The Dream of the President

Apartments

Shasa's car landed in the apartment lobby. He set his foot back in front of the towering elite building adorning the sky. A smile emanated from Shasa's face. He started to step into the apartment. Lita and Niko escort her from behind. The three were taken by elevator to the floor of Leo's apartment.

Ting!

Elevator door opens. It's been a long time since Shasa walked down the corridor of this apartment. Lita opens the apartment door for Shasa. In her memory, it was Pak Yo who always greeted her at the door when Shasa came home from work. So also the typical fragrance of this apartment can still be remembered fragrant in the mind of Shasa.

Since Shasa and Leo moved into the Gusta Family home, several servants are still hired to take care of this apartment. Only, some of the goods there are covered with large fabrics so as not to get dusty. Leo still loves this apartment. Before his return from abroad, Commissioner Gusta had ordered a professional interior designer to arrange this apartment according to Leo's taste. In addition, for Shasa, this apartment was the first place she lived with a foreign man who was legally, legally as her husband. The taste that was originally usually it, grew into love through this apartment.

Shasa stepped into the middle room. He recalled the times he spent laughing at comedy shows on television, rolling around on the couch, or just eating a snack while surfing on his phone. Not infrequently Shasa also invited some servants to accompany him to spend time there. Seeing that, Leo slowly tried to take his time at night to accompany Shasa killing their leisure time, until in this middle room they are both busy discussing something that is becoming the fruit of public lips or just exchanging ideas with each other.

“Mistress, do you want to sit?” lita's voice distracts Shasa's delusion of past events she's remembering.

“Ah, no, Lita. I am still enjoying the atmosphere here. I haven't been to this apartment in a long time.” Shasa's eyeballs circled the entire apartment. “Did Leo ever come here again since we moved?”

“As far as I know, President Leo has not come here since his move. Only, Chairman Leo still several times asked assistant Haris to make sure this apartment remains maintained.” Answer Lita.

A smile reappeared on Shasa's lips. He stepped again towards the dining room, sports venue, and open terrace in the apartment.

“Lita, it doesn't feel like much has changed in this apartment. The plants are still well maintained.” Remember Shasa.

“Presdir Leo does not allow to change anything in this apartment.” Lita.

Yeah, looks like Leo doesn't want to change any memories of what happened in this apartment.

“Niko, why are you quiet from earlier?” Shasa noticed the presence of Niko who had not spoken a word since.

“Mistress, do you want anything by coming back to this apartment? Or maybe there's an item you want to take?” ask Niko.

Shasa turned her body towards Niko who was a few meters away from her.

“Niko, to be grateful for what we have now and understand what it all means, sometimes we need to look back at what happened first. Not to lament, but to recall how far we've gone and what we've been through to get it.” Shasa smiled. “It is in this way that I remember the person I love and it is in this way that I love that person even more. We sometimes forget the struggle that has been passed so we ignore how important he is in our lives. I stand before you right now, because there are Leo footprints in every step of my way. I'm not here to look for anything. I don't need to search anymore, because I already have it.”

Niko and Lita stared at Shasa. This is the first time for Niko and Lita to witness how much love Shasa feels for Leo.

Shasa laughed a little. “People who are longing are really dangerous, right? You guys are running out of words to reply to my words.”

“Return to the zero point where you were before. You'll know, which is valuable, which you can't let go.” Shasa leaves Niko and Lita on the front porch and steps back in.

Niko and Lita meet face to face. The two looked at each other without a word.

*****

Shasa went down the bookshelves in Leo's room. He longs for the paper scent of Leo's books. Shasa tried to sit on the long sofa and turned his head to the sky.

'Honey, I want our children to know all the stories about us, about this apartment, about your bookshelves, about the roof that shows this sky.’ Inner Shasa.

"Lita, I used to be so afraid I couldn't repay that great affection. I'm afraid I can't make it happy. But, in this room, I realized that Leo only wanted me to be present. I kept breathing and was faithful by his side, that's what he needed from me." Shasa smiled happily reminiscing once more about Leo.

Shasa looked at Leo's bookshelves again. Before long, he frowned. His gaze was fixed on a box between the books. He got up from the sofa and reached for the light brown box. Shasa opened the medium-sized box with both hands.

“Wah...” Shasa was flabbergasted to see the contents of the box. “Since when did Leo save my photos? Why didn't he ever tell me?” Shasa wondered to himself.

The photos were taken unconsciously by who. There are photos when they first went out of town together, there are also photos while at the amusement park, there are even photos when Leo holds Shasa down the tea garden.

Shasa suddenly remained silent. There is a photo at the bottom of the pile of photos. A little girl laughed while holding a doll in her hand. Her laughter looked very wide, but there was a tear in her eye patch as if it showed that this girl had just cried. Shasa wondered who this little girl was. Leo is clearly an only child. She couldn't possibly have a sister or an older sister, right?

“Mistress?” Lita called out to Shasa.

“Lita, do you know this girl?” shasa asked while thrusting out a piece of photo.

Lita thought hard. “Sorry Madam, I don't know.” Lita replied while returning the photo again. “But Madam..” Shasa turned his gaze again to Lita. “I guess, that little girl looks like you.”

“I?” Shasa reassured the girl in the photo. “I don't remember my childhood. I don't have any pictures of my childhood either.”

“That girl is you, Mistress.” Niko's voice shocked the entire room. Moreover, Shasa who suddenly had her heart pounding heard Niko's statement just now.

*****

Seriate…