The young man's face looks tense, he will accept the reality that must be accepted for the death of his parents. "Why did everything happen so fast?" she whispered, she looked so scared her face was pale.
"Are you ready?" asked the morgue. Edward nodded without hesitation. Frans only saw the decision of Josh and Daniella's child.
The zipper is slowly opened. Little by little Daniella's face began to appear. Black but slightly bulging like a human who drank too much water. Edward was a little afraid of the reality that was in front of his eyes. His face looked tense and pale.
And now, his mother's face became clearer to Edward's eyes. The young man's body trembled even more when he found out that part of his mother's body was burned and some was not. In addition, Daniella's body swelled, too much water had entered her body. "Mommy?" Edward said quietly. He couldn't cry, it had been a long time since Josh had taught boys not to cry in any way.
He tried to touch it, but Edward refused. The face was almost unrecognizable. "Re-seal the body bag!" Edward ordered. The smell of burning flesh slightly disturbed his sense of smell.
"Well!" Mortuary officers closed Daniella's body bag again. "Now let's look at Mr. Josh's body!" added the morgue attendant, moving to another body bag beside Daniella's body. Edward followed her, his stomach suddenly queasy. He couldn't stand being in the room anymore, the stench had filled the room.
"Can you hurry up, sir? We just need to make sure!" Edward said holding back his nausea. He covered his nose.
"Okay sir!" The morgue attendant rushed to open the body bag. Josh's face was completely unrecognizable. It was charred with the characteristic smell of burnt flesh, mixed with the stench that wafted out of the body bag. The nausea in Edward's stomach was getting worse, he couldn't stand the smell coming out of the body bag.
"Uncle Frans, can you help me identify Daddy's body?"
"Yes sir, I will try to identify him."
"Okay Uncle, I have to get out of here. My stomach feels sick and sick!" said Edward patting Frans on the shoulder. Edward rushed out and vomited all the contents in his stomach. It's really not strong. He immediately filled his empty stomach with alcoholic drinks and now he had to smell the stench of the corpses of his parents.
While inside, Frans was very familiar with Josh's physical characteristics. However, Josh's body was impossible to identify quickly if it was charred and jet black.
"Are there any objects left by my boss's two corpses, sir?" asked France. The officer nodded.
"Wait a minute, I'll get it first!" Not long after, the morgue officer came with a clear plastic bag with several objects in it. "These are Mr Josh Graham and Mrs Daniella's belongings." The morgue clerk handed him the plastic bag.
Fran tried to open it.
"Actually we've done a DNA test of these two bodies. And the DNA structure of the two matches very well with that of Mr Josh and Mrs Graham," explained the morgue. Frans just nodded, he seriously checked the things he usually wears. "Is it true, they belong to Mr. Josh and Mrs. Daniella?"
"Yes, these are all the belongings of my two employers," said Frans, re-entering Josh and Daniella's belongings such as rings, clocks, necklaces and other jewelry that are always used and even become their favorites.
"Then what should we do about the corpse?" asked the mortuary again.
Frank cleared his throat slowly. He can't make a decision on this matter, Edward is the one who has the right to make a decision on the bodies of his parents. "I have no right to make a decision on you. Just a moment, I will tell the young master first," he said leaving the mortuary officer. He wrote down death records for both of Edward's parents.
The old man came out, he saw Edward asleep in the chair in a sitting position and arms crossed. Edward looked exhausted after making love to the woman at the bar in two rounds of the game. Frans sighed with a smile, he remembered when Edward was a child. Frans had never found Edward in this position.
"Master... Mr. Edward!" called Frans slowly while patting his shoulder.
Edward blinked his eyes, he woke up with tired looking eyes. He turned his head, "How uncle, is he really my daddy's corpse?"
"Sorry, I to wake you, Mr. Edward, the corpse is right Mr. Josh and I've got the usual stuff for ladies and gentlemen to wear." Frans gave Edward's parents the last things they used.
The young man remembered it. Even when Daniella fought with her, she wore the jewelry and watch that Edward was currently holding. "Mom? Dad?" Edward didn't know what to do now. He was also constantly thinking about what Daniella and Frans had said. But he really wasn't ready to do all that. He still wants to have fun.
"Sir!" Called Frans seeing the tears dripping from his eyes.
"Aaah ... sorry Uncle. Better now we take Mom and Daddy to the funeral home!" Edward said suggesting that he still look through his parents' belongings one by one.
"Okay sir, I'll tell the officer at the morgue!" Edward nodded. Frans rushed to pass information from Edward.
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Afternoon at London's Highgate Cemetery, where Daniella and Josh are buried, colleagues and family also attended the funeral of Edward's parents. The mourners wore the same colored clothes, namely black, they were silent as the priest read prayers and praises to God and also the bodies of Daniella and Josh to rest in heaven.
Edward sat near the vortex of the tomb, the coffins of his parents began to be lowered slowly. Sitting down, and holding back the feeling of loss that suddenly came to envelop his mind. Frans was standing beside Edward holding an umbrella to block the sunlight from his Young Master's body.
The funeral service was finished and ended with the priest stopping to sing praises and prayers. And Daniella and Josh's coffins had been sunk by the red earth. One by one Daniell's colleagues and friends, Josh and Edward started to go home, as did the pastor. Everyone gave their condolences once again to Edward through Frans. His personal assistant was busy responding to the condolences of all colleagues from Edward's parents
Edward still sat quietly with his face down looking at the mound of red earth that buried his parents' coffins. The sky, which had looked unfriendly earlier, began to pour out rain. Wetting the red earth at the cemetery.
"Goodbye Mom, Dad!" Edward thought as he placed a photo of his parents on the tombstone. Edward rubbed his face, wiping away the tears that were falling from his eyes. He suppressed the sadness he had been holding in for so long. Sighed and then got up, started walking, and left Daniella and Josh's graves.
Then, Frans, thanked all colleagues and colleagues Daniella and Josh. He feels responsible for all of this to all his two bosses' co-workers. Edward saw from a distance, he quite admired Frans as a loyal, agile, and smart subordinate of his parents.
Edward stepped over to Fran. "Uncle, let's go home!" Edward said taking a step forward. Frans followed, smiling at Daniella's and Josh's colleagues.
Edward and Frans sat side by side. But the young man was silent and looked at the glass door of his car. Supporting his chin while looking at the outside view of the car which is filled with graves that are neatly lined up by block.
Edward's mind was still disturbed by all the words of his parents. His heart was confused, his feelings were confused. His mind hesitated to make a very heavy choice. Frans watched his young master. This time, he didn't want to say anything or talk about his companies.
Frans must also have handed over the company he holds to Edward. And passed on his knowledge to the young man so that he understood how to run the company.
"Uncle, what are Mom and Dad's company assets in real estate, production houses, retail, and transportation?" Edward's question made Frans quite surprised. He seemed to be in a dream with those questions. This was a miracle for Frans for Edwards who took an interest in his parents' companies.
"Y-Young Master? You…."
"Uncle doesn't be happy just yet, I wouldn't be interested in running those companies. But I just want to ask Uncle and aunt from Daddy's side as well as Mommy!" Edward said cutting off Frans' unfinished sentence.
"W-what? B-but B-master...?" Frank was quite surprised to hear that. The answer he had heard so many times, and this time he was very disappointed with Edward's answer. But he really couldn't force it. "Sorry, I don't have that data. Because the company is owned by your uncle and aunt from the side of Mrs. Daniella and Mr. Josh. So, you can ask all of your uncles and aunts for that data, Young Master!" Frans answered reluctantly to see Edward's face.
Edward just cleared his throat. And the two of them fell silent, making the atmosphere in the car very quiet and awkward.
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Continued.