Reksa immediately walked quickly to the door in front of him, and he immediately asked about the prospective employee whose data was in his hands at the moment.
"Alex, has the candidate named Aneta been hired here?" asked Reksa when the door to his room was fully opened.
"This is the list of names of newly hired employees, sir." Alex handed a piece of paper to his boss.
"Why didn't Aneta get hired? Don't you think she has good grades and experience here?"
"Quickly call Aneta here and immediately ask her to meet with me," added Reksa half-forcefully.
Alex then called the HR department after Reksa returned to his room.
Alex really didn't understand the boss's way of thinking, he thought maybe the boss had a special relationship with the woman named Aneta, but when he remembered the HRD's explanation about the reason for not accepting Aneta, he doubted his thoughts because Aneta was not the boss's type at all, especially considering that Aneta was half an hour late for the scheduled interview.
And judging from that, it shows that Aneta is not a disciplined woman, like one of the criteria of Reksa's ideal woman.
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Aneta was walking along the highway, after she had been rejected by several companies that she had approached to find a job. She saw a busy restaurant that seemed to need additional staff to help serve the customers.
Based on her work experience, there was a very good chance that Aneta would be accepted by a big company in this country, but because most of them looked at her appearance, none of the companies she visited would accept her.
As Aneta walked towards the restaurant, she thought that whatever she did, as long as she made money, it didn't matter.
But just as she was about to ask an employee who might be at the cash register, Aneta received a call from Ranti's aunt.
"Yes, Auntie. What's wrong?" She asked when the phone picked up.
"..."
"What? Well, I'll be home soon."
Aneta looked for a motorcycle taxi to take her home, ignoring her cell phone, which rang repeatedly.
Arriving home, Aneta was immediately greeted by the cries of a small child who seemed to be six years old.
The little boy immediately rushed to hug his mother when he realized it was the mother he had been looking for all morning.
Auntie Ranti immediately told her what happened after the three of them returned from the hospital this morning.
Yes, Aneta was late for the interview this morning because she took Gabriel to the hospital.
Gabriel was actually hospitalized on the advice of the doctor because the child's body temperature was very high and he had a history of seizures when he had too high a body temperature, but because there was no money, Aneta was forced to choose outpatient care.
And just after taking the medicine, the little boy fell asleep, so she used the opportunity for Aneta to go to the interview, not forgetting to leave. Gabriel with Aunt Ranti, the only neighbor who was kind to Aneta and her son.
Back when Aneta was pregnant, she chose to live in Surabaya, as she was kicked out by her parents.
Aneta's suffering began when she was in Surabaya.There, she had no one.And none of the neighbors wanted to socialize with her, and who would want to socialize with a pregnant woman without a man beside her.
And even worse, when she was heavily pregnant, she was expelled from the village because a woman who lived there accused Aneta of flirting with her husband, even though it was the woman's husband who flirted with Aneta, and looked down on Aneta because she was considered a cheap woman who was pregnant with an unknown person.
Since then Aneta has been moving around the city, and when Gabriel was almost six years old, she decided to settle back in Jakarta. Although she used to live in an elite housing estate, now she doesn't feel uncomfortable living in a densely populated slum.
Aneta actually wanted to give Gabriel a decent place to live, but for now, she didn't have enough money to pay for a minimalist house in the area.
However, there are still some residents there who consider Aneta a threat, especially mothers who feel jealous of Aneta's beauty.
And ironically, little children who really don't know the problem are also associated with their parents' problems.
Like this morning when Gabriel woke up from sleep, he intended to look for his mother outside the house, but when he arrived in front of the house, Gabriel met his classmates who had just returned from school and taunted Gabriel that he did not go to school today because he was afraid of the two friends' challenge to bring a father because today at Gabriel's school there was a special event for children and fathers.
Usually Gabriel never paid attention to his two friends, who often mocked him, but no matter how strong a child is, he will definitely falter if he is always mentioned about his father every day, especially since Gabriel grew up without a father beside him.
If in the past Gabriel was always strong and always calmed Aneta, now Aneta is confused by Gabriel's endless crying and does not want to open his mouth for what the reason for crying, he just hugs Aneta tightly as if he doesn't want to be separated for a second.
Aneta continued to calm Gabriel, until Gabriel fell asleep while hugging Aneta because he was tired of crying.
Aneta moved Gabriel to the room and put him to sleep on the mat in their room, and after that, she immediately left the room and asked Aunt Ranti why Gabriel was crying, but Aunt Ranti also didn't know why Gabriel was crying so much.
"How was the interview today?" asked Aunt Ranti as she sat on the mat in the living room and family room of Aneta's rented house.
Aneta sighed and shook her head, indicating that there was no good news for today.
Auntie Ranti encouraged Aneta, believing there was still a place out there for her to work to support herself and her only child.
Aunt Ranti was the only neighbor who was kind to Aneta. She was also a widow with two children, and all of her children were married and living out of town with their spouses.