Yellow Flags
Winona's Sweet Smile

🚩 Jacob

I picked up the phone, directly looking for Sepia's contact on that flat screen. “You know where Sepia home is?” my many. The corner of my eyes still glanced at Winona's confused face.

The girl took a short breath. He shook his head slowly. “Gue don't know,” he said flat.

“I'll ask him. I can't believe he didn't tell you anything! You're guilty of me continuing, which is lost so much from your life.” Winona's face slightly raised, her eyes rounded wide. “If I say whatever the contents of the letter, surely you will also! I want to, you read the letter yourself!”

Winona's forehead frowned deeply, The corner of her lips twitched slightly.

Cellphone's ringing. Papa's name is on the screen. I grumbled slowly, throwing my face to the side.

I glanced back at Winona. His eyes look curious. His two hands were now crossed in front of his chest, hugging the gray cardigan tip tightly.

“Halo, Pa..”

“Where are you?”

“Why ask me where?”

Long breath sounds, “Eyang Bagaskara would like to meet you.”

I breathe heavily. Know where this conversation is going. “Later to get there,”

“Yes, you have dinner at home yes..”

“Iya, Pa.”

Ah, crap! This is what I want, right? But if you bring Eyang Bagaskara, I know how it ends!

“Why you?” that soft voice sounded attentive.

I looked back at Winona. The glare of his shady eyes always made me feel calm.

I rubbed my face, riled up with the negative assumptions that invaded my mind. Of all the silence, always meeting Winona made me feel at ease.

“Eyang Bagaskara wants to talk to me,” I scratch the nape that does not itch. “At first, the one who persuaded me to come here, Eyang Rafiq, he signed an agreement with Eyang Bagaskara to fund my business. As long as I want to go back to Indonesia. This was originally it. Keep on, Eunang Rafiq mate me with Aleia.” I grunt softly, “I have a feeling, that Eyang Bagaskara will crush me..”.

“So you mean,” by Winona. “Eyang will withdraw funding if you cancel for marriage with Leia?”

I shrugged slowly, “maybe there later the direction of the conversation.”

Eyang Bagaskara was the father of my contact father, Aleia's biological grandfather. If Eyang Bagaskara is more affectionate towards Aleia, I can accept. But my situation was made like this, as if I had to do something to earn that money!

While Eyang Rafiq, the father of my mother. Indeed, Eyang Rafiq was asked to stay with Mama. All of Eyang Rafiq and Eyang Bagaskara became peers in the mansion.

Winona's face was subdued. Both of his arms were getting tighter hugging his slender body.

I grieve slowly, my “ is the most disgusted to be governed by money! I need it, but if it's a gini cake?!” I said with annoyance.

Winona exhaled heavily. He nodded slowly, “gue hungry. Want to eat chicken penyet where we usually eat first. Want no..”

“Ayok,” cut me fast. “You change clothes quickly,” I glanced at the clock on the phone. “Interminated hours of office rest. Will be rame and long if we sampe fitting them out.”

I pulled a small smile. Winona at least wants to hear me. And the matter of Eyang.. I seem to have to be ready to lose that funding!

Savings good. If I spend it on production...

Well, I should skimp on it of course. Funds from Eyang plan I use for office decoration, so that it can work comfortably.

But if I can succeed without Eyang's help, isn't that better? There will be no words, ‘if it were not for Eyang Bagaskara..’.

Usually it wasn't Eyang who would brag about it, but Auntie Ginan. I don't know what made him dislike me...

Ah, yes! Maybe because of Vero, Auntie Ginan's son who lost the charm of me!

Yeah, it's only natural...

It's not that I want to vilify Vero's father, but that skinny guy is luckily rich. Having a culinary business that has successfully opened many branches. Om Hakim is not ugly, he only looks fitting if juxtaposed with Auntie Ginan who is also not too beautiful.

Winona is ready with a casual suit. Floral jeans and tops made from chiffon. Her hair was curled under the nape. Make up on her face I can say light. But her face is naturally beautiful, only requires a little powder makeup to look charming.

We're going straight away. And fortunately we ordered before the hordes of office children came out looking for food.

After gulping down the orange juice, Winoa looked at me with a frown. “Actually, Which one is it?” I smiled slightly hearing the question from that innocent face.

The pedigree of the Atmadja family actually makes me dizzy. If I was told to make a family tree, it would take a meter of paper to write everything down.

“Eyang Bagaskara has three wives. The first and third wives are dead. The second was divorced, and now lives abroad. There are nine children. Three children from my first wife, my father, two younger brothers, one has died of cancer. His second wife was beautiful, of Russian descent. There were four children, four of them women, one of whom was Aleia's mother. Then two children from his third wife, Auntie Ginan, and two more younger brothers.”

Winona's forehead was getting deep in a frown. He scratched his temple, “dengernya only I was dizzy,” lamented. “So her mother Aleia, I mean her grandmother Aleia is of Russian descent?”

I nodded quickly, “so Anyang Bagas who want to dance. But if I refuse gini, I doubt that Eyang Bagas will nolongin me.”

Winona breathes rough, “makanya lo so youtuber only. Make vlog. Pretty you can also sell looks.”

I chuckled softly at that sentence.

“Then the problem lo same Aleia what?” winona asked in an annoyed tone.

“She's a career woman. And Aleia's family were all average Doctors. Or they do not go into business in the field of health as well. Yes not far away. If I marry her, I will be sent to the hospital. At first, he might be a manager. But later on, Aleia was also the one who ascended to the seat of the president. I'm just a step-grandchild!”

I exhaled a huff of breath. “Not that I'm in the mind. Ah.. yeah! Maybe I'm really in the mind. So I turned it down before I found it hard to let go of it all.”

Winona looks at me from behind her sad eyes, “sama I can not get anything.” The sound was pretty slow. If only I hadn't really noticed the ripe lips, I probably wouldn't have caught what he said.

“As for you, I don't need to pretend. Like you, I've always been comfortable being me. Because you've always been honest with me.” A small smile was drawn at the corner of my lips. Although Winona was angry, she always revealed what was stuck in her heart.

“And you have always been a sincere person to me, or anyone near you.”

The corner of Winona's lips slightly revealed a smile. Her cheek slightly blushed.

I miss seeing that sweet smile.