BUNCHES

CHAPTER 7

Cici still could not believe everything she heard that morning.

"Where is it possible that you are missing, no. This is impossible, I will look for the whereabouts of Brother Akmal!"

The wall clock ticked very fast, when he heard the sound of the dawn call in the morning. Cici, who had been trying to call her husband's phone number, seemed increasingly agitated and frightened. Her beautiful face, still looks tired accompanied Oneng in the spacious main room.

Cici went to the bathroom, to clean herself, and served her duty as a Muslim wife. Of course offer prayers of salvation for Akmal beloved husband.

Cici again grabbed the phone located on the nightstand, letting Oneng keep Mira still asleep on her kingsize bed.

"Assalamualaikum Cardo,"-china.

"Waalaikumsalam Kak, why Kak?" - Cardo.

"You can accompany Brother to this nine dawn turn? Bang Akmal's missing there, Do!"- Cici.

"Haaaah!? Bang Akmal is missing? Seriously Brother? It's not a hoax, is it?"-Cardo.

"No, Do. Just now that Dony called to Sister, the beginning of Big Brother thought also joking, because there is no way Bang Akmal is missing, but it turns out to be real!" Cici could not resist her fear, until she cried again, imagining losing her beloved husband.

"Yes Brother, Cardo is there now! But Nisa I live in my sister's house huh? Because there's no way we can take Mira and my son!"- Cardo.

"Yes, I'm waiting for you at home!" Cici closed her phone, put the phone back on, and rushed to get ready.

Cici rushed in a t-shirt and jeans, to make the trip that took three hours to get to the turn of nine.

"Oh my God, save my husband! I don't want to be separated from him. I'm sincere whatever the circumstances, but I have to get where Abi is right now. Abi hang on wherever you are!"

Cici again cried on the sidelines of his busy makeup.

Face that can only be smeared with natural lipstick, according to his habits every day. Not to forget too, Cici told the campus his current condition.

How surprised they were to hear about the loss of Akmal her husband, certainly only the strength they could give that morning.

Not long before Cici prepares all her needs, she leaves a message to Oneng, to keep Mira, "Neng, later Nisa will accompany you here. Do as usual, huh? Cook just that, because Brother came home a little night, hopefully Bang Akmal soon found."

Oneng nodded in understanding, seeming concern enveloping his mind, how could an Akmal be able to disappear? Doesn't he always seem okay?

"Yes Kak, like Mira also from yesterday had not eaten rice, only drank milk," Oneng reminded Cici.

She rubbed her face softly, her eyes glistened again, tears that did not dry up, back flowing soaked smooth cheeks, which were clean.

"Please, Neng! Brother doesn't know what to do? Since it was only Brother that big sister had at this time," Cici returned crying as she pleased, making her shoulders tremble again.

Oneng gently rubbed Cici's back, she could only calm down. Although in the heart many questions 'why' but the lips are not able to ask again.

Cici Permata, a woman of three brothers who is the only woman who lives alone in the oil city of Pekanbaru Riau. Both of his brothers chose to pursue careers in the archipelago because of the demands of their work for their beloved family.

But now Cici has not been able to tell all the families, before getting clarity on the whereabouts of Akmal are lost.

Cardo is the nephew of the late Mama Cici who died a few years ago. He was the only one that Cici had right now in the same city.

Not long before Cici prepared all his needs, the sound of Cardo's vehicle was heard from outside. Rushing Cici took the car keys, and scattering out to seek shelter from a nearby family.

"Bang Akmal, Do... Bang Akmal!" His sobs broke again to make Mira wake up again because she heard the sound of his Ami crying.

"Pig... Ai...!" mira's voice again sounded calling Akmal with the sad voice of a young child who was just awake looking for his Abi figure.

Oneng takes Mira out of the room, carrying Mira in Cici's arms who also needs her current Ami figure.

Cardo grabbed Mira's tiny body, taking her in her uncle's arms to make her calmer.

"How do we take Mira, brother?" Cardo suggested that Cici's mind not be mixed.

Cici shook her head disapprovingly, "No need, Do. Poor, must be exhausted. What matters is that Neng, don't leave Mira alone!"

Cici's message to Oneng, remembering the events of last night that were very frightening to him.

Oneng nodded in understanding, "Yes, be careful, brother? Bang Cardo, be careful driving!"

They say goodbye to each other and strengthen Cici, a beautiful face looks lethargic, does not even have the spirit of life after listening to the news of Akmal is lost, and has not been found his existence.

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Along the way Cici contacted Dony who told him the chronology of the incident from the beginning. Cici rubbed his face, without hesitation beside Cardo the nephew who seemed to focus on driving his vehicle.

Cici remembered something very absurd, relating everything she had seen before Akmal's departure, to the fussiness of Mira since her husband's departure this time.

Black clothes, which Cici prepared during his three-day service trip, and the figure of the woman using the carriage came to him first, before Akmal's departure.

A bright red shawl that gently covered the glass of the car that morning, until Akmal's focused view was like seeing a very surprising figure in front of her husband.

"What's the connection with Abi's loss? Does this have anything to do with this incident? Abi, where Abi is. Don't leave Ami!"

Cici again cried throughout the winding and twisting journey in a very long climb according to the inner Cici.

Cardo seemed worried about the condition of Cici who had not filled his stomach with anything, again parked the car in one of the stalls on the road cross Riau-West Sumatra.

"Whether we stop here, Do!?" cici shouted as she realized the car had stopped.

Cardo turned to look at Cici, letting out a long sigh, "No idea what time it is? I've seen you focus only on Brother Akmal. Let's have breakfast first!"

Cardo rushed out of the car, unwilling to hear the rejection from Cici.

Cici snorted in annoyance, "Ck. My mind just wants to spit until after nine, not eat! Aaaagh Cardo.!"'s...!"

By force, Cici followed the steps of his late mother's nephew, however true Cardo speech, we must eat, in order to think clearly, in the search for Akmal later in Kelok Sembilan.

Cici kept looking at the photo of Akmal, who looked handsome hugging him from behind.

"Where's abi? Ami is afraid to be alone, Bi! Don't leave Ami!"

Back tears bathed Cici's beautiful eyelids, and it was apparent the face of a wife who was worried and afraid of losing her beloved husband.