Heartbeat by Iem_Aivlis

Christ's POV

This morning I started walking around the mall. Because of the girl I don't want to meet was in this mall yesterday, I canceled my intention to monitor the shops in the mall. Antonio said that he saw the girl shopping at this mall. I knew for sure that the girl would take a long time to spend her money, so I chose to spend my time in my office. I know the women will spend a long time for shopping. Because my mother and my older sister are like that too. After hearing Mr. Weasley's explanation, now there was only one more shop left for us to visit. 

"Mr. Louise, this is LOU Boutique which is managed directly by Mrs. Matthew." Mr. Weasley explained to me.

We are currently monitoring the condition of our stores. Part of our shop is managed by Anastasia Louise. She is my only older sister. She is a woman who is responsible for her work. So, it was no surprise that Dad asked her to manage the shops in this mall. In the past, when I was sick, she was also the one who took care of all my neglected work. Even in the midst of her busy schedule, dhe still makes time to take care of me and Mom. She is the second woman I love after Mom even though she is sometimes very annoying. It would be a lie to say that we never fight. She even had a crazy idea to donate her heart to me. Luckily the doctor rejected my older sister's crazy idea. Because that is impossible. However, since getting married, she changed her last name to Matthew, following her husband's family name. After marriage, her husband told her to stop working. But she refused because she didn't want to see me exhausted from taking care of the mall. My older sister is worried that I will fall sick again like before. But, now she is expecting her second baby, so here I am, replacing her position.

"Welcome sir, how can I help you?" A woman greeted Antonio as he entered the boutique.

I also entered this boutique after Mr. Weasley entered.

"Oh, Mr. Weasley." The woman who I guessed was a waitress from this boutique immediately saluted this male secretary.

Mr Weasley and the boutique keeper took me to look at the clothing collection in this boutique. Several famous clothing brands are displayed on a mannequin. I saw a boutique employee talking to a customer. It seems like the customer wanted to see another color of the dress she was touching on a mannequin. But it seems like this boutique doesn't have it.I could see from behind the body of the boutique waiter shaking his head as a sign of no. Later I will ask Ana to provide various colors of each dress model from this boutique.

"So, all our store employees wear different uniforms?" I asked the man standing next to me when we left the boutique.

Antonio started fiddling with the iPad that had been in his hand. I can see Antonio is looking for information about employee uniforms in this store.

"Yes, Mr. Louise. Every store employee has a logo on the left pocket of their uniform. If they are employees of our Bakery store, there will be a cake logo with the word LOU below the logo. This makes it easier for us to recognize the employees of our store. So they look different from other store employees." Mr. Weasley answered my questions in detail.

Not long after that Antonio handed the iPhone to me. It turns out that what this man explained was true. As long as there is LOU written on the employees' clothing, then they are our employees. That's because there are many shops that also rent space in our mall. So, with a logo like that, it makes it very easy for managers to monitor their employees. No wonder this man easily found Louise's family shop just by looking at the uniforms of the employees in the shop. I stopped my steps. When I returned the iPhone to Antonio, my eyes accidentally saw a pine tree located in the middle of this mall.

"Why is the Christmas tree look like that?" I asked Mr. Weasley not to Antonio.

"Is there something wrong with the Christmas tree, Mr. Louise?" Mr. Weasley answered my question with a question.

"The Christmas tree doesn't look very appealing. You should ask them to add decorations to the tree. Add more Christmas ornaments to the tree to make it look more attractive!" I said while pointing at the tree.

The Christmas tree doesn't look that good. Last year when I visited this mall, the Christmas tree was usually decorated very luxuriously. Many objects were attached to the tree branches and colorful light bulbs were lit in a twinkling manner. So many visitors come just to take photos with the Christmas tree. Usually Anastasia decorates the Christmas tree every Christmas. That's because the Christmas tree is located near her boutique. One of the boutiques in this mall is managed directly by Anastasia. That's because as a teenager Anatasia really liked fashion. Then my gaze fell under the pine tree. There are several boxes containing gift packages. And the gift boxes are packed in different sizes. There are small, medium and large sizes. The boxes were located under the Pine tree.

"Do those gifts have anything inside?" Because I was curious, I started asking questions.

"Of course, Mr. Louise. Those are Christmas gifts prepared by our shops. And we always do that every Christmas." The man who served as my sister's secretary explained as he walked closer to the pine tree.

I started following him and saw him start to pick up a present that was lying under the tree roots. Mr. Weasley started handing me the gift. I took it and started shaking the gift, wondering what was inside.

"Can you see there is a number written on the gift, Mr. Louise?" Mr. Weasley asked me.

I started looking for the number that this man was referring to. There was a number sixty-seven written on the front. Then I glanced at the other gift boxes. And sure enough, they all have different numbers.

"Every customer who shops at each of our stores has the opportunity to get a raffle coupon with a number written on it. They can get it if the total amount of their purchases reaches the amount determined by each store." This man explained to me while Antonio was busy taking notes on his iPhone.

"Then, is there no one going to look after these gifts?" I asked while looking at the gift that was still in the box.

"A woman wearing a Santarina costume will guard and distribute them every night at seven until the mall closes. That's because the distribution of the coupons will be held at eight o'clock in the evening." He said as he took the gift I held out to him.

Mr. Weasley looked at the watch on his wrist. "It's lunch time now. We can have lunch while I'm taking you to our cafeteria, Mr. Louise. Please follow me."

Antonio and I walked after Mr. Weasley.

"After this, what's my schedule?"I asked Antonio who was walking beside me.

Antonio looked back at the Ipad. "Tonight you will have dinner with the designers."

"Designer? Why should I meet a designer?" I stopped walking.

"You came to represent Mrs. Matthew. There are three designers who want to launch their latest fashion at LOU boutique." Antonio explained while staring at the iPhone screen.

I don't understand fashion. Why did Anastasia tell me to do this. I have to talk to Anatasia before meeting the designers. I walked back to the cafeteria. Mr. Weasley was waiting at the cafeteria entrance. After I arrived at the front door of the cafeteria, Mr. Weasley started walking into the room.

"This is a cafeteria exclusively for employees. Employees have a thirty-minute break and lunch period." Mr. Weasley started talking and then looked at the employees who filled this place.

I followed Mr. Weasley. All employees in this cafeteria wear uniforms with the LOU logo.

"If they have thirty minutes for lunch, then what about the shops they run? Are the shops also closed for break time?" I asked curiously. If all the shops are closed, then we will have a shortage of turnover.

"No, the shop is not closed, Mr. Louise. From the beginning, Mrs. Matthew had made a rule that each store would only allow two employees at each break time. After two employees have finished, the other employees will take turns to rest and eat. And so on until all the store employees have had their break time." Mr. Weasley explained as he led us to the food area.

I noticed for a moment that Antonio felt uneasy. He lowered his head.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked Antonio while looking back. I just saw the back of the female employee walking out of this place. Who is she?Why does Antonio look like he wants to hide from the woman?

*Continued*