Gita Dusk Geetruida
Visit of the Joseph Family

The promised day came, and Joseph and his parents went to Adolf Vooren's house.

Clay deserves to say that his papa must have known Joseph's parents, because Haidar Maulana is a confidant of Adolf who takes care of his coffee garden in Ungaran.

That's what makes Haidar feel 'small' and hesitant to ask Clay for Joseph. Although I know Mr. Vooren is a figure of wisdom, there is still doubt. Thought Haidar, rather than being humiliated and having their pride trampled on, then it was better to have his son weigh it up many times before deciding to see Mr. Vooren, but Yusuf was convinced by his choice.

Upon entering the gate of Mr. That magnificent Vooren, Haidar's guts are getting shrunken. Truly, he was trying to strengthen his heart to accept whatever Mr would say. Vooren. Ah, if only he could bend his son's heart, then Haidar wanted Joseph not to fall in love with Clay.

"Yusuf, if you doubt, we go back now" Haidar half-whispered.

"Me, or a doubtful father? Did you meet Mr Adolf Vooren?" Joseph answered back asking.

"Ehm ... Dad just wasn't ready, son."

"How we try, it's one step we've come to see him. I promise, if Mr. Adolf Vooren refuses, then I won't force."

"Alright then" said Haidar resigned.

***

"Hm, you dare to come here too, yes," greeted Adolf sounding unfriendly as Haidar and his small entourage sat in the guest room.

"E-eh, sorry .. forgive us, mister," said Haidar.

"I'm just making sure that Joseph is really your son" Adolf said.

"Truly sir,"

"Well, despite your son, your nature and attitude are very different, Haidar. Look, do you know why I asked you to see me?"

"I'm sorry for our stupidity, mister. We know our son does not deserve to have a daughter mister" said Haidar.

"Huh. You mean not worth it, what?" adolf asked in a still unfriendly tone of voice.

"Pardon us mister, if we do not agree with our arrival, then we say retreat," Haidar who was about to stand immediately detained by Adolf.

"wait. Ish, this you, really ... Haidar, is that how you responded to my invitation, huh?"

Haidar gasped, and so did Joseph.

"Just sorry and sorry that I heard from earlier, you forgot why you were here?"

"Sir, as I said the other day .. I intend to have a serious relationship with Clay," Joseph sidelines confidently.

"Well, Haidar. Learn with your brave son. So, what are your words to be accounted for, young man?"

"Eh, sa-me .. do you doubt my sincerity?"

"What do you have that has the intention of having it?"

Haidar looked at Yusuf as if he said 'tuh, right .. what did I say too?'.

"I will try to make her happy with all my heart and life, sir."

"Goodoo. If only you said because you have acres of gardens, or a gedong house or otto expensive, free .. without you I can still give," adolf answered while Haidar was still confused guessing Adolf's heart.

"So how, mister?" tanya Haidar hesitated.

"Well, what's your purpose here, Haidar?"

"Yusuf forced me to .. propose to the daughter of the mister to be his wife" said Haidar in a soft voice.

"So, if Joseph doesn't force you won't come here, will he?" lure Adolf again.

"Aaa, we know we're not worth it, mister."

"What's not worth it? We are both God's creation. Ah come, dizzy I hear this babbling of your father, Yusuf ..."

"Yes, sir?"

"Tell me one more time so that we, especially your father, hear what you said the other day" Adolf asked, this time sounding kinder.

"I liked Miss Clay as a nurse at the hospital where I worked, I didn't know before that Miss Clay was Mr. Adolf's daughter. I fell in love and was intending to have a serious relationship with Miss Clay" Yusuf replied smoothly.

"Yes . yes, I respect your good intentions, Joseph. Now tell me, when are you going to realize that intention of yours?"

"Secep-"

"Ah, this is mister .. soon Joseph will be assigned out of the island, then .. if indeed mister approves of the relationship of our sons and daughters, it is good that we bind them in the engagement," Haidar cut his son's sentence, because now he felt his burden lifted and began to speak fluently.

"Why use an all-fiancee event? That Joseph was going to go and work someplace far away with Clay, how do you know he was smitten by another girl?"

Degh.

Haidar was stunned because as he expected, Adolf certainly rejected his proposal. It could have been Joseph's job to be just common sense, maybe Adolf had another reason to reject their good intentions, so Haidar thought in his heart.

"Ja-so ... how, sir?" Haidar tried to ventured in asking, to ascertain the solution they would agree on later.

"There is no need for promises, engagements or whatever it is called. We better just set the date of their marriage" Adolf said spontaneously.

"W-what?" Haidar stuttered happily. "But in 2 weeks Joseph will be heading to South Borneo...."

"Ehm .. Then there are 1 more obstacle, sir," Yusuf said.

"What's? You still haven't prepared a dowry to marry my son?" guess Adolf.

"No. That, I'm a Muslim, we have different beliefs, sir."

"Clay, come here son. ..." Adolf called his daughter.

"Yes, pi?" with a crush Clay joined the living room.

"Darling, papi has blessed your relationship. Yusuf's father wanted you to get engaged before Yusuf left for Kalimantan, but papi didn't agree."

"Pa-papi doesn't agree with Joseph to Borneo?"

"No, papi doesn't agree you're fiancee."

"Lho, you said you're blessing our relationship, why don't you agree we're fiancees?" clay Protest.

"Ck, listen to me. Don't like to draw your own conclusions. Look, baby, you want to get married."

"What?" Clay was surprised to mix happy.

"There are only 1 obstacle, we have different beliefs with the family of Joseph. For papi this is very principled, but it is up to you, if you choose to follow Joseph's beliefs, papi will support, "so softly Adolf spoke while stroking the hair of his eldest daughter.

"Ehm ..." Clay looked at Joseph who was also staring at him.

"If papi doesn't mind, I'd like to follow Joseph, pi."

"Hm. Ok, alright. Yusuf, help you find a teacher who can guide Clay to get to know your religion, yeah."

"Good, sir."

"Hey, I'm your future father-in-law. Can't call me 'master', call papi, ok?"

"Well, uh, papi."

Although sad, his daughter chose to change beliefs, get married and then follow her husband wander, Adolf was happy to see a bright smile on the face of the child and his future daughter-in-law.

Adolf remembered the words of his superior in Palembang, Mr. Overraker first, that good intentions should not be delayed until they feel ready, because that readiness will be perfect with determination. So without a complicated process, Adolf and Sekar soon became a couple. Mr.'s words. The overraker also inspired Adolf to hasten goodwill for Clay and Joseph.

The one who was then most preoccupied with the idea of the head of the Vooren family was certainly the mistress Adolf Vooren. Although he was greatly helped by the formation of a wedding committee to take care of the wedding procession and arrange consumption, Madame Adolf Vooren was forced to refuse some dress orders and kebaya for some time, even postponed making some orders that had been made sketches, because he had to speed up making a beautiful dress for Clay, beautiful kebaya for himself, he said, new clothes for Aya and Gerry is also certainly a suit for her beloved husband.

"It's late, what can I do to get your job done, honey?" Adolf asked when he saw his wife was still in the sewing room.

Sekar grunted slowly. "Stop whining and clinging to me like this, Pi," Sekar said, leaning his head on the shoulder of the husband who was holding her from behind, making her anxious husband.

"Hehe .... Oh, my God, I'm sorry, but I really want to help you."

"Pi, please keep your distance or Clay will wear a dress that is not finished sewn," Sekar threatened.

Adolf chuckled happily.

"What's wrong, hm?"

Cup.

He gave a friendly kiss on Sekar's forehead before it passed giving his wife time to continue the work.

"alright. I'm going to the kids' room first. Clay .. ah, no way, soon he will belong to someone else yes, Mi," said Adolf as he headed to the sekar sewing room door.

"Pi, how could Clay not get married? Until anytime, even though Clay has given us grandchildren, she's still our daughter, there's no term she's taken and then it's someone else's, no one can take it from us," sekar.

Adolf turned back to his wife, "Hm .. baby, then ...."

"What, pi?" Sekar let go of his hand that had originally held the cloth in the sewing machine as Adolf quickly hugged him again.

"Honey, our house will certainly be quiet if Clay comes with her husband later .. You, are you willing to give birth to 1 more little angel to enliven our house, dear?"

Just close her eyes, enjoy her husband's embrace for a while, "Hm .. I'll take care of a little bit of my work, you meet the kids as usual and be quick to our quarrel, you know, we try to make it happen to present 1 little angel according to your wishes," said Sekar.

"Are you, Mi?" Adolf's eyes sparkled cheerfully.

"Of course, honey. May God kindly grant our wishes" said Sekar spoiled.

Cup.

One kiss once again Adolf dissolved in Sekar's forehead before darting into their children's room.

***

"Huft ... describes the warm and sweet relationship between husband and wife has always been the hardest part for me" Geetruida murmured.

How is it not difficult? He had never experienced such a sweet thing, could only imagine it. Indeed, he often did it for the sake of the rupiah, not because of his love and personal needs. The men who use his services only make it as a medium of desire, no one wants to ask him to give birth to sweet children like Adolf. His marriage to Amar Maulana was only due to the coercion of his older sister, Helena. He said for the sake of Geetruida status, which later after Helena died the status was working so that he and the man who was his sister-in-law were not a gossip.

In fact, Geetruida's relationship with Amar was nothing more than that of a pair of friends who lived under one roof. Although their marriage was valid, but as if there was a barrier so that the relationship between Geetruida and Amar like a brother-in-law - and sister-in-law who respect each other's privacy. That is what Mangata does not know.

Geetruida sighed softly, took off her reading glasses and massaged her bending slowly. Coffee, he needs a bitter-sweet concentrated black liquid to help him launch Sekar and Adolf's next action.