My Mr's. Virgin

Chapter LVII

White long jeans paired with a pink long sleeve blouse top. He stood in front of the mirror while combing his long curly hair unraveling. She split her hair, then braided the top with a sagging model and a little messy while the bottom was allowed to unravel. She styled her hair with a loose braid model.

"Beautiful" he praised himself.

For a moment he was pensive, recalling the agreement between him and Andreas this afternoon. He stared at his little finger used to make promises.

The smile on his lips grew back. "Om Alo, I won't let him out of my grasp. The first step has begun. I promise I'll always be with him."

Tok tok tok tok

Mariana's daydream came to a halt, upon hearing the door being knocked from outside.

"Are you ready, not yet?" asked Andrew from outside the room.

"Already," he answered. Hands fast stretched to grab the sling bag he placed on the bed.

Door opened. He showed a charming smile to Andrew. The man was amazed at Mariana's appearance.

'Beautiful, ' he praised in his heart. He returned a smile.

"Come on!" bring Andreas.

Arriving at the living room Andreas grabbed the car keys located on the teak table. They say goodbye to Om Alo and Grandma Esi who are watching television.

"Be careful on the road!" mom Esi's Message.

"Yes, Grandma" they answered. Mariana grabbed onto Grandma Esi's hand, kissing the back of the old hand before they circulated from it. The same thing he did to Om Alo. The middle-aged man stroked his head, telling him to be careful.

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Black Toyota cars that they drove a few days ago, now again split the night density of the Maumere city highway. The journey from Andreas house located in the village of Nelle Urang to downtown Maumere takes approximately ten minutes because the distance is only 9 kilometers away.

No one talks just the DJ sound of a funnel radio raving about this and that. Don't know what he's harassing.

Mariana rolled down the car window, let the night baby slap her face, whispering secret words that were impossible to understand, but could be felt through the language of the heart. About love, about longing, about him still fighting for happiness.

He turned his head to look at Andreas who was seriously driving the car. 'That day will come when you are mine. But I will only wait for him until that time comes. If I have to wait forever, let me do it because I promised to be with you.'

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Andreas stopped his car in front of a building decorated with flickering decorative lights and above inscribed on the signboard 'STAR KARAOKE AND DISCOTHEQUE.'

Mariana's forehead shriveled by a thousand. Didn't understand what Andreas meant to bring him there. He opened his mouth to ask, but the man got out of the car first.

He knew the owner of the place. Alexander Gao's brother, his name. Not only the owner of Star Karaoke and Discotheque that he knows, but all the owners of nightclubs in Maumere, Ende, Labuanbajo because they often work with Abang Budi, the Red Rose Club.

The latest news he has heard about the club's owner is that Alexander Gao is being held on charges of drug trafficking and employing minors. The children all came from Java.

Abang Budi was also invited to cooperate by one of the club owners in Maumere, with the lure of profits that skyrocketed, but Abang Budi refused the offer.

For Abang Budi, *d*he does not want bananas to bear fruit twice. The events of the past have opened his eyes. The most precious thing he had was forcibly snatched from him. His only beloved sister, ended her own life by being forced by her father to become a prostitute in order to pay her debt to a leech.

Brother Budi who was working outside the city at that time, could not save the sister from the abomination of their real father.

That guilt and anger made him dark in the eyes. He was forced to go to jail for attempting to murder his father. Although in the end, the man got a reward that was worth his actions, got a life sentence for gambling, rape, and being a drug dealer. However, until now Abang Budi still has not forgiven his father's mistake for the death of his sister.

Tok tok tok tok

The knock on the car window blew away his daydream. Andreas called him down. The girl finally got out of the car.

"What are you doing inside?" ask Andreas.

"nothing. A moment, "he answered.

Andrew did not ask again. She takes Mariana to a man who introduces herself as Reuben. They shake.

"It's nice to meet you ... Mariana?"

Mariana nodded. "Yes, nice to meet you too brother ...."

"Ruben."

"It's nice to meet you too, Brother Ruben."

"Why gather here?" ask Andreas to end the meeting between Mariana and Reuben.

"Once, right?" He winked. "Come, come in, the others are waiting!" bring Ruben.

They then set the pace of entering the Star clubs Karaoke and Discotheque. The atmosphere greeted their arrival. Mariana started shaking her head. His footsteps are in tune with hip movements, following the rhythm of music played by the club's DJ.

Andreas grimaces at the way Mariana's path is like a limp.

"Can't you walk a little bit?" reproofing.

Mariana was just grim like a rotten clam. At that moment a man pulled up Mariana's arm, taking her for a jog together. Andreas immediately pulled Mariana's arm to the left, so there was a tug-of-war on Mariana's two hands. The attractive man Mariana, let go of his grasp when he saw the unfriendly face of Andreas.

Ruben who was looking just shook his head. He later apologizes to the man, and explains that Mariana is Andreas' fiancee. The man understood and did not want to prolong the problem.

Reuben then led them to a special room for their meeting that night.

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NB: He doesn't want bananas to bear fruit twice: He doesn't want to suffer the same loss a second time.