Namoras
Lan Family

"Sir Karim..!" Call Namora after she confirms who the young man in the picture is. His voice sounded trembling as if he was holding something extremely stifling.

Mr. Karim was in a hurry to run up to him with his hands tied in front as a gesture of respect.

"Young master. What was? I'm helping my wife prepare food,"

"I'm not hungry" replied Namora briefly. But his eyes were still fixed on the image on the wall.

Mr. Karim noticed. But he could not guess why Namora suddenly called out to him and noticed the picture on the wall.

Because he could not guess either from the facial expression or the tone of voice, then Mr. Karim could only ask, "Young master. What's up?" Ask her slowly.

"The person in the picture?!" Point Namora right at the face of the young man in the picture.

"Oh. That was my late nephew. Name's Lan. Like I told you last night. He's dead,"

"La? Died. Do you know what caused her to die?" Namora asked just fishing.

"I don't know for sure. However, the news that I heard, he had an accident and had been buried in the city of stone," replied Mr. Karim.

Namora sat back in the chair. He wanted to honestly say that Lan was killed because of him. It's just, he doesn't know where to start.

"Why young master? Do you know him?"

Namora nodded, then looked towards Mr. Karim.

"Sir Karim. This Lan is my man. He worked for me along with three others. The other two orphans were adopted by my uncle from the foundation house. The other two have families. I was planning to find her family. It's just, there's been some incident making my plans to find their family delayed. I didn't expect that this was really a coincidence,"

"meaning?" Mr. Karim understands a little. Actually, he knew that Lan worked in the city of Kemuning for someone who was very influential. However, the confidentiality of the organization made him unable to find out more about his nephew's work.

"Sir. Do you know Lan's best friend named Zack?" Ask Namora. He desperately wished for Mr. Karim to find out and be able to introduce him to the Zack family after he had coincidentally discovered the existence of the Lan family. Ando and the other are Orphans.

"Yes. I've known him. I know his family too. Merely, all I want to know is, was my Lan actually killed in an accident?" Ask Mr. Karim.

Namora shook her head in response.

"Lan didn't die in an accident. They were killed by my business opponent. Actually, they targeted me for murder. It's just that, not having found me, they vented their anger at my subordinates,"

No response from Mr. Karim. He seemed to have been willing for Lan's death. Merely, he did not expect that Lan and Zack died from being killed.

"Sir. I promise to compensate the families left behind. That is my duty. Will you be able to get me to meet Zack's family?"

Mr. Karim nodded.

"I'll take you to meet Zack's mother. Actually our situation is quite concerning. Only, their situation was even more concerning. Zack has a younger sister and her mother who is often sickly. His father died in a building accident. That was a long time ago. Zack's younger sister was only three years old. Zack is the backbone of the family. After he died, the fate of the family was like a kiambang. Where the currents carry, there they go,"

Namora clenched her fists hearing everything Mr. Karim said. How he felt so guilty for ignoring the families of those who died because of him. It's just, what can he do?

Namora is not to blame for her negligence. First he actually wanted to search for the whereabouts of their dead family. It's just that, when he was going to leave for the city of Kemuning, he and Ameng were instead intercepted so that the trip was canceled. After that, he was instead the target of an assassination by Takimura and nearly died from it. But God is fair. He was accidentally reunited with Mr. Karim.

As already arranged, he instead gave the old man a million and a half money yesterday. Because the money is what causes Mr. Karim to take the initiative to stop at home before continuing his journey to the city of Kemuning. If Namora had not given money to Mr. Karim, of course he would have spent a lot of time looking for the whereabouts of the Lan and Zack families. Luckily for him, he had already met one of his two subordinate families. So, he could save a lot of time to find them.

Namora tightened her fists so much that the skin and veins on her hands stiffened. "Takimura, Teja and Jhonroy have to pay all this tenfold. If necessary, I will finish off anyone involved including the new village Dojo" Namora said in her heart. He was increasingly motivated to finish off his opponent this time around. If at that time he and his people became targets, it was time he also targeted them. Whatever happens, let it happen.

Namora sees the current time. After feeling that it was enough, he immediately asked Mr. Karim to take him to meet Zack's mother and sister.

"It's okay, sir. I thank you for the invitation,"

"Let's Young master. I'll prepare it!" Mr. Karim said he was getting excited. He then held a pandan mat that had begun to lose color, then asked his wife and nephew to serve food.

When he saw the fried salted fish, boiled the leaves of yam and sambal belacan, then Namora knew that the aroma was what made his stomach was keroncong.

Namora is no longer sad. He immediately devoured the food present while occasionally wiping his sweaty forehead. Maybe too spicy for him. But, the more spicy, the more he can not stop to apply the sweet potato leaves to sambal belacan.

"Is it good, young master?" Ask Mr. Karim's wife.

"Ep. It's yummy!" Answer Namora while she is in pain.

While Mr. Karim just smiles at Namora who pungent, but do not feel awkward. She had thought that such a meal would be rejected by Namora. But the estimate missed. Namora added twice.

"Sir. Is this Lan's sister?" Ask Namora after she finishes eating.

Tau that he was the topic, Nila could only blush in embarrassment. He did not dare to stare directly at Namora since the young man entered his house.

"Yes, young master. He's all we had after Lan died,"

"Is he still in high school or has he gone to college?" Ask Namora again.

"Name Nila. Already graduated High School. This year he should have enrolled at the university. It's just that I asked him to hold off for a year, until I collected the money" replied Mr. Karim. There was sadness on his face.

"It's okay sir. Lan is my subordinate. I should have looked after his family. I'll see if the Martins foundation needs teachers or if the company needs employees. But, if Nila wants to continue her education, I can help. Of course if I give it free, this Nila will be offended. I will hire him part-time. The morning he can go to college, the afternoon he can work in the foundation or in the company" Namora said. He wants to help for free. Humans have their own ego. He did not want their pride to be diminished with this help. Hence Namora took the initiative to give the job to Nila. In return, he can give a salary, then he has a reason to finance the education of the girl without hurting her self-esteem.

"Gee. Thank you very much, young master,"

"Please. Quickly thank the young master!" Pinta pak Karim's.

"Thank you. Mr..,"

"Namorah. My name is Namora. Call it like that!" Namora said interrupting.

"I.., yeah.., yeah. Thanks Namora!" Said Nila with a downcast face staring at the plate in front of her.

"alright. The university choice is only in three cities. Kemuning City, we are Batu or Lake Putri city. It cannot be outside these three cities" said Namora. He was worried that Nila chose other cities such as Medan, Bandung or Jakarta. He would not be able to protect this girl from danger.

"I understand!" Nila said still bowed.

"One more thing. You don't tell anyone that we know each other. I'm afraid my enemies will harm you,"

"Sir. Can we leave now. I have to divide the time. Anyway, my time is very limited,"

"Oh yes. Let's please young master. I will bring you together with Ms. Zack" replied Mr. Karim standing up.

Namora immediately came out of Mr. Karim's residence, then immediately entered the car before Mr. Karim had time to open the door for him.

"We're leaving soon!" Mr. Karim said while turning on the engine. Then, the sound of the roar of the engine was heard followed by the movement of the car they were driving left the house of Mr. Karim. Their current destination is the Saturday market.

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