Deja Vu [ Lilian Ashley ]
24. Fourth Life

"MISS Ashley, wake up!"

The sound echoed and disturbed my calm, am I being called by angels to another realm?

"Miss Ashley, wake up!"

Why am I called Miss? Ah, it feels wet and cold on my face. Surely I was still in the lake before and had not experienced a clear death. However, it felt like a drizzling rain was falling on my face. I don't even feel wet in the area.

"Miss Ashley!!!"

The sound of screaming in calling my name has made me wake up. Breath gasping, eyes widening, and I held all parts of my body to make sure I was okay.

I didn't drown. But, I survived.

I spread my eyes in all directions. There is no hospital or hospital area. As I thought, I got back up. The reflex of my hand held onto my hair and the condition of my hair was as short as before.

Now I'm back to living in a different place and the calculated time is back. Instead of the same as before, I died and rose in the same place, now different. I was in the caffe, the caffe clair de lune away from the hospital!

I only realized that everyone had taken me to the center of attention and looked at me in confusion. Everything was. Mr. manager, Sherly, Megan, Vin, Kai even Kurt and River! Since when did Kai work as a clair de lune waitress? And River is here too! Plus Kurt who was blinded with glasses on his face also made me recall what happened before.

"Miss Ashley, has your life come back 100% after this good night's sleep?" sherly asked nervously in looking down at me. The one who called me was him.

Sherly carries a glass and next to her hand is seen water dripping several times on the tips of her fingers. He could have doused me by splashing water.

Now, I'm on the staff lounge couch. My eyes glanced at the wall clock and found it at 18:00, then I checked my pocket and skirt to find a cell phone. After I turned the power on, as I thought, it's now July 20th.

"Eh, guy. Miss Ashley why? Sick, huh?" kai whispered to River as heard by me.

"Some, I just want to go home. Just waiting for instructions," replied River who was no less whispered.

Something is strange. I realized, the skirt I was wearing felt tight. Even the shirt I wear. I noticed everyone who was wearing caffe employee uniforms as usual, except for me. Oh no, it looks like I was a customer who strayed into this cafe and accidentally hitched a ride to sleep!

"Sorry, I overslept" I said awkwardly and smiled. I looked around and found the same sling bag I had been wearing before.

"Me?" Megan raised her eyebrows in response, then turned her head towards Sherly as if they were talking through the mind.

Is there something wrong with me?

"I feel bad. Sorry once again. I'll go first." I got off the couch and held my sore neck. My sleeping position is uncomfortable.

"Miss Ashley's delirious, huh?" whisper Kai again to the River. "Why is this?"

"Miss Ashley, where are you going? From then on, we waited, "call River to me until my feet stop stepping to the exit. "You must be exhausted from taking care of us this way."

I stared at River. I do miss him, even when I saw his face after so many days that it felt like a long time, my heart felt sad. No exception with Kai and Kurt.

I threw down the fantasy and I began to try to understand the situation. They all called me 'Miss' and spoke in a formal style. Even my clothes are different from theirs. Black shirts and skirts are tight slippery, shoes heels and it feels like my lips are so heavy. I must have used makeup. In this life, I actually look more flat. There's more to it than anything I've observed. Why is the manager wearing the uniform? Even his attitude has no consequences at all! What maybe maybe not...

"Miss Ashley, she said she wanted a meeting for the employee tour? You seem to be dizzy in taking care of things like this. Can we help you?" said Megan with a big smile but stiff impression.

Scroll my shirt pocket and see a name-tag that says 'Manager Staff. Lilian Ashley'. Okay, now I'm starting to panic.

Everyone became my staff. No one is exempt. Wait a minute, before I remember for sure if Zack also worked here first. Thank goodness if not, then I would not have imagined about his behavior towards me before.

I took a breath and exhaled slowly, then I pressed my hands together with a sweet smile before them all.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Looks like an amne effect .. uh, insomnia. That's why I'm like this" my lie that tries to look natural.

Everyone was shocked and looked at each other. Even Sherly and Megan smothered their mouths in response. Did I speak wrong?

"Good Gosh Miss Manager! Thank goodness you have insomnia ... Ouch!" Kai's speech was cut off as River nudged his stomach.

Kurt held his smile down and closed his mouth coolly. Even Vin turned his face as if he could not look at me. Did I make a fatal mistake?!

"Did I say it wrong?" I asked in panic.

"No, Miss!" reply Sherly.

"Yes, it's good!" keep Megan.

What does the word good mean?

"Hey, shhts!" Sherly fizzed by sticking one of her index fingers on Megan's lips.

I can only smile and rack my brain to handle the situation. "Alright, he said, had wanted to discuss the matter of tour employees, yes?"

Everyone nodded slowly. I became reminded of the negative things that happened to me during the employee tour before. If I don't come and keep it, then no one will coordinate them all. But, I don't want the same mistake repeated. Therefore, I will decide the middle way.

"HUH?!" Sherly and Megan are flabbergasted.

"Good, Miss! I'm also a mager!" chirps Vin.

I know that this decision is crazy. But it's okay, it's for my safety until the date set. This time it must be the twenty-sixth.

"Is there joint money as a budget?" I'm going towards Kurt. I don't know why I looked at Kurt.

"Nothing, Manager. The program to increase employee productivity through employee tours is your dependents" Kurt said firmly.

I nodded slowly. "Maybe we can postpone until July 27th or next month's goods."

It seems that Sherly and Megan are a little disappointed. Vin and Kai look the opposite, they each fist bump as if one thought.

This includes nights, and I don't have any close friends if my position is to be a manager. If I have a companion, want anything last night, I can go anywhere. Usually, I have a boyfriend who I know, I can only wait for the guy to come to me. Or maybe I don't have one?!

I spread my eyes to everyone and said, "I closed our conversation. Since I don't feel very well, therefore, go home early."

I continued walking towards the door and out as quietly as possible.

"Whose cafe key will you bring, miss?" megan asked in panic.

I looked confused. "How many cafe keys are there?"

"One in Miss and another in the cashier locker as backup. If you go home first, who locks the cafe?" Kurt looked at me sharply. I feel like I'm being cornered.

"Ah, just you, Kurt," I said in a hurry. "I'm sorry, I said yes."

I'm really not used to this situation!

When I closed the door after I managed to escape, there was chatter from all of them that made me provoked to steal the listen.

"Miss Manager insomnia is advantageous. So tired of him, to be nice with us to go home quickly. Uh, break it, I'll change my clothes first" River said. Was I so fierce before?

"Goodoo. If this is the cave can be scattered before going to campus," said Vin. Turns out they're crashing at the sift night.

"Why, Manager?" ask the officer who was my manager at first. I don't know his name, I'd better ask him tomorrow.

"Oh, but I like this kind of manager." Sounds like Kurt. He likes me like this. How annoying am I to be in this world before the twentieth?

What was I like before? Before they all came out of this door, I hurried to get out of here.

BRUK!

I hit someone because I was in such a hurry to not see the surroundings when I came out of this small alley area.

"Sorry." I raised my hand because the person I hit was a little taller than me. My footstroke took a step back and was fixated in looking at this person before me.

Zack, the pale-faced guy. Appearance is the same as before. Earphones perched on his neck, a thick thigh jacket with a hoodie patch on his head, panda eyes that show how tired he is living life. Maybe I was too late or too soon to get home from the cafe and my death was at the hands of this guy sooner than I expected.

"Oh, yes. Sorry for not looking around" the man replied so kindly. I tried to show a smile, then immediately stepped before the man did the action.

Lucky this place was so crowded that there was no chance for him to hurt me.

"Wait a minute" said the man without me. I also walked nervously. "Don't cross the red light!"

He must have wanted me to take another path and planned to harm me in a deserted place. I won't obey him. I kept walking at a fast pace until at the end, I arrived at the red light to cross. However, after reaching several meters towards the red light, I was silent for a moment. Reminds me of the accident I had with River.

I'm a little scared. My feet weighed in to step and began to sculpt like they were refusing my orders. What I'm thinking is so weird. I decided to keep going and when I got a little bit more to cross the zebra cross because the red light had clinked, a middle-aged woman pulled me so firmly that I fell backwards.

"Wait first! Look there." the woman who pulled me pointed to a fast-moving car and finally ran a red light.

If only I had not been late in walking for not holding back from coming here, I would have been in the middle of the road by now. Maybe worse, I got hit. Fortunately, there was a middle-aged woman who pulled me, otherwise, I could have been slightly dragged by the car and suffered a minor injury. It's hazardous.

I waited a while and crossed with a bunch of people because I thought it would be safer to be in a crowd. After crossing over and a few more turns will reach my apartment. I hope my apartment is the same as before.

When I arrived, I reached into the bag and took the key and managed to get in. It turns out that my apartment is the same as before, I thought if I promoted to manager, I would be given better facilities than this.

Same room, no change. I checked my bedroom and there was no sign of romantic life left here. A picture of a figura with someone or a special feature about me now, it doesn't exist. Even I tried to break into a diary book that was exactly the same as before, but there was no writing.

I opened my phone and got nothing interesting other than a full document job.

Wait, I'm a manager. So, am I not in college?

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