Meet Me At Midnight's
Seeing Reality

Brian looked at Gisel who was sound asleep in bed. The beautiful face that he admired so far, it turns out that many have enjoyed her beauty besides her. Maybe Brian was expecting too much of his first love. Brian thought, Gisel works in a boutique or salon.

But after recollecting Liana's words, as well as Gisel's 'work' outfit, Brian became convinced, Gisel was not a career woman who made money with the skills she had. But....

Brian massaged his dizzy forehead. Nevermind imagine. Just thinking about it gave Brian a headache. What should he do now? Should he continue to fight for his love for Gisel or give up here and find another heart?

*****

The morning sun shines its light. Gisel's eyes were very glare when the sun came into his room. The curtain was open and it made Gisel disturbed.

Gisel tries to get out of his sleep but Gisel's head feels dizzy.

"Ohhh...."

Gisel held onto his head which was hurting because he drank quite a lot last night and somehow he was able to return home safely. It was eleven o'clock in the afternoon, Gisel woke up this afternoon and felt his stomach very hungry. He grabbed his phone, quite a lot of phones were not picked up and also some incoming messages.

Gisel saw Brian's name leaving so many missed calls last night. And Liana sent him a message and scolded him.

Liana: When you wake up, call me! You bad boy!

Gisel laughed at the message from Liana and pressed the 'phone' symbol in the upper left corner. After connecting, it wasn't long before Liana picked him up.

"Have you woken up, bad boy?" liana asked across the phone who seemed ready to say some unpleasant words.

"What call is that? Bad boy? I'm a pretty good kid." jawan Gisel was around.

"Good boy, your head! Don't remember who was bothering last night?" Liana raised her tone again.

"Are you the one who drove me home?" asked Gisel laughing.

"Still dare, do you laugh? Until the security that carried you in the car, you know not?"

Gisel laughed at Liana's unrelenting scolding.

"Then, you didn't say how to carry me to bed?" gisel asked again to break his body.

"Yes not. It wasn't me who drove you into the apartment" Liana said. Gisel woke up from his sleep.

"Keep who?"

"Brian." Liana replied sounding innocent.

"Brian? Where's brian?" Gisel did not understand what Liana was saying.

"Brian, Brian, Salim Group! Ouch. I don't know how you know him. I'm dead - I want to know him, but why do you know him that well?" Liana blabbed at length about Brian.

"So, he asked you what about me?" Gisel felt stiff when Liana talked about Brian.

"He asked for your job. Because your shirt looks sexy."

"What do you answer?"

"Yes, especially? I said you work at the club and come home early because you're drinking."

Gisel's arms feel weak. He could no longer hear Liana's story. Brian knows his job now. How was Brian when he met him? Is Brian going to stay away from her? Why would Gisel think of that? Even falling in love with his client has never been. But, if it's about Brian....

"Hello, halooo, hello, Gisel!" liana shouted on the phone.

"Let me call again!" said Gisel turned off the phone on his phone.

Gisel rechecked a missed call from Brian. Brian called starting at ninepm and stopped at about eleven o'clock past fifteen minutes. Has Brian waited all night?

Gisel called Brian. His heart is racing. He felt that something was different when Brian found out about his current job. What should Gisel do? Brian didn't pick up the phone. Could Brian have been reluctant to see her again?

Brian didn't pick up the phone. His heart pinched and he trembled slightly. In the past, he thought that it was okay to live life like this. Because whatever he does is just for the sake of survival. But whatever decision you make, there's a risk. Including sacrificing his feelings for fifteen years for Brian.

Gisel lowered his face. His heart ached, just like hearing the news of Papa being trapped in a burning warehouse. Gisel cried. Could it be that this time he lost back the person he loved?

*****

"You got the call earlier, sir" said Mr. Liam after arriving at Brian's room. Now, Mr. Liam used to call him 'Master' when it was just the two of them.

Brian didn't hold much interest in his phone. Instead, he seemed busy with the results of the meeting he had just done.

"How's meeting? Would the managers agree with what I just said?" Brian took a seat in his chair.

"I guess I agree because you delivered it quite well and convincingly" said Mr. Liam who felt that Brian switched the conversation. Mr. Liam put Brian's phone in his hand on Brian's desk. Mr. Liam tried to give Brian a little space to be alone.

*****

A few days later, Regas returns to the nightclub and searches for Gisel. Gisel who had just finished serving one of the guests in the VIP, was surprised by the arrival of Regas who had arrived.

"Regas, you surprised me!" Gisel. Regas only smiled wryly.

"What's up, Regas? Is there a problem?" ask Gisel. Regas just looked at Gisel with a sad look.

They sit at the bar. Gisel was only asked to accompany Regas. To be honest, what Gisel knew, Regas was not a striped-nose man who loved to plunder the thighs of night women who looked white and smooth. As Gisel knew, Regas only needed a friend to talk to.

"My wife is dead" said Regas looking down without looking at Gisel. Hearing that, Gisel was surprised.

"Then, how? Is it buried?" ask Gisel.

"It has. His family took care of all the necessary needs. And I just inherited what Amanda left behind." Regas replied.

"How's your son?"

"He will follow me as his real father. But how am I supposed to raise her while I still have to work?" tanya Regas spoke more to herself. At first glance, Gisel smiled thinly considering he had also been in the same position.

"I am also a kara" said Gisel.

"really? I was wondering why you want to do this kind of work when you are smart and beautiful more than others." Regas seems interested in Gisel's life.

"Do not exaggerate. Maybe I'm just out of luck. Although I was born into a rich and intelligent family, I eventually had to face the man with all my might in order to support me." Gisel told me briefly.

"Is it really like that? So you're doing all this..."

"Yes. I don't want to. But what can I do? I used to be insulted for not being able to clean the house. I was also scolded because I had no family." Gisel looked tough when he told Regas all about it.

"I didn't expect your life to be hard enough" Regas said.

"May I ask you?"

"What?"

"Why do you always refuse when I want to reserve a VIP room for you?" tanya Gisel looked at Regas who was sipping his drink bit by bit.

"Why am I having fun when my wife is sick" Regas said unwittingly, saying Regas slightly touched Gisel's heart. Regas gulped down a little more of his drink.

"Not bad." Gisel nodded his head and smiled.

"What do you mean?"

"Yes, it's just that the man who came here must have vented his lust on a woman like us. But you, come here just to complain" said Gisel slightly laughing.

"Yes. I can't do that if it's not with the one I love." Regas shook his head.

"So so far you only want me to accompany you? Aren't you throwing away your money?" gisel asked in surprise.

"Well, how else. I'd rather throw away a little bit of my money but my secret is safe, than tell me for free but my secret is exposed" Regas said with a slight smile.

"Are you kidding me? I'm not a consultant or a psychiatrist." Gisel laughed at Regas who finally smiled. Occasionally Gisel touched Regas on his shoulder, as did Regas. So far Regas has never gone any further to touch Gisel. Just that only.

But there was already Brian, who was silent watching Gisel from the customer bench which was located quite far from the bar table. But Brian could still see Gisel's smile to the other man who was so happy.

Brian's heart ached seeing what Gisel had been doing all this time. He was eager to forgive her heart that had waited and loved Gisel all this time. But what can Brian do now? Could it be that what Gisel did was because of his dark past? Brian did not want and could not guess - nebak. Because he himself has not confirmed the truth to Gisel. He had just met Gisel twice. And once was when Gisel was unconscious in his apartment.

Brian came home with a desperate heart. He does not know how to deal with his love story. He unlocked his car and slowly pumped the gas. Brian took his phone and called Edith.

"Hello, Edith." said Brian on the phone.

"Brian?" Edith was shocked when the caller was Brian.

"Where areyou? Can I meet and talk?"

"A..I'm still late at the office." replied Edith slightly stammered.

"So long? It's almost nine o'clock in the night" Brian said.

"Yes, there are a lot of revisions that I have to work on." replied Edith soberly. His heart felt sad to have to forget Brian in this way.

"alright. Prepare home. I'll come get you. I'm not with Mr. Liam." said Brian who was immediately greeted with enthusiasm by Edith.

"Are you still far away? I'll save my data first then go downstairs. Wait for me." said Edith tidying up the files and storing the data on the computer. I don't know why his heart feels happy. Brian called her back.