Daendels Estella's
Maps Indies

After completing his activities with Sumi, that afternoon when the sun began to sink in the west. Surprised to Stella, she did not find the box she had kept under her bed. Empty, there's nothing there. Stella was confused herself, because only she knew about the item, except for one person, Daendels, but what was the reason Daendels took her box, there was no reason at all.

If Daendels did take it then it was likely that the box was in his study, the only place Daendels would visit every day. Stella hurriedly came out of her room slightly lifting her wide skirt and walked towards Daendels' round house.

Checklek

The room was locked tightly, as Stella saw Kebon in the house passing by after burning trash in the back.

“Can I enter Willem's room?.”

Kebon is the one in charge of all the keys in this house, he likely also has Daendels' lock workspace.

“Can madam, I'll get you the key for a moment.”

“Thanks.”

Stella waits until the kebon returns with the key, the middle-aged man gives the key to Stella. When the door opened, the first sight Stella saw was the Map of Indonesia, and several points were given a sign. There is also a map of the island of Java with their respective captions.

Stella wanted to find the box, she was interested in the map. Making the road that stretches from Anyer to Panarukan is a road called the Post Highway, Daendels wrote on it under the name De Grote Postweg. In some parts marked by the strength of the workers in building the road, Daendels has thought very long about making the road, including the risks for workers.

Still in the same position, suddenly the door opened making Stella immediately turn her head back, her long wavy hair moving in rhythm with her head turned.

“Willem.” Call Stella when she saw Daendels' sudden arrival, she didn't know Daendels was coming home so soon. “I ha only-.”

“What do you do in my room when I am not around?.” The question came out of Daendels' cold face, now Stella was really scared.

The girl gulped her saliva violently and slightly rewinded her body to the back “I was just curious about your room, I wanted to wait for you to come home but I couldn't help the curiosity.” Stella tries to lie to avoid Daendels' anger, fearing that the man might get angry when he finds out that Stella got in there looking for the box, Stella fears that Daendels thinks she's accusing him of stealing the box.

Grabbs

A very tight hug made Stella widen her eyes in surprise, “I miss you so much, two weeks feels like two years when I didn't see you.” The words that came out of Daendels' mouth made Stella speechless, her heart suddenly beating so fast, whether she could fall in love now, it felt so strange.

Stella returns Daendels' embrace, patting Daendels' back gently. That was all Stella could give right now, she didn't want to put any more feelings on, because everything here was just her dream that she herself didn't know when she woke up.

After a few seconds, the hug came off. Both are in silence each, Stella is confused what to say, Daendels himself is also confused what to say. Until the call from Sumi makes them grateful to be able to escape the silence.

“Sorry sir.” Sumi said as she thought she was interfering with her employer's activities.

“Is the dinner almost ready? I'll help you.” Stella said as she walked out of Daendels' office and took Sumi to the main house.

Daendels smiled watching Stella's back start to move away, she was happy because Stella returned her embrace, she was happy when Stella smiled sweetly at him. Daendels looked at the map before his eyes, the last time he saw Stella looking at the map. De Grote Postweg, one of his largest Work Programs, made a road that stretched from Anyer to Panarukan. But it seems like the program really caught Stella's attention from the beginning, even when everyone didn't know about it, she asked first.

One thing that makes Daendels curious is whether he came from a place that had predicted this event to happen.whether he came from the future that tells about this event, Daendels wanted to ask that, Daendels said, but he was afraid that the consequences of his question would make the girl abandon him.

A very quiet dinner, only cutlery against each other, Daendels occasionally saw Stella sitting in front of him, she was very beautiful and ate quietly, Stella raised her head slightly and looked towards Daendels.

“What's wrong with me?.”

“No, you are very beautiful.”

Blushes

Again Daendels managed to bombard his heart and mind, if Daendels is in the future, it fits him into Raden, the Player guy who continues to pursue him with a lot of tacky chatter. But it feels like he is not like Raden, Daendels is different, the man can wrap all his alay speech with a sentence that Stella thinks does not sound alay when spoken by Daendels, which there is Stella instead baper.

“Your cheeks are red, do you hurt?.” Daendels tried to stretch out his hand, but Stella immediately dodged.

“No, I'm fine.”

Daendels.

“Soal De Grote Postweg, I saw you noticed it.”

Uhuk uhuk

Stella chokes as Daendels wakes up to her attention on it.

“Sorry.” Daendels gives Stella a drink and lets her drink first. “I can not postpone it longer, De Grote Postweg should be realized immediately to help transport, all the difficulties in the journey even take a very long time to arrive at the port of anyer.”

“How about the workers?.”

“The workers will be taken from the natives, those who do not have jobs will be helped by this employment.”

“Upah her? Life is give and give, if any is given then you are obliged to give.”

“There is no such thing, the worker builds a path for himself, it is one of devotion to the higher-ups who run this government well.”

“The construction of the road was not so only in the blink of an eye, the native workers would spend time that could be used to feed his family just for something that did not replace his position as the head of the family, he said, is that fair? You issue very fair information, but you also issue a liability that is actually completely unfair to one party.”

The dinner table was getting very hot, the cold was turning into heat all at once. Stella could not budge, but Daendels also could not easily accept the girl's opinion.

Seriate