So, who is that woman?

City M

Geana's Rental House

In front of a small rental house gate, a tall man appears, then his hair is cut in an undercut style, looks dashing supported by broad shoulders, also suitable for being a place for women to lean on.

He is currently waiting for a woman, one of the entertainers who works at the club where he also works as a bodyguard.

Even though he knew the woman he visited lived alone and he often came here, even stayed overnight. But, why suddenly there is a foreign woman who looks very beautiful and charming in the small rental house?

Actually, who's in there? Why didn't Ana tell me yesterday? How strange, he thought curiously.

He looked back at the streets around him that were getting quieter considering the night was getting late, then looked back when he heard the sound of someone's footsteps approaching him.

Tap! Tap!

"Oh! Already?" he asked the woman who was as beautiful as ever in her work uniform.

"Yes, Chiko. Thank you for willing to obey me by leaving us," said the woman he was waiting for.

Yes, it was Chiko, who nodded slightly at the words of the woman—Geana.

"It's ok! But, can you start explaining about who that woman is and why you didn't work yesterday?" Chiko asked without bothering to wait let alone small talk.

"That woman," Geana muttered with a sigh, then looked at Chiko who was looking at her with a raised eyebrow, it seemed she was curious. "Actually I don't know who she is either?" she continued not explaining at all.

"What do you mean you don't know who she is?" said Chiko looking at Geana confusedly. "Don't mess with Ana. It's already hard for you to add one stranger," he continued, a little annoyed.

Chiko is indeed fascinated by a young woman who can make him flutter just by looking at that beautiful netra. But, he is also aware of his life or also what this woman in front of him is like.

Only with body and strength, without any other skills to rely on, is enough to make it difficult for both of them to find good jobs in this cruel world, in this city to be exact.

And now, wanting to play nice by hosting a foreign woman went unrecognized. What if the woman is a swindler?

But, her beautiful face is not suitable as a con artist, his mind rebuffed.

Ah!

He shook his head quickly, again denying what he had just thought.

A beautiful face actually has the potential to be a fraud.

Again his mind speculated arbitrarily and once again he shook his head, making Geana who saw the absurd behavior of the man in front of her frown, confused.

The feeling, right now there is no music or someone singing. But, why did Chiko shake her head repeatedly like that?

"Why?" Geana scolded while slapping Chiko's arm lightly, but it was enough to make the man in front of her flinch and look at her in shock.

Plaque!

"Ah! What?"

"Tsk! Why are you asking back?," said Geana, annoyed. "Come on! I'll tell you later on the way. It's almost late," she continued invitingly.

Chiko looked at the watch on her right wrist, then nodded confirming what Geana had said.

"Yeah, let's go! But don't be half-hearted, okay? I'm curious," said Chiko, looking at Geana squinting, as if he was serious about what he asked.

"Yeah, I'm fussy," said Geana and then snorted. "I became suspicious, if you suddenly fell in love with the woman in my rental house. Isn't that right?" she continued accusingly the stares were just as squinting.

Chiko almost choked on hearing that, but he quickly dodged and left Geana, who protested, just left.

"Fuck you, how could it be like that. Hurry up! It's too late."

"Yes! Wait please, don't leave me."

"So hurry!" Chiko replied, secretly sighing when she finally managed to escape and now walking while hearing a short story about yesterday from Geana.

***

Meanwhile, Geana is on her way to the club where she works. In her small boarding house, in the room where silence reigns, there is Gretta who is lying blindly looking up at the ceiling above.

Since Geana left her a few minutes ago, Gretta didn't close her eyes at all like she said.

Instead of closing her eyes, Gretta stared at the ceiling, blinking occasionally, not uttering a single word.

How could she close her eyes, if at that moment she was about to close the events of last night and also the incident happened again like a flashback. As if reminding and also mocking her, if forever she will not easily forget those memories.

Indeed, her fear returned when she saw the man in front of her. Even though she knew it wasn't the man who hurt her, when confronted face to face, her body's response was faster than her brain.

At this rate, will she ever be able to face the outside world, considering that she still feels comfortable because she is curled up in the blanket and hiding under Geana's protection.

She couldn't have stayed long or bothered Geana more than this. She must immediately find her own life and can not receive any more kindness from the woman.

But, how am I going to survive on the outside, if I don't have something that I can make use of?

Gretta exhaled silently, feeling small when she had been in such high places and making her seem 'big' and powerful.

Huft…, the outside world isn't as good as I thought. Then, how is the life of my father and twin brother so far in the world that I have just explored?

Again she could only ask in her heart, while her lips again exhaled more violently, furiously.

"I hope my fear is only temporary and because of the shock. There's no need to be traumatized, I don't want to go back to remembering that either," Gretta muttered, hoping if what she asked for this time would be granted by God.

She also tried to close her eyes, while suggesting to herself that bad memories will lose to the sweet memories she has.

Yes, especially the sweet memories with her twin brothers, and her father laughing with her at that time, a time when her mother was still a warm mother figure.

And then there was only soft snoring that could be heard from the cherry-colored lips, Gretta's lips which were secretly wincing in her sleep.

Elsewhere…

A handsome man was seen with his back to the door, precisely at this time he was looking at the night sky behind his bedroom window.

His eyeball did look like he was staring at the twinkling stars there. But, no one knows how he feels right now.

Really, he feels more and more longing for someone who has ruled his heart even though he only has a few memories together.

He lost the figure of a beautiful woman with beautiful blue beads, whose existence even now seemed to have been swallowed up by the earth. Even, the number that the woman had obtained from the request could not be reached, making him even more frustrated with wanting to search.

But, what he knew other than a first name, without a last name which would have been easy to trace if known.

Completely deadlocked and he wanted to curse in annoyance.

"Huft…, where are you? I really miss you," he whispered sadly.