The Perfect Match
Five Years Later in London

London

“Hallo, sis. I miss Gerald and Sabrina,” Carl said with one hand in his pants pocket and one hand holding his phone in his ear.

“We're two months away from returning to Los Angeles, be patient with them,” a small ruckus from Ken.

With a hat and sunglasses covering half his face, Carl began to walk into the subway station. “I can't wait and I'm already in London.”

After the conversation with a little light debate was over, Carl put his phone back in, looking for a seat in this cool place. Carl's eyes immediately found a suitable place, a small child was sitting alone. “Hi little boy, why are you alone? Where's your mom?” the boy seemed to smile at Carl, while his hand held an ice cream that he once licked in this AC room.

“Mama is going to the toilet, and I have to wait here so that our queue is not missed,” a pretty polite answer from a child aged about 7-8 years who again licked his ice cream.

“Your mom isn't afraid to leave you alone here? What if you get kidnapped?”

The boy looked calm and raised his eyebrows, “Keep uncle, My mom says if I'm an expensive kid, spending on me is very special, my mom says, even my father was away working for a lot of money. Know it? He's an actor,” whispered the boy slowly at the end of his sentence. “So, no one will dare kidnap me, they will all think twice about it.”

Instead of answering, the boy seemed speechless and shrugged his shoulders, returning cool with the ice cream he was holding. “Mama never told me, Mama was afraid I was interrupting dad's work,” that answer left Carl confused. However, when a woman approached them, everything was answered, her heart seemed to stop and the anger that wanted to explode made her cramped instantly.

“Earl, has our number been called?” that voice! The woman he had been looking for was in front of him, a wife who had suddenly left to bring their child who was recovering from his illness. Heart leak. Yeah, well, it's worth it this kid calls himself an expensive kid, Carl now gets it.

“Two more Ma,” Earl seemed to smile at Amber, they loved each other so much, hugged each other and Carl just realized something, Amber's hair color turned brown, more beautiful and mature as before.

“Amber, you still know me?” carl asked in a heavy voice, refraining from attracting the woman and asking for an explanation with the crazy decision that had been tormenting her all along. Amber seemed oblivious, she stared confusedly at Carl. Hardening his jaw, Carl opened his hat and glasses, not caring about how many people in this place would recognize him.

Amber's face paled immediately. “You-“ Amber pulled Earl up quickly, close Earl up on Amber, this is impossible! He's been away from Los Angeles and even out of America! What's a famous actor like Carl for at a station like this? How has it been since the news of the accident?.

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Hayo Loh, wondering how it goes, wait for September 2 in Carl's Novel (Take Me Back – Thank me back).