The Heart of Old Menjakaka
203. I'm disappointed in you
"Do you want me to be a bit thin?" tawar Thomi's.
Tian shook his head. "No need. Yeah, I'm up first, yeah." Pat Thomi's left shoulder. Then step up and get in the car.
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"Not come your manager, Nis?" asked Angga when he saw his daughter close the call. Then pocket the flat object back.
"Not yet, he said late. Papa don't want to see him, he'll fire me today."
"Lho, how'd you get fired? Why?" Angga's forehead flinched.
"I just heard Steven's advice, Papa just ask him. I'm gonna go in first, there's still a lot of work I haven't done yet, Pa."
"Eemmm .. yes already, but you work not too tired, huh? Papa and Juna are in the garden." Angga stroked Nissa's long hair, seeing that the woman's face seemed to be mixed with annoyance.
"Yes." Yeah." Nissa nodded, smiled faintly and then stepped into her room.
Angga came out of the restaurant, he decided to ask Steven directly.
His footsteps now headed for the park approaching his son and grandson. Steven was burning corn on the corn baker, while Juna and Kevin— down there they were both playing marbles.
Kevin touched the round object with his right foot, but unfortunately did not succeed in hitting the marble belonging to Juna.
Now switch, it's the Juna marbles who act. The boy nudged and was finally on target.
"Horay! I won!" exclaim Juna with both hands up and down. He looks so carefree.
"That's new, Jun. Come play again. I'll win" said Kevin.
"Come, come on you first now." Juna gave the two marbles a distance with four hands. Then they started fighting again. "Oh yes, Vin. Tomorrow I'm going to Om Tian's office. You want to come?" he turned to look at Kevin.
"You, want!" reply Kevin quickly with a nodding head.
"Stev, you said you knew Nissa's manager? Who's she?" ask Angga. He helped Steven flip through the grilled corn.
"Om Tian, Pa."
"Om Tian who?" Angga still doesn't understand.
"Mother Kevin, Papa's time forgot."
"Oh, Fira's husband?"
"Yes." Yeah."
"Well, how could the two of them be friends? Even since High School?"
"Where do I know."
"But they are also said to be close, while Tian has a wife, Nissa could be mistaken for actor dong."
"That's not gonna happen, Pa." Steven stared at Angga for a moment. "Because Om Tian is going to be sacked today, and I've asked Mbak Nissa to stay away from him."
"That's great, Papa doesn't want Nissa to be close to a married man either."
"Yes, I hate him a lot too" Steven replied.
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Meanwhile, Tian who was already in front of Nissa's room was knocking on the door. His heart suddenly thumped and his feelings suddenly tasteless.
It's common, if you want to meet Nissa must be nervous not clear. But this time, it was like something was different from how he felt. Her nervousness felt strange.
"Lake in!" nissa from the inside.
'Hopefully Nissa wasn't angry with me, ' Inner Tian. The door handle was lowered, the door was pushed and he slowly stepped in.
After the door was shut, Tian advanced toward the chair that was right at Nissa's desk. The woman looked at him with a flat expression and immediately Tian sat down while commenting on the awkward smile.
"I'm sorry, Nis, I'm late. You see, I had a little accident on the road," Tian said unpleasantly.
"What accident?" ask Nissa quietly.
"My car broke down on the road, and my hape also died" Tian explained. I am ashamed that he is honest. "I brought it to the workshop earlier, continue all hitchhiking hape."
"Oh." Only that word came out in Nissa's red lips. Slowly he pulled the drawer on his desk and took something inside.
A fairly thick white envelope, Nissa placed it on the table and pushed it slightly towards Tian.
"This is for you, Ti," Nissa said as she looked at Tian.
"What's that?" Tian's forehead flinched. But he didn't take it, just stared at the white stuff.
"Your two-day long."
"Two days?" Tian still looked confused. "Have I just been paid two days? Not that you say ... manager's salary is once a month, huh?"
"Yes. But you can't be my manager anymore, Ti."
Tian was wide-eyed, his face looked shocked. "Lho, why? Is my job wrong?" Quiet for a moment, thinking about the work activities he did yesterday. According to him, there is nothing wrong at all. Everything Tian did was under Nissa's guidance as well.
"Your job is not wrong, Ti." Nissa shook her head, looking guilty. "But sorry, I can't hire you to be my manager here. And our friendship just got here."
"Lho, why? What's my fault, Nis?" Tian's heart immediately pounded. He looked at Nissa's face in confusion.
"I'm disappointed in you, why did you lie to me? What's wrong with being honest? ... We are just friends. And as a mutual respect friend .. You should be honest as I am."
"What does it mean to be honest? What did I lie to you?"
"Not to pretend. Everything you said was all a lie. From the start your status says widower, have company, and maybe many more." Hearing what Nissa said—back, Tian rounded his eyes. And at once, he was aware of the direction of their chat, which meant that Nissa already knew everything.
But do you know where he is from? That was the thing that Tian was currently thinking about.
"When the original, you had a wife and your company went bankrupt. But why ... You even lie? To be honest, I have no problem, insyaAllah .. I will accept you as my manager. If indeed what you are doing is suitable for me," added Nissa with a disappointed face. Seen Tian's face was already flushed red. Between shame and guilt, mixed into one.
"Now, be honest with me. What's the reason you want to be my manager, Ti? Is it because you need a job, is there anything else?" Nissa's gaze was full of searching.
Tian gulped his saliva violently, his hands clasping each other and feeling wet. 'Do you know where Nissa is? And what now? Should I be honest? But ... will he really stay away from me and hate me?' inner Tian was full of questions.
"Why silence?" Nissa is still waiting for an answer. "Built you to answer? Oh. ... is it because you want to find a reason to make sense?' the accusation.
"I'm sorry, Nis. I'm so sorry." Tian opened his voice. His tone sounded pleading.
"Sorry for what?"
"I'm sorry for my initial intention of being so mean to you. But this is solely due to the request of my wife, who may soon become an ex-wife." Embarrassed. I am so ashamed of this face. But to lie, it feels useless. After all, everything has also been revealed and the household with Fira is now a mess.
"What request?"
Tian let out a rough breath, then said, "He asked me to approach you, so that we can date and that way I can drain your treasure. But ... before that happened, I myself thwarted it," Tian explained as he was.
"Why did you fail? Oh, is it because I have less money?"
"Not." Tian shook his head quickly.
"Then?"
"Because ...."
...Can anyone guess, because what? 😟...