CONFINEMENT

CH 98 - BIG DECISION

Meanwhile, at the governor's residence,

"Dear, how's your Papi doing right now?" lady Warika asked Sariwati who was still preoccupied with some of her medical devices. The girl looked so serious that she ignored the mother's question.

"Dead, please save your Papa!" exclaim madam Warika back while sobbing.

Sariwati put down her medical devices, the girl sighed before answering her question.

"Alhamdulillah Mi, Papi's condition has begun to stabilize."

"Right now Papi needs enough rest and do not let his psychic condition be burdened,"

"As a result of the heart attack, Papi's condition was very weak" said Sariwati to his mother, the girl was seen tidying up her medical devices used to help Mr. Bendowo.

"Thank God, son!"

"So what happens if your Papi is not helped," muttered madam Warika softly while wiping her tears.

Now Mr. Bendowo looks calmer, his breath is no longer hunting. The old man was asleep with the gentle caress of the Warika mistress who continued to be beside him.

"Mami need not worry, Insha Allah Papi will recover as usual, Mi." said Sariwati softly while holding the fingers of an old woman in front of him with a smile comforting and strengthening the Mother.

"Remember, I'm sorry Papi and Mami yes, son!" sobbing mistress Warika on her daughter, the old woman hugged Sariwati and grabbed her tightly.

"It's Mi, Mami don't be sad."

"And there's nothing to forgive from Papi and Mami."

"It is precisely Wati who should ask for forgiveness from Papi and Mami." now Sariwati also sobbed to hear the words of the Mother, the girl bothered in the arms of Madam Warika.

Both of them dissolved in the atmosphere of haru with thoughts in their minds, while Mr. Bendowo was still asleep in the bed after getting medical help from Sariwati.

"Wati, where have you been these past few days, son?"

"We're all worried about you, especially your Papi" asked the lady Warika softly, her vulnerable hand stroking her beloved daughter's hair.

Sariwati just sobbed in her mother's arms.

"Do you love that young man, Wati?" back Madam Warika asked the Child. The old woman's eyes looked at Sariwati's face.

Back Sariwati only sobbed, now the girl released her embrace from the mother, her face bowed with a circle of tears that kept dripping on her white cheeks.

"No, Wati doesn't love her, Mi."

"Wati has no feelings for Muhibbin."

"This is all just the stupidity of Wati who never heed the advice of Papi and Mami" said Sariwati with tears and cries that increasingly become, his body shaken as a unwillingness.

"I'm sorry, Bin." he muttered inwardly as he answered Ms. Warika's question. There was pain in his heart when he answered the mother's question.

Madam Warika gently stroked Sariwati's hair, the noble lady said again,

"You know what's in your heart, son."

"The young man was a good boy."

"But for our family is not only good as a benchmark, Seeds, Weights and Ducks are very important."

"Over time, you'll be able to forget that young man."

"Everything Papi and Mami do is for your future."

"Bapi dam Mami wants to see your life happy together with a partner who is our equal."

"Seto is a good young man, of good descent."

"Your uncle Haryo and your Aunt Goddess are the descendants of blue blood who have influence in this land."

"Your betrothal will be the blood conserver of the blood of the late king of Harsuto, your grandfather" Madame Warika told Sariwati.

Sariwati is now downcast and her sobs are still heard, her wiggly hands playing the end of her veil dangling from her shoulder.

Suddenly from outside the room, a door was heard knocking, the voice of a man asking for permission to enter the room.

"Mr Yu! it's Tim."

"Can I go inside?" ask the voice slowly which is none other than Mr. Timoti the governor of the Coast Country as well as a core relative of the Golden Garuda Dynasty.

"Come in, Tim!"

"The door is unlocked." said Madame Warika to Mr. Timoti who was outside the room.

A moment later, a gallant man who was none other than Mr. Timoti stepped in with a face that looked anxious.

"How is Kang Mas Bendowo, Ms Yu?"

"Dear, how's your Papi doing right now?" ask Mr. Timoti to the lady of Warika and Sariwati who is seen sitting on the edge of the bed where Mr. Bendowo is still lying. The head of the Coast Country approached and observed the body of Mr. Bendowo who was still asleep.

"Your Kang Mas situation has improved, Tim."

"Tadi Wati has given care to her Papi" replied Madam Warika to her younger sister who is also Sariwati's biological father.

"Thank God, Ms. Yu, I was very worried about Kang Mas Bendowo's condition when one of the bodyguards picked me up at the Bhayangkara command center."

"Then what pain befell your Papi, Wati?" now Mr. Timoti asked Sariwati who was still sobbing beside the lady of Warika.

The girl wiped her tears and a moment later said,

"The fire had a heart attack, Dad."

"But the condition of his body is now stable and for a while we have to keep the psychic condition of Papi so as not to be too burdened with things that can trigger the pain back." sariwati said she explained to her father.

Mr. Timoti breathed out softly and was relieved by what he heard from the princess.

"Thank God then, may Kang Mas Bendowo recover soon." replied Mr. Timoti lirih. The beak man then stepped into the corner of the room to pick up a chair and carried it on the edge of the bed where his three relatives were.

"Dead, when are you back?"

"Where have you been for some time? I'm so worried about you."

Sariwati did not answer the father's question, the girl again lowered her face while wiping away the remains of her tears.

"Well, I won't force you to answer."

"Your return home is enough to make me happy." said Mr. Timoti back, looking shady smile from the middle-aged man.

The atmosphere of the room returned to silence, the three people continued to monitor the development of Mr. Bendowo's condition that was still asleep.

After a while the voice of Mr. Timoti broke the silence of the room,

"Actually what happened, Ms Yu? so that Kang Mas Bendowo can have a heart attack." asked Mr. Timoti to the lady of Warika.

The middle-aged woman sighed, her ay face seemed to imply sadness.

"It all started when your Kang Mas rebuked and argued with Habsari."

"Either why the boy until now could not accept and understand the decision of his Papi sent him to the Land of the Wind."

"It was more than two decades ago."

"Why can't Habsari forgive the decisions her Papa made?"

"Mbak Yu is confused, Tim."

"One side of your Kang Mas is the husband of Mbak Yu, on the other side of our flesh and blood" said Madam Warika again sobbing.

"Why does it feel like there's no peace in our extended family, Tim?"

"Mbak Yu is confused as to whose side, both of whom are very dear to Mbak Yu." added Madam Warika back, the middle-aged woman cried as she pleased. Sariwati who saw the mother crying immediately inched closer and hugged her mother's body. The tears of the children broke the silence.

"Patience, Miss Yu!"

"I'm sure one day Habsari will be conscious" said Mr. Timoti.

The atmosphere was silent again, Mr. Timoti was only silent to see what was in front of him, the man knew the direction of the conversation delivered by his older brother. The middle-aged man was pensive as he looked at the crying lady of Warika, his mind drifting to a time when his extended family was at the peak of glory.

At that time he was still active in the Bhayangkara unit, while Bendowo was also active in the Darmayudha unit, both of them at that time were tasked with quelling the rebels who wanted to overthrow the power of king Harsuto where one of the funders of the rebellion was a businessman from the Coconut Country who was none other than the parents of Habsari's lover.

In order to maintain the authority and power of the Garuda Gold Dynasty which was still under the control of the late king of Harsuto, all the rebels were crushed and executed indiscriminately, including the family of Angga Habsari's lover and to save the face of the Harsuto Dynasty's extended family where Habsari has a romantic relationship with one of the rebel families, sent by the teenage Habsari to the Land of Wind on the grounds of managing the Garuda Gold Dynasty family's assets.

Suddenly the daydream of Mr. Timoti was scattered by the moans and voices of Mr. Bendowo.

"Where am I?"

"Mommy, Wati, Tim!"

"What happened to me?"

"Where's Habsari?" said Mr. Bendowo in a soft voice, the successor of the Golden Garuda Dynasty was seen looking one by one at the three people nearby, his face still looks pale.

"But rest first, don't move much."

"Do not think about other things, Papi's health is more important" said the lady Warika softly to the Husband, the woman wiped the sweat on her husband's forehead.

"That's what Mother Yu said, Kang Mas."

"Kang Mas just rest, let me handle everything." timoti told Mr. Bendowo, the man was seen rising from his seat and holding the hand of his miscellaneous brother.

"Thank you, Tim."

"I'm asking for your help,"

"Please advise your nephew, I don't want Habsari to go the wrong way, Tim." said Mr. Bendowo lirih to Mr. Timoti.

"Kang Mas don't worry, later I will advise Habsari." replied Mr. Timoti again.

For a moment the atmosphere returned to silence, now the view of Mr. Bendowo leads to Sariwati, the girl also looked at the pity of the old man who had raised her who was currently lying weak.

"Papi's son don't cry!"

"The fire just wants to see you happy, Wati." said Mr. Bendowo with a faint smile on his lips.

Sariwati could not hold back her tears, back clear circles seeping from the corner of her beautiful eyes.

"I'm sorry Wati, Pi."

"Wati's been a lot wrong on Papi."

"The promise will be a dutiful child and obey Papi and Mami" said Sariwati as he sobbed.

The girl hugged the old man lying before her.

Mr. Bendowo smiled at his daughter.

"You are indeed a good child even though it is sometimes difficult to manage" said the old man while pinching Sariwati's nose which is not far from the reach where he lay.

"Will you grant Papi's request, son?" asked Mr. Bendowo to Sariwati, his gaze seemed to meek looking at the face of his daughter ayu.

Sariwati just nodded her head at her Papi's request.

"Will you marry and mate with your uncle's son Haryo?" asked Mr. Bendowo back, the old man with my eyes looked fixed on Sariwati's face.

Sariwati did not answer Papi's request, the girl again hugged the body of Mr. Bendowo who was lying down crying.

Mr. Bendowo stroked his daughter's hair crying on her chest.

"Silence you think you agree to it." said Mr. Bendowo to Sariwati, the girl took off a hug on her Papi's body and now hugged Madam Warika while still sobbing.

"Team, get everything ready for our son's wedding and call Haryo and the goddess immediately."

"Tell them, the marriage of Wati and Seto will be done soon." again Mr. Bendowo said softly.

"Okay, Kang Mas."

"I will call them immediately and prepare everything." replied Mr. Timoti briefly.

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