DISTURBING NEIGHBORS
63. Bruit

Neska felt strange when today she went to her campus. There were a lot of students talking in whispers as she passed by. Neska did not know what they were talking about, so she tried to ignore it.

Neska arrives at her class and is startled by her Dania-friends voice.

"Nes, I can't believe it's the same with you." Dania looked at Neska with a look of disdain.

"What's up, anyway?" ask Neska not understand.

"Are you really plain as you are now or is this just your mask, Nes?" dania's sarcasm.

Neska really did not understand what Dania meant, but she wondered why this friend of hers seemed to judge her wearing a mask?

"You always say that everything you get, ranging from tuition fees, pocket money, to rent your apartment because of scholarship fees. In fact? You're no better than the girls who don't have morals out there."

Neska to the point of being shocked by Dania's spicy words, indeed all this time Dania was not too close to him, even the girl seemed to look at him one eye. All because Dania envied seeing Neska who lived easily during college when she and Neska were both scholarship students, but the facilities of her life were not like Neska who guaranteed the whole.

"Neck!" Vanya, Neska's other friend called the girl. Vanya's call managed to make Neska free from Dania's irritation because the girl immediately left after Vanya approached Neska.

Vanya is quite close to Neska during college, she is the only classmate of Neska who does not look down on Neska even though Neska is only a scholarship student and Vanya is one of the children people are in.

"Vanya, do you know why people like me tell that story?"

Vanya patted Neska's shoulder at a glance, then took Neska to the campus park because the lecture hours had not yet begun.

Arriving at the park, Many immediately thrust his cell phone at Neska and the girl accepted with a look of confusion.

Neska's eyes immediately widened to see something plastered there. It was his photo that was displayed on the open B O site, aka online booking.

How could? Indeed, the photo is not the same photo that Jelita sent to Cean. In the photo Neska looks covered with her innocent style. Neska knew it was one of the photos on her personal Instagram. But Neska doesn't know who this is? If Neska can guess, then her thinking is only two answers. The first is Karel and the second is of course Jelita who from the beginning was willing to defame her good name.

Neska was even more shocked when she saw the writing there. As if he was selling himself.

My face does look innocent, but I can satisfy. Call my number. Then below there is a row of numbers that Neska herself does not know whose number it is.

"This is when it starts spreading, Van?" Neska asked Vanya.

"I think this morning. I'm sure it wasn't you who made it on purpose, right? Even though we've only known each other for a few years, but I'm sure you can't be like this." Vanya stroked the shoulder of Neska who started crying because she already felt she had no face anymore in her campus.

"Of course it wasn't me, Van." Neska covered her face with her own two palms.

"Prophey, Nes. Someone must be jealous of you."

Neska sighed. He was not excited about going to college and continuing his classes today.

"Where are you going, Nes?" asked Vanya when she saw Neska wanted to move on.

"I'm home, Van. Suddenly I'm so weak because of this."

"Yes, I will miss you. You be careful on the road huh." Vanya understands.

Neska nodded and passed from the garden. Unfortunately, he passed a guy from another faculty and his hand was immediately blocked just like that making Neska more frightened.

"Why?" neska asked with her face puffy to endure her sadness.

"You're Aneska, right? Who's on that site?"

Neska shook her head to refute the man's words.

"May dong settle me."

Neska brushed her hand from the man's grip but she couldn't take it off easily because it felt so tight.

"I'll pay you more than you get on that site. Just calm down."

"Don't be rude!" angry Neska. "That's not all true. I never offered myself on that site!" neska Stuffing.

"You don't believe I have the money to pay your rates all night?"

Neska grunting. "Please!" he said he started to growl.

"Waw, it turns out you can be angry too."

"Deliver! If I don't, I'll yell and report you to the rector of the college."

The man grinned. "You will abis if the rector knows what your side business is while still a student here," he said undaunted.

"Deliver!" Neska finally managed to escape the young man's grip.

Neska ran along the campus corridor, and at the same time Neska felt discordant laughter, rumors and cynical smiles ushered in her departure from her campus courtyard.

Neska felt an incredible tightness. Who made his name so bad. Neska is eager to delete her photo on the site even though many people already know about it.

Neska waited for a taxi and there she was again turned into months by students who happened to pass by.

"It seems innocent, it turns out that it does not guarantee his behavior."

It felt like Neska wanted to hide in the side of the earth that no one could find.

"May dong temenin us, I think if the booking rame-rame also want, right?"

Neska covered her ears, because her sense of hearing felt very hot now along with the rumbling of her heart that felt pain.

At the same time, Neska realized that someone was holding her hand. Neska turned her head, she wanted to curse out who would dare to disturb her in this way but she ended up silencing her lips when she found out that it was Cean.

"Sir ..." It felt like Neska was eager to hug Cean now.

Cean seemed to understand if Neska needed strength. He already knew about this but did not have time to prevent because the site first spread.

"All will be well. Calm down. I'll take care of everything."

Neska nodded even though she knew everything had happened. Neska believes Cean will protect her.

"Come, now we're home."

Neska complied and followed Cean to the car he had been wearing while in Singapore.

Neska's departure managed to make many eyes look at her. Some believe that Cean is the man who booked Neska. There are also those who believe that Neska was only bullied by irresponsible people.

Neska remained silent on the way home. He has no power to speak.

Cean knows that Neska is very hard hit by this problem. He also did not expect if Jelita installed the site even spread to the Neska campus in Singapore. It seems Jelita has indeed planned this carefully.

Cean's phone rang, it was a call from Marko.

"Where?"

"It's done."

The corner of Cean's lips is pulled up. He was satisfied to hear Marko's answer, it means that the problem with Jelita has been solved by his assistant.

"There's one more thing you need to do, Ko."

"What?" greet Marko from across the call.

Cean told me about the site that was spreading Neska's news. He wanted Marko to delete Neska's photos on the site if necessary. Cean entrusts all to Marko because he wants when he returns to Indonesia this problem is completely finished.

"I'll take care of it soon" Marko replied calmly and with great emphasis. "You just wait for the news about Jelita after this," he said.

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