Neighbor, Really?!

The Would-be a Daddy 2.0

Jack opened the front door slowly and carefully and then he waited a few seconds before finally sticking his head out to see the situation inside the house. Elsa was there, sitting cross-legged on the couch with the laptop on her lap. At that time, his wife looked normal and seriously read the paperwork in her hand.

Taking a deep breath, Jack pushed the door slightly wider so that the gap in the door could let him through. He closed the door slowly and with his face staring at the floor, he immediately walked towards his room upstairs. He couldn't be in the same room with his wife when the bomb went off.

What he didn't realize was that Elsa watched him from the moment he entered the house until he was about to set foot on the first step of the stairs.

"Jack? Where are you going?"

Elsa's question made Jack stop right then and there. He tried to keep his face as normal as possible before finally looked up at her.

"Have you finished looking for the job vacancies?" Elsa asked again.

From Elsa's face when she asked him, Jack concluded that Elsa still didn't know about her missing file. So, he put on his sweet face and smiled. He tried to be as handsome as possible.

"Oh, yeah. About the job vacancies, I want to read the newspaper again upstairs." Said Jack, pointing upstairs.

"Upstairs? But the newspaper is here. There." Elsa pointed to the coffee table where a newspaper lay innocently.

"Owh." Jack giggled dryly. "Yeah. How can I forget that?" He turned and walked towards the living room.

Jack took the newspaper and glanced at his wife. Seeing his wife got serious again with the paperwork, he contemplated about turning around and locking him self in the room but then he thought that maybe it was the time for him to face this problem manly way, confidently. So, he sat beside his wife and took a deep breath.

"Elsa?" Jack began.

"Hmm?" Elsa's eyes were still glued on the paperwork.

"Is there anything strange?" Jack asked, he was really nervous and his heart was beating so fast that he could feel it in his throat and and in his ears.

"Huh?" Elsa looked up and stared at him confused. "What do you mean? What's strange?" She asked instead.

Elsa's question made Jack feel relieved instantly because maybe Elsa was working on another file so she still didn't know about the missing file. And that, made Jack think maybe he wouldn't be scolded. At least for today.

"Oh, no no no. It's alright. Nothing's strange." Jack shook his head vigorously and grinned. He then grabbed a pair of scissors and intended to cut out some job advertisements and make a clipping out of them so that it would be easier for him when he wanted to make a job application letter.

Jack cleared his throat and opened the newspaper with the smile never leaving his face. "Let's find a job!"

Almost an hour had passed and Jack was no longer sitting quietly on the couch and was now sitting on the floor cutting and pasting job vacancies. The scraps of unused newspaper lay on the couch, on the table, and on the floor. Jack was so serious that he didn't notice that Elsa seemed to have noticed something.

"Oh my God, Jack!" Cried Elsa suddenly. And that made Jack stop his activities at once. He gulped and the scissors in his hands trembled in fear of what he would hear next.