I will protect you

Geana Rental House

At the moment….

Geana sat with her head down in front of the silent Gretta, listening to the story while clenching her fists as she felt the pain of every thing she heard.

The story wasn't finished yet, when a follow-up sentence was heard from Geana, who still chose to stare at the floor instead of staring at her opponent telling the story. And Gretta, of course, listened without intending to rebuke that face to look at her.

"Everything felt like hell when Dad always treated me like. He didn't want me and the climax was when Mom left me, left the world for good. That's what made me even more determined to leave Dad, by trying to run away from home."

Geana again paused her sentence, still looking down and not feeling her tears flowing, fell on her thighs with her hands clenched there.

"I thought that by leaving there. I would be free from the snares of that fart old man. But it turned out that I was too naive, when suddenly a big man came, to be exact, came to me like earlier and dragged me in front of a woman who is currently my boss."

"I, Geana Fransiska. At the age of 17, I had to be willing to lose my free life, because it turns out that a father who always hurts is not satisfied enough with selling his daughter's life to pay off debts."

"I accept it with all the sincerity I have. Because I think, with this, my father will let go and will not interfere with my life again. After all, being a worker like this is not a disgrace to me, this is just the way of life that I have chosen."

"But, it turns out that once again I'm still too naive. I should have known, that my father wouldn't be content to interfere with my life until I died-

"Enough. Don't say that, I don't care about your job or your past. In fact, I applaud you still decided to live rather than kill yourself. I'm still grateful you helped me, nothing else."

Geana was silent as she looked up when Gretta interrupted her with a shake of her head as well. She had told Gretta her dark past about the reason why she became a woman like this. She felt naked in front of Gretta, as if the pride and strong image she had built up from the start was just a waste.

She felt very low, even though Gretta said otherwise and didn't even look at her like that.

"I am not a good woman, Gretta," Geana muttered quietly. "I don't deserve to be called-

Grip!

"Geana, what are you talking about? I don't understand and don't want to understand what you are saying."

The grip suddenly tightened, Geana swallowed her sentence as Gretta interrupted again quickly with a bit of annoyance.

Yes, Gretta was annoyed that Geana still thought of herself as such a woman. In fact, if she thought Geana was a bad woman, she would have left her from the beginning of the first meet.

"But-

"Yes, I did say I wanted to hear about your past, but only heard and not judged let alone looked at you with one side. No, I'll say again that it's not important, because the experiences you're going through aren't necessarily just your own."

Gretta paused her sentence, wanting to see Geana's expression, which was no longer looking down and was now looking at her wistfully, with a faint glow that made her sad.

She rubbed the side of Geana's face gently and flashed a small, winning smile. As if to convey that they will be fine and nothing will change after this.

"I will protect you from the cruel men and people out there. Geana and Gretta will become women who are infatuated by men and become poison for them," continued Gretta with ambiguous sentences, and a cold smile that suddenly appeared.

Yes, not to mention her gaze which has now turned sharp, as if holding a grudge with someone who had hurt both of them.

"What do you mean?" asked Geana, not understanding.

She got goosebumps when she saw that smile and gaze from Gretta, completely unable to recognize the young woman who usually wore a small but warm smile in front of her at this time.

She seemed to see Gretta as the new one.

"I mean? If men usually hurt women, then they should know that those who have been hurt will not stay silent when they are hurt again," Gretta replied with a cold smile, before finally changing her face back to normal and a small, distinctive smile replaced that cold smile.

Gretta…

"But , How to? We don't even have the strength to fight back"

"We can do it," Gretta said confidently, she grabbed both of Geana's hands who looked back at her worriedly. "Don't worry, I'm sure I can pay the debt. Ah! Not only that, but also changing our lives today. I promise," Gretta continued reassuringly.

"Don't tell me you want to be like me? Not! I don't want this to happen-

"There's a story and a dark past behind the reason you became like this, right? So I did too and it's time for you to know the truth about who I am, Gretta Fernanda Gr-

Brakh!

"Gretta! Geana! Are you two all right?"

Hosh…. Hosh…. Hosh….

The two women whose names were called frantically turned their heads to find a man standing with ragged breaths.

Gretta even swallowed back her words. But she wasn't angry, instead called out names and ordered the man to sit down to join.

"Ah! Chiko, come here, sit with us. There's something you need to know and I've made a unanimous decision."

Gretta's tone was different from usual, Chiko even frowned in confusion, feeling foreign to that tone of voice.

Why is it a mysterious impression like this?

As a man who works with many women around him, he certainly knew by the sudden change in Gretta's figure who looked at him flatly.

"Come here, Chiko!"

Gaps!

The voice called again, Chiko almost flinched in surprise and stared at the two women unfocused. But, he still walked and sat near the two of them.

Really, he didn't understand what had happened to these two women in front of him. Yes…, all he knew was rumors along the way about Geana's house which was visited by many big men and scary.

He ran from the end of the alley to the house here, just to make sure that his friends and the woman who had adorned the corners of his heart were okay.

Yes, he did have a breath of relief because he finally saw for himself how the two of them were. But, why was there a change in the atmosphere in these two normally bright women?

Honestly, he did know the reason Geana became a night woman. But, is it true, if Geana tells Gretta's dark past, a woman who Geana herself considers like a sister?

Impossible.

"Ana, don't tell me you told Gretta your past? Actually, who came to you guys? Tell me, I'll help-

"Chiko, want to hear a story about me, aren't you curious about the reason I left the house?"

Thump!