Papa To Oleander
19. Despite the Circumstances

Ola

The first day of entering work again felt very awkward. The teammates in the office directed their slanted smiles at me, there were some who only grimaced as I reached out. It's like .. as if they forgot who the real owner of this office is.

If I wanted to I could fire them all without a second thought. However, no. I'm definitely not going to do that. Besides being unprofessional, later I will also be confused to find a replacement.

So ... no. I just put on the face of a rhinoceros and deafen my ears.

The devil cares about their subjective judgment.

I know, I know, I know. What I did was wrong and should not be used as an example. Pregnant outside the marriage bond. Moreover, the figure of the father of this baby does not appear to be the trunk of his nose at all. I will raise my son as a single parent.

Well, like Mama said. As an adult, I must accept and live the consequences of my own actions. Think of it as the clench, the ringing, and the whispers of the neighbors as the spice of life.

Yeah, I can use that as my newest spell in the days.

After dinner yesterday, which turned out to be a medium rare steak with mashed potatoes and salad (thank God there are no burgers or fries I feared), Mama and Papa Langaung drove back to Bogor. While Bang Oli and Angga decided to stay longer until I fell asleep.

The next morning, when I went to the kitchen to pick up some snacks, I found Bang Oli parked in the kitchen's cool breakfast bar with two bowls of chicken porridge.

"It's only the first day and he can't hold his own words, huh?" scorn me while taking the place next to Bang Oli who had started scooping breakfast.

"Don't make it that way, deh, lo." He chimed in, but his eyes were still fixed on the phone screen.

"Who's the one talking about, huh? I'm just, like, stilling the fact. Fact, Bang, fact. In fact, the Angga isn't here right now, is it?" I started stirring my porridge.

"eeews. Lo what descendants, anyway, eat chicken porridge kok stirred so? Not changed from before. May the Lord give you instructions soon, deh, same you and those of the same class, La."

"Idiiih, Abang aja who does not know how good the taste of chicken porridge stirred." I patted his upper arm a little hard to vent the irritability that suddenly had made the heat swollen this morning. "Partially, don't be pretentious about switching issues, deh. We're talking about your friend who can't be trusted, not chicken porridge."

"Lo's mouth sometimes, ye, I never eat school benches."

I rolled my eyes in response to my brother's stale joke.

We had breakfast in silence.

"Be te we, ef wai ai." Bang Oli opened his voice in Kalakian. "The cave that's here right now isn't because that bitch wants to break a promise. But, because I can't guess the business of the office and travel schedule. That's why I want to follow Elo while I can. You don't know how he expression yesterday when I tell you about this. Her face was so sore that it was never ironed."

Oh, well, well, well. It is a good information to know about. The irritation that was in my heart gradually began to fade.

Wait, what?

I did not know that the source of that unpleasant feeling was the absence of Angga and my prejudices to him.

Oh, no.

Don't-don't ....

Oh, my God.

Don't tell me I'm starting to put hope in that guy again. Don't tell me my heart is getting used to his presence again. Don't tell me that ....

Oh, my God.

No, no, no, no. What am I supposed to do? I don't want any of that to happen again. I don't want history to repeat its umpteenth story again. I don't want to experience anything like that again. I don't want to fall into the same trap again.

Oh, my God.

I felt a big wave in my stomach.

Oh, no.

I rushed to the guest toilet not far from there. Well, there goes my chicken porridge.

****

"La, are you sure you still want to go to the office? If I think you mending at home first, rest. Don't need to be forced. Kan, you have a team. They can definitely take care of the work." Bang Oli was still trying to persuade me to stay home. We were in his car and headed to my office.

"Udah late, Bang, tell me to stay home. We're walking too." I tried to make a stand by placing a mistake on Bang Oli.

But who says my strategy will work. With him nothing is impossible to do. There must have been a backlash from Oliver Andreas Arifin, the lawyer. "Yes, Eloya herself who is still insistent on wanting to work. If you change your mind, yes, I'll just go back. It's hard."

I groan. "Yeee, there's an answer. If we come back later elo who will be very late to enter the office."

"Bodo. The office has my father, this" he said as well as the eyed.

"Damn lo, Bang." There really is no way to win from my brother nan songong. "Gue just wants to keep working this morning. Want to test the waves all deposit face with the people in the office. Not delicious. I haven't been in nearly two months. Amit-amit I feed my son the same blind salary."

I saw Bang Oli shake his head. "Okay, okay. It's up to you, deh. The important thing is that if you don't feel good a little, you have to call me or Angga. Hear lo? I'm serious, La. You heard me, right? I don't want you to be with my niece why."

Bang Oli exhaled a long breath. "Maybe I've never said this directly to Elo, but I can't wait to bring my niece. Seriously, La. I am also very excited about his presence. I promise I will be the coolest Om Oli for him. Yeah, despite the circumstances, I'm happy for you."

Not only is the condition of Casablanca Highway monitored smoothly, my heart is so. Many of the feelings that had been there before and were triggered by the confession from Bang Oli just now; which finally made my tears flow smoothly into these cheeks. I teared the corner of the tears silently.

Despite the circumstances.

Despite the circumstances.

Despite the circumstances, they still love me and my baby.

Seriate...