Stain From you
Chapter 7 Disappointment

“You are wrong to think I am afraid of you, but it is true that all this time I have appreciated and respected Mrs.” He threw Lexa's right hand, and she got up from the chair. “My respect for you does not mean I have to accept all your treatment, Mrs.”

After saying that, Gilda came out of the kitchen while exhaling a deep breath. He also touched his chest, feeling his heartbeat. Arriving at the dining room he did not see Mateo, only Mona looked at him anxiously and hurriedly approached him.

Lexa came out of the kitchen. He glanced at Gilda with clenched hands. Out of the dining room, he went into his bedroom.

Mona who approached Gilda and stood in front of her stared fixedly at the young woman. "Mrs Gilda, are you okay?" Then check the condition of the mistress from head to toe, and again pay attention to the face of Gilda.

"I'm fine, Mona." He smiled and nodded convincingly. "I'm really fine, you don't have to worry." Mona breathed a sigh of relief hearing that. "Grandpa where? Why isn't he here?"

"This morning, sir, there's an examination schedule, madam. He also had to see relatives who went to the hospital last night."

Gilda frowned, confused. "Why not see me first?" Because Mateo rarely goes without saying goodbye. Usually, in the past every time he visited here, Mateo always paid a farewell to him if he wanted to get out.

"No idea, Madam. Maybe you're in too much of a hurry." Gilda just nodded. "He told me to take care of Madam, for that Mrs Gilda must tell him whatever she wants" Mona said as she followed Gilda who left the dining room.

Gilda clearly shook her head, disagreeing. "That's not necessary, I'm fine anyway. My nausea had also subsided," she replied, starting to climb the stairs, followed by Mona who walked behind her. "Oh, yes .. Today I have to go to the store as usual."

Mona did not give permission. "No way, Mrs Gilda. Mr. Mateo forbid, he has asked the Madam to stay home."

Gilda shook her head violently. "I'm still going to work, Mona. I don't like staying home. Anyway I don't have any activity here, so it's very boring at home" he said, getting into Edzhar's room. Followed by the staunch Mona, not letting her go.

"Master can be mad at me if Madam is reckless at work. Mr. Mateo must be furious, madam. He was already quite angry that Mr. Edzhar chose to work after marriage, surely he would be even more angry if he knew the Madam was also working." While looking at Gilda with a pleading gaze and made Gilda who was about to enter the walk in closet turn her body towards him.

Gilda is quite worried too that Mona has a tantrum from Mateo, but she really does not like being home without doing anything. "I can't do anything in this house anymore, Mona. So, it's just the bakery where I work. Do you still want to keep me from going there? You don't pity me?" Mona was silent for a moment considering Gilda's request. "You know what, you come with me to the store, how about it?"

"I-I'm going to the store, ma'am?"

"Aren't you asked by Grandpa to look after me?" Mona nodded her head. "Good, come with me. You can watch me in the production room."

"Are you sure this is a good idea, ma'am?"

Gilda nodded. "I'll explain to Grandpa. You don't have to be afraid, grandfather won't scold you."

Mona who was still confused was reminded of her main task. "But, Madam .. I have to prepare lunch, not to mention clean the backyard and prepare dinner."

"There are still some other servants here, don't you reason, Mona. They can cook too, right?" Mona was a little open to hear Gilda's true answer. "Don't forget too, grandfather can eat at a special restaurant as recommended by the doctor."

Mona looked surprised to hear Gilda's words. "Where does Lady Gilda know?" with a stiff smile on his back, before his head lowered.

Gilda smiled too. "I've met my grandfather at a restaurant, and it's not a fast food restaurant or a random place, Mona." After that, he walked into a closet. The young woman changed her home clothes with comfortable clothes for work.

*

Dalila, who was standing in front of the store, immediately pulled Gilda's hand as soon as she got out of the car with Mona. Instead of being happy after arriving at the store, Gilda was surprised because there was a cashier and a shopper companion at the store. Gilda is invited inside, and Dalila begins to tell her what happened in the store.

Listening to Dalila's explanation, he was further astonished by Mateo. The old man over-treated her as a daughter-in-law in the Martinez family. Gilda went into the production room, and there her mouth opened wide enough.

The new workers who saw the arrival of the bakery owner's son greeted. Yeah, Gilda's employees are growing. A total of five employees in the production room he had. Mona begins to take out her playbook and secretly records Gilda's conversation with Dalila, to be sent to her master.

"It's not just here, in the store that Aunty manages also the employees increased. As soon as I checked in here, Auntie was getting more and more unexpected." Dalila looked at the old worker and continued, "They all don't know if the new employee is not us who hires."

"Then we won't work, Auntie ...," said Gilda sighing. Mona who accompanied Gilda also chuckled amusedly behind two women who were stunned by the behavior of the master.

"Yes, we're not going to do anything. You better tell Mateo sir."

"Right, Bi .. I want to talk to grandfather, this is already too much." Scooping his face, Gilda came out. "Grandpa should not ... AISH ...! Grandpa really called for war!" pekik frustrated.

Mona who had heard Gilda's nagging cleared her throat while saving her phone. Patted the lady's shoulder twice, and the one who was patted managed to turn his head with a questioning look. "What if Mrs Gilda and Mrs Dalila go shopping? Hasn't it been since the bakery was crowded, Madam has never gone for a walk again?" mona's suggestion made Dalila silently ponder.

In contrast to Dalila, Gilda who already knew Mona's intentions, immediately shook her head violently. "You don't dare persuade me to be lazy to work, Mona. You must have told Grandpa that I chose work instead of home, right?" The one asked casually agreed.

"Actually my own grandfather already knew that the Madam would insist on coming here," said Mona who was listened to by Dalila as well. "Because he has sent a new employee to the Madam, he advised the Madam to just shop with Mrs Dalila" Mona explained then with a smile at Dalila who looked at her unblinkingly.

Opening the door of the room wide, Gilda massaged the temple. "So, my job here is to just accept money from the store and spend money just for the purchase of bakery?" gilda muttered after throwing her body on the sofa. "Is this my activity?"

Mona, who always followed Gilda, stood beside the sofa, and echoed Gilda's murmur. Returning silent, Gilda thought of Mona's suggestion earlier. He leaned his head towards Mateo's servant.

"Mona, is it wrong if we buy clothes for my baby? Is it too soon to buy now?"

"Yes, Madam .. it's too early if now we buy it, but it won't be a problem if Madam wants to buy other supplies."

Frowning for a moment, as her brain began to think about her pregnancy, before in a matter of seconds her lips opened and immediately screeched, "Oh, I know! How about you just accompany me to the bookstore? I want to buy a book on pregnancy and parenting. I can read it here, Mona."

Mona nodded enthusiastically as soon as she saw the twinkle on Gilda's face that managed to channel the cheer. Mona strongly agreed. "Okay, Madam! Let's go."

Gilda got up from the sofa with excitement. He got out of the store and hurriedly got into the car, followed by Mona who walked slowly tailing behind him. The woman wearing the trouser jumpsuit smiled broadly along with the hand that suddenly touched her queen belly.

Mona reached into her phone and started typing something there. 

Mona: Madam is looking for books on pregnancy, sir. We're on our way to the shopping mall. 

Mr. Mateo: Keep all his activities to me.

After being replied, Mona immediately saved her phone when Gilda was sitting quietly in the car. The car starts moving away from Gilda's bakery after Mona sits down next to Gilda. "Can I take a yoga class too, Mona? As far as I know pregnant women can still move, especially in the store my work is nothing meaningful, other than counting money."

"Maybe, Madam .. but the Madam must inform Mr. Edzhar and Mr. Mateo."

*

"After looking at it, what are your plans going forward, Ed?" janez asked, a man who was one of the members of the Martinez extended family, the granddaughter of Mateo's older brother.

Edzhar did not immediately make a sound, he kept quiet and paid attention to the facilities offered by the villa of the Martinez family to tenants. Shortly afterwards, Edzhar said, "I want our troubled inn to lower the price per night and give a bonus to tenants who stay for an entire week."

"Less price lowered? We could lose a lot of money!" the other grandchildren, however, disagreed with Edzhar's decision.

Edzhar is still always looking at the screen of the tablet gadget that shows the graphics of visitors or villa tenants from week to week to month to month. "We can see, every month the tenants here are decreasing, especially since the last year."

Another man who was opposite Edzhar flatly said, "I disagree that if the price is lowered, our income will be reduced by a lot. Think of other ways besides lowering the rent."

Edzhar stressed, "Saranku remains the same. The rental price needs to be lowered, and we have to do a massive promotion. Whether it's through social media or brochures, promotion must be improved."

"What's your reason for wanting to lower the rent, Ed?" janez asked after sipping his coffee.

"The free WiFi or internet facilities of the villa are dispensed with, the pool is reserved for adults only, and the most important part ... there are no special photo spots for families or couples who have just been in a relationship, do you not pay attention to that?" Edzhar looked at them one by one. "If you want to keep entering the road, pay attention to the facilities we offer."

They all fell silent to the suggestion from Edzhar. However, Janez nodded in understanding. "So, you're saying we need to put WiFi back on?"

"Not only that. Some rooms are too large without considering the current design, quite boring for young people who are average newcomers to our villa. Our target is not just families, but young people on vacation."

Janez received Edzhar's input and recorded it in a notebook. "Some one wants to come up with another solution?" Most people there were silent, and some approved Edzhar's input. "Well, our meeting stops here, comes back in an hour. Have a good lunch" Janez said as she got up from her chair.

They all came out of the meeting room, except for Edzhar who had already noted the shortcomings of their villa. Edzhar also wrote some other facilities that are good for the progress of Martinez family lodging. The man regained his senses, and stopped paying attention to the gadget after the meeting door opened quite tightly.

Edzhar turned her head and was shocked by the presence of her lover, Carla. "You're here? Why don't you call me first?"

"I didn't have time, and it's easier to come straight to you."

Edzhar stood up. "What do you need?" While walking towards Carla.

"I want to talk to you!"

"All right, we're talking outside. It's a meeting room, we can talk in my room."

Just as Edzhar was about to embrace Carla, the woman suddenly shouted out loudly, "What exactly is your purpose in delaying our marriage?!" Suddenly the woman cried and pushed. "Your excuse yesterday .. didn't you lie to me, Ed?!"