Nivea looked astonished at herself who seemed to be wearing a very old-fashioned dress. She also seemed to be moving forward toward her. Nivea frowned at her own face.
"Hey lady! Are you well?"
"Oh my! Are you talking to me?" Nivea took a step back.
"Of course, lovely lady!"
"But, how come your face is ....?"
"I was you in the past. My name is Isabel, I come from hundreds years ago."
"Are you kidding, Miss Isabel?"
The girl with braided hair shook her head definitely. "No! I came to see myself in the future."
"What do you mean, miss?"
"You know, I never managed to be loved by the man that I loved so much. He never even wanted to think about my sincerity. And all that made me kill myself, when I saw him marry another girl."
Nivea covered her mouth with both hands, her eyes reacting as well. They widened in disbelief.
"But in this moment, that man really likes me. Ah, no! I was wrong. He really likes you. So you'd better not try to run, Miss beautiful lady! Start setting your heart to accept him, plant the seed of love in your heart for him. Because no matter where you run, your destiny will still bring you together with him."
"Can... Can you speak more briefly miss?"
"Oh my, beautiful lady! Well, the short of it is that you should no longer shy away from the man who made you play with the rain! Goodbye miss!"
"Eh...???? Miss Isabel. Where are you?"
In an instant everything was white. Only white light was there, the self that came from the past had vanished somewhere, leaving nothing behind. Except for the question in Nivea's mind.
A few hours later, the dark night had turned into morning. Nivea was already woke up from her sleep. She was sitting in front of her dressing table, staring at the corner of her face. And spoke to the mirror.
"That dream really drove me crazy. I was able to talk to my twin from the past. No! She said she was me. We're not twins. We're the same person in different times. With a huge time gap. What did she say to me last night? What kind of joke did she say. How did she know there was a man who asked me to play with the rain?"
"Your hot water is ready, miss!" said Seri who suddenly stepped closer and closer to her.
"Hmm. Thank you Seri. Please prepare a dress in sky blue color."
"Sky blue?"
"Yes! I want to look bright today."
"Ah, I understand miss. I will prepare it for you."
Nivea and Seri's morning activities resumed as usual. After finishing getting ready, the two of them headed to the bakery. And Nivea, again she skipped breakfast together. She only drank the hot tea that Seri always provided every morning on the nightstand in her room.
"Mr. Willy, is your friend coming this morning?" Nivea asked the coachman, after stepping down from his carriage in front of the shop.
The man bowed slightly, answering her question. "Of course, miss. Mr. Gerry is coming this morning. I have also explained to him what he should do, miss."
"Ah, alright then. Thank you Mr. Willy, I will wait for him."
Nivea stepped into the store, after circling the rows of customer tables there, she hurried to the kitchen.
"Good morning Clara, David!"
"Good morning miss." both replied almost simultaneously.
"Miss, can this table be moved back to its original place?" asked David, who was standing very close to the rectangular wooden table that was which was their shared desk.
"Ah, right! It's quite difficult to work over there. This morning an acquaintance of Mr. Willy is coming to fix the leaking roof. I guess fixing it won't take too long. Because the position of this room is not under my room. This room over here goes straight to the sky."
"So, we'll move this table after Mr. Willy's acquaintance finishes fixing the leak?"
"Of course David!"
Soon, Nivea began its work. Interacting with the flour, eggs and other ingredients that she would use to make the bread dough. Likewise, her two workers began to look busy. While Seri stood guard at the ordering table.
Today looks like it will be sunny. Although it's still too early to predict the weather today. Even so everyone is optimistic that it will be sunny the whole day.
Two hours passed, and Nivea's bread was done. She left from the kitchen to stand guard with Seri at the ordering table. After she served two customers, Mr. Willy's acquaintance finally arrived. Then Nivea had a brief conversation with the man.
Without further delay, Mr. Gerry climbed up through the access which access that allowed him to be able to repair the leak in the roof of the kitchen shop.
Having finished with his work, Mr. Gerry returned to Nivea.
"I've finished fixing it, miss. Since it's sunny today, we can't test it yet. If it rains later and it still leaks, you can call me back."
"Ah, that's right sir. I hope there will be no more leaks. Thank you for helping us, sir. And here is your reward." with a smile Nivea thrust a small brown envelope into the man's hand.
"Oh, thank you miss."
After Mr. Gerry had left the bakery, Nivea stepped into the kitchen, she was about to say something to her two workers.
"David, Clara! Let's move that table now."
"Yes miss." the two immediately paused their activities and approached where the wooden table was.
The three of them worked together to lift the heavy wooden table, moving it to its original place. So that they could move more freely without having to be limited by the wall like in the previous corner.
"Huh, that's done too! How did you move it that time, Miss? Must have been David helped you?"
Nivea gasped, "Yes? Oh... that time... Of course David helped me."
David actually frowned. Seeing David's facial expression like that, Nivea hurriedly opened her mouth before David could say anything.
"Did you forget David? Hahaha. Come on David, you're too young to be a forgetful person."
"But miss...."
"Let's get back to work!" she interrupted David's sentence and then moved back to the front.
Nivea and Seri went back to serving their customers one by one. The bakery seemed to be getting crowded. Some people were lined up, waiting in line to be served. Until the time Nivea had to serve a customer who was at the very end of the line.
And that customer was really impressed with the color of the dress Nivea was wearing today. Because the color makes Nivea look even more radiant. Matias who looked at her, couldn't wait to have her.