THE ABOVE THE CLOUD(ABC)

21. Little Children Don't Look

The awakened mutual feels the incoming sunlight through the window glass. For a while he was like in a drug injection, motionless, unresponsive.he stared at the unfamiliar ceiling, wondering why he was here.

She got up slowly, sat down for half a minute before searching her phone and saw many missed calls from Nanny Sri. Mutual scroll down before seeing the trail of missed calls from Sera's smartwatch. The last one was an hour ago. Suddenly the sleepiness disappeared.

Just then, the call came in with the name of Nanny Sri. The mutual receives the call and instantly receives the call from across.

"Master!!"

"Bi Sri, where's Sera?"

"Master, Miss is now feverish and on the infusion. I waited for Miss to go to bed at 10pm last night and go back to the room. I didn't realize Miss didn't sleep well last night!"

Nanny Sri went to bed last night, and did not have access to check even the cctv she thought to keep watch and watch. Who would have thought her little miss was agitated. Every waking little girl would call the Mutual number. When sleepy from waiting too long, the little girl will fall asleep. But soon he will wake up again and repeat the process.

Until five o'clock earlier, when Nanny Sri finished her morning prayers, Sera knocked on Sri's door slowly and cried that her father was gone.

Sri was immediately shocked to see the state of Sera at that time. He only received direction from Reksa to prepare Sera at six. At that time also Caregiver Sri brought Sera to the nearest clinic.

"It's my fault." Mutual closed eyes with frown. His chest was beating badly. "Where is Sera now?"

"It's still hot, sir, and Miss is sleeping." Sri's nanny did not tell how the doctor scolded her before. Accusing Sri's Caregiver of negligence only in putting three-year-old children to sleep. What matters is that Miss is fine.

"I'm there now." he just intends to play until midnight, and go home in the early hours. He didn't think he'd fall asleep until morning and not come home. In addition, he forgot to tell Sera. The child may have only heard from the Sri Nanny that he would be home late.

It was unexpected that Sera was waiting for him. Recalling the traces of Sera's call throughout the early hours of the day, his guilt instantly grew.

Mutuals immediately pack in a state of worry.

The note paper on the table on the side of the bed is not in the notice at all.

With a tangled shirt and suit up her sleeve, Reksa rushed into the clinic, ignoring the gazes of those around her. He didn't even wash his face. Just before entering the room he remembered to wash his hands.

When the door was opened, Nanny Sri who was preparing breakfast Sera, looked up and immediately greeted her Master.

Reksa gave Nanny Sri a day off right then and there.

Muta sat on the edge of the bed, looking at Sera who was small in a blanket, lying on a long bed. In his hand is attached an infusion hose that makes the Mutual like in a slap. This little hand must have been in pain in the injection.

He was about to move into the restroom to clean himself up, making use of Sera who was still sleeping. But stopped when he heard a slow call.

"...Papa."

"Yes, this is Papa." hearing that gentle reply, Sera who was still confused immediately broke into tears. Her crying broke out filling the entire room. Other than when she cried loudly while searching for her Mama, Sera had never cried so hard in these few months.

"Papa where.." on the sidelines of his sobbing Sera could only continue to repeat the question. Accusing her father of disappearing, leaving her.

Mutual immediately carried Sera into his embrace.

The cry of a child is the most honest cry. Although children easily change their mood, but they can not measure the magnitude of sadness. Perhaps the sadness that Sera felt was as great in size as the cries of children outside who were heartbroken because the toys were given to others.

Hearing Sera's cry, Reksa felt depressed for Sera. He could only swing and hold Sera while whispering an apology, while the other hand held Sera's infused hand to stay in place.

"Sera same Papa play to the park, ride the bianglala huh? Wanna?"

Sera was still confused, she could not imagine what kind of fun riding the ring, as sadness still enveloped her heart.

The boy stopped for a moment listening before shaking his head and continuing his cries.

Mutual lamented in his heart: Are you not looking for Papa? It's papa here but why are you still crying?!

"Sera will ride a horse equally papa, eat ice cream, run around, meet clowns, swim. later there will be rabbits are just as kancil." Mutual doesn't know there's anything in the Amusement Park, he's just saying nonsense.

Unexpectedly his words made Sera speech silent and listen. Although still as much as you like, Reksa seemed to get enlightenment. Not stopping one bit, he continued to talk starting from the forest, camping, to tall buildings and cars on the road that had nothing to do with the Amusement Park.

When there was something that made him curious, Sera immediately asked.

"Mbim's cat?" Cat in car?

"Yes.the cat meow," said the origin Mutual, clueless as his hand moved gently sweeping Sera's tears.

"Papa mbim?" Papa's the one who got in the car? Time cats riding cars..

"Father man, no mbim." Mutual thought Sera was accusing herself of being a goat. Mbe and Mbim are not much different.

"....mbim people?" Sera digested the sentence according to her understanding. 'People' are in the car, aren't they papa?

The two chattered aloud, until Sera stared long at Reksa's neck. The boy's plain eyes stared at Reksa's neck and face alternately.

Although he did not understand many things, to his surprise, Sera was sensitive to this kind of thing.

His mother kissed Sera several times, leaving a similar mark. Only women wear lipstick.

Who kissed his papa?

The conditions in the contract are not so good. A middle-aged woman once threatened her son that his father would have a new mother. The child does not understand why.

Sera also did not understand. But her mother is gone. Who kissed papa?

It took a long time for Sera to digest, and so consciously, her gaze on Mutual instantly turned full of accusations. His eyebrows are curved, his eyes are round in tears, his lips are thinly lined.

Mutuals see these signs of immediate panic. He went back to talking long to distract Sera.

But with the sign in front of Sera's eyes, the boy will only focus there.

That morning one room in the clinic was lively.

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Reksa did not manage to ease Sera's cries, but was saved when Joe came to deliver the Mutual documents to the clinic that morning. Seeing her boss in a mess, with hair sticking out here and there, holding Sera and swinging around-talking indistinctly while Sera cried. Both are like binguet, busy with their respective talents.

Joe could not speak.

But she saw clearly the lipstick mark on Reksa's neck. He thought it was inappropriate to see a child, even though they did not understand.

"Boss, try checking the mirror first." so speechless, Joe himself was not aware he called Reksa 'boss'.

Mutual who realized there was a weirdness also did not ngeh, immediately handed Sera to Joe who immediately added to the sadness of his tears.

Mutual rushed to the bathroom and washed his face. Could it be that because he had not brushed his teeth and had eyes, Sera was crying? In thought the boy cried loudly after staring at his face for a long time.

But as she raised her face, Muta looked at her reflection in the mirror. The red mark is actually easy to remove. But since he was unconscious, probably also because of the good material, the red mark was still clearly in shape.

Muta checked his entire neck and was relieved because this was the only one. He immediately removed it and changed his shirt with a casual T-shirt that Joe brought.

From the inside, Muta who no longer heard Sera's cries, quietly gritted her teeth at the thought of Joe who managed to silence Sera somehow.

Muta comes out of the bathroom, finding Sera already back asleep in bed. Joe wiped Sera's forehead carefully.

Feeling the gaze towards him, Joe kept silent for a while and nodded towards Mutual. "I've prepared the report, and the meeting will be held later tonight online."

Surprisingly, his boss did not budge. Joe thinks he made a mistake and pulls his hand, holding a handkerchief, and then stands up straight. In a ready position.

Two seconds later a voice was heard.

"okay." Mutual walked to the side of the bed and sat down on the chair. Joe looked at his boss' expression and breathed a sigh of relief after making sure his mood was fine.

"...." - ".Joe is quietly waiting for the next instructions from Mutual.

"...." - ".Mutual wonders when Joe left.

Both silent. Mutual glanced at Joe flatly. "There again?"

"Ah no, sir. Then I say goodbye, sir."

"Hm."

On the doorstep Joe stopped for a moment. Remember the bowl of porridge that was still warm at the side of the bed but untouched. Thinking of how important Little Miss was to her Master, Joe thought it was a good time to show her attention.

"Little lady doesn't seem like breakfast yet, sir."

Muta who looked at Sera softly, immediately veined her forehead.

"I. Know."

Joe doesn't realize why his boss is suddenly upset. He only felt his boss's mood line jump from the normal line. Without saying anything else, he immediately retreated.

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