BUNCHES

CHAPTER 13

The night is getting late, the wall clock is ticking very fast, signaling the situation continues to pass.

.criiing...criiing..criiing...!

The voice sounded faint again in Cici's ear, at 02:00 in the morning he squirms, palpating next to him looking for Mira's whereabouts.

Cici's heart beat faster when she realized that her beloved daughter was not sleeping next to her, "Mira....!"

Cici looked at the door of the room that was wide open, again heard the sound of Mira singing small.

'Puk ami ami...'

'Siang play with Ami. if the night play with you...'

The chant that Cici had heard from the little lips of the beloved princess, rushed Cici out of the room in a hurry.

How shocked Cici was, when she saw her daughter standing in front of the window, with the window curtains wide open.

"Mira...!"

Cici approaches Mira, looking for the whereabouts of the person who accompanied them that night.

Cici sat next to Mira, her eyeballs pointing at the view of the beloved princess who was laughing towards the golden train in front of her.

"Mii... Abi, Mi.. There's Abi in-there...!"

Cici looked back at the beautiful woman in front of her, carrying Akmal together on a golden carriage.

"Daddy....!!!"

Cici rushed to unlock the main door seeing the woman laughing broadly at him, waving her hand, thus showing the change to her beautiful face that increasingly looked creepy.

"Abiii....!! Give me back my husband....!"

Cici yells, takes Mira inside her carrier, chases a fast-moving carriage to chase after her beloved husband.

"Abiiii....!!! Abiii....!!!"

Cici galloped after the carriage, to snatch Akmal back without feeling fear. His courage is a strength that arises from seeing the figure of Akmal who was on a golden train.

"Abii.. go home, Bi..."

Cici continued to run fast, regardless of the pain of not using the sandals. Cici continued to follow where the train direction, until his steps stopped in a steep ravine.

Her steps came to a halt instantly, as an old grandmother stopped her footsteps that were not feeling tired. An old grandmother Cici had seen in nine, while searching for Akmal on the first day of the search.

The night was gripping, even very scary for Cici who heard the sound of Mira crying in her arms.

The old grandmother held Cici's arm, so as not to plunge free of the precipitous chasm even very terrible.

"Son, are you nio kamano?" (Where are you going)

The old Grandma's voice sounded very electrifying to Cici's soul.

"I. I have to take my husband home, Grandma...! My husband was taken by that woman....!!!"

Cici pointed towards the carriage that had disappeared from her sight, her cries breaking again, when she heard the sound of Mira's cries getting louder.

"Go, kid!" (Calm down, son)

Cici was silent, her tears were rushing, she was sitting on the ground, hugging Mira very tightly.

"If you are nio kasiten, you can not pie with caro iko, kito nature is different. Kok iyo you nio masuak kasitu, you indak can come back." (If you want to go there, you can't go this way, our nature is different. If you go in there, you won't be able to go back)

The old grandmother's voice was heard again.

Cici looked at the old Grandma, "Keep how can I bring my husband back, Grandma?"

"Ado caronyo, ambo can help, but why are you nio, son?" (There's a way, I can help, but if you want, son)

Without a second thought, Cici nodded, "I want to, Grandma!!"

But the old grandmother did not answer him, he disappeared again.

"Chici.... Miraa...!!"

"Chici.... Mira....!!"

The sound was getting closer, even a flashlight was seen pointing at Cici and Mira who were in the thicket, even sitting on the edge of the border gap housing that was still stuck in the construction process.

Cici protects Mira's eyes from the approaching flashlight.

Luqman said, "Meet...!!Cici here's... Dean! Cardo...! Cici's here with Mira...!" he shouted with all his might.

"Dragon...!?"

Cici hugged the arm of Luqman who approached her, her cries again sounded raucous, even more heartbreaking to Luqman.

"Why did you come here? It's still midnight! It's dangerous, Ci!"

Cardo and Dony approach Cici, picking up Mira who is still crying, even still calling Akmal.

"Abiii's... Abiii... Ami's... Abi, H...!!"

Cardo hugged Mira, also feeling what the little girl was going through, her index finger pointed one way, but could not be expressed in words.

"Ci, we go home? It's crowded at home! Patience is dear."

Luqman, who has been searching for his only sister, is getting hit by Cici's condition, which worsens after three days of Akmal's departure.

"How shall I tell Cici that Akmal has been declared missing and died!"

Luqman shook his head, leading to Dean his second younger brother.

They brought Cici, back to their residence which was located quite far away.

Cici was again surprised by many of her co-workers, who arrived in the early hours of the day, after the police withdrew to search for Akmal, who was declared missing and dead, for finding nothing but a black hat belonging to Cici's husband.

Of course Cici did not accept the news brought by Luqman. He ran off the yellow flag that was already installed at the corner of his house.

"This is not true, Bang...! Bang Akmal is not dead...! Abi Mira is just missing...! Cici will look for him!"

Cici tore off the yellow paper attached to the porch of her house.

Luqman rushed to embrace Cici in order to accept the reality, "Police and SAR Team have stopped their search, Ci..!"

"No...!! Bang Akmal is alive, Abi Mira is alive! Cici doesn't believe in you all. It's the third day, Bang! Not the ninth day! Bang Akmal is not dead yet, Cici is going to find Brother, by way of Cici...!!!" the screams are getting more frustrating.

Cici did not want to greet anyone who came, because according to her, her husband had not died. He'll keep trying to bring Akmal back.

Cardo tries to calm Luqman down which forces Cici to accept reality.

"Calm down Bang, we'll keep looking for Bang Akmal. Usually a wife's felling is stronger than ours. We have to help Cici, by accompanying her!"

Cardo believes more in felling Cici, because it can feel what Cici feels.

Luqman nodded, "But how? There's no way we're gonna ask the police again!"

Dony, who had heard the family debate, tried to give Luqman some understanding.

"When Akmal's search on the first day, there was a young man there who said, asking for help at the village's village tip, Bang! I guess it wouldn't hurt to try and find it."

Dean who heard Dony and Cardo's words nodded in agreement.

"We will accompany Cici, there must be a way for us to find Akmal's whereabouts" Dony added.

"But what about Mira?" Luqman stared at his nephew who was still whining in Cardo's arms.

"There's Oneng Bang! We can use Cardo's bigger car. Two cars can also. The important thing is Cici is sure, Abi Mira is still alive. Abi Mira just got lost!" chanted Cici at Luqman in front of his co-workers.

All have the same beliefs as Cici, Akmal is still alive. Only Luqman felt that Akmal had died because he had more thoughts that were different from family.

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