HIDDEN STEP

CHAPTER 4

The laper? eat fried rice

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Andrian leaned his head against the car seat that led him to a restaurant. A tired day, does not make him forget the scars of pain that never goes away.

His eyes were walking down the street from the car window. Sometimes closed to calm the mind.

On the side of the road, a child in a shabby panda-eyed dress dribbled his feet down a red light with plastic in his hands as a holder of pennies.

How unfair is the world. Sometimes happiness is complicated. He, (Andrian) is feeling very lucky. Having both parents is complete, having a harmonious family, a sister whom he cares deeply about, and more than enough material.

But if in the study in the smallest heart, there is still one smallest side of him that is empty, making all the happiness he gets as if pseudo.

As for the boy, Andrian knew he needed parental affection, and a decent life.

What is he waiting for in life? There is no future to fight for. Along with the hypocritical man behind his street singing, it is impossible to escape from that street life.

If he can, what is he going to do? Orphanage or looking for parents who never knew of his existence, who may not exist in this world.

The boy sang in the car in front of Andrian's car. Then headed for his car with my typical balloon chant of a child.

"Let the windshield down let me see it."

andrian orders Alex to drive. While he's in the back seat.

Alex rolled down the windshield and Andrian could see the boy's face without the boy seeing it.

His face reminded Andrian of Zian when he was 9 years old.

"Give me this"

Andrian held out a hundred rubles to Alex.

Alex who saw the already green light quickly gave the money away.

Alex was older than Andrian, but he never took any offense at him.

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"Sorry late, mr. Solar. There was a sudden affair, and we couldn't postpone it." Said Alex trying to find a reason for his delay.

"It's okay, please sit down" he said.

Andrian sat with Alex, in front of him sat a girl who was familiar to Andrian.

"This is my son, his name is beautiful you already know, right? My son said you were in class."

Oh right, the gossip queen. Is beautiful.

"You remember me, right?" Beautiful Tanya with a charming smile.

No longer a horse-painted teenager with a sweet smile, now she transformed into a beautiful girl who is graceful. So many changes that Andrian did not seem to recognize.

"Of course." Answer Andrian.

"My son just finished his education in new zealand last year. Usually he would stay in Manhattan to take care of his small business. But this year he came home to attend his cousin's wedding."

Said Mr. Surya looks proud.

"really?" Andrian's Refutation.

"Yes" he answered

"I don't care" Andrian said.

"you were also present at Devan's wedding?" Beautiful Tanya.

Devan?

"So you're Devan's cousin?" Ask Andrian.

Lovely laugh he thought it was funny, but Andrian thought it wasn't funny.

While drinking the drink Beautiful replied with a smile.

"He's my cousin, Devan said you're a friend, didn't he ever tell me?"

"Whatever it is, I don't think it's that important." Andrian murmuring. That only Alex could hear next to him.

"What did you say?" Beautiful Tanya.

"No." Answer Andrian.

All the work was done quickly, without entanglement although Beautiful and his father always seemed to stall meetings with silly questions that have nothing to do with the work at all.

But Alex always returned the situation when he saw Andrian's face began to sour.

Alex opened the incoming email, as his hand tapped on his thigh, aligning with the song being played.

"Zian how?" Ask Alex.

Alex glanced at the glass, seeing Andrian subconsciously glancing at him as well.

"Home friend. He's a classmate of Zian's, and it seems like in good boy neither has ever come to a bar with Zian the other day." Reply with an undiminished focus.

"Good"

"Do you want to be picked up, sir?"

"No need later also most he nginep there.do not call Mr, this is not in the office." Andrian took off his phone and leaned his head. The sleepiness starts to attack.

When he woke up Andrian was already in front of his apartment. Alex did not dare to wake her.

"Why don't you wake up" he asked raucously.

He laughed awkwardly. Then he said, "We just got here,"

"Oh"

Outside Andrian's car knocks on the windshield and Alex lowers it.

"You just take this car to your house, let your car be left in the office. It's already night." He said he saw his watch.

When leaving earlier Andrian and Alex using an office car, Andrian's car is still in the office as well as Alex. And it's been too late to take his car and return the company's car.

Alex smiled in response. Then slowly the car disappeared from the sight of Andrian who was still standing in the same place. He glanced right and left, he felt lonely without any sign of passers-by, Andrian crossed the road along the road he had been expensive out of his head.

He sat on the seat that provided fried rice stalls that he had visited several times.

Still in his suit from the morning, he ordered a serving of fried rice. The stall was quiet there was only Andrian, the seller, and one teenage boy who waited for his order with sleepiness. Maybe he's the same age as Zian.

After what he ordered so, without a stale base he immediately ate the fried rice. According to him the fried rice in this stall is delicious, just like his mother's cooking which may be better fried rice is a little.

The conscious hunger that broke his stomach was gone with the help of just one serving of fried rice.

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Zian growled when Edi, the host who had allowed him to stay one night, beat him in a game he had not played in the past year.

"I lost mulu si" he muttered annoyedly.

"Sleep, I sleep. Tomorrow we go again." Said Edi with a hoarse voice, his eyes had been cracking since earlier. Her voice had also been playing from earlier.

"No. one more time I can definitely lose you!" Saut Zian with a very annoying look. You spoiled child.

"But it was malem Zi." said Edi trying to persuade him. He hopes this boy is sensitive.

"But I'm not sleepy. I won't give it up until I win" he said.

"But I'm sleepy"

"Gue doesn't care!"

Edi rolled his eyes lazily. He shouldn't have allowed Zian to sleep here if he knew this....