Chapter 12. Plan B
The beauty of Beras Basah Island was not Adam's main goal. He sat in a summerhouse not far from where Bianca was. While he was busy speculating, his phone rang. Mrs. Wursita called and he asked why he did not immediately return to Jakarta as planned.
"I still have things to do, Mom," Adam answered his mother's question.
[Can it be left? Or represent? I have a thing more important for you to do] Mrs. Wursita's voice sounded serious and did not want to be debated.
Adam swallowed his spit, then asked. "What is it, Mom?"
[Your aunt and uncle invited us to dinner tomorrow] Mrs. Wursita answered.
"Dinner? What's the occasion?"
[I don't know. Maybe it has to do with Desmon's already got a girlfriend]
"Ah. Perhaps the relationship is serious, so it should invite the extended family to dinner," Adam replied.
[It could be. But it's clear your aunt was willing to make fun of me. Because my single son also has not yet got a bride] Mrs. Wursita's speech in a sultry tone.
Adam knew had it coming. He just smiled and then said, "Don't feel bad about it, Mom. We're invited because we're one big family, right?"
[Nah, you're too positive being a person] the mother protested.
Adam laughed at his mother's accusations. "If I don't come, is it okay, Mom?"
[Of course it matters! ]
Adam shocked.
[You mist came home today. Organize your affairs there to be taken over by your assistant. Who did you go there with? ] the woman asked.
"With Lucky." Lucky who heard Adam's words immediately set off his ears. He just did not want to let the economics class tickets have gotten into Mrs. Wursita's ear. At worst, he could get fired.
[Well, let him take over. Listen, what I want is only seeing you there while I'm there. Got it?] she ordered.
Adam took a deep breath. Once again, he could only follow the mother's wishes. "Yes, Ma 'am."
Adam's conversation with Mrs. Wursita ended and made Lucky feel at ease. Because it looked like Mrs. Wursita had yet to learn the secret about the cheap ticket that was kept from her.
Adam looked down at the visitors of the island. From a distance, he could see that she was talking to Indira. He thought that if he approached her at that moment it would be a burden and that any of them would be aware of Adam's true identity. "Lucky, we need a plan B," he said.
"Huh?" Lucky was shaken from his relaxed seat. "Plan B?" he cried.
"I have to go back to Jakarta now. Tomorrow night there's dinner at uncle Aditya's house. Of Bianca's, …." Adam fell silent and his face grew serious.
Lucky remains silent waiting for orders from his boss.
"Find all information about her and report to me before I go to Serpong!" Adam ruled as he rose to prepare to cross the channel again.
Bianca and Indira were enjoying the fresh coconut water after a tiring tour of the island. "Sister, why didn't you wait for me?" Indira protested.
"Actually I am looking for someone," Bianca said.
"What? Who? Do you know anyone who is also here?" Indira asked.
"No. But the man who had just shared the same boat with me," Bianca answered.
"Why so curious? Is he hot?" Indira teased.
She hitched her eyebrows in surprise and instantly tapped Indira's shoulder as a cue to stop teasing her. Indira smiled and exposed her white rows of teeth.
"His face looks familiar. I'm just not quite sure because he wears sunglasses and has more tidy hair," Bianca said.
"Familiar? To whom?" Indira started wondering.
"To the man at the hospital," Bianca explained.
Hearing Bianca's reply, Indira felt interested. She raised her seat, even the coconut in her hand placed on the table and immediately moved her gaze in all directions. "Seriously? Where?" she asked.
"Nowhere," Bianca answered curtly.
"But you just said he was around," Indira protested.
"Yeah, we were in the same boat, Girl. But now if he wasn't here any more, then how would I know," Bianca explained.
"Well, that's all your fault," Indira claimed.
"Me? Why?" Bianca had to put up a disapproving face.
"You should say thanks properly. But you just wrote it on a paper. You're being rude, indeed," Indira's babbling corrected Bianca.
"Yes, I know. But I just thought … Ah, nevermind, I wasn't going to prolong the affair. Enough, cut it off!" Bianca said.
"So, when you see him again, you have to thank him properly!" Indira gave the advice like an older person.
"All right. All right, young lady," Bianca said.
They both laughed.
"By the time we get back, did you start living with your parents?" Bianca asked.
Indira nodded, "Yeah, will you be okay on your own from now on?"
"Sure, it's okay. It's time you stayed in your own house. You've done what you wanted, haven't you?"
"Yes," Indira said.
***
[Are you already in Jakarta, Son?] Mrs. Wursita asked through a phone call.
"Yes, Mom. I am preparing to go to Serpong." Adam was at his apartment in south Jakarta. That evening the handsome man was stunning in black suit.
[Thank God]
"What's the matter? Should we go together, Mom?" Adam asked.
[No, you didn't need to. The route gets longer. I'll just see you there in a second. Don't be late, Son] Mrs. Wursita ordered.
"Alright, Mom."
As soon as he made his preparations, Adam made his way to the parking floor to respond to his invitation immediately. When Adam got out of the elevator, Lucky stood not far from him.
"This is the report you want, Boss," Lucky said as he extended the tablet into Adam's hands.
Adam accepted the tablet and began to look at the information on the rectangle screen. For a moment he looked at the clock, then eyes on Lucky and said, "You drive!" Adam threw the car keys. After that he got in the back seat.
The blue city car which Adam used to call "Aoi" was moving through the streets of the Capital. Meanwhile the owner of the car sat in silence reading each word of the reports Lucky's given to him, from personal information, educational history, to Bianca's workplace.
"Bianca savitri," Adam murmured as he remembered the full name of the woman that attracted him.
Lucky looked up from the rearview mirror and saw a determined boss slide the tablet screen.
"Lucky, who's holding the OSG ad?" Adam asked suddenly.
"OMG, Boss. Our regular vendor," Lucky said.
"But that AS Corp subscriptions. Are there any other candidates?"
"Do you have any recommendations, Boss?" Lucky asked back. He knew that the boss must have a new outlook.
"Take a contract with Advance Advertising."
Lucky felt familiar with the name of the company that Adam just mentioned. "It's the company Bianca works for," Lucky replied.
"Yeah. Any problems?"
"No, Boss. But, wouldn't it be too risky to take a new partnership? Recalling this is the first project of OSG," Lucky said what he thought.
"Precisely, because this is OSG's first project so we must rid ourselves from the great name of the AS Corp. OSG must build its own image," Adam said.
"Yes, Boss."
Finally the four-wheeled vehicle reached a mansion in the upper reaches of the occupied city. Before going out of that blue car, Adam said something to his assistant, "Well, listen. Plan B has an extra plan."
Immediately the assistant recalled their conversation on Beras Basah Island. "Send Bianca flowers tomorrow," Adam said, leaving Lucky stunned in the driver's seat.