
"Have Kia arrived?" Rini approached Kiana who had just sat in her chair.
"From now on, Rin. I only met old men there, so I helped him first." Kiana said casually as she opened her laptop as she was about to start working.
Rini thought for a moment, who exactly is the old man Kiana meant.
"Is the father old?"
Kiana shook her head.
"So?"
"Yes, about fifty years ago, he wanted to meet Mr. Kenan." Kiana.
"Oh my goodness, Kia...." Rini was hysterical. While Kiana was confused by Rini's expression which shocked her.
"That's our chief director, Mr. Kenan's father." Obviously Rini who tried to remember the agenda of his superiors is Malik, because today Malik had an agenda to pick up Sandy, because Sandy will visit the office. But it was canceled because Malik had to meet investors outside.
"Seriously?" Kiana closed her mouth. Because he realized that he had mentioned the words polar bear to Kenan.
"Dad Mr Kenan?" Kiana made sure.
Rini nodded. "You're lucky to meet him in person, even you helped him." Kiana just nodded, inwardly she felt ashamed.
"Had the father looked astonished when I said the word polar bear." Inner Kiana.
***
"Do you have an agenda today?" Sandy kept pushing her son. For some reason, Sandy is currently in the middle of being curious about the origin of the girl she just met earlier.
"Want to have Pa's job." Said Kenan cuek as he checked the incoming file.
"*Good Morning, with Prasetya Company, can anyone help?"
"Kiana, to my room now*." Kenan said in his call.
Kiana rushed straight to Kenan's room.
tok.tokm..
"She called me?" Kiana opened the door of Kenan's room slightly.
"Come in." Kiana entered the room of the man she nicknamed the polar bear. Kiana looked fixedly at the man's face, she felt like something was different, she was not arrogant as usual, her face looked a little puffy.
"Kia, what's the solid agenda today?" Ask Kenan with a serious look.
"A little solid, sir." Kiana answered while opening a small book containing a note of Kenan's activities.
"Dad listen to myself, my agenda is quite a lot. I'd better take a walk with Malik." Obviously Kenan, but Sandy still doesn't care.
Actually, Sandy and Kenan are two humans who have the same nature. They are both ambitious and have to get what they want. It's just that Sandy and Kenan are different generations. Sandy is getting older, her ambition has never changed, especially now that she is looking for the right daughter-in-law and suitable to accompany her favorite son.
"Is that all sir?" Ask Kiana back.
Kenan nodded and ordered Kiana to leave the room.
***
At Kiana's house, the mother who works as a noodle soup seller also looks to be packing to open her bakmie shop.
"Hi, Ara, get some celery leaves in the fridge first?" Shouted Santi calling Kiara, Kiana's sister.
"Hi, Ara." he shouted once more but there was no answer.
"I am indeed the saddest, most miserable human being, having two useless twin girls, not being able to help me at all, one busy working one busy reading. Do I have to find food alone." Said Santi in a loud tone.
One by one customers were present to buy bakmie kuah sold by Ibu Santi, because in this city, only Santi sold Korean-style bakmie as sold by Santi.
"Please enjoy, order again if less." Say Santi while serving visitors who give her bakmie.
Suddenly, Santi's steps came to a halt, as he watched from three men standing firmly across the street from his home. The man who is usually present at his shop once a month.
Santi ran towards his house, running towards Kiara who was still in the room.
"Ara, soon you secure all your money, your savings." Santi lirih.
"Why Ma'am?" Kiara astonished.
"He's coming again." Obviously Santi, as if he understood his mother's intentions, he also hid all his savings to places that no one ever thought there was money in them.
"You're out serving customers, let mother face them."
"But, Mum?" Kiara tried to ban the mother who already had a strong desire.
"So who else, there are no reliable men here. We all need to be strong."
"But, it's very dangerous ma'am." But Santi still does not care, she will still face the thugs of the city where her ex-husband owes money.
"Mr, I'm sorry to interrupt the food. Still you please leave this place, because there will be some group of thugs who will destroy this stall." Santi clearly with a sad tone. He did not think there was a Setega man on him who never hurt others.
Sure enough, the thugs ran over Santi's merchandise, until all the customers ran away in fear.
"Where's the money, Fandi is already in debt to our boss." Said one of the thugs.
"Hey, what I do with him, me and him is separated, I don't need another useless one like him, which is usually just spending my money." Santi Obviously.
"Aaaah.., where's the money." One of the thugs opens a small drawer where Santi used to keep his money.
"Hi, I told you I don't have any money, it's only eleven o'clock in the afternoon, I just opened a shop. Where there's money." Santi again explained, hoping the thugs would have mercy.
"Aaahhhhh..fucking." cursed the thug. Then the thugs left Santi's shop which was in a mess. He cried as a result, crying over his unfortunate fate.
Fandi is Santi's husband who has been expelled for two months because Santi knows that he cheated and only used the work of Santi alone to meet his needs.
Fandi is expelled by Santi, but Fandi's departure is not the end of Santi's suffering. But it becomes a burden for Santi because every Fandi owes always Santi and his two children who bear the debt.
"Mother." Kiara came to the mother who was crying for her merchandise.
"It is not for us to live if we continue to suffer like this." Santi was crying again.
"No nutmeg ma'am, this is the destiny we should enjoy." Kiara tried to advise the mother to be calmer and get excited again.
This is all Fandi's strange insolent act. He always works by using others.
"You're too much Fandi." Shouted Santi.
Making Kiana step stop stepping to enter the house.
" Can I come in?"
***