The Woman Behind The Scenes

Chapter 15 - The Unexpected 2

“He said so, but I don't know who it is. Deg deg also sih”

“Indeed you also yesterday? Or was it long ago?”

The sizzle that was so crowded in the room could be heard by Dara who had just arrived. On the morning shift, and that early morning there was already something much to talk about. Tumben. Usually in the morning shift, each of them chooses to go out with their own needs. Some go for breakfast, have coffee, some start working that early, like Dara.

“What's up, brother?” Dara pulled up her chair and sat down and asked the topic Arya, Joe, and a few other friends were talking about.

“Oh, yes... New news anyway.” clumsy, Joe answered Dara.

“Oh yes? What?” joe's short answer made Dara even more curious.

“It ... Yesterday's health test results ... Something is problematic,” turns out it is. Their office has just held a mass annual health test, which is routinely done annually for all employees without exception.

“Tomi where, Dar?” Leo got into the conversation.

“Oh. He is coming soon, ” he replied briefly to Leo who was spending his long black with a fragrance that is so distinctive.

The results of problematic health tests are not new to Dara. He has been with the company for a long time, and he knows some health problems are taken seriously by the company, and the employees in question will be asked to rest first.

Everything was normal that day. Dara also looks ordinary, enjoying her work, while helping Tomi finish her work. Yes ... As usual ...

A lot of things stuck in his brain, to the point that he had no time to think about it. Dara knew, if she told him all the violence she had experienced, she would be encouraged by her family to leave this man behind. But ... As a child with a single parent, her hopes of having a full family were huge. It made him a little unclear thinking, and allowed Tomi to thrust forward with her fists at any time.

It all just passed. The job at the office is well done. Even on other days when Tomi hits him for hours, and he only gets a little time to sleep, Dara is still a very responsible employee with her job. Yes, also with her husband's work.

“Tomi. To my office, please ..” the voice of their operations manager, widens everyone. From this afternoon, they could see that two employees from the next team had been summoned into their boss' room.

“What's up?” Dara pulled Tomi's hand before her husband left without answering anything.

Tomi used to get that kind of call. Several times he had to go to his boss because of his performance.

“What's up, Dar?” Leo surprised the pensive Dara, wondering what was going on in there.

“Uncomprehend, brother. Maybe the problem of the value of him,” at the moment, that's all Dara could have guessed.

Without waiting for long, Tomi was seen coming out of the room. A smile that was hard to interpret, implied on his face, was also a piece of paper in his grasp.

Unlike usual, this time he immediately brought his chair closer to Dara, and coded Leo to approach as well.

“I'm positive. I was not allowed to enter work first,” he said while giving a piece of paper.

“What positive?” Dara asked while opening the proffered paper. Her eyes widened. What she held was the results of a drug use test, and clearly visible levels of tetracabinol in her husband's urine.

The heart beats rapidly. This was what she feared most about her husband's behavior. Effects like this are certainly not trivial problems, especially because they work in people's countries.

Tetracabinol is a substance contained in marijuana. This substance will be detected in the urine, as well as the blood of the user.

I don't know what to do, Dara doesn't know ... Whether she should cry, or be angry with her husband.

“Kok me ?” Leo interrupted.

“Lu mix water?” tomi Sahut.

“Iya. Lu enggak?” Leo asked back.

“Sials. Notwithstanding. The last part was 5 days before .. how can ya still detect?” Tomi still does not accept the results of the urine test.

Dara looked at the two men's conversation. They seem to be very common with drug use activities. Of course, it was done when the two left. Several times, Dara did smell that distinctive scent in her apartment. The scent that Joe told me last time, as marijuana. This time Joe's speech was proven by the results in Dara's hands.

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Dara's brain doesn't stop working. Ever since he saw Tomi's drug test results, he kept thinking far.

“So what should we do? Is there anything else OM says?” it was the first sentence from Dara after they entered the apartment.

“I'm not fired,” fiuuuhh. That's good news for Dara.

“Then?”

“Yes. But I have to show you proof that I've been negative, and a certificate from the rehab center. Rehab places here are on average not comfortable, and must stay overnight. Can you find me a rehab that doesn't need to stay?” Tomi answered while giving the task to his wife.

“Rehab is free?” dara made sure.

“Neg. There must be a cost.” Tomi answered briefly while picking up the incoming phone on her phone.

“What? You can just shut up? I'm dizzy here! Has it been so tight?” his voice shouted at someone on the phone. Dara took her laptop and looked for the rehab that her husband wanted.

“I'm busy! You do not know the time and place!” the sound of Tomi's cry triggered Kio's cry.

Kio was seen being slammed by his nanny. Since returning to work, Dara decides to recruit a nanny for Kio.

“Who?” Dara wondered who was provoking her husband's emotions.

Tomi walked up to Dara. He put his phone on the desk where Dara was working on his laptop.

“It. Farahs. Ignore it, baby.” Tumben once he was called romantic like that.

“This is a rehab place. The Makati area. Definitely not arbitrary tariff, but we can try it tomorrow,” said Dara while showing an information about the rehab as desired Tomi.

“Ra. There's more. As long as I don't have an office, I don't get paid,”

“What?” tomi's words were so thrilling to Dara. This is not the right time to reduce income, what else they have a nanny.

“Iya. Who knows, I could be negative quickly. We do not need to worry about it first,” Tomi's speech seemed to want to encourage his wife.

“What if it turns out to be long? How later we have to share the cost of living?” the worry that Dara felt was certainly something natural, so he continued the discussion.

“We will reduce unnecessary costs. Caregivers for example. You can always take the baby to the office,” the idea that Tomi uttered was certainly not something that Dara liked. As an unbearable person, Dara could not immediately dismiss Kio's nanny.

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Dara and Tomi step foot inside an apartment building. There, the rehabilitation center they were heading to, was. Something seems to have changed for Tomi. From then on, he continued to hold his wife's hand, and it had a positive impact on his wife.

Tomi is not a man who speaks fluent English. In matters like this, he would definitely bring his wife along.

The rehabilitation facility is on the 2nd floor. A corner of the apartment unit. The apartment appeared to be an old building, but as they walked into the building, they could see many luxury cars with current models, lying side by side.

Dara rang the bell of the unit, and before long, a handsome young man, with mature brown skin opened the door.

“Hi! You must be ..” the man was so friendly when he opened the door.

“From. I am Dara's. This is Tomi,” said Dara while introducing prospective patients at the place.

The two were brought in, then asked to wait in one room. Tomi and Dara will meet with a senior consultant from the place. This is necessary so that they can identify problems, and provide appropriate rehabilitation services.

The man's name, Don. The man was large in stature, probably nearly 2 meters tall, and well-built. Don is a senior consultant at Green Lake. He asks Tomi a few questions, and Dara. Tomi tells Don that he is not a typical addict. However, all of that was rejected outright by Don after Tomi answered some questions from him.

According to him, Tomi is a heavy addict, because he always regulates his stock, always routinely smokes marijuana, and has been filled with suggestions about the benefits of marijuana. This makes Tomi will only eat, and drowsy after being exposed to the effects of marijuana.

Good news from the meeting, Tomi does not need to stay at the rehab, and there are also several other people who are undergoing rehab classes. The bad news is, no one can be sure when Tomi's urine will turn negative.

At each session, all rehabilitation participants will be asked to take a urine test to see their development. If their urine is still positive, of course, rehab will continue.

Dara was stunned all the way home. In the taxi, he continued to think about the cost of rehab which is not a little, could drain half of his salary. Not only that, Tomi will lose his income during not working, and they must continue to pay the cost of living. This did not include Tomi's obligation to transfer Farah's monthly rations and her children.