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Paris, France
Paris—Charles de Gaulle Airport
05:40 Morning.
Spending the entire night on the plane for nearly eighteen hours, they finally arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, France at five o'clock and forty minutes. The plane they were riding landed on with a smooth landing until they arrived safely to their destination.
Aphrodite and Francisco just got off the plane, taking care of all their belongings while taking a break and flexing their stiff bodies, because they sat on the plane too long in a state of sleep.
"It!" Fransisco said as he thrust a bottle of drink in his hand toward Aphrodite.
"Oh, thank you" said Aphrodite, grabbing the bottle and opening it and sipping it.
Francisco sat right next to Aphrodite who was now sitting while gathering all her consciousness.
"You must be so tired, right? Moreover, you slept less comfortably on the plane earlier."
"Yes, that's how it is." murmured Aphrodite. He then closed the bottle in his hand.
"Your body must be sore, let me massage a little of your shoulder to make it more comfortable."
"No, you must be tired too."
"It's okay."
"It's not necessary. Oh yeah, where did we go after this?"
"After this we'll go to my mama's mansion."
"Mama have a mansion?"
"Yes. My mom lived in Paris before she got married. Mama pursued her first career as a fashion model of one of the Parisian designers, and the results of her hard work, she bought a mansion. But since marrying papa, mom returned to Indonesia and decided to live there."
"Oh, then the mansion?"
"When you move, you look for people who are trusted by him to guard the mansion. So now the mansion is guarded by the man in your salary."
"so yeah. Have you ever been to the Mama mansion before?"
"Ever several times. But it's been a long time."
"O-oh... So now we're going there?"
"Yes, we're going there. Oh yeah, I just remembered that I had to call my mom and our other family when we got here. Just a minute." Francisco pulled out his phone.
"Wait, won't it bother you, call at this hour? What time is it in Indonesia?"
"Now in Indonesia at 11 noon. So it won't bother. The time difference between Indonesia and France is 6 hours."
"Then I want to call mom first."
"Yes" said Aphrodite.
Francisco moved from its place. Step into a slightly quiet place so that he can comfortably chat with Fanny.
While Francisco was busy calling with Fanny, unlike the case with Aphrodite who is now pensive while staring around her. The airport this morning was decorated by people passing around it. Some have just entered and some are also stepping towards the exit. This was his first time traveling abroad after all this time. Last time he traveled abroad even Aphrodite did not remember the details in what month or year.
"Oh yes, I should also tell my mother and Erland, too" muttered Aphrodite who had just remembered that she also had to inform her family.
Aphrodite pulled out her phone, but as soon as she took it out of the bag she was carrying, Aphrodite realized that her phone was running out of power and was now dead.
"Last day I forgot to charge my phone, now how can I call my mom? Oh, I'll borrow Frans' cell phone later" murmured Aphrodite who then put her phone back in the bag. He looked at Aphrodite who was on the phone with Fanny.
"Huft~" Aphrodite let out a long sigh, she was really tired today. Especially after traveling long distances and sleeping overnight on the plane in a sitting state makes some parts of his body feel sore.
After calling, Francisco walked over to Aphrodite who was sitting there waiting for him.
"I've informed my mom and family. And it just so happened that Helen and Erland's mama were also home, they were staying overnight yesterday. So you don't have to worry about telling your mom" Francisco said as soon as he arrived in front of her.
"uh? Mama's staying over?"
"Yes. Mama apologized for not being able to talk to you, she said Helen's mom was going home to take care of their move."
"Moved? Move where? Why don't I know about this?"
"For a while Mama Helen will stay in Fanny's mama's apartment with Erland. Mama Fanny wants to give a gift to your family so mama's looking for a new home for Mama Helen."
"A-ah.. but why didn't mom talk to me first? Why didn't you discuss it with me first?"
"Mama just doesn't want to bother us. So mom didn't tell you."
"But I'm so bad that you're too much trouble for your family, you've taken care of all our weddings. Paying everything without a dime I give financial aid, you even gave me a pearl necklace as her wedding gift, then a French ticket, and now a? I really feel bad. I even felt that my debt to your family was getting bigger. Especially after this marriage," murmured Aphrodite, lowering her head. Aphrodite felt very uneasy about the current situation.
Francisco squatted in front of him. Both of his hands moved grabbing Aphrodite's hand and grasping her. The two eyes of the man stared fixedly at Aphrodite who was now bowed.
"Look! I don't want you to say that again! It makes me sad and makes me feel like I don't appreciate and respect your family for over-organizing everything and preparing myself as if my family doesn't trust your family," fransisco said he made Aphrodite look up slowly at Francisco who now looked at him closely. Aphrodite looked at him.
"But I just want you to know, that I did all that because I didn't want to make you burdened with everything. And I did all this because I wanted to make you happy. That'sthat's all. One more thing! You never have any debts with my family again! So don't ever feel like your debt is growing on my family. Youunderstand?"
"But-but…"
"Sstttttt.." Francisco put his index finger in front of Aphrodite's lips, stopping the sentence that was about to pop out of her lips.
"I don't want to hear the word but. All I want to hear from you is the word 'yes, I understand'," he said. Aphrodite was dumbstruck, she was silent without sound while her two beads were now deeper and deeper looking at Francisco's two eyes.
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