My Boss, Hot And Cool
13. Talk At the Dining Table
Mr. Wijaya, Mrs Hana, Ethan, Daby and also Jhonson sat together on the table chair. Facing dishes that have been served completely. It was only Wijaya who invited them to eat.
Daby and Jhonson have not dared to touch the dish in front of them, making Ethan astonished with the two still silent yet to touch anything.
"Lho, why haven't you guys taken the food? The food is good." said Ethan.
"Oh yes, I was just confused eating it" said Daby still awkward because the attitude of the Wijaya sir seemed to be cold to him.
"Eat, after this we listen to what Ethan will say later" said Mr. Wijaya finally let the two eat.
Jhonson also took rendang and vegetable stir-fry. Although he did not know what kind of food it was, but he tried to take it. He sees Ethan and his parents eating with rice and they eat with it.
Daby noticed what Jhonson was doing, and he took what Jhonson was taking. Mr. Wijaya glanced at what Daby was doing following Jhonson. But he just kept quiet, continued eating.
Ethan finishes his meal, because he'll talk about his plans in front of everyone. He started by looking at his parents.
"What are you going to talk about Ethan?" asked Mr. Wijaya to spoon his food and put it in his mouth.
"Well, you know what I'm planning. Emm, I want to talk to you about something important" Ethan said, staring at Daby.
"What is that, baby?" ask Miss Hana.
"Ma, pa. The plan is that next year I will marry Daby, and I will live in England with him. There too I have a business to take care of" said Ethan.
"Uhuk! Uhuk!"
Jhonson coughed at Ethan talking like that. Daby took the glass in front of him and drank it on Jhonson. Both Ethan and Hana just stared at what Daby was doing. While Mr. Wijaya was silent, the old man still continued to eat without caring all staring at Ethan's best friend.
"Keep, what company are you leading?" ask Mr. Wijaya.
"Oh, I told you the same papa. I've only been working for a year at the company, and I'm going to be back managing a cafe in the UK with Jhonson" Ethan said.
"Are you sure of your plan?" ask Mr. Wijaya.
"You know, I want to get married. Besides, I'm old enough to get married and have a household" Ethan said.
"Fine think first, because later papa is not sure everything will go smoothly according to your plan" said Mr. Wijaya again.
"What do you mean? Papa won't approve of my relationship with Daby?" ask Ethan.
"Papa's glad you got a plan to get married. But you're sure your girlfriend will marry you?" ask Mr. Wijaya.
"Of course he wants pa, me and Daby love each other. Why would you doubt it?" ask Ethan in wonder.
"Here you go, papa is lazy to talk about things you do not know" said Mr. Wijaya.
Ethan shut up, he snorted in annoyance. Then looked at Daby and Jhonson who were silent because his conversation with his father was not understood by both. Madam Hana claps her hands on Ethan's shoulders.
"Please, maybe you have a reason for that" said Madam Hana.
"What reason is ma?" ask Ethan.
"Mama doesn't know. Never mind, take your friends to the back garden. Invite them to look at the gardens your father has prepared. Maybe they're not good, mama saw they both go awry see papa and you had a little argument earlier" said Madam Hana.
Ethan is silent, he stares at Daby and Jhonson in turn.
"What are you talking about with your dad, Ethan?" ask Daby.
"It doesn't matter, honey, don't think about it" Ethan said.
"But I saw your dad not like me" Daby said.
"Maybe my dad doesn't know you yet, baby. Let's go to the back, Jhonson, let's take him back. My mama said you could see the garden that Papa was working on. Maybe there we can squeeze the fruit that already exists" said Ethan.
"What's wrong?" ethan asked Jhonson.
"The manager called me, I have to go home to England tonight" Jhonson said.
"What's in the cafe?" ask Ethan and Daby together.
"Say from the police there's a mafia syndicate. And one of the cafe waiters was with the mob, I had to explain to the police about the accused waiter" Jhonson said.
"Kok so? Don't you know?" ask Ethan.
"I don't know, so I have to go home tonight to England to see if it's true or not" Jhonson said.
"Yes, sorry I can't go with you to solve the problem at the Jhonson cafe" Ethan said.
"No problem, I can solve it anyway" Jhonson said.
"Do I have to go back to England?" ask Daby.
"No dear, you're here first. I still miss you." said Ethan hugging Daby from the side.
"But would it be better for me to accompany Jhonson to sort things out in the cafe? You can't go there, can you?" ask Daby.
"Emm, yeah. Yes, tonight Jhonson left first. You're back in England tomorrow, I want to enjoy being with you baby. We haven't seen each other in two months, I want to enjoy it with you" Ethan said.
Daby was silent, he looked at Jhosnon. As if asking for approval from the man. And Jhonson bowed, as if agreeing to Ethan's request.
"Daby darling?"
"Okay, just another day I'm here. Tomorrow night I'm back." said Daby.
"Thank you dear. Cup." said Ethan kissing Daby's cheek.
Jhonson said he wanted to return to the hotel immediately. Ethan takes Jhonson with Daby. The three left after saying goodbye to Madame Hana and Mr. Wijaya.
Mr. Wijaya was just silent, he was thinking how to make his son aware of the closeness of his lover with his best friend.
"Ethan was hard to tell, I had to make a plan for him to realize that the two people had a relationship behind him" said Mr. Wijaya.
"What's the talk of you?" ask Miss Hana.
"Papa very sad with Ethan ma" said Mr. Wijaya to his wife.
"Why slices?" ask Miss Hana again.
"Here you go, Ethan will talk to Mom himself. Papa wants to continue his work in the garden. Today papa will harvest strobery fruit" said Mr. Wijaya.
"Oh yeah? Mama's in the meticulous ya pa." said Madam Hana happily.
"Take the basket container first, papa will take the scissors to cut the fruit stalk" said Mr. Wijaya.
"Yes pa."
Mrs Hana also went to the kitchen, while Mr. Wijaya contacted someone. After finishing, he went to the back garden to pick the strawberry fruit that was time in picking.
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