ANINDITA, A Tale of the Past

Losing the Leader's Figure

Sandra was immediately shocked when she heard Anindita's confession about what happened to the woman last night.

" Oh my God ..." Sandra immediately hugged Anindita's body making Anindita's cry break.

" Nine, Cici ..." Sandra couldn't continue her words. He also now sobbed still hugging Anindita's body.

" What's up, Mi? Why did Mom cry? Koh Leo who heard the sound of crying his wife immediately approached them in Anindita's room.

Sandra immediately parsed her embrace and then she wiped her tears.

" Fm ..." Sandra stretched out her hand asking her husband to hold her hand.

" Yes, why, Mi? Why is Mami crying too?" look at Koh Leo getting anxious. While now he saw Anindita pulling and hugging both legs while slapping his face on both knees.

" Anin was convicted last night, Pi." Sandra said softly.

" What??" Koh Leo turned back to Anindita. He saw the woman's shoulder shaken from crying.

" Oh my God ..." Koh Leo rubbed his face rough. It turned out that this was the answer to his anxiety when he saw Anindita coming home alone last night.

" Who did it, Nin? Who's baw*the bastard? Tell Koko, let Koko drag the person and make him responsible for his actions," furious Koh Leo.

Anindita can only shake her head to answer Koh Leo's question, because she herself does not know who the man who has forcibly taken her chastity. Although he could still remember the carving of the handsome face of the man but he really did not know him.

Seeing Anindita who shook her head and made no sound other than sobs that came out of her mouth Sandra immediately led her husband to the living room which was only carpeted without a guest chair.

" So how's this, Pi? It seems like Anin didn't recognize the culprit, how can we hold that person accountable? Oh, poor Anin." Sandra covered her face with her palm knowing the problems faced by one of her employees.

" Later if Anin has calmed down we ask again, maybe he knows the characteristics of the person," Koh Leo said with a heavy tone.

" Do we need to go to the police, Pi?" ask Sandra.

Koh Leo turned to his wife. " Not yet, we must seek Anin's consent as a victim. Is he willing to report this or not?"

" But pity Anin, Pi."

Koh Leo let out a long breath that felt tight when inhaled.

" This is what Papi was worried about last night" he said later.

" Why didn't Papi take Anin home last night? If Papi takes you home, nothing like this will happen." Sandra was blaming her husband.

" Papi had offered to drive home in the car, let his bike be left in the store, but Anin continued to refuse." Koh Leo tried to defend himself.

After that silence, there was no conversation between them for a moment. They are drowning with their own thoughts.

" Pi, how about we take Anin to our house for a while."

Sandra's words made Koh Leo turn back to his wife.

" People who experience events like Anin need a person to talk to who supports him. Anin's psychic condition is now being shaken by last night's events. It's not good if he's alone in this place. Mami is afraid .. she can be reckless. Moreover, not necessarily Anin can return to work for a few days." Sandra gave a reason why she asked Anindita to stay at her house. " In the back of the lower room's empty, he can use that room."

Koh Leo thought for a moment before finally agreeing to his wife's plan. After being found a decision about what actions they will do to help Anindita, the, Koh Leo and Sandra returned to Anindita's room, which was now seen leaning against the wall with her head turned up and her eyes closed.

" Nnn ...."

Anindita opened her eyes when she heard Sandra's voice.

" Nin, Koko and Cici have decided to take you to our house" Sandra said later.

Anindita scrunched her forehead. He knows both his bosses are very good to him and he is very lucky for that. But to come to live in their house, it feels like Anindita can't do that.

" No, no, Ci. Let me just stay here. I've paid the contract until next month, Ci." Anindita tried to refuse. He did not want to trouble his master.

" Nin, with your current situation, Cici doesn't think it's good that you live here alone. You need a talking buddy. Come with us." Sandra tried to persuade.

" Don't feel that way, Nin. What happened to you is Koko's responsibility, because the events you experienced happened when you came home from work from Koko's place. What we want to do may not be worth the pain you are experiencing but can at least relieve it. Therefore accept our good intentions, Nin. We both want to help you." Not inferior to his wife, Koh Leo also persuaded Anindita.

" We want you to know that we are there for you. You're not going to face this alone, Nin." Sandra patted softly Anindita's shoulder made Anindita again sobbing and immediately rushed to hug the body of the wife of the boss.

" Thank you, Ci. Cici and Koh Leo have been too kind to me, I don't know how to repay." Anindita's tears continued to decompose to wet Sandra's clothes.

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Two weeks before ...

Ricky stared at the red earth mound that had now been covered in rose petals and jasmine on it. Under the ground it had now stiffened a man who had been very meritorious to him all along. The one who made him who he is now.

Ricky looked at the middle-aged woman who continued to sob in front of her husband's grave. While in front of him two young men sat with their faces bowed to look at the tomb of their father.

Ricky stared at the name bar at the navel.

Poetra Lakshmana bin Surya Lakshmana

Born: Jakarta, February 04, 1965

Died: Jakarta, May 15, 2016

Ricky breathed deeply. His memory returned two days ago when he spoke for the last time with the man who had raised him as the adopted son of the Poetra Laksmana family.

" Rick, come here .." the weak voice of Mr. Poetra who is now lying weakly on the gurney of one of the VVIP rooms in this famous hospital in Jakarta.

" I, Sir." Ricky, a thirty-year-old man approached Mr. Poetra lying down.

" Rick, why don't you ever want to say Papa? Are you ashamed of being Papa's adopted son?" ask Mr. Poetra.

" No, Sir. There is no way I have such a thought. I have great respect for Father. My father was a very good person for me all this time. Half my life, I spent with Mr. Poetra and I loved you as much as my own parents. So how could I possibly be ashamed of being the adopted son of a great man like Mr Poetra?" Ricky dismisses the notion of Mr. Poetra who thinks he never called him 'Papa' because he was embarrassed. He just felt he did not deserve to use that title but he also felt bad for Pak Poetra's two children, namely Bimantara and Dirgantara.

Mr. Poetra smiled at Ricky's explanation. He does judge Ricky to be a very special young man he discovered fifteen years ago. The son of a worker who had a work accident that caused the father of Ricky was killed.

" Rick, Papa tipped Dirga and Bima .. accompanied by Dirga and guide Bima so that he would take care of Angkasa Raya Group. Make them have responsibility for the company under the auspices of Angkasa Raya Group."

" I'll definitely do that, sir." Ricky determined.

" Thank God .. Then Papa can be calm if he has to go to the Divine now."

" Sir, you don't talk like that. You will surely be healed. You have to be excited." Ricky immediately clasped Poetra's hand.

" It looks like the time I'm staying is just around the corner, Rick ..." With a stinged breath, Mr. Poetra said.

" Sir, you must be healed. We all still need you." Ricky continues to hold the hand of Mr. Poetra trying to give strength to the boss and his adoptive father so that the spirit to continue life.

Mr. Poetra smiled faintly. " Papa's proud to have found you, Rick. Papa is proud to train you to be strong and responsible."

" Don't talk much first. You should just rest, so that the condition of the Father quickly recovered." Ricky asked that Mr. Poetra rest. Who would have thought that his words telling him to rest were actually heard by the Angel. Because after he said that, Mr. Poetra immediately nodded slowly agreeing to his suggestion and then closed his eyes. That was the last time Ricky interacted with Mr. Poetra before Mr. Poetra's condition dropped and was unconscious until finally declared the doctor died two days later.

A very big loss not only for the family Poetra Laksmana and himself but also for all employees in the auspices of PT. Angkasa Raya Group's. Because all this time Mr. Poetra Laksmana is known as a leader who is very humble, kind and wise to his employees. No wonder if he is very respected friends and opponents.

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