"Ooh ...." Yuana looked at the man who spoke to her. Cool young man and quite handsome. "Thank you."
Yuana turned to the right, a detour to her place of work.
"Hmmm ... I think you're a new employee. At least this year," said the man. He followed Yuana. The Betawi accent he spoke was thick.
"Yes, it's right," said Yuana.
"No wonder you don't know me," he said.
"Absolutely not." Yuana arranged the children's shoe rack in front of her. Without paying attention to the man.
"You know, I'm Ivan. Mr. Baskara's son." He reached out.
"Ooh ... The owner of this supermarket is your parent. Okay," said Yuana, relaxed and calm. Didn't return Ivan's hand. She walked to another shelf.
Ivan continued to chase. "What's your name?"
"Sorry, sir, I have to work," said Yuana firmly. Again, she left Ivan and walked over to the buyer who had arrived on a shelf not far from where she was standing.
Ivan smiled irritably. Usually, the employees at this supermarket will be stunned, shocked, and behave a bit too much when they find out that he was the son of Mr. Baskara, the owner of this Merpati Department Store. But this one waiter was very ignorant.
After Yuana finished serving the buyers, Ivan returned to Yuana.
"Listen, today you can act arrogant. Tomorrow doesn't expect you to be like that. I'll know who you are," said Ivan. His tone was threatening.
"Sorry, sir. I don't mean to be rude, but it's still working hours," said Yuana. Her face remained flat.
"Okay. We'll see." Ivan blinked his eyes and then left the place. Yuana ignored it, she returned to rearrange the shelves in front of her.
"Hey. Flora ... Big Boss's son seems to have a crush on you, huh." Artie, one of Yuana's co-workers, approached her. "You're so lucky."
"Really? I don't think so," said Yuana. It was strange how quickly his friend came to a conclusion.
"He's cool, you know. Graduated from the USA. The prospective sole heir to the entire Baskara family fortune. See, the girl who became friends with him was like a princess all of a sudden." Artie excitedly spoke.
Yuana smiled. She didn't agree with Artie.
"And he was talking to you. We're just shopkeepers." Artie clearly admired Ivan a lot.
"Ooh ..." Yuana just smiled.
So, Ivan was already known to the employees. But Yuana felt that Ivan, the man, was arrogant and a little disrespectful to women. She didn't know why, she just didn't like his attitude. Yuana must be careful with the son of the supermarket owner.
*****
"Yuan?" Prastama looked at Yoel who was standing in front of him. "I don't know. When I divorced your mom, she left."
"She left? And you don't care if she leaves or stays? How could you." Yoel was furious.
He purposely took a day off from Singapore to meet Yuana, the reality he encountered was far from what he imagined.
Prastama looked at his eldest son. Yoel was very different. Not a sloppy young man who wanted to be, but a mature man who was neat, authoritative, and mature.
"There's no point in me lingering here!" Annoyed, Yoel turned around and walked out of the house.
"Yoel, Yuana is an adult. She is free to decide her path in life. She won't starve to death!!" Prastama shouted when he saw Yoel leaving the house.
"Yoel!!" Pratama called him. Yoel didn't lookup.
"What's going on, Yo?" A beautiful blonde woman asked Yoel, as soon as Yoel got into the car. The woman was holding a beautiful baby girl.
"Let's go. It is going to be hot here." Yoel's voice sounded angry. He started his car leaving the big house.
"Is he your father?" asked the blonde.
"Yeah. But he doesn't care about my sister. She is not living here anymore. My dad doesn't know where my sister is," said Yoel annoyed.
"Don't worry. We will find her." The woman tried to calm Yoel down.
"I hope she is with Manfred, Victoria." Yoel started his car.
Yoel drove the car towards Manfred's house. In less than twenty minutes they arrived.
"Good afternoon, ma'am. Is this really Manfred's house?" Yoel forgot a bit because Manfred's house was much different from before.
"Yes, that's right. Come on in. Please have a seat." Manolita kindly invited Yoel and Victoria to sit down.
"I'm Yoel. This is my wife Victoria, and Joane our daughter." Yoel introduced himself.
"Coincidentally, Manfred is returning home. He has actually moved to Jakarta for the past few months," said Manolita. "Wait a minute, I'll call him."
Manolita to the inner room. Soon Manfred came out.
"Yoel?" Manfred was shocked to see Yoel in front of him. He was now more manly and looked mature. "Oh my God, how many years have you been gone? How are you?"
They shook hands.
"Fine. This is my wife and child." Joel introduced his family.
"Oh, nice to meet you." Manfred greeted Victoria. Beautiful, Caucasian woman with straight and silky blonde hair.
"Nice to meet you too." Victoria smiled kindly.
"Fred, I came home and wanted to meet Yuana. But she's not at home," said Yoel.
"Don't you guys ever communicate?" Manfred asked. Manfred's heart throbbed uncomfortably. Until that day Manfred did not know where Yuana was.
"Almost a year not anymore. I thought she changed her number or changed her cellphone. And lost my number. Here I have a chance to take a day off, I came home on purpose. But ...." Yoel looked at Manfred expectantly.
"I lost Yuana too, Yo," Manfred said sadly.
"What do you mean?" Yoel was surprised by Manfred's words.
Manfred also told what happened. Yoel was quite surprised to hear all this. He was already happy with his wife and child, instead, Yuana was missing. He wanted to share his joy with his sister, the reality he encountered was the reverse. Yoel was very sad. He never expected to get this news anyway.
"I always looked for Yuana every chance I got, but to no avail. I also have a lot of guilt for her, Yo," said Manfred.
"I wasn't ready to hear this, Fred. I'm angry, I'm sad." Yoel rubbed his eyes.
"Yo. I know your sister isn't here. But don't worry. She is fine, I am sure about that." Victoria tried to calm Yoel down.
"I feel so bad about it, Vicky," said Yoel. His heart is sad and restless. The joy will be more complete to be able to meet his sister after all this time, just the opposite is what he finds.
"God is with her. So, trust Him. God will protect your sister wherever she is." Victoria was still trying to convince Yoel.
"Yeah ... I know." Yoel patted Victoria's shoulder.
"Fred, here's my business card. If you find Yuana, whatever the circumstances, let me know immediately." Yoel gave Manfred a business card.
"Okay." Manfred accepted it. "Yo, I love Yuana. I really mean my feelings and my heart for her. I will definitely look for her until I find her. We only have two months left on our tour contract. After that, I will focus on finding Yuana."
"All right, Fred. See you soon. I hope to hear from you soon." Yoel stood in farewell.
"Okay. I'll definitely let you know later." Manfred again greeted Yoel.
Manfred escorted Yoel, Victoria, and the baby until they left his house. Then he went back into the house.
"Have the guests gone home, Fred?" Manolita asked.
"Yoel is Yuana's brother. He came from Singapore because he wanted to meet Yuana," said Manfred sadly.
"Where is Yuana now, huh? Is she alright?" Manolita was still sad every time she remembered Yuana. Never forget she prayed for the poor girl.
"I'll find him, ma'am. Gotta," said Manfred.
The two of them fell silent imagining the beautiful Yuana smiling sadly.