A Kaleidoscope in The Sky
I'll retur
do you
n. The dinner, the view, the company ... I want to take you
ing about what he had just said, I might have done something silly because I was happy. An
I don't want to dress up just to eat; secondly, I always think fine dining
es a restaurant with a great view hav
e trouble just to return the favor. Dinner here is en
was on the menu for dinner this time? Grilled Honey Glazed Beef Ribs, Teriyaki Beef, Crispy Baby Beans, plus two orders of tuna salad that Za
here were forks, knives, and neatly folded napkins, just like in a fancy restaurant. None of the guys I had invited to my h
id because I was starting to become less like myself. Whoever inhabited my body right now wasn't the Glenn Anantara I had known my whole life. Glenn Ananta
you something...
you wan
gry because you had dinner here? What if someo
ing for me in Sanur or elsewhere, Glenn. Wh
d when I open it, there's a guy or girl practicing their martial art with a sword in
Zack! "I can assure you that no man will be jealo
nother guy, I would have kicked him out long ago." I knew my joke sounded d
d his back and grabbed his g
move to Bali? Isn't it be
graduating high school. Zack's stories about those two places explained a lot about his appearance
back and forth between the UK and Indonesia; at one point, I just co
family? Are the
e family is
odd
lking about his family seemed too early for whatever it is called that we'r
is your
married, so make it eleven, including me and my parents, plus four nephews and three nieces. Not to me
iously can't marry a girl. When we get together, Dad and Mom like to tease our family as the most barren family because my aunts and uncles already have grandchildren.
too," Zack sa
oth luck
s influence and my other siblings, my dad eventually accepted it with open arms. Whenever someone tease
t my singleness. He tried to set me up on
o be set up like t
do besides dining at fancy re
ne dining th
rolled
a nice spot and read there. And if I'm in the mood and someone invites me, I play golf in Nusa Dua.
dinary employee? Your hobbies alone are expensive," I
is relati
eap hobbies for me. Maybe our dinner to
aking his dimples more visible. "Would you belie
won't b
noodles, or fried rice from street vendors. Trust me. I don't mind
like this when eating at
s wrong with dressing up even
r eating at a roadside stall, Za
if I wear nice clothes or n
urn to laugh. This guy
exchange hou
do you
would be nice to wake up, see the sea
ood what he meant
here's a guest room. You're
My tongue needed a beauty class. It was a b
ffer. I'll think abo
my invitation
e any plans
nd exhale, Glenn. No need to be conceited, Glenn. Maybe he would ask
re you t
t have any plans, I want to take you to Ubud. My friend's friend opened a gal
of gallery?
head. "Stone an
it wasn't
ud. I can also show you some great places to eat
enn. Get ready to tortur
t how do you know all th
imes when my clients are in Bali, they invite me to restaurants. I'm not c
just
should I pick y
the gallery around nine or
I pick you
not 9
t my response. "They say b
hatever
o see Zack again. In less than 24 hours, I would