Gita Dusk Geetruida
Ngunduh Mantu's

Geetruida stops her typing, for a moment her memory streaks on the wedding day of Helena and Amar first. She smiled to remember how beautiful it was when she was a girl before her teens. Geetruida has an idea of how her marriage will be which of course will not be different from Helena's marriage. Even if the future husband of the natives also, his wise papi, not concerned with the existence of group differences it certainly will not oppose, he said, after all, want to impress with people who can be said to be their own workers who indirectly have strata below it.

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"Sir Haidar, don't call me master or mister anymore" Adolf told his besi.

"Well, I'm the bad one, sir. Get used to it" replied Haidar.

"From now on it's used to calling me Adolf. We are now a family, which means we are a family. Imagine Clay and Joseph giving us grandchildren who wouldn't be more affirming of our kinship later?" adolf said again.

Hearing that, Haidar nodded in agreement, "Ah, right as well. All right, all right then- uh, how about I call you Mr. Adolf, just?" Haidar again.

"Hm, that's better, Mr. Haidar. Oh yes, one more .. don't use 'me' and 'you' anymore, because it sounds so formal, 'me' and 'you' sound more friendly" Adolf asked again.

"Yes, I uh, I'll try to get used to it as you please, sir."

"Good" Adolf smirked with a big smile.

3 Days after Clay and Joseph's marriage contract and ceremony at Adolf's residence, Mr. Haidar held a ghostly event in his village.

Although only in simple terms, not as luxurious as the event held Adolf, again this event was able to make Adolf touched by the acceptance of his made family to welcome Clay as a new member of their family.

"Until now you are a Dutch noni, but because you have been in the ghost pack by Haidar, you have become a whole Indonesian woman, son," Adolf told Clay.

Clay simply nodded, confirming the words of his papa. Given the treatment of mixed ancestry by fellow immigrants from his father's land who were ungainly then when Joseph, the native youth expressed love for him, Clay welcomed happily at the affirmation of his status.

"Pi, can I use ... veil?" clay asked his father.

"Hawl? What do Muslim women wear?" ask Adolf.

Clay lowered his head, "Yes," he said briefly.

"Listen, since you married Joseph, follow what your husband said and asked for. Papi believes that what he is advocating is a representative of the papi request as well, it is best for you because you are his responsibility now" Adolf told his daughter.

Adolf stroked the back of his first daughter, "Next week, my mother and your sisters will go to Banjarmasin, accompany you and Joseph there," Adolf said slowly.

"Really, pi?"

"Yes, as a form of our support for you who started your new life in a distant place with us, in the future we do not know what will happen, too because of the condition of the country that is, never mind. We'll take care of it, son. Be a devoted wife and daughter-in-law, ok?" Adolf ends his conversation with Clay and returns to find his iron

"Sir, ma'am .. we went back to Magelang yes, thank you for a very special welcome to our family," Adolf shook his second hand before entering the car followed by Sekar, Aya and Gerry.

"Be careful on the road, sir, ma'am. Good luck with the goal," replied Haidar.

"Titip Clay's. Please be educated and do not hesitate to reprimand Clay if there is something that is not pleasing," added Sekar.

"Oh yeah, see you next week, you guys also went to Banjarmasin to take them, right?" ask Adolf.

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Joseph and Clay took several days off to prepare for the wedding and their move to Banjarmasin. After 2 days after the event ngunduh mantu in Ungaran, now they return to Magelang and Clay, immediately follow Joseph to live together in the official house provided for doctors.

This is the first day of returning to duty in the same hospital as the status of husband and wife.

"Sir, there's a letter. Sorry, this arrived several days, precisely on the day of your wedding, because you just entered work now, so I just said," said one of the staff.

"Okay, thank you sir" replied Joseph.

Yusuf's forehead creased when he found the official letter. 'What is this coincidence?' his inner.

Since childhood Joseph was a diligent and diligent figure to learn, and, the brain dilution makes him one of STOVIA (indigenous doctor education school in Batavia) students who get a colonial government scholarship and are obliged to undergo a ten-year service bond, in those days he should be ready to be placed anywhere. Just last month he was mandated to serve in Banjarmasin now comes another letter of renewal which is a renewal .. could it be because certain parties know that he is now the son-in-law of Adolf Vooren?

Impatiently, Joseph read the letter, "Alhamdulilah, to be assigned wherever the hell I'm actually ready, but with this latest placement, it makes me and Clay not too far apart from the family," he folded and put the letter back in the envelope. After dealing with a few patients who weren't too many that day, he rushed to see Clay.

"Honey, there is something I want to say .." said Yusuf who was not awkward to be friendly to his wife.

"Yes, bang?" sahut the white-hooded girl berparas bule disallowed it.

"Hm, should we talk in the cafeteria? You haven't eaten, have you?"

"Gosh bang .. I just remembered there was a papi guard here delivering a message, we were invited to the house for lunch together" Clay said.

"Oh, okay. Then we go there, let me also tell your parents" replied Joseph.

"What do you want to say, bang?" Clay's curious.

"Hm, just later. You ask permission with the head of your room first, later if it is done meet me to the room yes," Joseph asked his wife.

Clay hurried to follow her husband's instructions. It turns out that not only conveyed the message, Adolf also provided an invitation for his son and daughter-in-law.

"We want to go home to change clothes first" Yusuf told his parents-in-law.

Without reply, Adolf driver followed the newlywed couple who rode onthel bike to the official house which is still in the hospital area.

After changing into their clothes, the two entered a car ready to drive them to the Adolf Vooren family residence.

"Hello newlyweds," said Adolf to Clay and Yusuf, "Now a few days have not met, papi already miss you, especially if you are already in Banjarmasin. Well, it's gonna be hard to see us."

"Papii, have a chat later, come .. It's almost past lunch hour" said Sekar from the dining room.

"Come, come ... just go ahead, it's been awaited from earlier," asked Adolf again.