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She's Gone

Chrystal looked at Indhira's face. Not much has changed from the face of the woman who once made him jealous because of Indhira's closeness to Bagas.

" Alright, but I can't accept your resignation request so soon. You were placed in the bookkeeping administration section of the salon, right? At least you should teach that task to your successor later." Chrystal agreed to resign Indhira on condition.

" Maybe you can get out of here in two weeks." Chrystal held Indhira for the next two weeks.

Actually Indhira objected to the time required by Chrystal, because he was afraid that Chrystal would change his mind. However, he did not want to leave the salon impeccably so inevitably he had to accept the decision from Chrsytal.

" You're not worried. I'm not going to reveal your secrets, really!" Chrystal said he promised not to reveal the secret of the viral video. Because he suspected Indhira's decision to resign was because Indhira was afraid he was holding an ace that could attack Indhira whenever he wanted.

Indhira was unable to evade Chrystal's decision. Because as an old employee, he is also obliged to provide guidance to employees who will occupy positions that he leaves later.

After delivering the decision to resign to Chrystal, Indhira wanted to say goodbye to his colleagues. Almost six years running he worked in the salon was certainly a lot of likes that he experienced. In fact, there was almost no sorrow that he felt while working with colleagues there. Because the most bitter thing in life he had experienced bertubi before.

" Seriously you want to resign, Ra? Why?" janet asked as Indhira said goodbye to her colleagues.

" I want to help take care of Aunt Sandra, Ma'am." said Indhira still use the same reason as he told Chrystal. " All this time Aunt Sandra has kindly accepted me to work here and also accepted me to stay at her house without having to pay. I think maybe it's time I can repay him," said Indhira.

" Do you want to focus on taking care of Sandra's mother, Ra? Not looking for another job? You will continue until the diploma. Too bad if not practiced into the real world of work, Ra!" Tria regretted that Indhira did not use the wisdom that Indhira could from collecting his salary so far to pursue the science of continuing college.

" I don't know yet either, Ma'am. See how it will be" said Indhira. Indhira is not an ambitious woman. She is the type of simple woman who is not neko-neko.

" We're gonna lose dong, Ra!?" Janet lamented Indhira's decision to resign too quickly.

" We can still communicate over the phone, right, Ma'am!?" Honestly Indhira also felt hard to leave his job. Moreover, the environment in the salon where he worked all this time had been considered as family to him.

" Different, Ra! The guy is there just as there's nothing different!" Janet firmly.

" right, Ra! There will no longer be your selfless rich friend, Ra! Unlike him, if you are asked please use the conditions!" chirps Tria quipped Janet.

" Fuck you, Tri!" as Janet responds to Tria's innuendo to her.

During this time, Indhira is known to be selfless in helping friends. So that Indhira's departure later from the salon will be very regrettable by his friends.

Meanwhile, in other parts of the earth. It is located in the United States of America, in New York City. Adibrata is visiting a company office owned by an old friend who has a retail business in the country Uncle Sam.

" It looks like you've successfully run your business here, Nathael!? And I have much to learn from you in order to develop wings on this American continent." Adibrata joked with a small laugh as he praised his friend's ability to control market share in several U. S. states.

" Hahaha, you better not learn from me, Di! You have enough control over the Asian region. Let the western territory be mine." Nathael responded to Adibrata's playfulness with a joke as well.

" How long did you start this business until it worked out like it does today, El?" ask Adibrata.

" Over ten years is certain, Di. It's not easy to conquer the American market" replied Nathael.

" But the results aren't in vain, are they? Your business is growing very fast.".

" Yes, it's good ...."

Tok tok tok tok

" Hey, Dad "Suddenly a beautiful woman came into Nathael's office.

" Hey, Sweetheart." Nathael stretched out his hand asking the young lady to approach him. " What are you doing here, Eva?" ask Nathael then.

" Dad, Twenty-seven, Eva wants to attend Adele's concert in Las Vegas. Can you, Dad?" ask the woman called by Eva's name.

" Want to see a concert in Las Vegas? Who's it with, Eva?" nathael asked worriedly.

" With college friends, Dad. Can you, Dad? Eva wants to book the ticket now," persuaded the woman named Evelyn to return

" Yes, but be careful there." Nathael finally allowed her daughter to go to a concert with her friends.

" Thank you, Dad. I love you ..." Evelyn hugged and kissed Nathael's cheek because Nathael gave her permission to watch the concert.

" This is your daughter, El?" tanya Adibrata noticed the beautiful woman who looked very familiar with Nathael.

" Right, Di. This is my youngest daughter. Evelyn name. Eva, this is Daddy's friend from Indonesia." Nathael introduces her daughter to Adibrata and vice versa.

" Oh, hi, Om ..." Evelyn greeted Adibrata.

" What age is your daughter, El?" ask Adibrata back.

" This year I'm twenty-four years old, Om." Evelyn answered Adibrata's own question.

" You're still in college, Eva?" ask Adibrata back.

" Yes, Om." Evelyn then mentioned the name of the famous university and the major she took. " It is continuing the Master's program now, Om.." Evelyn continued.

" Well, just like Om's child is also taking a Masters program. But, he went to college in New Jersey." Adibrata then mentioned the famous college in the city.

" Your son went to college here too, Di?" nathael asked surprised when he found out his best friend's son was studying in the same country as he lives today, although different regions.

" Yes, El. Since graduating high school I sent him to study here. I want him to continue my business. Because my other son is still in high school and is a girl. It's kind of hard to get girls to continue their parents' business, right?" Adibrata told me about her children.

" You're absolutely right, Di. Just like him. College is just for the cool." Nathael shook her head in response to her son's attitude.

" Daddy's son isn't just me! There's Thomas and Jonathan. They're more experts on business, Dad." Evelyn's on the defense.

" You heard, didn't you?" Nathael turned the ball in response to her youngest daughter's attitude.

" Milk ..." Adibrata laughed, maybe she was just as dizzy as Nathael.

" Dad, I'll go home first, okay!? Thanks, Dad. Bye ..." Evelyn kissed Nathael on the cheek and said goodbye to Adibrata and hurried out of Nathael's office.

" Did your son have a girlfriend, El?" ask Adibrata. Instantly came the idea to bring Bagas closer to his best friend's daughter.

" If only close friends are many. My son is a very easy person to get along with. But, if for a girlfriend it seems not yet. Why is that, Di?" Nathael sensed that Adibrata's question had some purpose.

" If you don't mind, I'd like to introduce my son to Evelyn. My son is handsome. Worry not! He's a descendant of a quality seed." Adibrata chuckles while showing a photo of her son from her cell phone to Nathael.

" What a handsome son of yours, Di." Nathael praised Bagas' good looks.

" I told you he's a descendant of quality seedlings. Not only is he handsome, he's smart, too." Adibrata again boasts his eldest son.

" I think my daughter will like this son of yours. What's name?" ask Nathael.

" Mahesa Bagas. She's the same age as your daughter. Less than six months is twenty-five years." Adibrata tells Bagas' current age.

" Are you planning on getting our kids married, Di?" ask Nathael then.

" There's no harm, right? We've known him for a long time. If our children are betrothed, we already know each other's families. So, we feel safe, because I'm not afraid my son is in love with the wrong woman, who's just blackmailing my family's possessions. And vice versa." Adibrata mentions the advantages if they are different.

" How about tomorrow night, saka? We're having dinner together to introduce our son, but tomorrow I'm still here." Adibrata seems eager to match Bagas with Evelyn.

" Okay, Di. We'll arrange for a meeting tomorrow night, huh!?" Nathael agreed on a proposal planned by Adibrata.

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Bagas had just completed the task given from his lecturer, when his phone suddenly rang. She saw her Papa's cell phone number calling at this time.

Bagas knew that his father was still in America because of business. His father also had time to visit his apartment in New Jersey because he studied at one of the top universities there.

" What's up, Pa?" ask Bagas when picking up Adibrata's phone call.

" Bagas, tomorrow after college you come to the hotel Papa stay. Papa invites you to dinner because Papa wants to introduce you to Papa's friends who have a retail business here. You'll soon be graduating from college. You have to learn a lot from Papa's friends so you can be a good businessman." Adibrata did not blatantly say if he wanted to match Bagas with his friend's daughter. Since he knew, Bagas would definitely refuse to come if he mentioned his main purpose.

" Papa's not going back to Jakarta tomorrow?" tanya Bagas, because at first his Papa will travel back to Indonesia tomorrow.

" Papa wants to go home tomorrow. But, after meeting with Papa's friend earlier, Papa changed his mind. Papa wants to introduce you to Papa's friend before you go home, leave you here." Adibrata.

" Okay, Pa. Bagas will be there!" Unsuspecting by the veiled intent of his Papa, Bagas agreed to his Papa's request. Bagas is serious about pursuing business as his father has been doing all this time.

His residence position and the hotel where his father stayed in New York were not too far away. Maybe about an hour and a half if she uses the train, making her agree to her Papa's plan of introducing herself to her Papa friend.

After familiarizing himself with his conversation on the phone with Adibrata, Bagas then picked up a guitar and sat on his bed. His hands plucked the strings of guitars and began to play Steelheart's famous nineties intro ballads

...She's gone ... Out of my life ......

...I was wrong, I'm to blame, I was so untrue....

...I can't live without her love ......

...In my life ... There's just an empty space....

...All my dreams are lost, I'm wasting away....

...Forgive me, girl .......

As he entered the refrain, Bagas grew more excited about strumming his guitar strings and continued to sing.

...Lady, won't you save me?...

...My heart belongs to you ......

...Lady, can you forgive me?...

...For all I've done to you .......

...Lady, oh, lady ......

...She's gone ... Out of my life ......

Bagas ended the chat he was singing with a bow and supported his head on his guitar with an irregular roar of breath.

The song he had just sung seemed to represent the feeling he had felt all along. The guilt and remorse for his actions towards Indhira seemed to haunt his days for almost six years. Moreover, the news he heard from Benny when he managed to meet the family of Aunt Marta. Aunt Marta said that Indhira had been sold to be the mistress of a boss.

It was not only regret felt by Bagas, but anger towards Aunt Marta and her family. He knew Indhira must have been tormented by being forced to do the job. But again, he could do nothing. He is only Bagas, not Adibrata who has the power. If at that time he was like his Papa, maybe he could quickly find Indhira's whereabouts.

Bagas could only rely on Benny. But, up to six years later, he was not able to find the existence of Indhira, until finally Benny married and moved from Jakarta.

Bagas doesn't know what Indhira's fate is now? And where does Indhira live today? Whether Indhira was alive or not, Bagas also never knew. And one more thing that makes Bagas very curious. Is it for his actions first on Indhira, Indhira until pregnant or not? If Indhira is pregnant, where is her child now? Those thoughts that continue to fill his brain besides thinking about his college eyes.

Bagas is still a smart child in education. But now he is limiting his relationship. He was more alone reading books in the library or spending time in front of a laptop.

With his college friends, Bagas did not interact much other than college and college affairs. Bagas' attitude which was originally a humble figure now turned into a cold and stiff figure, so that women who were interested in him were afraid to approach Bagas.

Next day. Bagas arrived at the hotel where his father was staying and prepared for a dinner held at his Papa's friend's place. Initially Bagas thought if they were going to go to a fancy restaurant. But apparently his Papa friends invited a visit to the mansion owned by Nathael.

The car that picks up Adibrata and Bagas enters Nathael's mansion. Bagas himself did not expect that his Papa friend was single in a large and spacious mansion. If he dares to be honest, maybe his Papa is nothing compared to this friend of his Papa.

When entering the Mansion building, Adibrata and Bagas were greeted by servants who were dominated by many Indonesians when seen from his face. There are also local people working there.

" Welcome, Adibrata." Nathael welcomes Adibrata when Adibrata and Bagas have arrived at the guest room of his mansion.

" Is this your son?" Nathael immediately guessed Bagas when he saw Bagas with Adibrata.

" Right, El. This is my son's Bagas." Adibrata introduced Bagas to Adibrata. " Bagas, meet this Om Nathael. He owns a famous retail business here." Now Adibrata introduced Nathael to Bagas.

" Hello, Om. How are you?" Bagas greeted Nathael's pleasantries while shaking his Papa's friend's hand.

" Okay, Bagas. It's nice to meet you. Om did not know that you turned out to have been in college for years and settled here. If Om knew from the beginning, we might have known for a long time." Nathael lamented that he only knew Bagas now.

" Hey, Merry, how are you?" Now Adibrata greets Nathael's wife.

" I'm fine, Di. What about your wife? Didn't you come here?" merry asked Adibrata's wife.

" He's not coming, Mer. Accompanying my youngest child at home" replied Adibrata.

" Oh yeah, where are your kids, El?" Adibrata asked the three unseen children of Nathael to join the living room.

" My two boys don't live here, Di. Because they have their own jobs. We'll be together on weekends." Nathael explains. " Mostly my youngest child who is still in college lives here" continued Nathael.

" Hey, Om ..." Shortly after Nathael ends his sentence, a beautiful woman appears in the living room of Nathael's mansion.

" Hey, Evelyn." said Adibrata. He then glanced at Bagas who also turned towards Evelyn.

" Oh yeah, Evelyn. Introduce this Bagas, Om's son that Om told you about yesterday." Adibrata then introduced the Nation to Evelyn.

" Hey, Bagas .. I'm Evelyn." Evelyn greeted Bagas who was still staring at her.

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