Sweet Sorrow - Chapter 6

“Shall I call her or sms….how m I suppose to tell her that m thankful to her?” Ridzuan is on his bed while figuring out how to tell Lydia. “But will she mistaken me if I call her or sms at this time, she must be sleeping…..aaahhh….i must do something…yes…I have an idea…I’ll text her..see if she replies..” Ridzuan started to type a message and press the send button immediately. “Wah…now I feel relieved…wait…how if she is sleeping…I cannot wait for the reply…huh…this is even worst..”Ridzuan is restless. So he walk out of his room and headed straight to the kitchen, suddenly the phone rings…”ha..that must be her…wow..instead of replying my message, she called me…girls are fast nowadays” Ridzuan ran quickly into the room to pick the phone and he even answered the phone without looking at the caller. “Hello..what?...alright..i will be there right away”. It was a call from the hospital. Ridzuan quickly wore his jeans and t-shirt, grab the car on the table and rush towards the door. He starts the engine of the car and drove to the hospital.
“Doctor Ridzuan!” called one of the nurse. “Yes, m here, how is his condition?” Ridzuan asked in nervous. “We just injected him with 250mg of Gabapentin in hope it could calm him down, he is sleeping doctor.”Explains the nurse while she walks Ridzuan to the emergency room. The sound of beeping from the life supporting machine surrounds the room. Ridzuan walked to the 3rd bed on his left. He saw a young men, in his 20’s, lying unconsciously and his whole body is coated with blood. “Maria, cut his jeans and take off his shirt.” “But Doctor, we tried to cut his jean but it’s his leg, the leg…”Maria showing the leg part to Ridzuan. “Oh my god, why didn’t anyone do something, where is the doctor on duty, how many patients are you attending for tonight, this is ridiculous, you can’t leave him like this.” Ridzuan became emotional. Maria jolted from her standing spot and stepped backward. “Supposedly Doctor Sharmila and Doctor Lim should be around but Dr. Sharmila couldn’t come cos she is busy preparing for her wedding and Dr. Lim is attending another emergency case doctor.” Explains Maria. “Ok prepare all the apparatus, he need to be operated.” The patient’s leg was run by a tyre of a lorry and smashed the bones thus it need to be amputated. The operation took around 5 hours and the clock on the wall shows 4:47am. Ridzuan took off his mask and gloves and walk out of the room. “Doctor, anak saya macam mana? Dia selamatkan? Doctor tolong jawab…tolonglah selamatkan anak saya..tolong doctor!” seorang wanita dalam lingkungan usia 50an bagai meneta sedekah daripada Ridzuan. “Kamu siapa?” Tanya Ridzuan. Sayalah emak Azmi, dia anak saya doctor, dia masih muda lagi doctor, bagaimana keadaan dia..tolonglah doctor!” Emak Azmi terus merayu. “Jangan risau mak, dia sihat.Cuma kakinya terpaksa dibedah kerana telah remuk dinaiki tayar lori.” Jelas Ridzuan. “Apa, kaki kena bedah..? Ya Allah…” Emak Azmi menjerit lantas terus pengsan. Thank god Azmi’s mother was sempat disambut oleh Ridzuan. Her Daughter ran beside her and calls out for the mother. “Don’t worry, she’ll be alright, she is tired and shocked..and you are her daughter?” Tanya Ridzuan. “Yes Doctor, saya Farah, ini ibu saya dan di dalam tu abang saya, benarkah kaki abang saya telah dibedah?” Tanya Farah. “Jangan risau Farah, pembedahan sudah Berjaya dilakukan, keadaannya agak kritikal tadi, sekarang sudah baik semula, mana ayah Farah?” Tanya Ridzuan Sambil duduk disebelah Farah setelah merehatkan emak farah diatas kerusi. “Ayah dah meninggal semasa Farah masih kecil lagi, hanya abang dan emaklah yang menyara keluarga, Farah pun baru saja tamat SPM, masih mencari kerja. Emak kerja sebagai cleaner di kilang berhampiran. Abang sebagai mechanic. Entahlah macam mana selepas ini. “ Farah terasa sayu dan kelihatan air menitis dicelah pipi. “Jangan risau farah, Doctor rasa semuanya akan menjadi baik. Kalau Farah sudi, Doctor boleh kenalkan kawan doctor, dia ada advertising company, maybe Farah boleh kerja disana. Pasal Azmi, usah lah risau, dia masih muda, lagipun sekarangkan ada kaki palsu, jangan bimbang, doctor akan cuba dapatkannya melalui badan kebajikan.” Ridzuan cuba menenangkan Farah. Farah mengesat air matanya lantas terputik senyuman yakin pada wajahnya. Farah mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Ridzuan, lalu Ridzuan terus bangkit dari kerusi dan menghala ke biliknya.
Ridzuan merupaka seorang pakar bedah neuron yang terkenal dan berpengalaman, walaupun muda namun kecenderongannya dalam bidang kedoctoran memang jelas terbukti dengan dedikasi serta komitmen yang ditunjukkan. Adakalanya RIdzuan akan ditugaskan di bahagian Wad Kecemasan. Ridzuan juga agak arif dalam bab bedah-membedah.
Setelah mandi, Ridzuan bertolak pulang, jam sudah hampir pukul 6:00 pagi. Ridzuan terasa sangat letih and decided to grab some breakfast on his way back to his home. Setibanya di rumah, dia meletakkan nasi lemaknya di atas meja dan terus merebah di atas cushion kegemarannya. Baru Ridzuan sedar bahawa telefon bimbitnya masih dalam keadaan SILENT MODE. He took out his phone and tries to change the mode and was surprised to see that =he received a new message. He quickly open it up and was overwhelmed to know that the message was from Lydia.
“Welcome Ridz, I will collect the tupperwares later in the evening, maybe around 7:00 pm. Is it okay with you?”
Ridzuan suddenly became so happy and energetic and immediately he replied Lydia that he is free on that time. He just cant wait for the time to come so he decided to finish his nasi lemak and take a very long nap. He set his alarm at 5pm so that he will have ample of time to prepare.
While Lydia, who is getting ready to go work received a phone call from her mother. Her mother asked her to come back over the weekend because she is missing her daughter dearly. But Lydia, stated her refusal so politely, saying that she has something else to do and promised to her mother that she will hit home the following week instead. The mother sighs and sent her love through the phone and hang off the phone. Lydia who used to make her own food, packed all her stuff in her cute little plastic bag and headed towards the door. 2 of her housemates are on leave today, so they were suppose to cook for dinner. “Milah, jangan lupa nak masak k, there’s chicken and vege in the fridge, just do something, don’t keep us starving k dear…take care and love yah” “yerlah yerlah..love you too.”replied Milah while covering herself with the red blanket. They watched few dvd’s last night in the living hall and slept there itself since they are not working today. This is a normal routine of the girls. Lydia locked the door form the outside and walked her way to the elevator, when her phone rings again. It was a message tone. She took out her phone from her handbag and open read the message. It was from Ridzuan. She smiled and placed the phone back in her handbag. She got out the elevator and pressed the remote button to unlock her car. She sat inside and drove to her office.
“Kringggggggg….” The Alarm rang in Ridzuan’s room. He got so clumsily and grab the clock to see what the time it is. Its 5pm sharp. Ridzuan keep yawning, though his body permits him to leave the bed but the cold weather disallows. It is raining heavily outside. Then suddenly he realized that he has an appointment, so called appointment with Lydia, undeclared though. So he pick up the phone and saw there is a message for him. He open it up and it was from Lydia. The message says,
“I am really sorry Ridz, I think wont be coming over to collect my Tupperware today. I am working late tonight, will get them from you tomorrow. Take care and Bye.”
His whole world seems shattered. He lose his motivation to get off from the bed thus he continue sleeping. Suddenly the phone rang, he thought it was Lydia but unfortunately it was Cheah. “Hi Ridzuan, do you have plans for dinner tonight?” asked Cheah gently. “ What?..Dinner? I have no mood for makan-makan lah….rasa nak tidur sampai pagi esok…wha why weren’t you with Christine?” ask Ridzuan curiously. “Why Christine? Hey come on k, m free and feel like spending time with, I tried calling Rahul but he was engaged…Jasmine as usual with her mom, so left you. Are you gonna let me down as well?” Pleaded Cheah. “ Okay…I will get ready in 10, u pick me and its your treat k. By the way, I have something to ask you too” “About what?”asked Cheah. “We’ll talk about it later.”replied Ridzuan. So Ridzuan got off his bed and headed towards the bathroom with his boxer pants.