CHARM GIRL LOVE (CONGRAT)
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"You sure?" He held my shoulder gently and looked at my face seriously.

I just nodded and looked down. I was ashamed of the decision I had just made.

"If you're doing this because you need more money, just tell me how much you need? My mom still has a little savings. You can wear that first!"

"No, Mi! Yara also wants to have her own income. Yara wants to be like Mami who likes to help people with her own hard work. Yara also wants to be like other friends, who can meet the needs of her family in the village no matter what they ask for. Yara also wants to be like Amel who is well-off and can boast of parents. And Yara also wants to send the children of Yara to Bachelor like the children of Mami as well. After weighing long, ready not ready, Yara had to do it. Yara is already here as Mami said before. Yara has already entered the valley, Mi!" I can no longer hold back my tears that have been spilled. My chest felt tight and it was hard to breathe.

"Well, if that's your decision. Importantly, you must always remember Mami's message, as low as any work we are doing, never blame God for giving you a hard way to live. Be grateful even if it is a bitter reality. And one more thing, never forget God no matter how you are. Mami sure, God is planning something beautiful ahead there without us knowing. Believe me, He will always be there if we always remember him." He stroked my shoulder gently. Calm down so that I can more strongly accept this harsh reality.

Right as Mami said. If you could choose, no woman in the world would be a prostitute. But there is no other choice, I have already been here, not just approaching, but already entered in the glittering puddle of the night world. I'm trapped and it's hard to get out. There's nothing I can do but survive. Let the world look down. It's okay, let's just say this is the destiny of God that I have to believe in.

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"Singay Mas! Have a drink, yok!" mami teased two striped-nose men who had just stopped her car in front of our cafe.

"How, Ma'am?"

"You're long time or short time, Mas!"

"How long time, how much?" 

"That's three hundred long time, Mas!"

"How short time?"

"Short time one hundred and fifty aja, Mas!"

"Which short time is the cake?"

"Yeah, I don't know this yet. If not, go down first, Mom! In the conversation, make it good."

My mom kept flirting with them kindly and patiently. That's the advantage of Mami so she is trusted to welcome guests who visit. Unlike the case if other friends who serve, they may speak rudely if the guest who comes has a long-winded impression or just a fad doang. Especially if you are bidding for a price, cheap is less cheap. Emotions of friends will certainly be easily provoked because they feel at a low level.

"Let's go, Mommy! It was somewhere else first!"

"Yes, already. If there is no one suitable, then come back again, Mas!"

Mami rejoined us after the black car closed the glass back and drove away.

"Hows it? Are you still afraid?" I'm nodding. From earlier my heart was pounding unbecoming so it made me go back and forth to the toilet to urinate. Especially when the car stops right in front of us. Whose heart does not fear, if it knows what it will do, it is a sin forbidden by God. So do I, who currently feel very uncomfortable. Sometimes I remember the faces of my mother, my son and the other faces of my family so I hesitated to do so. But on the one hand, I also do this only solely for all of them that I love so much. Let me feel pain like this as long as it's not them.

"Drink first! Soon her fear was gone too." Mami offered a quarter of a glass of the drink she had just poured out of the bottle.

I received the glass he offered and began to gulp down the red drink bit by bit. It was geez, it felt very bitter in the throat. To swallow it, I felt very hard.

"First it was, brother! Soon you will also feel addicted if you have seen heaven," said one of my friends who works with me. They always make me a joke, because I am the newest and most visible child of the village.

After drinking a few sips, instantly my heart that was pounding was warm. My body feels excited, especially my head feels a bit dizzy. Surprisingly, hearing the loud thump of music from inside the room made my dizzy head feel good. Especially if while rocking to the rhythm of the music, such as drums and mangosteen. Uuuhhh, delicious....

"Don't be too much, Li! You're afraid you'll get drunk later." I heard someone in my ear and took the glass in my hand. I can no longer recognize that voice. Maybe I've had too much to drink tonight. From the beginning it was only a quarter of a glass, but over time I don't know how much I spent just to get rid of the faces of people I care about from my mind.

"Drink, Mum!" Faintly heard again the voice offered. That must be Mommy, because it's her job.

"Pick it, which one! Cheap, just three hundred to get out."

"Not less, Ma'am?" The sound of an adult male bid the price.

"Can't do it, Mom. It was also for a new child, never touched this, you know," said Mami reassured.

Oh my goodness, my heart is broken hearing that. To feel something, how despicable this work is. I hate the same thing as a man. How could they just demean women in such a way. With a dowry of three hundred thousand rupiahs still asked to be reduced again.

Until now, only a few people have not received customers. The others have entered their rooms. In addition to the old people, they also already have a big budget to decorate. As for me, just make it rough because it does not have enough capital. That's also the minjam of Mami's makeup tools. It turns out to look beautiful is expensive. 

While Mami herself has long not served men in the room. His job is only to welcome guests and accompany just a drink. That's also most of the old guests of his acquaintance who asked to be accompanied to just chat. Although the money tips he received were sometimes much larger than the ones serving in the room. But it's only occasionally.

"Yes, Ma'am. I want..."

Seeerrrr.

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