(Still Revised) Grandfather's Green Lake

Promise Aira

"Promise me Aira!" said Ari.

"Yes pa, I promise to always look after and love Arnel."

"Two days ago, I met Hasan at a minimarket. I followed her, I asked her to speak at a cheerful coffee shop not far from the minimarket."

"I couldn't talk to him much, he didn't want to talk and still seemed reluctant to meet me, he spoke to me at his daughter's request."

"Did you remember? your schoolmate named Wanda?"

Aira of course knows Wanda, the woman who has been dating since Junior High with Andi, their friendship began to fall apart since the pregnancy of Aira and the arrival of Yuhen.

"Yes, I remember and know him. What's with him?"

"She was Hasan's daughter. Because Wanda knows you and Arnel, so she can talk to Hasan."

Aira was surprised to hear that.

"How are you, Dad, where did you meet him? all this time, I never met her again," asked Aira enthusiastically.

"They're fine, they just came home from abroad, likely to settle here."

Ari breathed out violently, then drank the mineral water Mona had prepared for her. He felt that Hasan's return this time was not a coincidence, like there was a plan that he had arranged, inwardly.

Good thing, I was able to meet and search for them, I haven't seen Wanda in a long time.

"Pa, reveal all that disturbs your feelings and thoughts, I will hear them."

"Then..."

••• ____Flash-off Flash•••

Damrah pedaling his ontel bike excitedly, he invited Ari to meet with two of his adopted children.

Ari who was 10 years old at that time looked at the two brothers with a seedy appearance with pity, the parents of the two boys died, they lived abandoned lives, they lived, out of pity Damrah adopted and took them.

Damrah is a warm, gentle and affectionate man. He liked the children, they were the eighth and ninth children that Damrah adopted.

"I'm Ari" he said as he stuck out his hand.

"I am Hasan, I am Viza," they answered in turn, answering greetings.

"You will be my eighth and ninth brothers" Ari continued.

All of Damrah's adopted children are very obedient and love Ari and Damrah. They are raised with love and schooled in the best schools.

They grew up together, but some of the information about them began to be kept secret from the public, only Ari who appeared on the public surface, while others became a secret companion loyal to him.

As a teenager, Hasan fell in love with Ari's mother's stepson, he always protected the girl when Ari intended to hurt her, so one day he asked Hasan to rape the girl, he was powerless and forced to obey her, otherwise Ari would have had others rape the girl together.

Since that incident, Hasan began to moody and began to disobey Ari's orders, he secretly peeked and met the girl.

The day passed, the brothers developed the Damrah coffee business, to become a coffee factory, after which several branches of coffee plants, became other beverage factories, and became several other factories.

Damrah's name is getting known, they are getting older and arrive at the wedding Ari. he married the village girl from his mother's hometown, he married the girl and tortured her.

Hasan often defends Ari's wife and protects her. Especially when he found out, his sister Viza was also asked to interfere with Ari's household affairs.

She is very upset when she learns that Viza is pregnant because Ari is forced to sleep with a man named Hardi, she is very disappointed that Ari does not protect Viza, but instead damages her life.

After becoming pregnant, Viza was asked to hide with Hardi in a remote village. It all made Hasan even more angry. He hit Ari, so they hit each other.

It was the first time they fought until they hit each other, their brotherhood became pros and cons, some defended Hasan and some defended Ari.

The effort they developed, became divided. Damrah's heartache became relapsed when Ari asked Hasan to rape her mother's stepson, and asked Viza to conceive a son of unknown origin.

After Damrah died, they began to break out of the Damrah family home, which left only Ari and four brothers who supported him, two people went with Hasan and two others disappeared without news.

Before exiting the house, Hasan said 'if he would take revenge for his sister Viza who had been forced to conceive with a man whom he did not even know'.

•••___Flashback On•••

Ari breathed her.

"That's the story, papa's sorry," he said.

"This handkerchief is my birthday present, they sew it themselves by hand, write the names of both of them."

"I want you to keep it."

Aira took the handkerchief and kept it in the bag, now her body felt stiff, she did not expect papa who had been so soft very rough and cruel in youth.

"I still think he doesn't want revenge. If he wanted revenge, of course he could have done it a long time ago. Except, he knows because you and Arnel like each other."

"And I don't worry anymore, it's enough that I will accept his anger" Ari continued.

"Father don't think too much, not everything said in the past is true. Not everything on the lips will be the same as the contents of the heart in the present. Maybe Uncle Hasan used to talk like that out of annoyance."

"I hope so, too, but I'm ready to accept everything. Just so you don't hate Arnel, he loves you so much Aira" Ari said as she placed her hand on Aira's head.

"Please promise Aira you won't hate Arnel no matter what, stay by his side, never leave him. You know, papa has been forcing you to always be by his side, even secretly plotting your wedding plans."

"Pa, don't think about it anymore. All has passed, I sincerely live this matchmaking, and I love Arnel now pa, I will always keep my love for him, and will be at his side until the end," said Aira.

"Papa was happy to hear it, now can you leave me alone," Ari said blankly to the window.

Aira left behind Ari who was pensive to think about what was there, while now he was also pensively staring at the handkerchief he was about to save, he said, he sat on the sofa holding the handkerchief in the room, hoping everything would be fine.