Rachel carrying a bucket of chamois and a bottle of cleaning fluid walked slowly with an anxious expression on her face. His thoughts were now on Muria, her grandfather, who was sick and had to leave this morning to work at the Carter Oil Company. Rachel works at the Company as Office Girl.
KRING.
There was the ringing sound of Rachel's cell phone, which she kept in her uniform pocket. Rachel stopped walking, put the bucket on the floor, and immediately answered the incoming call on her cell phone.
"Hello!" she said slowly.
"Acha, this is Pak Sukro." a male voice came from Rachel's cell phone, "We are bringing your grandfather to Sentosa hospital because he fell unconscious after buying food at Warteg Pade Hayu."
JRENG.
Rachel heard this in shock. She imagined that Muria was sick, forcing himself to go buy food at Warteg Pade Hayu which was across from the complex where they lived, then Muria had a heart attack and fainted.
"Hello!" Pak Sukro's voice said, "Acha, hello! Can you still hear my voice?" he asked because Rachel didn't hear him.
"Owh, yes, Pak Sukro." Rachel said awake, "Then what did the doctor say, Pak Sukro?"
"He must immediately install a second ring on his heart, Acha."
JRENG.
Rachel was shocked again to hear the news that Pak Sukro conveyed.
'Grandpa need another operation?' asked her heart, "The universe, what should this be?' she became confused.
"Acha!" Pak Sukro's voice was heard again, "Can you ask your leader for a moment's permission, then come here? Your grandfather wants to see you."
"I'll try, Pak Sukro." Rachel said, "I will immediately go to my boss and ask permission first. Thanks for the help, Pak." Rachel ended the call, her face looking even more confused. "How should this be? In this office, I can't just ask permission to leave during working hours. The rules here are very strict." she lamented, "Another thing is that if grandpa has an operation, where do I get the money from? I was not given a subsidized medical card from the government because Pak Sukro saw that my grandpa and I were living in a luxurious house left by my mother." she raved alone about the impasse of the road to help Muria.
Since Emily's mother, Rachel died, when Rachel had just graduated from high school, Rachel became the breadwinner of their family, which is also fully responsible for paying any costs for the treatment of Muria's heart disease.
Where's Rachel's dad? Rachel's father left them when Rachel was three years old and married another woman. Luckily Rachel's father didn't tell them to leave the house, because Rachel's father had bought it for Emily.
"Shall I pawn the House Certificate?" Rachel was still thinking of ways to get money for Muria's surgery, "But how about paying the installments? My salary as an Office Girl is only enough for my daily living expenses and my grandpa's routine medicine. If we don't pay the installments, then we lose our house. Then where do we live? My mother's family has been against us ever since my grandfather went bankrupt. Father's family, can be found because the marriage of father and mother is not approved by them."
Muria used to be a successful businessman in Indonesia. Then his business partner cheated him so he owed a huge debt to the bank. Muria was unable to pay the debt, so all of the company's assets and personal assets were confiscated by the Bank. Muria then had a heart attack, and since then her heart has continued to have problems.
Unfortunately, Muria's family did not want to accommodate Muria and Emily, because in the past Muria was an arrogant and stubborn person. Luckily, Asmat, one of Muria's best friends, gave Muria some living capital. So Muria could rent a tenement house for her and Emily's shelter. Then Muria can also open a small basic food stall in front of the house.
Emily then decided to quit college, working in a company as a CEO secretary. And that CEO, Jodi, has the same crush as Emily, whom Emily marries. Unfortunately marriage for a long time, Jodi is attracted to other women. Eventually, Emily had to go back to working hard for Muria and Rachel. Until she got sick and died.
"Shall I call Anto?" Rachel was still in confusion, "I think so. Hopefully, he will help me, like when Grandpa had his first surgery." Immediately she dials the number of his lover Anto who works as a Bartender in one of the Capital's leading Night Clubs. Not long ago, his cellphone was connected to Anto's cellphone.
"Yes, Acha?" Anton's voice came first. He was currently still in bed with a sexy woman, and neither of them had a single thread on their bodies, only wrapped in a blanket.
"Anto," Rachel was relieved to hear Anto answer the phone because Anto has been hard to contact lately. "Where are you now?"
"In my flat, Acha." said Anton.
Meanwhile, the woman by Anto's side snorted in annoyance, because Anto was still serving Rachel, not yet breaking up with Rachel.
"Okay, what are you doing calling me? Since yesterday, I was fussy about calling me, until I was lazy to answer it." Anto was still talking to Rachel.
JLEB.
Rachel gasped at Anto's words. During their three years of dating, Anto had never spoken to him like that. Even Anto always takes his calls, also diligently calls him. Anto was already close to Muria.
"Acha!" Anto is now rebuking Rachel, "You called me, what's the matter?" he became annoyed that Rachel had been silent all this time. How do you want to speak, if he keeps talking?
"Anto, grandpa passed out, and is now in Sentosa hospital." Rachel finally spoke, "Pak Sukro said, grandpa, needs surgery to put a second ring on his heart right away."
Anto heard this and snorted harshly.
"Then you need that money?"
"Yes. Do you have that money?"
"Sorry Acha, this time I can't help grandpa."
"But?"
"Your debt was wat the first operation grandfather you have not returned. Do you want to borrow again for this second surgery? While your salary as an Office Girls is only for the daily cost. You also don't want to hand over your house certificate to me. Even while we were dating, would you repay all my kindness by sleeping with me?" Anto slapped Rachel with a loud voice.
JRENG.
Rachel was shocked to hear all this. Didn't expect Anto to turn out like this to her. She knew that Anto respected her for keeping her virginity pure. But it turns out that Anto has been kind to her all this time, wanting to repay her by sleeping with Anto.
"Huff, never mind." Anto's voice was still online on Rachel's cell phone. "Anyway, I can't lend you money wat your grandfather. We broke up from now on, then, you immediately return your previous loan, or I will take you to the police on charges of using me. I guarantee that you will spend a long time in prison, and will never see your grandfather forever!"
JRENG.
Rachel was heartbroken to hear all this. Moreover, Anto immediately disconnected the phone after cursing him, breaking their love relationship, and pressuring her to return Anto's money with threats. She is now like she has fallen on a durian.
Rachel lowered the cell phone from her right ear and clutched it, her eyes starting to warm. Her body slowly slumped into a sitting position, huddled against the wall next to the door to the elevator for the Board of Directors she was about to clean. She was crying silently.
Not long after the elevator doors opened, then Keith, who was the President Director of the Carter Oil Company, came out, accompanied by his personal assistant Veron and his aide Jack. Keith's eyes caught Rachel's face unintentionally.
"Good grief!" he sighed in surprise seeing Rachel curled up in tears, rushing over to Rachel, "Hey!" Rachel rebuked, "Miss!"
Rachel heard Keith's voice, slowly turning her gaze to Keith. Keith looks very handsome and charismatic, even though at this time Keith only wears a plain light blue shirt and trousers. Keith is a low-profile President Director.
In this office, Keith very rarely wore a suit. Not many people know about his figure, because when Keith is in the office, he is busy running his duties managing all the businesses of the Carter Oil Company, the company inherited from his long-deceased father Brylee Carter.
"Miss." Keith rebuked Rachel, "Why are you crying?" he asked Rachel in a soft and sincere voice. He was curious to know why Rachel was crying. For some reason at this time his heart was moved to know, and intend to help.
Rachel heard this snapped to her senses, hurried to her feet, looking nervous because she felt Keith was one of the directors of this company.
Keith straightened himself, scrutinizing Rachel.
"Sorry sir, I'll say goodbye first." The nervous and still confused Rachel could only say that, not answering Keith's question about why she was crying. Then hurried away, forgetting the bucket on the floor.
Keith sighed, then his eyes went to where Rachel had crouched. Look at Rachel's bucket. Taken by him, then looked at Veron.
"Young Master," Veron voiced, "I think it belongs to the Carter Oil Company." He thought Keith asked who the bucket belonged to, "It has the Carter Oil Company logo on it." The Carter Oil Company logo is also shown printed on the surface of the bucket.
Keith innocently looked at the one Veron was pointing at, found the logo on the surface of the bucket. He sighed, paused for a moment, then smacked Veron's forehead, Veron glared at him with exasperation.
"I didn't ask who this bucket belonged to, Veron!"
"But the young master was showing me the bucket, would you like to ask whose bucket it is, right?"
"Oh my god Veron!" Keith screamed in exasperation, "I was wondering if you knew that girl?" he explained he meant showing off the bucket to Veron, but it wasn't really that, he had the feeling Rachel had forgotten it was a bucket.
"I think," Veron became scorned by Keith's shriek, "She's the cleaning service at your company."
"Cleaning service?" Keith was surprised to hear that, "A pretty girl that is a cleaning service here?"
TUING-TUING.
Veron pursed his lips slightly. 'Hadeuh, Master's eyes don't know if there is a beautiful woman.' he whispered, 'Mr. Brylee, when will your son recover from this playboy disease? Even though he is already 30 years old, and Mrs. Vienna is restless because your son is not married yet.'
TUK.
One smack hit Veron's forehead. It's from Keith.
"Indeed the girl is beautiful, what's wrong if I say that?" Keith knew what Veron was thinking. Veron became his assistant while he was still in high school in England. "You're still single until now!"
TUING-TUING.
Veron pursed his lips, 'Well, Young Master knows what I'm saying in my heart. And check it out, it looks like he's still single. But I'm not a playboy.'
Keith then gave the bucket to Veron.
"Find out who the girl was complete, including why she was crying!"
+ to be continued +