The Wife Pay
Prejudice

Dave stared at Jonas' departure. He felt that there was something that the man was hiding. Giving up his mind, Dave was unwilling to take a dizzy for that matter. His office business alone has even drained energy.

Dave sighed, pulled out his desk drawer, then picked up a pack of cigarettes and matches. Opening it, he started lighting a cigarette. Actually, he is not an active smoker, only sometimes when his brain is dead-end and frustrated, he is more fleeing from the nicotine-containing goods. For him it was better, when compared to he had to run to the bar, then drunk. Wouldn't that ruin the family's good name.

“Dave, you smoke?” tanya Alana tried to reprimand the man slowly.

Dave who had been silent since then, now turned to look at the woman. He only realized that there had been Alana there since. “Oh it's me, just because... Dizziness.”

Alana nodded, then closed her mouth, when the puff of cigarette smoke Dave actually disturbed her. Until he made himself cough. Alana turns away from Dave's side, and chooses to go back to the couch.

Dave immediately turns off his cigarette, seeing Alana distracted by the smoke. “Sorry,” great-grandson.

Alana jumped to hear an apology from the man's lips. “Dave why apologize. You're not–”

“Actually I don't really like cigarettes. It's just that sometimes if my mind gets upset like this, I feel like I need it,” Dave said as he pulled his hair back. Stepping quietly near a long glass window, Dave faced the outside view. Right now his mind is so branched.

“Sometimes I think I'm not a real child, Papa.”

Dave's words left Alana flabbergasted. “Dave! What did you say?”

Dave just laughed a little, covering his bitter heart. “You saw how he treated me, didn't you, Alana. Is that how parents who want their children to be happy?”

Alana shook her head, slowly moving closer to her husband. The man, now sitting on the floor, looked out at the outside view. Alana bends both knees on Dave's side.

“It's not like that, Dave. All parents want the best for their children. Your papa just wants you not to be wrong in finding a companion. He doesn't want you to take the wrong path.”

Dave smiled wryly. Both of his eyes were pointed at the sky that looked so bright. However, it did not dampen his heart's fatigue. “So do you think?”

Alana nodded, following the direction of the husband. “The view turned out to be here so beautiful,” praise Alana amazed.

“Iya, especially if it's late afternoon. You can see the sunset. So, you can see a sunset on the beach Alana.”

“Wahh, I'm so curious!”

Alana giggled amusedly, how could it be possible to wait until the afternoon. Meanwhile, the current time shows twelve o'clock at noon.

“Come on Mr. Dave. You don't joke, it's even twelve o'clock in the afternoon,” said Alana thunched, it managed to make Dave laugh a little.

A charismatic laugh, even if in the face of more inches, Dave is very handsome. For a moment, Alana felt afraid that one day she would become entangled with the man's charm. It doesn't rule out the possibility that it could happen, right? Dave's such a nice, established, smart guy.

“You daydreaming Alana?” reprimand Dave while waving his hand in front of Alana's face.

“Oh no, that was I just–”

Dave sighed. “Suffering.”

“Why?” ask Alana wonder.

“I've been this big. But, I so missed a hug.”

“Hah?” Alana gawking.

“I mean, the embrace of a Papa, Alana.” Dave immediately corrected his words, making Alana nod in understanding. “My father was indeed a good person Alana, he never hit me, never yelled at me, before. He's been keeping enough of my finances since childhood. He never let me lack. But... He never understood, if I also need affection.”

Alana listened to Dave's story well, even she deliberately shifted her body a little closer towards the man. “My mother died at my age of twelve.”

“Because what?”

“Heart failure.”

Alana is stunned, feeling increasingly interested in Dave's story. Although many times he even yawned, I don't know suddenly feel sleepy. “I remember, I just got home from school. That day I got picked up by my mom. I whined to ask Mama to deliver to Papa's office, I said I missed her. Mama followed my wishes. But, as soon as we arrived at Papa's room, we were surprised to find my Papa who was having sex with a woman, who I knew was his secretary, Aunt Gizka. Somehow, Mama instantly anfal and fell unconscious.”

Pluck up!

Dave was surprised to turn his head to the side, and Alana dropped her head on his shoulder. “Yeah, he's sleeping,” he muttered with a tingly smile.