WHEN I FELL IN LOVE
Chapter 30
Under the banyan tree in the parking lot of my office, that's where Jayadi and I were after the commotion in the briefing room. Our place calmed down.
Jayadi was silent, since we got here, he only smoked his cigarettes— probably already about seven, or eight cigarettes that he smoked nonstop. I saw himself as a middle-aged man who had just lost a gamble, tangled, chaotic.
Then something so sickening happened. At the beginning when Boris approached us, and said that Mr. Zulkarnain asked us to go to his room. Of course my gut feeling was bad when I heard it.
In Mr. Zulkarnain's office, Jayadi and I were reviled by him. Mr. Zul is furious. He said we had committed acts of violence against our superiors. Of course Jayadi and I defended ourselves by telling them what really happened. But it seems Mr. Zul doesn't care what we say. Yeah, well, if it's like this, don't let me and Jayadi. Granny again camper can also guess, if Erwin had already come to see Mr. Zulkarnain, complained about the commotion that occurred in the brifing room, then spoke as if he was a victim. Things that need not be doubted.
After being content to berate me and Jayadi, suddenly Mr. Zul gave a letter to both of us, the contents of which are Warning Letter 3 (SP3 ). This is a high-level reprimand given to kariawan; a final warning before his dismissal. I remember very well what Mr. Zul said when he gave the letter to us, “I am still considering maintaining you two, because your services in this company are so big,“, he said, with a very loud volume of sound, and I'm sure that his secretary named Tince— whose desk is right in front of his room, I could clearly hear what he was saying in the room to me.
Then, after the maki curse we received, then did not forget the SP3, there was another one that Mr. Zul told us. Something I previously called sickening. “Now, you two are quick to apologize to Erwin,“ he said firmly, commanding. Orders that sound disgusting. And at that moment, Jayadi and I decided to resign.
Honestly speaking, after leaving Mr. Zulkarnain's office, there was a very relieved feeling in my heart, and no feeling of regret at all. I no longer needed to be subordinate to someone like Erwin, and at first glance, that fact felt like a luxury.
Actually Mr. Zul had asked me and Jayadi to reconsider our decision, but firmly and without any doubt, simultaneously me and Jayadi said, “no need sir, we are sure.“ Mr. Zul's face immediately turned pale after he heard our statement. Yes, it is his risk that from the beginning he was not neutral in mediating this problem, and lost two outstanding careerists like me and Jayadi at the same time, he said, it will definitely slow down the speed of the company wheels later. I'm sure Mr. Zul is aware of that.
The next incident was something so moving. When Jayadi and I approached each division, and greeted the people inside for a farewell. Honestly, my tears wanted to fall on my cheeks many times, but I quickly wiped them. How pathetic? Yes, all the separation will surely feel sad. That's how I feel. Especially when it comes to saying goodbye to Jessica, Boris, and Lela, it feels like as if we won't see each other again, sad as it feels. In fact, it could be that Boris came to my house tonight, or Jessica called me, or I went shopping at the Source Cake store, and I could meet Lela.
The one person I was looking for but couldn't find when I said goodbye was, Erwin. Somehow why the curse man that does not exist anywhere like lost in the swallow of the Earth? I want to say goodbye to him. Yes ... Even if this is all because of him, but I am a person who knows manners. Erwin is still my boss, and at least, let me shake his hand one last time, before my foot steps out of this company.
