I Am Yours, Mr Chevalier!
The Part 52
The barrel pushed the remote tv button randomly, not paying much attention to the event presented on the rectangular screen. The girl got up from her seat and stepped towards her mini wine rack and picked up a bottle. Intended to spend the night warming himself up, and his heart felt lonely.
He put wine in his glass, and then gulped it little by little. A feeling of warmth spread throughout his body. Barrel rests his back on the sofa. He pushed back his tv remote. Change channels one by one.
The Barrel's eyes are rounded when the tv channel falls on channel E! News showing a female presenter talking and calling the name Benjamin Chevalier. Baras tried to notice a photo on the back of the presenter. The girl rubbed her eyes to make sure she didn't see wrong.
Ben is eating with a woman. Dada Laras rustling.
Baras listened carefully
what the presenter E said! News it.
Yep, Ben is close to a woman named Hailey. New band vocalist, Resistance.
"Wow!" said Baras unconsciously.
"Unbelievable." Barrel smiled bitterly.
"A real jerk being a guy, yes" said Laras as he sipped his wine glass. Her tears did not feel flowing.
"Half dead lonely here, he's even grinning there?"
"Udah give hope, kirain seriously, it turns out this way again, broken again, broken again!"
Laras fumbled to himself. Pour back the glass, gulp it down, again and again. The wine bottle was empty. While a little and occasionally wipe his snot with the sleeve of his sweater. Apparently the influence of alcohol makes his emotions overflow. Laras slid his face on the table and sobbed.
Barrel was shocked when his phone vibrated. With narrowed eyes examined the rectangular object screen.
"Gapain the phone!" sulcan Laras saw Ben's name on it. Laras only watched his phone without any intention of lifting it, until the shakes stopped.
A few minutes later, his phone vibrated again. Lazily shifted the phone's picture button to the right. Then turn on the loud speaker button.
"What?" snapped Laras, but what came out was the voice of the raucous. He grabbed a tishu on the table, then pulled out the contents of his nose which made him a little breathless.
"Hey, Laras, are you okay? You sound so weird, are you crying? What's wrong? Are you hurt?" Ben's panicked voice from across there was heard.
"Ben!" snapped Laras. "Don't pretend to pay attention to me!"
"What's Laras? What am I wrong?"
Wrong what? Inner Barrel. The crying broke back. It would have been like beating this shitty guy if he had been nearby.
"For god's sake, Laras .. tell me what's wrong with you?" scream Ben. This time he was really panicking.
"I hate you Ben, I don't wanna see you anymore, I hate you, I just hate you!"
Still sobbing, Laras laid his body on the sofa. A few minutes later, the girl cried until she fell asleep.
Forty minutes passed, a knock hard enough to wake Laras up. His head feels heavy. But his consciousness is recovering.
The barrel dragged its steps towards the door. Then open it a little without removing the door. He saw a white man in his 40s and dressed neatly in his black suit smiling at him.
"Miss Soetodjo?" ask the man.
"Yes?" answer Laras. "Can I help you?"
"Can I come in?" ask the man kindly.
Barrel hesitantly opened his door and let the man in. The girl did not immediately close it back, but rather stood in the doorway.
Just in case that guy is a bad guy.
"Mr Chevalier told me to check on you, she was very worried, your phone could not be reached."
The barrel shuts its mouth. Shit, just remembered before going to bed he was cursing at Ben while crying. Then turn off the phone and throw it somewhere.
"Emh .. I'm fine, Mister ...." Barrel narrowed his eyes.
"Call Pablo only," said the man named Pablo, cutting off Laras' speech.
"Ah yes, Pablo, I'm okay, I was a little .. you know, drunk," said Laras with a red face holding in shame.
"Ah I see . well alright then, I'll tell Mr Chevalier that you're in a good shape."
"Thanks Pablo, sorry to bother you,"
laras lirih.
The man bowed respectfully and then said goodbye. Barrel closed the door and sat on the sofa.
"Duhhh, shame!" Laras curses himself. Hit his head with anxiety. He saw the phone he threw lying in the corner of the sofa and immediately grabbed it and then turned it on.
Dozens of misscalls from Ben appear as well as some messages. Geez, that guy's freaking out, inner Laras. There was guilt in his heart. Laras shouldn't be overreacting like that. Maybe the woman named Hailey was just accompanying a meal.
The barrel breathed deeply.
"I'm angry too, Ben is not who I am" Laras murmured, laughing at himself.
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