Restore Your Smile

Re-meeting

Tonight Darrell's going back to town. At the same time, he was walking in a mall while waiting for dinner. His intention was to seek souvenirs for his men in his division. Counting can be slippery so that his men are more diligent.

His eyes ventured to the left-right, looking at the shops displaying their merchandise. He was looking for a gift shop that sold snacks or cakes that became typical products of this city.

While being engrossed in watching his left-right, suddenly from the direction of the turn in front of him, a woman appeared at a rather high speed. Clashes are inevitable. The woman's head was able to slit Darrell's chest.

"Sorry .... I was in a hurry, " said the woman.

But a second later, the two were aghast to see the face of the person who had just collided with him turned out to be quite familiar.

"You .." said the Woman pointing at Darrell.

"Fille qui bave .." (meaning: Girl is an ileran) said Darrell also recognized The Woman.

Cecilia's face immediately met red and her mouth immediately scowled at the call that reminded the embarrassing events in her life.

"Vous n'avez pas d'autres appels pour moi?" (meaning: You don't have another call for me?) cecilia asked with a Badtz-Maru-style expression.

Darrell who saw the response of the girl in front of him over his spontaneous call, could only laugh. And back, Cecilia was blown away by Darrell's laughter.

Indeed, from her teenage years where Cecilia began to know what was called romance, this year was the longest time in which she had no lover. Pretty face, seductive parental power, accompanied by friendly characters and easy going, make Cecilia never lack men in her life.

Cecilia was free to choose any man from her waiting line. As long as the man is a handsome-looking actor or boy band, they deserve to be in line. No matter what the character is.

It's just that in the year since he broke up from his last lover in France, he has not been eager to find a replacement. Either he is more mature in looking at male-female relationships, or because he began to be preoccupied with post-graduation activities, or it could be because his male standards have risen since meeting Darrell.

Cecilia has decided to forget about her meeting with Darrell. He thought he would never see the man again. Moreover, the meeting was accompanied by an incident that became a disgrace in his life.

Nevertheless, the event was not easily removed from his mind. The inherent impression is too strong. Maybe because Darrell was the first man who could make his feelings go down in a very short time, or it could be because Darrell was the first handsome man to find himself in such a humiliating condition.

I don't know .... Cecilia never thought too much about it. That incident only occasionally flashed in his mind.

For this reason, he did not expect that he would meet Darrell again. Plus the fact that it turns out that the man still remembers it, complete with the embarrassing incident that the man now pinned as a title to call him. But stupidly, still he could still be charmed with a handsome smile plastered before him.

"Alors, why do you have pressure ?" (meaning: So, why are you in such a hurry?) A question Darrell asked made Cecilia aware of the emergency situation she was in.

"Connaissez-vous l'electrique installation?" (meaning: Do you understand about electrical installation?) ask Cecilia.

"Un petit peu, " (meaning: Little) Darrell replied spontaneously.

"Bien alor. Maintenance, aidez-moi s'il vous plait!" (meaning: Good then. Now, please help me!) said Cecilia while grabbing Darrell's hand, then pulled him to follow her without asking for her consent first.

Darrell who was not ready could only resignedly allow himself to be pulled by Cecilia. For a moment he was tempted to brush off the girl's hand and refuse to follow her because he also had other business. But looking at the hurried and slightly anxious Cecilia, he chose to take his time a little to see what was going on with the girl. He also thought he was not in a hurry.

The girl took him to a small boutique not far from the turn where they had clashed. The shop is dark. And the darkness was more contrasted when compared to the other shops that were still brightly lit in the area.

Darrell took the time to look at the name of the boutique. He smiled to himself seeing the irony between the name used and the situation that occurred. Instead of blouissants emitting a dazzling glow, the boutique is even dark due to electrical disturbances. (Noted: The meaning of blouissant is 'dazzling', similar to the meaning of the name Cecilia in German - eps 146)

J'ai signal ce problem la direction du centre commercial afin qu'il puisse etre suivi. Mais jusqu'a prasent aucune action de leur part. (meaning: I have complained about this problem to the mall management in order to be followed up. But until now there was no action from them)

Mes clients quittent lentement la boutique car ils ne sont pas l'aise pour four leurs courses dans le noir. C'est courquoi j'etais press de demander de l'aide. J'avais l'intention d'essayer de trouver un agent de securite. (meaning: My customers are slowly leaving the boutique because they are not comfortable shopping in the dark. That's why I was in a hurry to get help. I was trying to find a security guard)

Maintenance, pouvez-vous m'aider or enquire about problems?" (meaning: Now, can you help me to investigate the matter?) ask Cecilia after telling her what happened.

"Anger est l'interrupteur principal?" (meaning: Where is the main switch located?) ask Darrell.

"Ici, " (meaning: Here) replied Cecilia while taking Darrell to the front corner of the store.

The female employees who saw their boss come back with a foreign man, could only be silent and look at each other meaningfully. Especially when they heard the Boss talking to the man with a strange language in their ears.

Darrell sees the switch in down condition. Put that switch up. For a moment the lights were on. But suddenly the BLEB, the lights went out again.

Darrell then notices the groove of the power cord coming out of the main switch. The cable leads up to the ceiling and disappears there.

"Antigrou du lafond ?" (meaning: Where is the ceiling hole located?) ask Darrell again.

"G .... Dance ce cas, ici!" (meaning: Ah .... If so, here !) cecilia replied while directing Darrell into one of the rooms that seemed like space for employees. In one corner of the ceiling, there is a ceiling that can be opened.

Darrell saw a ladder in the room. He took the ladder and set it up under the ceiling. He then climbed the stairs, opened the ceiling above him, lit a flashlight from his HP, then disappeared behind the ceiling.

Almost ten minutes later, Darrell poked his head out of the ceiling hole. "One bande ?" (meaning: Is there tape?) tanyakanya.

"Ce, " (meaning: This) said Cecilia while giving the requested item.

After picking up the tape, Darrell disappears behind the ceiling.

Ten minutes later, the handsome man's head again looked down. "Essayez maintenant d'allumer l'interrupteur principal!" (meaning: Now try to turn on the main switch!) said.

Hearing that, Cecilia rushed out of the shop, then raised the switch lever. Voila, every light in the boutique is on. Cecilia had waited a while, waiting for the possibility that the lights would go out again. But after waiting for such a long time, it seemed that what he was worried about did not happen.

Cecilia went back inside. Apparently Darrell has come down from the ceiling. He was patting his now dusty clothes due to his exploration on the ceiling just now.

"Auparavant, il y avait des cabeles qui et se touchaient, c'est courquoi il y avait un court-circuit electrique. C'est customer, non?" (meaning: There were wires that peeled off and touched each other, so there was an electrical short circuit. It's safe now, right?) he asked when he saw Cecilia was back.

"Oui. Merci. Desole de vous danger" (meaning: Yes. Thank ye. Sorry to bother you) replied Cecilia sincerely.

"C'est bon, " (meaning: Gapapa) retorts Darrell in his usual indifferent style. Doing good once in a while doesn't hurt, right? Now that his business here is done, he intends to refocus on his affairs.

But the plan is a plan. Allegedly wrong. Cecilia will still trouble him again.

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