Darwin, who had felt hungry before, was suddenly full because his mind was divided. He didn't answer the foreign number that called him until his cell phone ran out of power.
"Why are you not excited to eat, you said you were hungry," asked the mother who was watching his behavior.
"Earlier, and now suddenly full," he replied languidly.
"The food is not delicious?"
Darwin shook his head, never having tasted the food his mother made so badly. Even though it's fried tempeh (fermented soybeans), if he's hungry, it's delicious if he dips it in soy sauce and eats it with gusto. What's more, what was in front of him was milkfish satay, corn perkedel ( made from sweet corn and flour then fried), and soup. Just smelling the aroma of this food makes the stomach rumble happily to welcome it but, what power if the mouth is unable to chew much?
"It's delicious, Mom, but suddenly lazy to eat, want to sleep quickly," the reason.
Darwin was dizzy thinking if his prediction was correct if Louisa was pregnant and asked to be held accountable. It's not that he doesn't want the responsibility but he has nothing to show off in front of a wealthy woman.
"I noticed that, since you came home from vacation, you weren't happy, you were disheveled. You said, wanted to get married, which candidate would you be?" his Mom asked.
After returning from Hawaii, he immediately busied himself in the repair shop. Work and work killed his heartache for the woman he loved. Wanting to forget about that con woman and quit succeeding when Louisa's laughter always shadowed him.
"Not so Mom, we are breaking up," he answered briefly and immediately took a sip of his drink and wanted to run away avoiding the successive questions.
"If you break up, it means you can consider Irma's feelings for you."
Darwin gasped in surprise when he heard his mother go straight to the point saying something he had known for a long time, that his neighbor Irma had a crush on him but never revealed anything.
"I think Irma is just a friend Mom if it's more likely ... can't be."
"Why can't, because Irma is Indonesian and your girlfriend is a beautiful and sexy foreigner."
Darwin could not answer because that was the reason. He can't like just anyone and for some reason, he prefers foreigners who have blonde hair. If his fans knew that Darwin's idol type had blonde hair, they might be willing to dye their hair blonde. Remembering the blonde, he thought again of Louisa. A beautiful woman who is hard to reach.
***
"Win-Darwin!"
The scream echoed into Darwin's room. Darwin, who was still asleep, suddenly woke up and massaged his head feeling dizzy, walked slowly out of the room to meet his mother who also rushed out of the kitchen to quickly open the door.
"Who the hell is Win, you have a debt?" Darwin shook his head and said, "Let me open it, Mom."
His mother returned to the kitchen, and the knocking on the door intensified, the screams of his name even more blaring until the door opened, the friend stood up straight and put his hands on his hips like a loan shark who collects interest-bearing debts.
"What's your fault Wiiiiiin!"
Darwin passed his friend who had just shouted angrily at him, then sat down on a chair made of wicker rattan. Not long after, the mother came to bring 2 cups of coffee with a dish of boiled bananas.
"Let's have breakfast first, tired of shouting."
"Hehehe, Mother knows it too much that I'm not breakfast yet, thank you, Mother," said the friendly friend and returned to a serious face looking at Darwin who looked relaxed enjoying the hot coffee in his hand.
"Win, tell me Win, what's wrong Win. You are dealing with who. The gambling boss was even threatened that his business would close and not just gambling but all of his trading business networks. This is crazy Win, that's why last night I immediately gave his your number, did anyone call or not?"
"There is but, has not been appointed."
"Done! Appointed, please Win, I'm going to be terrorized by the gambling boss. Actually, what's going on!"
Instead of answering, Darwin even scratched his head in front of his friend who kept pressing himself to tell what happened.
"That's personal, so I can't possibly tell and if he needs to, he can track where I am, please come because I will be responsible if necessary."
Hearing the word 'responsibility' suddenly makes the friend lead to negative things that are right on target. "You sowed seeds to the girls over there?" he whispered and with a heavy heart Darwin nodded and the friend swore angrily over and over again.
"I was the one who was cursed at by the gambling boss, Win, because he was terrorized. You were drunk or it was harassment, so she wants to sue."
"Sssttt! Let's just go to the repair shop."
Darwin felt uncomfortable, uncomfortable if he kept whispering with his friend on the terrace. Secretly his mother was eavesdropping behind the window. Immediately he went to the repair shop with his friend even though it was still too early.
When he got there, Darwin told him everything that had happened, starting from his lover's affair and then helping a girl and spending the night at his hotel, and so on, making his friend shake his head in disbelief, as if Darwin's words were just a figment of his imagination.
"Win, if she is the boss of the hotel, she doesn't want to be with a random guy. You look international but your clothes are not elite, don't you think she wants you to sleep with her if you're not the one seducing her or she's drunk and--"
Their conversation was interrupted again by a rough knock on the garage door of his workshop. Darwin walked aside to take a peek at who had come.
"Wow, Win, whose bodyguard is Win, the boss must be in the car," the friend chirped in panic, peeking to see three men in black uniforms, big builds banging hard on his garage door.
With gentleness, Darwin came out of the side door to approach the three men whose faces were foreign, not local but could speak Indonesian.
"Good morning, we would like to meet the person who has the number--" Darwin nodded when his cellphone number was called in full by one of the men while another man went to a shiny black luxury car and the other looked around.
Darwin seemed to be dealing with an international class Mafia that was so formal and full of guards. Someone who had been talking in the car now came back and said.
"Someone wants to talk to you alone. Can you come inside?" the man asked Darwin.
"Oh, sure if you don't mind because this place isn't fit to receive guests like your boss," said Darwin.
Darwin walked to the side and opened the door wider. A handsome man with the appearance of a Prince who was wearing a famous branded shirt, wearing black glasses walked towards him and stood right in front of him. Darwin bowed his head in respect and the man also immediately extended his hand and introduced himself.
"Greeshawn."
"Darwin Helmond," replied Darwin
He invited this handsome man to enter the small and narrow room where he rested. For Darwin, smelling oil, gasoline, and rusty iron may be familiar, but the man ... this handsome man was a little uncomfortable and sneezed a few times when he entered until he sat down.
"Sorry, my place is a bit dirty, and well it's called a workshop," he said.
The man smiled lightly and then took off his glasses. The man's bright blue irises reminded Darwin of Louisa. He wondered if this man was Louisa's brother.