My Soul in Grandpa's Hands

Truth

Devan drives the car without stopping, even Aleta does not want to ask her husband to rest on the road. At 15:30 they were already in Yogyakarta. Devan immediately took his car into the hotel on Magelang Street, a hotel that was integrated with the mall building. He chose the hotel, because given that they did not carry any equipment.

Arriving in the room, Devan immediately laid his body on the bed. Aleta then contacted the room service to deliver the food.

"Sleep for a while, Aleta just ordered food at the room service" Aleta told Devan.

Aleta then enters the bathroom to wash her hands and feet, actually she wants to take a bath. But he did not carry any equipment except those attached to his body. After washing her face, Aleta came back out, and saw her husband was asleep.

"Tet..tet..tet...," suddenly the doorbell rings.

Aleta hurried to open, and the room service attendant brought them a food order.

"Thank you, you'll pay for it and check out" Aleta said.

"Well, but please sign on this bill." said the office room service friendly.

After signing the bill, Aleta takes over the tray and brings it into the room. She placed the food on the table while waiting for her husband to wake up. But suddenly Devan opened his eyes.

"Sleep first baby, I'll do it" said Aleta approaching Devan on the bed.

Devan pulls Aleta's hand, then kisses her hand.

"Thank you dear, you want to accompany me." said Devan Lirih.

Aleta smiled at her husband's words.

"Already, now you want to eat first, sleep or how. If you want to eat, Aleta has ordered via room service."

Devan then woke up, and hugged his wife's body tightly. After a while, he let go, then got up.

"We eat first, then go to the mall and find our gear for a while" Devan said.

Aleta immediately got up and followed her husband towards the table. They enjoyed the food on the table, after Aleta finished putting it outdoors.

"We might just be looking for your mom's address tomorrow morning. If it's this night, we're a little hard to find the location" Aleta said.

"Since our Maghrib there, mas has sent the address to the men. And I have got a definite location. Now we'll find the equipment first." said Devan.

Aleta just looked at her husband, she forgot the power that Devan had. Then the two of them headed to the mall connected to the hotel, to look for equipment.

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After the Maghrib prayer, Devan invited Aleta to the address given by Aunt Yayuk. They went down the road by relying on google map share location, which has been sent by Devan people. Finally not long, the car has entered a house building with a pendopo in front of it.

"Location is right, but it seems quiet" Aleta said as she looked at the building in front of her.

A house building that is not large, but connected with a pendopo. There are not many lights that shine, just from inside the house as if there seems to be life.

"This is the address my people have been looking for. They wanted to come here, but mas is not good with your family. They I forbid to come here. Let's go down first." take Devan.

They were already at the door, then Devan knocked on the door three times.

"Before a minute, wait for ya." a middle-aged woman's voice came from inside the house.

"Who do you want to meet, I happen to live alone in this house." asked the woman kindly.

"Pardon us in advance if our two arrivals interfere. We can ask permission to sit down first. Because there are some things we want to ask mom." Aleta asked permission.

"Oh yeah, let's go in first. Please sit down." the woman kindly offered them to come in.

Aleta interrupts Devan's hand, then invites him to sit face to face with the woman.

"What do you want to drink, tea or coffee? I made it first."

"It's mom, no need to bother. If we are allowed to drink this mineral water only, later if we feel thirsty Mother." said Aleta while pointing to the mineral water that has been presented on the table.

"Oh Monggo.., please son."

Aleta smiled, while Devan just kept quiet while stealing a glance at the woman sitting in front of him. He also did not know, because from earlier his heart felt uneasy seeing the woman.

"Look, we both came from Bandung." Aleta started the conversation.

Hearing the word Bandung, the woman changed her face a bit but looks then adjust it again.

"We're here because we got an address from Aunt Yayuk this morning. Introduce my name Aleta, and this is my husband by the name of Devan. We came here, to get information about the whereabouts of mama's grave. Maybe from your mother or brother, we can get that information."

The woman suddenly shed tears, which she tried to dodge, but still flowed down her cheeks. Aleta stopped her words, waiting until the atmosphere was under control.

"There's no need for Aleta to continue, who are you two looking for. Your mother what her name is." The woman cut Aleta's story, after wiping her tears.

"Pardon us Mother, if our arrival opens the wound of mother. But please Mother understand us, my husband has never heard the news about the whereabouts of mama Kinara. If you have any information, please inform us" Aleta said slowly.

"Since when do you know, if you have mama Kinara. Don't you have any photos or pictures of her." the woman asked sobbing.

"We just got this information yesterday afternoon, and this morning we managed to get the address of Mother of Aunt Yayuk. This is all we can do, please give us the information" Aleta said as she clasped the woman's hand.

"Close to you two, sit on the left right here" said the woman, patting the right and left of her seat.

Aleta codes Devan, then they stand up and follow the woman's orders. They sit on the right and left. Suddenly the woman embraces Devan and Aleta, and kisses the cheeks of the two.

"My son, my son-in-law. Forgive my dear mama, forgive." the woman sobbed without letting go of her embrace.

Hearing her words, Devan instantly shifted away from the woman, but Aleta quickly placed her hand on her shoulder.

"I am Kinara, I'm sorry. At that time, you could not resist the wishes of your grandparents. Forgive me for leaving you." the woman cried sobbing while hugging Devan.

"Grandfather and grandmother decided to move to this city dear, and to start a new life, your sister drove you to your father's place. Sorry mom" he continued.

"I'm still alive baby, the family made this story to separate us. 10 years later mama had to find you back in the city of Bandung. But seeing you happy with Rengganis, finally mama dashed mama's desire."

The three of them were silent, just crying. Suddenly Devan stood up and pulled Aleta's hand, then unceremoniously led his wife straight to the car. Aleta cupped her hands together in front of her chest, then hinted at mama Kinara to give her time.

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