ALPENIA (The Cruel Small Town)

Belisian

In a tense atmosphere, a group of teenagers carried the body of Helen's father to the hospital after the ablulans contacted reached the scene of the crime. For no other purpose, they could not have brought the body back to Helen's house. His mother might be angry, because the relationship between the two is never okay after officially divorced.

In a state of shock, Helen slightly bemoaned her fate. For the past three years, he has never met his father. Because of the cracks and estrangements that occurred, his father never again showed the trunk of his nose, like lost in the earth. But why when the longing is treated, must be at the same time with the suffering that envelops? Helen really felt sick.

***

Within half an hour, they had reached their destination. Everyone watched as the body was taken to the morgue.

"Helen. I'm sorry," said Intan to express his condolences.

Salman immediately interrupted the remark, "you know. We mourn not for his death, but because we lost a clue we could cut from him."

Helen gasped in shock, finding someone she thought would give her support and encouragement, even completely indifferent to her father. His cousin brother said so.

With hesitation, Iswanti touched Salman's shoulder, giving the code not to say too much. The young man should be thinking about Helen's broken feelings.

After a while of waiting in silence to strengthen her heart, Helen suddenly raised a voice. He realized that the people who were accompanying him needed information about the kidnapper, even if only a few. "Three years ago, the father and mother divorced.they had a big fight after the mother found out that the father had married the same series as her affair."

"And maybe this is all his karma. Not only cheating, but he likes KDRT as well as aunty," said Salman that makes Helen more sad.

But Helen is the girl I'm older. He will not show his weakness in front of others.

"We got a lead. We'll ask about things related to this to your stepmother. Maybe he knows something. Because there's no way your real mother would know about these kidnapping things?" cerocos Intan captures Helen's intentions, telling of her father's betrayal.

"We should call his wife first, tell her that her husband is dead" Faisal suggested.

"That's the problem. We don't have his number, and his father Helen didn't seem to have HP," Renaldi said.

"wait. Does he live in this town? You see, honestly, I just saw your uncle here for the first time. His face looks foreign, so I hit him, because I don't know him," Ikbal asked Salman.

"So, he moved to Belisia. Sorry Helen, I was there last year but never told you, because he's not a good guy," salman replied mentioning the great city in the country of Antartina which is the city of neighboring Alpenia. He tried to calm Helen down so as not to overreact. Because, when the girl was confused and never knew the whereabouts of her father, apparently Salman knew and did not tell her.

"Good, as if our work would be easier when someone had lived there," Annisa hoarded, "gue already knew the intricacies of the city." He moved from Belisia.

"hey are. The city's muters are a small part of the activities of a spoiled child who likes to use his father's illicit money," said Naya while turning her eyes. Apparently, he still had some irritation towards Annisa.

Annisa just fell silent, did she mispronounce? While Renaldi tried to calm Naya who lately has unstable emotions.

"Now, let's go home!" Salman grabbed Helen's hand, unwilling to linger here. He really did not like his uncle.

"But-" Helen tries to rebut, but her body is dragged away by her cousin.

Everyone followed in amazement. Was that Salman's hatred for his uncle?So that in the young man's chest there was no sympathy, even just to mince words to Helen.

***

Not wanting to waste time, the next morning, Helen and her friends launched their intention to visit her father's house in Belisia.

Although willingly lend and actually the idea also suggests to use his family's Van, Intan with his childish attitude is very annoying during the trip. The reason is because the true deckengan, Amora and Rima did not participate in the trip.

After three hours had passed with the endless chattering of Intan, they finally arrived at the intended address with guidance from Salman's vague memories. It looks a simple house with a flower garden in front of it is very beautiful. Either the atmosphere will still survive when they provide astounding information later on to the homeowner.

Salman and Helen lead to knock on the door.

Before long, a woman walking with a walking stick flanked on both armpits, lip-cheeked as she opened the door, "yes, what's wrong?"

Helen looked at the woman flat. Last night, he intended to hit the woman who had kept his father away from him all this time. But seeing the woman's alarming state, he could only fall silent.

"Eh. You're Ardi's son? Helen?" the woman showed more hospitality after frowning for a few seconds. The originally radiant face, suddenly slightly dimmed when he saw the corpse car that had just been parked in front of his yard.

"Come please come in!" her door was still unaware that the car that had just arrived at her place was carrying the body of the husband inside.

Helen didn't pitch in, she exhaled a long breath, "that's dad. He wasn't there, yesterday was shot in the head" Helen explained with a cold look.

The woman's eyeball named Risma suddenly grew bigger, shocked to get the news, although she did not believe, "no way, yesterday she said, she wanted to go to the Alps to meet you, Helen. He realized that all this time he had been wrong for abandoning his only daughter, there was no way this would happen" he denied, shaking his head in disbelief.

Finally, Helen was unable to hold back her tears when she heard that her late father's plan before dying was to change in love with her again. However, the cruelty of time did not give his father a longer chance.

With his cane, Risma sobbed and walked on to the husband who was no longer breathing, about to be dropped by the hospital staff using a gurney.

***

It was late afternoon, the atmosphere was still thick after the body was buried. Helen maturely made up with a stepmother who had been considered a bad woman.

However, after much telling, Helen realized that if the departure of her father in the past, it was not the woman's fault entirely.

Risma explained that three years ago, Ardi came to propose to her claiming to be a widower. And the last year, Risma only found out the truth, that Ardi mafsih was the husband of the person when he married her.

Ardi's attitude to Risma was very good and almost never hurt him, making Risma forgive the lie of the husband at that time. With her smile, Risma recounted the sweet attitude of her late husband while alive.

"Are we really going to hear this woman vent?" whispered Intan to Annisa, upset that it had been counted for more than an hour, Risma spoke about her late husband.

Then, Annisa pinched Intan's arm, gesturing for understanding. Maybe that's how Risma treats her grief.

Intan was just grunting annoyed.

However, their original purpose here was not for that, Salman boldly said, "excuse me, are you not curious about what happened to your husband?" he said a little bit to Risma.

The smile faded, the memory of her husband tragically dying made her mind go back to chaos. Risma was only confused and did not answer Salman's question.

"Aunties. We're here to talk to Auntie about-, "unusually, Naya doesn't dare to continue her words.

"Aunty husband is a child kidnapper" Intan continued without hesitation.