ALPENIA (The Cruel Small Town)

Bad Seed?

"Where have you been the last two days?" andi asked her son, in a hostile tone as usual.

"I'm from Hexia. Look at my sick friend. Mama must have told me the same story, right?" ikbal replied fluently saying his lie.

Andi smiled in a slant. He felt that he had been fooled by his son. "Your mother told papa. That's why I feel ridiculous now."

"I mean papa?" asked Ikbal while raising an eyebrow not understanding.

"Papa saw you in Belisia earlier. And, you said Hexia? You want to lie to papa? The two cities are the right and left of the Alps. The distance between the two was very far away," he explained with a bitter laugh, but his face looked scarlet red.

Ikbal's heart stopped beating. He was afraid, his stalking with Annisa was discovered.

However, Andi only saw her son hitchhiking through the deserted highway while she was copying with Aji at the cafe. No more than that.

"Why shut up now? What other lying excuse do you wear? Huh uh?" cecar Andi with a tone of speech that began to rise.

Ikbal. He can only bow his head.

"Two days you were with a girl? Who's the girl in your bonnet? Answer!" continued Andi who was getting stuck. His blood seemed to very quickly reach the crown.

Ikbal raised his gaze, after his father said as he had just. If his father doesn't know the girl he's with is Annisa, then his disguise and investigation are safe. There's no threat.

"Java!" yep, andi again. This time, he used his hand to remove the belt he was wearing.

The buckle may have been exposed to one of Ikbal's body parts, if Cantika had not stopped her husband's hand from doing so. "No, mas! Be patient! Patience!"

"I'll be patient if this kid uses his mouth to answer my questions. He's not mute!" reply Andi can still dampen his emotions.

"Answer questions your papa, son! Be honest for this time," Cantika asked in a soft voice at her son.

As for Ikbal, he did not want to dismantle all his efforts with Annisa. He will answer, even by telling other lies. "I went to Belisia with my boyfriend."

Intan can only pat the forehead. Actually, he wanted to save his twin brother, saying honesty. But apparently, Ikbal knew what to do, and did not need his help.

"Daughter? The future problem is you're not sure. All your subject grades are bad. But, you've been busy dating for two days, and neglected school?"

"Yes," Ikbal replied with a bit of ogah-ogahan. And because of his slightly disrespectful attitude, finally his left thigh got a shot from the belt that was folded by his father. He could only feel the pain there. Slowly but surely, his whole body was also goosebumps.

"What did you do for two days? You dare to ruin people's children now? How will you be responsible if there is an accident? You can't even take responsibility for yourself," Andi's boyfriend still makes Ikbal the center of his anger.

Intan seemed to be able to feel the pain experienced by her twin sister. In fact, when the belt floated just now, he could only close his eyes.

"Please say, Cantika! Why can we have such a useless child like him?" andi's rhetoric towards his wife while shuffling her hair.

Ikbal was tired of all the abuse and physical and mental torture he had received. This time, he will retaliate by injuring his father's pride which turns out to be just as cruel as Annisa's father. Because, he thought if his father found out if Aji Atmaja doing illegal business such as human trafficking, but still chose to silence with it.

"Let me tell papa. How this useless child was born. It was no one's fault, but Papa's own. Perhaps, the seeds belong to papa himself who has bad qualities, until this useless child grows kayak now," said Ikbal while hardening his jawbone.

"Bad!" Andi again whipped her son a few times. He did not give any mercy.

Ikbal just biting his lips held back the pain. His eyes did not shed tears. However, believe me, in addition to being overwhelmed by frustration, his heart was also surrounded by clouds of rain that hardened every second.

"Udah? That way?" sarcas Ikbal undauntedly looked into his father's eyes after the clasp stopped. "Papa's attitude just now, really shows that my words are not wrong. I can see, papa's fierceness exceeds even animals. Papa is really a bad old man!"

Andi was about to silence her son with a loud slap. However, his arm stopped in midair when he saw his daughter protecting her target.

Intan jumped, covering Ikbal's body so that he would no longer be hurt by the father. "Go past me, pa!" clearly with a heavy cry. He felt really sorry for what happened to Ikbal.

Andi can't move. His body seemed to freeze. He could only feel his jaw hardening due to restraining emotions. He was helpless if his beloved daughter had blocked him like that. "Surge, Diamond!"

"Papa can slap Ikbal, after papa slapped me," said Intan undaunted. He believes that his father's love for him exceeds his father's anger for Ikbal.

Andi finally gave up. He could not have landed a blow on Intan. That's something he'll never do in his entire life. The man breezed away holding back his anger, and would channel it to something else.

Intan was finally able to let out a sigh of relief. Soon, he embraced his brother's body with care.

"Aww!" Ikbal complained because he felt his body was depressed by the embrace of his sister who was too tight. The injury this time seems so bad. His whole body felt tremendous pain.

"Sorry! Sorry!" Intan immediately let go of his embrace, still with a cry that had not stopped.

"Thank you for letting me know" said Ikbal, smiling. "Lo don't be whiny, chatty!"

Intan shook his head. Soon, he wiped his tears. Even in an easy way. The water slid again and again, without her wanting.

"Thank you ma, for having defended me as always," Ikbal's circus told his mother. It's a little bit of a wonder. If his mother loved him so much, why did she never protect him from his anger?

Cantika just pursed her lips. His body was still trembling due to the terrible event that had happened before him just now. "Let mama help!" His hand was about to touch Ikbal who seemed so lethargic to walk.

However, Intan immediately welcomed Ikbal's hand first to his shoulder. "Let me!" Ketus Intan by giving a sharp delicacy to the mother. He immediately helped his brother to walk to his room on the second floor.

"When I am fine, there is no need to be swept gini," said Ikbal.

"Shut up! If you walk alone, you fear falling down the stairs. Even more complicated the story," between Intan who has managed to remove all her crying. Ikbal also became stronger.