The Rose of De Haas

Chapter 37: Two-Cube Fire Splashes

Day after day kept changing, but Mr and Mrs De Haas' situation still did not improve.

Anger, sadness and disappointment continued to surround the middle-aged couple's heart no matter how many days passed.

"Is there still no word from our people?" mrs De Haas asked as she put her warm coffee on the porch of their house that morning.

Mr. De Haas cleared his throat, fixing the top button of his expensive shirt slowly.

"Nothing, not knowing what they're working on to not report anything for days."

Madam De Haas let out a long sigh, increasingly worried about the princess only wayangnya who never returned home.

The mind of the Madam could not calm down at all, even though the child fled with her lover which made Madam De Haas worried.

"Don't you think about working with the Van Der Linen family, my husband? Who knows, they're deploying more people to find their son" Mrs De Haas said after sipping a small sip of her warm sweet tea.

"There may be a mentally ill man looking for his son after he prefers to live with a prostitute in his house rather than with his wife's child. That person is unlikely to worry about his son even if the child is dead" Mr De Haas recalled the heart-wrenching fact Mr Van Der Linen was right to do.

The image of Mr. Van Der Linen as governor of Batavia was destroyed after his scandal that likes to play women was revealed not to mention the issue of his household that was full of intrigue.

Yes, not all women can be in the position of Mrs Van Der Linen, having a husband with bad temper like Mr. Van Der Linen is certainly not an easy thing.

Mr. De Haas' words just now did sound cruel, but Mrs De Haas agreed because that was the fact.

From the news that Mrs De Haas heard, only Mrs Van Der Linen was busy looking for the whereabouts of her son with the help of some of her colleagues.

"The man has no heart" Madam De Haas softly sneered as she cut a sweet treat in front of him for her husband.

"They were married for love one night while still living in the Netherlands which made the poor woman pregnant and yes, inevitably she had to accept the fact that she had a husband like that," mr. De Haas said as he recalled that fact from a reliable source.

To be honest, Mr. De Haas did not hate Mrs Van Der Linen at all, but it was her grudge against Mr. Van Der Linen that made her unable to even meet the woman face to face.

"Then I will try to meet with Mrs Van Der Linen next time, who knows then we can immediately find the existence of the Rose" said Mrs De Haas expectantly.

"That's not a good idea, my wife," Mr. De Haas said, looking straight at his wife's pretty face.

Madam De Haas smiled gently.

"No need to worry, my husband. I'll talk to her as a fellow woman I think that way we can find the best way for her son and our daughter."

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"You don't care if your son dies, huh?! Christopher, you really don't have a heart!" mistress Van Der Linen told the man who is still her husband.

In front of the porch of Mr. Van Der Linen's main residence, in front of many people Mrs Van Der Linen shouted out loud no matter the image that he had built so hard for years.

Rather than worrying about the fate of his son who has gone missing somewhere, he said, the man was even more busy pampering his bitch with various possessions and luxuries when the Mistress almost felt crazy for worrying about their son.

"Why do I care about that damn kid? He even dared to puff his chest in front of me!" shouted Mr. Van Der Linen no less high than the voice of his wife.

"Everyone knows that my son Cecilion is a good boy! It was your attitude that made the poor boy become like this!"

Everyone who heard Mrs Van Der Linen's words inwardly confirmed the words of the Madam.

Cecilion van der Linen is indeed a good and intelligent child even though his attitude seems a bit stiff but he never treats others badly inversely proportional to the Papa's always arbitrary attitude towards someone else.

"I who educated the child alone Babu and Jongos knew very well about it, no matter what anyone else says about you all along I keep my ears shut and always try to give my best to Cecilion! But look, you're destroying everything!" said Mrs Van Der Linen with tears made the government officials and some civil servants who were there feel sorry.

If not for his position, which people would be on the side of the selfish and rude Mr. Van Der Linen.

All this time, those who worked with Mr. Van Der Linen only held back for the survival of those who made a living by working with the Master.

"Alright, it doesn't matter if you still don't care about Cecilion. But, with this I swear that you Christopher van der Linen will not be able to have any more children than Cecilion van der Linen who was born from my womb!"

Everyone who heard Mrs Van Der Linen's words full of pain was stunned. It was a vow that truly illustrated how much pain the Madam had been holding in her heart.

"You may marry or sleep with any other woman, but I assure you that you will never have children other than my son Cecilion!" added Mrs Van Der Linen before she finally turned away.

Mr. Van Der Linen just laughed in response to his wife's words making the people who were there could only look at the man with a look of disbelief.

How could God have created a man with such a cold heart like this Mr Van Der Linen? He didn't even care even though his own wife cussed at him like that.

"For those of you who still have a job here just continue, for those who are finished you can go home. Don't bother me because I have to have fun right now" said Mr. Van Der Linen casually after hearing his wife's vow of self-defeating as if nothing had happened.

"Is he crazy?"

"I think so, he even just laughed after being sworn in by his wife was really insane."

"I think I'm going to go see another Master to find a new job, I really don't want to get fucked."

"You're right, I really understand how hurt Madam's heart has been all along so I guess I'll stop working here any time soon."

The whispers of the Jongos that afternoon, did not care about the other Dutch Lords who were also inexhaustible with the attitude of Mr. Van Der Linen.

"Do we have to contact the royal side of the Netherland immediately?" asked Mr. Van Wijck while correcting the location of his glasses to Mr. Van Mottman.

Mr. Van Mottman nodded in agreement.

"Yes. I will immediately contact the prime minister to submit a proposal for a change of Batavia governor."