Patience in Wounds (Stupidity)
137. Seek Help

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Lia ventured to express her request and hoped that the boss would help.

"Mom there's actually one more thing that I want to say, the next time the boss mom wants to be petrified." Lia carefully said it.

"There is," said the boss while pressing the calculator button.

"Boss mom reminded me once told me that I used to live in an orphanage, now the orphanage wants to be evicted by her son who gave birth to her land." Lia paused for a moment, looking at the boss ma'am who stopped the movement of her hand.

"What's the problem?" ask the boss.

"Look Mom, the children of the orphanage do not know where else if it reaches the orphanage building in the rubble. Is the boss ma'am willing to be a donor to help buy that land so that the orphanage can still survive."

The boss ma'am seemed to think about what Lia said while putting money into the brown envelope. What he used to do to pay his employees.

"How much is the land worth?" ask the boss and it's like a breath of fresh air for Lia.

"About five hundred million ma'am" Lia replied.

"Five hundred million yes..not much." muttered the boss.

Lia's lips started to curl up a little, it was true for the rich, five hundred million money was definitely nothing. And hopefully the boss will help. Please Lia.

The boss gave Lia a brown envelope containing money. Not too thick because Lia's salary is not much, just enough to pay the cost and tuition, if for food, if for food, sometimes Lia just eat the bread in the morning to prop her stomach and then the afternoon she get the ration of food from the restaurant.

"It's not much, but I just used my money to open a new branch of this restaurant. If now there is no money," said the boss reasoned.

It's okay, Lia kept smiling. Maybe not through Mom's hand God's boss will help her.

"It's okay Mrs boss," said Lia. "Will I go back to Jakarta, can I still work here?" ask Lia. He's been hard there, they're like family to him.

"Surely whenever you come back I will accept you to work here." It's just bright because Lia is like a field of money for him, where maybe the boss ma'am wants to let go.

"Oh yeah, here's the key to the bike. Thank you for lending it to me," said Lia while handing over the key of the motorbike she was wearing earlier.

The boss accepted it, yes the name of the treasure could not be rejected right. Even though the bike is not his, Sakka asked the boss not to tell Lia. It is not wrong dong.

"Thank you again, boss, if you'll excuse me." Lia parted out of the house with us who were a little weak, one of his hopes was dashed now he only hoped God would give him a way out.

Meanwhile, after lia's departure. The boss is looking at the diamond ring he just bought yesterday. The ring with a diamond with a fantastic price embedded in his ring finger.

"It's so pretty that the ring, my fingers are getting prettier wearing this." Boss Mom moves her fingers adorned with diamond rings.

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After leaving her boss' house, Lia said goodbye to the restaurant employees. Some embrace it and some are teary, they are like family even though sometimes like each other. But it's a natural thing.

"After all, why are you so sad. I'll just go home for a while, if my business is done later back," Lia told her friends, although she herself was not sure how to go ahead.

"It must be lonely if there's no you, Lia."

"No one will help me anymore."

They call each other for feelings, maybe in the mouth say so but really for them Lia is a pleasant figure.

They all smiled because it was true, but that was not the reason.

"Why did you suddenly come home, Li?" ask one of his friends.

"There's something I need to take care of" Lia replied.

"Don't you be told to go home because you want to be betrothed, huh?" guess them.

Lia looked at her friend's face, it was not just the boss who thought she wanted to get married. My friends think the same.

"No, this is the time of Siti Nurbaya" said Lia, her speech suddenly made everyone laugh. That's how Lia always brings joy wherever she is.

After satisfied farewell with her coworkers, Lia also came out of there still with her carry-on bag containing her clothes. He walked to the side of the road looking for public transport to get to campus. There was a taxi but he wanted to save his money to go home.

Through the angkotnya, happy Lia when she saw the public transportation she was waiting for coming.

Lia also waved her hand so that the angkot stopped. He immediately climbed up when the angkot stopped in front of him. Quite quiet, there were only one or two passengers and all the mothers who were going to the market, judging from the grocery bags they brought.

Lia smiled politely at the mothers there.

"Left sir!" lia said as the angkot passed through the campus.

"Here's neng?"

"Yes sir" said Lia, handing over the money to pay the angkot.

"Thank you neng" said the driver's father before returning to run his vehicle.

Lia took a deep breath while looking at the campus building, it felt like only one semester she studied now there was a trial. But Lia never regretted her decision, if indeed the fortune would have been God would have given way to return to college.

Lia started walking through the campus gate, looking lonely yet many students came. Lia continued walking, not caring about the people who looked at her with strange gazes. Maybe they saw the backpack Lia was carrying, be weird.

Arriving in front of the lecturer room, Lia entered to take care of her license. One Sunday, Lia's clearance for that long. Although not yet know how long he will be held there or it could not return to Jakarta.

After getting a permit, Lia walked into her classroom to wait for her friend to say goodbye.

The ringing of her phone went off again and made Lia afraid to pick it up. It's nothing, but she won't be strong enough to hear bad news about her sisters in the parlour.

Sure enough the one who called was one of the caretakers.

"Hallo.. assalamualaikum," said Lia raised the call.

📞"Wa'alaikumsalam, hello boy. How have you found someone who can help?" he asked, it was not the housewife who used to call him because the mother of the home could not ask such a thing. No matter how difficult the situation of the mother of the home is not likely to trouble others. But if the other caretakers had already asked like that meant that they really had no other way but to let the parlour be leveled.

to be continue...

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Geez, where the white riding prince did not thank you for help.

Patience is Lia, the author is outrageous.

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