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In the luxurious residence of the current Mavendra. Night began to crawl up, thousands of stars shining brightly in the sky, Aslan stared at the gamang in the window of his room, next to his hand he clasped a handkerchief with a picture of a shoe flower that was given Sri, the caretaker of the orphanage that had been the residence of Aslan with Chiara, his sister. Now the only Aslan to look for Chiara's missing whereabouts is this handkerchief, but Aslan doesn't know where to start.
From the direction of the door of his room that opened, a servant came with a respectful bow. "Sorry young master interfered, you are waiting in the big master's room at the moment" the waiter said.
Aslan's forehead shriveled instantly. "Grandfather? what is he looking for me for? not usually."
The man then turned his body. "Alright, tell grandpa to wait a little while, I'll be ready."
The waiter who was still loyal nodded obediently then waltzed away after bowing in homage. Aslan also immediately passed to walk in closed to clean up because he had just finished an important meeting at the office until he just returned to his night mansion. Aslan put a white handkerchief that has been mixed with yellowish color due to inedible age, on the table. Let her in there.
Aslan walked lightly to his grandfather's office, Aslan was most afraid of being here, because in this workspace Aslan is emphasized to be the heir to the company until he must desperately learn to always get the highest value since childhood which is taught and supervised directly by the grandfather which according to Aslan his grandfather at that time was very fierce .Aslan's grandfather was a disciplined and hard man, he left high ideals so that one day his grandson could replace himself to run their family business company, he said, unmitigated Pangestu had planned Aslan's future very well and slick even since his grandson still had to know the letters, no one escaped Pangestu's supervision of Aslan's education or association, Pangestu will ensure Aslan becomes the embodiment of his big dream so far.
"Grandfather called me?" asked Aslan who was standing in front of the current Pangestu who was sitting in his big chair, their distance was blocked by a large table made of high-quality teak wood, with unique carvings on which there is a signboard that reads 'Main President'.
"Sit you Aslan," his grandfather said in a cold voice, Aslan nodded as he sat himself in an empty chair opposite the grandfather.
Brakk! suddenly Pangestu pulled out the files that made Aslan flinch in place.
"What do you mean, huh?!" snapped Pangestu who suddenly rose apitam. "For what else are you going to that orphanage? why are you looking for that woman?!" pangestu's face turned red with anger, veins on his neck until it was clearly visible because of the high sound he let out.
"So grandpa was monitoring me?" ask Aslan calmly. If in the past when he was a child he was very afraid when his grandfather was angry especially if it was about his school values when Aslan had tried very hard, but not now, especially if it was about his school values when Aslan had tried very hard, Aslan had grown up he no longer needed restraint from his grandfather, according to him his life he lived alone without the intervention of the grandfather again.
"How did Grandpa not know? you'd forgotten? grandpa spies a lot and they'll always keep an eye on you."
"Oh so? is it so afraid of grandfather to intill all my activities, so threatened grandfather if I meet my sister again?!"
"Aslan?!" Pangestu yelled a little, he rose his eyes covered by thick glasses increasingly glared furiously.
"Don't let you get out of your bounds!" tukas Pangestu, commemorating.
"Me or grandpa who's out of bounds?!" Aslan stood up with a cold face. "Enough cake is enough! all this time I've been patient enough to be under your restraint, I've obeyed everything grandfather wanted. Now let Aslan determine Aslan's own life, one by finding Chiara's whereabouts and grandfather must not get in the way of it!"
"Is that you?" Pangestu stared fiercely. "Is this the reward you have given for all your grandparents' and grandparents' services for you?!"
"Remember, if it wasn't for us you wouldn't have been anything all this time" Pangestu said again to make Aslan instantly stuck in his place.
"So have you been insincere with me all this time?" lirih Aslan, choked. Not expecting his grandfather to talk like that, the person who had always been his role model.
Pangestu just laughed as he shook his head. "Aslan, Aslan, you're still naive like your mother" he said in a dismissive tone. "There are sincere people in this world. "Each of them is self-absorbed, you should have realized first what my purpose was to take you from the orphanage to take care of."
Aslan gulped violently, feeling that his bones were being chopped off one by one because the words of the old man in front of him were so touching from the deepest.
"If it wasn't for you being Baskoro's son and my only heir-to-be I wouldn't be willing to take you back!"
Pangestu then walked up to Aslan who was frozen in place, then patted the man on the shoulder several times. "So you better shut up, don't act, let everything go according to my plan for you" Pangestu said, giving Aslan a stupefied return.
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"Who the hell? these nights are picking up the rich bell of the possessed!" gerutu Vania was upset, but his feet still stepped towards the front door, afraid if those who were waiting outside were the packagers or the important people who wanted to meet him.
"Well if you're looking for a prankster?!" rusar Vania, already taking a precautionary stance, but it seemed impossible considering only her parents and those closest to her knew her apartment unit.
"Aslan?" Vania parroted, she cengo for the sake of seeing who was in front of her at the moment.
Vania then observed, the man standing at her door with a tired face, then without any more babi-bu Aslan went forward to jerk into making Vania directly on the verge of extraordinary shock.
"Aslan, what's wrong with you?" asked Vania who was starting to worry, the man looked unwell.
"Van .. Can I stay here one night?" Aslan looked frustrated, tired of being one. "Gue promises nothing," he said again when he saw Vania's surprised face.
"Can? I don't know where else to go, only you can understand me," Aslan said after her.
Silence enveloped the two for a moment, both Vania and Aslan were only silent after a few seconds Vania rounded her eyes in shock when she knew Aslan's body had collapsed and would have fallen if only Vania did not quickly hold it.
With no other choice, Vania grabbed Aslan's body until the man lay on the long sofa of her living room. Vania took a long, heavy breath because Aslan's weight was so heavy that he was overwhelmed.
Vania sat down next to the sofa, looking at the man's face. Not once twice Aslan was like this, the man would always know Vania was in her apartment and would always come here if there was a problem. Vania understands Aslan has no one else to understand her circumstances, while her grandparents are sometimes confused why no one understands Aslan's feelings in her family.
Vania then let Aslan rest, let tonight he allow the man to sleep here may be right, there is no place for Aslan even in his own house. Vania then brought a blanket and pillow to Aslan, after making sure the man was not cold, Vania kissed him briefly on the man's forehead.
"Good night" Vania muttered, which Aslan could still hear at this time, Vania left Aslan to let her rest while Aslan opened her eyes with a clear membrane in both of her eyes reddened. Aslan quickly rubbed his net and closed his eyes. Today he really needs a rest.
Not even morning came. Today the weekend allowed Vania to wake up later, as soon as she left her room and checked on Aslan sleeping on her living room couch.
True to his expectations, Aslan was still asleep, Vania sighed but a faint smile was engraved on her lips, she approached Aslan looking at the man who looked very comfortable making Vania not have the heart to wake her up, he decided to wake the man up later.
Namin when the woman was about to leave Aslan, the focus of her eyes was distracted by a handkerchief lying just on the floor, Vania clucked and took the handkerchief she knew so well.
"This must have been Aslan, he brought her here, fortunately not lost," muttered Vania while glancing at Aslan who was still closing his eyes, Vania certainly still remembers how valuable this handkerchief is to Aslan.
"Eh but?" Vania shriveled her forehead, deeply. Anything weird about this handkerchief? this isn't Aslan's!
Vania's eyes then opened wide, she remembered the words of Sari's mother a few days ago.
"Mother made this handkerchief a pair for you and Chiara. Mother made a handkerchief Chiara with orchid flowers and you with a shoe flower."
Still ringing speech of Sari-the orphanage's mother at that time for Aslan. In a moment, Vania's eyes made it twice as wide.
"It! this handkerchief is patterned orchid flower?!" Vania quickly shut her mouth, shocked beyond measure. How did this coincidence happen?
Vania then turned the handkerchief over which made her only to be flabbergasted in a certain place - a certain name in the corner of the handkerchief.
"Kira?!"
To be continued ...