I took a step outside and felt warm light from the sun prickling my skin. As people passed by my house, they said 'hi' to me. I greeted them back and went for a walk myself. But now I think that something happen to dad earlier. The look on his face tells me something did happened but I guess it'll have to wait until he's ready.
I continued with my walk to the park, looking around. Tree, bird and family did sound like they're happy. This atmosphere will be the one to make me missed the whole town altogether.
Many people from bigger city compared here with there, and they realized something. The essence of this city is much higher than theirs. Even though the technology still on transition here.
Anyway, like that cafe over there who had been build since five years ago. The very own cafe is the same as any other cafe but what's the difference? The place is not crowded nor is it quiet. But the service there is... you can call it special. With only two menu as dish which consist, cheesecake with hot milk and croquette with coffee, had been served to customer. And the last thing they provided as service is consultation.
Everytime customers came, they sat and ordered like in any regular cafe but after serving it, the employee not just leaving them. By talking a little and telling how they're life came to be. Slowly but surely, the employee gained their trust. The customer will tell them about how's their day, their past. With music accompany them while drinking hot beverage, who wouldn't want to enjoy this service after spending their entire day worn out by work or school?
But not rarely, teenager who's still in school came to this cafe or with their friends to enjoy cheese-cake and hot milk while sometimes talk with the employee about love problem, school and family-related problem.
The employee there never give advice, but only listen to them, why? Because everyone just wanna be heard. Either work, love, job or others. And if they asked about advice, they just smile and tells them, "There's always a way to every problem, cause the way to live life is to enjoy every up's and down's. By doing that, you will know. That every single day is worth it."
But not just cafe, flower shop and many others had special qualities too that makes them unique. The motto "Good service, good life" was taken seriously. And that's why the essence of this city never lost to many other big city. By making priority of value and norm to keep it alive, not just to earn a living. You could say money is the biggest concern in every human being, but is it really the main priority in life?
I walked around and saw every goods that was on display, not realizing that it means I was close to the park I used to visit. At first glance, there was no one there but if you consider to look closely, you could see a boy with brown hair and wearing green jacket sitting around the swing, and looked like he was very lonely.
But I don't know why, I felt something familiar the moment I set my eyes on him. I got closer and sat besides him.
"Hi." I said but he didn’t said anything back. He turned to the right side and not sparing a glance at me. Of course it made me angry because it made feel like I didn’t exist. So, I left him.
On the way home, I bought an ice cream to ease my broken heart. And it did very well to my well-being. I walked with ice cream on my right hand, and for awhile I saw him.
"Him again?" I was pissed off that I wanted to smack him but there’s something I realized after deciding to follow him. That is, he lived a little far from mine. But I heard it’s not inhabited by the owner for many years, so that means he’s my neighbor now?
I hid behind the tree and saw him brought back some suspicious looking bag. He continued to walk through the neighborhood, not noticing myself apart from himself. He just walk and walk and it makes me felt something familiar. I don’t know if this is fate or just coincidence but I guess i’ll make the most of it.
After few minutes of walking, I can guess where is he walking to but there’s only one thing that lingered in me. Why is he going there?
From the direction he came from, he turned left with me following behind. And as I had guess, he went to the hospital. Well, I can’t follow him to where he will go but I can ask the receptionist though.
"Miss, Can I ask you something?" She stopped what she was doing and turned to look at me.
"Oh! Are you not the daughter of Mr.Ivan? That famous psychiatrist?" She asked with louder voice, attracting unwanted attention around us.
"Yes miss, but can you please be less louder than before? This is a hospital." I said shyly. She understood what I meant and nodded.
"Oh right, sorry. So what do you want to ask about?"
"Do you know some patient that was treated here and being visit by my friend named Nando?" I said. The reason how I knew his name because of his crumpled paper he was holding the entire time at the park.
"Oh, you mean the patient from accident years ago?" I nodded weakly.
"Well, apparently it’s her sister named Ghina. She was treated here after the accident made her gone into a coma. His brother, Nando always visit her and take care of her. Such a tragedy." She said while looking down at some patient hospital record on the computer.
"Yeah, how sad." I followed.
"Then what’s your relationship with Nando? Are you his friend?" I just smiled at the question and she nodded before went back to work.
[I see, so that’s how it came to be. Maybe I can help him.]
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