FOREIGN OLD MEN

"Mom, I'm home!" Cheery said when she got home.

"Grandma, I'm home..." Keanu was also greeted with a gloomy look on his face when he entered his house, and when Keanu and his mother arrived home, the presence of a strange man in their house, made both of them surprised and confused.

"You guys are home? Hurry up and sit down! My cooking is almost done and we will eat together," Mrs. Lisa greeted her children and grandchildren with a clumsy expression.

It's not that she didn't hear what her mother said, but Cheery's eyes were fixed on a strange old man sitting on the sofa in her guest room.

Cheery frowned as the old man smiled warmly at her as well as at Keanu.

"Keanu goes into the room and cleans yourself up before going to the dinner table!" Cheery said to Keanu which Keanu immediately followed. Cheery slowly sat on the sofa right in front of the old man who kept looking at him with a sad look.

"Excuse me, if I may ask, who are you? What do you need in my house?" Cheery asked without preamble and without compromising politeness.

The old man didn't answer, he just kept quiet and kept smiling, and when the old man lowered his head, Cheery saw the man rubbing his red eyes.

'Is he crying? Am I being rude to him with my question earlier? Oh, I don't think so!' mumbled Cheery confused.

"Sir, why don't you answer my question? Who are you and what is your business here?" Cheery repeated her questioning sentence.

"A...aa"

"He's my old friend who visits here, Cheery!"

Just as the man wanted to answer Cheery's question, the mother who came back suddenly answered immediately.

"This uncle just arrived from Italy. He doesn't speak as fluently as we do. So maybe he doesn't understand a little what you're telling him!" said Mrs. Lisa explained again.

In Cheery's eyes, it was obvious that her mother was currently nervous. I don't know what it was, what was clear was her mother's nervousness making Cheery even more suspicious.

"So if he doesn't understand the language I'm using, do you understand what he's talking to Mama about?"

Without hiding her suspicions about her mother's behavior, Cheery immediately asked.

"I understand a little Italian and it was Uncle who taught me that time,"

"Why are you questioning what I said, dear? What's so wrong and weird that you seem to suspect me is hiding something?"

"You look tired, Cheery. Do you have too much work to do? Didn't you come with your boss and go to Keanu's school? And I saw you take the car your boss used back home with you. What happened?"

Mrs. Lisa kept asking as if turning Cheery's concern over to her, and in fact, the mother's persistent question managed to distract Cheery.

"Haaa, I don't know, Mom. Lots of things happened today and I'm very tired. I'll just go to my room. Mama, please continue your conversation with Uncle!" Cheery exhaled roughly as she answered her mother's question. Everything that happened made her so tired even though she wasn't working in the office today.

Cheery got up from her seat and turned to the old man, her mother's friend.

"I apologize for my impoliteness, sir. I don't know if you can't speak Bahasa like us, but at least you should understand the English I'm using! Enjoy your conversation, I'm sorry!"

Cheery left the mother and the old man, in her room. Her body and mind were exhausted from all the things that had happened. Coupled with the arrival of a foreign old man at her house. But at least, the mother knows the person and the person is not a dangerous person for them.

Remembering the old man's appearance was the same as the people Cheery met today. Like bodyguards? Oh, no. According to Cheery those who look like that are more like thugs or people who work in the dark world.

After Cheery disappeared behind her bedroom door, unexpectedly, the old man who visited her house even more quietly cried.

"Lei e suo figlio sono già così grandi, mio Dio!"

(She and her son are already this big, my God!) the man moaned softly.

"Sì, il tempo non sembra passare più velocemente. E non è che tu sappia come stanno procedendo..."

(Yes, time doesn't seem to go by faster and it's not that you know how they're progressing...) Mrs. Lisa responded to the man in front of her.

"S, lo so, ma non ci siamo mai incontrati così da vicino. Non mi aspettavo che tu e loro aveste un'altra giornata difficile. Mi dispiace, Lisa..."

(Yeah, I know, but we've never met this close. I didn't expect you and them to have another hard day. I'm sorry, Lisa...")

This time the old man sat on his knees and cried while touching Mrs. Lisa's hand.

"Alzati, Damian. Keanu e Cherry possono vederti così. Non voglio che sospettino di te! Alzati e asciugati le lacrime!"

(Get up, Damian. Keanu and Cherry can see you like this. I don't want them to suspect you! Get up and wipe your tears!)

"Tu sei quello che dice semper di essere semper fermi con le decisioni che prendiamo, giusto? Tieni la testa alta perché piango anch'io se continuo a vederti così!"

(You're the one who says to always be firm with the decisions we make, right? Lift your head because I'm going to cry too if I keep seeing you like this!)

Mrs. Lisa was so emotional. Even when talking about crying, her tears couldn't wait even for a moment and the emotional atmosphere was accidentally seen by Keanu who had just come out of his room.

'Those granny and geezers are crying? And they also use the language that Aunt Alice and Sunny used earlier. Who exactly is that old geezer?' Keanu's mind began to think about what he had just seen.

Keanu didn't want to be confused by the situation for long, so he decided to visit his grandmother and the strange old grandfather in the living room of his house.

"Why are Grandma and Grandpa crying? Is there something so sad that you guys are like this?" Keanu asked confused.

"Lisa, posso abbracciarlo?"

(Lisa, can I hug him?) asked the old man near Keanu's grandmother.

But before Mrs. Lisa answered the man's question, Cheery, who had just arrived, immediately spoke.

"Keanu, don't get into the habit of being curious about other people's business! Especially if it's about foreigner matters. That's not good, kid!" Cheery taught the right things to her son.

"I don't want to interfere, Mama. I'm just asking why Grandma and Grandpa are crying? Is there something so sad that they cry? That's all!" Keanu answered honestly.

"Whatever it is, it's a parent's business, dear. As a child, act like a child, because a parent's problem is not something you can solve with your innocent mind," added Cheery while gently rubbing the ends of her son's hair.

"Come on, let's eat! I think you must be really hungry, right? Looks like your grandma cooked a lot of good food today!" continued Cheery while inviting Keanu to eat.

"Mom, invite that's an uncle to eat with us as well. I don't understand the language, so please say it like that!" Cheery said to her mother before going to carry Keanu into the dining room.

Mrs. Lisa smiled happily and turned back to the old man beside her.

"You see? She's so cute, isn't she? She's just like you!" said Mrs. Lisa gently to the man.

"You're wrong, she doesn't look like me at all. She's kindhearted just like you. Thank you for working hard to raise her until now!" replied the man returning a happy smile to Mrs. Lisa while wiping the tears from her face.

***

Meanwhile, the atmosphere around the hospital where Garendra's family is being treated looks tense and confusing. The reason is, that the hospital area is tightly guarded by hundreds of people dressed in all black which makes people who visit the hospital curious.

It is not impossible, the rare atmosphere attracts news hunters to find out what happened there. But it seems that it will be very difficult to learn about what is happening inside the hospital.

It was proven by the strict supervision at the hospital entrance by the people dressed in all black.

There is no way that big news like the accident of a member of the Garendra family can be exposed arbitrarily when the people inside are in a state of confusion and shattered by the fateful incident itself.

After two to three hours passed without certainty from inside the operating room. Their waiting outside the corridor in front of the operating room was finally paid off.

The light above the large door went out, which had previously been, indicating that an operation was in progress, and now, it looks like the operation is complete.

The doctor who handled the surgery came out of there. Everyone including Troy approached the doctor.

"How are my wife and children doing? Tell them they're all safe!" Sean urged the doctor.

"As everyone hoped, Mark and Shine survived. So did Boss Rose and the baby," said the doctor.