Part 64.


    “Nad, something’s not right!” ra eximed.


    “What do you mean?” Nadia asked.


    In the afternoon, she purposely skipped herst ss to meet ra.


    “Dr. Gaston and Uncle Joe seem to agree to hide something from me!” ra said, lowering her head as she sipped her cold juice.


    “What are they hiding?” Nadia inquired.


    “Uncle Joe has amnesia, but I’m sure it’s impossible! There must be something he’s hiding!” ra exined.


    “What if he really has amnesia?” Nadia suggested another possibility, considering the gunshot wound on Joe’s temple.


    “Maybe, I just need to know what really happened!” ra lowered her head, knowing that no one in Joe’s residence would tell her the truth.


    “When will you go home?” Nadia asked.


    “I’ll stay for two nights, then head to London!” ra replied.


    “Alright, I suggest that during your two days and two nights in Jakarta, you should stay at Uncle Joe’s house. Maybe the parents, servants, driver, and gardener will keep silent! But, did you forget? ra??” Nadia rolled her eyes. She turned out to be very clever at devising scenarios and became a love advisor for ra.


    “What should I do then?” ra asked. The sparkle in Nadia’s eyes made ra excited, confident that her friend had a brilliant idea.


    “Make Uncle Joe remember everything, ra, your memories at that house. If Uncle Joe can pretend, you should be able to act too!” the girl with brown eyes sitting beside her suggested.


    “Okay, Nad, I understand, but how can I stay at that house? I’m not sure Uncle Joe or any other family members will allow it!” ra started to worry, not wanting to lose Joe more precisely.


    “Just say you miss Kimmy, if others don’t allow you to stay at the house, I believe Kimmy really hopes you’re there!” Nadia said. She smiled and then gently tapped ra’s arm, giving her encouragement.


    “Thank you, Nad, I’ll go to Uncle Joe’s house right now!” ra said, pulling the corners of her lips, returning her friend’s smile.


    “Good luck!”


    ra nodded and then got up from her seat. She immediately ordered a taxi to take her to Joe’s house.


    ==?==


    The sun was shining very brightly this afternoon. Joe was sitting on the balcony of his room, checking some work agreements and other documents on his tablet.


    He reached out to grab a cold strawberry juice. He sipped it slowly.


    “Strawberries!” he murmured softly, and his memory returned tost night. Where ra’s strawberry lips, he just let them be.


    Joe’s eyes looked out towards the gate where a taxi stopped there. A momentter, a girl got out. There was no mistaking it, that girl was ra.


    “What are you here for again, ra!” Joe muttered, rubbing his forehead, feeling dizzy. As usual, he always refused to give up and wouldn’t back down.


    Joe immediately grabbed his phone and called Celine.


    The call connected.


    “Hello!” Celine greeted from the other end. Surprised that Joe, who had never called for so long, suddenly contacted her.


    “I need your help!” Joe said to the point.


    “What can I do for you, sir?” Celine asked.


    “Come to my house tonight, pretend to be my partner!” he requested.


    “What?” Celine asked in disbelief.


    “Pretend to be my girlfriend, I need your help to make someone give up their feelings for me!” Joe exined.


    “Okay, sir!” Celine replied, who actually had given up on her feelings for Joe.


    The phone call ended with a click. Joe decided to leave his room to meet ra.


    Joe’s hands were folded in front of his chest. Standing at the top of the stairs waiting for two people walking up the stairs. Those two people were Cici and ra.


    “What is Kimmy doing?” ra asked. This morning she hadn’t had a chance to meet the little girl.


    “Non Kimmy is in her room,” Cici replied. “I heard this morning Non ra came and left right away? Is that true?” After knowing that ra was Freedy Lim’s granddaughter, Cici called ra ‘Non’.


    “Yes, I just met Dr. Gaston and my friend!” ra replied.


    ra had reached the top of the stairs where Joe was waiting for her. Cici was allowed to pass by, but not ra.


    “Who allowed you to enter my house?” Joe asked. He stood right in front of ra and didn’t allow her to enter the living room on the second floor. “Just so you know, my house is not a yground where you cane and go as you please!” he added. Joe’s eyes stared at ra carefully. Deep and long.


    “Give way for me, Uncle!” ra requested. Their gazes met. Looking at each other.


    “No, I don’t want you here!” Joe excused. His mouth and brain really didn’t agree anymore.


    “I want to meet Kimmy, it seems Uncle Joe is too confident!” ra retorted. She moved aside and easily passed Joe. Then she followed Cici, who was walking towards Kimmy’s room.


    Seeing ra standing at the door, Kimmy smiled and ran to her. The little girl reached out her hand for a hug.


    ra knelt down, then hugged her tightly. Kissing her forehead and cheeks repeatedly.


    “I miss you, Kak ra!” Kimmy chirped. Hugging ra tightly.


    “I miss you too!” she replied.


    Throughout the afternoon, ra apanied Kimmy in ying. It started with ying dolls, then Monopoly, and Snakes and Ladders.


    Mbak Cici, who had been out since earlier, suddenly came in carrying a tray of Kimmy’s lunch.


    “Let’s eat first, Non!” she said.


    “Yes,” Kimmyplied.


    Cici fed Kimmy, and ra approached to ask something.


    “Mbak Cici?” ra called.


    “Yes, Non!”


    “I have something to ask!” ra asked for permission.


    “Just ask, I’ll answer!” she said.


    “This is about Uncle Joe!” ra said, looking down sadly, remembering Joe’s attitude earlier, treating her as a nuisance.


    “Mr. Joe?” Cici was a bit surprised.


    ra nodded. “How is Uncle Joe, after waking up from thea?” ra asked.


    “Mr. Joe has never gone to work at all. He stays at home and sometimes has to go to the hospital. Like today, Mrs. Linn and Mr. Bond always rece him at thepany!” Cici exined. Every time Kimmy finished swallowing her food, Cici immediately fed her.


    “What about his condition?” ra bit her lower lip, afraid to hear Cici’s answer.


    “I’m not sure, Mr. Joe is a closed person, and… Miss ra, you know yourself, my position here is just a servant!” Cici said.


    “Emm… Has a woman evere here?” ra guessed the reason Joe pretended not to remember her.


    “As far as I know, no! Not at all!” Cici replied.


    ra nodded. She walked a little away from Kimmy and Cici. Then, she took out her phone and immediately called Mrs. Linn.


    The call connected.


    “Hello!” greeted the voice on the other end. Mrs. Linn hadn’t received a call for a week, but this time she received a phone call from ra.


    “Hello, ma’am, may I stay for two days?” ra asked. She just realized she hadn’t asked for permission from thedy of the house.


    “Of course, stay as long as you want, our house is always open to you!” Mrs. Linn said.


    “Thank you, ma’am,” ra replied.


    “Oh yes, tonight my husband and I wille homete because we have a dinner invitation, would you and Kimmy have dinner first?!” exined the middle-aged woman.


    “Okay, ma’am!”


    “Alright.”


    “Yes.”


    The phone call ended. ra looked at the clock on her phone screen. It was no longer afternoon; it was almost four in the afternoon. No wonder she felt very hungry. ying with Kimmy made her lose track of time.


    “Kimmy, Kak ra wants to eat first, okay!” she said.


    Kimmy, who was still busy eating and ying, just nodded. Cici smiled, allowing ra to leave and eat.Content provided by N?velDrama.Org.


    ra put her phone back in her bag and then left Kimmy’s room to go to the kitchen to prepare food.


    Initially, Joe thought it would be difficult to get ra out of Kimmy’s room, but this time he saw the girl walking down the stairs and stepping into the kitchen.


    In the kitchen, ra chose to make fried instant noodles. Simple, instant, easy, and delicious. She cracked a sunny-side-up egg on top of the fried noodles toplete her dish this time.


    Joe’s footsteps stopped in the living room, right next to the dining room. And… just as ra sat in one of the chairs in Joe’s dining room, Joe pretended to receive a phone call.


    “Alright, so tonight you’lle here, we’ll have dinner together because my parents will dine out!” Joe said.


    “Ready, I’m waiting for you!” Joe said louder than before.


    Joe’s phone conversation really made ra curious. Although ra’s back was facing him, her senses were focused on hearing every word that came out of Joe’s mouth.


    Spoonful after spoonful, ra finally finished her favorite meal that she missed. During her stay with her grandfather, there was a special chef who would cook for them. Of course, there were no favorite instant noodles of hers.


    ra stood up from her seat, looking at Joe. She really wanted to run and hug the man. However, ra refrained from doing so.


    Instead of immediately returning to Kimmy’s room, ra decided to talk to Joe.


    “Uncle really forgot about me?” ra asked.


    Joe chose to ignore her. ra, she was already too far for him to reach. Joe’s confidence diminished. If Gaston, who was single and not a widower, chose to withdraw. Essentially, Joe felt unworthy of ra.


    “Are you talking to me?” Joe asked.


    “Alright, tonight I will try to make Uncle remember everything!” ra said, holding back her emotions. Then she went into Kimmy’s room.


    To be Continued.