Carve To The Last Fight

When are you coming back home again Gee?

Gee stepped open her apartment window, her eyes staring straight at the tall buildings. Now and then his hand sipped from a cup of tea which seemed to still emit steam from the hot drink. A voice call on his cellphone didn't make him rush to pick up the object. It seemed that the familiar ringing tone made him know who was calling.

Again a call was heard, this time with a different tone forcing Gee to pause his daydream.

"Hey Gee, we haven't seen each other for a long time, when are you coming home?" A smiling face. Mitha is the only sister who still lives with her parents.

"Hi Mitha, Did Dad tell you to call?" Gee replied with a slightly wry smile...

"Come on sister, how long are you going to keep angry with Dad, you are his favorite child" teased Mitha while holding back her smile.

"Yes, that's right, my favorite child, so Dad doesn't realize how big his son is now," Gee answered flatly.

“Still Gee, no matter how big you are you can't surpass it…, so when will you come?” Mitha said a little forcefully.

“Alright…, alright I'll be there in an hour, but…?” Gee replied then did not continue his speech.

"No Gee, just like you... He also never comes home again" Mitha tried to explain.

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"Sir, please lower the glass for a moment!" Gee called out to the driver as soon as he entered the gate of a housing estate to use his pass.

"Okay, Miss," greeted the driver while lowering the speed and pausing for a moment, then resumed his vehicle while waving to the gate officer who seemed to be on duty.

"That's right, sir, Majapahit Boulevard number five hundred and fifty" replied Gee after the driver reassured him that the address matched the one in the application.

Gee immediately got off the vehicle in which he was riding, after saying thank you the girl was seen still standing in front of the gate of the house which was still closed. His gaze shifted to look at his surroundings, which seemed deserted.

“Hey Gee, you stand lost in thought…, come in!” A voice rebuked him, waking him from his daydream.

“He..., Eh..!:

"You've been in front for a long time, I didn't hear the sound of a vehicle coming even though I was reading in the park while waiting for you," said Mitha the older sister who had contacted her.

"Is dad really at home?" asked Gee in a slight whisper.

"Still on duty, maybe tonight will come" Mitha replied then opened the door, both of them entered at the same time, someone seemed to be getting up from the sofa in the living room came over with a smile.

"Mother..." Gee said greeting and hugging the old woman.

"Gee, I've been waiting for you for a long time, I've prepared your favorite food"

"Wow, okay ..., I happen to be hungry too mom " Gee sounded enthusiastic and immediately rushed to the dining room.

The three women seemed to be waiting for the food that was being served by Aunt Narsih, a household assistant who had worked for this family for a long time. One by one the dishes are served on the dining table. The atmosphere seemed so warm with the chatter of the housekeeper when she told him about Gee as a child and her behavior when eating, which according to her had not changed much.

"Aunt Narsih, would you please bring some tea and snacks to the garden?" mother ordered the housekeeper while holding Gee's hand. After eating, he invited him to just have a chat, not to mention his older brother who also preceded them.

"So Geraldine, how are you and have your studies been completed this year?" mother asked while leaning on a park bench, occasionally her hands seemed to arrange small pots containing ornamental plants while her older sister, Mitha seemed to immediately throw herself into the swimming pool.

"Okay ma'am, but wait a minute, I almost forgot" Gee looked up and then entered the house, seemed to want to take something.

His right hand is seen carrying a package while the other is seen holding a laptop.

"This is Mom, I brought it for you" Gee gave the package.

"What is this Gee, how heavy?" with a little curiosity Mother asked.

"Open it, I found this thing somewhere that not everyone can find it," Gee replied with a slight smile.

Mom was seen slowly opening the package and as Gee had expected, Mom seemed so enthusiastic to see the things Gee gave her. With a little chuckle the mother looked happy, "Gee, thank you for finding the thing I've been looking for" it turns out that the objects are some of the items that Satriya had collected when they were at the Final Disposal Site.

"Does mother like him?" Gee asked.

"Of course Gee, where's the antique shop where you found some of these things?"

Gee then tells his mother about his adventures from the beginning to get some of these objects. Especially when he realized that his father and mother are collectors of unique objects, objects that contain historical value.

"It's better if I display it in your father's room first, want to come with me?"

"Hmm, I'm here for a moment waiting for Mitha to finish swimming, will follow later, continue for a moment some of the journals I'm writing" Gee reasoned as he started to open the laptop in front of him. Meanwhile, the mother went back into the house.

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Mitha looked out of the pool and walked towards the table to pour herself hot tea, while Gee who was seriously working on some writing on her laptop, "Gee, from some of the stories you told Mother, I seem to smell something is hidden " Mitha seemed to whisper to the girl.

"He ..., he ..., he ..., you really can't, if you don't bother Mitha " Gee quipped a little.

"Come on Gee tell me?" asked her sister.

"Yeah, okay and it's true as you think," said Gee admitting, recounting what had been told to his mother including about his meeting with Zee.

"I'm surprised by the two of you, since childhood they never got along and one more Gee, after all, Zee is one of our brothers too" Mitha reminded again and brought up a little.

Yes, Zee is also one of their siblings, more precisely a step-sister, and the mother who has been taking care of them since childhood is the girl's biological mother. Even so, the mother did not discriminate between the three. Maybe because the age between Gee and Sahnaz or commonly called Zee is the same and has always been in the same environment, often causing competition between the two.

"Gee, continue the question that I have asked you earlier, about the studies that you have and will be undergoing in the future, how about?" Mitha as an older sister certainly pays attention, considering the attitude of her sister, who she used to know, is a bit more introverted than herself.

"That's right, Mitha, I have to continue my studies and I don't want what I already have to be only limited to basic knowledge while knowledge is dynamic and passive" Gee tries to think positively.

"Yup, it turns out that the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree," Mitha replied with a smile, reminding her of the father's figure to his son. Not only to Geraldine alone but also to her sister Shahnaz even though the two took different paths.

It may sound a little funny, but indeed the dominant gene that is in them both is inherited from the father's side.

"If that's true, what about you..., the fruit produced from grafting products on tree trunks, ha..., ha..!" Gee replied to the joke his sister made.

"Let it be, and I have no problem with it" took a towel, then left Gee who was still engrossed in her laptop.

**

Meanwhile, in another place, Satriya was seen talking on a video call, "Okay Mr. Joseph, I'll be there in fifteen minutes," said Satriya as she hung up the video.

"Mr. Joseph ..., Master .." Satriya called several times saying his name. For some reason, when he entered the room or the place where this man lived, Satriya felt a little worried. Not against the man, but because of one thing that he often receives when dealing with unexpected things, especially with some experiments or findings that are out of the box.

“This is Satriya….” a voice sounded from behind the door.

"What are you doing this time, Mr. Joseph?" His eyes continued to search for the man's whereabouts but did not appear.

Something seemed to move and a face appeared from what was considered a knight of a door, it was again Mr. Joseph's strange finding. A sheet-like glass plastic that is used as an optical illusion.

"How was it disguised?" replied the man while folding it...

"Hm... He..eh!" although he was a little surprised Satriya was not so impressed with the discovery that was being shown to him.

"Where's the Padang rice I ordered Satriya?" Mr. Joseph did not continue his words because he went straight to the package that Satriya had just placed on the table. The man then opened it and immediately ate the food he had been waiting for.

Satriya could only be silent and then went to the kitchen to make coffee for the two of them at the same time taking a few bottles of mineral water from the box that was lying on the table carrying it on a tray.

"Thank you Satriya," said Mr. Joseph as he took a bottle of mineral water which was placed with a tray on his desk, opened the cover, and drank it. Then continue to spend the rest of the food that is still with the package.

"So Mr. Joseph, why did you call me to come?" asked Satriya while sipping the coffee which was still half hot. His eyes were directed at the man in front of him who was still busy devouring.

After a while the man finished his food, "No Satriya, I just want to try to record what I've done, more precisely the additional recording" replied Mr. Joseph a little more seriously.

"You mean bodysuits or contact lenses?" Satriya confirms.

"Yeah, both, I'm trying to combine the two, then add to the data store"

"Don't worry Satriya, just collecting data is not a test of endurance," continued Mr. Satriya explaining and it didn't take long because he realized that the man in front of him didn't have more time for him.

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