
"Mr ...."
"When do you eat?" Chris smiled as he looked at the two.
Tama looks panicked. "Eh, yes Pa." He rubbed the back of his head and stood up. Did Papa see me cleaning Mei's mouth? Ouch ....
Chris pulled up a chair near Tama and sat there. The others then sat back down.
"It's been a long time?" Chris was being mediocre. It is precisely Chris' attitude like this that often invites question marks. Tama knew very well this father, like a man who tried to keep an attitude and would be expelled later. Chris is so able to keep his feelings tidy, that no one knows if he is angry, happy or hateful, unless someone lures him out.
Tama did not dare to do that because if the man was actually angry, then he was finished. When Chris lets out his anger, he'll never stop until his anger hits a bright spot. Only Reina, his wife could ease the anger when it happened.
"Papa .. would you like to order some food?"
"Mmh, I can." Chris picked up the menu book and started looking at it. He looked at the menu while glancing at Tama and Mei who were suddenly silent. "How is your working relationship? Is everything okay?"
"Oh, yes. Mmh ... Mei is now helping me become Assistant and Secretary in an office other than school as usual. Mmh, we're very busy so if you go home to sleep. So. He he - he." Tama's laughter sounded strange. He doesn't even know why he should laugh.
"Mmh, is that it?"
Chris looked back at the two of them who looked tense. "Why isn't the meal spent?"
Tama just realized. "Oh, yes, this too is worth spending."
Hurriedly the two touched their food and began to eat. Chris refocused on the menu and called the waiter to order food. After that he started talking to Tama again. Mei who felt bad to be there hurriedly finished her meal.
"So now you're going to find a new CEO to replace your current position?"
"Yes Pa. Dad said that if the CEO had to run the company, I had to go to school, so Dad suggested that I look for a new CEO, and I could be the director who only receives reports and doesn't have to come to the office office every day."
"Yes, your father was right. You need to focus on school."
"Well, the problem is that finding a CEO is not easy and to interview him also needs special skills (abilities) and people in HRD are not able to do it."
"Yes, that's right. Because most CEOs and GMs are interviewed directly by the Owner (owner). They all saw how the candidate interacted with him so that he could think this person was suitable or not so subordinate because later they would interact with every CEO to give his report."
"Oh, so."
"Eh, sorry. I'm done, I take a walk out first huh?" Mei tried to talk while finally sipping a glass of mineral water.
"Eh, don't you go all the way, Mei?"
Chris glanced at Tama whose tone of speech was so attentive.
"Eh, yes Brother." May also left the restaurant. Tama returned to focus on talking to Chris. He also now turned his attention to the environment in the Mall he saw.
He has not walked alone for a long time. Enjoy the view around by walking slowly. It felt like something was lacking, accustomed to walking together Tama two. Now how lonely it was to walk alone, when it had never been like this before. He used to go everywhere himself, why can't he now? Did the walk with the man make him weak? Or opium? This little thing is starting to unsettle him.
"Eh." He accidentally breaks up with a woman. It was precisely the woman who nudged him for noticing the crowd. I don't know who he saw but the woman wasn't alone. It was like keeping your distance elsewhere.
Before long the woman moves into a middle-aged female visitor who is busy shopping, carrying her groceries and bags. Suddenly he pulled out a small knife and scratched it at the bottom of the visitor's bag. The bag opened and he easily reached into the bag and took the visitor's wallet.
Pickpockets! Mei swiftly grabbed the arm of the pickpocketed woman who had taken the visitor's wallet and pulled it up so that everyone saw what the pickpocket was doing.
"Eh, wallet!" shouted the woman visitor.
The pickpocket is upset and attacks Mei with a small knife in her other hand but the girl manages to avoid even subduing her.
Another friend was frightened and tried to run away but was yelled at by Mei. "Eh, that's his friend in blue!!"
Incidentally near there is a security guard who is on patrol until the man in blue clothes is easily snatched.
Irritatedly the visitor took his wallet violently and beat the pickpocket with the wallet he almost stole.
Mei tried to stop him. "Already Mom, already. Don't exaggerate. It will be handed over to the authorities."
"Thank you Dek. If there is no Adek, how should I go home. My card's all here too."
"Other times ma'am, if shopping a lot do not be alone. It will be a copet ma'am."
"Yes, thank you Dek. Duh, I don't know how to reply."
"No, nothing ma'am. The important thing from now on is to be careful."
The woman's pickpocket was then handed over to security officers. The crowd did not last long. One-on-one people started to unravel away.
"Mama!" The two women looked.
"Oh my son has come to pick me up" said the middle-aged woman relieved.
Mei surprised.
"May?"
"Tristan?"
"What are you doing here with my mom?" Tristan smiled with this pleasant surprise (surprise).
"This is your friend?" The woman pointed at Mei.
"Yes, Mama. My friend. He went to Guna Bangsa High School."
"Oh, quick. He looks like a kid."
Tristan's Mama? Is this Tristan's mother?
"She just helped Mama who was almost pickled."
"Oh, so."
"Eh, excuse me ma'am," said Mei. He didn't want to stay there for long. Moreover, there was Tristan, the man he was trying to avoid.
"Eh, wait a minute." Tristan grabbed the girl's hand. "We had a chat at the cafe there." He pointed at a nearby cafe from where they were standing.
Mei pulled his hand. "Sorry Tris, I'm being waited for," he replied flatly.
"Oh sorry." A disappointed look flashed on Tristan's face.
Mei slightly lowered her face at the woman then left.
Long Tristan looked at Mei's back which was starting to drift away. Miss ... the forbidden.
"You like her?" guess Mama Tristan who noticed her son looked at the girl differently.
"Eh?" Tristan. "Have a fiancee, Ma."
"The married one can separate especially the one who is still engaged." The woman smiled.
Tristan took Mama's groceries. "But he's not a rich man's son."
"Mom likes him."
Tristan. "Thank you, but she's engaged to a businessman."
The woman laughed. "What can't Mama do? Your father is a general, Tristan. Whatever your mom can do, just so long as you don't look for your mom."
An attractive offer, at least he can get one of the two women he wants to have. Tristan looked back to see which way the girl had gone and her figure had disappeared into the crowd.
May reaches the restaurant and enters. Tama was still talking to Chris. The young man looked at Mei and waved to her. "May, here!"
Chris followed her head around making the girl even more awkward. Mei, come to them.
"Yes it's Pa. I want to go for a walk first, I want refreshing. It turns out tired, school while working is Pa. Dizziness setting the time." Tama stand.
"You can stop working if you want to."
"No. Liability Pa. School is in hell again."
Chris laughs. "Many want to go back to school."
"Well, life's dizzy isn't that obvious."
Chris smiled broadly. "Later you'll miss her." He crossed his legs and folded his arms around his chest.
"Maybe, but now I'm having fun working."
"goodwill.(.Nice)"
Tama says goodbye and leaves with Mei. Chris looked at the two missing behind the door.
"Where did you end up?" tanya Tama was curious.
"Nothing. Just go for a walk."
"Oh yeah, we're going there!" Tama pointed in a different direction.
Mei followed. A pair of eyes were watching them from an open Cafe not far from there.
"That's her fiance?" ask Mama Tristan.
"Yes Ma."
"Mama can ...."
"Let Tristan go to Ma."
The woman looked at her adopted son. Until now it is difficult to get the heart of the young man fully when he really loves his adopted child like his own child but the heart of his adopted child still remembers his biological mother. He always felt abandoned. Sometimes he feels that Tristan does not really love him and only respects him as the woman who raised him. Every Tristan remembers his mother, he was often emotional towards the child, sometimes locking the child in the room because he was upset.
Once Tristan was digging information about his mother to relatives in the village and for that woman to take the black card given to Tristan, but the boy was silent. In the end, the woman returned the card to her son.
The older the woman, the less secure because Tristan can already stand alone and can find out about the existence of his mother outside. However, he still struggles to win Tristan's heart, so that he forgets his real mother. Up to now.
"If you want to marry her, Mama will have her blessing" the woman persuaded Tristan, and the man just turned his head.
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Mei and Tama stand in front of the cinema.
"Watch aja yuk, I'm running males," persuaded Tama.
"Well, what's Tama want to see?"
"Yuk, look at it."
They then went in and looked around. There was one movie Tama was interested in and then she bought her ticket. He bought popcorn and cola.
Mei accompanied Tama to watch the film. Occasionally Tama glanced at the girl who was beside him. It feels like that love is growing every day without the need to water. No rain, no wind there is only love. Is this what it feels like to be in love? Just being around him, feeling very happy.