Knock knock knock...
The sound of knocking on the door from outside the HR room made Mr. Hendri, who was focusing on looking at employee data, finally stopped for a moment.
Mr Hendri took off his glasses, tied his hair and clothes, and then said.
"Please come in!".
The door opened, a tall man wearing a doctor's coat, then entered the room. The man was Doctor Zein El-Ghifari.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Hendri", Doctor Zein greeted Mr. Hendri politely and friendly, then walked towards his desk while extending his right hand to shake hands.
With a charming smiling face, Doctor Zein waited for Mr. Hendri's handshake. Mr Hendri himself was quite surprised by the handsomeness of the young doctor in front of him.
Luckily Mr. Hendri was a man. If not, he would have definitely fallen in love with the young doctor in front of him.
Mr. Hendri immediately extended his right hand and shook hands with Doctor Zein.
"Please... Please sit down, Doc", said Mr. Hendri, smiling more friendly because he found that his guest had been acting friendly since entering the room.
"Is there anything I can help you with, Doc?", added Mr. Hendri with a smile.
"Um... how should I say that?", replied Doctor Zein, confused.
Mr Hendri laughed. He thought the young doctor in front of him was afraid or nervous because he was facing him.
"Ha ha... Doctor, don't be afraid of me, just relax", said Mr. Hendri confidently.
Doctor Zein who heard the words that came out of Mr. Hendri, looked at Mr. Hendri strangely and thought.
'What?! I'm afraid of you?! My fear vein was broken decades ago', said Doctor Zein in his heart.
Because Doctor Zein was just silent and seemed to be daydreaming in front of him, Mr. Hendri then made him aware.
"Doc.. Doc.. hello?! What's wrong with you, Doc?!", said Mr. Hendri while waving his hand in front of Doctor Zein's face.
Realizing he was daydreaming, Doctor Zein immediately said.
"So it's like this, Mr. Hendri. I am here to represent all employees at Derisa Hospital, asking you to immediately change the policies that burden all employees here. Please also change some of those policies to their original state. Many employees and also other doctors feel very pressured by this new policy from you".
"Ha.. ha.. ha..". Mr Hendri spontaneously laughed.
"I already thought something was wrong or something. Doctor, you don't need to bother representing all the employees, because I will not revoke my policy," said Mr. Hendri firmly.
"Sir, please. I pity these employees. They are already exhausted from working. Yes, it would be better if you increased their salaries. But instead, you increased working hours, cut salaries by a few percent, and eliminated overtime pay" pleaded Doctor Zein, trying to make Mr. Hendri realize his point of view.
"Doctor... you're not the first person who came to my office to discuss this new policy. I remain firm in my position to maintain the policy I made", replied Mr. Hendri, feeling increasingly confident.
Then Mr. Hendri continued his statement.
"Even Mr. Widodo, the Director of Derisa Hospital, once said the same thing as you. But the result is still the same. I will not change this new policy", continued Mr. Hendri firmly.
"What?! Mr. Widodo has also discussed this with you?!", said Doctor Zein, surprised.
"That's right. That was two days ago, to be exact," replied Mr. Hendri, strengthening his statement.
Mr. Hendri is increasingly confident in his method. Even Mr. Widodo, the director, is helpless, let alone just a doctor.
But a moment later, Mr. Hendri saw Doctor Zein smiling broadly and then looked into Doctor Zein's greenish brown eyes. A very unique eye color. That made him feel strange about this.
"You... Why are you smiling like that, Doc? Did the Doctor finally agree with my policy?", asked Mr. Henry again.
"Oh no... no... I just feel very happy. Maybe I will exercise soon", answered Doctor Zein who felt very satisfied.
"Exercise? What do you mean, Doc?", said Mr. Hendri who was curious and asked again.
Doctor Zein did not answer, but instead immediately said goodbye.
"I'll take my leave, Mr. Hendri, Good Afternoon", replied Doctor Zein while smiling even wider.
"Okay, Doctor. Good afternoon. Welcome back to work. Oh, sorry, what's your name, Doctor? I forgot to ask your name. And I also don't see any identification on your chest", said Mr. Hendri.
Doctor Zein answered immediately.
"My name? Ha.. Ha.. Take a guess. My name is Zein Youssef El-Ghifari. Especially for you, call me Doctor Z!", replied Doctor Zein, turning around, opening the door of the room and closing it immediately.
(The sound of thunder)
'Doctor Z!!!', Pak Hendri screamed in his heart.
For some reason, Mr. Hendri felt as if lightning had struck him when he heard that name. Mr Hendri then muttered.
"So, that doctor is the one in my contract clause?", said Mr. Hendri, who was actually a little scared, especially seeing Doctor Zein's smile and eye color.
But remembering that he was a Head of HR, and even the director couldn't do anything in front of him, Mr. Hendri immediately threw away his negative thoughts.
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After 'visiting' Mr. Hendri, Doctor Zein finally understood one thing. Doctor Zein understood why Mr. Widodo, as the Director, couldn't help at all.
Mr Widodo even asked Doctor Zein himself to do it as he pleased.
Doctor Zein now looks even more grinning, combined with a little cruelty. Maybe this was the time to show who was in charge here.
(Sound of Phone Call Ringing)
Doctor Zein looked at his phone and read the caller's name. Wow, there's an incoming phone call from Zara, Doctor Zein thought enthusiastically.
The tip of love, the side dish has arrived. This was the first time Zara took the initiative to call him. Previously, Doctor Zein and Zara only sent and replied to messages.
Immediately, Doctor Zein sat on one of the waiting chairs at the hospital. While there was no one here. A second later, Doctor Zein picked up the phone from Zara.
"Hello, Salamu aleykom, Zara", Doctor Zein felt happy when he picked up the phone from Zara.
"Aleykom assalam Zein, are you busy?", Zara replied to Doctor Zein's words.
"I'm not busy right now. Why are you calling? Hehe," asked Doctor Zein then.
Zara answered as if she was hesitant, then continued.
"But don't be angry, okay?", Zara added.
"What's wrong? Just talk!", Doctor Zein said a little curiously.
"It's... My apoligize.. Something that Hameed said yesterday, we're not going to do it, okay?", Zara replied carefully and was afraid that her words would offend Doctor Zein.
"What do you mean we're not doing it? Why am I getting more and more curious?" said Doctor Zein, who really didn't understand at that time.
"I'm.. at that time I said to Hameed, I was looking for a partner. Then Hameed recommended you", Zara continued explaining from the beginning.
"So?!", Doctor Zein replied with an uncomfortable feeling and also a pounding heart.
"I... I just found out yesterday that you're... already 43 years old, right?", added Zara, trying to explain so that Doctor Zein wouldn't be offended.
"Yes, I'm that old, so what? Is this the reason? Do you feel like I'm old?", replied Doctor Zein who was a little annoyed and now understood where Zara's conversation was headed.
"Ah, No, I didn't say old... But.. Just a bit ancient", said Zara, twisting her answer.
"It's the same, IV bottle!!", replied Doctor Zein who was now feeling very annoyed.
"Huh? What? Did you buy an infusion bottle? Okay, you just continue your work. But the point is, your age is almost the same as my uncle. So, honestly I feel embarrassed. Um... shall we end it Zein? It's almost too much. Let's just be friends, Salamu aleykom", said Zara who immediately turned off her phone.
"Eh.. wait.. wait.. wait.. wait Zara..!! Woah.. it's been turned off. Aleykom assalam", answered Doctor Zein in response to Zara's greeting who had turned off her cellphone.
Doctor Zein just smiled wryly while shaking his head. In his heart, Doctor Zein said 'I hope you don't regret it if you see me one day'.
Finally Doctor Zein walked around Derisa Hospital again. Monitor some of the damage there.
'Love is indeed a strange feeling. They say love is blind. But how can love see our age?'.
That's roughly what was on Doctor Zein's mind right now after getting a call from Zara. Even though Doctor Zein had almost moved on from his wife. But there was something else unexpected.
Doctor Zein kept walking until he didn't realize he was right in front of the entrance to the Pharmacy Installation.
'Hmm... Pharmacy Installation? It's been a long time since I've been here', Doctor Zein said to himself then decided to go inside.
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