The Love of Mr. Erick
GCTE | Chapter 06

After the incident at the club that day, Elena disappeared. And Erick feels lost, it's been two days that the girl's permission not to enter on the grounds of illness, of course Erick knows it's just an alibi that actually Elena needs time alone, and Erick understands that.

"Two proposals from two different directors, we'll present them at the meeting later, tell them to be ready."

"Good sir."

Because of Elena's absence, her duties were replaced by other employees that Erick already trusted.

Dance, permission to self-seal with two file folders in hand. Erick just nodded in reaction, today he felt the void because Elena was not beside him.

The man pressed the tip of the pen on the table while recalling the past memories of the first time he met Elena, the girl who had already stolen his entire heart, until now he still chose to be single amid the onslaught of his father who continues to urge him to get married.

Elena cempaka's. Do you believe in first sight love? At first Erick was young, not believing in anything to do with the ridiculous feeling of love, but the first time he saw Elena, his racing heart explained everything. He had fallen in love at first sight with the beautiful brown girl when he accidentally saw her at a red light stop.

The shady face she first saw at the red light stop, the girl was helping a grandmother across the street, and the first time their eyes clashed with each other in view because of accident there were strange shakes that Erick could not avoid.

Until their second meeting, at that time he saw his car full of scratches, and something stuck in the body of the car.

A piece of paper that was stuck with a fifties note there and an apology was written underneath.

[Whoever owns this car, I accidentally bumped into it with my bike. I'm sorry, I'm responsible, but there's only fifty grand, please don't imprison me. Again I apologize]

Erick laughed, it was the funniest apology, maybe it was the only time he could laugh. No less look collided with a girl in high school uniform not far from where he stood looking anxiously at him while holding the bicycle steering wheel he was carrying, let Erick know if that girl hit her car. And at that time he realized, if Elena Cempaka, was the girl who managed to steal his heart.

Recalling that sweet moment Erick smiled.

Before long, then it snaps long. Erick took back something he always carried with him wherever he went, his memories with Elena, a hairpin that now increasingly began to fade.

He finds it when their third meeting accidentally, the girl in a gray white uniform who always wears the same clasp every day does not know he has dropped it and Erick takes it. He thought this was a compass that would reunite him with the girl. And of course after five years passed it really materialized, but Erick had to fight hard to win the heart of his beloved girl.

"When can I put this clasp back in your hair, Elena."

Erick snorted amusedly. Falling in love is sometimes so crazy.

***

"When are you going to stop crying?" someone grumbled to see the girl who was sitting at the table eating her dishes but her tears kept flowing.

"You don't know anything Dea. It's called heartbreak, it hurts so much."

Dea, the name of the girl Elena mentioned was glancing lazily. "It's been two days that you just cried and fell asleep. While that jerk guy can stay foya-foya with the other women out there without thinking about you. Are you crazy?!" Dea finished rinsing the dirty dishes and wiped her hands.

Elena was getting more and more excited. "But still, she's my first boyfriend, I guess I can pin all my hopes on her, be a couple and I won't feel lonely anymore, but it turns-" Unable to continue her words, Elena again sobbed.

"Geez look at you, Elena cempaka!" somehow Dea suddenly brought a round mirror to his face, until it was clearly a dull face with large panda eyes around him as well as a pocket that looked increasingly enlarged there.

Dea, who was tired of seeing his best friend who constantly slumped, then sat in the chair in front of him.

"I've said it a long time ago, right, Vicky was not a good man, and now it's proven true.You should realize, crying like this is just like humbling yourself."

Dea was silent when she saw Elena being bullied for quite a while.

"You're right." gawking, Elena only realized her mistake. "Why should I be sad, shouldn't I be happy to be free from a jerk like him."

"Well, it's finally you're aware." So anxious Dea, it felt like clawing at his friend was so anxious.

"You're right Dea, why am I just realizing it now." Quickly, Elena wiped the rough tears, pulling the liquid back into her nose.

"It should have been from yesterday she realized, but since you're a fool in love." Dea's lips made Elena tick.

"I'm just heartbroken, all I've given to her, but all I can get is her betrayal."

"Ck, ck, that crazy Vicky is a real jerk. Just watch until I meet her, I kick her all the way to the Mariana Trench," said Dea fiery, basically the nature of her best friend's bar-bar, so Elena was not surprised.

"I want to forget Dea, I don't want to feel bad anymore" Elena said.

"Yes that's how it should be. There are a lot of fish in the sea, as well as men, there are a lot out there."

Then Dea smiled gently, took the round mirror back and showed it to Elena.

"Look at you, you are beautiful even very beautiful, you are a smart woman, a career, all this time you live without bothering anyone, God certainly will not sleep to see you who have fought all this time, he must have prepared the best soul mate for you."

Elena looked at her reflection, recalling her life's struggles, she believed what Dea had said.

Elena then smiled at Dea, her best friend is always able to give her motivation and spirit.

"But I'm not sure" said Elena slowly, she had already instilled in her heart not to believe in love anymore.

"Don't be like that, there will definitely be a time when you can be happy with the right man" Dea said.

"Will there be such a man someday? Who will love me sincerely and be home to me?"

"Of course, there's got to be." Dea returned a smile, as Elena's friend for a long time, she had been like a silent witness to how hard the girl had struggled all this time, life without being able to feel the affection of parents must be heavy and not all can go through it as Elena went through. Dea salute how rigid her Elena could stand on her own feet all this time.

"I'm sure, there will definitely be men who will love you deeply no matter where you come from, or your status. He will love you wholeheartedly until whatever obstacles he will overcome for your sake." Dea said again, wiping the remaining traces of tears on Elena's cheeks.

"Hopefully Dea." Elena smiled, re-fostering new hope after the successful heartbreak she had passed on.