A Cold Frozen Hearts

Eps. 38 Old Houses in the Middle of the Forest

The birds chirp, Nayla is still asleep in the tent. Raysa was cooking outside.

The look on his face was so happy, occasionally looking towards the figure of the still sleeping girl. A bunch of flowers were right next to Nayla, like the one Raysa picked up when she went to look for firewood.

There was another reason, why Nayla returned to that place. The place, where his life was almost lost due to being shot. That is, the case two years ago that was not resolved.

“I'm thirsty,” said Nayla upon waking.

Raysa rushed to get some water for the girl. As if, not a big thing.

“I went hunting, there were fish and chickens, and also the animal.” Raysa explained, and pointed to an animal that was tied up in a tree.

“Isn't it..”

“Child Fox...”

“But, how can there be an animal like this? Isn...”

Nayla approached the small animal. It looks like the animal is only about 3 months old.

“So cute,” said Nayla while looking at the little animal.

“Be careful, when I caught him he was so fierce,"

Raysa commemorates the girl who wants to pet the wild animal.

“Really?” nayla asked in disbelief, because when she approached the little animal, it did not even rebel at all. “But, he's not as good as you say,” said Nayla again.

Raysa who saw that, was surprised. Obviously the animal, the moment he caught it was so fierce and would bite him several times.

“The little house in the middle of that forest. Is it still in custody until now?” tanya Nayla reminds me of the incident two years ago.

The little animal, so comfortable in Nayla's lap while gently elus her feathers.

“Still, but not as tight as the first anyway. Why, do you want to go there?” ask Raysa.

Nayla took out some documents from inside her bag, the documents she got a few days ago.

“We didn't find out about arms smuggling back then. Moreover, with boxes full of weapons that we both saw two years ago. The house, also there is nothing special at all. just an ordinary hut,” Raysa explained.

“Here there is already a network yes,” said Nayla when seeing the network on her phone is so full, even the internet is there.

“Yes, this was recommended by your father. Even the tower alone, very high,” said Raysa pointed to one tower that is so high.

Nayla sat down while observing her laptop. There were several emails coming in, and also so many incoming messages. Then he closed his laptop.

“What will you do after this?” rasha asked while giving a piece of grilled chicken meat to Nayla.

“Eem.. be... lllm.. I think,” said Nayla as she chewed her food.

“I don't work anyone still feed me,” said Nayla as she continued eating. “I can ask for pocket money from Dad, or Mom. Em, ask Kurnia or Naomi brother will definitely also be given,” said Nayla proud of her family.

“Are you really Nayla? The Nayla I know is not like this,” Raysa said hesitantly.

“Yes if you don't believe, you can leave me here,”

Nayla is upset, because the man does not believe that he is Nayla. Nayla greedily ate her food, she could not stop thinking that the man she was with did not trust her.

Nayla finished her meal, and filled all her belongings into her backpack. Only, some of the items he had brought from the beginning were packed by him.

“Hmm. If you don't believe me, I'd better get Aufal to annul my divorce with her,”

Nayla steps away leaving Raysa still eating her food.

Although he had not been there for a long time, he still clearly remembered the road to the old house in the middle of the forest.

There is nothing special about the house, even in the house there are only a few cabinets, and tables and beds that are felt mat lusu. The house has not been inhabited for a long time, since two years ago.

“How can they escape? Back then, I clearly remember him also getting shot,” muttered Nayla while checking the state of the room. The floor, made of cement, several times Nayla knocked on the fixed floor also did not find anything suspicious.

He looked at the old closet. Books have long been unread. The books that are neatly arranged are very expensive books, there is a medical world, and also some books with mandarin, and also books from ancient Indian, and some other open.

Nayla sat on the shabby bed reading the book she had picked up on the shelf.

Elsewhere, Raysa goes home looking for Nayla, but finds none along the way. He assumed that the girl had returned to Headquarters.

“Ray, Nayla where?” tanya Kurniawan made Raysa instantly surprised by the question.

“Not him back?” ask Raysa back. “He came back first from me,”

“Since he has not returned,” Kurniawan explained.

Many questions now arise in the mind of Raysa and Kurnia at that time. Moreover, it was already getting dark.

Nayla was still reading a book, suddenly she was curious about a book called a bit strange. When he was about to pull the book, the bed that had been in his place had shifted to the side and a ladder was seen. In fact, clearly he checked the bed but found nothing special, but now it has turned into a space carrying the ground.

Nayla stepped down to bring it. Slowly, and carefully. He only relied on lighting from his hp flashlight.

The dust in the room was so thick, it did not seem to be occupied. But there were some strange things in the room. As some other items are lost because it is clear that no items have been lifted, and also the footprints of the shoe. But the trail disappeared instantly.

Nayla climbed up, with the push of a button to open the door. Then hurriedly cleaned up his luggage as well as some books that he did not understand.

Kurnia, Raysa and a few others were looking for him in the forest. However, it has been two hours they have not found the whereabouts of Nayla.

Nayla makes a campfire near the river, a place where they have camped before. While playing his harmonica accompanied by a small fox who had been following him since had made him sleep in his sleep while leaning on a large rock.

When he opened his eyes, he was in a room that was not too spacious, while wearing a blanket. A few meters away, he sees Raysa and Kurnia asleep.

“What happened, when obviously I was still near the river last night,” muttered Nayla.

A few hours ago...

Raysa who heard faintly saura harmonika looking for the origin of the sound, added with the words of his team members who said if he saw fire near the river.

Nayla falls asleep, unaware of the arrival and the noise of Raysa and her team members.

“How can he sleep here, not even aware of the person who came,” muttered Raysa while holding Nayla.

Vaguely Raysa opened her eyes and saw Nayla was not in bed, making her wake Kurnia up.

“House in the middle of the forest, is it guarded every day?” ask Nayla to investigate.

“Is there nothing you want to say to us, other than asking about the house?”

“Jawab first,”

“Every day is taken care of by my team, only last night not because they came looking for you,”

“Why?”

“Any. If every night was on guard, how could they escape so easily? Is there another room I don't see?” asked Nayla in a soft tone, while thinking.

“What do you mean?”

“I went to that house, and was there until night,”

Krprp.....

Nayla's stomach rang very loudly. How does it not sound, since he left Raysa on the cliff he did not eat anything else but drink the water he carried.

“I don't want you wandering around any more carelessly,” said Kurnia warning her sister.

Nayla just poked her lips, and put on a dislike face.

“Hm. It seems, it is not nice to have a sister who wants to know her sister's affairs at all times,” grumbled Nayla in her heart.

Raysa looked at Nayla, but the girl threw her face to the side. He wanted to warn if he was really angry at the man.

Nayla was sitting under the same tree as two years ago, reading the book she had brought from the house.

Her black hair was draped, with Earphones attached to her ears. When the gentle wind hit her hair, it made her hair fall apart.

Raysa brought him a cup of drink. Nayla looked at the man expressionlessly, just like the gaze two years ago. It was as if there was no feeling in hers for the man who brought her a drink.

“You're still mad?” ask Raysa.

“I was thinking,” said Nayla while showing the book she was reading.

“Did you find anything in that house?” raysa asked while giving the drink to the girl in her tribe.

Nayla took, and sipped a cold drink.

“Facing there, and trying to turn my back,” Raysa's orders, Nayla just followed him.

Raysa pulled out a hairband from her pocket, while taking the hair of the girl who was in the middle of being broken and then tied it.

“It's done,” Raysa said as she turned the girl's body around. “Now, the wind won't bother you anymore when reading,” Raysa said as she kissed Nayla's forehead.

“I found something there,” Nayla told Raysa.

“The house is very strange, if seen from extraordinary as mediocre. Same as when we went inside. But, actually one meter from the floor, there is a large space of land carrying,” said Nayla.

“Underground space?” ask Raysa.

“Iya. I can conclude that Adrian, who ran away at the time, must have been living in that basement. There, I saw some gauze that had stains, and bullets that were still there,” said Nayla explaining what she saw. “I didn't see everything, just a little bit of what I saw,” Nayla said.

“And the books there are also very strange. Including the book I'm now reading,”

“Why are you so interested in this?”

“Hh... I think the incident two years ago is still not finished,” said Nayla as she closed the book she read.