
One word immediately sprang to Rea's mind when Aero asked her back. Ready it!! Not a single hint of reluctance arose, or more courageously asked her husband to follow. No. Rea's not like that.
While trying to book a taxi online, Rea changed clothes. He slipped when he returned to the hotel. The paving road he went through was so slippery, so happy to be back, Rea was not careful and ran as fast as he could in the hotel garden. The pain of falling defeated by pleasure because of the incoming message that Aero continues to send. This is a rare moment for Rea - who has waited a long time to make up.
^^^Sabar yes, it takes time to reach Jakarta. ^^^
Reply Rea as she walked out of the elevator, she went to the reception desk to check out. The universe seemed to be on his side, he had gotten an online taxi that was now waiting in the parking lot.
"Miss Regina?" Greet the driver as soon as Rea opens the back door.
"Yes sir."
"Need to open the trunk?"
"No need, let the suitcase put it next to me."
The man who after Rea had aged was nodding obediently. He waited faithfully for Rea to put the suitcase in, sit in the chair and wear a belt. Only after everything is safe, the driver looks straight ahead.
"According to Neng's application?"
"mmmmmmm. Coincidentally, I rushed his online taxi pesen Pak. Later the destination is a little far away with nothing. I'll add it."
"When?"
"Why Ivory."
"Ready!"
Busy reply messages with Aero, the woman who is in the flowery until not aware if the car is running slow enough. He just shifted his eyes after his cell phone died. Unfortunately, he did not carry a power bank in his suitcase.
"Astaghfirullah."
"Why Neng?"
"Hp is dead sir."
"You dices? I brought the power bank."
Rea was silent, the offer was so tempting. But seeing for yourself the power bank is charging an old android phone, Rea does not have the heart.
"No need, I'm using it again. What matters is that I've told you."
"Yes. Sorry Neng, this can't speed. If the night is rich rain gini, the view is less clear."
"Neverything Sir. Safety is more important, right?"
"Rubber." The middle-aged man named Asep glanced through the middle rearview. "If you can figure out why Sunday night Neng came home?"
Rea did not answer immediately.
"Well, it's smiling."
"Told to go home with husband sir."
"Masya Allah the wife of sholehah. What the husband said."
Their conversation continued throughout the journey. Slowly Rea knew how the life story of Mr. Asep, although the age was no longer young, but he was strong to undergo two jobs at once. As a laborer on a tea plantation and as an online taxi driver. Rea felt slapped, he who was young and strong even kept silent at home.
"I don't even work, sir." Shirt with shame.
"That's Neng's husband asking, right?"
"Yes." Yeah."
"Yes no problem. It means that Neng's husband is capable. Father also want her Mother at home aja ngurus same child's house. I am a father who works hard, let any family responsibilities in the hands of the husband. Later in the afterlife, Gusti Allah first asked the Father about it."
"Means you work too?"
"Yes. So the laborers in kebon too. Mother wants to help you so that the needs of the family are fulfilled. Mr. Permitin, during his work is not heavy. Getting married is not always good Neng, a lot of it is also difficult. But as long as the husband and wife respect each other, nothing will happen."
"Oh yeah, who's car?"
"Car friend, Mr pinjem on Saturday week."
Rea nodded. Something was cutting his heart. Aero said, do not easily believe in someone, let alone him who tells the misery of his life to others. It means he's just someone who wants to be pitied.
Mr. Asep is not such a person according to Rea, he is a strong person. Strong because it can survive the rigors of life. Just as our Earth is wrought with the heat of the sun and the cold of snow. He endures not for himself, but for the billions of people who inhabit him.
...***...
Mr. Asep pulled his car over after feeling the car was not running smoothly.
"Why Sir?"
"I think there's a problem with the tires. I'll check first Neng."
Rea held his breath for a few seconds. He's the one who needs to be more patient in order to meet Aero like him. A little annoyed actually, but he also pity to find this Father got in trouble bertubi. Just now Rea held out an umbrella for Mr. Asep to wear out. Suddenly the car door to the left of Mr. Asep opened, an unknown person came in and just sat down while brandishing a knife.
"Nga! If you want to work."
Rea immediately screamed with a sudden move by the foreign man, he wanted to snatch something from Mr. Asep. As soon as he saw the old driver's resistance to the masked man in the front seat, Rea reflexively used his legs to help. He kicked the man who was going to hurt this man with 5 kids. The sound of shouting, impact and blows that were mutually disdainful in the car sounded very gripping.
Srek
Rea mamatung, he pulled himself slowly as soon as he saw the immoral incident with his own eyes. She screamed in fear, after knowing poor Mr. Asep had been stabbed.
One thing that came to his brain. Blurred. He needs to get out and ask for help.
The mass!!! His screams in the heart. Tears had already drenched both of his cheeks ever since he had started fighting the stranger. Rea wants to go.
"HELP!!!"
Just about to open the door, the criminal leapt back, right next to Rea's seat. He was probably shocked by Rea's loud scream. Without mercy Rea's long hair was pulled strong and her head was smashed into the glass. Not quite once, the criminal did it more than three times until Rea's voice weakened.
"Foru!!" Rea cried out in despair. The road to Jakarta is crowded, but it rains heavily. Maybe other drivers thought their car pulled over for a break.
The roar until Rea's scream did as he could. He has to go home, he has to meet Aeronya. She wanted to embrace her husband who wanted to bring peace.
After several times his head was bent to the glass, the pain began to feel. Her hair was loose, hot and painful. The screams won't help. Rea's hand kept trying to see what she could claw. As well as his feet, keep kicking what's affordable.
The voice of Mr. Asep who pleaded with the criminal to stop his reckless actions on Rea was still heard. Although it has been weakening for a long time. I don't know how long Rea kept fighting. In his heart he kept asking, that anyone come to their aid. Anyone comes and meets them, alive or not.
"Mass Aeroo." Jeremi Rea pilu.
His nose was getting wet, fresh blood was coming out from inside. Amidst his almost lost consciousness, the jubilant in his hair slowly loosened. The man who sat down and attacked him suddenly fell out of the car. Either fall or be pulled from the outside. The car door opened, rainwater dripping down the seats. The sound of a fistfight was heard outside, but it was all defeated by the groans of Mr. Asep who continued to call God's asthma.
"Sir Asepp?! Gaff-"
"Neng geuliss nothing?"
Rea's head shook quickly. He wasn't worried about himself, even though his head was about to break.
"Father with nothing?" Rea asked in her tears. He immediately moved to the front seat. His hands trembled when he saw blood pouring behind the gray jacket worn by Mr. Asep, there was a knife that was still stuck.
"Oh Sir. We go to the hospital. Oh, God, God." Rea panic. He doesn't know what to do first. Mr. Asep's eyes started to sting and the blood couldn't be stopped. I dare not pull that knife.
"Mba Rea?!"
Bugs. Rea punched the nose of a person who suddenly got into the car and sat in its place very hard. He was angry and upset at the behavior of shameless men, earning money but in a dishonorable way.
The man Rea just hit wasn't wearing a mask. He rubbed his sore nose, as if receiving it and there was no intention of resisting.
"I'm Mas Jordi's messenger."
...***...
Rea sat with trembling hands on one of the Hospital beds. Yeah, he can't lie down. Not wanting, not being able and not being. How can he comfortably lie down, if Mr. Asep alone is being handled next to him. They are separated only by the green color fabric in IGD.
I don't know why he's sitting there, too. Is it because he's a victim? But he felt fine as soon as he saw Mr. Asep was immediately given treatment. Her tears no longer flow. He just stared at his two palms that were shaking violently.
"That's the third row."
Srek
The cover cloth opened violently, successfully making Rea who was not ready to meet others jump in shock. He even got off the high bed, standing fully alert.
All his anxiety suddenly disappeared after seeing who was standing a few steps away from him. Without her planning, the tears melted back.
"That's Mas, the driver got hit. Kassieaaa." Obviously so slowly, he was scared.
The man with a slightly torn jacket at both elbows stepped forward. He didn't care about his wet clothes.
"Pak-pak A-sep ketu-suk." Add it by stammering. "I saw the time he was stabbed." His brother is endless. Rea tried to melt, because Aero's gaze looked so scary. He seemed to want to pounce on Rea alive.
"I don't-"
Not yet had Rea finished his words, the voice of someone managed to silence him. Coming from the next room, there was a sentence that Rea did not want to hear at all. That sentence tormented his ears.
Hurriedly he opened the two-room curtain blocker cloth. Found a doctor who had managed to pull out a knife, a nurse who stood near the infusion hose, and the body of Mr. Asep who had been covered in a white cloth to the head.
Rea's eyes are getting hotter. Cry broke. He roared in that place crying for Mr. Asep - a hard-working driver he had only known for a few hours. The old man left because he was protecting himself. Yeah, it all happened because Rea booked a taxi online. Rea felt so guilty, he regretted all his talk tonight.
Knowing his wife had been hit, Aero immediately embraced the frail body tightly. He hid Rea's face in his chest, he did not want Rea to see again how the state of the late Mr. Asep, just one time.
"We're out first, baby." Aero's whisper was right in his wife's ear.
Ok gaes, what a hard episode for me
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