, and she thrust the bottle of mineral water at her master.
"Please sir."
Ray lethargicly took the bottle of mineral water, opened the bottle cap and gulped it down slowly. But, he suddenly spouted the water that had entered his mouth.
"What's up, sir?" Yohan asked who was surprised by Ray's actions.
"bitter." Said Ray.
Yohan frowned in surprise. The assistant Ray took the mineral water that was still in his master's grasp. Yohan saw the expiry date, there it was printed clearly if the expiry is still long enough.
In the end, Yohan took a sip of Ray's used mineral water.
Not bitter. - inner Yohan.
"This sir— "
"You want to say if it's not bitter?" Sela Ray, cut off Yohan's words.
"Eh, yes sir. It's not bitter at all." Yohan.
"That's what other people tell me too." Said Ray.
"Is there a problem with your health, sir?"
Ray breathed, though,
"Lately, I've been feeling no appetite lately. Drinking always wants sweet, bitter-tasting mineral water. You know, even I love ice cream now." Said Ray, the man was complaining about his condition which he felt was very strange lately.
"Sir, we go to the hospital. We'll see if there's anything wrong with the master's body." Yohan said she looked panicked, the man was afraid that Ray would get sick. After all, if Ray was sick from his kidney, Yohan would feel guilty.
"Don't worry, my kidneys are fine." Said Ray who seemed to understand with fear from Yohan.
"But sir, what if— "
"I went to my doctor yesterday. He said I was just exhausted. If you don't believe me, I'll show you the prescription that the doctor wrote me." Said Ray.
"No sir, I believe. I'm just worried." Reply Yohan.
Ray stood up from his seat and patted his assistant's shoulder at a glance.
"I understand how you feel. You don't have to be afraid of my health, I'm always fine. Relax a little." Said Ray.