I'm Just a Figurant
Ch 28 - Life in the Office

I was accepted into bank A with a placement in the Surabaya branch. Inevitably I had to part with my father and sister. Leaving my hometown and pitting fate in the provincial capital.

In Surabaya I live in pretty good boarding houses. Cost and meal expenses are borne by the company. That way I can save a lot of my salary.

As long as I'm away from home, I always think about my father and my sister. I'm worried about them. Questions like, who cooked for them? Washing clothes? Cleaning house? And all the rest haunt my mind. I'm not calm.

Every day I call them, make sure they're okay. To drive away my worries, I finally made a pretty important decision. I told my father to marry again. I told him to find a good woman who would accept his shortcomings.

At first, I rejected my idea. But after being persuaded and seduced dozens of times, Dad finally accepted the idea and married a good widow.

As soon as I knew her, I knew immediately that the woman would take good care of my father and sister as long as I was away from them. I entrusted my father and sister to my new mother.

With the money saved, I managed to buy my father a pick-up vehicle. At first I wanted to buy him angkot, but seeing a decrease in the number of passengers due to online motorcycle taxi, finally I decided to buy a pick up as the initial capital of Dad's business.

In the end my father and mother started a new business in the form of freight services. My father hired two men who served as his driver and his kernet.

I'm relieved. At least in his old age, Dad does not need to be an angkot driver anymore, looking for deposit money and a bite of rice.

As for Fian, he was now 20 years old. Fian is already in college and is currently in semester 4. I didn't think I could really give up my sister.

When you remember how sad We were, the present condition really makes me cry out of gratitude. I am so thankful that God gave us a good way through the help of good people.

It doesn't feel like six years I've been in banking. Two years I became a teller, two years as a customer service and one I became an HFO (Head Front Office).

In the sixth year, I was moved to become RMF (Relationship Manager Funding) or Head of Marketing DPK (Third Party Funding).

Branch Manager/Chairman of my Cabang rate, that I am more suitable in that position considering the number of customers who managed to do so during my time in operation.

Actually being marketing is not my soul. I prefer to be in the operational section and serve customers in the office. But on the other hand, I also cannot refuse my leader's request.

During the six years of work, a lot of things have happened. Like for example Diana who has become a model as well as a famous artist in the capital.

Diana used the stage name "Princess D", a name I had already crowned her with. I followed Diana's life a lot through her social media accounts. My only goal is one, to find Alex's trail.

But all these years I've been following Diana's social media accounts, I haven't found any trace of Alex. In my heart I wonder, have they broken up? If it's broken up, then where is Alex now? Why don't he have a social media account?

From the news of the grapevine that I heard, Diana and Alex attended the same place at the University of Indonesia. During college, they continued their relationship. But then no one knew what their next news was.

Speaking of Alex, to be honest, I still haven't forgotten it. I always compared the men I met with. It was as if no one deserved enough to match Alex. My heart and brain are still filled with Alex.

"Mom, there's a boyfriend." Sizil nudged my arm, breaking my daydream.

"Huh? What's Zil?"

"That's her boyfriend Mother's coming. That's it." Sizil pointed in the direction and I followed the direction of his hand. And I saw her, Andre was my two-month-old boyfriend.

Andre is 29 years old, 2 years older than me. Andre has a height of 177 cm, slim and good looking face (in my eyes, remains the most handsome Alex). He served as the head of marketing lending (credit).

We've been dating for two months and don't ask for two months what stage have we reached? The answer is nil, We have not reached any stage, even just holding hands!!

Andre's been my third girlfriend for six years. She was the longest boyfriend. My first girlfriend lasted two weeks, while my second boyfriend only lasted two days. Really awesome performance, right?

The reason our relationship ran aground, because they judged me too boring and stiff. Don't get kissed, just hold her hand I don't want to. That's why they decided on me.

Andre... I don't know why he stayed with me for two months because of what. We haven't even held hands yet, yet he's still patient with me. He always said he would always be patient waiting for me to be ready, even if it was time.

If anyone asks how I feel about Andre? Answer's empty. I don't have any feelings. I accepted Andre out of pity. That man has been approaching me for a long time, I can't bear it and accepted it.

"It's over?" Andre approached me. The marketing funding room is on the second floor, while marketing lending is on the third floor. For the branch leadership room is on the fourth floor. While the first floor is fully used for customer service (operational team area).

"Yet Mas. It's still waiting for the kids to make the pipeline." I pointed at my nine men.

The funding room was indeed inhabited by ten people including Me. I became their team leader.

Every afternoon I make sure my subordinates make a pipeline/work visit, to clear the path of our work the next day.

"You're done, huh?" I asked while looking at the watch. The new time showed at seven o'clock in the evening, still too late for us to go home.

"It has. Today's bills and disbursements are quite satisfactory. I let them go home early."

Andre has 14 people consisting of a collection team, legal, loan recovery, and marketing lending. Two parts of our team had to go hand in hand to keep the wheels of the company running.

Andre sat next to me. He looked at me for a long time. From his gaze, it seemed like he liked and might as well love me. But I don't know why there's no beating in my heart. I feel very ordinary. Just like I see other men, it's completely ordinary.

"Where are we going after this?" tanyakanya.

"I want to go home. Not necessarily eight o'clock the kids finish making the pipe."

"Then I'll eat ya. What do you want to eat?"

"I'm still full... Uh..." I looked at Sizil who had just nudged my arm. Looks like the kid needs to eat.

"Lapar Ma'am... Deal with dong Bu..." Sizil and the others stroked his stomach, as if to tell him they were starving.

"What do you want to eat?" I was greeted enthusiastically by them.

"Great, thank you, Mom... We pray that Mother will soon marry Mr. Andre deh, amen..." The words of Sizyl were aminated by others, including Andre.

Sizil is 22 years old, my youngest. His personality brings joy to those around him.

Finally I ordered the food online and We ate together in the room.

"Sha, do you know the new news?" Andre.

"What news?"

"There was a change of the new Group Head Business. I heard the guy was young."

"Lho's? Where is Mr Bima going?"

"He's retired Sha, so he's replaced with a new one."

"Oh so..." I'm just goosebumps.

Actually there's a change of Group Head, it doesn't have a significant effect on my work. The position of Group Head is for officials at the head office, where the position is under the Board of Directors one level. So we can be sure that it is a very important position that it is impossible for branch people like Us to achieve it.

"Try checking the organizational structure. It looks like it's been updated."

"Yes, it's." I just answered. In my mind, why check the data of the department that is far, far above us? It has no direct influence on our work, right?

That was my original thought, and I regret thinking that.

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