Second Man

"Sir, go to Edelwaise's house."

Flo managed to stop a taxi that she had been waiting for almost an hour after cleaning the house of someone who thought she was very ignorant.

"Sorry, but I stopped the taxi first."

There was a man walking towards Flo who had opened the door of his taxi.

"The taxi stopped too far away," he explained again.

"But..." Flo was confused because it was too late at night to find the next taxi.

"I'm sorry sir, but this lady came first because I didn't see you on the road earlier."

"I'm in a hurry, this is a matter of life and death," he said.

Flo's eyebrows rose and she saw that the young man seemed to be in a hurry.

"You go first," Flo decided to give in.

He had been in that position when no one cared if he really needed help. But she didn't want what happened to her to happen to other people and Flo couldn't prioritize her ego.

The man looked happy with Flo's kindness and finally got into the car. A few seconds later the car door opened again.

"Should we just be together?"

Flo fell silent when she heard the man's invitation.

"I mean, after the driver took me he took you. It's already late at night, I would really feel guilty letting the woman who helped me get into trouble."

Flo didn't decide quickly because once again she was faced with a man who in her opinion, no one could trust.

"Don't worry, I'll pay the taxi fare."

"Miss Zee"

Flo was surprised when the man then called her pseudonym at the nightclub where she worked extra, she showed a big smile.

His face didn't look like a bad person, and somehow Flo's instincts told him that it was okay for him to share a taxi with that guy.

"I'm your fan," he said while on the way.

Flo smiled faintly, "how did you know that I..."

"Even though I don't wear a mask"

The man smiled, "You haven't changed your shoes, they are the same as they looked a few days ago."

Flo glanced at her feet, and was surprised when she realized that she had forgotten to change her shoes.

"He pays so much attention to even the details," said Flo in his heart, "It seems like he also knows that I only have one shoe to wear."

Flo really feels very embarrassed right now.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

"Thank You "

"Allan, my name is Allan"

Flo smiled, "thank you Allan"

"Sir, I stopped at the front building."

"You work in a place that people say is like a palace?"

A small chuckle emerged from the man, "yeah, I work. You know about that place?"

Flo shook her head, "I just heard it, they say the place is beautiful. But not just anyone can enter, who the owner is and so on, I don't know."

"If you want, next time we'll go in there," he said.

Flo shook her head and smiled, "There's a rule that not just anyone can enter, or you'll end up getting into trouble."

The man got out of the taxi which had stopped right in front of the building with a wall that rose to the same height as the building so that no one could see the activity inside.

"Sir, I paid the fare with the lady, I paid more but I have to make sure the lady arrives safely at her destination."

"Okay, thank you very much," the driver looked very happy with the large amount of money he received from the man who had just gotten out of his taxi.

"You don't want to give me your cell phone number?"

Flo was surprised and then a small smile appeared.

"Are you sure you don't want to give it? You don't want to fall in love with your fans?"

"No, thank you," answered Flo with a small laugh.

"Excuse me "

"Okay, be careful on your way"

Flo just answered with a smile without words. After the car drove off, many strange questions came to mind.

"Today is strange," he said to himself.

"Earlier I insulted a rich man who was hurt, now suddenly he is seduced by a man who claims to be a fan."

"He thinks I'm an artist!!"

Then his laughter appeared and only he could hear it, Flo was still confused about the man named Allan earlier, he paid so much attention to Flo that he could tell just by looking at the shoes.

"Falling in love he said?"

"What's so special about falling in love?"

He was too caught up in everything he was thinking about until the taxi driver told him that he had arrived at his destination.

Flo was standing in a room where her mother was being treated and was seen lying on her bed.

"Why are you just staring?" His mother's voice interrupted his thoughts.

"You must be tired from working hard," he said again.

Flo smiled and stepped closer to the bed where her mother was lying weakly with an IV drip still attached to her hand.

"I'm sorry Mama Flo, because Mama you have to work in two places"

"Flo is happy, ma'am," answered Flo.

He dragged a chair over to sit next to his mother's bed.

"Flo also gets three days off, mom. So you can accompany mom."

"It's best to just stop, Mama, it's okay," said her mother.

"We don't know whether with this treatment mom will recover or not."

Flo grabbed one of her mother's hands, "we can't give up, mom."

"There is nothing impossible in the world of medicine, Flo will not give up, Mom. Until Mom recovers, you will do anything."

"But it's a shame that you have to work all day, even though you should be able to hang out with friends your age once in a while. Mama shouldn't have to burden you."

"Mama, you're not stupid," said Flo, "it's the doctor who was drunk earlier."

"Drunk doctor?" asked his mother.

Flo laughed a little, "Earlier, Flo had the misfortune of having to help a drunk doctor, ma. The first time he got drunk was because of a fight with his girlfriend, maybe, he was reckless and got drunk and it was funny."

"You can't laugh at difficult people like that, otherwise if you fall in love you will also know the feeling of heartache."

Flo hugged her mother's body very gently and tried to unwind from the day.

"Flo doesn't want to fall in love, ma. because flo doesn't want to be hurt like the others, flo just wants to be like mom and flo is already very happy..."