
The man lit his cigar in the middle of the night on the deserted streets of Manhattan, then looked at the back of the girl pushing the trolley from a distance.
He clucked while leaning against his Rolls-Royce Cullin SUV, sharp sapphire eyes staring at him, though his face was dirty by some stains on his face making it look black but his pretty sapphire eyes could not be covered.
After sucking half of his cigar he threw it away and stepped on it then he got into his car, shook his head, and thought only this time he heard a rude swearing for him right in front of his face.
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The streets of Manhattan are now seen crowded by pedestrians, after getting a few dollars from uncle George finally lexia back to his house, the trolley is so noisy that anyone who hears it, they would turn around and avoid it, let alone lexia dressed Kumal like a vagrant until those who saw him would dodge and cover their noses.
Lexia remained indifferently pushing her trolley regardless of those who were looking at her cynically or closing their noses due to the smell coming out of her trolley.
Lexia pauses in front of a bakery, a few dollars she wants to buy a soft, warm bun from the bakery, but she remembers Jacky's grandfather's needs, he had to buy medicine for her otherwise her cough would get worse.
Lexia kept walking towards the pharmacy, not long after she was waiting behind a woman who was buying vitamins, the woman turned and looked at lexia, she smiled gently at him. "You want to buy something?" ask her gently. Lexia nodded and pointed at one of the medicines.
"You're sick?" tanyakanya.
"It wasn't me but my grandfather who coughed" lexia said in a stern voice. The woman looked at the girl's appearance, she thought that this slum girl was the same age as her daughter, about 17 years old.
"You're not in school?" ask the woman again.
Lexia frowned, she hated if someone interfered with her affairs. But he answered politely. "No, I don't go to school" said lexia firmly.
His face immediately pursed forming a concerned smile. Suddenly he gave lexia a packet of medicine, "give your grandfather this medicine dear." The woman said softly.
Lexia looked at him sharply. "Why?" lexia was astonished.
"Take it." That was all he said with a beautiful smile on his cheesy lips. Lexia looked at the medicine in her hand, with her sharp eyes looking at the woman, "Thank you madam." Said lexia, he then turned around and slightly looked back at her.
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That night Jecky's grandfather's cough didn't stop, he kept coughing until something came out of his mouth, frantically Rossie's grandmother rushed to pick up a handkerchief and water to clean the red stains in his mouth.
Her legs were shaking not feeling lexia's knees could not rest on her feet, lexia was frozen staring at her, "Grandfather Jecky ! lexia whispered.
He looked at his grandson and shook his hands, "Don't worry lex." He said, but he coughed again to make grandma panic because the fresh blood flowed did not stop from his mouth.
"We. We take grandfather to the hospital." Lexia to grandma. Lexia immediately ran in search of Edo and banged on his house not far from the lexia house, just a few turns, "Edo ! Edo! you're inside." But there was no sound at all, at that moment, the light from behind lexia made him turn around, then stare at the pale blue dull Car with Edo in it.
"What's up Lex!" tanyakanya.
With a trembling lexia looked at him, "Grandfather, grandfather Jecky! he's going to the hospital now." Lexia sounded trembling.
They both ran and stormed in, Edo deftly pushed grandfather out and then got into the car. Lexia told Rossie's grandmother to get in the car immediately, they finally arrived in front of Manhattan hospital, Edo immediately memapah Jecky's grandfather into, some nurses bring grandfather to the IGD room, the, lexia stood in front of the big glass staring at the big door and hoping that no bad news would be heard.
An hour had passed since his grandfather was brought into the room, the dull lexia he looked at from the reflection of the white marble in which he was crouching. The sound of a door opening and several people dressed in white came out of the place swiftly Edo held him in.
"How's the condition?" edo was like a whisper.
"We did everything we could to help him but his life could not be helped anymore, his veins broke and his respiratory tract was blocked."
Just that word that lexia heard, grandma Rossie's voice echoed in the hospital, her legs stiff could not move even lexia tears did not come out, she said, lexia just fell silent and looked at his grandmother who was crying as much as he could and called out the name of Jecky's grandfather.
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Lexia was sitting in a hospital park chair in Manhattan, she was not aware of all the administrative procedures that had to be done, only Edo took care of everything. Lexia took out a lighter and took out a cigarette hidden under her jacket pocket, she lit it but the lighter was completely unwilling to cooperate.
"You smoking?" tanyakanya.
The heavy baritone sound coming out of a man's mouth startled the lexia, he looked for the source of the sound then looked at a man standing not far from him, he said, his grim face framed with an expression of hostility that always radiated when someone unknown to him spoke to him.
Lexia turned on the lighter again so that a cigarette in her hand can emit smoke, actually lexia does not smoke, he said, but Jecky's grandfather's memories make lexia want to light the killer's cigarette because it smells like when Jecky's grandfather was with him.
"That cigarette doesn't suit you." The completely unknown man suddenly took a cigarette from his hand and put it in his mouth quickly lit the lighter, he sucked it and exhaled it slowly.
"Loser!" lexia, his sharp eyes looked at the man who had taken his cigarette and curled his lips. "You don't remember me? Because I remember you."
"And I'm not interested in remembering you." Said lexia, violently he walked away leaving the smiling man staring at his disappearance.
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"Sir ! there's news of the big lady." Said a plontos-headed man who half bowed to him.
The man smoked his cigarette and threw it away and stepped on it until it went out. "What news?"
"Mr Juan will be home soon from Europe, and.erm he wants to meet with miss lovelia." Flat talk.
"really? the man is holding her back, damn it ! the old man was still firm with his stance, a ridiculous attempt ! for years her brother hid his daughter so as not to be able to meet her terrible grandfather, but why now?!
"Call the big lady, I'll be at her place soon."
"Good sir."
This time what should he do? Mr. Juan Robert is the sole heir of the Robert Corporation who is also a descendant of the noble Frederick yan in Northern Europe, he has the throne of the largest company in Asia, Europe to the mainland of America.
And it just so happened that his beloved older sister had married one of the sons of lord juan, but fate said another accident befell the son of lord juan, so that the only link of Robert's noble blood was just lovelia, so that the only link from Robert's noble blood was lovelia, daughter of her brother...
If Mr. Juan knew how lovelia was, he and his brother would be exhausted.