SECRETS IN LOVE

Episode 32 - It's Me

Raka walked hand in hand with Mr. Ratmadja towards the plantation.

" As Grandpa promised you last night, Grandpa will tell you something."

" What About?"

" This Look, you know the person in this photo?" Mr. Ratmadja showed me an old photograph.

" this... " Raka was stunned. In the photo appear two men who look very familiar. The person appointed by Mr. Ratmadja is very similar to Raka.

" He was created by your father. Raka do you know who that man next to your father is?"

Raka shakes. But at first glance he remembered someone he had met.

" I knew Mom and Dad for a little while. So I don't know anyone who's good friends with dad. After his departure they threw me into a home that was like hell to me."

" You still hold a grudge apparently.. "

" Rubbish? I don't know whose revenge this is for. It's just, all the bad things in the orphanage never got out of my mind."

" Grandfather understands how you feel.

know, the man next to your father is your father-in-law. He's Hardi my only son. "

" really? poor friendship, they became besan after they died. "

" They're still alive, son..."

" What?"

"I only found out a few weeks ago. When I tried to disrupt your company."

" How can it be? I can even remember when both my father and my mother's bodies were buried."

" Is the body intact?"

" Just the mother's body is intact. Dad's body doesn't have any shape anymore." Raka heard softly he still remembers the last time he saw the bodies of his parents.

" So is my son Hardi. I knew he died of a heart attack. Even though I didn't attend the funeral. But when I asked where Hardi's grave was, Rima said I took over my son's body to take care of his own funeral. I don't know anything about this."

" It's hard to believe. "

Mr. Ratmadja showed me another photo. " Do you know who they are?"

Four men stood embracing each other.

" In addition to Hardi and Dipta, Wijaya and Adyaksa were also good friends at the time."

" Mister Wijaya? Mr Adyaksa? They never said they knew my father."

" For Adyaksa had hidden intentions. That's why, Grandpa needs your involvement. Because you're close to Adyaksa. While Vijaya is the secret key that has been hidden Adyaksa."

" You mean?"

" Your father and Hardi were hiding Adyaksa on a remote island. He was also the cause of the accident your mother had."

Raka looks more and more riled up.

" Mister Adyaksa was very kind to me. Where could he be..."

"Grandfather, wait for me!!" Call Amara.

At once Mr. Ratmadja and Raka changed their faces and switched the conversation to something else.

" amara's.. Come here Son.."

Amara wrestled spoiled to her Grandpa. Raka just smiled looking at him.

" Swept Tumben.. "

" Kangen Dad. from behind Grandpa is very similar to Dad."

" Light only your father inherited my good looks and bravery. That's why my granddaughter became this beautiful " said Mr. Ratmadja proud of her.

" Narcissistic grandpa.. "

" There's your husband here. Promise him. Fortunately you followed. Grandpa was going to introduce your husband to this country girl who works on this farm."

Amara pursed her lips.

" Right said Grandma... Grandpa bear..."

" She joked, Grandpa went back home first. Grandfather has not been strong for a long time to walk."

" I brought Grandpa home."

Raka and Amara walk down the plantation.

The two chose to sit in a cottage in the middle of the plantation.

"Mas, can I have something? "

" Say..."

" Tell me all about your past.. I just heard a piece of Mr. Irgi. I want to hear from you." Amara Pinta.

Raka took a deep breath. He hated having to tell his past. Plus what Mr. Ratmadja said about his father who is still alive.But this time the one who asked is his wife.

" all right... At first my life was like ordinary children from ordinary families. "Raka started the story.

Raka's mother named Arini a Kindergarten teacher and his father named Pradipta Ramadhan a financial manager at one of the oil and gas mining companies.

When Raka was 8 years old, he found his mother and father had a big fight that night.

Raka approached her mother who was crying.

" Mom, why are you crying? Was dad mean to mom?"

" Why do you think so, son?"

" I saw Dad pointing a gun at me. Mom said the one with the gun if he wasn't a cop then he was a criminal. Dad's not a cop. Means father's a criminal, huh ma'am?" Plain questions came out of Raka's mouth.

Ms. Arini is confused as to what to explain to her son. It was impossible to tell his son that his father was a mobster.

" Did your father look like a criminal?" Ask Ms. Arini.

" no. Daddy's a good man mom. Daddy loves me. I love mom. Dad never hit me nor did he ever hit Mom. "

Arini hugged her son.

" Please promise Mom.. Later when you grow up never get involved with the world of Mafia whatever it is. Because it will threaten the safety of those closest to you. "

" Even if you don't understand this, but please remember what you said, son, promise me son.."

Raka nods in agreement with her mother's request even though she doesn't understand what her mother is saying.

Since his father and mother's retreat that day, his father has not returned home for nearly a year. His mother always said dad went on business trips.

At Raka's birthday she hopes to be reunited with her father again and sure enough. Father's returned.

Raka had heard a little conversation his father and mother who said that he and his mother immediately left this house because there was a danger that threatened them.

Ms. Arini packed Raka's clothes. The three left the house and went by car somewhere. Raka was deposited in an Orphanage.

" My son, you stay here for a while. Mom and dad have to go." Pinta his father to Raka.

"Why can't I come with you?"

" No Son.. Mom and Dad have some business to do. Anyway this won't be long. If you promise to be a good boy and never be naughty, Dad and Mom will pick you up again."

" I promise.."

Almost two months Raka was placed in a change. In the end he got a call from his father and mother who said they were going to pick him up that day.

But on the way, the car that his parents boarded had an accident.

When the bodies of his father and mother arrive Raka is hysterical. He still recognized his mother's face, though it was partially scarred. While the body of his father is difficult to recognize because it is not intact anymore.

from the age of 9 he started living in a home. Raka also began to be treated badly by some of his friends.

The bad treatment that ultimately imprints in Raka's memory. Until now, the trauma has not gone away.

***

" I ran away from the parlour with the help of Dion. For a few years I lived on the road. Work anything to survive. In the end, I eat more from the mercy of others... "

Raka took a breath. Remembering his stupidity at the time.

" I chose to be a beggar. At that time, someone asked me to sell illegal goods. I refused, I remembered my promise to my mother. I kept begging. Stupid indeed, but I did not regret my stupidity back then. Because I was finally found with you. You remember that beggar in front of your high school?"

Amara tried to remember

" ah.. Which money did I take to buy mineral water?"

Raka nodded.

" That's me... "