MARITA

Dealing with Tears

In her head, Marita thought this is what horror movies are made off.

She shrugged off the horror scene from her head and push the handle down. However, she immediately pushed the door back to close again.

Shoot! What a fool? I don't even know who send it. This is certainly a grand crime scheme! Marita's imagination dashed everywhere in her brain.

She slapped her forehead hard to physically stopped it. 'I need to maintain my common sense', Marita psyched herself. She nodded hard twice and let go of the door handle. Still clutching the Baseball bat, she returned to the dinning table where she was working before.

She reached for her phone. The time was 2 AM now. The documents were still not done. Marita put her face on the table next to her laptop. No sleep for her now.

BRAAK....

Marita jumped up. What on earth is that? She stood up slightly dizzy to look around her. The front door was still locked. The Balcony door was also locked. What was it? Feeling a bit scared she took a step back. Her back ankle kicked the baseball bat and made the loud noise.

She sighed a relief. The noise was the bat hitting the table leg. She indeed fell asleep for a second there. She sat back down, stared at the documents and shook her head hard. Well, you got to do what you got to do...

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The taxi arrived at The Etnodia Office Complex where her office resided.

"Lady, we are here!", Taxi driver called to wake her up.

"Uhmmm... OK", Marita rummaged the bag to get her wallet and... OF COURSE!!!! She didn't have her wallet. She closed her eyes to composed herself.

"Sir, I forgot my wallet at home and have no cash with me now. Would you be so kind to wait or to follow me to the office, I will get someone to pay."

"WHAT?!! Oh Come on. Lady. Morning is where I earn most of my daily earning. I can't waste my time with you".

"Really, sir. It will only take a few minutes".

"Listen here, Lady. If I am to follow you up to your office, I will have to park the car. That will take few minutes to find parking, not to mention I have to pay for the parking. Do you..."

"OK OK OK... I'll call someone down", Marita raised her voice to stop the man ranting.

She stuffed her hand into her coat pockets but the phone wasn't there. She started to panic. She checked her bag and she couldn't seem to find the phone.

"SERIOUSLY, LADY!!! You don't have your phone now? THIS IS JUST GREAT!!!", The taxi driver was agitated and raised his voice.

"HEY!! I didn't do all this in purpose... DO YOU THINK I WANT TO FORGET ALL MY THINGS!!!!", Marita shouted out of frustration. Nothing is going well this morning.

Knock knock ....

"Everything all right there?", a man knocked on the taxi window and peered in. It was Frank. He was surprised to see a frustrated Marita at the backseat. He immediately opened the door.

"HEY!! She hasn't paid", shouted the taxi driver.

Frank reached out to help Marita get out of the taxi. "How much will it be, Sir?", He asked calmly.

"Fifty-Six thousand rupiah", answered the man calmly now that Frank was using a calm voice with him.

Frank handed him some money. "Keep the change, Sir. Thank you for understanding".