“Right, Grandma! The pendant stone is so pretty!” Cleo answered. She herself didn’t understand too much about jewelery. But it looked like jewelry was very expensive and also beautiful.
“Your choice is very good, Madame. This pendant has just been issued by one of the renowned pendant designers Aidem Smirtz who has just come to the market. If you are a jewelry observer, you certainly know that name, ” the shopkeeper said, who had been promoting the products and been in close proximity for a long time.
“Oh really?” Mrs. Sofia replied.
“Yes, Madame. And they only took out a few pieces for this model, ” the shopkeeper added.
Cleo, who didn’t understand whoever was a famous designer who the shopkeeper said can only nod in understanding.
“Do you want to buy it?” Cleo asked.
“Yes, Grandma would like to buy it. But… ” Madame Sofia expressed her hesitation.
“But..?”
“Are you going to buy it for Grandma?” Mrs. Sofia asked.
Cleo spontaneously gawked, “Yes?”
“Grandma forgot to bring money or credit cards,” Mrs. Sofia continued.
Cleo looked at Mrs. Sofia with resignation.
If grandmother didn’t bring money, then why did they have to go from one store to another to shop, and end up buying a piece of jewelry in this shop?
Mrs. Sofia made a sad face.
“It’s okay if you don’t want to. Grandma can buy it another time. That is, if later when Grandma returns, this jewelry is still there. ”
Her words were like a hammer, enough to make her looked sad. Even though it was only about a jewelry. So, like it or not, Cleo finally offered to pay for the jewelry, according to Grandma’s wish.
Luckily she brought her granddaughter’s credit card!
“Please pack this up,” Cleo exclaimed directly to the Shopkeeper.
Hearing that, Mrs. Sofia was immediately pleased. Just like a child getting a pile of candy.
“You are indeed my best granddaughter-in-law !!” Sofia said excitedly. Cleo replied with a thin smile.
“Grandma is also my greatest grandmother-in-law!!” Cleo replied half jokingly. The two of them laughed together.
“Do you also want to buy something?” Sofia asked.
Cleo spontaneously shook her head, “No, Grandma. Thank you.”
After making payment and receiving the purchased items, Cleo and Mrs. Sofia continued their activities to tour around the shopping center. Throughout the activity, it was not uncommon for the two of them to laugh and chat with each other.
Until it was 6 o’clock in the evening, they finally decided to return to their respective homes before it got dark.
“Are you sure you don’t want me to take you home? I can ask Arman to drive you home first. After that, only then we can return home, ” Mrs. Sofia said, offering a ride.
Arman was the name of grandmother’s driver. And because Cleo didn’t have a private car to go home, Grandma volunteered to take her home. But because Cleo thought it would be troublesome, Cleo refused.
“That’s not necessary, Grandma. Besides, the road to my house is quite the opposite from here. If grandmother took me, grandma would have to turn the road and it will be getting home longer. Grandma must have been tired all day. Of course. I can order an Uber,” Cleo said politely.
Sofia nodded.
“Fine, if that’s what you want. Call me when you get home, okay? ” Grandma’s orders were immediately agreed by Cleo.
They finally separated. And Cleo immediately ordered an Uber from her cellphone. After a few minutes, the car she ordered arrived. She just got into the car and returned to Harry’s residence.
***
Arriving at home, Sofia immediately lay down on the sofa in her room. Seeing the return of his mistress, Daniar, who today did not come with her at the behest of her employer, could only approach Sofia curiously.
“Madame, how is today? Is everything going well? ” Daniar asked as she helped Sofia relax. She gently massaged Sofia’s shoulders, who looked tired.
“Yes, so far.”
Sofia’s short answer made Daniar frown.
“She’s not suspicious?” Daniar asked, worried.
Sofia shook her head, “I don’t think so.”
With doubt, Daniar asked again, “Madame, do you need to do this? Making that woman pay all your bills, and making her have to use her husband’s Mr Harry’s card for your purposes, isn’t that a little too much? ”
Sofia, who initially closed her eyes enjoying Daniar’s light massage, opened her eyes slowly. She took a sitting position that pointed to Daniar and said.
“Why is that too much? I’m just testing it. You know, I really like testing people. Especially, people who are close to me and my family, ” Sofia said, doing all kinds of defense.
Daniar understood that.
“Yes, just like when Mrs. Cleo came to the hospital when she first saw you. Madame also tested it by pretending to be me,” Daniar recalled the incident that had happened when Mrs. Cleo appeared.
Sofia laughed, “You’re right. And she was so surprised to find that I am Harry’s real grandmother. She almost fell out of her chair after hearing that. ”
Maybe for Sofia it was a funny thing. But for Daniar, who was afraid to death that her guise would be exposed, could only caress her chest with a heavy heart.
***