The Dancer (The Story of a Single Parent, Who Became a Night Dancer)
SP 2
~Life of The Dancer~
Gladis looked anxious, his mind was at home, while his body was at work.
Gladis occasionally bit the fingernail tip of his thumb, looking once agitated.
Naura approached Gladis. "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Naura who saw Gladis attitude can immediately know the condition of her best friend, Naura is the owner of the brothel as well as a good friend of Gladis.
They have been working together for five years, Naura always warned her guests, that no one should touch Gladis, because they had made a deal before the cooperation between them.
Gladis wants to keep her chastity, until she married Jaka one year ago, she will only give her body to Jaka who is her husband.
"No, ada!" Gladis answered by hiding his problem from his best friend.
Naura was also an early night dancer, but because the old owner of the brothel died, she passed it on to Naura, her adopted daughter.
Gladis is very lucky to have a very understanding friend like Naura, himself who is only an orphan, can get a more decent life from working as a night dancer.
Actually a brothel, open daily for twenty-four hours, but the most visitors are at sunset, so Gladis works at night.
As the name suggests, the brothel, providing several rooms there, even the house was built up to three floors, making Naura a rich woman in the village.
Naura lived alone after her adoptive mother died, due to HIV Aids, Naura never sold her body, nor did she intend to marry and have children, too risky because his life is surrounded by unscrupulous people.
Naura knows very well, her business is dirty, but how else, that's the only way, she gets money and can live with wealth, can help others and can prosper the workers.
"One, two, three, turn." Gladis gave aba-aba to his juniors.
"Practice yourself!" Gladis orders that then sit on the bench and wipes his sweat with a small towel.
"Dis! What's actually going on? I see you're as uninspired as ever?" Ask Naura.
"There's nothing!" Gladis kept dodging, but Naura still could not believe all that.
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Gladis again asked for permission, returning home early today, she wanted to make sure if her husband was still playing.
Gladis arrived at the door of his house, he heard the sound of laughing loosely from the husband and the woman who became his mistress.
"Honey, when are you going to divorce Gladis? I can't wait to be with you, I've waited a year for you, don't you want to formalize our delayed relationship because you have to go after the woman, for a big bet!" Said the woman.
"Quiet baby! I'll release him immediately, he's not very useful, he's just good at walking around on stage, but not good at walking around on me!" Answer Jaka.
Hearing the answer from Jaka, making Gladis heart become more and more sick, his sincere love for her husband, turned out to get a bitter reply that was so painful.
Gladis who was already very angry, opened the door of the house, she deliberately duplicated the door lock of her house secretly to catch her husband's depraved behavior.
"Gladis?!" Jaka was surprised to see Gladis in front of the room door that was wide open, Jaka was always open the door of his room, to make it easier for himself and his lover to move places when making out.
"Why? You surprised Jaka?" Ask Gladis.
"You!" Jaka was out of words, he could not speak a word because he had been caught by his wife.
"So, is this how you guys, when I work, make a living, to meet our economic needs?!" Shouted Gladis.
She couldn't stand it anymore, wanted it to feel like she was molesting them, but she remembered, she was pregnant, she didn't want to harm her fetus by having a physical fight.
"When were you there?" Ask Jaka.
"You should ask! Since when do I know of your contempt!?" Gladis continued his words.
"What does that mean, since when?" Ask Jaka.
"Yeah! Because I've known about it since last week!" Gladis revealed what he knew.
"I heard, witnessed all your struggles acting that she was your wife!" Gladis pointed at the girl he knew named Mely.
Mely works at a fitness center not far from Jaka's workplace, they've been dating for two years.
"So what did you say? Me as a betting material? What bet?" Asked Gladis with a sharp look towards the lovers standing before him.
"It turns out he's heard everything we're talking about, baby, he's seen our game so hot." The woman spoke while wagging her long hair then clenched on Jaka's shoulders.
"Really, women are shameless! It's taken people's husbands, but it's acting like an innocent man!" Shouted Gladis.
"How long have you been like this?" Ask Gladis to them.
"How long? You ask how long?" The woman's timpal.
"We've been together for a long time, before he knew you, and before you got married, we were all in love!" Further
Like being struck by lightning in broad daylight, Gladis did not expect, the marriage she was proud of, which she always woke up lovingly, all collapsed instantly after hearing everything her husband's lover said.
"So, what do I mean to you? Answer Jaka! Can't you talk? Should you just shut up and let this woman*******talk, explain all of your rottenness that she thinks is common?" Shouted Gladis who could not help his anger.
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"What's? Did I not hear wrong?" Said someone eavesdropping on the conversation of two women.
Naura follows Gladis to the house, when she will ensure Gladis' condition, unexpectedly, turns out her best friend's household is in a mess.
"You cheated on Jaka?! Bernya you!" Naura tightly clenched her hands together, she was still waiting outside.
"I can't interfere in this business, but if anything happens to Gladis I'm forced to interfere!" Naura is upset to hear the words of the woman who became Jaka's lover.
*****
"Listen to me, Gladis! Jaka loved me from the beginning, but because there was a bet like this, made me forced to let him marry you, because the money was big, which is one hundred million rupiah, the money we used to buy a small house, we used to buy a small house, which we will occupy when we get married later" said the woman.
Hearing his words, making Gladis' stomach cramp, he was too emotional, maybe making his blood rise and making his stomach cramp.
"Aaaah .. aaaah!" Shouted Gladis in pain.
"Gladies!" Jaka will help Gladis but her lover gets in the way.
"Let's go, leave him alone, there's no need for you to sympathize with him!"
Jaka could not do anything, he did not like Gladis from the beginning, the goal was to make Gladis his wife and pregnant with his child, for a bet he received.
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