
"Daddy, I'm scared." Zhea clasped William's hand tightly, making the man appear to be staring at Zhe in confusion.
"Fearful? Why scared?" Ask William. Zhea looked at the crowd in front of her. There are a lot of people passing by. Many men seemed to be laughing, and somehow it was so scary for Zhea to hear.
The girl hid her body behind William's back, making William smile and embrace the girl's shoulder, "Just calm down. They won't fuck you."
"Nobody's gonna hurt you, I promise." William said as he stroked the girl's head.
"Daddy, I don't want to come in." Say Zhe again. His eyes glazed over, making William sigh long. He could have gone alone to the supermarket, but, Zhe can't be like this. Rather than hiding, William would be happier if Zhea faced him along with him.
"You believe me, don't you?" Will looked into Zhe's eyes, making the girl look back at him and nod.
"Then, we'll go in together. Trust me, we're gonna have fun." William smiled again, making the initially hesitant Zhe start nodding in agreement.
William took Zhe by the hand to enter the supermarket, then took a stroller for their groceries.
"Zhe. You want to have fun and forget about your problems?" William asked when they had brought a stroller. Hearing William's question, the girl wrinkled her forehead. Will take her out kissing? Remembering the only way to forget about Zhe's problem is to kiss William.
"Yes. Why, dad?" William did not answer Zhea's question. The man lifted up Zhe's body and put her in the stroller. It was enough to make the girl scream stifled and embarrassed because so many people were watching them.
"Ready?" Ask William. Zhea still did not understand, but nodded.
"One, two, three!" William ran while pushing the stroller, making Zhea startle at first, but laugh to enjoy it. William pushed even harder, making Zhea scream with pleasure.
"Faster, daddy! Faster!" Zhe shouted, making William accelerate his run around the big supermarket. Making everyone seem to look at them strange at once amused.
"Hello! Hello everyone! Good mornings! Have a nice day!" Zhea greeted everyone she passed by with a big smile. Making those people smile amusedly at the childish couple.
"Master! Please stop!"
Some self-service officers eventually dismissed them. She stopped laughing for a moment.
"Sir, you can't do that. This could interfere with comfort, wait, Mr. Harison?!" One of the officers who had been angry because they were upset to see the behavior of this visitor seemed shocked, just when William turned his body.
"Yes? Did I do anything wrong?" William asked with an intimidating look. He remembered the shopkeeper's face. Yes, one of his students who is working part-time.
"Oh, ti-dak, sir. You're not interrupting" said the officer, making William chuckle and patting the officer on the shoulder, "Alright. Besides, this little girl is laughing."
The officer seemed jolted to feel William's clap on his shoulder, plus the man's warm laughter. This is a miracle. The thing is, William almost shows his stiff and serious face every time.
"Then I go first." William waved his hand for a while, then took out Zhe's body from the stroller. Make Zhea laugh, "Look! Everyone is afraid of Mr. What a terrible harison!"
"You should be afraid too. I like to bite, like a lion. Raw!" William raised both hands, acting like a lion about to pounce on his prey, making Zhea laugh and pinch William's nose.
"Anyway, what are we cooking?" Ask Zhea. The man seemed to think for a moment before saying, "What about grilled chicken and tacos?"
Zhea nodded, "Added a hodgepodge?"
"What is a hodgepodge?" William's question made Zhea look at him strangely, "Say, Andrea of Indonesian descent?"
William grinned when Zhe no longer mentioned the name of his late wife by the call of Mom Andrea.
"But we only live in New York." Zhe nodded, "The hodgepodge is like a salad, but it's peanut sauce."
William raised his eyebrows, "Saos the bean? Ewh, can peanuts be sausage?"
Zhea snorted and pushed on William's back, "We better find the material, then I make it, then you can comment as you please. Okay?"
William laughed, "Alright. I'm gonna find ingredients for tacos and chicken grilled, and you're looking for ingredients for hodgepodge, how about?"
Zhea nodded in agreement, then headed for the vegetable spot and picked up some sorts of vegetables like long beans, lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, sprouts, cucumber carrots, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, and chili peppers. Zhea picked them up one by one and ran to the stroller that William was carrying, making the man laugh amusedly at Zhea who was running around here and there. Then, Zhea ran towards the legumes, asking her attendants to weigh 1 kg of peanuts and bring it to William.
"Do we really make the beans a sauce?" William shuddered in horror, making Zhe look at him amusedly, "Ofcourse, daddy! Never mind, you're gonna love it. Trust me."
"Your chocolate milk is over, right?" Zhe asked William grinning, "I don't need chocolate milk anymore."
Zhea's eyebrows shot up, but then, she understood what William meant when the man looked at Zhe's chest and smiled mischievously. Make Zhea run towards him and tiptoe to catch both ears of William, "Basic! Who taught you to be this pervert? Who?"
William laughed, making Zhe look up and walk towards the assortment of sasset drinks. Zhea took William's favorite chocolate milk powder.
"No, there's still enough supplies at home." Reply William with a little yelling anyway. Making Zhea nod in understanding.
The girl turned around to return to William's place, suddenly she flinched as her gaze came to a halt at a man with a shopping cart in his burly hands, who was standing not far in front of Zhea. The man looked at her with a disappointed look?
Zhda retreated his steps spontaneously. His body began to tremble in fear, until the milk chocolate powder that he was holding fell.
The man smiled sinisterly as he advanced his pace to get close to Zhe, making Zhea spontaneously walk backwards. Last night's painful shadow came back to Zhea's mind. How the man kissed her was rude. How the man grabbed his hair until it felt like Zhea's scalp would peel off. How the man stuffed his finger into Zhea's apem cake so roughly.
Zhea's body was trembling with fear. The girl braced herself to run from the face of the man who even, Zhea was reluctant to mention her name. The girl held the arm of William who was putting some vegetables into his stroller and said, "Daddy. Come home. Please, let's go home!"
William looked at Zhea, astonished as Zhea's body seemed to tremble. Zhe's hands were soaked in cold sweat. The girl continued to look back and said, "I beg you! Let's pay for this and go home! Daddy, go!"
"Hey, relax! You why? What was? Relax!" William held Zhea's shaky shoulders, the girl held William's arm, this time her voice shook, "I beg you, daddy. Please, let's go home."
Zhea shed her tears, making William so worried about her condition. The man pulled the stroller and hugged Zhe's shoulder, "Okay, we're home. We're going home, you take it easy. We'll be home soon."
William's steps came to a halt when the figure of the man he had wanted to kill since yesterday was now standing before him with an angry look.
In front of him, there was his only child whom he loved so much. But he also hated that he had hurt Zhea.
In front of him was Alva Harison.
Alva Harison, who again made Zhea shed her tears, even quivered in fear behind William's body.
"That's great. Besides flirting with the guys at the nightclub, you also teased my dad?"
William felt Zhea's increasingly strong grip on his arm, leaving William growling in annoyance. Looking at Alva, reminding her of Zhea's terrible state last night.
"Shut the***** up." William said harshly, and Alva was quite surprised because this was the first time his father had spoken a harsh word addressed to him.
"Daddy, come home, please. Let's go home." Zhea kept begging them to leave immediately in front of Alva.
"Daddy?" Alva laughed at Zhea's call to William. Makes William growl can't stand it. The man came forward to ram Alva's body, as Zhea held back the man's arm tightly.
"Zhe, let me go because I need to beat him right now." Furious William. Behind William's body, Zhea shook her head, "I beg you, let's go home. Please, daddy."
William smiled cynically, "I can't let this bastard loose at will. He's already hurt you,"
"Crazy!" Alva clapped her hands at the romantic scene before her, "What did you do to melt my father's heart? Did you play with him all night?"
"Fuck!"
William couldn't help it. The man smacked Alva's cheek until the man fell to the floor. Seeing her, Zhea cried out hysterically and immediately grabbed William by the arm. Zhea could feel how hard William's muscles were. The man was really angry.
"Daddy. Please, please listen to me. I'm fine, I'm fine now. We're going home, okay?" Zhea said, but William was already angry. The man was about to hit Alva again when Zhea turned to the front of him. The girl grabbed William by the cheek and looked at him deeply with tears streaming down, "Please, daddy. We home. I beg you, I want us to go home."
Looking at him, William's anger muscles relaxed. The man took a deep breath and led Zhea away from Alva who was staring in disbelief at the two of them.
William immediately paid for his groceries and took Zhea in the car.
The man slammed the car door hard when it was inside. God fucking. Alva really tested her emotions. Alva really made him angry. William turned towards Zhea who seemed to cover his face and cried as he pleased. Making the man groan and carrying Zhe into his lap. William wrapped his hands around Zhe's body and kissed the top of his head, "You should have let me beat him."
Zhea was still crying but tried to answer William's words, "I.. L'm.. I don't want you... You're sorry..."
William smiled. If for William, Alva was his enemy at this time. For Zhea, Alva was William's son. So as much as possible, Zhea would not let William hurt his own son.
"All right, it's safe now. He wouldn't dare hurt you. So, you don't have to worry." William plays Zhea's hair, making the girl take her breaths many times, to relieve the pain in her chest.
William stuck his hand out to the back to pick up their parcel. Then took out a box of strawberry ice cream that William had put in his stroller earlier. William unwrapped the ice cream and fed it to Zhea's mouth. Make the girl instantly stop crying and enjoy her favorite taste through her mouth.
"Nake?" William asked, Zhea replied with a nod. Zhea was still as unwilling as she cried for too long.
"Dad.. Dad. I. I'm hungry.."
William laughing. The man put Zhea back in the seat next to him and started running his car, "Ready, my little boss!"