The Love of the Unknown Man
2. Increasing Severely

Four days have passed, Lisa has sewed a wound on the foreign man's head, and changed a bandage every day. It was the wound that was the most severe and most Lisa noticed.

Though the bruises all over the body have faded. However, the stranger was unconscious.

In the house, there were only two rooms. Lisa's room and Juna's room. So forced, they lay the stranger on the living room sofa.

During those four days, Juna and Lisa were unable to transport water together. Because they had to take turns looking after the stranger, afraid of waking up.

Lisa stared hard out the window. Letting the father carry the water at night alone on foot into the forest, makes Lisa restless.

He was unable to sleep before making sure his father returned home safely.

"It's all because of you, Stranger Man," Lisa grumbled at the body sleeping on the old couch, as if the man could hear.

"Wake up soon! And get out of my house. Just bother."

Lisa sighed, realizing that she was crazy to talk to someone who had fainted.

While waiting for Juna's return, Lisa decides to read the newspaper. Who knows if there is news of missing persons or news of fugitive police who ran away.

Lisa is very curious about the identity of the man she helped. However, in the newspaper today and a few days ago there was not a single piece of news that became a clue to the foreign man.

The knock on the door made Lisa happy. A sign that my father has returned.

Lisa rushed to open the door, and sure enough, Juna was already standing in front of the door with two large water-filled compounds.

"You haven't slept, son?" ask Juna when dragging the company into the house.

"I'm waiting for Dad."

Juna glanced at the body of the Stranger Man who was now wearing one of his clothes.

"Why don't you give her a blanket?"

"He doesn't complain of cold, Dad," Lisa said lightly. Actually he was lazy to envelop the man.

"Where a faint person can speak complaining of coldness. We have to take the initiative, Lisa. Get me Daddy's blanket!"

Not to argue, Lisa obeyed Juna's orders. Take a blanket and spread it over the man's body.

And just then, Lisa's hand accidentally touched her neck which felt very hot. Once again Lisa made sure by placing the back of the hand on the man's forehead.

"Dad, it's so hot" Lisa panicked.

Juna rushed to run closer, along with checking the body temperature of the poor man using an old thermometer owned by his late wife first.

"Gosh, he's got a high fever."

Lisa opened the bandage slowly. He was sure to have changed the bandage every day, and treated the wound on the head with great care.

However, when the bandage is open, pus comes out of the wound on the left head. Signs his wound has an infection.

"Dad, he had to be taken to the hospital" Lisa said. Panic and worry mix into one.

Different from Lisa, Juna just stood up quickly, saying in a steady voice, "You wait here! I'll borrow Mr. Doni's delman."

***

It takes two hours to get to the hospital using delman. Although Juna as much as possible to accelerate the pace of traditional vehicles.

The Foreign Man immediately received treatment from the doctor when he arrived at the hospital.

Lisa and Juna were made to see the details of the costs they had to prepare for the operation to be carried out immediately. So they asked for relief until tomorrow morning.

"Dad, how's this? To eat alone we have no money, let alone pay for hospital fees," Lisa chanted while they were in the hospital hallway.

Juna was silent with a frown. Thinking of a way to get him a lot of money in a short time.

"Or do we just run away, Dad?" chirp Lisa who suddenly crossed the idea of leaving a foreign man in the hospital.

"Lisa, we found the man. It means that we are the ones who have to take responsibility and try to get him cured," said Juna full of authority.

"But, Dad, we're the underprivileged."

"Dad's got a little savings. While we use the money first, the rest we think about later."

Lisa threw a glance at the father. Researching facial features that have absolutely no doubt in it.

Not wanting to see her father struggling alone, Lisa took off a gold necklace with a heart-shaped pendant from her neck.

He looked for a moment at the necklace of his late mother's last gift. The most valuable necklace exceeds even the largest diamond in the world.

Then with a heavy heart, Lisa handed the necklace to Juna.

"Dad, pawn this necklace too. I don't know how much it's worth but I hope I can help you."

Juna published a smile on her lips as she received the necklace. Along with his two eyes that were condensing.

"Dad proud of you, son."

The next second the son and the father hugged each other.

***

The next morning, after the operation was completed. The man is still under the influence of drugs.

Lisa believes that the savings and the proceeds of her necklace still have not covered the cost of surgery. However, when he asked Juna, the middle-aged man did not reply.

"There is sustenance that comes unexpectedly, son. Don't think too much!"

That was Juna's answer when Lisa asked.

Before long, Lisa saw the Foreign Man's hand move slightly, followed by his eyelids slowly opening. Makes Lisa stand up and flinch happily.

Lisa immediately called the doctor to check on the man's condition. While waiting, he pranced cheerfully already impatient to ask for compensation for the money that had been used to finance the hospital administration.

"Are you the family of the patient?" The female doctor asked after examining the stranger.

Lisa shook her head. "Not."

"Friend of the patient?"

"Not really, Doc. He's just a stranger we don't even know his name."

"Look, I have to explain to you, if the patient has amnesia or memory loss."

"What, Doc?" Lisa flinched, glancing at the man lying on top of the gurney with the look of an eye like a dazed person.

Their eyes met, and the Stranger asked, "Who am I? Why am I here?"