Chapter 3

"Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life" - Omar

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Haru left Carmen's unit early because she knew Carmen wouldn't let her go somewhere. Now she is waiting for Nicole right here in front of the Hospice.

This place has many memories for Haru, that are very hard to forget for her. She doesn’t want to go back to this place, but her heart and mind tell her to stay here.

 

"Haru!" Haru looked at the person calling her name and she saw Nicole accompanied by a man coming to her.

 

"Why haven't you come in yet? It's raining. You've been waiting here for a long?" Nicole asked. 

 

Haru was shaking her head as a response to Nicole's question.

 

Nicole comes to Haru and she puts her umbrella so that Haru will not get wet.

 

"Hmm... Haru is Jasper, by the way, my boyfriend, Jasper is Haru, you already know her right?" Nicole introduced her boyfriend to Haru, Haru looked at Jasper's outstretched hand in front of her.

 

"Let's go inside, the rain is getting heavier"  Instead of accepting Jasper's handshake, Haru invited them to go inside.

 

"Sorry" Nicole apologized to Jasper.

 

When they entered inside, they were greeted by Nicole's friends from the hospice.

 

"Is she your cousin, Nicole?" Samantha asked.

 

"Ah yes, Haru is Samantha, Nikki, Anthony. They are the ones we will be with later." Nicole introduced Haru to their colleagues here at the hospice, Samantha ordered their other colleagues to introduce themselves, but Haru stopped them because there were name tags on their clothes, and on the back, there was a volunteer.

 

"We are glad we met you, Haru."

 

They all said to Haru, While Haru only nodded at them.

 

"Nicole, Haru, and all the people with me in cleaning Jared's room follow me, before he goes back to his room. And for the others, clean the glass windows and the glass door, as well as clean the other patients' rooms. Just do your job."

 

Samantha said and walked away and they're following  Samantha. Haru was in the back and was quietly following them.

 

"Son, how's your academic school? How are you and your dad?"

 

[Everything is fine here, mom, and I'm studying hard.]

 

Haru stopped walking in front of a door that opened a little because she heard the mother and son talking. 

 

"Study hard, son. I miss you." The mother said

 

[Why is it that your work is so far away, mom? When are you going home?]

 

The child's mother could not immediately answer because of her son's question. 

 

"S-son I'm going home soon, goodbye, I'm going back to my work, I'll call again when my work is over. I love you, son, and your dad."

The mother was saying goodbye to her son. When her phone landed on the bed, the tears she had been holding back while talking to her son flowed profusely. Haru was about to go inside to help the lady when suddenly, someone pulled her away from that room.

 

"We thought you followed us, I ran to find you." Nicole sighed at Haru and she dragged Haru over to Jared's room. When they got to Jared's room, they found Samantha and others standing in the open doorway.

 

"Just come back when I'm not here in this room," The man said inside the room, Haru peeked inside to see who that man was.

 

"Jared, we haven't cleaned your room in a few days, and we can't change your bed because you're always here. If you're not here in your room, we're cleaning, and you come back here right away, and then you dismiss us to go out into your room." Nikki said gently to Jared.

 

"Shall I repeat what I said!? Get out to my room!" Jared shouted at them.  Haru was shocked by its loud shout.

 

"Isn't Jared letting you in, again?" They looked from behind them, and here they saw a doctor who had not yet known who he was.

 

"Yes, Doc Kian. Just like before," Anthony said. Doc Kian took a deep breath and they gave way to the doctor to get inside.

Jared got up from lying down in his bed and faced Samantha and Doc Kian. Haru was surprised when she saw Jared's face because she knew that man.

 

"Doc, I'll be the one to clean this room. Please tell them to leave." Jared said, but Doc Kian ignored what he said.

 

"Jared, you need to inhale some fresh air."

 

"Doc! Do you think when I inhale some fresh air, I won't die? Can fresh air heal me?"

 

There was a moment of silence around because of Jared's question. The doctor was supposed to speak, but Haru immediately spoke, 

 

"Do you think you can clean your room in your situation now? Look at yourself, you're weak."

 

 "Haru!" Nicole shouted softly at Haru, but Haru ignored it and went inside the room.

 

"Who are you? Doc, get out of here. I don't need a cleaner in my room, a-- " Haru interrupted what Jared had to say.

 

"Why? Don't you want them to see what you're doing with the medicine?" Jared looked at Haru with a shocked face.

 

"W-what are you saying? Tsk. Who are you?"

 

"You don't need to know who I am because if I say my name, you won't recognize me either." Haru stopped talking and she picked something up under the bed and gave it to the doctor.

 

"Do you want to die right now? The medicines that you need, you threw away. You know a lot of people want to live longer even though they know tomorrow or the next day they're going to die, but you, you're the opposite of them." Haru said, and she got out of that room. She heard Nicole call her name, but she didn't pay attention. 

 

"Doc, please come with me outside." Haru heard the last word from Jared before she continued to walk away from Jared's room.

 

On the other hand, Arche Harrison is packing clothes that he will take to the apartment where he will live. He had stopped packing his clothes when suddenly the door opened and his father entered his room.

 

"I'm leaving right away. Don't worry, old man, I'm not going to stay here," Arche said disrespectfully to his father.

 

"Arche! I will put you in a hospice! whether you  like it or not." Arche stopped what he was doing because of what his father said.

 

"What game is this again, old man?"  Arche asked his father disrespectfully. While his father prevented him from getting upset.

 

"I'll put you there because you didn't respect me, and you might be a good person if you're there in the hospice. And you learn how important life is." Arche laughed, And he took his bag with his clothes and he slung it over his shoulder.

 

"Dad, last time you took the condo that you gave to me, now you're going to send me there to people who are near to death. Are you kidding me, dad? I'm not going there!" Arche shouted at his father. His father suddenly punched his son and it caused his lip to bleed.

 

"What? What's wrong with what I said?"

 

"Just be thankful to God that you're alive, Arche!" His dad shouted at him before leaving his room. And Arche left his room as well because he didn't want to stay here any longer. He immediately left that house and was on his way to his apartment, where he was going to stay. 

 

As he walked, Arche stopped in front of a building where he lived that time. His condo here is now gone because of his father, who took almost everything he had. He was about to walk away from this building when suddenly his phone rang. He took it out of his pocket and answered the call without looking at who it was from. 

 

"I'm not going there!" He was about to end the call, but the person on the other line said something that annoyed him when Arche recognized who it was on the phone.

 

[Son I heard what happened to you and your dad.]

 

"Tsk, don't call me son because since you left us and came along with another man, I have no longer had a known mother!"

 

Arche knows it hurts for his mother that your son was saying such a word to his mother. But Arche can’t help getting angry because his mother left them and went to see the other man. 

 

[Son, Arche, please listen to my reason.]

 

Instead of listening to what his mother had to say, Arche ended the call and turned off his phone, and then he walked away from the building.

 

Arche passed by the park far from the building, which was dark and had a few people in it. He thought of sitting down and spending at least an hour, sitting on a bench and watching the few people pass by.

 

"Really?! Did he put me in the hospice? That's all the patient was dying of! Tsk, what brain does my father have? He's a crazy old man." He said to himself and kicked the small rocks he was stepping on. He doesn't care about people who are staring at him as long as he wants to get rid of the annoyance he feels.

 

"Why didn’t he volunteer there? He will put me there." Arche stopped speaking when someone passed in front of him, and he recognized who it was.

He immediately stood up when he found out this woman he saw right here crying last night, and he bumped into a condo building yesterday. He did not follow the woman because he looked at his watch, and he need to go home to his apartment right now.