Long River

Occupations

"Weak what? Are you really weak from the operation?"

"Like can't do anything and look lame."

"Why does it matter, I'm nobody."

"Importantly, what you think is important to me."

Leka stunned. Her husband never wanted to listen to her heart, why there was a man from a foreign country who was not who he was so eager to hear his heart. Why did fate play him this way. Was he a temptation or a savior of his life?

"Eh .. I'm here to help you. I was paid for it. If you don't like it, I won't force it." Leka looked confused. He was about to stand up but Kenzo held his arm.

"Alright, I'm hungry too."

Finally Leka feeds Kenzo a meal. The man was actually happy to be fed by Leka, seen from his beaming face, although he was reluctant but long ago he enjoyed it.

The sound of a child crying. Without having to sharpen their hearing, they can hear.

"A little while, maybe Runi." The woman rushed out. He immediately entered his room and found Runi sitting on the floor crying. Apparently he fell out of bed. After checking, no one seems to be injured, until Leka holds him and brings him to Kenzo's room.

"Oh Runi why?" Ask Kenzo to worry.

"Fall out of bed, but it seems okay. Maybe just shocked."

Runi who saw Kenzo was also startled and her crying subsided. He convinced himself to see the man.

Leka sat back at her original place on the edge of the bed. Runi saw Kenzo not blinking. Her crying stopped for a moment.

Kenzo gave his best smile. "Why are you, baby. Falling?" Ask Rune.

The little girl did not answer. He was still amazed by Kenzo's presence.

"It seems like it's okay. Runi you sit here first yes, Mommy wants a bribe Omnya first." Leka took Runi behind Kenzo.

"Father!" Runi meralat Leka's speech.

Leka and Kenzo laughed.

"Yes, yes, Papa." Leka smiled at the protest of Runi. He feeds Kenzo back and accidentally their eyes had looked at each other, making Leka's heart rustle and her cheeks reddish. It embarrassed him.

Just a few more mouthfuls of Kenzo eating, he felt something. He cleared a minute. "E, it's just."

"Newly half, is it full?"

"I-I-I'll just take my medicine."

Leka noticed the change in Kenzo's face. "Are you okay, brother?"

"O-drug please." Kenzo's hands trembled as he pointed the medicine bottle on the nightstand. Leka took it right away. The man swallowed the medicine and drank the juice Leka gave him. He immediately lay on the bed while covering his eyes with the back of his arm.

"Are you okay, brother?" Leka bowed to watch him.

But the man did not answer. Suddenly Runi touched the fingers of the man lying next to her and cried.

Kenzo was surprised and raised the back of his arm that covered his eyes. Apparently he was holding back the pain to let out tears. He tried to hide his face from Leka.

"Runi, I'm fine. I'm just sleeping." Bright Kenzo.

Seeing that Leka quickly responded. He immediately carried Runi and brought her out. "Had to bobo first yeah, we're out."

"Father!" Ralat Runi was still crying.

"Oh, yes, Papa."

Seeing the condition of Kenzo, Leka was concerned. Only prayer can be offered for him.

Kenzo could only sigh slowly. By the time the woman arrived, she was in her worst condition. And yet he misses her. He is in a difficult position, accepting or avoiding his existence. The operation was actually a surprise for Leka but the woman came too soon. He had nothing to prepare but to surrender to his now frail body.

Half an hour later, someone knocked on Leka's bedroom door. The woman hurriedly put on her instant hijab. "Who?"

"Aiko Ma'am."

Leka opened the door immediately. There was Aiko who showed a package in front of her eyes. "Aiko brought the same biscuit toy, Ma'am." He said he was shaking the package he was holding.

"Okay, so troublesome this ...."

"Not also Mbak, even I'm troublesome because I want to play with Runi."

"Oh, just go in."

"Hello Dedek."

Runi just looked at Aiko who came near the bed. The girl began to sit on the edge of the bed and noticed the rag doll that Runi was playing with. "Oh, Dedek has a doll, Brother has a toy. Wanna?" Aiko persuades Runi with her toy, a box made of plastic that is hollow on each side. The hole is various forms with various fillings. Aiko shows how to play it and Runi is hypnotized with the toy. Aiko thrust it at the little boy. Long Runi can be invited to play together.

"It's Mama's biscuit, we eat together."

"Oh, Ma'am get me a drink first, okay?"

"Oh, just call the maid, ma'am. Is there a room phone?" Aiko told me.

"Mmh?"

Aiko got out of bed and approached the nightstand. There is a phone that can be used to call a maid or security guard. Aiko taught me how to use it. Before long the maid came carrying a tray containing drinks.

Leka was really trying to do her job. He went back to check on Kenzo for an afternoon shower but the man was still asleep. His clothes were slightly soaked with sweat. Leka went back to her room and asked Aiko.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing Ma'am, because Onichan should be so. He's conscious of pain, but if you're stoned again, no."

"Onichan?"

"That's an older brother, Ma'am."

"Oh." Leka was confused to hear it too.

"May I be of help?"

"Eh, no. Maybe Runi can leave it to you."

"It's okay, Mommy."

"I'm sorry?" Leka immediately went to the kitchen. He boiled spices for Kenzo's bath. The maids just saw what Leka was doing. Once ready, he takes her to Kenzo's room.

The man was still soundly asleep. Leka tried to wake him up by patting his shoulder. The man's eyes opened slowly.

"Oh, Leka. What are you doing?((What are you doing?)"

Uh, he speaks english? Is he running? "So, sister, it's late."

"Mmd? The nande?(why?)" The man scratched his head.

What other language is that? Oh, maybe Japanese, he's Japanese.

"Mandi Kak, his clothes already stink of sweat." Leka picked up a small towel that sank into the water in the plastic container she was carrying. He then squeezes it out a fuse maybe. Near him came back the man and began rubbing him slowly on Kenzo's pale face. The man's eyes were wide open.

"Hot Brother?" Leka kept the little towel away from Kenzo's face.

"Ah, no. Warm. What is this smell? The money's good."

"Spices Brother. First open, brother, his clothes. Shower." Leka took Kenzo. He pulls Kenzo's shirt up, leaving Kenzo's athletic field body in front of him. There is a little bandage wrapped around the top of the stomach to the bottom of his chest that makes Leka can not see how severe the burn scars suffered by Kenzo.

A little rustling the woman's heart saw the man's sturdy body open so close, but he had to do his job. He began rubbing the man's body with a small towel from his neck then chest. The man was only silent with his eyes half-open, seemingly still half-conscious.

Leka went back to soak her towel.

"Kok quit?"

"Well a minute?" Leka again dried the towel and began rubbing Kenzo's back. Looking back on Arya's story of Kenzo and how she got the wound, Leka stared at the man's back with pity.

How many times did the woman wet the towel again until the man looked clean and fresh. Leka took the man's clothes in the closet. Quite surprised Leka saw the contents of her wardrobe that looked simple. Though had a lot of clothes from famous brands but the man always chose a simple model.

Leka dressed the man in a new white T-shirt. After putting Kenzo back down, he called the maid over the room phone to change her sheets. Leka waited until the bed sheets and bed covers on the bed were replaced with new ones.

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"Ok, okay." Chris hung up. His eyes were implying something. He sighed softly.

"Why Da?" Reina asked who was still chewing.

"Mmd? Just an office job."

"Saturday's there an office?"

"E that, there's something to do" Chris said.

"Oh."

"Ma, can I add Ma?"

Reina looked at Zack's plate which was already empty. There were only food crumbs left on that plate. "Oh, can you, baby. What do you want, order again."

Zack took the menu list. He checks what else he wants.

Leka had dinner together with Runi while watching a cartoon in her room. The room was also equipped with a tv hidden in a closed shelf. They played down his voice so as not to disturb Kenzo who was still asleep in the next room. Soon the woman will check on Kenzo, but after eating and praying Magrib.

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Salwa looked at the handsome man beside her. A German who is fluent in Indonesian because his mother is Indonesian. She is Salwa's only boyfriend who has survived more than a year of dating her. The rest, the average western lifestyle that kisses a lot and is free to do anything makes Salwa only dating in a matter of days.

How proud Salwa is to be dating Evan, the bule man Monique introduced a year ago, because the man is a lot in gandrungi his office but then chose him to be a girlfriend after Salwa expressed love to him.

"Honey, soon we arrive" said Evan with a sweet smile at Salwa.

The elevator stopped and they got out. Evan, a tall, well-built man, white with slightly blond hair, was holding his snow in a hallway. Salwa was surprised to see where they were going.

"Where are we dinner?"

They stopped in front of a room. Evans opened the room and brought Salwa inside.

"How about we take a break first." Evan started to uncoat and button his clothes.

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