
It didn't feel like a month had passed, I was still living my days as usual, doing the same thing every day. Bi Ratna never called me after she got angry with me the other day on the phone. Even when I received my first salary I tried to contact bi ratna to share a little of the results of my work but she refused my call.
Trings.....
Trings.....
The sound of the cellphone woke me up, I immediately grabbed the phone turn off the alarm and then prayed and did the routine every morning. After doing my routine every morning I immediately get ready to go to work.
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as if someone was knocking on my door, I went to the front of the window and opened the curtain to see who was coming. Mom's boarding with a man I don't know is already standing in front of my room. Rushing I opened the door because I was not happy if mommy was waiting too long.
''good morning ma'am, can anyone help a rainbow?'' I said hello and asked my mother
''good morning, son, someone wants to meet you, he said, looking at the man beside him. I let the two of them sit in a chair in front of the room.
''good morning sir, how can I help you?'' I said to the man, but he only looked at me with a smile. I also felt uncomfortable and afraid of being noticed like that by a man. I turned to the side of the mother and clasped her hand, seeing me feeling afraid that the mother of the room stroked my arm slowly, saying
''calm don't be afraid, he's a good man'' he replied with a smile,
''sorry miss if I have scared the lady, I didn't mean that'' said the man
''it's okay sir, sorry sir there's something I can help you with?'' with a little courage I answered
''does Miss know this guy?''
he replied while showing a picture of a man with a woman whose face is very similar to mine only the difference is that his skin is very white while I am not white my skin is more yellow.
It was like I knew the man in the picture but I forgot where I saw him.
''sorry, my lord does not know who they are'' I paused my sentence and asked again.
''if you may know sir, why is the female face in the photo similar to mine?'' chink-bung
''this is my lady and mistress, my mistress passed away 2 years ago. Are you sure you don't know the men?'' ask again
''I've seen it but I don't know where?'' answer me
he just smiled then gave me a paper bag, I grabbed the paperbag from his hand
''please open the lady, maybe the lady will remember who the man in this photo is if the lady sees the contents of the paperbag'' he said again which further amazes me and scrunches my eyebrows. While she and my mother looked at me with a smile.
I opened the paperbag immediately, and I saw the medicine box and the little towel I was wearing to clean the wounds of a man I had helped over a month ago.
''is the person in the photo the one I helped first, but why is he taking a picture with someone whose face looks like mine? What does all this mean?'' my inner
''what is the man in the photo who was injured the other day?'' I asked to guess at the man who gave me the paperbag
''truly miss, she was the person you helped the other day when she was injured, '' the man said
my heart wondered where she knew I lived here. Negative thoughts immediately haunt my head and instantly scare me, lest the person I helped the bad guy? What if he dies and I get blamed? What if his family were to kneel? The question kept swirling in my head.
''she's fine, miss, don't worry. Must be Miss thinking from where can I know miss living here?'' he took a breath and then said again
''calm miss I'm not a bad person so don't be afraid''
because my mind was already negative from earlier in my heart I said ''where are there bad people who claim to be evil''
''I am the bodyguard of the man that Miss helped. I know that miss lives here because of the rice box that Miss lives in the car along with the things I gave the lady''
I just remembered that my dinner ration was also left in the car at that time.
''I saw the name of a restaurant in the rice box, then tried to find out who the owner of the rice box was because my master said his wife-to-be had helped him. He ordered me to find the lady, I'm the restaurant where the lady works and find out there, until I knew that the non-owner of the rice box''
when he said the restaurant instantly I panicked when I saw my phone turned out to be at 9am. I panicked because I should have left for work earlier, when I was agitated because of the panic the man casually said
''calm miss, today miss can rest at home, I have asked permission to the manager where the lady works''
instantly I gawked at what the man had just said, perhaps even from being too surprised, only my eyes flickered at the answer.
Why did he so easily ask my manager for permission?Do they know each other?
The man only laughed at my expression that was like a fool even my boarding mother also laughed at the expression on my face at that time. Maybe at that time my face looks funny or silly I don't know. The embarrassed me immediately covered my face with both palms and made them both laugh.
''miss calm down, the manager at the place where the mistress worked had given permission'' he said then sighed and continued his words
''I want to offer the lady a job, it is not difficult enough to play the role of the woman in the photo. Only until master can accept all the realities of this life''
his words made my eyes round at once to hear what this man had just said. What does it mean that I have to pretend to be the woman in the photo? Do I have to pretend to be the lover of a man I don't know. Yes, God what else is this trial?
''I did not ask the lady to give the lady an answer at this time. Miss can think about it first, if the lady is ready with the answer miss please contact me at this number, I really hope the lady is willing for the recovery of my master''
He gave me a business card, not long after saying that the man was saying goodbye to me and also the boarding house. I just looked up at the man who was walking away. The clap on my shoulder roused me from my daydream
''are you okay, son?'' ask my mother
''i.i.ya ma'am I'm fine'' I replied
the boarding house then invited me to sit on the chair next to him because from earlier I was just standing because there were only two seats here, there was no way I would let guests or boarding mothers stand. He looked at my face seriously then smiled, stroked my hair and said
''son, you don't have to worry that it was a good person, I know them and they are good people who always help others''' said my mother while holding my hand. His eyes turned to look straight ahead before looking at me again, smiling and continuing
''son if you can suggest you can accept the offer that you want to give. You know, son, the man in the picture is a very kind and loving person. However, after his future wife died, he was severely depressed, had many women who approached him but always rejected. He still thinks his future wife is alive. Said his boss' senses son who told him to look for you because he thought that you were his future wife because he still had time to see your face before fainting''
does this mean I'm going to marry someone I don't know and maybe even think that I'm his dead wife. God I don't want to deceive people even if it's to help people though. Can I do this? I also feel sorry to hear what my new boarding mother told me but am I willing to lie?
After my boarding mother came home I went back into my room, put the business card that the other person gave me on the table, I laid my body on the mattress looking at the ceiling of the room. What am I supposed to do? Can I lie? I won't be able to do that! But can I see someone suffering?
My mind seemed to be considering two things that I was very difficult to choose, on the one hand I could not lie on the other hand I could not bear to see someone suffering.
''what the friends at the restaurant thought earlier after seeing a man asking permission for me, '' I muttered.
I sat back on the bed, took mineral water on a small table beside the bed, took a few sips and then put it back on the table. I accidentally dropped 2 business cards from the table when I noticed that the two business cards were exactly the same, the one I accidentally took time to help someone and the other man just gave me.
Today I went through various things that raged in my mind.