Office Hour
What Happened Actually

Gio's house is very shabby, dirty and smelly. Even the rest of the room in Meilinda's house was 10x better. Meilinda looked around her with a frown.

Didn't you put Gio in Garnet Retail, as Dimas pleaded? But why is it even like this?! Gio's salary runs out for anything at all?! Think Meilinda.

"Can you figure out the key or break the door?" meilinda asked as they arrived at the terrace of Gio's house.

Bram pressed the doorknob down and the door opened. "Not locked," he sis The man still with the look of a wall plate.

Meilinda pursed her lips.

"Certainly? not in?" ask Meilinda.

"Not authorized to own a home. Just wait here." said Bram while sitting on the edge of the wall that jutted.

Meilinda wanted to protest, but seeing Bram's haunted gaze he so undo his intentions. The man had an aura that made anyone bend their knees.

But if measured using logic, Bram's actions are the most correct. They may be required to enter the house without the owner's permission. Although Meilinda could pay someone to take care of her reporting process, it would affect her credibility.

Not for 30 minutes, Gio came panting. Staring at Meilinda and Bram who were waiting at his doorstep.

"I'm going to yell my mouth out" threatened Gio.

"Please" Bram sizzled calmly.

"Where there is a thief whose appearance is like we were waiting on the porch of the house anyway. Think of you dong" said Meilinda.

"I was able to report security because of the threatening act!" exclaim Gio. He tried to make his neighbors come because of the storm.

"We just reported RT sir, Gio," said Meilinda. Not reporting, rather. With a little money for daily expenses. Hence, no matter how loud Gio shouted, no one would come because Meilinda and Bram had also been handing out money to shut up.

"I can shout now" threatened Gio again.

"Sheep aja sanah. I wait," finally Meilinda crossed her arms against Gio.

Gio instantly knew all his actions would be in vain.

"Excuse me..."

They turned towards the voice behind Bram.

Gina, Gio's 12-year-old sister, came to bring her a drink with a face of sumringah.

"Hey, honey... You don't have to bother, you know" Meilinda walked up to the boy while stroking his cheek.

"Kan aunty and her guest brother" said Gina.

"Yes yes, dear. You are very polite! Pinter you know," Meilinda hugged Gina. Gina giggled happily at Meilinda's treatment.

Bram stroked the boy's head while sipping his tea.

"Come, Gio. You're not hot in there?" grin the man.

"Why-how..." Gio stuttered at the sight.

Gina had locked herself in her room all day because of trauma, and now she saw her sister beaming back with Meilinda's arms.

"By the way inside," Bram gave the order.

Gio instantly stiffened and felt threatened. He finally decided to obey Bram because he felt his sister was taken hostage.

**

The three of them sat on a plastic chair in the front room. Gio's house from the outside was already pitiful, the inside was much more miserable. There is no decent furniture, even Gina is currently tinkering at her new iphone on the floor near the outlet while being excited. Just now Meilinda contacted her driver to deliver some merchandise stored in her mevva car, fortunately Meilinda still keeps some boxes.

"You what?" tanya Gio was still sewot.

"I've been investigating the plot this week. Finally it gets to you. Why are you acting this way?!" ask Meilinda.

"I have nothing to do with it" Gio turned his face away.

"Not to say!?"

"Mom knows not because of mom and Mr. Dimas, we were all screwed up!!" exclaim Gio.

"Darling..." Meilinda stroked Gina's head, calming her down. "You can play hapenya in the room? Aunt and Om want to talk to brother."

"Why are you screaming?" ask Gina.

"It looks like Brother Gio is just upset again. But no papa, it will soon be over. Okay?" Meilinda said softly.

Though hesitant, Gina finally enters her room.

"Why did you give Dimas' address to people?" Ask Meilinda to Gio. They began the interrogation.

"They asked well I answered, after all there is nothing wrong with telling others' addresses, I was not entrusted with secrets," replied Gio cuek.

"They don't ask, you find out all the former Dimas, then you give his location to prank Dimas," Meilinda accused Gio.

"Why? Mr Dimas is overwhelmed, huh?! It just doesn't equal my suffering,"

"You've bothered a lot of people to know?!"

"Mom know not really because I was transferred to retail, I became a lot bullied?! I was tortured mentally and physically until my mother was not taken care of and eventually died! Not to mention the last handling of my mother's time critically cost me a lot until I had to owe hundreds of millions to the hospital!! As a result my sister until quit college and work so porters building in Java!! Then Gina gets threatened by debt collector and trauma!!" Gio gasped for breath to pour out his heart.

Meilinda was surprised to hear that.

Bram sighed while watching them.

"Dam!!" Meilinda. "It's all your own fault!!  Luckily you were not fired! You can even still severance from Garnet Bank before moving to retail!! So now you blame me that?! Your brain needs replacing!!" meilinda did not want to lose.

But it hasn't stopped there.

"Your mother died and you wronged me? Salahin Dimas?! We are God, huh?! Know your mother!! You were bullied in retail because they knew how you were doing at the Bank!! And then you wronged us, what do you mean?! Then what about my mental state that you sent me the red lettering? Fill the message also cetar!!"

No one can match Meilinda's voice if you grumble again. Until the neighbors of the other block can also hear. Especially from home to home only limited thin brick.

But again, they were silent and could only listen by eavesdropping, counting the red sheets that Meilinda had shared.

And amazingly Meilinda did not even catch her breath for one long sentence. He's not even panting. As her mouth started to open again as she was not satisfied nagging Gio, Bram patted her shoulder and stroked the woman's arm, calming her down.

Meilinda looked at Bram unwillingly, but Bram immediately squinted at her.

Meilinda's hair immediately bristles.

Oh, here is the charm of Bram that can not be rejected by many people.

Meilinda often heard from Trevor. Although Bram always shows his smile, but his eyes are like bloodthirsty.

Finally Meilinda was silent in Bram's arms, still hugging her shoulders and stroking her arms.

"Gio," call Bram. Gio somehow jumped out of his seat. "We are sorry for what happened to you. None of us expected that" Bram spoke in a low voice.

All quiet

All quiet

And suddenly there was not even the sound of vehicles passing by.

Universe...

Ehehe

"I need to know who you're telling Dimas' address to, and what their plans are. After that, I promised to work on getting your two sisters a proper education" Bram said in a low voice.

Gio's eyes grew bigger.

He looked at Bram as if he were looking at an angel.

Frightened and amazed.

Even the kindest person he had ever known like Dimas could not make him feel this kind of knee-bending.

"...that's..." Gio finally told me.