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Ch 5 - Welcome to Freedom

If asked, how do I feel on my first day at work? The answer is extraordinarily exhausting. Especially with a very scary mentor. The body is so tired, but the brain many times tired. It felt so crumpled, both from the outside and inside.

Mr. Armand is ambitious. Forcing me to understand all three jobdesks at once. My brain is still fresh graduate as if ngelag, can not be invited to think heavy. I could only take notes, without being able to understand too deeply the meaning of the material I was recording.

All the courses I got in college seemed to be in vain. There's nothing I can use in this job. It is pure learning new things from beginning to end. I'm a graduate in economics. I thought the science I got would mean something, but it's not like that.

"Today is enough to get here. Re-examine the material today. Tomorrow we practice."

Huft!! I wanted to throw my body into the bed and straighten my sore back. It feels so good. Today's lesson has ended.

Mr. Armand tidied up the files on the desk and started shutting down the laptop. The movement seemed to smooth me out.

"Can I go home or is there something else I need to do, sir?"

"home. It's night." It's night."

I don't hold a cell phone all day. Once inside Mr. Armand's room, it felt so hard to get out. Hours filled with work materials. We just took a little break for lunch. It was done in space. I am like a bride who is being cut. Can't go anywhere.

Mr. Armand glanced at the circular clock on his left arm. I was taking notes and preparing to leave the room.

"Ready-prepared. I'll take you, "break it up a little while later.

"Ah, no need sir. I'll just take the ojek ...."

"So what went up?"

"Send by the parents of Mr ...."

"In that case, I'll drive you now. Cleanse your things. I'm waiting downstairs." Without waiting for my answer, the man waltzed away just like that.

"Rananahhh ...." I breathed in deeply. Filling my lungs with oxygen greedily.

Being in an enclosed space for hours with Mr. Armand completely depleted the oxygen stock in the air. He's a very intimidating man.

"I'm strong!! I'm great!! I am a wonderful father mother's son!! I can definitely survive in this office!!" I said encourage myself. Habits that are difficult to lose even though they are adults.

Recalling Mr. Armand's remark, I immediately rushed to tidy up the items and descended to the first floor.

At the banking hall I didn't see his whereabouts. Ah, maybe Mr. Kaku just has a sweet mouth. He didn't really want to drive me. I didn't expect to be delivered either. You can imagine how awkward we are along the way. Just imagining it makes me uncomfortable.

Continue walking to the parking area. Prepare to search for offline objects. My footsteps came to a halt as soon as I saw the sight before my eyes. In the parking lot, I saw a pretty strange sight. Mr. Armand was talking to my parents who seemed to have been waiting. I saw cellphones. Turns out the time has shown at half-nine. Oh, my God, it was last night. I think it's still seven o'clock.

I rushed to them. Seeing me approaching, the three of them immediately noticed me.

"Have you finished Nduk?" Mom came over and took my hand.

"Enggeh Ma'am." My eyes can not be seen Mr. Armand who is also looking at me. I was so curious about the conversation the three of them had. From his rigid character, I still did not expect him to be able to greet my parents.

"Why hasn't Mom come home yet? Why wait for me?"

"From now on we've called you a dozen times, but you didn't pick up. Said the security guard, you're overtime. We decided to wait."

"Maybe we leave our child alone to go home."

"Nay's an adult Ms ...."

"Have, have, don't argue. It's already night. We better go home."

Father turned to face Mr. Armand. "Then we say goodbye, sir. Thank you for taking care of our daughter. He's a careless kid. Sorry that the future will often be troublesome ...." The pleasantries continued for the next five minutes until we finally came home.

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"Your boss is good Nduk."

"What was that talking about, Dad?" We're on our way home. I refrained from asking. Thank goodness I opened the conversation first.

"So he apologized for having to keep you up late into the night. Maybe next will be like this. For the size of a boss, he was very polite. Complete package. Already dashing, polite, a boss again. She's married Nduk?" Father turned his gaze to me for a moment, before staring at the streets again.

"Ah, where does Nay know Dad? If you're not married, what does that have to do with Nay?" Getting questions like that somehow made my heart beat fast. I guess I can guess my parents' way of thinking.

"Yes, who can resist having a complete package ghost."

"Yes, Dad, Mom agrees. Our daughter is also old enough. If you marry a man like that, you'll be sincere." Mother said with great enthusiasm. His eyes twinkled, as if imagining his child alone puppet being side by side at the pelaminan.

Duh, my parents if dreaming why too high anyway? How can you expect his son who is this village to be paired with a boss? Who wants to marry a cold and stiff man? My life will be cold and miserable. Every day is filled with rules and orders. I could have died standing. Hah, just imagining it already makes me shudder in horror.

"Duh, don't dream weird Ma'am. How could a boss want Nay who is this village boy. I'm just there." I ended the conversation that night.

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"Sir, your boss said maybe every day you'll come home at night. Because the distance from home to the office is far away, he suggested that you just spend."

I was busy scrolling the phone screen immediately turned my eyes to Mom. Even though I was an adult, almost every night my sleep was accompanied by my mother.

"Indeed Nay got ngekos?" my fanc. During the three and a half years of studying at Jember University, Mom and Dad always forbade me to spend. Almost every day, he took me home. Will I have my freedom as a grown woman?

"So Mom and Dad had a conversation. A tough decision." Mother let out a long sigh, before continuing, "we allow you to sniff ...."

Horeee!!! Thank you Mr Kaku!! I finally got my freedom!! Horeee!! Horeee!!

I feel like prancing around to express my love. For the first time I feel indebted to Mr. Kaku, uh Mr. Armand means.

Welcome to freedom.

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