
Charlotta looked at me sharply and showed me how angry she was, yet it did not dampen my suspicions on her. I'm sure she's not the woman who owns a regular dress shop as many people know in the small town we live in, Charlotta is not a civilian and she's shown it several times in front of me. Whether who he really was and what he was in that city for, his origins are still a mystery to me.
Beautiful women with a very feminine appearance and live in a small town with little crime, so brave to come to a big city with a high crime rate by carrying a weapon and showing incredible courage to fight the mafia not to mention his calm attitude facing a very stressful situation. It's hard for me to think that Charlotta is just an ordinary woman with no special skills.
Plaque!!
The sound of Charlotta's slap on my cheek was so loud that it echoed in the room, I instantly fell silent and felt all my negative thoughts just disappear. I turned back to look into Charlotta's glassy eyes, back then I still didn't know what to say because I was so shocked by the slap. "It seems like I'm doing something stupid again at this crucial time" I said in my heart, maintaining sanity amid the stakes of life is not easy.
"If I can calm down, then why? if I carry a gun, why? if I'm trying to protect you, why? what's wrong with it, Andrews?!" somewhat snapped Charlotta asked
"I. It's not about what you think, but I feel like everyone is after me and I still don't know who my friends and opponents are. I.." I'm not done yet I said, Charlotta cut me off
"You think I'm part of that cabal?!" snapping back at me, I was silent for a moment but I kept looking Charlotta in the eye - deep to dig out the honesty of every word she said.
"Andrews!! you think I'm one of them?!!" he snapped again because I was still silent as he asked, I sighed and then threw away my face to avoid looking at him.
When I feel defeated by him, it may be true that I am exaggerating this time. There's no way I'm supposed to be suspicious of Charlotta, of her dying for Aida's safety when Aida's about to be taken by Rick and Shane. In the end I realized about the stupidity of my way of thinking, whoever Charlotta was right now should not have cared about as long as she was on my side.
"Sorry Charlotta, I didn't mean it that way.You know the burden I'm carrying, even this supposedly safe place ends up getting a brutal attack like this" chirping me after a moment of silence, I slowly looked back into Charlotta's eyes.
At that moment I saw Charlotta not turning at all looking at me sharply, the look of the face was very convincing if indeed Charlotta was a good person who was on my side. All the events that I went through did make it difficult for me to trust many people, but I should not have put my suspicions on Charlotta who gave her sincerity like Rachel.
"I don't know what's really going on, nor do I know who my comrades and opponents are. All I know is that someone is aiming my life to take Aida out of my hands, I can't let that happen at any risk" I said again continuing the sentence I had hung
"I'm not your opponent, you can't believe me but I'll never be your opponent!" charlotta said it, I nodded then looked at Aida who was still curled up and dissolved in Charlotta's arms.
"Hey Aida, are you okay?" I asked Aida, at that time Aida only nodded her head a few times to respond to my question.
I feel sorry for Aida who had to experience a series of terrible events several times when there was my presence beside her, Aida's face showed fear even though when I asked her she just nodded as if everything was fine. Who exactly was Aida to make the mafia go after him? or are they after me because my return to the city would be a threat to their existence? then would if not meet me Aida would experience this terrible thing? I want to find out soon all the answers to this puzzle, I'm sure all will be answered soon and Aida will be handled well soon.
I wasn't done struggling with my questioning head, and then I thought about Rachel and Dr. Robert who I didn't know existed.
"We must know the conditions outside, doctors Robert and Rachel must also make sure the condition is because they are one that I believe in this institution" I said as I looked at Charlotta's face, he frowned and smiled at me.
"Hoo~ is so yes..so you are just suspicious of me" Charlotta replied, I sighed then turned my eyes to watch around the space.
"Of Charlotta, you came to our center when we were going through something this critical. I'm sorry I suspected, but if you were in my position, I'm sure you'd think the same as me" I said
"Huh!! oh, no, it's up to you!" so upset Charlotta said it, at that time I felt there was nothing dangerous in this place even though the siren sound still sounded so clear.
"Charlotta, where do you keep your Glock?" I asked while looking back at his face
"Do not know!" he answered still with his anger
Women are indeed a slightly troublesome creature, even in such a precarious situation still show a ridiculous attitude. It seems I have to be extra hard to calm her heart.
"Come on, stop being angry. It's not the right time." I haven't finished saying, a man's screaming voice calling my name so loudly sounded.
"Doctor Andrews!! are you here?!!" yelling a familiar voice in my ears
From behind the building's support pillar I peeked out and looked for the source of the sound, at the end of the hall I saw Rick with some cops down the hall seemed to be trying to find me. I saw Charlotta coming out of our hiding place, but I held her back and gave her a hand gesture to keep her and Aida insulted. Charlotta nodded her head several times agreeing to my instructions, I crawled closer to the other pillar and it was as if the three of us were hiding.
"Officer Rick!!" I screamed out from behind the pillar, and Rick and some of the cops with him looked at me.
There were five policemen running with Rick to get close to me, and there I was trying to find Shane who wasn't usually separated from Rick. But at that time not only did I look for something with an eye, Rick also seemed to try to find the whereabouts of Aida and Charlotta. His head was several times seen trying to look behind me where I had come out earlier from the hiding place, feeling something strange at that time I was looking at him full of suspicion.
"What's up, officer Rick? lookingfor something?" I just pressed him
"Yes of course, General Simon's orders are to protect you and Aida. Is he back there too?" rick asked as he pointed at the building's support pillar, I turned to look at the pillar where I tried to trick them all.
Drat!! drat!! drat!!
I don't know how many bullets he had fired before in the end the four other policemen along with Rick shot the policeman until he was killed, the incident happened so quickly and made me not have time to act anything. I was so shocked by the police action that even he died that I was still fixated on petrifying him. The dead cop is a traitor who hunts Aida as a target, my instinct is right if Aida's whereabouts will be very dangerous to him. I don't know who the mastermind of the treacherous police is, but his lifeless circumstances make it difficult for me to uncover the identity of his superiors.
"Doctor!! You okay?" ask one of the police officers
"Is Aida really there?" rick asked as he ran over to the body of the traitorous policeman.
"Opseer Rick! we must immediately secure this place!!" a bit of shouting the other cop gave Rick a suggestion
"Command Shane to get here, we need to save Aida!!" timpal Rick then I saw him running behind a pillar, from the look on his face I'm sure he didn't find Aida there.
I just kept watching everything that was going on between the cops while trying to digest everything that was happening in front of my eyes just now, before Rick slowly looked at me with a face that showed disappointment. But somehow my heart felt relieved that Charlotta seemed to have managed to take Aida to safety, somehow she started moving... I didn't even feel any movement at all and also didn't give any aba. Looks like Charlotta is really reliable, at least at a crucial time like this.
"Where's Aida, Doctor?" rick asked me, his tone felt so pressing
"Him and I were separated at the crossroads." I answered trying to trick them.
"That's a dangerous act, doctor! we need to find Aida!" timpal was one of the cops near me
"Honestly I feel like he's in the right place and with the right people, there's no reason I need to worry about him" he said
"What do you mean?! you underestimated us cops?!" snarled another cop at me
I did have a crisis of confidence in many people, the police betrayal shooting at the place she thought was Aida's hideout made it even more difficult to trust the few policemen who were now in front of me. They could have pretended to be on my side in order to settle their interests and I should always be wary of anyone I encounter. All for Aida's sake, I want to immediately take her out of all these dangerous things.
"Who is he?" I asked while pointing at the corpse of the police who had tried to kill Aida.
"He's Officer Hansel, one class with me. I didn't expect him to do anything like that" Rick replied in a flat tone to me
"Why can someone like this be with you? isn't Aida's safety your responsibility? what if Aida was really behind that pillar?" I asked again to suppress them all, in the end they could only be silent without being able to answer my question.
Not long after Shane's voice calling Rick was heard, our eyes turned to him who walked closer so carefully looking right - left. Seeing a corpse in a police uniform makes Shane frown at that time, without saying anything Rick gave a gesture that indicates if the place is safe on Shane. After that, Shane was seen running up to us and then checking the dead body of the police who were lying down, not long after he came back to us.
"What's this?" shane asked, at that time Rick sighed and then pointed at the corpse.
"He tried to kill Aida, thankfully the doctor Andrews managed to fool us all into saying that Aida was there" Rick replied
"Cop cheats, huh? you're so great, doctor Andrews" sounds insinuating Shane says it
"Then where is Aida, doctor?" ask Rick
"I told you, I was separated from him but he was in the right place and with the right people. I don't know where he is now, so I have to look for him slowly" I replied convincingly
"Your actions are unacceptable, doctor!" a cop's been to me
"Then your actions let Aida's killer along with you guys can I accept?!!" I snapped so angrily while pulling his collar, that Rick and Shane tried to break us up.
"It was our fault, but losing Aida would endanger her!" still heard not accept the police returned my words
"Had, Dr. Andrews was right. We've been lulled to the point of not knowing there's a traitor between us" Rick said, trying to calm the mood, Shane then brushed my hand away and pushed the police away from me.
"Then doctor, how now?" ask Rick
"I'll try to find him, I don't want to be with you so just let me find him myself" I replied as I turned around and walked towards one of the corridors Charlotta and Aida were most likely not going through, I felt I still had to trick them because my suspicions turned out to be true... aida's killer is hiding among the police.
With what happened today, I believe something is trying to eat away at Mr. Simon. Daniel who was previously in the police also suddenly became a criminal like that, meaning that the criminals who targeted Aida were in the police department itself. I still don't know who is the real mastermind behind Daniel who suddenly turned into a bad person, but at least from today I can understand one thing... The police who are with me, not all of them bow to Mr. Simon. I have to raise my guard, for Aida's sake.