Mother's Choice Woman

Chapter 39. Meet Petra

Meet Petra

“You can use this camera, Miss. It's the cheapest price one hour!” said an assistant at a camera-renting store, showing a small and slightly worn Kodak, no problem, the important thing was that he could comply with Elliyat's wishes.

“Alright, I'll give you a guarantee, ten dollars and I hope you guys don't give it to anyone other than me!”

“Alright, fill in the form now and I'll save your camera!”

Lintani complies and he gives her the money that was left only a little later, leaving after the assistant had kept the camera of her order, she has filled out the complete data that she will be wearing it the next few days.

When Lintani was about to go home, he saw a motorcade carrying a lot of offerings. Suddenly she thought about what she would give her mother if she were gone. He did not have the money to give her a decent gift.

At the same time, he saw a middle-aged woman arranging fish in her own cart.

“Auntie, do you need someone to help you, I see you are so troubled?”

“You only pity me or are you expecting a wage?”

“What can I expect, wages? I'll work for you well!”

Lintani is an inmate, certainly not likely to expect a good job at the moment.

“If you want, you can help my son, he has a baby and the hassles of keeping his own shop!” said the woman who turned out to be named Wang.

“What's your name, son? Don't you have family?”

“No Aunty, but I hitchhiked in a house, in the western part of Euphrates!”

“Are you kidding? No poor people live in the area!” wang said as he pushed his fish cart and Lintani pushed behind him.

“There, I proof of that!” lintani said with a laugh.

Not long they walked until they stopped at a large vegetable and fish store.

“Nah, it's my son's shop! Come in and tell me I sent you!”

It was an easy job, and Lintani immediately felt blessed. Wang introduces Lintani to a thin woman who is busy weighing chickpeas, while a plump little boy is behind her back

Wang goes around peddling fish, while Lintani helps her daughter Shane. They worked together until the afternoon, until the fish and vegetable store was closed.

“Lin, here's your wages, I'll pay you according to my income, okay?” shane said kindly.

“No problem.”

“Oh, yes. Can you not wear this shirt tomorrow again, it's too good to work.”

“Sure.”

“Did you previously work and get fired?”

“Not, but .. do you mind if I work here because there is no job for me, I am an inmate.”

Shane was silent, he looked at Lintani with a helpless look, now his eyes were teary. After that, she cried while telling me that her husband, too, was in custody for killing the boss where she worked.

Bad luck could not be avoided because her boss beat her coworker and her husband defended her, but she did not expect that her blow would result in bleeding and her Boss dying the next day.

At that time she was pregnant and now her son was two years old, then, she lived with her mother who was a kara.

“So, it doesn't matter to me that you work here even if you're an inmate. Come again tomorrow! I'm glad you helped me!” shane said as he closed the shop.

*****

The following days Lintani began to do regular activities. Early in the morning he would cook in the apartment, then split his cooking half he left at home and half of it for Elliyat and himself.

As she accompanies Elliyat in the hospital, they will eat together, but, not for long because she has to go to the shop where she works.

Lintani often comes alone, making her mother-in-law will ask about the whereabouts of her husband, but, the girl always answers Askelan busy, he said, though he did not know the man's business because since at the Lux family home, they had never met.

Tomorrow is the day that the invitation to the Harrad family dance will be held, Lintani thinks how to come there, because Askelan did not invite him at all. Finally he was determined to come disguised as a servant, it was much better than coming up with an unofficial guest invitation, this would be embarrassing.

So, today she was going to wear the maid outfit that Mo used to wear in the kitchen, after washing it.

He would go home after work and pick up a hired camera.

Lintani had just stuffed the camera into the bag when someone greeted her, in a friendly and gentle voice. All along, there was only one person he knew who had such a voice, Petra!

“Hai! Lin! You here?” Petra was astonished, because the place was a shopping center for people who rarely visited by people like Askelan.

Petra had just been looking through the jewelry at the antique shop, in search of the gift she was going to give to Elder Harrad later that night.

“Hai! Pet! How are you?” Lintani answered kindly.

“I'm good, what are you doing in a place like this?”

“I'm just walking around, it looks like this place is fun.”

Petra clearly saw Lintani stuffing a small camera into her bag. Once again he was astonished, there was a person like Askelan by the side of this girl, but, he still carried a cheap camera. The clothes he wore were similar to the menial workers in his brick factory. However, he did not want to guess.

“What's there interesting here?” ask Petra again.

“There! Camera to record video, I want to wear it because my phone camera is broken.”

“Oh, so?” Petra furrowed her brows even deeper. Couldn't he ask Askelan?

“Oh, yes. May I ask you something?” lintani asked as she stood up seriously looking at Petra.

“Sure, what is it?”

“I walked that night with you, then I fainted, what exactly happened?”

“What did you see after you came to your senses?”

“I'm in my own room.” Lintani lied.

“I thought you were in Askelan's room, because she saved you and me too!”

“You? Who dares to hold you with me?” Lintani was in disbelief, she thought Petra was already conspiring with someone.

“Once, they might think we brought a precious treasure and plundered it!”

“Yes. Could be, so.”

Lintani still can't believe that Askelan saved them both. He imagined how valiant the man was, while making the villains finally get to their knees.

‘Did she also kiss me secretly, like when I froze in her room?’ inner Lintani. Obviously he felt another lip was resting on his frozen lips at that time, and when he realized he was already in Askelan's room.

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