Good Plan

"Don't be in a hurry! You have to take my word for it, and we can't be rash!" Ray said, gently patting Maya's shoulder.

"What do you mean?"

"You go back to the college and let me and your father's confidants do the rest."

"But!" cut in Maya, not understanding.

"You have my word!" Ray continued, this time with a higher tone of voice and a severe look on his face.

"Oh! Okay! But I'm already late!"

"No problem, I'll take you back to campus and you go on with your life as if we never experienced anything bad yesterday!"

Despite disagreeing with Ray's words, Mr. Winata's son finally nodded and walked with his head bowed back into the room to get ready.

She hadn't brought a change of clothes, so she could only shower and put back on the same clothes.

While Maya was getting ready, Ray was busy in the kitchen, where he usually prepared breakfast for his oversized master. His deft hands soon served a plate of toast spread with a thick layer of butter and a sprinkle of sugar for Maya's breakfast flavor.

Once ready, Maya began to pace toward Ray, who was busy facing the round dining table covered with a red checkered tablecloth.

"Are you ready?" asked Ray gently.

"Yes!" said Maya as she pulled out a brown painted wooden chair and sat down facing the young driver.

"Good!" Ray smiled and handed Maya a plate of bread that was ready to eat. "Finish this and we'll head back to campus!"

"Do I have to wear these clothes again?" Maya said with a weary face. "I never come to campus in the same clothes the next day."

"No problem, just for a minute! Just to let your twin sister know that you've come to terms with the harsh reality of yesterday!"

Maya didn't answer; she just nodded. A little later, she grabbed the bread on the plate that Ray had prepared and started devouring it.

Ray didn't say anything until Maya finished her breakfast. When it had all moved into Maya's stomach, Ray stood up and picked up the black jacket that was hanging behind the door.

"I'm ready!" said Maya, who understood that Ray did not want to be alone with her in this empty two-story house.

"Yes! Let's go!" Ray opened the door and waited until Maya's footsteps reached him. "I've got the car ready and we're good to go!"

Maya nodded again and stepped into the car, which seemed to have been cleaned by the young driver. She then sniffed the familiar scent of the car seats.

"As soon as Ray started the engine, he asked, Do you like the smell of that upholstery?"

"Yes, somehow I always think of Dad every time I breathe in this scent,"

"Hehehehe! Then I didn't spray perfume on the seat where you're sitting, huh?"

Maya widened her smile and sat back on the seat.

Ray then stepped on the gas pedal and drove slowly down the streets of Batu City, which was still quiet that afternoon.

The car then drove until it arrived at a luxurious campus where Maya was studying. Occasionally, Maya still looked at the rearview mirror to see her clothes, which she had not had time to change.

"It's okay if I go to campus wearing this shirt again," Maya whispered, which made Ray start to get annoyed with her.

"It's okay, you're still beautiful!"

Ih!

Maya looked into Ray's eyes, which quickly turned to her.

"You!"

"Hehehehe! Hurry down!" said Ray with a chuckle.

"Yes!"

Maya climbed down with her right foot and then turned her body towards the campus gate, which was already quiet because the lecture had started.

"I'll pick you up later while explaining the plan I told you about! Bye!"

Ih!

Maya looked back as Ray's car drove off very quickly this time. "What exactly is the plan?" Maya whispered as she swung her steps into the campus courtyard.

Her steps continued to swing until she reached the cafeteria, which was very crowded that day.

"Uh, why is it so crowded? Hasn't the class already started?" asked Maya as she looked around.

"Maya, are you coming?" asked Yuki, Maya's friend who approached this beautiful girl.

"Why are they all in the cafeteria?"

"Mr. Bambang, the operations management lecturer had a heart attack."

"Eh! Why is that? Wasn't he fine yesterday?"

"I don't know, I don't know about that. It seems like he took the wrong medicine or something, he said,"

"Oh my!" Maya felt her chest while sighing. "Why is it the same as my father?"

"What happened to your father?" Yuki gently pushed her friend's shoulder.

"Yeah, yesterday my dad had a heart attack and today it's happening again."

"Oh my! I'm sorry about what happened to you, my friend. But about your father I know what happened,"

Maya glanced at Yuki and then looked at him with sharp eyes. "What do you know about my father?"

Yuki initially hesitated to say what she knew, but a moment later, she nodded while whispering in her friend's ear. "I heard Miya is pregnant. Isn't that why your father had a heart attack?"

Ih!

Maya's eyes got sharper when looking at Yuki. "How did you know that?"

"It's an open secret now. I heard that your playboy lover is going to marry her soon!"

"I honestly didn't even know that he was going to marry my sister,"

"No way!" Yuki chuckled, then gently pushed Maya's shoulder.

"I don't know, Yuki. Isn't a joke!"

"Wow, that's crazy. Your sister is almost three months pregnant. You don't see the weirdness between them all this time,"

Maya nodded again, and this time, she really felt stupid for being so cute to her twin sister.

"Don't be sad!" Yuki pulled her friend's cheek, making her smile lines noticeable. "That man is not good for you. You remind me to tell you that!"

Maya smiled, but this time, it was not because of her friend's tug. "Yes, you're right. That man is no good for me. If he were good, he wouldn't have fucked my sister either!"

"Well, that's my friend. A fierce friend but you're so stubborn sometimes that I can't tell you anything!"

"Hmmm! I am stubborn! Because of that incident, I came to know that there is no real love in my young age. There is only falsehood and I really..."

Yuki suddenly covered Maya's mouth with the palm of her hand, forcing this young girl to stop her words.

"What's wrong?" Maya was annoyed while pulling her friend's hand.

"Don't be so loud when talking about that rancid playboy. There are many spies here!" Yuki whispered, furrowing Maya's forehead.

"Huh!"

"Wow! You don't know that your movements have been watched by many curious people who don't live a picnic life!"

"Who?" asked Maya as she glanced around the cafeteria.

"That!" pointed Yuki at a man who had been standing near the stairs.