The Inappropriate Taste

Chapter 10 - New Neighbor

"It's all, sir," said a pick-up driver to me as he dropped the last item.

"Thank you, this is the fare." I gave a couple of hundred thousand bills to that pick-up driver.

After he left, I started to get better. Put together all my stuff. I wanted to see Linda first, but she was washing at a neighbor's house. That's what my man said. Just imagine that I can't. How does he wash while taking care of two young children? You Roby, just watch out for you.

I put my clothes in the closet. Inside the mediocre room, there was a horizontal window that looked dark from the outside, but I could see out clearly. People won't know if I see Linda all the way from this window.

Same with the room next door. I can see and hear the activity in Linda's room. God, I'm like a maniac.

In the kitchen, there is a back door that leads to a small garden and a garden bench of the house. I could see and hear what was going on in the kitchen.

Wait till I bugged the house with CCTV. If I find any violence, then I'll report it. But I still haven't found the right time. There's no way I'm going to go inside his house and set up CCTV.

An hour, I'm done with all my stuff. Since my innate is a little, it doesn't take long for me to finish it.

I faintly heard the sound of a child whining beside the house. I looked through the window and it was Dion who was whining at Linda.

"Mom, Dion wants that." Dion is seen pointing to a traveling ice cream maker who is estimated to cost only two thousand rupiahs.

"Patience, Son. Mom doesn't have money. This month's shopping money is reduced by Dad."

What reduced? Wh why? Is it because of the groceries that Linda sent? So Roby cut Linda's spending money because of that shotgun? Too bad for you, Roby!

I saw them enter the house. I quietly went the other way to the ice cream man. I gave him money for the best ice cream. Yes, there is a measure and a look for each price.

"This, Bang. Please love that kid in that house, yeah." I pointed at Linda's house. "Don't tell from me. Tell me the tract of the Abang customers, ' said I.

"Okay, Bang." The ice cream maker went to Dion's house and gave him a large ice cream with many beautiful toppings and cups.

I saw how happy Dion was to receive that ice cream. He jumped up in excitement. Linda immediately questioned the ice cream. The ice cream boy answered as I told him. And that made Linda believe.

After her departure, Linda accompanied Dion to eat ice cream in front of the terrace. I saw him wiping the corners of his watery eyes. I know for a fact that he feels sad because life is lacking like this.

In the afternoon, I accidentally sat in front of the terrace of my rented house while waiting for Roby to go home to work. I want to see if he dares to take me to his house or take his wife to my house?

The one I'm waiting for has finally arrived, Roby just got home from work. I pretend to play my phone. I was waiting for him to come to me.

"Hey, Mom," she said.

I looked up and saw him smiling at me. Cih, fake smile.

"Hey, Rob. Just home?" ask pleasantries.

"Yes, have you been a little? Shall I help you?" bargained for.

No need to help me, you just help your own wife. Husband is useless. My soul is in my heart.

"Udah, I have a little something."

"I went back first, yeah." Roby was about to walk away but I held him back.

"Rob, I just saw a woman bring two children to your house. Her face looks like Linda but it's thinner. Is that really Linda?" I want to see his expression.

"Yes, this is Linda. She's breastfeeding again, so the band's out."

"Oh, it's so different now, yeah."

"Well, he doesn't want to dance."

"Oh, don't you want to see me with Linda? I haven't seen him in a long time. Suddenly his neighbor."

Roby looked confused. He scratched the back of his head like a man running out of ideas.

"Later malem I take him to your house. Welcoming the new neighbors" he said with a smile.

"Okay, I'm waiting. Don't bring anything. I want to eat a lot of food. Let's eat the malems together," I said.

Roby nodded and went home. I smiled with satisfaction, my efforts to meet Linda went well. Tonight, I'll treat them with good food. I finally had a way of pleasing Linda and Dion without having to go through someone else's hands.

Linda, Linda. Why do you have such a fate. Marry a handsome guy. If you were with me, we would be happy now. Take your child for walks every weekend, give them proper food and clothing, give them treatment time in the salon. Ah Linda, if only that time I would have been more courageous to say my heart.