Look at me, my man!
Tired of hope

After picking up a glass for her daughter, Darren turned around, then the man walked straight towards the room. Not to forget, he turned off the TV to make Theresia astonished. For the first time in life maybe this is what Darren helped him, even though he only did simple things for him.Maybe yesterday-yesterday Theresa will feel happy when the father is like this, but now no, he feels foreign.

Theresia took the glass that Darren had given her, then she walked straight to the refrigerator to pour a cold drink, after which she went straight back to the room.

The night changed in the morning.

Finally, today Shelbi and Theresia are going out of Dareen's apartment, coincidentally Today is Saturday, where Shelby doesn't teach, likewise, Theresia returned permission not to go to school because today they will take care of their clothes. There will be no items they bring because this is Darren's apartment and all also Dareen's, that's why they will only carry their clothes.

Finally, after a few hours had passed, Darren and Theresia had already finished cleaning their clothes, and perhaps in a moment Tristan woke up, they would have left immediately.

"Theresa wait a minute, Mommy wants to take a drink," Shelby said until Theresia nodded.

"I want to drink too" he replied.

After that, Shelby turned around and the beautiful woman walked out. He came out looking at Darren, it seemed like he had just entered the room.

Shelby's eyes rounded when he saw the envelope held by Daren, apparently there was a bang officer who came to give the bill that Shelby had to pay and it was Dareen who received it. Quickly, he ran then the beautiful woman immediately snatched the paper from Darren's hand leaving him suffocating in shock.

"What the fuck?" darren asked, as usual, his tone sounded very slender and settled Shelby with a dislike look.

"This is mine" said Shelbi.

Darren clucking. The man decided to walk towards the room.

***

Shelby's holding his chest. He was relieved that Darren did not open the envelope, as it was a letter of warning from a credit card because Shelby was late in paying for her credit card, moreover, yesterday he paid a fairly large hospital fee using a credit card, and Shelby had to pay the bills that were due yesterday.

Shelby walked towards the kitchen and the beautiful woman took a drink, and then she came out of the kitchen and into the room.

Shelby went into the room, and then she handed him a bottle, and then he walked to the balcony so that Theresa would not see what she was doing.

Shelby sat herself in the chair, and the woman opened the envelope. He closed his eyes when he saw the credit card bill this month. Shelby's savings are running low. He could have used it to pay off bills this month, but what about everyday? While he did not yet have the extra work he could do.

He had not been a tour guide for a long time because no tourists had contacted him, and relying on the pursuit was still far away, until now Shelby was confused. Should he use the credit cards of his two in-laws?

'You must have come to my father's house just wanting treasure, right? Cih, you fucking girl!'

Suddenly, Darren's words hit Shelby's brain until Shelby immediately shook his head. "No, I can't wear that," she said quickly. He directly tore the paper, then walked towards the corner then threw it into the trash can that was there.

Shelby immediately walked inward, then the beautiful woman immediately approached Theresia who was playing her phone.

"Theresa," call Shelby. He sat down next to his daughter.

"Why Mommy, is there anything Mommy thinks?" ask Theresia.

"If we've moved out and Mommy has to work again, are you okay waiting in your own apartment?" tanyakanya.

Theresia. "Don't mommy already work as a teacher?" ask Theresia again.

Shelby clasped his daughter's hand. "Theresia, once you move from here, you have to find a lot of money to rent an apartment for your daily expenses, school and so on. Relying on Mommy's salary from teaching alone is not enough. Mommy doesn't know you understand what Mommy wants to say or not, tap—"

"I get it, Mommy," answered Theresa who cut Shelby's words making Shelby stroke her daughter's hair.

'My mother is hungry, is there no food?'

Upon seeing the all-faced Theresia, Suddenly, Shelby recalled a shadow of herself in which she had been driven out of the house by her father, and she had not even eaten for two days with her mother, not to mention after being expelled he moved from church to church just to ride a sleep, and now he has to find additional work so that Theresa does not experience what she experienced.

"Mommy why?" asked Theresia when she saw her mother's eyes glazed over.

Shelby wiped the corner of her watery eyes then shook her head.

"It's okay" he said.

Two hours passed.

Theresia and Shelby are leaving now to get out of the apartment. Before exiting the room, Shelby turned around then looked around her room, then she smiled bitterly.

"Thank you for these seven years it's been a place for me and for my daughter to come home.”

After that, Shelby went straight out of the room.

"Mommy's going now?" tristan asked, waiting at the door, and when Shelby and Theresia came out of the room, Tristan spoke. The little boy's eyes were already glazed over. He was crying because he did not want his mother and sister to leave, but he could not do much.

Shelby bends her legs, equalizing with Tristan. "Mommy just went upstairs, why are you sad?" ask Shelby.

"You can come now and Mommy will bring you here again" Theresia said.

"Tristan, let's go." Suddenly, Darren's voice came. Apparently, Darren wants to take Tristan to his parents' house.

Darren stopped his steps when Tristan did not move, until his gaze immediately whistled with Theresia who was looking at him.

'If you knew, sometimes I wanted to turn into the Tristan you always take with you. There are times when I want to shout to come with you, there are times when I want to come running and hug you. But now, I give up, I'm tired. It's okay, I still have Mommy.' Theresia sat up, looking at Darren's face and a second later, the little girl immediately cut her eyes off at the father, then she immediately pulled her mother's hand.

"Yes Tristan, if you want to go upstairs, go upstairs. You can call Mommy first" Theresia said. Tristan has a gift phone from Darren, while Shelby is still not ready to give the phone to Thersia, because usually Theresia will play using Shelby's phone and also her tab, which is also hers, that's why she advised Tristan to call her mother.

"Yes Tristan, see you," said Shelby, kissing her son's forehead and then she pulled the suitcase and Theresia pulled the small suitcase containing her clothes. After that, they started walking past Darren's body just like that. As his body is passed by Shelby and Theresia, Darren looks at the backs of his son and wife. Somehow she felt strange, while Tristan just stared at her mother's back with wet eyes. It felt, he wanted to run to catch up with his sister and mother, but of course he wasn't that brave.

***

Shelby opened the door of the apartment unit she had rented. Luckily, there was already some furniture there, Shelby did not need to buy any items.

"Let's go in, Theresia," Shelby said until Theresia nodded. The little girl immediately pulled her suitcase and went inside. Theresa looked around. Her feelings were unfamiliar, but she shook her head before long and continued her steps.

Shelby, who saw that, was in pain. He understood the feeling that Theresa felt, so Shelby immediately approached her daughter.

"Theresa," call Shelby, until Theresia wakes up and closes the fridge.

"Mommy, isn't there any food here?" tanyakanya.

Shelby closed her eyes. He was struck by confusion again, where perhaps he did not provide snacks for Theresia. But on the other hand, he also had to save everything.

"Later Mommy will buy it" replied Shelby. It seemed, he had to apply for a loan in order to be able to meet for the day to day.

A few days later.

"Theresa, are you sure it's okay to wait here? Mommy doesn't know what time Mommy's home" Shelby said. "You want to stay in the apartment with Tristan?" ask Shelby again. Today, he has a job to drive tourists around Russia, and this is the thing that Shelby is most looking forward to because of which the payment is definitely greater and paid in cash, that's why he had to leave Theresia.

"Mommy go, I'm fine. I don't want to wait in that apartment, it's more convenient here" Theresia replied uncertainly.

"I'm fine" Theresia said again. She knew very well the situation of the mother, especially earlier she saw her mother looked confused when going to buy breakfast and Theresia guessed, maybe her mother had no money.

"Yes already then, this is Mommy's tab. Call Mommy if there's anything" replied Shelby, who left her tab in the apartment until Theresia nodded.

Shelby walked out of her apartment and the woman walked into the basement.

Time shows at ten o'clock in the night.

Shelby's so agitated. I think he wants to go home soon. Shelby thought she was going home early because she had been accompanying her client around Russia since noon, but it turned out that Shelby was wrong. Now, he was at the museum and half of here, he had to accompany his guests to enjoy dinner.

The thing that worries Shelby is that Theresa must be scared because she is alone in the apartment, whereas in Darren's apartment there is Tristan, but now her daughter is completely alone and Shelby feels unsettled. Several times she tried to call Theresia, but Theresia did not pick up her call.

"Miss Shelby," called a middle-aged woman until Shelby walked over to the guests.

"Let's take us somewhere else," asked his client to close his eyes more.

It seems, this tourist really wants to enjoy a long time in Russia.

"Okay" Shelby replied.

In the end, though, they exit the museum and head for the twenty-four-hour restaurant, and just as Shelby and his client enter the restaurant, the gaze stops at a table where Darren is with friends she is also Shelby's college friend. Until Shelby knew some of those people, while Darren he was gathering with his friend who had just come to Russia.

"That's your wife?" ask Rendy until Darren turns to Shelby. Shelby who was stared at instantly decided his gaze.

"We're divorced" Darren replied casually.

"What?! You're divorced?" ask Rush.

"Why?" ask Darren.

"That means I can get close to your ex-wife?" ask her again with antusia, making everything on the table shake.

Darren was silent, but before long he nodded.

"Just give it up" Darren replied. He took a drink in front of him and then gulped it down.

***

Shelby pacing in front of the bathroom. The guests were enjoying their dinner and Shelby had permission to go to the toilet. She called Theresa but Theresa did not pick up her call, and because it was not nice to wait so long in the toilet, Shelby went out and just as she was coming out, it turns out that she saw Darren who seemed like he was going to go inside the men's toilet. Reflexively, Shelby ran towards her husband.

"Darren," call Shelby until Darren stops him. He looked at Shelby with a dislike.

"May I ask for help? Please take Tristan to my apartment unit to accompany Theresia, because Theresia is there alone" she pleaded.

Darren clucked in annoyance. "You're not wrong to tell me like this?" insinuations.

Suddenly, Shelby's body fell silent. He forgot, he shouldn't have asked Darren for help.

"Yes already then.”

Shelby leaves Darren. He hoped his guests would not ask to be taken anywhere again.

After Shelby left, she looked at Shelby's back and then looked back forward. Suddenly Darren's feeling was bad. Theresia's face immediately hit the man's brain.

'Why should I care?' inner Darren. He continued his steps to get into the toilet.

***

An hour later.

Shelby came out of the restaurant, she was running fast. Finally after accompanying his guests to talk at the restaurant, his guests decided to go to the hotel and rest. That meant the task was done and after Shelby received the payment, she immediately ran out of the restaurant, deciding to head home immediately. I think he's impatient.

***

Theresa hugged her cold body. The little girl was waiting outside the apartment tower. At 9 p.m., Theresia felt an overwhelming sense of fear. He had already switched his mind by watching the video on his mother's tab, but still couldn't. That's why he decided to wait outside the apartment tower, because of course many people passed by.

Several guards approached Theresa as Theresa sat alone on the steps and Theresa explained that she was waiting for her mother until the guards resumed their duties and let Theresa wait there.

Theresa held onto her hungry stomach, for she had not eaten dinner. There were no snacks in the fridge and it felt like theresia was now eager to cry. He had been waiting for two hours, but his mother did not come.

"Theresa," call Shelby.

Hearing the mother's voice, Theresa got up from her seat."Mommy!" Theresia shouted loudly then ran towards Shelby, while Shelby immediately hugged her daughter.