Cempaka Bride

Snooper

Gurgling a small fountain from the fish pond in the yard, making Eric as if hypnotized and continue to look at the pool.

His mind wanders into the past. Where he just came again to Bandung, after a long time wandering, moving from one country to another, to carry out the duties of his boss.

Eric was so happy he finally got to visit Amanda. After a long time only occasionally met in Jakarta.

"Ko, can't you stop working like this?" ask Amanda. At that time they were chatting in their room.

"I'm comfortable doing this kind of work" Eric replied as he sipped coffee made by his beautiful sister.

"I am uncomfortable. Continually stalked by Koko's men," complained Amanda.

Eric placed the coffee cup on the floor, and inching closer to Amanda. His outstretched hand grabbed the young woman's shoulder, and held her until their shoulders clung.

"It's all for your safety. Koko does not want if you get why" explained Eric.

"I don't work there either, we're already the target of another syndicate, Nda. Our family is already famous in the syndicate world. The generations that never break up" continued Eric.

He understood his sister's heartbreak. Because he used to feel the same way.

When he first found out that his father and family were involved in the world of big syndicates, Eric was very upset. He kept his father quiet for a few months.

Eric tried not to want to participate in the circle of the black world. He just wants to live a normal life like most people.

However, events that almost took the life of his mother, making Eric angry. He decides to join forces, in order to avenge the man who hurt his mother.

Eric remembered very well, how the old man's eyes looked, when Eric beat the boy before his eyes. The young man almost died, if Eric's papa didn't pull the boy away.

The young man suffered permanent paralysis. His father was lost to the earth.

Eric's family has been caring for the young man until now, in an exclusive hospital abroad.

"Here, where do you live, Ko?" ask Amanda.

"In the office first. Find another boarding house" answered Eric.

"Why-kos? Don't live in an apartment?"

"Nge-kos it's safer. Seen blending. You know for a long time I didn't like living in an apartment like that."

Amanda speechless. He remembered the papa's advice. The most dangerous place is definitely the safest. Because the enemy's surveillance is a little slack.

"Terasah koko. What matters is not here. I don't want my friends affected. They're good people" Amanda said.

The door to the room was open. Rima appears while peeking into Amanda's room.

"Nda?" call him. Their age, which was only a few months apart, made Amanda and Rima very close.

Shamelessly the little girl walked into the room, and greeted Eric casually.

Eric was stunned when he realized there was a strange thump in his chest as their hands touched. The handsome man shook his head slowly to repel the thump that was getting tight.

The feeling he had not felt for a long time, and thought he was dead, now reappeared.

As Rima and Amanda chat, Eric pretends to be asleep. Though he recorded all the gestures of Rima in his mind.

Up to now.

"Ko," called Tasya from the door.

"Come in" said Eric.

The door opened and Tasya stepped in. He stopped near the bed. His face looked serious.

"What's wrong?" ask Eric.

"Some one's coming. Breaking into my magical fence" Tasya replied.

"Can't you?" Eric looked at Tasya with puzzled eyes.

"Maybe his abilities are higher than mine. Or me, who is starting to weaken" Tasya said as he rubbed his stomach that began to bulge.

"Do you think breaking through this is dangerous or not?"

"From the auras I've captured, they're harmless. Just peeking. However, I don't know which side they are on" Tasya explained.

Eric walked over and grabbed the waist of his cousin's wife with his right hand. His left hand stroked Tasya's stomach with affection.

"Then let it go. Later let Calvin and Rey take care of the spy. You take a break, yes," said Eric gently.

He led Tasya upstairs. Turn left and open the door of the big room. They step in at the same time.

"Come, sleep. I'll call Brian later," said Eric.

Tasya complied and threw himself on the bed. Eric covered Tasya with a thick blanket neatly folded up at the end of the bed.

He took the time to rub Tasya's stomach once again. A smile was engraved on his face.

"Good, yeah, champ. I can't wait to see your face. Hopefully the handsome is the same as om," said Eric.

Tasya chuckled softly at the man's words. Of Brian's many siblings, only Eric and Amanda are the closest to him and his husband. Maybe it's because Brian and Eric grew up together. So their sense of closeness is very strong.

"I call Brian first" Eric said, standing away. He stopped at the door of the room and turned to look at Tasya.

"Where are the snoops now?" tanyakanya.

"Near the tree that's number three from the left of the pond. I don't know the name of the tree" Tasya replied.

Eric nodded and closed the door. His feet went up the stairs.

"Let's!" call Eric.

Shortly thereafter Danang emerged from the bottom of the stairs. He looked up at Eric.

"Call Brian. Tell him to nemenin Tasya," said Eric.

Danang immediately did Eric's orders.

Eric continues to walk to Amanda's room. Stop for a moment at the door. Then open the door slowly.

***

"We got caught" whispered Rima.

"Can't you?" reply Zein in a whisper anyway.

"nothin? When I said there was a magical fence here? Well, the magical fence keeper is here," explained Rima.

They stopped whispering as two men were seen exiting the back porch. The two men walked over to where they were standing.

From the floodlights on the terrace that led to the courtyard, Zein could clearly see the two men.

A man of great height, and a man of high stature who had a birthmark under his chin.

Rima pulled Zein's hand and moved away to another tree.

The two men stopped where they were standing earlier. The man who had the birthmark held the tree where Zein had been leaning.

"They're gone" he said as he looked around the yard. Trying to find the spy's hiding place.

His gaze stopped on the second tree from the right where he stood. Calvin tries to break through the magical fence that protects around the tree.