My Missing Girl

21. Tears

After an explanation from the doctor, Adam returned to Hannah's room. Once there he found Hannah fast asleep.

Adam dragged the chair that he was there approaching towards the hospital bed that Hannah was in. Adam smoothed out Hannah's messy strands of hair. He also stroked Hannah's cheeks affectionately.

"Don't leave me, Hannah—"

"I don't want to lose you."

Adam's tears were dripping, unable to stand everything that befell his sister. Why does all this have to happen again and again, just after Hannah did her normal life for a while? But she had to experience all this in just a short period.

"Ad, are you crying?" Hannah was shocked when she saw Adam crying until his eyes were red.

"Are you conscious?" Adam wiped away his tears, approaching his body closer to Hannah. Hannah spontaneously reached out her hand to wipe Adam's tears down continuously.

Wiping away Adam's tears, the girl clucked because Adam didn't answer the question. "Ad, answer me."

"What?"

"Why are you crying?"

"You didn't ask that."

"I asked —"

"You ask, are you crying ad? Not why I cry? It's different Hannah." Adam with a spiky nose pinch belonged to Hannah.

"That's the same thing, Adam!"

"It's different, Hannah."

"It's the same!" Hannah exclaimed limply, and it was so adorable for Adam. He who couldn't bear to pinch Hannah's cheek with an echo.

"Don't keep teasing me, Adam. Why don't you answer my question?" Hannah put her hands above her chest.

"I'm fine, Hannah. I'm just a little sad to see you sick like this." Adam stroked Hannah's head full fondly. Hannah was very happy and comfortable to be treated like that. Hannah grabbed someone's hand stroking her head, Hannah pointed Adam's hand at her cheek. Then she held Adam's hand between her cheeks and neck. "Don't be sad, I promise I won't hurt again."

Shedding again, Adam's tears descended again for the umpteenth time. Adam really can't bear why a girl as tough as Hannah has to experience all the things that go on. Adam hopes God doesn't test Hannah too much, just get here. If God still wanted to test Hannah, Adam wanted God to give him the same test as Hannah.

*

James sat daydreaming in his room. He was looking at Hannah's test results. He wondered why the symptoms were coming back. As far as James knows and agrees if the patient with this trauma if has gone through treatment and declared cured. Likely, the patient will not relapse again. But Hannah?

Why did the girl experience the same initial trauma after she was declared cured? Hannah has lost too much, if Hannah experiences the same initial trauma as before it means Hannah will lose again for the umpteenth time. Hannah will have to start again in life if this is real.

James is also still unable to ascertain what will happen in the future. But judging by the results of Hannah's health tests, this is not very good for Hannah's condition.

The door of the room knocked from outside, I don't know who James was yet. Hence... James, invite the people outside to come in. "Come in."

"James, it's me."

"Alex? You're coming?"

Alex said in James' front seat, "I'm worried about Hannah. That's why I came here."

"Do you know Hannah?"

"Incidentally, Hannah is my classmate. And there are a lot of things between us that I can't explain to you, and from there we become close — friends."

"You also remind? With the girl who crashed a little how many a while ago in the hospital park. It was Hannah, you told me at the time."

"Oh yeah, you are right"

"Did something happen to Hannah?" Alex asks again, he wants to try again, correcting the information about Hannah's circumstances from James.

"No matter how much you try, my answer will remain the same Al, 'Hannah is in good shape, and for the rest, I can't tell you because you're not her family.' James' answer remained the same, he couldn't tell anyone else about the patient. Moreover, this is Hannah, one of the patients who must be real in care and protected.

"Come on, James, I promise I won't leak any information outside — to anyone else."

James patted the friend on the back, "I'm sorry about this, Al. It's not that I can't believe it. But I have to keep the information about Hannah."

"What do you mean?" James was surprised by what he had just said. A sentence that shouldn't come out of his mouth. Because of his carelessness, Adam became increasingly pooled.

"James, answer me! Information? What do you mean?"

Alex, who is aware of James's change in expression, is even more convinced that there is something James is hiding about Hannah's circumstances.

*

As Adam's possessive nature to her gets higher, Hannah wants to take advantage of him by asking for Adam's spoiled constantly like...

"Ad, I'll peel the apples for me."

"Ad, bribe me." and worse is...

"Adam, please hug me. I miss you." Hannah spoke like that while stretching out her hands asking to be hugged by Adam. Adam, whose gentle mode is again actively granting Hannah's unreasonable request.

Adam knew Hannah was flirting with him. Because Hannah knew that Adam rarely hugged her. Adam is the kind of person who can't express his affection if it's not billed like Hannah does now.

Although Adam is unusual, Adam will still do it if Hannah asks. Because for Adam, happiness for Hannah is everything.

"Ad, aren't you working today?" Hannah asked while playing her lentic finger on Adam's chest.

Not to be outdone by Hannah, Adam also plays strands of Hannah's hair with his hands that are not used as pillows by Hannah. "No, I'm allowed today. I also asked for my leave, so I could take care of you."

Hannah rounded her eyes very wide — because Hannah couldn't believe that Adam was willing to use the precious leave permit just to look after her. "Aren't you overdoing it, Ad? Why did you have to take time off? It shouldn't be necessary, there's Aunty Laura who can take care of me. You can also ask Cindy for help."

"It's okay, I just want the best for you."

"This is too much, Adam!"

Adam pinches with echoes of Hannah's lips, Hannah's thin lips that always talk endlessly — Hannah likes to nag. "I think this is natural because I want to always be by your side."

"If you're being gentle like this, it doesn't look like you, Ad. Did you just get hit by a cupid arrow? So it can be this soft?" said Hannah in her smooth voice.

"It could be, oh yes Hannah, there's something I want to ask you."

"What's that?"

"Would you like to come with me if I wanted to work abroad later?"

"Why suddenly ask like that?"

"I just want to know your answer."

"Of course I will come, wherever you are I will go because you are the only one who has."

Adam continued to hug her.