THE LIFE OF A MAN
PART 30'S
Happy reading ..
“Hallo. I’m Girl. What’s your name? (I'm a Girl. Whatis yourname? )” Nurse named The girl reaches out her hand to Anthony.
Ilse stared lightly at the girl.
“Sorry, maybe he can't answer your question”
Son speaks.
“Oh..”
“Name..”.
“Anth-Anthony.”.
The son rounded his eyes and quickly squatted down and confronted Anthony to him.
“An-Anth?....”
The son looked enthusiastic but also seemed to be in disbelief, as he had just heard Anthony speak.
The son immediately cupped Anthony's face.
Which made Anthony finally look at the Son who was staring at him in disbelief.
The Son's eyes were so sparkling they looked at Anthony. The son was convinced that he was not hallucinating and Anthony's voice, although slow but he heard.
“Did you talk, Anth? (Have you just spoken Anth? )” Say Putra while asking.
But Anthony did not have time to answer, Putra enthusiastically turned to the nurse named Girl.
“You heard it, didn't you?. You heard him mention his name?” Said the Son while asking enthusiastically to the Girl.
The girl who was asked like that by the Son seemed a little moved. “I-yaa” Answer Girl. “Your son says... His name is Anthony” Connect Girl and spontaneously smile Son expands, then he quickly turned to Anthony again.
“Say it again, would you? Let me hear your voice .... (Say more, may? Let me hear your voice )..” Pinta Putra to Anthony.
The four people had become a concern at the restaurant where they were now.
“Come on talk Anthony, do not make your father feel dissapoint (Let's talk Anthony, don't make your father feel disappointed )” Ilse who has slightly subdued her body, and, join Anthony to talk with a little demanding.
But Anthony shook his head, not responding to Ilse. The son smiled at Anthony.
“It’s okay... do not push yourself, hem? (It's okay – what ... don't force yourself, hem? )”
The son cupped softly on Anthony's face which then nodded.
“Do not give up Mister Putra! (Don't give up, Son! )”
Ilse as if cheering the Son.
“Talk Anthony! Come on (Talk Anthony! Come on )”
I smiled at Anthony. But from the way he spoke, Ilse sounded a little pushy.
“We hear you talked. You supported to talk your father first than an stranger (We heard you talk. You should have talked to your father first rather than with a stranger )”
The son did not comment. Just a quick glance at Ilse, but switched again to Anthony. “Never mind, Anth. You enough make me happy now (No problem, Anth. You are enough to make me happy this time )”
Anthony nodded slowly then turned to look at the girl who was smiling at him. “Nice to meet you Anthony. Your Papa loves you very much (Good to meet you Anthony. Your father loves you very much )”
The girl gently said as she rubbed softly Anthony's head and stroked the boy's cheek.
“Do you love your Papa? (Do you love your Father? )”
Anthony nodded. The girl still maintained her smile. The son also subconsciously smiled at the interaction of Anthony and the Girl.
“Let him know, then (Make him know, then )”
The girl still spoke with her gentleness.
“He must be very happy if you call him again (He will surely be very happy to hear you call him again )”
Anthony then turned to Putra, finished Girl said while looking briefly at Son. The son pulled again the corner of his lips at Anthony as the boy looked at him.
“.. Pa – Pa ..”
The son opened his mouth when Anthony said one word he said with a slight stammer.
“Pa – Pa Son ..”
“Oh Anth.”
The son could not hold back his happiness.
The son embraced Anthony enthusiastically. His body trembled slightly and a tear escaped to his cheek.
No matter being in a public place, because the Son was too happy to hear Anthony speak.
Moreover Anthony called him, Papa ..
The happiness of the Son is growing.
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After a moment the Son hugged Anthony who also hugged him, the Son for a moment looked at Anthony while smiling and then stroked the boy's head fondly. Then he turned to his left, and saw the nurse named The girl was already standing from her squat. But the beautiful nurse kept looking at Anthony while also smiling.
“Alright, Sir, Doctor Ilse .. Then I'm sorry” Girl voiced. “See you, Anthony (Sunday, Anthony )” Girl said to Anthony while stroking Anthony's head slowly with sincerity that seemed to
his attitude.
The son nodded kindly to the girl.
“Thank you”
“Sama – equals Tuan”
“Putra ..”
The son introduced himself while extending a hand.
“Girl. Nice to meet you Mr. Putra”
“It's nice to meet you also”
The son said politely and kindly to the girl.
Meanwhile Ilse stared at the interaction of the Son and Girl with a bit of gurat that implied a bit of dislike.
“Anthony must be hungry (Anthony must be hungry)” Ilse interrupts and makes Son and Girl turn to him, then to Anthony.
“Ah yes, forgive me Anth. come let us order something (Ah yes, forgive me Anth.. let's order something )” said Putra. “What do you want, huh? (What do you want, hem? )”
The son carried Anthony in his carry, and pointed to some of the food images.
“Then I excuse you. Let's..”
The girl pleaded from before the Son and Anthony.
“Ga – dis ...”
“Eum?”
The girl didn't continue because Anthony was holding her shirt.
“Yes Anthony? (Yes Anthony? )” Say Girl while asking Anthony.
“Don’ – t go ... ( Yes – don't go ) ..” Anthony said slowly a little. Still not used to it after he had been quiet for so long.
“But .... ( But... )”
“She has to work Anthony (He has to work Anthony )”
Ilse snatched before the Girl finished her sentence.
The girl smiled at Anthony.
“Doctor Ilse is right, I have to work (Doctor Ilse is right, I have to work )”
“Don’ – t go ... ( Yes – don't go ) ..” Anthony was still whining, albeit slowly.
And Anthony was still holding the shirt on the girl's arm.
“Girls has to work now. She has helped people in the hospital. We can meet her again later, huh? (Girls have to go to work now. He has to help – people in the hospital. We can see him later, hem? )”
“......”
“There are a lot of sick people who need her help. Isn’t it right Girl? (There are many sick people who need his help. Isn't that right, girl? )”
The son who tried to persuade Anthony by giving an explanation that the boy could understand then asked the girl's statement to agree that Anthony's whining did not disturb the beautiful nurse.
“Eum.. Ma – af Tuan Putra, can speak a little slowly. My English is limited. Less understand if someone is talking fast and the sentence is too long ..” The girl grimaced a little, and somehow Putra felt amused herself seeing the beautiful nurse look wrong while scratching her head slowly.
“Oh ..” The son held himself back from chuckling. “ I told him you have to help people – people who are inside the hospital”
The girl smiled and nodded at Anthony, her face seemed to be thinking of something. “Eum.. it is right, I. have to help.. people at the hospital (Yes, I .. should help.... people – people at home.
pain )”
“I will take you to meet her when I take you for your time with Doctor Ilse the day after tomorrow, hem? (I'll take you to meet him when I bring you back to see Doctor Ilse the day after tomorrow, huh? )”
The son tried to persuade and convince Anthony. Feeling bad for the nurse named Girl whom he and Anthony had just met, but Anthony seemed to like her very much. Though all this time he was more said to be close to Ilse because he often met and had begun to get used to the beautiful female Doctor. In the end Anthony nodded.
“OK, bye bye Anthony (Drug Anthony )”
“Bye – bye.. ( Drugs... )”
“Excuse me once again, Mr. Son, Doctor Ilse”
Anthony waved lethargicly at the Girl after the nurse said goodbye to Son and Ilse. And Anthony kept staring at her until the nurse disappeared from his sight.
“Come, let us make an order (Come, we make an order )”
Ilse tries to divert Anthony and the Son who are looking at the Girl, as the nurse leaves from before them and exits the restaurant to return to work.
“Come Anthony, sit next to me (Come here Anthony, sitting next to me )”
Ilse tries to get herself to Anthony.
“It is okay if you want to sit next Doctor Ilse (It's okay – what if you want to sit near Doctor Ilse )”
The son said to Anthony while nodding.
But Anthony shook his head. Makes Ilse look a little disappointed. But then Ilse raised her hand calling a servant to order.
***
Meanwhile, after Putra and Anthony returned from the Hospital, Putra continued to smile, while occasionally looking at Anthony who was sitting in the back passenger seat. And Putra was sitting in the front passenger seat next to Danny, the Restaurant Manager who was Addison's confidant behind the wheel.
“Something very good has happened like, Mr Son?” Danny asked who realized the radiance of happiness from the Son's bright face and his smile that continues to appear on the handsome face of the Son.
Danny, who is fluent in Indonesian, speaks the language because the son asked for it. Just – eyes because Putra wants to familiarize his tongue to make it easier for him to communicate in the surrounding environment. The son then turned his head and nodded at Danny after the man asked him.
“Iya And. Something very good!”
The son was enthusiastic.
“Perhaps concerning about Anthony!”
“Iya Dan” Sahut Putra fast. “He has started talking!”
“Create Master?!”
“Iya right!” The Son again enthusiastically. “I didn't expect it!”
“Doctor Ilse is indeed worthy to be a famous Psychiatrist in this city in addition to being a Doctor. Worth a lot of patients, it turns out he is great either as a Doctor or Psychiatrist”
The son simply responded to the remark that was Danny's opinion with a smile.
‘I think it was not because of Ilse.. (I don't think it's because of Ilse .... )’ Inner Son.
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To be continue ...