ALPENIA (The Cruel Small Town)

Crazy Thing

Naya waits in an abandoned building with Ulfa, Iswanti, Salman, and Renaldi. A charred little house on fire bears witness to them in their search for the truth.

They are waiting for Sandi who is now participating in the search. The young man bravely went to the place that the mysterious sender had decided to do a deal.

Not far from the place of Naya's group, Sandi also looked at the wooden hut that looked unkempt. Away from the city, the place seems forgotten.

"Have you arrived?"

Password read the message that just entered his phone. He dyed here and there when he just entered the pondo. He saw how messy the unused stuff in there was. The dust and flying succeeded in making his nose and throat keen to sneeze and cough several times.

Not without reason Sandi to dizzy. He was looking for the figure of the person who had told him to come to this place. At least, if they want to make a deal, then they have to come face to face. Her thought.

"Where are you?" Sandi managed to send a reply to the message.

"You don't need to know where I am. The important thing is, if you agree to this deal, then I'll know all your moves." The message from the unknown number goes back into Password's phone.

Sandi also swallowed. Undeniably, his big guts had slowly shrunk a little. During his lifetime, he never dealt with criminal matters. And, if he approved of this black path despite just pretending, would he still be threatened?

Finally, Sandi instead sent a message to Naya. He said all the messages were sent by a mysterious person he did not know existed.

"Nay, how is this? In this cabin there is no one. But, the guy says, he can look at me, if I go along with the deal," type Sandi.

Naya and her four friends, simultaneously read the newly received message from Sandi. They throw glances at each other, trying to confirm their opinions about what reply will be sent.

"Tell him to follow the mysterious man's will" Renaldi said immediately.

"But Rey! I feel sorry for Sandi. What if he gets in trouble for this?" Ulfa.

"Or, what if we call the police? Just in case. Hopefully, the police can make our comeback" said Iswanti.

"Gue agrees!" timbrung Salman's.

Naya frowned. "Gue wants that too. But, I have not told you guys, if the offer that came to the Sandi bang was accompanied by a threat. If until Sandi bang reports to the police, then the safety of the mother is equally threatened."

"So there is no middle ground? Bang Sandi has to continue this crazy thing?" berondong Ulfa who began to resign. Actually, he didn't want anyone else's life to be a bet for helping him.

Finally, Naya sent a short reply to Sandi. "Do their wish, bang!"

Sandi came back wailing after getting a reply from Naya. He hopes that the mysterious person does not tap his phone, until he finds out the contents of his conversation with Naya across there.

"Why did you type so long?" Suddenly, a message from the mysterious number appeared again on the screen of Sandi's phone.

Sandi almost dropped her gawai from her slightly trembling grasp. However, the message just now seemed to hint if the phone is safe, not hit by a plow.

"alright. I'll do your will." Reply Password.

"good. Now, you see that big barrel in the corner of the room? Inside there is a certain amount of money as the initial payment. Later, if your task is done, then you will get more."

"May the money be enough to treat your sister. Mother too. And you know for yourself, if anything, then their lives are threatened."

Sandi gulped her saliva roughly after getting the message. Now, he really felt scared. Just this time, he was unhappy because he had earned so much money!

***

Annisa has arrived at her destination. A cafe not far from his house, became the place to wait for someone this time. Two glasses of milk whipped at his desk he kept looking at, with a very troubled mind.

Before long, the young man who was waiting for him also showed his nose, while reviewing a smile even from a distance that was still quite far away.

"Hi! Tumben meeting at kayak gini cafe." Ikbal immediately sat in front of Annisa. He confirmed the position of his hair that was slightly disheveled after wearing a helmet just now.

Annisa still looks nervous. He played his fingers, for hesitating to tell his father's very bad suspicions about the young man he had not known for long.

"Gue wants to ask you for help" said Annisa. For some reason, he felt Ikbal was one of the figures closest to him at the moment. So he dared to ask for help.

"OKAY. You know I'm here. But, what do you want to do?" Ikbal also agreed, although he did not know specifically what kind of help Annisa wanted.

"Gue already has a clue about my father. I'm afraid, our suspicions are right about him" Annisa explained. He did not know, saying this turned out to require a very large power as well.

"And what is that?"

Annisa also tells about her father's halfway house in detail, along with the wild thoughts she has to Ikbal.

"So, I want to ask for help to nganter I investigate the halfway house in Belisia, Bal," explained Annisa.

Ikbal, who is still gaping with Annisa's story about his father, can only open his eyes many times. But finally, he nodded his head.

Now, Annisa could only clench her lips. He was feeling a very confusing inner upheaval. On the one hand, he was eager to seek the truth. However, on the other hand, he was afraid that the truth would make his heart niche hurt if his suspicions about his father were a fact.

"Lo why?" ask Ikbal who noticed the change in Annisa's facial expression.

Annisa breathed quite a long time. He tried to strengthen his determination which was sometimes very unstable.

"What if my dad turns out to be that bad?" ask Annisa who now her net looks teary.

Ikbal hesitated to answer, for fear of mistalking. However, however, he wanted to make Annisa's feelings better.

"Then you do the right thing by trying to uncover the truth."

Annisa smiles. He felt wrong for choosing Ikbal to help his plan. The man even had the same thoughts as him. As if, their brains were connected in a very synchronous manner.

"Help me get through all this, yeah!" annisa said still reviewing the smile. Trying to entertain yourself.

"Gue will help me as much as I can, Nis!" reply to the same sincere Ikbal.