CARINA
Seventeen

As he told Dio this morning, Karin left for the office in his favorite car. Before entering the room, Karin to the pantry first, he asked the office girl to make warm tea.

"Bak Karin, here's the tea." Karin received the tea that OG gave her.

"Thank you, Lia. I went back to the room, yeah."

"Together, Sister Karin. Yes, please."

Just wanted to sit down, he had received a message from the President to see him immediately. After putting the warm sweet tea, also bring a small notebook Karin directly to the elevator, which will take her to the company leadership room where she works.

From a distance, Karin saw Dio waiting for the iron door to open. Apparently, Dio also got the same message as him.

Ting ... elevator door open. Dio pressed a number that showed their destination floor. Although in the elevator only two, they still can not act like lovers. Because there is a CCTV camera, which is ready to be on standby watching the movements of anyone who is under it.

Arriving in the President's room, the face of Karin immediately turned sour. The snobbish, shitty model named Thomas, was there too.

"Please sit down, Karin, Mr. Dio." The president pointed to the long sofa that was in front of him. Karin's sitting position is right facing Thomas, it makes him more uncomfortable.

"So, my goal to invite you two is, to discuss about our product that was launched a few months ago. As we know, the response of the community is very good. For that, I have a plan to add a variant of the taste of the drink. Because you were the one who handled it, now I want to, you two are the one who handled it again. How's it?" clearly the president is at length.

"I don't mind. I think Karin is ok too." Karin nodded, agreeing with what Dio said.

"Well, let's discuss it further at the meeting the day after tomorrow. You can come back."

The famous model did not take a second to take her eyes off Karin. Of course that makes Karin iris. Gadi immediately resigned, followed by Dio. I am tired of being looked at like that.

*****

[Boss, we got information that the Mother Boss was looking for was seen in Menteng area, yesterday. Now we're heading there. We'll shareloc.]

[The slightest information, tell me immediately,] Dio replied.

Getting a message from Jafar, his confidant, instead of calling, Dio chose to visit Karin directly, who was having lunch in the cafeteria with Nesa.

"Hai Karin, Nesa," Dio said to the two girls who were joking.

"Hallo, Mr. Dio," answered Nesa and Karin simultaneously.

"Today I have a client meeting outside. Karin, you come with me. Here's my car key." Dio handed me the car keys. "You wait for me in the car, I go to the President's room first" he continued, then stood up from his seat. However, Karin held back.

"I'm sorry, sir. Is it okay to wait in my car? I also have to get a bag?" sergeant Karin.

"You can just bring a cell phone. Once there, we have to hunt down the time, otherwise I could lose a client" Dio said, leaving them behind.

Nesa advises Karin to be quick to carry out the orders of her superiors, who knows this client is really important for the Marketing Manager. He personally doubts that this is about the client, Karin knows very well what her lover is like when it comes to work. There must be something else, the client is just an alibi.

According to Dio's orders, Karin was waiting inside her boyfriend's beloved white Honda Accord. Shortly after Dio entered, he handed over his cell phone, asking Karin to read a message he had not received long ago.

"Mama?"

"Already, the traditional market of Gondangdia."

"We're going there now!"

The man in black strait drove his car at a fairly high speed, splitting the streets of Jakarta that was empty, like giving way to a girl who was impatient to meet with the mother immediately.

Every now and then he glanced at the girl who was sitting next to him, he understood, he must be nervous. Seen from the occasional movement of his hands squeezed each other. Grasping the hand for a moment, Karin smiled, Dio smiled as he nodded, hinting that everything must be fine.

Jafar, Dio's confidant, immediately got up from his seat when the boss' car entered the market parking area. He immediately ran to her.

"Bahar, Igam and the others are looking inside the Boss market."

"Where did you first see my mom?" asked Karin to the man in front of her now.

"It's not me who's looking, Non. But Igam, that's why I told him to search. He said, seeing Mama Nona out of the Menteng elite housing complex there. Continue, Miss mama entered the market," explained Jafar to the woman who will be the life companion of the boss.

Karin looked at Dio expectantly. He took his girl in his arms, he gently stroked her long hair. "Don't show me that look, honey. My heart hurts, smile. They'll definitely bring good news." Dio tried to comfort his lover. Karin nodded.

Half an hour later, the Jafar people came out from different directions. They lowered their heads in salute, to the big Boss leaning against the door of his car.

"Where?" jafar asked the six men.

They report their search results one by one. Make no mistake, the men Dio has are not cans. They are all, the best members of one of the security service providers in Indonesia.

Karin clasped her lover's hand. His face was no longer sluggish. He was sure, with all the effort Dio put in, it would not take long, he would soon meet the mother. Dio smile. This is right, honey. That kind of hue that should have stayed there. Not sadness, her heart.

*****

Based on the results of the meeting this morning, it was agreed, Karin will be Thomas' assistant during the ad creation process later. It felt like he was about to explode, imagining an entire week of being the assistant of that crazy model.

He can't refuse, of course. If he doesn't want to, the damn model will give the company a bad review.

"Arggghhh .. Goddamn it, shit, asshole, damned you fucking model. Arggghhh ..." cried Karin in the bathroom grumbling.

"Rin ..." tok ... tok.

Karin opened the door of the rough room, it felt like she wanted to swallow the round-round model songong named Thomas. "Why did that damn human choose me to be his assistant, Nes. Why ... why?"

Nesa scratched her head without itching, then patted the shoulder of her friend who was hit by anger. Nesa asks Karin to catch her breath.

"Inhale .. exhale. Breathe in again .. exhale." Nesa's orders while raising her hand. "It's quiet?" Karin nodded.

"Come to the cafeteria, I'm the laper," Nesa asked. But Karin refused.

"Males, just good. Hye!"

"Lah .. I was left out. Caroline ...."