Forced to Marry Duda

Who's The Wrong One?

Bali, 1991

Teenage Digo, standing wall with both hands stretched and attached to the wall. He doesn't wear pants and clothes. The only cloth that covered her body was only black boxer shorts. Behind Digo, his father was already preparing. He stood with a long whip he held in his right hand. His mother stood leaning against a wall not far from Digo standing. Hugged Steve with tears.

"I beg you, don't do it with Digo. He's an adult, doesn't deserve to be treated like this." Please Irene to her husband. In order not to punish Digo in such a harsh way.

It has been a tradition of the uparengga family that started from Digo's father, Baskara. To punish someone who did wrong in that house is to whip his body fifteen times. That's for a little misdeed. And, if there are families and servants and the guards of the house of the great family of Uparengga who did great wrong, the punishment will be added with a whip thirty times.

Just like the others. Digo is a man who can't avoid the strange punishment his father imposes on his family. The man was considered a colot, imitating the punitive style of the very old American fathers. But Digo's father doesn't care. According to Baskara, by educating the residents of his extended family home in such a hard way, will make them comply with all the rules that he himself made. Their nature and attitude will definitely be formed with a personality that Baskara thinks is much better.

Already as a child, both Digo and Steve if they make a mistake that makes Digo's father angry must be lash is their punishment. They will be told to stand against the wall of their room, spread out their hands against the wall before Digo's father floated a whip slashing their bodies. Not only his two proud sons. The servants who are mostly young women with energy and working spirit also did not escape the painful punishment. They will not hesitate to accept the punishment of whipping, when they make a mistake that makes Digo's father angry and angry.

As long as the punishment is still in effect. About forty servants quit their jobs because they could not bear the ridiculous punishment Digo's father had imposed.

However, among the servants who went in and out to work for a large family of uparengga only a handful of servants survived in the name of dedicating them to the generosity of the young mistress, Irene. With just a count of fingers, they persevered and began to gradually learn just about anything that could make the great master angry as well. And among the servants who still survive and work with the Uparengga family, the name Gress is the most respected to be the butler in the house of the big family Uparengga. The gray-white-haired woman who had always been in a tight roll had even worked with the Uparengga family before Digo Baskara's father took over the seat of the great lord Sudibyo. So no wonder, if the middle-aged woman is currently in foster and believed to be a butler who takes care of all the needs of the Uparengga family.

And because of the rough nature of his father who always lightly hands to Digo. Make the man lower the inheritance of the father and still carry out painful rituals to make up for the mistakes made by the residents of the house.

"Where's the whip?" Digo's hand was stretched out toward the servant whom he had ordered to take a long whip.

Doubtful, the guard in a black suit uniform in a white shirt handed him over. While occasionally glancing towards Ria who was downcast with a mouth kamit kamat reciting a spell that he believed could help him from the rampage of young master Digo.

"Stand in front of the wall now." Digo's orders to Ria.

Ria according. He walked and stood facing the wall. His hands intertwined, clasping the ends of his servant's uniform to endure the pain he would soon feel again.

Digo stood right behind Ria. His right hand was already preparing to grasp the black-colored whip and swing the hemisphere as a warm-up. However, just as he was about to swing the whip into Ria's body, Digo's eyes immediately caught the bloodstain extending to Ria's work uniform.

"What happened to you, huh?" ask Digo curious. His eyes still looked at the bloodstains that were not only one spot on Ria's body, but three to four points mostly on her legs and shoulders.

"I haven't even whipped you. But your body already bled out first so exactly with the lash scratch."

"Sa... I was wrong, sir. Please forgive me and carry out the punishment."

Digo was stunned to hear Ria's words. Because, Digo knows in this world no one wants to get a punishment especially obviously it is not his fault. But it was different from Ria who was like being so adamant about covering up the original facts and like covering up someone's mistakes.

"Ria, you better be honest." Gress said pretty loud. She held Ria's hand and pulled it.

But suddenly everyone's focus shifted when the doctor who treated Arumi said.

"Miss is conscious."

Digo immediately ran back to Arumi. Grasping his wife's hand tightly and subconsciously pecking at the back of his hand.

"Rumi, are you okay? Where's the sick tell me?" Digo's face was worried. Especially seeing the condition of the wife who looks limp with a bruised forehead.

"Digo, my head hurts a lot." Arumi's Whispe.

It was all Ria's fault. Inner Digo. He had to punish the servant and teach him a lesson. In fact, Digo had also intended to fire the waiter right now. However, the plan that Digo had prepared was messy when Arumi held his hand gently. Grasping him while whispering in a stammering tone calling the name of his ex-wife.

"Lu–Luna's. La–Luna did it."

Digo was stunned to hear Arumi's words. For a few seconds he was silent, thinking and clearing his brain. Before then his head turned towards Ria who was still silent in her position.

"Call me the IT security officer. Tell him I want to see the CCTV footage in the kitchen this morning." Tell Digo to the guards. Which immediately made the guards come out to carry out their orders.

Stay–lah there Digo, Arumi, butler, Ria, and the doctor who handles Arumi. Digo got up from his seat, released Arumi's hand and told the female doctor named Shella to accompany Arumi first.

"Follow me to the study." He said to Ria and the butler.

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