CHAPTER 6.1
"Triah? God. Triah. Jen. Triah woke up. Jen." Karmi's voice echoed throughout the room. I do not remember what happened earlier.
"What h-happened?" I first asked Karmi, when Jen suddenly joined me.
"Oh my god. Why were you crying so much earlier? That's why you’ve fainted. You're still heavy." Jen's worriedly preaching me.
"What are you doing Jen? Our friend just woke up. You are preaching," Karmi begged her.
I was just listening to their conversation when I noticed I was not in my condo.
"Where am I?" I still don’t have their attention.
"You were in the hospital Triah, we were worried about you earlier. Because you cried so much. You fainted, we did not know would do to you earlier." Jen replied.
"W-who helped you lift me up?" I knew it was impossible for them to carry me out of the condo. Or maybe just let the medic in.
"Of course V-" Jen scolded her.
"The medic made you ride in a wheelchair. You know, we're both skinny." there was a streak of forced smiles on the lips of the two of them. It looks like something is hiding.
"Really?"
"Y-Yeah." Both interchangeably nodded.
"Why are you stuttering?"
"W-Were not." Karmi rebuked.
"Ignore it Karmi. Triah, the important thing is that you are awaken-" turning our heads to where the voice came from.
"Jen, Karmi, this is the result of Miss Mondejaro's test earlier in the laboratory. Please sign this form." the voice of a man was too familiar to me.
That the voice was really familiar to me. Wait, I was looking at the place where the doctor was but I could not see because these two were blocking my eyesight.
The two went ahead to get what they signed. They start flirting.
"O-Okay Doc, l-let m-me sign that" Karmi whispered. Jen took the paper.
"Hey Karmi. I’m sorry doc, my friend is just crazy, let me have that." Jen signed the paper and then handed it back to the doctor.
"This is it Doc, I'm sorry to my friend, she acts like that when she’s talking. And got some small mental problem." She chuckled while Karmi’s face can’t be drawn.
"What the hell Jen." Karmi rebuked what Jen was saying about her.
I laughed at the two women in front of me who turned their backs.
"Can you two, stop. It's as if you didn’t see a handsome doctor, you're obviously flirting." I joked with them.
"Wow, you're seriously Triah. Are you blind now? You did not see that this man is handsome as you thought?" Karmi licked her lips at the Doctor's behavior. The two gave way because the doctor approached me.
"Long time no see Miss Mondejaro," he said with his hand offer some handshake.
I just slapped it.
"Crazy. The formality is too much." we can't stop laughing out loud. It's only now that we really met it since I transferred to another school.
"How will you like to be asked, how are you? Will I need to punch you?" he joked.
"If you can." I am proud of.
“You really trust your fats huh, not afraid to get in trouble." and he let out a loud laughed.
"Mike, take it slowly, it's like you're not a doctor, the way you laughed."
"I'm not really a doctor here Triah, just an intern."
"Wow, you're kidding, did you chose that medicine course? You were even more stupid before when we have our reports. Maybe you just used your good looking face to be your luck. Don't be like that."
And we laughed again when we heard loud whispers.
"Ahem. Karmi, we don't seem needed here anymore, what do you think?"
"Yes Jen, someone has already won, let's just eat. Maybe when we gain weight someone will also come to us. As handsome as him."
"Hey silly! What won? For your information. This doctor in front of you was just my classmate way back high school." I turned to Mike.
"Mike, it's Jen and Karmi. They bullied me before." I teasingly joked them.
"Seriously? Hey. We've changed. Mike right? Don't believe that tabatchoy. Triah just brainwashed you. Isn't that Karmi?" asking for the consent of a friend.
"I don't know," blankly answered. Jen slightly slapped Karmi’s temple.
"You know what Karmi? I really don't know if your brain is okay or if you unscrew some piece in your head. Let's go. Let's leave Doc and Triah first." Jen commanded Karmi.
I just laughed at the two.
"I'm happy that you still have friends with you. I thought you really closed your heart to the people who want to be close to you." I moved a bit to give some space in my bed so that Mike can sit beside me.
"What do you think of me? Hard to find some friends? They bullied me before but it wasn’t moving my fear, I do not care about them. And one more thing, it is as if being bullied by them wasn’t reach half of my experience in my life." I made a long statement to him.
"Of course, By the way, I heard, you're an actress. How?" there was astonishment on his face. I slapped him on the arm.
"What do you think of me? Don't know how to act? For your information. I'm good at acting so I'm accepted in the acting industry. And hello. I'm not just a fat artist in the whole industry. Gosh!" amused how he used to think of me.
"Just a joke. You’re too serious." He looked at his watch.
"It's time for my relief Triah, I still want to talk to you but I still have a walk later. Oops, wait. Do you have a cellphone? Maybe I can ask for your number so that when I'm not busy I can text you to meet. Is it fine?" said Mike.
"Oh go ahead, wait. Hand me your phone. I will save my digits." he gave me his cellphone so I also gave him my number by typing it in his contacts.
When I finished typing, someone suddenly called.
Bro Esra calling...
I did not tell that I saw the caller's name and then when Mike had his phone in his hand he looked at me first before he answered the call.
"Oh?" I act like I didn’t notice the caller on the screen.
"All right Triah, let me just answer the call of... my brother. I have to go," his voice had a hint of concern as he left.
EPILOGUEPrevious days were only taken by me as challenges to measuring how brave I am. And now I could finally say that I am finally here with my colleagues wearing black and with different colors in the collar part. I should celebrate after this--- the graduation ceremony.'Mondejaro, Triah Benizh'Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication major in Artistry. With Latin honors as Magna Cum laude. And awarded as Best in Artistry.When I heard my name my heart beat faster, finally I am here...finally I am also done with burning eyebrows every time I study here at Harvard University."Congratulations, Miss Mondejaro," greeted a few professors here at the University. Some of them are my professors, and I am proud to say that I also became their favorite student.Endless gratitude was my response to all of them as they shook hands. The pleasure I felt at these times was overwhelming.After our life in C
Chapter 50The questions that bother me right now are running through my mind. Why are they all here? Why is dad here? And why is there a paper here in front of dad?"D-Dad," I softly asked dad, but dad did nothing but hold a black ball-pen in his right hand. While bent over and facing the paper itself.Loud applause echoed throughout the apartment so it grabbed my attention."This is hilarious. The Mondejaro family is complete." the man let out a loud laugh, it looks like maybe it's the daddy of Esra and Jivo."What is that doing here? That's not right!" mom's pushing me away."No, it's fine, Analissa. You don't want your whole family here?" it let out a devilish laugh."I'm not kidding here, Arthuro. And one more thing---aren't you done with what you want to be signed so we can get out of here? Because the space in this apartment is shrinking." Mom's tone of voice was a hint of insult.Because of what mom said I immediately turned the pape
Chapter 49I got out of Jiv's car without hesitation, but he immediately grabbed me when he saw a black car approaching. I just gave in to Jiv and tried to hide inside the car."W-Who are they?" every word I throw at him is soft and strong."I-I don't know. I don't know." he still grabbed me.I just raised my eyebrow at the curiosity on his face. "A-Are you sure? How can I trust you? Your father is the one who called here, Jiv, and even though I didn't go to college---I'm not a fool." I know I uttered too many words, but I felt differently about him."Is that how you think of me, Benizh? Is that so? Answer me," his eyes were already glaring staring at me. Very different from Jivo whom I met cheerful and heavenly.I couldn’t measure a stare at him, so I averted my eyes from his eyes. But he violently reached both my shoulders and immediately confronted him. I was already writhing in pain caused by the painful twisting of his hand on my shoulder.
Chapter 48My jaw clenched, and my fist was about to explode with the tightness of my clenching. Just a few pokes, I plan to rush to Trisha. But when I took a step, someone stopped me.I was about to scream when someone suddenly covered my mouth and immediately walked me away from dad's room.I was already struggling with the extreme tightness of overcoming my hand and covering this man’s hand in my mouth.'Damn! Why now? Trisha is still in dad's room!'Words that in my mind can’t go out onto my mouth. I didn't see a security guard in front of dad's room, maybe they’re looking for something to drink because I didn't buy water.Shocks!Instead of continuing the struggle, I chose to drift away so as not to waste my strength. And I might even be attacked by my phobia at the thought of things."Shhh." calming down even more this man over me. How can I calm down if this is his way?I noticed that when we were in the parking
Chapter 47I spent the night first before going to the hospital and saying hello to dad. Since last night I can hardly sleep well because of the revelations I know about Trisha---should I still consider her my sister?How could a mom do that to dad? Did she really love dad or was it just his money she needed. Does dad know about it too?"Triah, don't stress yourself up and you might get sick again. Remember that you are also working on your body that you should also take care of." Jen caressed my back and grabbed my attention so that I couldn't think of anything else."I just can't help but remember what I found out yesterday, Jen. And one more thing, what if dad---finds out about Trisha?” I opened my eyes staring intently at Jen because of the shocking thought."Triah, stop glaring at me, no matter how want your eyes to get bigger but you can’t. You’re still chink" she was still joking with me and smiling.I felt a little annoyed.
Chapter 46Trisha's POVI can't count how many times I've been back and forth here to the apartment where we were staying, and to the bar that was closed because it turned out that mom's service was illegal.My brain no longer wants to digest what is happening now in my life. As much as I know, but I thought I knew everything, I thought mom wouldn't keep me a secret. But why didn't she tell me that her bar was illegal?"Trisha, sweetie." mom called me calmly when she saw me just entering the kitchen."Yes," I replied as I went to the small and old refrigerator and fetched cold water. Suddenly a cockroach passed by."Ew! Ew, ew!" I was about to squat on the foot of this cockroach that had passed by the edge of the predator."What's that, Trisha?" mom raised her voice."Cockroach," was my short reply. "Where should I throw it, mom?" mom's eyes narrowed at my question."Damn, Trisha. Where are such things thrown?" mom raised her voice agai