Emily, The Mute Girl
Finally Meet

At the village hall, Emily accidentally meets Alvin. It was actually Alvin who saw Emily first, so he called her.

"Lilly!" she cried with a bright smile adorning her face.

He had wanted to bring Emily here, but when he saw there were already some men who invited Emily and Ferry, but was rejected by them, he also abandoned his intentions. She thought Emily didn't want to go out. Who would have thought he would meet her here.

"You coming too?" alvin asked who was answered nodding by Emily.

'I brought Ferry to watch.' her cue.

They enjoyed the show together. There, young people perform traditional dance in pairs. Alvin thought, would Emily want it if she asked him to dance together? He repeatedly turned to Emily to ask but she did not dare to say it. Until suddenly Ferry comes and pretends to accidentally push him, making Alvin nudge Emily.

"Oh.. I'm sorry." said Alvin.

Emily nodded with a smile.

'It's okay.' the signal.

He knew this place was very crowded and Alvin accidentally. Alvin who saw Emily like that couldn't help but ask,

"Will you join me and dance with me?" After asking that, he felt nervous himself. Especially when Emily nodded.

Emily doesn't mind dancing with Alvin because she already thinks the young man is like her own sister. He did not know, Alvin was as strong as possible to hold his heartbeat that beat faster than usual. He remained motionless from his nervousness, making Ferry stomp his feet strongly, making him flinch.

"Ah.. I'm sorry." she said and extended her hand to Emily.

They both danced the traditional dance very well, to be the entertainment and spectacle center of several people there including Jeremy who just arrived. He should be relieved to have found it, but there's the anger that surrounds his heart when he sees Emily dancing with another man and that man was the man Jeremy didn't like yesterday because he thought he was the husband dead man's head on the spot.

'What is Emily and the man really related to?' thought.

And again, why does Emily keep smiling at the man? During his time as his wife, Emily never smiled so sweetly. Or maybe he who never saw Emily smiled because he was busy thinking about his purpose. Jeremy clenched his hands together furiously as some of the men around him started talking about Emily.

"Hey, isn't that Lily? Who's the young man who danced with her?" ask a man who's right next to Jeremy.

"You don't know him? He's one of the guys that's after Lily, just like us. I heard his name was Alvin. She works as a delivery boy at Lily's grocery store. And he's the one who always delivers flowers to Lily's shop." said another man.

"Waaah.. Looks like he's the lucky one. Because only she managed to get Lily to dance." said another.

"really. Alvin knows how to approach a woman. He chose to be his friend first, and it seems Lily liked him too. Or maybe, because Alvin was the youngest of all the men who chased him?" the other chimps laughed.

"How old is he?"

"But both look good. Lily is also beautiful and youthful. It doesn't matter if he's married to Alvin. The child can be guided to quickly grow up. Ahhaha.."

Hearing those people talk about Emily and Alvin's match, makes Jeremy hold back all his might from going berserk and smashing their heads. According to Jeremy, there is no match between Emily and the young man. And if it's true that Emily likes a guy with a young appearance, Jeremy thinks he's also youthful. It doesn't look like officials with thick mustaches and distended stomachs. Although his hair was already gray one or two strands, according to Jeremy, he was much more handsome than the young man who was with Emily now.

Jeremy and his aides continued to watch Emily dance so nimbly that her music was over, and everyone on stage was down and replaced by someone else. Then they were with the mother who drove them earlier to meet Emily who was being praised by the parents there.

"Sir Lily, someone's looking for you" said the mother calling Emily.

"Say old friend Dik Lily from the city" he continued.

Emily looked up and showed her surprised face. How not, Jeremy is standing in front of him now. Although she disguised herself with a mustache and fake hair, Emily could not possibly not have known the eyes of her ex-husband who was as sharp as the eagle. Meanwhile, Alvin has disappeared behind the chairs around the stage.

"You why?" ask Ferry when you see him.

"Be quiet. Leave me alone." replied Alvin. He felt his knees so limp that he squatted there. Holding back her crazy heart beat for being so happy to be dancing with Emily.

Ferry put his shoulders and walked to Emily. She was silent when she saw Emily with two strangers.

"Can we talk?" jeremy asked in a tone of voice that was changed as gently as possible so that no one would realize that he was the president.

Emily nodded her head in agreement and waved her hand thanking the mother who had delivered Jeremy and his aide.

*****

They are now sitting in stalls selling food and drinks. Emily was still wondering what Jeremy was doing in this place without an escort, and who the woman next to him was. He doesn't remember ever meeting her. Reno, Jeremy's aide who was forced to wear the woman's clothes, was forced to sit next to Jeremy to avoid suspicion of people because they claimed to be husband and wife.

Looking at Emily who kept looking at her aide, Jeremy was annoyed even though he knew Emily was looking at him out of curiosity.

"He's Reno, my aide" Jeremy told Emily to stop looking. But Emily widened her eyes.

'He... man?' cue Emily asked.

"Yes, so stop staring at him." Jeremy replied unhappily.

The adjutant, who was introduced personally to the person the President was always looking for, bowed respectfully. Emily nodded at him then looked at Jeremy with a questioning look.

"I just wanted to look around quietly, so I was purposely undercover" Jeremy said.

Oh.. Emily nodded in understanding. He already knew for himself how many people were so excited to see the president. Jeremy was not satisfied to see Emily just nodding and not taking the initiative to ask about it. Did Emily not want to know about the news all this time? Does Emily really not care about her anymore?