
Orange Pov.
It's been a month I've been working, and today I'm paying. I go to work with passion, because I will receive a salary.
I'm home from college at three, but I don't want to go home. They always tell me to be late for work. I went straight to the restaurant after college.
I got to the restaurant, it's not the first time I've come in a few hours before my time. If I hadn't gotten into my hours, they wouldn't have told me. Even so, I sometimes help, when they need help. They're all good people, no one's bullying me.
"Loh, Orange is coming. Coincidentally, here! It's no food from Mom." Brother Wulan called out to me, as soon as he saw me walk into the employee room.
"Alhamdulillah, the sustenance of the righteous son! Thank you Brother." I immediately picked up the food in the employee room.
"You're straight from the campus?" Sister Wulan asked while eating sponge cake.
"Yes, Brother. If I go home I'm late for work." I answered him after swallowing the sponge I ate.
"New at 3 Orange. Late period?"
"Yes, my stepmother will do things to make me late. Tell me this, that's what, what doesn't matter."
"Cinderella is rich, your fate!" Sister Wulan chuckled.
"Hahaha .. where is the fat cinderella." I laughed as I imagined being a cinderella and dancing with the prince.
"You're actually beautiful orange tablets, not fat very. You're tall, so you don't look so fat. You must be diligent in sports so that the skin is tight not rich in gini nih... glambir to everywhere."
"I'm lazy Sis sports, there's also no time. My routine has made me wrong."
"Sorry, Jingga, I don't mean anything, I just want to give you support so you are confident. Now go here, here! Wash your face there!" Wulan my coworker gave me face wash soap.
"I wash my face?"
"Yes, why? Pantes aja you never wash your face, huh?"
"Wash it, use regular bath soap."
"Jeez Orange, facial soap is the same bath soap different dear. Now go to the bathroom." I obey Brother Wulan's request.
All this time I've never used face soap, I don't have the money to buy it. I wear what's in the bathroom.
When I'm done, I go back to Wulan.
"here! Just want to." Wulan wiped my face with a tissue. Then she took her makeup kit in the bag.
"Anything I want, brother?" ask me.
"You shut up, OK!"
I just kept quiet, Wulan put me lipstick, powder and a little tool in the eye, I don't know her name.
"Open your eyes, now try!"
I opened my eyes and stood up and mirrored, I saw him, a sweet figure looking at me.
"Sister, is it me?" I can't believe I can change like this.
"Yes baby, pretty, right?" Brother Wulan is right, she looks beautiful. Is he me?
"Yes, she looks prettier even though she's fat."
"Dressing is not just to look beautiful, but so that we emit more aura that we have and confident. You just look at him in the mirror, it feels different aura, right? She's fat but pretty."
"Yes, Brother is right. All this time I had no money, so I never bought things like this. I don't have a cell phone." I've never attached importance to anything like that. For me the most important thing is that I get through the day well.
"Well, now that you're paying, you set aside a little to make up. It doesn't take much importance there's the same lipstick powder."
"Yes, sister, I'll buy her some face soap too."
"Buy that special acne, yeah."
"Yes, Brother. Thanks a lot."
"Now we work yuk, you change clothes, I go out first."
"Yes, Brother." I changed my clothes. I look in the mirror and smile at the figure behind the mirror.
"You look beautiful and happy. But my life isn't that happy." Orange smiled bitterly.
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It's night time I go home.
I got home at half-eleven in the night. I stepped foot, went straight up to change clothes.
"Sepi, means everyone is asleep. I wear this shirt, because I have to clean the house so it's not sultry." I wear shorts and sleeveless shirts.
It was getting late by 12pm. My work is done. I'll wash tomorrow.
Gts ... Geck.
Who's knocking at the door. Kid's goblet, pocong, but pocong can't open knock on the door, his hands are tied.
Gts ... Geck.
I approached the door and peeked through the small hole. But there's no one.
Dug ... Dugs.
"Eh .. frog." Ngagetin. I opened the door out of curiosity.
"Eh, long barren open the door." Apparently Kevin. Smells of alcohol. I didn't respond and closed the door, then passed away.
"Eh gentong, you want to seduce me yes. But you're sexy too!" I forget that right now, I'm wearing shorts and sleeveless shirts. I walked out of Kevin's presence. But Kevin pulled me and tried to hold me. I rebelled.
Plaque.
Kevin slapped me tight.
"Don't sell expensive barrel! a girl like you who's a hippo, no one will!"
I don't care what he says. I immediately ran away. But he pelted me with a vase of flowers on the table and hit my eel. My head feels dizzy, feels like droplets are flowing down my cheeks. It looks like it's blood because it smells of iron.
I'm holding my head, sure enough, it's blood. Kevin came back closer, he pulled my hand and dragged me, I yelled as I tried to kick him.
Bugh ...
My kick hit his stomach, but didn't make his check come off. He's getting mad. Let go of the check on my hand.
Bugh ...
"YESY."
Kevin kicked me in the stomach, making me fall backwards. It hurts so much. My reflexes are screaming.
"What's this?" Dad's voice sounded, I'm so happy. Finally survived the predator. Everyone woke up to the noise of me and Kevin.
"This why is it such a mess?Orange what are you doing, why did Mamah's vase break?" Mom accused me directly.
"It's not your Orange, it's Kevin!" talk to mama.
"Kevin throws an orange in a vase, so he realizes he's not acting like ******! Look at her clothes. He's gonna flirt with Kevin Mah, Pah." Kevin turned around the fact that he was slandering me.
"Gok ... Brother Kevin lied, I didn't tease Brother, instead Brother harassed me." I of course defended myself and told them the truth, hoping they would believe me.
"ORANGE! Why are you, dressed like that? You want to be******, huh!" My heart feels like it's pierced by a dagger. A valuable person to me does not trust me instead saying I am ******. Dad, what do you think of me, all this time?
"No ... Dad ... no!" I was crying and scared too. Dad's face was so angry and it looked scary.
Dad pulled my hand, then slapped me in the face.
Plaque ... Plaque.
I thought Dad would help me but it only added to my wounds. God take my life now. I cried sobbing.
"Well, get me the Papah belt!" Will Papah whip me as usual? Not enough slaps and kicks I got today. Apparently my suffering is long. What do you plan for me, Creator? Mom came with papah belt.
"Here you! I didn't ask you to be ******!" Dad took my hair.
"Even Dad .. geez!" no one helped me. They all smiled happily to see me tormented.
PRINT ... PRINT ...
Dad gave me a whip on my back. Sometimes it's my hands and thighs. I fell down. Dad still whips me.
I bit my lips with all my might to endure the pain. When I scream, they get happier. After being content to torture me they all left.
"Before you go to sleep, clean up all this mess!" mama's orders then she left. Leaving me in a helpless state. All my body feels sore.
I can no longer, God. Take me away from here.
Right, I'm gonna get out of here. I woke up slowly, hurting my stomach. I walked to my room.
I changed clothes and put in some clothes, then the textbooks, important files, not to miss the wallet and salary money I received earlier.
I secretly left the house. Outside it turned out to be a huge rain and thunderous sounds. I walk under the crying sky, maybe he feels compassion for me which is full of suffering. I felt all the wounds on my body.
The longer my eyes get blurred. I was tired, I suddenly felt something hit my body and my vision darkened.
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