
The atmosphere of silence was created in the living room of Erna's apartment. There was a mama who was sitting holding a book firmly, Erna looked at Eca seriously ignoring the laptop in front of her and Eca who was giving a pause to her conversation. Eca had expected their conversation tonight to be the most serious thing after a few months had passed.
"what did you say??" erna asked again to confirm her hearing.
"i met papa earlier. He's HIV positive" Eca said weakly.
"i don't care about Eca! He got the results of his actions!" cetus Erna with explosive. Both of his shoulders went up and down.
"but he's still our papa brother!"
"if he gets HIV, is it our fault?! He should have known his actions would cause great risk."
"papa's sick sister. He's so skinny. I can't bear to see papa's condition."
Eca held back all the emotional energy that would come out at the end of her tongue. His eyes were glazed with clenched hands. He looked at Erna intently hoping that her brother would understand Eca's wishes.
"let Tia or it's who's looking after her. Papa should be pitting fate against them not with us. He must know that what he did in our family was fatal! It wasn't that easy to meet and reprimand each other again!"
"he's still our papa brother. Doesn't brother feel sorry for papa's situation? Look papa used to be a new brother can determine the attitude." chirped Eca desperately persuaded Erna.
"if you want to take care of papa, take care of yourself!" said Erna final.
"sister!"
"if you want to take care of your papa, please. Mama has no business with him anymore." said mama before choosing to move from the sofa.
"ma," she looked at her back and disappeared into the room.
"our conversation is over. You go back to your room and study. Tomorrow you still have class" Erna said, turning her eyes to the laptop in front of her.
"sister please, we're both taking care of papa?"
"didn't you hear what my brother said? I think your ears are still working fine."
Eca breathed deeply. He looked at Erna with a sigh. It is not easy to persuade the firstborn in their family. If papa is a figure who likes to play then brother is a balanced opponent for the papa.
The next day, Eca came back to Papa's house. He did not see Tia in the house. Just go to the papa room while carrying the porridge that has been purchased when the class is finished.
"eat first."
"when's it coming, baby?"
"newsletter. Papa can sit? Eca wants to bribe papa."
Assisted by Eca, papa sat awake on the head of the mattress. He smiled every time Eca fed food into his mouth. But it can not last long because papa is not strong enough to hold more food. He is also not strong to sit in an old state because the lump on the left thigh is also squeezed. After eating papa immediately lay down to the right facing Eca. His hands were moved rubbing the mane of the child.
"you're getting thinner Ca."
"you should tell yourself that."
"astaga papa! I'm not that simple. My body is healthy papa! My body contains."
"but compared to what you used to be thinner."
"yes, pa. It is not healthy. Now my lifestyle and eating patterns are much healthier. So papa don't worry. Who's worried about that, papa himself. Better this money is used to treat papa." chirped Eca return atm papa.
"no, you just take it. Papa's entire treasure is for you. Papa's looking for money for you too. So you just take it. Quickly save it before Tia sees."
Finally Eca accepted the atm with resignation. He was afraid of rejecting his father's hands that were too thin. One wrong Eca could hurt the man in front of her.
"the password is the date of birth of mama." lirih papa threw a gaze in the other direction.
Eca looked at papa wistfully. Although Eca's parting is convinced that papa still loves mama. Even if you are not self-conscious, maybe you will refuse to divorce your mother. Sometimes Eca feels sorry for papa who is still difficult to escape from the shadows of mama. Papa even still uses a necklace given by mom on papa's 50th birthday.
"papa still likes mama turns out."
"forever. Papa's biggest regret is hurting papa's wife."
Eca looked at the papa who was clenching a strong hand. Not long after, he rubbed his watery eyes with trembling hands. Eca very rarely saw papa crying but once Eca saw him she would be amazed. Eca guessed papa was imagining the time of togetherness of papa and mama when the man stared blankly up. Long enough papa daydreaming. I thought about my mom or something.
"if papa hadn't made a fatal mistake, mama and papa would still be together. We are still together too. Basic Stupid! stupid!!" said papa while hitting his head firmly.
Eca held his hand and hugged him tightly. He rubbed papa's back and whispered a sedative sentence. However, Eca did not have the heart to see papa who hurt himself in a state of pain. Eca also felt great sadness. He asserts papa's stupidity in his heart. If not stupid papa for cheating, their family would not be destroyed. Eca really hates papa but on the other hand she really loves the man in her arms.
"Eca, I have something to say to you."
"what pa?" Eca let go of her embrace.
"this is the papa transfer file on your behalf, Erna and mama. Keep this well. Papa does not want the results of papa's efforts so far captured all by Tia. He could have manipulated the will by making use of papa's state. Actually papa still gives him a small part as a form of responsibility for his actions to him. You're not angry, are you?"
"alright."
"pa-uhuk!"
Papa's conversation was interrupted as he coughed. In his hand was blood coming out of his mouth. Eca panicked and cleared the blood coming out with trembling hands. He was afraid of the condition of papa who was coughing up blood let alone the blood that came out did not stop.
"rs . . . Why is the blood still out?" tanya Eca started sobbing.
"we're going to the hospital, right?"
Papa was unable to answer because he immediately fainted. The heart beating of the Eca gets stronger. He panicked and didn't know what to do. He called papa repeatedly but was not answered. He tried to calm himself down by taking a breath and let it out deeply. Only then did he think clearly and book a car through an app in a mobile phone.
Along the way Eca continued to pray while holding papa. Incredible fear and panic mixed into one. The feeling is more and more unreasonable when accidentally holding the stomach of papa who has a lump. His hand immediately slipped. He did not dare to take off his clothes to look at the lump. He was afraid that his feelings would get even more chaotic if he saw her.
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