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134. Similar ?

Rex was sitting in the hospital garden after performing congregational Isya prayers at the mosque located next to the Hospital. Rex deliberately separated himself from his family to pursue the woman he had seen passing in front of the taxi he was riding.

Rex sat leaning against the garden chair while observing the circumstances around him. At that time Rex again saw the silhouette of the woman he was waiting for passing down the corridor of the Hospital.

Rex got up and followed the woman. Realizing that she was being followed, the woman stopped and turned to Rex who also stopped her steps. From a distance of ten meters Rex and the woman stared at each other silently. Rex frowned as he felt that the woman's gaze was very familiar to him. Rex felt like he had seen such an eye, eyes full of sadness and fear mixed into one.

After staring at each other for a while, the woman turned her body and stepped back. Rex followed the woman again, unfortunately he lost track. The woman disappeared while turning the corner.

Rex turned to the right and left to look for the whereabouts of the woman until surprised by a voice reprimanding her.

" Search what...?" asked a man dressed in a Hospital uniform kindly.

" Oh, don't look for anything sir. Just look around..," said Rex lying.

" My advice, do not follow the curiosity Mas. Free. Ntar there is even fear, you know," said the man named Taufik while smiling meaningfully.

" What do you mean, sir...?" rex didn't understand.

" It is not only Mas who is disturbed by the spirits of the inhabitants of the mortuary room there Mas. Many are also bullied and some even get depressed, said Taufik.

" So that room over there is a mortuary, sir...?" ask Rex.

" Yes Mas. Some are nosy and like to disturb patients or visitors to this Hospital. Later even more rame story of the person who bullied the spirit of Fandi, a patient who died after kidney transplant surgery. Surprisingly they were disturbed just when Fandi was still in a coma. That's really weird, Mas. I just goosebumps her horror,." said Taufik, shuddering.

Taufik's words made Rex stunned for a moment. Then Rex smiled then turned around and prepared to step away from the place.

But Rex rounded his eyes when he saw a Taufik-like man stepping towards him. Rex looked at Taufik who had asked him to talk earlier but there was no one there and it made Rex's hair bristle for a moment.

Taufik who saw Rex was confused smiled.

" Mas also squirms people who look like me, huh Mas...?" ask Taufik to the point while pushing the gurney containing the body.

" Yes sir..," Rex said with a wry smile.

" Don't take heart. Maklumin aja, his name is also a well-known body. Maybe it's upset that no one's picked up, so curious to disturb people." said Taufik.

" Yes sir..," said Rex as he hurried away from the place.

Rex turned back to make sure that Taufik who asked him to understand the attitude of the curious spirits was human just like him. Rex breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Taufik was still slowly stepping into the mortuary room.

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Rex again stepped into the hospital room of the grandmother because he failed to get a clue about the identity of the woman he saw earlier. The woman he believed to be the one who always gave him 'signs' before disaster struck around him.

" One person but has several different appearances. Interesting..," Rex muttered while shaking his head.

Rex opens the door to her grandmother's in-house and crosses paths with Ramon. Ramon was with an unknown woman.

" Now you happened to come, son. Recognize this Ms. Arini, she is a retired police officer you know Nak.," Ramon said while looking at Arini.

" Assalamualaikum ma'am, greetings. I'm Rex...," said Rex politely while kissing the back of Arini's hand.

Rex's attitude made Arini round her eyes in amazement.

" Alaikumsalam. Well, this is the famous Captain Rex is Mr. Ramon...!" said Arini.

" Where are you going...?" rex asked to switch the conversation.

" Want to nganter Bu Arini in the future look for Taxi Nak..," said Ramon.

" That's why I'm joining you, '" Rex said, making Ramon and Arini smile happily.

Rex and Ramon drive Arini out of the hospital. Arini told me about the beginning of her meeting with Ramon. And that got Rex interested. Moreover, Arini also mentioned the name Zada, the young girl he was looking for.

" The Zada case that made us know and make friends. Do you remember Mr. Ramon...?" ask Arini.

" absolutely. How's Zada doing now, ma'am...?" ask Ramon.

Arini stopped her steps. He looked sad and took a long breath.

" Zada... had lost Mr. Ramon..," said Arini with a sad face.

" When it was lost, it means that it has now been found, right ?. How can you lose Mom, what really happened...? " ask Ramon huffed.

" Zada kidnapped an unknown person sir..," said Arini quickly.

" How are things going now...?!" ask Ramon impatiently.

" Now there is no Zada sir. Zada died when he was twenty-one.

" Died?, how can you ma'am...?" ask Ramon not to believe it.

Knowing Zada has died makes Ramon and Rex sad. Rex looks very hit and can only clench his hands so as not to cry.

" The story is long Mr. Ramon. If Mr. Ramon wants to know the story, please come to my house. Now I have to go home because My Husband needs Me." Arini said.

" alright. Mom's address is still as rich as it used to be...?" ask Ramon.

" Yes Sir. Kabarin yes if you want to go home, I'm afraid Mr. Ramon instead can not meet me if you do not know first..," Pinta Arini.

" God willing I telephon first before visiting the house of Ms. Arini later..," said Ramon.

Arini nodded and went into the taxi. Then Arini waved her hand as the Taxi started to drive away from the Hospital.

" I feel that there is something strange about the death of Zada Yah." said Rex while releasing Arini's departure.

" Yes, Son. I can't believe Zada died that way either. As Father recalled, Zada was tough and strong because he could endure the torment of his stepfather first. It is impossible for him to die without cause. This is not because Dad doesn't believe in the same qodo and qodar Allah yes son, but this is too strange for Dad." said Ramon riled.

" Yes, well, I understand. It's not that Ms. Arini is a retired police officer. He should have known what happened. I'm sure Ms. Arini must have kept something, maybe she also knows who caused Zada's death. Maybe that person is someone who is close to him or even his family." guess Rex.

" We can't survive without the rich direction, son. Let's go to his house tomorrow, what do you think...?" ask Ramon.

" Agreed Well. I also want to know what caused Zada's death..," Rex said quickly.

After making plans to go to Arini's house, Ramon and Rex decide to return to Rusminah's inpatient room.

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