로그인When Dr. Manuel Samaniego returned to work at the "Fray Bernardino Álvarez" psychiatric hospital in Mexico City, "he never imagined that he would face the biggest and most difficult case of his career.
더 보기Kartu kunci berkilat di antara jari Meira. Dentingan elektronik pintu terdengar, lalu aroma wangi kayu manis bercampur karpet baru langsung menyergapnya. Lampu hangat dari sudut ruangan membuat bayangan lembut di dinding, memantulkan cahaya di seprai putih yang tertata rapi di atas ranjang king size.
Ia melangkah masuk, meletakkan koper di tepi ranjang, lalu menoleh untuk berterima kasih pada Hastan. Dari jauh, sosoknya saja sudah cukup membuat orang otomatis meluruskan punggung. Letnan Kolonel Hastan Maheswara—usia masih di awal tiga puluhan—memiliki postur yang nyaris sempurna bagi seorang perwira militer: tinggi menjulang, bahu lebar yang mengisi penuh potongan seragam hijau militer, dan garis punggung yang tak pernah terlihat merunduk. Langkahnya tenang, presisi, seolah setiap derap sepatu botnya sudah diatur oleh komando tak kasat mata. Wajahnya bersih, namun tegas—rahang kokoh, hidung lurus tegas, dan alis tebal yang menaungi sepasang mata hitam dingin. Ada sesuatu pada sorotnya yang tak bisa diabaikan: tatapan tajam yang seolah bisa membaca lebih dari yang seseorang ucapkan. Rambutnya dipotong pendek rapi dengan fade tipis di sisi, gaya khas militer, namun sedikit ikal di bagian atas membuatnya tak sepenuhnya kaku. Suara baritonnya rendah, tidak perlu meninggikan nada untuk memerintah, namun cukup untuk membuat siapapun menoleh dan mematuhi. Aroma aftershave segar bercampur samar dengan wangi kulit dari sarung senjata yang menggantung di pinggangnya. Tangannya besar, kuat, dengan urat yang menonjol di punggungnya—tangan yang jelas terbiasa memegang senjata sekaligus mengetik cepat di depan layar komputer divisi sibernya. Dan di balik segala ketegasan itu, ada satu hal yang membuatnya berbahaya bagi hati siapa pun: tatapan sekilas yang hanya bertahan kurang dari satu detik, namun mampu meninggalkan sisa panas di kulit. Hastan berdiri di ambang pintu. Seragam dinasnya sudah terganti dengan kemeja hitam, lengannya digulung hingga siku, ototnya tertarik setiap kali jemarinya meremas gagang pintu. Ada tegang halus di rahangnya, dan tatapannya… seolah sedang menimbang apakah ia akan melangkah atau tidak. “Terima kasih sudah merekomendasikan hotel ini,” ucap Meira, berusaha terdengar santai. Ia menunduk, sibuk mengeluarkan pakaian. Jemarinya mengatur lipatan baju, mencoba mengabaikan rasa bahwa sepasang mata itu tak berhenti mengikutinya. Begitu koper kosong, ia menutupnya. Dan di sanalah Hastan—masih di tempat yang sama, tapi kini bahunya lebih tegap, dadanya naik-turun pelan, napasnya berat namun terkendali. “Kenapa kamu masih di sini?” tanyanya, kening berkerut. Tidak ada jawaban. Hanya langkah yang semakin mendekat—perlahan, nyaris tanpa suara—sampai Meira bisa melihat kilat gelap di matanya. “Hastan, jangan—” Terlambat. Lengan kokoh itu melingkari pinggangnya, menariknya ke dalam dada yang keras. Tubuh Meira terlonjak, tangannya refleks mendorong, namun genggaman itu bagaikan borgol yang hidup. “Apa yang kamu lakukan?!” Suaranya pecah di udara. Dan kemudian, suara itu—dalam, berat, dingin—mendarat di telinganya. “Menuntaskan perbuatanmu padaku… waktu kita sekolah dulu.” Napas Meira memburu. “A-apa? Itu sudah lama… cuma cinta monyet.” Tangannya berusaha memisahkan diri dari lingkaran besi di pinggangnya. “Bukankah aku sudah minta maaf?” Senyum menyeringai muncul di bibir Hastan, tapi matanya… penuh bara yang tak padam. “Tidak semudah itu, kakak kelasku.” Jemarinya terangkat, membelai pipinya. Kulit Meira bergetar di bawah sentuhan itu, napasnya tersengal tanpa ia inginkan. Sentuhan itu turun perlahan ke lehernya, memancing reaksi yang ingin ia bunuh sebelum terlihat. “Meski bibirmu menolak,” suaranya nyaris berdesah, “aku tahu persis di mana titik lemahnya.” “Hastan… jangan,” suaranya melemah—setengah peringatan, setengah permohonan yang bahkan ia sendiri benci mendengarnya. Dalam benaknya, wajah Octavian berkelebat, membuat dadanya semakin sesak. Tapi sebelum ia bisa berpikir lebih jauh, bibir Hastan menutup bibirnya—keras, memaksa—dan seolah mengenang sesuatu yang pernah hilang. Jemari di pinggangnya mencengkeram lebih erat, seakan takut ia menghilang jika dilepaskan. Meira membeku. Otaknya memerintah untuk melawan, tapi tubuhnya… tubuhnya justru mengkhianatinya. Dan di sela desah napas itu, ia tahu satu hal: Hastan tidak akan pergi sebelum ia mendapatkan yang ia mau.Thirteen was in the dining room, it was very few times that she ate together with all the inmates in the area, she had been in the psychiatric hospital for more than two years, since she saw his whole life collapse, his mind played bad Past, this day was quiet, her mother had not visited her in days, since the day she spoke with the kind Dr. Abello, if he was a kind man, he reminded her of her biological father, if she remembered him.One of the students who witnessed the sessions with her, worked in the area as a resident, observed the woman from a distance, produced a sensation of pain every time he observed her, for her case, the antecedents they marked, the signs and symptoms He did not want to make a prognosis, but he was one hundred percent sure that thirteen, if patient thirteen would never leave the fantasy world that lived in her head, although on some occasions she was lucid on others not so much.That day Dr. Abelló had con
In 1903 she was in the hospital garden for the first time; This was the occasion that she had waited so long for, she was ten years old in that place, the smell of flowers, trees, the air itself, all that filled her senses and perception. Dr. Samaniego gave the authorization to let her go out for a few minutes, all this due to her good behavior in the last sessions.Dr. Lanah watched the woman from the window overlooking the gardens, many patients were in the place; But the one who stood out the most was she, that woman who from the moment she arrived at Fray Bernardino could never touch that space until that moment when she walked among the rose bushes, looked at her scrutinizingly, she was not deceived, 1903 was manipulative and dangerous .Dr. Samaniego approached the woman; I was doing a tour of the facilities, I did not have a fixed day to do that tour and supervise that all things were running normally, I did it that way, both in wards
They were in consultation with Dr. Abello, again in Gesell's chamber, the students of the specialty in psychiatry every day, they found more interesting things in the case of patient 13, Dr. Abello had decided not to reveal the name of said patient out of professional ethics, but wanted her students to see her case.Tell me thirteen, how are you feeling today? - Abello asked kindly to the woman who was sitting in front of him- the woman when hearing the voice of the doctor looked up, but did not focus on him, if not on someone invisible, smiled at that something, and turned to see the man who had questioned her before.Very well, I always feel very well, I told her that my mother came to visit me, well she came and told me about the stupid ex-boyfriend, - the woman saw that invisible something, that made her signs that she will not speak, that It was better to remain silent, thirteen nodded to that character who was in front of her to remain silent again.
Dr. Abelló's class, the group was discussing the case of patient 13, that's what he called himself, the Doctor did not give them the name of the woman yet, the chair of the day could not be in Gesell since patient 13 she had suffered from a seizure of epilepsy the day before and was in the hospital at the time, and had a neurological monitoring.Okay guys, what have you investigated about our patient 13's symptoms ?; I await her hypothesis, her possible symptoms and her theories about her.Andrea Santos, one of the doctor's best students, raised her hand to ask for a word --- from what we can identify, she has strong traits of paranoid schizophrenia and there are also schizoid traits; but the strangest thing is that in the last consultation she had coherent language- Santos term.That's right, Santos- said Abello sometimes returns to reality, but not all, let's continue with the case and a bit of the girl's story ...&nb
Dr. Samaniego arrived at work that day, the place was quite chaotic, he still had a consultation to give, not because he was the director, he was not exempt from not having patients; But he still had to talk to Dr. Lanah, about patient 1903. That number told him something, but he didn't remember
It was a rainy morning in Mexico
“sometimes I dream of a
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