Liora was silent, a difficult choice must be made by that woman right now. Her brain was racking her brains over which decision she should make.
"Liora Andriyani, is that your name?" asked the man.
Liora gave a head nod to answer a question from her future boss. She still couldn't find the right answer to the previous question.
"So how about it, Liora? Do you accept this job or ...."
"Yes!" Liora immediately answered firmly.
Getting a job became the thing she was most grateful for at this time. Liora needs money to live and eat while in this city. It was impossible for her to ask Harry and Myla, Liora had decided not to have any more contact with them.
A smile appeared on the man's face. "Okay, you can go to work tomorrow."
"Well." Liora nodded her head.
"Oh, my name is Jeff." He introduced himself while holding out his right hand.
Liora's eyes for a moment looked at the hands of the man named Jeff, down to his arms and ending on his handsome face, especially when he was smiling.
However, all the handsomeness of this man did not impress Liora in the slightest, the woman was still very upset and angry about what he did that night.
With great doubt Liora's right hand also rose, then reached out to shake Jeff's hand.
"Li--Liora," said the woman stammeringly.
Instantly when her palm touched Jeff's hand, Liora felt as if an electric current was running through her body. This made her quite surprised.
Especially when Liora felt the man's thumb start to rub the back of her hand. Liora immediately withdrew her right hand.
Jeff pointed at the closed door of the room. With a face full of smiles, he nodded once and said, "Please come out."
***
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
The sound of knocking on the door so loud managed to wake Liora from her sleep. With eyes not yet fully open, Liora walked towards the bedroom door and opened it.
"What is it?"
A woman in her thirties who has a little boy aged four bursts into Liora's room. Early in the morning, her face was already sour, her eyes full of hatred towards Liora.
"Hey, how impolite! Can't you tell me what your purpose is knocking on my door and not just walking in?!" Liora felt annoyed at the woman's behavior.
"Look! Look at this!" She said while showing something.
She found a children's toy in the form of yellow ducks that make a sound when squeezed and are used as bath companions next to the shoe rack next to Liora's bedroom door. The woman looked at Liora with a look that looked very annoyed.
"You can ask me to find the toy, can't you?!"
"Humph, weren't you the one who deliberately hid it to make my son fuss?!"
Liora's mood that morning immediately turned bad. She is no longer excited to do all her morning activities.
Liora's hands pulled the old woman's arm, took her out of her room and immediately closed the door and locked it tightly.
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
"HEY, OUR BUSINESS IS NOT DONE!!!" the woman snapped while banging on Liora's room door.
"JUST FINISH IT YOURSELF!" Liora hid her face behind the pillow.
"YOU BITCH! JUST DARE WITH MY CHILD, WHEN I DIRECTLY SHOCK YOUR GUTS!!!"
Liora was just silent, she didn't want to respond to the crazy woman who was outside her room.
A few minutes passed, her voice was no longer heard, Liora's room door was no longer knocked hard.
Liora got up from her sleep, intending to get ready to go to work on her first day.
But suddenly she felt her stomach very nauseous with a slightly dizzy look in her eyes. Liora's right hand rose to hold her aching head, while her left hand rubbed her stomach.
The nausea didn't fade away, on the contrary, it got stronger until Liora couldn't hold it anymore.
Immediately the woman walked quickly to get out of her room to go to the toilet outside the room.
"Hey! You're finally out, Bitch!!!
"SHUT UP!!!"
Liora didn't hesitate to scream and snap at this crazy woman now. All the residents of the home sharing were annoyed with this crazy woman, but none of them could be as brave as what Liora had done.
"Hey, you dare to yell at me, Bitch?!"
Liora no longer responded, the woman walked quickly to the toilet and closed the door.
That morning, Liora vomited back all the food she had eaten. But that morning too, there was no oneun the food that made it into the woman's body.
As a result, Liora now feels that her body is very weak because she doesn't get any food. Even so, the woman had to go to work because it was her first day.
Bep! Bep!
The sound of a car horn made Liora, who was walking slowly, turn her head. She saw a black car pulled up behind her.
The woman finally decided to stop her footsteps too, waiting for someone in the car who might want to get out.
Sure enough, the car door opened and the driver's black shoes were visible. Like a movie, when she comes out, time seems to go very long.
Until finally a man wearing a black suit came out, then put on his sunglasses.
"How sad it is for a woman to walk alone." Jeff said after approaching the woman.
Liora grinned, she was surprised by Jeff who seemed strange to her.
Instead of responding to the man's words, Liora resumed her steps.
She wanted to get there soon, to be able to sit down for a while before starting work. Moreover, now her stomach still feels a little nauseous.
At nine in the morning the restaurant that provides local menu is opened. It's the first day of work and the woman wants to show her seriousness in work.
Even though she was not feeling well, Liora still tried to be enthusiastic in doing every job.
"De-Delia?!" Liora was surprised to find that the woman who had helped her that night was also wearing the same work uniform as her.
"Who is it?" asked the girl while brushing her bangs.
"Don't you remember? I'm Liora, we met a few weeks ago. You helped me, took me to the hotel that night."
"Oh, along with that arrogant Jeff?"
There was absolutely no hospitality that Liora got, but the woman felt normal and kept thinking positively, maybe Delia was still annoyed with him.
"You're right, hmmppp--"
Liora stopped her sentence as her hands were covering her mouth now. Even though she only drank a glass of milk this morning, it felt like Liora's stomach still couldn't accept it.
The woman tried to hold back from vomiting before she ran and reached the toilet, but she couldn't help it.
"Hey, what is this?! Disgusting!!!"