In fact, Grace herself was surprised. Why again, the feeling of pity, the sense of wanting to accompany, also when Theo asked the same question over and over again, made him lose. Like yesterday afternoon, when asked and pressed, he finally told me everything.

Without remaining. Including what his parents said about Theo. It felt like the squeezing part of Grace's chest just disappeared when Theo smiled at the end.

"So that's what made you avoid me?"

"That's not trivial, sir."

"Mas," Theo interrupted quickly.

"Yeah... it's not trivial, Mas Theo." Grace let out a huge frustrated sigh. In front of him, the boss's round face seemed brighter than when...