Chapter 1 - "Can I call you, daddy ? LoL."
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It is a long-distance call from Indonesia to Turkey.
They were in Speak Bahasa :
her mother was crying sounded, and her voice panicked.
"Ylang, our pharmacy store caught on fire last night."
"What? are you serious mom?
"Yes, I am! and daddy.."
"What mom? What happened to daddy?
Her mother's voice was sobbing.
"What happened to dad?"
"He is in the hospital now; the burns are quite severe."
"Ya Allah." Ylang did not think it would be that bad
"Mom, I am sorry to hear that. Do you think I should go back to Indonesia to see dad? How extensive is the burn?"
"Quite broad, around 40%".
"What? 40%? He might need ICU. I should go home.!"
"No dear. We have to downsize. money is important now."
"What should I do then?" asked Ylang.
"Nothing, just pray for your daddy. And what else that I want to say is that I am afraid that your father and I might not be able to send you money again, at least for the next year. And you have to survive by yourself there."
Ylang was silent.
"Ylang, are you still there?"
"Yes, mom."
I still have four semesters to study, what should I do? Where is the money from? But mommy said that for only one year they couldn't pay my tuition. After that inshallah all returned to normal.
"Dear, I’m sure you can survive there. I know how smart you are." her mommy said.
I met her on Platform.
"Shiit… she is so sexy. Even with hijab.. what the hell !" He said that while he was staring at the screen of his cell phone. He cannot let go of his eyes on that smile. So beautiful and so attractive.
he started to type on his mobile phone in the box chat of that dating platform. "Hi..."
No reply.
"Oh, no... please sweetie reply to me." He said to himself.
"Hi too." the girl there replied to him.
"How are you ?" said the man
"I am fine, thx, n you?" said the girl.
"Well, my name is Ilker, and I am Turkish. Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too." the girl said.
"I am happy that you reply to me. Anyway, what is your name ?"
"Ylang."
"Strange name!."
"Yeah, I know, my mom gave me that."
"So what do you do, gentlemen?"
"Wow. What sweet words. I work in the aviation world. you?"
"I am a student."
"Oo, little girl."
meanwhile, Ylang sees pop-ups from other people who greeted her in a flirtatious style. "Hi sweetie, you want to be my lover?" She didn't like it. Too flirtatious. Some even say, "Want to have s*x with me?" She hated men who said that to her.
So she deleted that dirty chat.
She then focused on this man.
On the other side, Ilker was already interested in Ylang, and he was lazy to find other chat buddies. And he felt chatting with one Ylang was quite refreshing.
"Are you married ?" ask Ilker.
"Nope. I m still a little girl, LoL."
"Ha ha ha…" Ilker laughed remembering he said that to her
"How about you ?" Ylang asked Ilker back
"No, not yet."
"Why ? is it hard to find a suitable girl for your life? How old are you?"
"Yeah, it seems so."
"You must be very picky."
"Yes, I do."
"But how old are you ?" Asked Ylang.
"Well, I am an old man, dear, remember?"
"Really ?. Can I call you daddy, LoL."
"Hahaha... "Ilker Laughed again.
"Why did you install this platform ? is it to find a bride?" Asked Ylang.
"Not really, maybe it was just for fun at first. But since you've said that, it came across my mind to find one." Ilker answered
"Okay. I hope you find your bride soon."
"thank you. can you send me more picture ?"
"Hmmm... I am not looking that good. I don't feel comfortable to send any." Said Ylang
"Okay. Don't bother. I just saw that there is a video camera facility here. Press the button, Dear, and it's at the bottom. We can use it."
Ylang saw the button. But, she doubted to push the button. 'I don't know this man; he might harm me.' Said Ylang to herself.
"Come on, dear, I want to see you. Or maybe you don't have a nose. or maybe you are not human." He tried to provoke Ylang.
Finally, she pressed the button.
The camera was opening. Ylang and Ilker both were waiting.
Once the camera opened, Ilker saw a sexy gorgeous face. She got beautiful eyes, good shape of eyebrows and a sharp nose, but the hottest was her eyebrows. It gave a good composition between her eyes and her eyebrows. "Ohh my God, you look gorgeous."
But what impressed Ilker, that this girl was wearing a hijab and she still looked sexy.
Meanwhile, Ylang's camera had opened too and saw a handsome, blue-eyed man with short brown hair. 'OMG, he is so cute.'
"Ooh, you got blue eyes!"
"Yes. Do you like it?
"Yes I do, it's different from my people. First time I came to your country, I thought Turkish was the same as Arab. but then I knew it is different."
"Yes, they are different! But, in the east, some of us look more like Arabs, maybe because it borders Syria.
They were silent, no one typed, no one talked, just looked at each other, using the video camera, and she held her breath.
"Do you live in Istanbul ?" Asked Ylang.
"Yes, dear. I do. How about you?"
"Hmmm... actually, we live in the same city."
"Really? Where do you come from? I know you are not Turkish."
"Guess ?"
"Southeast Asia, right? maybe Malaysia or Indonesia." Ilker guessed
"Indonesian, dear."
"Okay. Then why are you here? asked Ilker again
"I've told you, I'm a student here."
"Okay, I didn't notice that. Sorry." Ilker smile.
It was Saturday afternoon, at 1 pm.
"Wait," said Ylang. "Will you excuse me for a moment, I need to pray."
"You pray? that's cool!"
Ylang left for a while.
Ylang back.
But the camera happened to be not so good in connection. it cut off
The chat pop up was back.
Ilker was typing; "Why you close the camera ?"
No, I didn't!. It closed by itself.
"Okay. So, Ylang, do you always pray?
"Yes, as a Muslim, I have to pray five times a day. How about you? Are you Muslim or.. ?
"Yeah, you can tell that. I do pray. Hehehe…" Ilker chuckled
'Weird, why he laughs like that? Hehehe… ?'Ylang was astonished
"Okay, alhamdulillah." Ylang said
"By the way, you haven't told me why you install this platform?" Ilker asked.
"Well, to be honest, maybe to find someone who can support my study, maybe a husband or whatever,"Ylang answered carelessly; indeed, she really needed the money. But, when she said that, it slid just like that.
"Wow wow, very frankly!"
"That's true, and I do not lie. I'm in trouble, precisely, my family is in trouble, and my parents can't pay for college and my life here anymore."
"But you can look for scholarships," said Ilker.
"I have been planning it, but it couldn't be that fast, it couldn't be immediate, even though I needed all the money this month. So I'm willing to sacrifice anything so that I can continue my study and stay here."
"Wow, You are extraordinarily brave ! by the way, what is your major?
"Medicine."
"Really ?" Ilker shock.
"Yes, why? you don't believe that?"
"Which university?"
"Istanbul University."
"Wow."
"I've got to be a doctor, inshaAllah!" Ylang said.
"Yeah, you should be.
They were silent, and both took deep breaths.
Ylang felt relieved that she could tell someone about her problem, even he was a stranger. She just knew this man, she also had not met him yet. But maybe because she had not met, she braved to tell. And perhaps for Ylang, she didn’t plan to meet this man. And she also did not expect to meet this stranger. She just wanted to relieve her tension. But then the man said to her, "what if we meet, maybe we can get away out," said Ilker.
Ylang heart began to pound hard, deep in her heart she was afraid to meet this man, "can you help me?" she finally said that.
"Not really, but I might have a friend who can help. He is handsome and usually helpful, and he is rich enough. He can support you, maybe become your sugar daddy."
"Sugar daddy? what is that?" Ylang asked innocently
Ylang looked sharply at Ilker through the camera.
"You don't know?"
"Nope!"
"Sugar daddy is a man who can support your study and your living expenses here, but he asks for compensation."
"Hmm, what kind of compensation.? Ylang started to feel this wasn’t the right thing to do. But she was so curious.
“Hmm.. maybe you work for him, or help him with his need.”
With her innocent way, she said, “okay, that's fine, I can handle it," said Ylang.
"How about you bring your documents, like your grades in the previous semesters so that we can submit scholarship proposals to him".
"You're not lying right?" said Ylang.
"No... And we can meet at the cafe close to your faculty. Any coffee shop maybe?"
'hmm.. what if this man is bad? Maybe he will harm me. But how could I know if I don't come?' so I said, "Yes, that will be fine."
"How about tomorrow? I still have my day off."
"Okay tomorrow, at 1.30 pm, so I still have time to pray Zuhr before I go meeting you," said Ylang.
"You truly religious, aren't you?" Asked Ilker
"That's good, isn't it?"
"Yeah.." Said Ilker.
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Ilker thought about Ylang.
'This girl is cool. She's a nice girl, prayed, smart and has a good education, and she's in college now. But, I feel she is too young for me. I am 34 years old, and she is still 21 years old, it will be 13 years between us. What can I do with such a little girl? Become her uncle? hahaha.. funny. '
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