Dear, Soul!!
Faiq
Although Fauzi had obtained permission to resign, but he was still busy taking care of some work while waiting for the person who would replace him to come. Fauzi is still doing all he can do, so that the person who will replace him is not overwhelmed by the work that Fauzi has started. The father of one child did not want to burden others with what should be his burden.
Today, Fauzi is contacted by Farhan's father to meet with someone who will replace him. Not wanting to make someone important enough for him wait, Fauzi finally arrived earlier than the allotted time. Yes, coming at the right time and instead of being late, has one positive point. It will also be revealed that Farhan's father did not choose someone to take control of his company, also showing that he got that special position, he said, not solely because of the relationship he had from the sole son of the owner of the company. Discipline is one of the most important things for success.
As usual, Fauzi will sit on the back of a chair while monitoring his wife, if it can lower the nervousness he has, he said, also to see what else his beloved wife is doing during the day.
“Fauzi??”
Saying someone turned his eyes to Fauzi who had been focusing on his phone screen.
Fauzi was astonished, the face he had not seen for how long, was now present before his eyes. A familiar face, but the appearance that the person had made Fauzi ask himself, is he really the same person I knew before?
“At first I was just thinking, and it was true that the Fauzi in question was you”
He quickly took a sitting position right in front of Fauzi. And Fauzi only showed a smile of hospitality.
Hearing the man now sitting in front of him speak as if he knew him, Fauzi's question about the truth of his conjecture about the man was finally answered. Yes, he is the same person, despite his different appearance.
“How are you doing?”
“Good. What about you?” Ask Fauzi back.
“Well as you can see” He answered while raising both his shoulders.
Both are professional people, actually carrying out the initial goal first compared to the others, so they first discussed the work issue even though the two had thousands of questions that wanted answers from each other, after years of not meeting.
“I still have a project running now, but everything is almost finished, there is only one and it is very important”
“So? Do you want to finish first and then resign or how?”
“Before I apologize if this is a hassle. I don't have much time to be able to finish this project”
“So you mean, you want me to finish it?”
“If you deign”
“If I had no problem, I would have prepared myself for a little heavy work. I have to test, already the extent of my ability to increase after adding to the knowledge of the last few years this”
“You look a little ambitious now, different from the cungkring boys I knew before”
“Yes that is, the world I have is too cruel, to require me to change like this”
Fauzi just smiled knot got a response that he thought was quite excessive.
“So what about the partners you work with? Is he willing to continue his cooperation with me and let you leave your job just like that?”
“Yes, she already agreed”
Both of his eyebrows reflexes he raised, an impulsive move from him that did not expect Fauzi to be able to get that approval from his previous co-workers.
“Wah, it seems like you are the type of person who is great at negotiating. You can make him nod to transfer your work”
“Not really, he agreed because we are from the same alumni”
“Our campus friends?”
Fauzi. “My grade brother when SMA”
“Oh worth it. You won't be able to do this easily. Transfer jobs to others, enter in violation of cooperation contracts is not it?”
Fauzi just nodded. “But this can no longer be said to be in breach of contract, as he has already agreed to it”
“Ya, you're right”
“To further discuss the ongoing project issues. I asked him to meet me in the next few days, and I hope that you can also attend the meeting so that we can harmonize it”
“Sure, contact me and tell me the meeting time”
“Iya, thanks in advance”
The conversation that went straight to the point, finally went smoothly without taking a long time. The professionalism of the two made the conversation unhindered.
“So where have you been all this time?”
“Ck, stop using formal language once Fauzi. We have not discussed work anymore” Tegurnya while sipping caramel macchiato available in front of him.
Faiq, an old friend who is now back in Fauzi's life. Faiq, who was once known by Fauzi, is very different from him. Faiq who used to be humorous, relaxed and warm, now looked a little cold with ambitious overflowing from his gaze.
Fauzi did not know, what was passed by the man who used to live with him after leaving home, to turn into a man with a very different figure now, he said, he almost made her ask if the person he saw today was the same person he was a few years ago when they were busy with the world of college.
“Sorry, because it disappeared suddenly that time. I myself also had no other choice at that time”
“What happened.”
“Regular problems in wealthy families. A parent who cuts off his child's wings and forces him to do what he expects of a child, not what the child wants. Tragic life”
Fauzi felt how deeply the sentence that came out from the lips of a Faiq. He never expected, ah no. Everyone would not have expected, Faiq who was so friendly and pleasant used to be, that was, has turned into a manly looking manly man with little gestures that make his interlocutor feel a little pressure. What Fauzi has realized is the possibility of this change, after remembering what Farhan said about Faiq a few days ago when they met.
“So that time?”
“Bodyguard My father came to pick me up forcibly. Obviously I refuse, I am not a submissive child who just come along even though forced”
“Terus why in the end come too?” Tanya Fauzi was curious.
“Because you guys. Because of you, because of Sasa and for the good of us all”
“You mean?”
Fauzi was made to not understand what Faiq said. It's like a puzzle question that's so hard to understand.
“I can't explain in detail the same to you. Just the outline, I got a threat that makes me want or not, I have to obey what my father wants”
Fauzi was silent for a moment. He had absolutely no idea what was happening exactly, yet what Faiq had said earlier, although not very detailed, Fauzi concluded that Faiq was under pressure from his parents to obey what his parents wanted. He became subservient to the wishes of his parents without being able to put up a fight.
Yes, if only Faiq told me that time, maybe this kind of event would not happen, and another destiny might have a better thing for Faiq to feel.
“You changed.”
“I won't deny what you said. I actually changed. I don't know myself now either. Either I'm wearing a mask right now, or is this the basis of my true nature”
A smirky smile adorned on Faiq's lips, accompanying his words that along with his true self-awareness changed at this moment.
“Looks like your life is heavy once”
Faiq only smiled slightly.
“Yah's.. I've turned into a monster because of my father. And he himself was afraid of his work that was me now. I don't want to be like this, but I can't stop it. I became a man filled with ambition, ambition to do something my father couldn't. I want to go beyond it, anyhow”
Faiq's way of speaking was a little scary, he was almost like a low-level psychopath that made Fauzi repeat the previous question. Is it true that the man who was sitting, leaning in front of him, was Faiq who used to share his grief with him, or just someone with the same name and face.
“You will ruin yourself, Faiq”
“I've been broken, Fauzi. Since I made the wrong decision a few years ago, I've been broken. My initial ambition that only wanted to be a successful person in order to do something in my favor, formulated to be bad when I made the wrong decision”
Fauzi did not understand what Faiq said. Their current discussion is quite heavy for discussion for people who have just met after a long time apart without news.
“I might change later, but don't know when. I'm also waiting for someone who can change me”
“Sasa?” Guess Fauzi.
Faiq gasped, he stared deeply into Fauzi's eyes. The look in his eyes slowly changed, his expression that had been adorned with a smirky smile like a villain in a drama, turned more shady.
“Not moved on?” Guess Fauzi again.
Faiq simply fell silent, then smiled.
“I read once yes.”
“Actually no. I was just guessing. So how? Have you ever contacted Sasa from that time?”
Faiq. “I'm too cowardly. I'm afraid my father knows and will hurt Sasa”
“So??”
“I'm quiet. I was trying hard at that time to be a great man in order to surpass my father and be able to do what I love.. But in fact, I collapsed in my actions that took the decision in determining my life”
Time passed, and the two were still late in their conversation. But Fauzi still occasionally check the state of Salwa through his cellphone while still listening to Faiq's story
