In the deep forest, Rosa wakeup to the loud sound of flapping birds. Rosa's long ponytail is in mess, some of her hair stuck on her forehead and neck. She was sweating a lot last night and there were some cuts on her face and arms.
When she opens her eyes, she saw a lot of colorful birds in front of her. They were small and cute, making Rosa remember her daughter, Damia. Sudden tears fall from her eyes. She misses her daughter. She wonders if Damia is missing her and will have a tantrum with Louis.
When she moves her sore arms, the birds flapping but didn’t fly far away from her. The birds were busy searching for their food on the ground and didn’t really mind about humans fainted nearby.
Then with her stiff neck, she moves it towards her left. There is a man who was being tied to nearby trees. The man was seating on the ground with his back of hands and legs being tied with clot
While she walks with a quiet thick stick in her hand, she saw the man that was laying on the ground was struggling to untie the clothes cuff. The birds seem to be afraid with his struggling, as there are no birds on the ground but at the trees.“You!” The man saw Rosa and his face quickly shows an angry face. The man is the one who had a riffle on his hand last night. Fortunately, he didn’t bring any riffle when he was catching her.“Don’t move a lot of your hand might snap in two. It impossible to loosen it, I tied it tight with a complex knot.” Rosa said after she had walked in front of the criminal. She makes sure she was not too close to him as she is afraid that he still has the energy to jump on her. The man looks very young but his eyes show that he is not a good person. He had committed many crimes and used to do it. Is animal traffic
Rosa lifts up her eyebrows. Pretending she doesn’t understand him.“What? I couldn’t hear you.” She said.“The fish. I want to eat it!” He said with a louder voice. The birds flying back at their spots and chirp. They are begging her for more food. Rosa pretended to be hesitant in front of the man.“Well, I do cook this more than I can eat… but… the birds are too cute to be ignored.” Rosa talks to herself as she was having a hard decision to make.She continues. “But this criminal also needs to eat. I used his clothes to catch the fish… He can be rewarded some fish. No… I can’t. The birds are way cuter and important than him!” She said with a voice that the young man can be heard clearly. When she pinches the fish and throws the meat fish at the birds, the young man looks very pitiful.
Several hours had passed, the sun shines directly above the head and the temperature has increased too. Louis’s team had entered deeper parts. The trees become thicker, the birds and other animal sound become louder. The air around them had turned cold. The deeper they enter the forest, the more Louis worries about Rosa. The bushes around here are sharp it can pierce Rosa's skin terribly. The bushes also are thick, there might have some snakes hiding in them. The temperature is cold as they got deeper, he is worried that Rosa will be shaking with the coldness. He had many thoughts but when he realized he had an ugly imagination about Rosa, he quickly throws away his thought and prays that Rosa will be okay. Rosa is a tough girl. She can take care of herself well. She is doing well. He keeps saying in his head that Rosa will be well. Until the tracker in his group stops and saw some disturbing
Rosa had a pale face and chapped lips, there are some cuts on her forehead and her cheeks. With her gentle voice and soft eyes, while trying to comfort him, Louis couldn’t stop his mixed feelings of worries, relief, and happiness. She hugs him tightly with her eyes close. It is the first time Rosa treats him with gentleness and concern. She knew he is worried about her and she try to make him feel calm. While Rosa was trying to comfort Louis, his heart which restrained him from showing her love, jump a little happy. He believes, Rosa had started to open her heart a little bit for him. He restrain his feeling again, afraid that he had overdone it and will make Rosa run away from him. Reluctantly, he let go of his arms to let free her. When he looks back at Rosa, Rosa gives him a gentle smile.“Don’t worry. I am good.” She said again.Louis a
The doctor finally let Rosa discharge the next day, after Rosa have a shower in the bathroom and already change her clothes in there, Louis had done packing her things. Rosa was feeling uncomfortable about it. She had no one pack her things before. She thinks it's rude but she doesn’t sure why there is a warmth in her heart.“Big boss! You pack my things?” She asks with a complex heart.“I think it is more convenient for you. I am sure you don’t want to waste your time doing unnecessary things and quickly meet Damia.” Louis didn’t see her complicated expression. He naturally takes her dirty clothes from her hand and wanted to put them on plastic bags, so that they will not mix with her clean clothes.“Wait!” Rosa grabs back her dirty clothes from Louis. When she pulls it, something suddenly falls on the gr
“Do you still like me?” She suddenly asks. Louis was surprised by her bold question. “Yes. I do.” He said without any hesitation. “Why?” Rosa had thought before, she was married and also have two children. She also lives alone with her daughter, no man will want a woman like her. She had known this since her mother was like that too. Her mother never remarried; it is because her mother had a child. Sometimes she saw her mother got hit on other men, but they lost interest when they found out she had a child. So, for her, it is weird Louis suddenly confess his feelings towards her. She thought that Louis just wanted to play with her. However, thinking back from their first encounter, it is all her sister's fault. But why did her sister fool her to stay at Louis's house? She had thought this several times but she doesn’t want to ask as she didn’t care
Her heart was pounding hard when Louis said it in earnest. She was speechless for a long time and not long after that, she falls asleep while trying to calm her heart. Louis had finally confessed everything to Rosa. He was relieved. She now knows everything and the only thing he could hope is that she will not think of him as a weird stalker. He hopes that Rosa will not found him weird. He had never experienced love. His love for Rosa had been only one-sided. It makes him quite relieved that Rosa falls asleep or he might have talked more that will make her misunderstand. Seeing Rosa sleep beside him, his face becomes gentle. No matter what, he will not give up. He will try to win her heart.… Rosa was sleeping deeply. When they arrived at Louis’ house, it is already night. Louis didn’t dare to wake her up after seeing how deep she sleeps. H
Louis and Rosa were eating their breakfast in the dining room silently. The only sound of cluttering spoons and plates was echoing in the dining room. They were sitting opposite each other. From time to time, they will look at the empty baby chair beside them. They didn’t realize that they had been sighing several times when looking at the empty baby chair. At the same time, Rosa eating faster than she usually did. She misses her baby so much! She wants to meet her chubby little baby now! “About yesterday…” Rosa suddenly said something. When Louis heard Rosa mention about yesterday, Louis who was drinking his coffee almost choked with the water. He coughs several times to smooth his throat. At the same time, he was very nervous. What about yesterday? Did she found out that they sleep while hugging each other last night? Did she know that he bites her soft cleavage? Ar
They play until sunset, the length of the beach and their rented chalet is not far but Damia seems to be very tired of playing with the sand. She falls asleep in Rosa's arms after a few steps. Louis holding a lot of things in his hands. He follows Rosa's small steps one by one. Usually, he doesn't like to walk with shorter people than him, it is because his neck sore from looking down. Sometimes it makes him feel dizzy. But, he never felt that kind of thing when he looks down to see Rosa. He even likes how small Rosa is. If he can he wanted her to be small as his palm so that he can put her in his pocket and bring her everywhere he wants. When they arrived at their chalet, Rosa give a quick shower for Damia and change into clean clothes. They ate before returning to the chalet, so, Rosa let her sleep again after her daughter wear the clothes. After making sure Damia slept deeply
After a few hours, the temperature drops a little, Louis walk along with Rosa and Damia towards the beach. The sand here is so fine, it didn't feel the heat like regular sand which makes people doesn't hesitate to walk barefoot along the beach in hot weather. The wide ocean is blue and clear. You can see many small fish swimming around and you could also see corals and plants over it. There are people swimming in the water, snorkeling along the reefs, and laying lazily on the sand while admiring the view of this beautiful nature. It's Damia's first time visiting such a place, when Damia put her down, she was so scared when her leg touch the soft sand. She screams and quickly curls her leg on Rosa. Its their first time seeing Damia refusing on doing something, usually, Damia love to explore things that she doesn't know. Rosa and Louis couldn't help but laugh at Damia's reaction. Louis and
The Guilty Pleasure Cafe had five branches and all of the cafe become famous as it is. Jessica's business also started to become popular after so many up and down that they had to face. Just at a glimpse, it is already a year of the day Rosa lives in this country. Damia also had turned one and a half years old girl. She can pronounce many words and understand more words when someone talks to her. Damia also seems to love learning so much. She will always pinpoint something that she was curious about and will only be satisfied when she understands it fully. The most patient to explain to her is Louis. Even sometimes Damia doesn't need to ask and Louis already shows her something and explains it to her patiently. He seems to be very happy doing it and very happy whenever Damia remembers all his teaching. Rosa and Louis also had become much closer. They are not awkward with each other now and
After two more days, the doctor finally discharge them after he had confirmed Damia didn't suffer any serious virus. When they return to their house, Damia was running around in the house and giggling all the way. She looks like a little duckling that was very happy finally to return to her comfort nest. Rosa has a smile on her face watching Damia running and Louis following behind her daughter. It was lunchtime, so, Rosa immediately enter the kitchen and started to cook for them. After half an hour, Rosa serve the table and call them to eat together. The awkwardness between Rosa and Louis had finally gone. The days they were in the hospital, taking turns to take care of Damia had made Rosa able to treat Louis like normal again. However, Louis notices something different from the way Rosa has treated him for these few days. She seems to be gentler when talking to him. He also notice that Rosa had a gentle
It didn't take a long time for Louis to return and bring food for Rosa. Damia is sleeping in Rosa's arms. She seems to be very clingy even though she was sleeping. Her face was still frowning feeling uncomfortable, her little hand was holding tightly to Rosa's dress. Rosa can't help but has to accept Louis's offer to feed her. She was quite hungry and her daughter will need to have her milk, so, she have to eat no matter what. She was frowning whenever she have to open her mouth and let Louis feed her but she can't hide her face that has turned red from embarrassment. She is a tough and independent woman, she never had someone else feeding her like this. This is humiliating to her, but for her baby, she tries her best to accept it. Louis knows Rosa is embarrassed but he can't help but feel happy to feed her. Rosa's face that was blushing makes him become bolder to lean closer and f
The registration and admission into the private's rooms are smooth and quick. When Damia was being inserted the needle into her hands, Rosa and Louis were being chased out of the room. Damia who was sick become stickier with her mommy. As soon her mommy left her with the nurses, Damia cry loudly. It’s making Rosa and Louis's hearts ache even more. Louis feels the worst and he even refused to get out of the room, making Rosa have no choice but to pull him out of the room. Rosa can’t help but laugh inside, Louis acts more like Damia's parents than she did. “Louis. Calm down. The nurses know what they need to do.” Rosa pushes Louis and forces him to sit on nearby sofas. “Waaaaaa!” Louis and Rosa turn their head toward the private room at the same time. The room is a very high-quality room, but they still could hear Damia crying from here. This time, Rosa couldn’t hold Louis anymor
The next morning, Rosa open her eyes feeling hot in her arms. She could feel heavy and a burning sensation from her arms. It makes her wake up in alert. When she opened her eyes, the person who is hot and heavy is her baby girl. “Mia?” Rosa was panic after she saw her baby's face was red and she was shivering too. Her baby was still asleep. Obviously, she was in discomfort because Damia was frowning discomfort. However, the baby didn’t cry at all. When Rosa checks her temperature with her hand, her heart immediately jumps in panic. She quickly wraps her baby with a blanket. Even though her baby's temperature was hot, her baby was shivering from the cold. Rosa didn’t waste her time. She quickly changes her baby's diapers, changes into thicker clothes, and sticks a fever cooling pad on her baby's forehead. She always makes sure to have backup medicine for her baby. She
Rosa always takes seriously when she was doing her work. As soon she starts to do her work, all her complicated thoughts and feelings gone. She didn’t even realize Louis and Damia had already hung out in the living room with her. Louis put his finger on his lips, making a gesture to keep silent because Rosa was working. Damia understands that gesture and nods without stopping. She just learned how to nod and shake her head to answer some questions from adults. Today Damia didn’t take naps like usual, so, she was quite sleepy right now. She had not been coming to the café for a week and she was very excited when she finally enter the café. He greets the workers and the customer without any sign of fatigue. She just has a nice bath with her mother and was fed a delicious meal by Louis. She is in a very comfortable state. Her body is clean and her tummy is full, now her eyes are heavy. She was leaning
Rosa pretends to not see Louis when she walks to the first floor. Damia seems to understand that it is not time to said any words that related to Louis, so she could only look at Louis from her mother's arms. It’s been three days since she didn’t get to play with Louis. So, she was missing Louis so much. However, her mother's mood is first. She must make sure her mommy is happy or she will not have her mommy milk anymore. There are a lot of works that need to be settle as she had been taking off and emergency leave for almost a week. She packs several documents to bring to her rent house. Since the boss of the café is Louis and he is also her housemate, she had been making the café like hers. She brings out the documents and invoice that needs to be checked and put it all on the box. Then she called Zack to help her to send the box to her rent house. Seeing that Louis was