3 Because I Hate You

After that experience, Bella did not finish her studies.  She is busy working and earning money but no matter how hard she has worked, the money she earned was not much.  Several times she wanted to give up but if she gave up then she would never be happy in her life.  Although only once she also wants to feel happiness.

 Wearing a black above-the-knee dress with a white lace-on-seam. Bella worked in a Victorian-style pub, so she had to wear a tight dress that wrapped her body, the skirt was slightly puffed up above the knee.  Her long hair was loose with a lace headband on top of her head.  Of course, she didn't like this uniform but the salary offered in this pub was reasonable, that's why she didn't refuse even though she didn't like this feminine outfit.

 "Hey, what are you doing? Go out and serve the guests!"  A friend surprises Bella.  She was tugging at the hem of her skirt to make it slightly longer to her knee but her efforts were in vain.  Taking a deep breath, she answered her friend's words.

 "Looks like this outfit is too small for me. Didn't they provide a slightly bigger outfit? I'm having a hard time breathing."  Her words made her friend laugh, you are funny.

 Swinging the tray in his hand, which nearly hit Bella's head, he hissed in annoyance.  "What are you thinking? You think this is a church. This is a pub, and that dress is still too polite for a pub employee. Go out serving customers. Or I'll tell the manager about your laziness!"  Hearing her friend's threats made her hissed cynically.

 "Just try it if you dare to complain to the manager about me. I will tell the manager if you flirted with his boyfriend."  Bella holds her friend's ace.  With an annoying face, she threatened her friend back.  Bella's words made her friend die of lice.

 "Okay fine, I lost. But you shouldn't be slacking off with the excuse of that outfit. It says if you need a lot of money, go work hard!"  He pushed Bella's back violently out of the dressing room.  Once again he pushed Bella's body even harder until Bella came out of the hall.  Bella was surprised to see the pub so crowded tonight.

 "Why are rich people so happy to spend their money?"  She took a deep breath and was ready to get to work.  Some people were born lucky and can spend money without having to think about what to eat tomorrow.  But for Bella, she had to save and think about all that because she had to fight for her life.

 She started to get busy at work.  Took a few large beers from the bartender's table.  And bringing the beer to the customer's table.  There was one table that caught her attention, at that table, there was only a woman who looked so frustrated.  Because the light here is dim and less bright.  Bella didn't care about the woman.  After placing the woman's order Bella was about to leave but the woman's cell phone rang and the woman asked Bella to get the cellphone on the table.  Even though the phone was very close to the woman's hand.

 "Hey, you. Get me my cell phone!"  Lifting her face from the table she pointed at the cell phone on the tip of her index finger, she watched her long, messy hair cover her face.

 Bella had often got customers like this and acted jerk and flustered, so she was used to dealing with it.  She politely and calmly took the cell phone to the woman who looked half drunk.

 The woman saw the name of the contact who appeared to be calling.  "after you got tired of ignoring me. Now you're calling me. You think I'm some cheap girl you can meet when you have free time. You scumbag. I'll make you kneel to me and forget about that bitch. Damn bitch. I'll kill you guys  for making me suffer so much like this!"  She screamed hysterically and then slammed her cell phone on the floor.

 She was so good at making a scene, the scene stole the attention of other visitors.  Bella tried to handle the situation and took the woman's cell phone.  She put the phone back on the table then she calmly tried to calm the drunk woman.

 "Miss. You seem drunk. Where is your friend?"  She asked calmly while holding the shoulder of the woman who seemed to be shaking because she couldn't sit properly anymore.

 The woman's lips were half opened, she was still babbling.  "He's an asshole. He's such an asshole. He was supposed to meet me and help me but instead, he ignored me and chose to go home. Is that worthy of being called a man! He's a sissy man!"

 Bella didn't understand what was going on with this woman but she would try one more time to talk to this woman.  "Where is your house, Miss. I'll call a taxi for you. You'd better go home because you're drunk."  Bella tried to persuade.

 "Let go of me!"  The woman rebelled and stomped Bella's hands on her shoulders.  It seems this woman can't handle a single conversation.  She was drunk.

 The phone rang again on the table.  Bella impolitely took a peek and read the contacts that appeared on the cellphone screen.

 'My Boo…' reading that line made Bella's heart skip a beat for a second.  Gracia's voice was still ringing in her ears but she tried to calm down and took the phone.  "Miss. Can you pick up this incoming call, looks like this person can help you."

 "I Can't! And I don't care about him!"  The woman refused and pushed Bella's hand while holding the cell phone.

 Bella took a deep breath.  There are always customers throwing tantrums and making the crew go the extra mile, before any more chaos, Bella has to stop all this.  She pressed the phone screen and accepted the incoming call.

 "Hello, I'm the crew of the Victorian pub on Main Street one. I'm sorry to be presumptuous but I think you have to pick up your friend here because she's very drunk."  Bella said without giving the caller a chance to speak first.

 "I will accompany this woman for 30 minutes, pick her up immediately or it will be dangerous for her because this pub does not have an extra security team for their customers,"  Bella said again before hanging up the call on the girl's cell phone.

 She put the phone back on the table, then she squatted down a little.  "Miss. Your friend is coming soon so, for now, you can just have to wait. You don't seem to be able to sit down anymore so lie down while you wait."  Bella very gently led this woman's body to lie on the couch.

 Not long after, two men were coaching Bella after she picked up the phone from the same contact as before.  She thought it was this woman's boyfriend who came to pick her up but why did two men appear? she became suspicious.

 "How can I believe that you guys are this girl's friend? What if you guys are bad guys?"  Bella said curtly, she suspected two men who picked up the woman who was lying on the chair.  She feels responsible for pub customers because it's part of her job.

 "Of course, you have to believe because they are my people and you know me very well. Isn't that right Bella?"  From behind two tall and well-bodied men appeared another man.  So they are three men.

 The last man who appeared was a younger man with neatly styled hair, slicked combed, his forehead was clear and looked smooth, and his jaw was firm with all black clothes that made his body proportions like a catwalk model.

 Bella's eyes widened when she saw a face that had changed a lot but was still well recognized.  Alex!  She couldn't even raise her voice because she was shocked to see Alex's sudden appearance here.

 Wait, if he's Alex, then?

 Bella watched the hair of the woman lying on the chair, she was shocked a second time until her jaw dropped and her mouth rounded like an O. Gracia!

 Damn it!  Her mind screamed hysterically.  She should have buried these people three years ago but why did they reappear here!  Bella couldn't help but freeze looking at the drunken Gracia and Alex who had changed a lot.

 "Bella. You haven't changed much, I can still recognize you well even just from your voice on the phone."  Alex's voice made Bella want to be buried here even more.  

Bella does not want to deal with this lovebird, she has tried to survive in her life and learn to be independent without Alex's help.  And now Alex appeared in front of her, would her struggle for three years to forget Alex be in vain.

 "Why did you run away from me?"  Alex's voice sounds shaking, his voice causing Bella to lift her chin slightly.

 Do you have to ask me about the reason?  Isn't everything clear?

 "Why did you disappear without a word?"

 Alex changed his question but Bella's answer remained the same.  Of course, she must disappear from Alex's life and forget about Alex for their future.

 I don't want to have a tie with you while our lives are always different.  It was an honest answer in Bella's heart, but she preferred to lie.

 "Because I hate you!"  Bella hissed then left, Alex and Gracia.