FRIEND OF THE NATION

EPS 40 CURIOUS

EPS 40 CURIOUS

I feel a different kind of turmoil when I look at your face. Your touch so gently swept across my face and mind. Creating a mirage in me silently glued. The seconds that passed without your shadow floated in my thoughts. Is this what you call being fascinated at first sight?

After the prayer, Erizal sat waiting in the living room. As per the story of Ms. Lina last night, this morning she will be picked up by police to be reunited with Marlon after the police managed to arrest her kidnapper. He could barely sleep thinking of the events that were about to happen. The uneasiness of wanting to meet Marlon immediately made both eyes difficult to close.

Geck! Geck! Geck!

Assalamu’alaikum!

The door was knocked and people said hello. Ms. Lina who was in her room then came out and opened the door.

Wa’alaikumsalam!

Peno's kang was standing at the door. Behind him were several people in black jackets. Their bodies are tall. Ah, they must be people of the police, Erizal's mind.

“Sorry bu Lina, the guest has arrived,” said kang Peno.

“Yes. Sent in pak Peno,” sahut bu Lina.

One by one the men in black jackets came into the room. Only Mr. Peno came out again to prepare a drink.

“Good morning!” their commander said.

“Good morning sir,” sahut bu Lina. “Please sit.”

After a brief chat, the police commander conveyed the intention of their arrival to pick up Erizal and was taken to the police station to meet other witnesses.

“Has the culprit been caught sir?” ask Lina ma'am.

“We made an arrest operation to TKP this morning around three in the morning. According to intelligence information, the alleged abductor just returned home.”

“It's a shame that the perpetrator managed to pass the series. The person we thought was the suspect turned out to be someone else who threatened the perpetrator to return home undercover. Apparently the suspect already kissed our arrival.”

“How about Marlon sir?” erizal asked impatiently.

“On the scene of the crime we found several people and teenage children your age. One female named Melin, the other male named Marlon Isier from Papua.”

“Alhamdulillah,” says Erizal relieved.

“For that we need your presence at the police station to make sure that the child is Marlon who is your best friend.”

Erizal nodded his head.

“Any Pak!”

***

A busy morning at the police station. It seems that some people are already working in this slightly cloudy weather. They must work hard to find the suspected kidnapper who escaped the police ambush. Moreover, the perpetrator is a big class resiidivis who went back and forth into the prison.

A policeman invites Erizal into a deeper room. The atmosphere was pretty quiet and there was no one there. There was only one boy and one girl sitting. From his body shape Erizal immediately recognized that the man was his best friend Marlon.

“Hai Marlon!”

The curly-haired young man immediately turned his head. There was a sense of surprise when he saw the arrival of Erizal's group and friends.

“Erizal!”

Marlon rose from his seat, approached Erizal and hugged him tightly.

“How are you doing? and where do you live?” berondong Erizal's.

“Propay dong Zal. Let me pee first,” said Marlon..

Erizal's getting curious. Why does Marlon seem to relax like nothing happened? his inner.