Four-String
External Issues

Zidane's face stiffened, his heart beating harder, his hands clasping each other and his eyes were sharply focused on Mr. Gerald.

Zidane put his ears together and prepared to listen to what Mr. Gerald would say to him, the tension in his heart making the breath coming out of his nose heavy.

Mr. Sugeng immediately let out a long sigh, leaned his back and head against the back of the sofa, then closed his eyes, as if he did not want to hear what was to be said.

Mr. Gerald's forehead shriveled, taking the glass of drink before him, two gulps alone were enough to quench his thirst a little.

The look in his eyes turned sharp with focus pointing forward, slowly Mr. Gerald turned his face to face Zidane who was ready to listen.

Mr. Gerald

Seeing Zidane's sharp eyes signified his seriousness.

" The Rey twins are indeed my grandchildren, the biological children of Akbar and Sarah my son...All you know is maybe only Akbar is my son-in-law without you knowing clearly the origin, "

Mr. Sugeng opened his eyes slightly, glancing towards Mr. Gerald who was talking.

Zidane focused on his sense of hearing because he did not want to miss a bit of what Mr. Gerald said.

Zidane

Nodding his head a sign of what Mr. Gerald said is true.

" Yes, right sir, "

Without hesitation he answered.

Mr. Sugeng's eye glances shifted to Zidane who looked very serious in response to what Mr. Gerald said.

Mr. Gerald

Continuing his talk after listening to Zidane's reply.

" You may be surprised, but this is a fact you should know, "

Pausing for a moment what he was about to say, the look in his eyes led to Zidane's sharp gaze that looked full of confidence.

" Akbar himself is actually the son of our company partner BARTANA company, the fate of him is the same as my son Sarah, the sole heir of his family, "

Mr. Sugeng closed his eyes again, as if he knew all these things, but the sharp gaze of Zidane's eyes seemed to be melted down by his shock.

Zidane

Staring at Mr. Gerald blankly as if in disbelief.

" Is that really sir ? "

Ask to make sure he doesn't hear wrong.

Before Mr. Gerald spoke, Mr. Sugeng patted Zidane on the back with both eyes still closed.

Mr. Sugeng

Opening his eyes slightly, glanced at Zidane sharply.

" There is no lie in what you say, so just listen and remember what you said to you, "

Zidane nodded without a single answer as a sign that he understood what Mr. Sugeng said to him.

Before continuing his conversation, he returned to drink up to half a glass more, then put it back down.

Mr. Gerald

Lowering his gaze towards the front ignoring Mr. Sugeng and Zidane.

" About twenty-one years ago after the two of them married, two families were at odds over where Akbar and Sarah would be left because they did not want to lose an heir, until finally Akbar and Sarah decided to live outside and remote villages with our family residence or the Bartana family residence and release all the burden of their responsibility to be heirs of the company, "

Changing his focus looked towards Zidane,

" The Rey twins were born in the village with simplicity without interference from both families, with the presence of the two of them in the middle of the family automatically the heirs of both families fall to the twins Rey, who, therefore when Rey's twins were little we all agreed to hide it from all but a few people we really trusted, "

His gaze turned toward the wall clock that kept spinning fast as if everything he was talking about now had only happened yesterday.

Zidane nodded in understanding what Mr. Gerald told him in detail, he only knew the truth but did not know clearly all the intentions of the two families hiding the identity of the Rey twins.

Zidane

He lowered his gaze and clasped his hands tightly.

" Thank you for the information sir, I will try to keep this information, "

Slowly taking off his grasp, looking at Mr. Gerald with confidence.

At that time, Mr. Sugeng re-opened his eyes and straightened his sitting position like he wanted to say something, before speaking he drank a few sips of his drink.

Mr. Sugeng

" Ahhhh "

Put the drink back.

" The condition of our company is inversely proportional to what you see today, "

Frowning his teeth, sighing quite long, from the expression of his face looks already very fed up with everything that has happened.

Zidane did not understand what Mr. Sugeng said about the condition of the company, considering that during his work here he saw the condition of the company running normally without any major problems that occurred.

Zidane

" What does it mean, sir ? "

Confusion was evident from his face.

Mr. Sugeng looked at Mr. Gerald before speaking to Zidane, because he needed Mr. Gerald's approval and could not carelessly talk about the company's problems to others.

Seeing Mr. Gerald nod at him, it was enough as a sign of approval for him.

Mr. Sugeng

He turned his face to Zidane.

" Now the internal problems of the company look normal and arguably smooth-smooth, but the external problems of the company can not be underestimated, "

Both of Zidane's ears were again focused on listening because he took the matter quite seriously and could not be made to play.

When Mr. Sugeng finished talking, Mr. Gerald then added something to reinforce and clarify what Mr. Sugeng had just said.

Mr. Gerald

His firmness radiated from his face.

" Our company has always been in the shadows with external problems that continue to haunt as if endless, "

" I will tell you briefly about the deepest problems of our company, "

...~ Story ~...

The external problems of Gasendra company began since Gasendra company was founded by Mr. Gerald's parents.

It could happen because the younger brother of Pak Gerald's father was jealous of the success of his own sister, so that by all means he tried to seize or destroy the Gasendra company.

However, all the efforts made by his biological brother always succeeded in failing by Mr. Gerald's father because of the strength of the defense that has been made.

Despite repeated failures, Gerald's father's father's bad intentions have not receded at all.

Even after his death, the ill will was carried on by his grandchildren who continued to terrorize the company or the family.

Now the Gasendra company is in full hands by Mr. Gerald and he is also desperately guarding the integrity of the company from all threats.

...~ End ~...

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