At her luxurious home, Maya Agustin began to be busy practicing poetry reading by bringing in a special trainer, a poetry artist.
Meanwhile, the Mayor's team prepared to change the theme of the poetry performance with street children and rural communities, a community group that Maya didn't like, even though she used to be from a marginalized community.
Apart from that, performing arts also involved women and environmental activist figures. So Maya was not the only guest from the art performances later.
A simple and popular stage, if Maya Agustin appeared as glamorous as her musical performances so far, then she will even turn into a subject for mockery.
Of course, Mr. Rahmat did not want to be attacked just like that. Nobody knew that the stage will be the personal war stage of two people who have loved each other.
Neither Mr. Rahmat nor Maya knew that Shasha would appear as the main star on the stage.
Someone else planned to make Shasha famous in such a short time and in an extraordinary way.
The smart park turned out to be completed in 10 days, a real stealth work, the park was equipped with free Wi-Fi for environmental and educational group members. Registration for smart park membership was open to the public. Once the opening of member registration started officially, the list of members had reached hundreds in a single day.
The park was equipped with new outdoor educational playgrounds, a mini library, and a reading corner. In addition, some gazebos and stages were built permanently.
The smart park will be inaugurated by the mayor early Sunday morning next month, and in the evening there will be a performance of reading poetry by artists and figures. The mayor had moved the monthly art stage to this place.
The change of location for the stage was, of course, ordered by one powerful and rich man. Whom Maya and Mr. Rahmat were afraid of.
Mr. Rahmat and Maya's battle stage was at a place run by Shasha and environmental and educational activists.
An environment that Regina disliked and that Maya Agustin had to like as a mayoral candidate.
Maya Agustin was surprised, the theme of the art stage was completely different from what they made known to her.
For all the guests who would read the poetry later, they arranged the clothes or costumes to be used, it must be natural and simple. Of course, without make-up. Maya Agustin without make-up, what would she do? She had already appeared in full make-up and luxurious clothes.
As for Regina, she, who initially wanted to be present to accompany her mother, chose not to resign. Even though the area had been transformed into a beautiful park, it still smelled of garbage and burning smoke, and lots of mosquitoes too.
Maya Agustin was back to search for suitable poetry and costumes to suit her while still presenting her as a beautiful and simple figure.
It turns out she had to spend tens of millions to keep herself looking simple and natural with a costume that was both simple and charming.
Meanwhile, Shasha and the surrounding community people worked together to make art stage decorations from recycled materials from their localities.
It seemed that their activities were secretly covered and made viral on social media in a massive and structured manner. In an instant, Shasha became a virtual world star who was most talked about recently and topped the list of searches on the internet for 2 weeks nonstop.
Someone had arranged news on the internet and paid netizens with hundreds of accounts with clearly fake names.
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Thursday afternoon at a playground in a slum neighborhood. This place was a cheap playground for local children. Children would play with the tools available.
Every afternoon this place was very crowded especially on Sundays, food and beverage traders around this place also enliven this place, with cheap and delicious snacks that were liked by children.
In a corner of the park that was devoid of traders, Shasha was reading a fairy tale book about the mouse deer and crocodile to Rey and Putri, two toddler students at their pre-school, who lived not far from the park. The two children listened to Shasha's story in amazement. Not long after, the number of children listening increased. Riska, Julian, and Andre added to the flock along with some other children. Shasha knew these five students, but some children came to listen whom Shasha did not know before.
"Sis Shasha, is there another story?" A little girl asked her expectantly.
"There is. What's your name?" Shasha asked in return.
"I am Tami, this is my sister Tama and Tini".
"Ooh!" These three siblings have the same face of the same size. They were triplets. Shasha smiled looking at the three.
"Can anyone read it?" the triplets raised their hands, along with Riska, Julian, and Andre. Shasha took out storybooks from a bag beside her. Six toddlers were scrambling to take a storybook. They then took their places in different corners, engrossed in their respective books. Shasha continued reading a delayed storybook to her 2 students who can't read yet.
A mother approached to borrow a book from Shasha. The mother read the storybook to her child not far from Shasha and her foster children.
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Without Shasha's knowledge, someone was taking photos and videos of her activities. The person then walked away after taking photos and videos from the best angles. After walking out of the park, that certain someone climbed into a car parked nearby and drove away.
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At Edoardo Callahan's house.
"Mr. Edo!"
"Yes?" Edo stared in surprise at 2 beautiful girls wearing famous private school uniforms approaching him.
"I'm Desy!"
"I'm Regina". The two girls held out their hands shyly, introducing themselves. Edoardo Callahan welcomed their outstretched hands.
"Is there anything I can help with?"
"This..." Regina handed over the envelope of the school student council emblem. Edoardo Callahan opened it. Regarding the jury of the city-level school theater competition.
"Are you willing?" Regina asked hopefully.
"Yes! Call me later!" Edoardo Callahan wrote down his contact number.
"Sorry, it looks like we've met before?"
"Mr. Edo was our theater coach at school," Desy explained.
Edo observed the two girls closely. Right, he knew them. But why were they prettier. Clear and glowing. Natural red lips. Edoardo Callahan smiled dismissing them.
The girls were still young but have dared to do facial surgery. It was obvious that their thin faces were uniform. The nose was ridiculously pointed. They used the same surgeon. Their faces were almost similar. What do they want to be? Artist? Model?
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