Me, After You: Sekar
Sam leaned on the counter with his wine, observing Kiran — who had only started appearing at these gatherings two weeks ago, after Karin finally stopped postponing their first meeting, and still looked a little guarded among people with a decade of history.
"So. You're the noob," Mesa said, slapping his shoulder.
"That obvious?”
"Incredibly," Dane laughed. "You're doing more listening than talking. Give it a week."
"The rule of this circle," Beck added, adjusting the apron Rosa had assigned him, "is simple. We make them happy."
"That simple?"
"Real," Sesa said, calm as ever. "Anything bad happens, Grace tells Rosa. Rosa tells Sary. Sary tells—"
"The whole of Jakarta," Nikau chimed in from ac