Don Gabriel Emerson lantern
Eps 15 - Mermaid
John stopped his car not far from a big, luxurious house. In the yard of the house, a 4-year-old boy was playing with his baby sitter.
"He looks like you, sir. Very similar" said John with a wide smile on his lips.
Gabriel who sat in the back seat just smiled at John's comments, he himself was very focused on paying attention to his son named Michael. A son he could never touch and could only look at from a distance. A son he could never talk to and could only pray in silence.
"Back, John. I'm tired" exclaimed Gabriel and John immediately followed his master's orders.
On the way home, Gabriel watched the road and the building he was passing by. Somehow he felt it was a new place because he felt more comfortable being in the place before him, in the village. Sure oes.
"Stop!" gabriel's orders as he passed the pet store "I want to buy a cat" he said, leaving John wide in shock.
"I.. The cat?" asked John not to believe it.
"Yes, petite, small, white color, hmm buy a woman"
"Women" John was speeding up but Gabriel ignored him.
"Now, Jhon!" the orders were because John was silent.
"I think we can just order it, sir. In addition, it can be directly between homes" said John.
"But I want it now" said Gabriel, which left John feeling even more confused.
"All right" John grumbled. He immediately turned around to visit the store.
"Master didn't come down?" he asked after he parked his car in front of the pet store.
"No" replied Gabriel, who upset John.
He went into the shop and asked the cat Gabriel wanted to the seller.
"Sorry, Sir. Such a feature does not exist, what else is plain white" he replied.
"Can you order it or find it?" ask John again.
"It can, but I don't promise to find it" replied the seller and John gave his business card.
"Contact me when you get her yes" she said.
"Okay, sir" the seller replied, and John immediately returned to the car.
"Where's the cat?" asked Gabriel enthusiastically. To John's amazement, Gabriel was like a kid wanting a new toy.
"There's no cat like the hallmark you want, sir" replied John and he immediately ran the car.
"Find it somewhere else" said Gabriel, which annoyed John.
"Since when did you become a fan of cats, wait... Is it because of that village girl, huh? Who has the cat?" accuse John and now he's like a father who caught his little son having a girlfriend.
"Just wipe that little girl out of your brain, sir. Or you'll be heartbroken for the second time" exclaimed John again who immediately made Gabriel open his eyes.
"I'm not in love with her, John. I just admire her"
"Thinking about it while smiling like a madman is not a sense of awe, sir"
"He rejected my proposal" Gabriel replied again in a flat tone.
"And I'm so grateful, we live only for ourselves. Don't hang expectations on others" said John again and Gabriel again ignored him
Gabriel again mengawum smile, shadowed Firda's innocent face, said his words were never in the filter, his eyes are so adorable.
"I think I miss him" said Gabriel who made John immediately hit the brake "Damn it" furious Gabriel.
"You're the fucking one" replied John, who made Gabriel snort and then John went back to running his car.
Now they entered a tunnel into Gabriel's mansion.
But when he was about to get out of the tunnel, there was a car that accidentally hit their car from behind quite hard. Gabriel's car rolled over and they tried their hardest to survive.
"Sir, are you okay?" john asked and he tried to get out of the car.
"Damn it, who else is this" exasperated Gabriel who also tried to get out of the car. There was a rancid smell from the bodies of the two men, as blood began to pour from the injured heads of the two. Even John's arm was injured quite badly.
When the two men were busy trying to get out of the car, they saw a large truck from the front that was speeding as if it would destroy them.
John and Gabriel moved faster, and when the two of them were able to get out, Gabriel and John ran away and now they were on the edge of the bridge. Gabriel turned around and so did John. They pulled out their pistols and fired several shots at the truck before he and John jumped into the river.
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"Pesantren oh pesantren... Firda came, stayed there long enough, must be bored. Ho ho ho"
Firda hummed while putting some of her clothes into her backpack. Not to forget he brought a lot of note paper.
"Can buy there, why bring it from here. Heavy" Firda muttered and he took out the paper from his backpack.
Ummi prepared a black backpack and Ummi said Firda should not carry a lot of goods, because that's why his Ummi has prepared a place for the amount of goods Firda. Can't be more than that backpack. Her word.
"Pengen brought a pillow too even though" he muttered again while hugging his favorite pillow "But not fit, Ummi oh Ummi... Tega nya you" whine Firda alone.
He took a note and pen, and wrote something there.
'Sometimes, fate will put us in situations we never imagined. Will get us out of our comfort zone, forcefully or willingly. But getting out of your comfort zone does not mean getting out of your safe zone. Include God in every step, that God may guide us when we are missteps"
Firda stuck the note paper on the door of his wardrobe, he let out a lethargic sigh. In a matter of days, he will be sent to the boarding school. New atmosphere, new place, surrounded by new people. Firda could not imagine what he would be like there. But he was sure he could, his older cousin also all went to the boarding school first. Some even went abroad.
"It's still good that Ummi did not send Firda abroad, later if Firda was bored or did not have a hard time coming home" he said and he dropped himself into bed, hug her beloved pillow and immediately enter the dream realm.