ANTHOPHILES

AZALEAS

2 HOURS PASSED.

According to Romy's prediction if they take 2 hours to get to where Justin has promised.

The car stops, Romy's sight spreads to see who has come.

"it turns out to be all together" Romy said in his heart.

Romy then looked towards Lea who was still fast asleep, she felt bad waking her up, so Romy just looked at Lea and did not wake her up.

On the other side of Lea who felt her car stop, slowly began to wake up, she opened her eyes then watched around with a still blurred look.

"nyampe already?" Ask Lea.

"already" answered Romy.

Lea then straightened her body then looked towards her watch.

"jeez in the middle of seven, I haven't prayed" Lea said frantically, rushing to open her seatbelt and then got out of the car and ran over to Justin who was preparing food.

Justin asked, in a hurry Lea immediately asked.

"i want to pray, where can I pray?" Ask Lea.

Without answering any questions, Justin immediately brought Lea into the house.

It turned out to be Justin's house, they were gathered in Justin's yard.

"you can pray here, you bring the prayer tool, right? because the gaada who prays here" Justin said.

Lea showed me the bag she was carrying.

"take it in the bag, ohiya where's the bathroom?"

Justin showed the bathroom with his hands.

Leah looked at Justin's hand.

"i'm waiting in the park" Justin said.

Lea simply nodded as she passed away going towards the bathroom.

Seeing Lea who had disappeared from his sight, Justin headed to the park to meet his friends who had been busy preparing food.

"where's Lea?" Ask Romy.

"at home pray again" replied Justin.

Together they were busy preparing food so that when Lea came, everything was in order.

On the other hand Lea had finished praying, she immediately folded her face and prayer mat and then put her back in the bag.

Suddenly there was the sound of footsteps approaching Lea.

"sorry who?" Ask the person behind Lea.

Lea turned her body to see who asked her. Lea saw a woman around her 40s standing before her. Without a second thought Lea immediately greeted the woman.

"i'm Lea aunty, Justin's friend" Lea replied later.

The woman watched Lea from top to bottom and frowned.

"i'm Justin's mama, are you really his friend? because Justin has brought women home" asked Justin's mom.

"Aunty, I'm Justin's friend" Lea replied in a stammering voice as she felt nervous.

Then Justin's mom embraced Lea with a smile.

"i think you're Justin's girlfriend, I really hope Justin has a girlfriend" Mama Justin said as she drove Lea to the park.

Lea could only smile because she didn't know what to respond to.

Jimmy saw the arrival of Lea who was held by Justin's mother made her nosy soul come.

"there's aunty so rich" Jimmy Ledek.

Hearing Jimmy's words, The people who were initially unaware of Lea's arrival, simultaneously looked directly at Lea and her mama Justin.

Mama Justin who was led by Jimmy replied with a bright smile.

"tante thinks this is Justin's girlfriend, because it's very beautiful to fit Justin" he said while poking Lea's cheek.

Hearing the words of Justin's mother, Shaga Romy and Jimmy laughed freely, while Justin and Lea felt very embarrassed.

"mama's a habit" Justin said in a spoiled tone.

"you must be the same age as Justin" said Mama

"start ah ah, mama mending rest, mama just came home right?" justin asked while holding his mother back home.

Lea who had been standing still, then walked to the chair to sit there.

Romy then approached Lea and gave her the phone he had bought at the Mall this afternoon.

"Here you are" said Romy, thrusting him into Leah.

Lea received the phone then immediately paired her sim card and memory card.

"There's a lot of ya" Lea told Romy.

"wihh hp nih, don't forget to save our number yes" Jimmy chirped while grilling meat.

"where's your boyfriend? tumben's not coming" Shaga asked Jimmy.

"get used to it" replied Jimmy briefly.

"you have a girlfriend instead of a smile even in making the dizziness continue" said Romy in a joking tone.

Jimmy did not respond to Romy's joke, he was just busy with his food.

Lea who had been trying to pair her sim card finally succeeded she also began to turn on her cellphone.

*TRING*

*TRING*

*TRING*

Lea was surprised by her cellphone that kept ringing, just immediately Lea checked her cellphone which turned out there were many messages and incoming calls from her uncle and aunt.

*There was a message he read*

"heh where are you? the child does not know himself! your mother died instead of coming home and saying! I guarantee you won't succeed there, you can't be anything!"

Lea unconsciously threw the phone.

Justin, who had returned from dropping off his mama, saw Lea throw his phone away and caught the phone in confusion.

"why did you throw it?" Ask Justin.

Justin's question made everyone there turn their eyes to Lea who was sitting down.

Lea was just silent trying to hold back her tears.

*TRING*

*TRING*

*TRING*

The phone in Justin's hold continued to ring, because curious finally Justin read the incoming messages one by one.

"uh uh? who's this?" Justin.

The phone in Justin's hands was then seized by Romy who was curious as well as the contents of the incoming message.

*They all read the incoming messages one by one*

Justin approached Lea who was bowing silently.

Then Justin knelt before Lea, holding his chin as he slowly tried to lift Lea's bowed head.

Lea put Justin's hand off her chin, she didn't want to raise her head.

Then Lea covered her face with her hands and began to cry.

"so bad talk, who the hell is this" asked Romy in complete disdain.

Justin immediately asked Romy to be quiet with his finger cue because Lea was crying.

Shaga, Romy, Jimmy approached Lea and they sat down under Lea with Lea on the seat.

Justin tried to calm Lea down by stroking her head.

Not long after, Leah's cries stopped.

In a very soft voice Justin asked.

"you why?"

*Lea started to raise her head*

"kalo gamau story also gapapa, we will not mean you because maybe it's part of your privacy" said Shaga.

Lea took a breath to calm herself down.

"that's my uncle's aunt, they're the same as my family"

"why?" ask Justin.

"they hated my mom since she split up with me. According to them, the mother was stupid to leave the father who had a lot of wealth. Mother married because in a family match, except grandmother.he is the only person who does not agree with the matchmaking, but grandmother can what? grandma's voice in the granny even insulted, the mother could not see the grandmother in the abject mangnya mother agreed with the matchmaking"

"after 8 years together, I finally couldn't stand my father. The most shocking incident that made my mother shocked at that time my father was caught again harassing me playing. He held onto my sensitive area, which eventually resulted in a quarrel between mother and father. The quarrel made my mother choose to leave the house to take me and my sister"

"all the way mom told me that you like cheating, but this incident really made me afraid, because mom had 2 daughters, mom was afraid that I and Lily would become father victims"

"so that time we lived three, lived in a rented house, no family helped the mother who had the mother even in contempt. That is the reason that brings me this city, I want to make my mother proud to give the best as a form of my thanks to her"

"but fate is not always beautiful, suddenly I got word if mom and Lily died. And what really makes me unable to accept the departure of my mother is that they died because they were killed, the perpetrator is the same person who likes Lily, she followed Lily and continued to come home. Though Lily had already quit her job to avoid that person. During the bad day, Lily who was alone at home because her mother was in the market, suddenly the man entered the house and tried to harass Lily. Fortunately, I went home and saw everything, but without my mother and Lily knowing it was the guy with the gun and quickly shot the mother and Lily who were hugging"

The story stopped, Lea could not continue the story anymore.

Lea took a breath trying to calm herself down.

Justin, who sat in front of Lea, sat next to Lea. Justin hugged Lea from the side.

"sorry we shouldn't ask you this" Romy said.

"gapa, all this time you don't know my background, today may be the right time for me to tell everything" said Lea.

*Lea picked up the phone that Romy* had in hand*

"this is mom and Lily" Lea said, showing a photo on her phone.

"so beautiful Lily" said Jimmy.

"you're all that pretty looking" said Romy, nudging Jimmy.

"is it beautiful and I have to say what to try?" Ask Jimmy.

"Ah, I've laper, want to try your cooking"

Lea said as she stood towards the table full of food.

Lea's steps were followed by Romy who immediately pulled a chair and allowed Lea to sit down.

"Please princess" Canda Romy.

Seeing the behavior of Romy Lea laughed out loud while sitting in a chair that has been prepared.

Actually it was not too funny for Lea, but Lea realized that Romy was trying to melt the atmosphere that initially felt cold because of the story.

They all sat in their chairs and began to eat the food at the table while chatting and laughing together.

"i want to tell you guys, the same interaction I had was just hand-holding yes, the photo is the same as I can you guys avoid physical contact" Lea said, surprising them.

"sorry, I was scared" said Justin, who felt guilty for embracing her.

"gapapa" Lea answered briefly with a smile then continued her meal.

After eating with them they continued with singing. It appears Jimmy is pouring alcohol into a glass and then distributing it to others.

Jimmy gave Lea a glass of alcohol, but Lea politely declined.

"i'm not drinking this" Lea told Jimmy.

"why? How old are you?" asked Jimmy plainly.

"whatever age I want to drink, my religion forbids it" Lea replied with a smile.

Shaga, hearing the conversation, approaches Jimmy to pick up a glass and drink it.

"sorry" said Jimmy as he passed away.

Shaga, who was standing, sat down next to Lea.

"are you drunk?" Ask Lea to Shaga.

"engga, I can drink so easily drunk" replied Shaga.

"ohh good, if all drunk later who anter me home" said Lea while feeding a snack to his mouth.

"there are people who don't drink" Shaga said.

"it turns out there are people who drink in the open rich gini" said Lea chimed.

"do you really see?"

"in my place to drink is a foreign thing, people want to drink yes come to a special place to drink, but I gatau the name of the place" replied Lea while continuing to snack on snacks.

"you are innocent, dangerous if you live alone in a rich city gini"

"yes, who do I want to live with?"

Lea's question made Shaga speechless.

"You're either, right?" Lea said with a laugh.

Shaga then takes the snack in Lea's hand and eats it.

Not feeling the night getting late, Lea who began to sleepy then said to Shaga.

"I want to go home" Lea said.

"i'm anther already" Shaga said as she walked around with Jimmy, Justin, and Romy singing while laughing together.

"Lea wants to go home, let me get anther. Romy I pinned the car"

"take it" said Romy.

"you're not drunk, are you? Safe with the drive" asked Justin

"safe, I realize" Shaga replied as she passed away to approach Lea.

Leah then stood up to say goodbye to the others.

"i'm going home" Lea said.

"be careful" replied Justin, Romy and Jimmy simultaneously.

Lea and Shaga walk to the car.

*they're already in the car*

"the brighter the light, the darker the shadow" Shaga said suddenly.

Lea who was installing the belt immediately stopped her activities.

"uh uh? Mean you?" Lea asked not understanding.

"i've heard it, he said that the bright ones are always cheerful even the ones with the most wounds. Rich you are" Shaga said as he drove off his car.

"everyone must have been hurt, just not everyone can talk, because finding someone who can be trusted is rare" Lea said in response to Shaga.

"do you believe in us?" ask Shaga.

*henning*

No response from Lea.

Shaga then looked towards Lea who was already asleep.

"so good sleep" murmured Shaga.

Shaga drove her car quickly so Lea could sleep in the apartment immediately.

...........

Long story short, they arrived at the apartment.

Shaga looked at Lea who was still asleep, gently stroking Lea's hand to wake her up.

It didn't take long, Lea woke up with only Shaga's hand.

"it's a shame" asked Lea.

Shaga just nodded then got out of the car, followed by Lea.

"Blesson, I'll buy a painting tool this afternoon" Lea said as she opened the rear car door to bring her painting tools.

Shaga helped shut the door.

"thank you, I went straight in, I was so sleepy"

Just a few steps away, Lea then stopped and turned her head towards Shaga who was still standing watching her.

"you heart yes" Lea said with a smile.

Shaga did not respond to anything, she just lowered her head to hide her smile.