PRETEND POOR

SELENA'S FAMILY

Flashbacks

Brak! Bruk! Klang's!

Elen was in the kitchen when he suddenly heard a noise coming from the front. It seems like the sound of goods being slammed and thrown came from the room used to receive laundry services. Immediately he turned off the stove and removed the apron and then ran small towards the direction of the sound source.

Prangs!

An urn was smashed to pieces after being slammed by a man dressed in large, burly clothes. Elen himself immediately froze when faced with the situation. The usually neat room instantly turned into a broken ship.

"If you don't want to pay, don't ask for a loan! Fucking shit! Just make our work harder!" one of them cursed his father.

"I don't want to pay, just want to ask for an extension of time because the effort lately is a bit quiet." Elen's father tried to stay calm.

"Advanced reason! Borrowing time just says it's sweet, want to consistently pay. After the installments, there are many reasons! How about I just destroy your shop, huh!"

"Don't! If this place is destroyed, how else would I have to make money to pay off the debt to you?"

Elen. Apparently his father made a laudry business with loan money from loan sharks. His father used to say that his business was made with the rest of his unused money. His father lied to his daughter.

Elen did not dare to do anything. At home there is only himself and his father, facing five big and fierce thugs.

"Boss! Look it! It seems like she has a beautiful daughter!" one of them noticed Elen's presence.

Soon Elen tried to escape, but before he could run, his hand was first caught by one of them. "Let go!" Elen tried to rebel. Elen's energy was nothing when compared to that man. He had to accept being dragged forward.

"Don't bother my son!" shouted Elen's father.

"Well! Your daughter turned out to be beautiful as well." the person in the boss looked carefully at Elen's face that looked innocent and enchanting.

"Your dealings with me, my daughter doesn't know!" Elen's father tries to help release Elen, but two others prevent him.

"If you can't pay off your debt, I think your daughter's enough to pay it off." the boss grinned.

"Don't be crazy! You can't do anything to my daughter!" as hard as Elen's father tried to rebel.

"Why? You should be grateful to have a daughter this beautiful. If he works in a nightclub, there will be many who want to pay for it. Your debt will be over quickly. You should be happy."

"I'll report your actions to the police!" threaten her.

Bugh!

One punch landed on Elen's father's nose until his nose bled. "Before you report, I'll make sure your whole family dies." Threat thug boss is more ruthless, no one dares to fight him.

"Listen, pretty lady .. I apologize for our less elegant welcome." the thug was being so gentle. "Actually your business is only with your father. But, it looks like your father is too old to forget that he has a big debt."

"Indeed, how much does my father owe you?" Elen also tried to escape. But, he still failed.

"Five hundred million."

"What!" Elen was shocked to hear that. He did not expect that just to build his father's laundry place to borrow a lot of money.

"See this! Your daughter was shocked to hear the nominal debt of a father as you are." the thug looked up at me.

"I'll pay it off in this month, don't worry! Release my daughter!"

"Excuse me, what's going on?"

Everyone was silent hearing a voice from the direction of the front door. Ardi in his raincoat stood in the doorway looking at them with a surprised look.

"Sir Ardi!" exclamation Elen.

"Who are you? Don't interfere with our business!" firmly the thug boss.

"Why are you guys making a mess of people's houses? This includes criminal acts."

"Hahaha .. if this guy doesn't stop paying his debt, we won't have to bother coming here." the boss pointed at Elen's father.

Ardi sighed. I didn't think it would come at the wrong time. The goal is to come to pick Elen up to go with him. "How much is the debt?"

The thug boss's eyes looked bright. The well-dressed person in front of him must have had a lot of money. He did not have to bother to charge it to the poor family. "Hahaha .. It looks like you're a good-natured person who's going to pay off this damn family debt. Total debt with interest of five hundred million! Do you have that kind of money?"

Ardi took out a sheet of paper from inside his suit pocket. He wrote a nominal amount on his check paper. "Take this check and get the hell out of here!" Ardi handed over a signed check to the thug boss.

Elen. "Sir, no!" Elen did not want to bother anymore people who had agreed to finance his college.

The thug boss quickly took the check from Ardi's hand. "Hahaha .. finally paid off your debt. Next time don't try to deal with us." He hinted to his men to leave the place.

The atmosphere was momentarily silent after the thugs left. The three were clumsy with the situation they had just experienced.

"Thank you for the help, Mr. Ardi." Elen's father stood up and approached Ardi.

"You don't have to thank me. I'm also the father's son-in-law."

"Sir Why did he come here? He said we'd meet in the city park" Elen said.

"I changed my mind so now come to pick you up."

"But I'm not getting ready, sir."

"It's okay. This is how beautiful."

Ardi's words made Elen's face flushed. Though his appearance is quite messy because of the actions of the thugs.

"Sir, I'll let Elen go for a while, yeah. There's urgent business we need to get done." Ardi asked Elen's father for permission.

"Ah, yes. Go ahead and you go." Elen's father still looked awkward to Ardi.

"I'll go to the room first, sir." In a hurry, Elen ran to his room.

"While waiting for Elen, let's just sit down. Sorry, the place is so messy." Elen's father invited Ardi to sit in the corner of his laundry little living room.

"If you need help, whether it's money or something else, don't hesitate to ask me for help. Please, don't think of me as a stranger."

Elen's father was embarrassed in front of his future daughter-in-law. Ardi comes as he deals with debt collectors.

Some time ago, Ardi came to the house to propose to his daughter. He was quite surprised his daughter had a relationship with a young businessman. Usually, a man close to his daughter would step down when he found out who he was, a former businessman who was almost jailed on corruption charges. All his business relationships were cut off, his friends just disappeared as he slumped.