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