From Comfortable to Love

Chapter 40 - Red Box

Tania's day drifted apart, she deliberately sought activities to fill the void. Usually it's not this busy. He felt freer if there was no Rakha there. Free to clean everything.

Tania walks into Rakha's study to clean up and tidy up what's messy. All the corners he did not miss, including under the desks and chairs.

When he pulled the broom from under the chair, a box pulled out. The box whose color has begun to fade and looks very dusty it makes him wonder what is in it.

Then he took the red box, cleaning the dust.

This box is not too high, and the size is also not too big. Tania sat down, she opened it because she was really curious about what it contained.

His eyes looked out at the inside of the box. Lots of pictures. Photo of Rakha, with a woman. The woman is the same face as the photo located in Rakha's room.

Tania looked at the photos and the other photos. Various poses and various places, of course, these photos are very friendly like showing that they are lovers. Or ... could be a married couple.

"Why are these photos stored under a chair and never touched again? Who is this woman? But ... her face was very similar to the woman who had come to this house this morning. Is she Mr Rakha's wife? Then why isn't he here anymore? Why would he let mister Rakha have an assistant like me?" Tania asked herself.

"Akh, there are too many secrets about Lord Rakha. Do I have the right to know? But me, I'm really curious. Is there a past to make Mr Rakha what he is now?"

"Why?"

"What's going on?"

"What are the problems of the heart and the feelings?"

Tania returned to tidying up the photos that were in her hands. He put the pictures back in the box. But the box he did not put back under the chair, he preferred to put it on the desk Rakha. That guy will be happy, or maybe Rakha has lost the box for a long time.

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Tania would sit by the pool at night, but not tonight. He was too afraid, because there was no one to ask for help if something happened.

He prefers to stay in the room, while the actual fall is very boring.

Suddenly I heard a phone call coming from the living room. Her voice was loud once making Tania immediately rush over. It was the first time he picked up the phone after a few months in the house.

"Ha-hello?" Tania said, she was very nervous.

"Are you okay?" Ask someone across the phone. Tania recognized the voice.

"Are you okay, Tania?" Rakha repeated the question.

"L-yes, I'm fine, sir."

"Is everything safe?"

"So far it's safe, sir. Nothing bad happened."

"Then what are you doing? Why did you pick up my phone for so long?"

"I'm not doing anything, sir. Just stay in the room. Feeling, just now the phone's ringing."

"In the room? Are you with someone?"

"No! I'm alone."

"Don't fuck with me, Tania."

"I've been honest, sir. There's no one in this house. Why do you always think negatively? Negative thinking will only make brain health impaired, sir."

"You're patronizing me?"

Tania grunted in annoyance.

"Why call if it's just to get angry?" Ask Tania. Rakha was silent.

Then the phone died.

"Huh! Really no people! Angry at his work. From far away the same. Angry, angry, and angry." Gerrutu Tania's.

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*illustration*