The Light in the Land of Papua
Episode 4's.

Just now he was thinking about what to do this afternoon or how to deal with the woman if she was to meet again.His memory still feels clear how Redana was trapped when the woman locked her brain and mouth. he wanted to get out a few sentences, but they never came out of his mouth. For whatever sake!.the circumstances had made Redana feel uneasy.as if the woman was reading her mind, so she chose to withdraw.

Redana could not deny it. somehow he stared. The woman did look different. her appearance was full of simplicity.highlight her sharp eyes. but there is a hidden meaning. Redana can feel it even though the woman does not show it. like there is a sense of care behind the sentence that came out as short as possible.Today Redana herself never knew the woman. So why is she in that place?.What is that woman doing there?.

And again, the question came back to him. burst into every nerve of his brain.Enhanced Redana to think hard about the woman. women who were themselves in a dirty and stuffy warehouse with all the unpleasant smells that were produced from various kinds of plantation products that were long stored in the warehouse.

I don't know what makes the woman feel at home there. Is there nowhere else to be used as a stopover other than in that place? or at least in the park or the hills maybe?. according to him the existence of the woman in the warehouse is clearly surprising Redana. is in a place that is not feasible for women as beautiful as Lara. women who make Redana short of breath by her own concerns.

He hated to remember it. Hate when his voice was choked by those green eyes. His throat was so dry that he could not get out a few sentences.but the overflowing fear came back to flood his mind. Redana is afraid that the woman will buy herself.she does not want to be sold and then sent out of the island.even she does not care how high the price marketed by her employer. Redana was agitated when the thought milled back in her eyes….

“have finished his nap?”.

The voice again appeared to shock Redana, or rather be surprised.

He was aghast then moved up. his face was filled with shock as he stood before the woman.The two eyes filled with question marks with uncertain smiles. Redana paused for a moment to regain her consciousness.raised the lives that flew at each other throughout her nap.trying to see through the white fog that blocked her sight. then caught a glint of an eye that reminded Redana of the situation she had most avoided.

Redana tried hard to keep making the distance impossible to create. How long has the woman been standing under a tree.

Damn that woman!.

It seemed that Redana was exhausted from her rough work, so she chose to spend her rest by sitting leaning under a tree. flexing all her muscles before she returned to the field, but she fell asleep. either because his mind is too tired, or because of the effects of the wind that hypnotizes his eyelids. As a result Redana did not consciously fall asleep under a thick tree and towering height. unfortunately again the woman had disrupted her break.

The woman's expression could not be separated from Lara's view.he found the woman's body stiffened in shock.His dark eyes tried to penetrate the white fog. Lara could have expected it when she woke him up suddenly and almost ruined his rest time, when she might have been dreaming, but Lara would not let the woman sleep under the tree.

“you come with me now”.

Redana eyeballs instantly rounded. “what do you mean?”.

They look at each other in tension. Lara could read the vexation stored behind the woman's eyeballs.she did not even blink when she spoke again.

“ would you rather spend your time just to sleep?”.

 “oh ya”. agile Redana. then add. "it also makes me so think. would you rather disturb the rest hours of others?”. Redana shook her head in wonder.

“you're really embarrassing.is there nowhere else?”.

Her chest grew irritated when she heard the words coming out of the woman's mouth. The anger re-emerged over Redana, leaving her almost out of control. but the woman's slight attention restores her sanity, which is still stuck in one of her brain's nerves before Lara's soft voice cuts through her mind.

“there is a good place, which you might be able to make as a place to rest”. Lara shook her head slowly. “but not here”.

Redana was silent for a while. trying to understand what the woman wanted, but Lara's gaze did not look suspicious.

Lara pursed her sensual lips when approaching Redana. “you should accompany me today. I do not like to go alone”.

“why did you invite me?”. he frowned slowly. tried to move his body that had stiffened. then his hand reflexively blocked the woman's wrist. “what are you planning to do for me?”. two pairs of Redana's eyebrows rose to affirm.

As Lara had thought, the woman would again ask a ludicrous question.the truth is that she just wanted to invite the woman to accompany her to go somewhere. which would not make the woman face any problems.

Lara just wants to resolve the tension between them, and remove the stigma that has been plaguing Redana's mind. Meanwhile Lara will not stop approaching the woman until Redana can trust her. 

“and exactly. what am I planning?”.

Redana thinning pulsates slowly. “why do your words always tickle?”.

Lara mute.

“asal you know. I don't want to find new problems!”. blow Redana hard. then tighten the check.

“will never”. replied Lara calmly. “but all that depends on the way you think”.

Redana replied full of doubt “impossible”.

He blinked blankly. withdrew his hand.as if not believing his actions had blocked Lara's wrist.although only in that way could Redana do to assert herself.His breath was choked when the gaze grew more and more defiant. but he was not aware that the woman was deliberately letting Redana continue to struggle with her own thoughts.

Apparently Lara felt that she had heard enough of all her words.she sighed and moved to lean her back against the tree. wiping the sweat running down her smooth forehead before lowering it back down for a while. he kept looking at Redana until she stopped moving in doubt.

“how many times have I heard suspicions for the sake of suspicion come out of your mouth“. Lara is a little upset. “what made you close yourself to making friends?”.

“friends?”. Redana gave a small laugh.It was impossible for a woman as beautiful as Lara to want to be friends with a lowly slave like herself.

Redana does not remember the last time she had a girlfriend.which she knows, there is no single slave girl who is the same age as her.he guessed that Lara was just joking and full of nonsense.

Redana sighed softly with a bit of curiosity. “actually. what can you expect to be friends with slaves like me?. Aren't we different castes?”.

The words invited Lara not to smile.he straightened her back.put both hands on the woman's shoulders which felt heavy carrying the burden. looking at Redana in disbelief along with the sentence that came out of her thin lips.

Lara took a deep breath before being knocked back. “there are things you need to know that I never distinguish castes. I don't care about your background. and I hope. and vice versa”. slowly Lara lowered her hand and then made a distance so that the woman could freely regulate her breathing which had been blocked by her own suspicions.

“I don't know you.and I've never seen you before”.

“ya. and I don't think you know me” yet.

Lara gulped and thought perhaps on that basis which made Redana ask many questions, even suspicions.he turned away for a moment as the woman continued to maintain her gaze.

“are you a prospective slave buyer?” . asked Redana awkwardly.

“how old are you?”. Lara switched the conversation.

Redana hesitates for a moment to answer. “twenty-five years”.

“what is the price for a slave of your age?”. asked Lara curiously.

The voice faintly rang out and shot into his brain.forcing Redana to continue staring at the woman's face. but it also creates a new tension for Redana when the woman asks the price market.then her whole mind drifts away and does not know what will happen to her. Does she really want to buy me?. Then take me out of the island?.he asked in his heart.

It seems that Redana may have misinterpreted the woman's question.It could be that Lara just wanted to know what the market price was for a slave of Redana's age and did not intend to buy it. but the fear in her had made Redana's feelings a little melancholy. “I already owe you my life. and I realized it”.

“not”. Lara did not want to be dramatic, but she was unable to hold back.however she deserved to do that. stop the whip punishment that managed to grab his attention. Lara added. “you never owe me anything. I did it for your good”.

“goodness?”. ask Redana wonder.

“iya. but, somehow.I have to admit your courage.and it impressed me ”. replied Lara amazed.

Redana was silent in confusion.His mind was hard to believe the reason the woman did it. What then came out of the woman's mouth had made the nerves of Redana's brain more pulsating. then a sense of pain filled back his memory in a short second.The memory of his time in the whip.then he caught Lara's smile appeared instantly on his sensual lips. and it was a smile that was much more sincere than what had been in Redana's mind all along.

that touching sentence landed quietly from Redana's mouth. ”I can't believe, why did you do that for me?”.

“I will never ask you to believe. I just want you to forget about it. And I should have asked you. What happened to you?. Why were you so tense when you met me?. in fact, your dirty thoughts have ruined the way you look at me”.

Lara's stern voice was able to burst through the walls of her sockets. Then the dark eyes flashed with a hide of shame.as if she was slapped by her own thoughts when how Lara threw the facts on her face. and Redana could not cover her facial expression from that woman.

Secretly Redana watches Lara's voice throughout the argument.A faint voice is heard as she is in a semi-conscious state. the voice that had a big influence to stop the action of Mark full of madness.in the end Redana recognized the owner of the voice.