Lady'S Gentleman
Black or White
Hansel Bataragunadi, 85 years old, commonly called Mr. Hans.
Formerly a politician of the Old Order era with his ideology of the First President of this country is full of controversy, also dare to criticize the New Order era government when Peter roamed. His tongue against the state government is sharp, but his sharpness in fact only makes his children miserable, and his wife tormented.
In the event of a riot because his mouth could not be brake, his wife was forced to withdraw the family, back to Turkey. He was pressured to cancel his marriage, when Meilinda was 4 years old. Three years later, Sebastian was jailed on charges of stealing.
A trumped-up accusation to deter Hans, for to his knowledge stealing a pack of instant noodles was unlikely to go to jail for that long. Especially when Sebastian is in prison, Baskara Beaufort comes to Hans' house, removes all his 'sins' and gives him some funds in the account so that Meilinda can continue her schooling.
He said Sebastian was continuing his schooling... Lessons about life.
Inside the prison at the time, it was full of 'relationships' of politicians and journalists arrested. All with high intellectual power and thought that can make the country become advanced in the eyes of the world.
But they don't want to move. don't want to move forward.
Eventually Hans could only give up on the circumstances. In accordance with Baskara's instructions, he set up a small company, while waiting for Sebastian to be free.
When Sebastian is free and the boy decides to go to college in America while running his business, Hans helps supervise Sebastian's company. He is now completely withdrawn from politics.
Sebastian did invest in several companies on his behalf, but Hans had no intention of pulling the benefits.
He now feels well-sufficient.
Hans grabbed the usual towel draped around his neck and dipped his sweat.
The sun was blazing over the sky, without clouds.
Sit on a garden chair while enjoying a plate of pinch cake and sweet tea.
He likes to enjoy roadside snacks...
in the past, when with Kayla, his wife, they often walked together through the market, buying snacks like this, but enjoyed alone with loved ones. Like fancy food...
He waited for the Joker to come.
The one who 'steals' the heart of the King's Princess. Meilinda.
The man who caught the King's attention. Sebastian.
The Joker befriends the Knight, his grandson, Trevor.
Now the Queen is interested in getting acquainted, Hans is the Queen.
He'll see who the Joker is.
Is it a White Pioneer or a Black Pioneer
Not long after, he saw a handsome young man enter the gate, and pass through the garden.
Hans grinned while carrying a bucket full of water
*****
Trevor looked at the photo of Ayumi on his phone.
In his mind there was still a word: Why...
Even though the 'why' itself already knows the answer.
There's a lot of 'why' in his mind...
All this time...
Very long, a quarter of his life.
The two of them, he and Ayumi, went through all the obstacles patiently.
Is that so great a grudge Ayumi...?
Trevor has promised to always be next to this woman. A woman who suffers because of her family.
Ayumi is educated, why turn to the syndicate?
Many question.
One answer...
His father was the answer to everything.
Now, his father is pacing around in his study. He's very angry.
His tantric blood pressure had started to normal after getting the vitamin infusion. But his father is still inflamed.
Two broken samsacks scattered, one of the golf clubs broken when his father tried to entertain himself with mini golf inside his study.
Now rather than all the furniture being a victim, his father chose to pacing without touching anything.
He is always possessive when it comes to Aunt Meilinda.
And... Trevor was a little worried about something unwanted.
So he replaced his phone screen with a line of contact numbers.
And give a short message to Milady.
*****
"Here's Nduk..." Malik Adara sat down on his soft sofa while patting next to him, telling Milady to sit down.
He called Milady, to visit home.
Milady sat in front of him with her usual smile, the usual graceful movements, the resolute self-mastery she used to display.
As a father who sees their growth and development every day, he knows this is not the real figure of Milady.
Both children have different strengths of thinking than their peers.
since Milady was able to speak at 10 months old, Malik has known about it.
And...
All this time her children stood alone with very little help from her.
Milady is a mysterious boy.
Malik thought that by letting a smile on his children's faces, he would not ask any more questions.
But it turns out that it was wrong...
His children turned out to be thirsty for parental affection, no one grabbed them, they stood without a foothold.
"Lady... I'm here to call you to talk about your marriage. I know this is your second marriage. We've had a procession like this, this Father-Child talk. But. this time..." Malik sighed. Why does it feel like this is the moment of her daughter's life determination? Maybe it's time he became a parent, after all these years...
"... This time is different from the first."
"Yes Dad.. actually everything has been designed, it's 90% ready and..."
"Dad wants to talk about you." Malik cut up.
Milady straightened her body.
Look at him seriously.
"This time I won't ask you like I used to. It's not a question of whether you like your future husband or whether you're sure you're getting married. That's not what I want to ask." Malik looked at his daughter bitterly.
"But.." continued Malik. "...Milady... have you been happy all this time?"
I heard a breath coming from Milady.
*****
Sebastian stared at the man in front of him while throwing his golf ball. He sat in his chair and raised his feet.
this fellow...
Tanurahardja Dimas.
Brother's sister...
She could be confident of being her sister's boyfriend...
But what made Sebastian so far free the movement of this jerky boy, this Boyokethek, is his ability.
Sebastian knows Dimas as Bram's brother. His confidant in a property subsidiary. Bram achieved success as an operational manager with the ability to negotiate. About a few years ago, maybe more than ten years ago, Sebastian really wanted a field in the Surabaya area to be used as a mega-mall. At that time his Property Business was only a few years established. And he got a report from the field supervisor if the landowner did not want to release the land at the price offered. Negotiations go awry.
Finally, after recounting the loss of profit, Sebastian decided to buy the land at the price proposed by the land seller. It was still profitable, but not as much as the first projection.
He was shocked to discover that he had been negotiating with a young man in his 20s, beating out his higher-educated directors and managers. That land was the legacy of his parents.
Sebastian immediately instructed the Director of Personnel to offer the youngster a job at Garnet Propery.
that's when he got to know Bramantyo.