ALPENIA (The Cruel Small Town)
Plans for First Suspects
"It's not accusatory, but maybe Auntie already knows about this?" ask Renaldi politely.
With such astonishing news, Risma could only shake her head in disbelief. The man who always behaved sweetly in front of him, why commit such a cruel crime behind him. He really didn't think, let alone know.
"If aunty doesn't know, has the aunt ever seen the strangeness of the deceased's attitude?" keep Annisa.
Risma was still trying to digest the news she had just heard with great difficulty. At one point, he realized that he had to help young people who were in his living room.
"Over the last two months, Ardi's attitude has been a little strange. He often travels, his alibi business. Though, the factory is closing, because the boss is again in prison. Although the last two weeks, it has been released because the corruption allegations made to his boss is not true" said Risma.
"wait. Om Ardi works at Aji Atmaja's factory?" cut Salman a little surprised.
Annisa is a little stunned to learn her father is the boss of the late Ardi. He began to think of things that were not. What if his father was the mastermind behind all the kidnappings? Surely, now his hatred is growing.
"Tante, did you leave his Hape here? Yesterday, we did not find it at the scene. If there is, there may be evidence in it that can help us" asked Helen.
"Oh, ada. Like, yesterday she forgot to take a phone right to go to the Alps," replied Risma while passing by taking her husband's cell phone in her room. So, give it to Helen.
Then, Helen checked her late father's cell phone, trying to extract information that might be useful. His eyes were immediately fixed on the missed call box many times from the contact of the person named "BOS" there. He also found a message his father had written on the number.
"I want to stop,"
"I don't want to kidnap innocent children and make their families suffer,"
"From now on do your own dirty work, I want to change, I want to be a true human being. Being a husband is useful to my wife and a good father to my children."
Helen read the message with teary eyes.
"There's been a call 13 times, from this number, there's also this message." While wiping away her tears, Helen showed what she had just found on her father's cell phone to everyone there.
"Boss? Annisa, is this one of the thousands of vile deeds of your beloved father?" ketus Naya to Annisa who can't say anything.
Risma read the message full of haru while holding her stomach. Now, she's pregnant, five weeks old. He felt sorry for the fate of his son who would never meet his father face to face.
"Auntie." Helen felt even more pity and rubbed the shoulders of her stepmother. Unexpectedly, the fate of the woman was more unfortunate than him.
Salman takes his uncle's cell phone from Risma's hands and attempts to contact the mastermind of all this. However, after several attempts, no one answered from across the street.
"Don't bother, Salman. Try to borrow Annisa's phone, keep checking, is the phone number 'BOS' the same as Annisa's father's phone number?" Naya was casually still insinuating Annisa. However, the idea did not hurt to try, finally Annisa gave her father's phone number to be likened, and the results were different.
"OKAY. Don't be happy, criminals usually have many identities. Maybe your father has a lot of other numbers, which you don't know Nis, to hide his crimes, let him look perfect in your eyes." All Naya's accusations were against Annisa's father. The figure of Annisa's father in her eyes is a villain who has no good side.
And Annisa, she could only be silent at hearing everything. Because maybe, his father was a cruel man. Really cruel. He looked at everyone who had no comment, especially Ulfa who was now looking at him differently.
The fat girl looked at Annisa with a look of sadness, resentment, and disappointment. Why would any fault of her father, should Annisa be the one to accept the impact?
After Risma's house in Belisia, the ten returned to the Alps. They get the first suspect to investigate, Aji Atmaja.
They also have plans to uncover everything, if it is true that their father Annisa is the main villain in all the unrest that is happening in this city.
***
The school reopened after two weeks due to semester breaks. Fate with the sense of students who are depressed because they feel the holiday only lasts a short time, plus there is news that makes the anxiety even greater. Happened again, the toddler of one of their teachers disappeared again, allegedly because he was kidnapped.
Hearing this news, after school, Naya and the other nine friends began to discuss the plan they had designed yesterday.
"In the last two months, there have been 11 missing children, and no one has returned, when did all this end?" Ulfa sadly remembers her sister, Hilfa.
"It turns out, the kidnapper wasn't just my father" Helen commented. Of course, there are still many people out there who are accomplices to the vile people they are looking for.
"Annissan. Now the only suspect we have is your father. So, let's ask you to do what we discussed yesterday as soon as possible, huh?!" Pinta Renaldi, try to be understanding.
With a heavy heart, Annisa nodded her head in a carefree manner. The plan in question is actually very lazy to do. He had to pretend to make up with his father to get closer and investigate further. He knows no more, if his father really was behind all this mess, would he be able to accept it again? Yesterday's case alone has upset him and changed his attitude and views.
***
Annisa's long hair looks beautiful when swept away by the breeze. Intentions want to launch his plan, he even calms and prepares the heart first by sitting alone in the city park. Still wearing school uniform, he was only pensive since twenty minutes ago.
"Gue knew you could," the heavy voice shattered his delusion. Ikbal sat down beside him.
"If your words are true. But, you know not how to beat that big ego like how?" annisa said with her blank look forward.
"A pretty tough question. Lo know for myself, I'm very selfish," kekeh Ikbal, followed by Annisa who raised her eyebrows.
"Gue no longer shunned you. But, my relationship is just as bad again. What if he's suspicious of my sudden change in good manners?" Annisa stared at the man for a moment before her phone finally got the incoming message. His mother told him to go home. Then, he got up and wanted to leave if Ikbal did not reach his wrist.
"Lo strong. I know that. And if you need someone to be stronger, I'm here," Ikbal said hesitantly, before finally, "I mean, your friends are here," he said a little clumsy.
Annisa herself felt a slight strangeness from the words that had just come out from the thin mouth of the man.
"OKAY. I'll go home first!" annisa's reply paid no heed to her strange feelings when she saw Ikbal this time. He walked away, not knowing that he left the man sitting in the same confusion as he did.
