
"Huuffft ...!"
Inside the small room of the studio apartment, again Olivia breathed disappointment along with her frustration.
One by one the clothes from his closet he tried in front of the mirror, but none of them felt worthy to wear to the office party tonight.
Almost all of her clothes had moved to the top of her bed, Olivia was lying rough on it.
The credit card inside the wallet, glimpsed with the tip of his eyes, while thinking hard.
Is it worth it if you have to add expenses to the monthly bill, just for the sake of buying a piece of cloth?
"Amarrrghh ...!" Frustrated, Olivia shouted in a stifled voice.
But ... Waitaminute! Olivia remembered something.
The cardboard boxes that are still neatly arranged in the corner of the room, Olivia looked at with suspicion.
It's been more than a year since Olivia's late mother died, but her belongings, which are significant to Olivia, are still stored in the boxes.
The room of the studio apartment was narrow, making Olivia unable to remove the contents from the boxes, and inevitably, could only put them in the corner of the room.
If not wrong, among the boxes, there are some containing some old dresses that became the favorite of his late mommy, when he was alive.
"Mom! You wouldn't be mad if I wore it, would you?" Olivia spoke to herself, as if she was asking her mommy for permission.
Olivia leaps down from the bed, and immediately unloads the boxes, to find where the existence of a dress she might be able to wear.
"Found it!" Stretching one of the dresses onto her bed, Olivia smiled broadly. "It's perfect!"
"Mom! I borrowed Mommy's shirt on this one, huh?!" olivia said, then rushed to the bathroom.
***
Andersen's Construction, at the country's largest construction company, Olivia has been one of the public relations division's employees for the past five years, ever since she graduated from university.
However, as long as Olivia worked at the company's main office, only this time the giant company could hold a combined party of several branch offices, located all over the country.
A party that is considered special for all its employees, so most of Olivia's coworkers are busy shopping for new clothes, in order to perform optimally there.
But not for Olivia. No matter what the party was, Olivia still had to be careful about using her money.
Her old mommy dress still looks beautiful and fit in Olivia's body, making her look beautiful and similar to her mommy when she was young, and that's more than enough for Olivia.
In front of a mirror in her room, Olivia completes her vintage look by stroking her long wavy brown hair.
"Mom! Look at!" Olivia glanced at some of the photos she had placed on the walls of the room.
Favorite photos of Olivia with her mommy, and some old photos that became the last relic, which show sweet memories of the togetherness of her daddy and mommy, while they were still alive.
"I look like you, right?! ... Okay, okay! Mommy's still prettier than me. But, it's mommy's fault for choosing a daddy who isn't handsome ... Sorry, dad! But that's the truth."
Once again, Olivia spoke as if she were talking to her late parents, in the room.
For a while later, it felt like Olivia's tears would drip right then and there, but she did not want to ruin the thin makeup that had been used on her face.
"Okay, mom! ... Dad! ... I'll go first! If I were still here, then my makeup would be broken, and mommy would definitely scold me," Olivia said, grabbing a small bag from the top of the dresser, and hung his long rope on one side of his shoulder.
"Bye! ... Muaach!" Olivia then moved out of her apartment room, after giving a farewell kiss to a photo of her parents.
***
Inevitably, Olivia had to walk an extra walk to reach the building where the party took place, which was located quite far from the front gate.
While glancing at her feet, Olivia smiled wryly.
Because even though the right shoes are not too high, but it still feels very tiring when you have to walk that far, while wearing shoes like that.
If Olivia knew that would be the case, then she would only wear flat work shoes.
But, how else?
Regret does come later, and there's no way Olivia's taking off her shoes now, and walking only barefoot.
Nevermind!
As long as Olivia walked casually, then maybe her legs would not be chafed.
Olivia also did not need to think too much about her arrival to the party, which was already too late.
Because with so many people present at the party, not necessarily any of them will realize the delay.
Illuminated by garden lights mounted along the road leading to the building, Olivia walked quietly alone, looking at the vehicles parked along the road.
Really do not mess around the number, and the variety of types of vehicles that are there.
Starting from the middle class to the bottom, to the top class at prices of hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars, it looks parked there.
Olivia shook her head.
If Olivia had that kind of money, her family's old house would easily be bought back.
"Sorry, mom! ... Dad! I'm still trying. Please don't be mad at me ...! Keep praying, so that I can succeed someday!" olivia spoke for herself.
At first glance, the memory of the shadows on the faces of his parents, crossed Olivia's mind.
Her firefighter father died in a work accident when Olivia was twelve years old.
The government's compensation for the heroic act of Olivia's daddy, couldn't help much for Olivia's and her mommy's living needs.
Although her mommy had worked at the company where Olivia worked now, but because of the age factor that was no longer young at the time, but because of her age, her mommy ended up only working part-time at a coffee shop.
However, for the sake of hope Olivia and the late father Olivia during her life, who wanted Olivia to be able to study at the city's top private university, make her mommy keep trying hard, so that she could, so that the wishes of the two important people in his life can be achieved.
To the extent, his mommy recklessly sold her daddy's house, arguing that mommy Olivia did not want to disappoint the dream of her late husband.
Although her mommy never brought up about their old house being sold because of her school, Olivia remained determined that the house would be theirs again.
***
When Olivia arrived at the building, the sweat that soaked her forehead delayed her from entering the building immediately, and chose to stand on the side of the building to lower her body temperature.
"Miss! ... Please, help! ... Grandpa's sick!"
A small child, suddenly approached Olivia and spoke while pulling the skirt part of Olivia's dress, as if inviting Olivia to come with her immediately.
Olivia looked back and forth, but there was no one to see outside, and the little boy was panicking, and was in a hurry to bring Olivia with him.