Only Raised Children
51. Liked Alina

Instead of returning the smile, Calista turned her face and chose to say goodbye to Irfan and Santi.

"Uncle, Aunt, Calista and Papa go home first. Thank you for the delicious dinner tonight" Calista said kindly.

He slightly bowed his body to greet him, followed by Darius who also said goodbye to his old friend. Then Darius patted Rico's shoulder softly as his farewell greeting.

"When to go home, Uncle, Co. We're making coffee together."

Rico smiled with a smile. When his gaze accidentally returned to meet with Calista, the woman again threw away her gaze. Rico just ignored what the woman did, it's up to what the woman wants because she doesn't really care either.

As Calista and Darius leave, Rico enters the house with his parents. At that time Santi told Rico that Calista was looking for him at dinner last night.

Rico frowned hearing his mother's words. What Calista was looking for, he thought. Was that woman going to insinuate her in front of her parents? If that was true, then he wouldn't let Calista speak at will. But come to think of it, it didn't seem like it, because when they met on the porch earlier Calista didn't even make a sound to her. If it was noticed at a glance as well, it seemed like the woman wanted to quickly leave. Then why is Calista looking for him?

"Bang, are you still on good terms with Calista?" ask Santi who broke Rico's daydream.

"Our company will be working with Uncle Darius' company, Ma."

"That's not it, Bang," interrupted Santi quickly. "Mama, are you still friends with him?"

Rico smiled and grabbed his mother's shoulder as he continued their steps into the house. 

"Our relationship is only a cooperative partner, Ma. Why why?" ask Rico then.

"No papa anyway. Mama just wants to remind you, if you are friends with other women, do not get too close. Don't give the slightest room for another woman to enter between your relationship and Alina's. Except, if you and Alina aren't together anymore."

Rico scrunched his forehead hearing his mother's words.

"Ma, Mama, what the hell is that talking about? Rico and Alina will be fine, Ma. Rico is also unlikely to give the slightest gap to other women damaging Rico's relationship with Alina."

"What a weird thing to say" he continued.

"Mama just don't want your relationship to stop because of a third party. Calista is a sweet kid, but Mama already likes Alina, Bang."

What a sweet kid? Rico pulled one corner of his lips, which was ridiculous when his mother called Calista a sweet woman. But he chose not to discuss it because he thought it was not important to also unmask someone.

Rico is also very happy when his mother says he likes Alina. If his parents like Alina, it means that the surprise he will give after the holidays will certainly make them happy, especially Santi. Rico can't wait for that happy moment.

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Four days passed so quickly, tomorrow the holiday time arrived. Tonight Rena decided to stay at Alina's apartment. They will have fun at the same time to prepare for all the needs that will be brought tomorrow.

Rena is not the type of person who wants to be bothered with work. He is one of the people who is very relaxed about his work. But not for his personal pleasure. That is the exception for Rena. In fact, he can be said to be very complicated in matters outside of work.

As it is today, Alina is made dizzy with the bustle of Rena who brings so many items and snacks to her apartment. Whether the woman was preparing all this for a vacation, for a picnic, or for a move, she really had no idea.

"All this is what we need, Al. What holiday have you never been on? That's not to understand."

Such was Rena's response to her words regarding all those items. Alina massaged her temples thinly, dizzy at the behavior of her friend that one. Has Rena always been complicated like this if you want a vacation?

"Jude, it's up to you. Let's get this all done now, let's not be complicated tomorrow again" said Alina later.

Rena agreed with Alina's words. They also began packing the items that would be brought into the suitcase. Each of them carried one suitcase, but for Rena, the woman carried an additional travel bag for other items that were no longer in the suitcase.

Long enough they pack the items because it is interspersed with jokes and also time-consuming venting sessions. The time that has shown one o'clock at night makes them unconscious if the sleep time has passed far. When the snacks that accompanied their night ran out, then the two women realized that they were already late from the planned sleep schedule.

"Where is dong, Al. We can wake up late" said Rena after sipping her last soda water.

"Judah, set an alarm. Most of your stuff is also a lot," said Alina Sembark walking to the kitchen to pick up a bag of crackles.

When Alina returned to her room, her eyes that caught Rena were about to climb onto the bed directly preventing her.

"Why what?" ask first.

"Sleep, what else?" answered Rena without thinking.

"Later to sleep, help me clean this first," said Alina as she pointed to the trash of their snack and drink wrappers scattered on the floor.

"Tomorrow, Al. I'm so sleepy. We have to get up early tomorrow, and how late? Flight time can not be scheduled loh," said Rena with hope. She was currently really very sleepy, even though ten minutes ago, before knowing that time had shown at one o'clock, her eyes were still very fresh.

"There's no tomorrow. Many sweet drinks are spilled, snacks are also scattered on the floor. If you wait for tomorrow, the floor of my room could be full of red ants. Besides, I'm not sure even a quick sleep can wake up on time."

Rena sighed at him hearing Alina's nagging. Why did Alina suddenly become so chatty, he thought.

Deeply forced and with eyes almost closed, Rena came back down from the bed and helped Alina clean the dirty floor of the room. Almost ten minutes passed, finally Rena could breathe a sigh of relief and lay her body on the soft mattress.

"Finally," Rena muttered with her eyes closed.

Not long after, the woman began to lose consciousness.