Enjoy Your Freedom

M City The

The atmosphere of city M this afternoon is bustling as usual, with vehicles passing and also pedestrians scattered on every street corner, whether it's in groups or alone. Even, not infrequently, a pair of lovers who walk hand in hand also decorate.

Of the many pedestrians there were two women who walked side by side, talking to divert the fear of one of them.

Not afraid in a sense, but from the face that occasionally looks like a frown as if expressing what is felt. Even though the one who felt it tried to hold it in, the woman beside her was still aware of it.

"Don't be afraid. I'm here, you just take it easy. We'll be together like this, until we get back to the boarding house. Okay?"

It was a sedating whisper, which finally allowed the two to walk leisurely in the end.

"I've never been able to walk freely like this, Gea. Really, it feels different and…crowded," said the woman who had grimaced. However, because the conversation that was launched by someone she called 'Gea' was not interrupted at all, slowly the face gradually returned to normal.

In fact, a bright smile was seen with her head turned around, as if admiring how busy the streets were being passed by them.

"Oh my, Gretta…, what have you been doing all this time to make the streets like this make you happy?" said Gea—Geana who replied to the words of someone she called Gretta couldn't believe it.

Hello…. At least just walking on the sidewalk like this rich people must have been. But, why is the young woman beside her actually amazed and sparkled after having grimaced in fear.

Yes, these two beautiful women are Gretta and Geana.

As explained by Geana, after taking a bath Gretta will be invited to look for food outside. So that's where they are, on a busy street to a fast food restaurant, where Geana usually eats when she wants fast food.

Gretta who was asked did not immediately answer, but remained silent and stopped in her tracks, when her arm was pulled to cross the street, where the traffic light was still green.

"I've been busy with college and work, Gea," Gretta replied after thinking about it for a long time.

Geana, who heard that Gretta was also working while studying, stared in awe. She didn't think that if someone's daughter had a job, even while studying. In fact, she used to see the children of the rich only know to have fun.

Yes…, although not all of them.

"Wow! Do you work while studying? Great, you should continue your studies, Gretta. So later at work, your position will be higher," said Geana enthusiastically, before finally putting on a sour face when remembering her own fate. "Don't be like me," she muttered squeak.

"Why?"

Gretta asked as she continued on her way, when Geana dragged her back and now the two of them were crossing the street, where right in front of them was a door with the logo of a restaurant they were going to.

"Yeah like that," said Geana quickly, then pushed the door and ushered Gretta in first. "Forget it, we'll discuss it at home if I remember. Right now, we'll eat corn soup first," she continued to change the subject.

"Okay," Gretta muttered as she followed in silence Geana who was now leading the way again, approached the ordering counter and turned to her with a question.

"What do you want?"

"Umm..."

The two of them were seen choosing their breakfast menu, then after getting their tickets joined the queue like the others.

Fifteen minutes of waiting, finally both orders were finished and both of them also looked for an empty seat.

A table with two chairs that happened to be empty became their destination. Then sat down with each placing a tray on the table and facing each other.

Geana is seen opening a tightly closed cup, then steam emerges from it with the aroma of coffee wafting into the sense of smell.

"Shall we go to the park after this?" said Geana as she put in the brown sugar, stirred it while looking at Gretta who was opening a hamburger and adding tomato sauce there.

"Park?" Gretta's parrot seemed to confirm.

"Yeah, who knows if you want to go for a walk," explained Geana, then took a quick breath of her coffee and took a sip with a pleasant face.

Slurp…. Ah….

"Aren't you tired, Gea?"

I'm so tired, I'm almost crushed to serve some customers, Geana thought with a grimace.

"No. I actually sometimes exercise first and then eat here," replied Geana after she finished with a sob.

Geana is not completely wrong, indeed she will still take the time to exercise to maintain health and body shape so that customers don't run away. Yes, although I would have eaten a lot here or at another restaurant, according to the mood.

I haven't been to the park in a long time. When was the last time I went to the park? That too with them, Gretta thought glumly.

"Okay, if you're not really tired."

In the end Gretta could only say yes and Geana who heard it smiled a little, behind the coffee cup she put down slowly.

"Good! While you haven't returned home, enjoy your free time," said Geana. "Later, when you're home, you definitely don't have time because of college and work. Isn't that right?" she continued asking with a teasing grin.

Ukk…. Unfortunately I'm not going back to the mansion again, Gea, thought Gretta, who again could only nod.

"I think so," Gretta said.

With that, Geana also invited Gretta to quickly eat their breakfast, then to the garden as previously said.

Eating while talking like this, Gretta again felt alien to the freedom she was feeling more and more.

It seems that after feeling capable of being alone outside and not being afraid when meeting foreign men, she decided to live independently by leaving Geana's boarding house.

Not because the boarding house is small and simple. However, Gretta feels bad if she stays too long and burdens Geana.

She should be able to survive on her own without bothering Geana more than this. Not to mention the cost of living that is borne by Geana, the more it makes her not have the heart.

If only he didn't have a bad experience like being robbed of a bag and its contents, maybe she could still buy his own food.

A few moments later….

Breakfast is over, now Geana takes Gretta and this time for a walk again to the park which is close to where they are now.

By now the two of them were standing in front of a fast food restaurant, with Geana explaining the garden she was referring to to Gretta who followed her pointed index finger.

"It only takes about eight minutes to get there. It's also busy with people doing sports, especially when it's a weekend like this."

"Really? Then let's go there!" Gretta said subconsciously, showing her excited expression.

Geana who saw it also showed an enthusiastic expression, then nodded and reached out with a warm smile and an invitation that Gretta immediately agreed to.

"Hold my hand, or you'll get lost. We'll go to the park and sit until noon."

"Umm, of course!" Gretta said and took the hand with a tight grip afterwards.

And after that, the bustling streets both of them took them to a bustling park, with all kinds of living things mingling.