A Sugar Baby
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Nina was silent, in a face-to-face room with glass as a barrier. At that place for the first time, he saw the face of his biological father Roni Wijaya directly.
He came to the institution of corruption eradication accompanied by Lea and Vita. Both were in the waiting room and were not allowed to enter. Only Nina is allowed.
Not many words came out of the lips of the two of them. Just a greeting and some rigid chat topics. Nina didn't know what to do, because she didn't grow up with her father. And now they meet when the father is entangled in an embarrassing case.
"So, what do you say to you, Nin?"
Lea asked Nina, when they had been in the car. Vita is focused on listening.
"Not saying anything, just like talking to each other. I'm confused what to say, Le. Never crossed my mind all this time, if I was another father. Not the father I've known all along."
Lea and Vita notice Nina, while the car continues to run.
***
"According to you, do I start a business from now on?"
Nina asked Lea, Vita, Ariana, and Adisty, when they had just finished their respective courses and met in the cafeteria. Vita and Nina are the seniors of Lea, Adisty and Ariana.
But today they find their class schedule is at the same time, until the completion of the same time. Now they can be in the cafeteria together.
"Hmm, food is possible" Lea said.
"My sugar is stale, if it's food." said Nina.
"It can be dry food." said Lea again.
"Yes really, my friend there is a snack business doang can buy anjir house. There hasn't been a year" Ariana said.
"I want to help Nin, if you need packing power" said Vita.
"Well good, so your partner is not far away. Temen himself." - Adisty's timpal.
"Buy already so at wholesale, ntar lo repack" said Lea.
"If it's like that shirt, okay?" Nina asked for an opinion.
"It can, but you have to be patient. Not every day people buy clothes. It's the habit of our society, the highest purchasing power of clothes is on holidays" said Vita.
"If you are tired, you use an online marketplace that can sell live. Usually many people want, often live while showing a collection of clothes to sell lo." Lea is back.
"But I think it's more ok, the food anyway. Because there are people who are bragged, dumbstruck, or want to buy food." he continued later.
"I agree with Lea." - Adisty.
"Because more people want to buy food, rather than just buying clothes" he continued.
"Ah I fad, join. I want to buy a Lamborghini ah." Ariana nodded in seriousness, making them all laugh.
And then their conversation continued.
***
"Ok, so much for today and thank you."
Daniel closes a monthly meeting with his clients, in a room. But he and some of his business colleagues have not rushed out, because they are still involved in some conversations.
"Golf, Mr. Dan." said one of his colleagues to him.
"When?" ask Daniel.
"This afternoon." replied the colleague.
"You want to get into the skincare business, too, sir?" ask his other partner.
"Not me, but my wife." replied Daniel again.
Almost everyone in Daniel's office and business associates or clients have known, if Daniel is married.
"Business for wife, Mr Dan?" ask his partner again.
"Yes, let him have an activity" replied Daniel.
"Sir and not afraid?" his partner asked again.
"Fear of what?" asked Daniel in wonder.
"Yes the woman, doing all the work, all the business. In the house ajalah take care of the household, serve the husband, take care of the in-laws. Women if you can find money, later do not obey again."
Daniel smiled faintly at the words of his colleague.
"If you want a wife who is obedient and does not argue at all yes, marry a cow sir" said Daniel.
Some of the other colleagues were smiling, even laughing at all of that.
"Beres right, just plug his nose, pull. Koq nurut guaranteed. If marriage is the same man must be ready, if one day he does not agree with us. Sometimes the definition of "Nort" is too narrowed by some people. Different opinions and views are little, it has been said not to be submissive. Do not want to do the orders of the little, said durhaka. Stale stuff like that, too quick to label."
Daniel threw out the cigarette ash that was tucked between his fingers, then he went back to smoking the cigarette and exhaled the smoke. Dust billowed around.
"If I think personally, women are very important to be taught to do business or work. They should be taught how to generate and manage finances. What's it for?. We don't know our age." Daniel said again.
The whole room was still watching him.
"For tomorrow we die. We have left hundreds of millions of possessions, billions even for wives and children. If the wife can do business, can manage finances. The money that we leave behind, hopefully will be enough, maybe even can add up. Well if his wife only has consumptive behavior, not accustomed to making her own money, his nature is always waiting for gifts. Yes, whatever money is inherited will run out. Want billions we leave, if the wife is not good at business, not good at making money, her work is just make and make. For a long time those billions weren't left."
"Can be an investment or a deposit. Knock the other one out."
"Investment is part of the money, right?. Let me ask, which person can immediately think of investment, if he does not know what investment is?. At least he heard or learned about it. Social media, and others. The point is to learn, teach, still have to learn. No one knows how this can be."
"I agree with you, Mr. Dan."
Daniel's co-worker who had just been silent watching, now made a sound.
"I was raised by a single mother. My father died when my brother and I were little" he continued.
Daniel came back to smoke a cigarette and listened to his partner.
"My father died suddenly, without inheritance, without savings. Only left one house, even if the installment is still 12 years old. But because my mother works, so my mother is not confused to support me and my sister. So when there is a man who has married, offered my mother to be a second wife, with the reason that someone would provide for me. My mother refused, and chose to raise her own children."
"Proud of your mom." replied Daniel.
"One of them is also that, I teach my wife to find money. If I die suddenly, my wife can manage the finances and turn the money around to stay. Make a life for him and the kids."
Again Daniel smoked a cigarette, exhaled his smoke and continued speaking.
"I do not want from nature there, I squirm my wife hurriedly nyari husband. The husband of a person is brushed just for the sake of survival. A lot of such events. Not used to nyari money, used to ask for the same man. Dead man, confused. No place to ask for it anymore. Finally become the actor, let there be a place to ask. I don't want to see my wife's body on ******** other men, keep my wife on the money, and the money is made to feed my son."
Daniel looked at his comrades.
"If she ever wanted to marry again, after my death. Want to marry even a man, the reason must be because he really wants to undergo the marriage. For himself, not because kebelet want to earn a child, because kepepet can not make their own money."
Daniel's colleagues in the room were silent. It seems that they all started thinking, if Daniel's words just now had a point.