8 To 4: The Mayor's Contract Wife
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“Bu Ajeng!” Yuni came to the Ajeng house. “Thank God Bu Ajeng has come home.”
“What's up, Yun?” tanya Ajeng while calming Yuni whose breathing was still panting.
“Aircraft, Mom!”
“What's up? It is clear by the way.”
“Pak Rega!”
“Pak Rega why?”
“Pak Rega told the broadcasting division to release news about Mr. Wira.”
“What news?”
“Murder.”
Ajeng. ‘Murder.’
“It is better for Bu Ajeng to be there before the news has been released to the public.”
Yuni followed Ajeng who rushed towards the broadcasting division office to get clarification and clarity of news. Not yet had he entered the room, Dito had already snatched his hand away from the broadcasting room.
“Dito?!”
Dito gave the code to Yuni to give an opportunity for him and Ajeng to speak with four eyes.
“It's very dangerous. You can't get involved.”
“What do you say?”
“Wira was involved in a murder case five years ago. Mr. Rega found evidence and witnesses. Wira will be very difficult to get out of this problem.”
Ajeng tried to break away from Dito's grip and re-enter the broadcasting division room, but Dito further tightened his grip. “Jeng, you have to remember who you are. Not only you will be destroyed, but also your family and this nation will follow the chaos.”
Shut up for a moment.
Ajeng still flinching. Thought garbled. What Dito said was true, but if he kept quiet and did nothing, Wira and her family would also be destroyed.
Yuni exited the broadcasting division room in a hurry. “Bu Ajeng! They've released the news. Soon the news will enter the national media.”
Ajeng's body limped for a moment. His feet seemed unable to support the weight of his body so that he almost fell if Dito did not hold it. Ajeng releases Dito's hand and goes into the broadcasting room to see for themselves what they are trying to reveal to the world.
“Bu Ajeng?” greet Rega with a face full of bruises and scars.
Ajeng grabbed the newspaper that had just come up and piled on the table. He read the main title People's Voice that day, ‘The Murder Case that Five Years Covered Finally Revealed, Mayor of Carang Sewu Involved.’
“Pak Rega has gone too far! On what basis did Mr Rega release news like this? And all of you! Is this all you can do to protect your citizens?!” yells full of emotion.
He then took the pile of newspapers and tore them down.
“Any newspaper that Bu Ajeng will destroy will no longer be able to cover up the crime of Mr. Wira. This is in return for the humiliation and courage you underestimate me. And because you guys made me become like this.” Reply to Rega while showing a scar on her face.
The man also stumbled out of the broadcasting room and left Ajeng who was still a high level of emotion.
‘What has Ka Alvin done with other people?’ muttered the Ajeng in the heart.
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That afternoon, Nia had just returned from her office and saw a newspaper stuck in the mailbox. There is not usually a newspaper placed in that place. So, Nia got out of her car, picked up the newspaper and got back in her car. Before going down, he read the main headline of the day's paper and looked up at its contents.
“Papa! Mama!” Nia rushed in to show the newspaper to her parents. They should know what just happened to Wira.
“What's the matter, Nia?”
“Ma, look at this. Wira Ma –“ said Nia while thrusting daily Suara Rakyat.
“Wira why?” Ms. Prabu read the contents of the newspaper and immediately cried hysterically, then fainted. He was taken to hospital with a history of heart disease and acute depression.
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