The Ghost Story of LESTARI

26. The Ghost of Lestari

Flashback 1942,

Damar all night can not sleep well, restless heart as most people who are in love.

Every time the eyes closed, always Lestari and her charming smile that is reflected in the eye.

Yes, Damar feels really crazy about the figure of the Dutch girl.

He really wants it.

"Mar, why don't you sleep?"

Samsul who suddenly woke up was heard asking when he saw Damar who was sitting leaning against the wooden wall of their room board.

Samsul has been sleeping one room with Damar since Damar came to the store.

Damar sighed.

Samsul who immediately understood from the facial expression of Damar that looks vague because of the light of the lamp blocked in their room finally decided to come up and sit next to Damar.

"Thinking Lestari?"

Ask Samsul.

Damar nodded.

"Just tell me how you feel, I think he's just as much a taste for you as Damar."

Samsul.

Damar nodded.

"Yes Sul, I can feel it too, which is why I want to have it more and more."

Damar.

Samsul.

"Nothing's wrong, you and her are both single, young, you're handsome and she's beautiful, you're so compatible."

Samsul praised.

Damar laughed a little.

"That's not what I think."

"What lounge?"

Ask Samsul wonder.

Damar stared at the array of tiles up there, there was a nervousness radiating so markedly on his face.

"I want to marry Lestari. But could it be that Dad's blessing for me to get married? While I was asked to study in this store to prepare myself as his successor, not to play with women."

Lirih Damar's.

"A businessman also needs a woman to be a wife, what's wrong?"

Samsul did not understand.

"The time has changed Sul, now the Dutch are back under, their country is occupied by Germany, while in their colony they are also expelled from Japan. They already have no power, the surrender of the colony to the Japanese unconditional at all in Kalijati on March eight and prove that they are no longer anything, that would definitely be the influence of Dad's assessment of Lestari if I wanted her to be a wife. It could be that Lestari would be considered unfit to be chosen because it would only destroy the reputation of the family."

Damar was so carried away by his mood, talking at length as if he were blowing all the bumps in him.

"But Lestari isn't pure Dutch, her mother she's our man Mar."

Samsul.

"But he had a lot of Dutch blood, and again he was Dad's best friend's son."

Damar Sahut.

"Justeru because he's your father's best friend's son, I think your father will approve of you instead. You should have seen from the side where he was willing to escape Lestari to this place, hiding it here to be safe, so as not to be hunted like other Dutch women."

Samsul.

Damar.

Did ya?

Could it be that his father will approve if he says about his desire to marry Lestari?

Inner Damar continued to wonder.

"Or you try to talk to Ki Gedhe Tirtayasa first, asking for his opinion as a wise old man, he will surely be happy to give Mar input, tomorrow you just meet him, he said, if he thinks it's okay, then you ask Ki Gedhe Tirtayasa to tell your father."

Samsul.

Damar thought about Samsul's suggestion solemnly.

It seems that the suggestion is a good suggestion, Damar felt he had to convey it immediately so that he could be calm and relieved.

His passionate love makes him so anxious, because the desire to have over Lestari makes Damar also afraid if someday he will be powerless to hold back.

He wants to marry Lestari, that's the only way his wish won't be a crime.

He kept staring at the delicious flowers that Damar gave him for the night.

The aroma that must fill every corner of the room and his heart, making Lestari increasingly powerless to resist the longing for Damar.

Ah funny indeed, when only this afternoon they talk while enjoying young coconuts with the baby and also Samsul abdi as well as friends of the game Damar.

But...

Tonight...

Lestari was already starting to miss Damar again.

His handsome face, his calm smile, his shady eyes, all seemed to shadow Lestari in such a way.

"Ah Bang Damar's..."

Lestari timidly mentioned that name.

He is really in Kasmaran.

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The morning after dawn, Ki Gedhe Tirtayasa suddenly asked Damar to go to the garden again to see if there was a jackfruit tree there that was fruitful.

Ki Gedhe Tirtayasa wanted Damar to bring ripe and raw jackfruit to be sold and some to be used as food supplies in padepokan.

Got an order from Ki Gedhe Tirtayasa like that finally Damar with Samsul went to the garden which in the previous day they got coconuts.

Damar intends, after returning from the garden, Damar will meet Ki Gedhe Tirtayasa to convey his desire to marry Lestari as soon as possible.

Meanwhile...

At that time Damar was asked to go to the garden which was located far from the padepokan. Ki Gedhe Tirtayasa asked Lestari to pack up to be moved elsewhere.

The place that still belongs to Ki Gedhe Tirtayasa but in the care of his youngest child.

"Why did I suddenly have to move Ki?"

Tanya Lestari was of course saddened by having to leave a place where she could stay with her lover.

"It's okay, in my son's place, you'll be safer and there you can learn more as a woman."

Ki Gedhe Tirtayasa.

Lestari looked both of her hands that were on top of her lap squeezing the cloth she was wearing. Refrain from crying even though they can't.

"When should I go?"

Ask Lestari.

"Some one will pick you up soon, so pack up quickly."

Ki Gedhe Tirtayasa.

Lestari her eyes brimmed. But what can he do?

Of course he has no right to refuse.

Besides he is just someone who is entrusted, he is also a descendant of the Netherlands who certainly can still live until now alone must be grateful.

Lestari also reluctantly accepted Ki Gedhe Tirtayasa's decision so suddenly.

He withdrew from Ki Gedhe Tirtayasa's room and headed to his room to pack.

Nyi Esih who was a little suspicious why Lestari was called to the room Ki Gedhe Tirtayasa early in the morning after Damar and Samsul went to the garden finally followed Lestari into the room.

And of course Nyi Esih was surprised to see Lestari sitting on the floor while packing her luggage again.

"Lestari, what's going on?"

Asked Nyi Esih as she approached Lestari.

Lestari shook her head.

"I don't know Nyi, all of a sudden I have to move from here, I'm going to live in the house of Ki Gedhe Tirtayasa's youngest son."

"Lho..."

Nyi Esih gawking.

Lestari cried as she pleased. His chest was so tight because he did not want to be far from Damar.

Ki Gedhe Tirtayasa in his room sighed. His finger was tapped on the wooden table in front of him where he sat down on the mat.

Ki Gedhe Tirtayasa must do this because he wants to protect Damar and Lestari so as not to fall in love and then have to face Mr. Ageng Parta Prawira who first loves Lestari.

Of course this is a decision that would be considered unfair because it hinders two young people who love each other.

But...

Ki Gedhe Tirtayasa does not want there to be a much bigger problem on both of them if they remain united.

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