
In America.
Ara got the news about Clarissa the next day. When I was on campus.
Class hours, not yet started. Ara was sitting in the garden, just like usual. And coincidentally, he heard a small group of friends talking about Clarissa.
"Yesterday I still see him playing at this college. Why did he get critical news in the hospital? Police hospital again."
"Yes. I didn't expect it either."
"In fact, this case is a criminal case. And the victim was once his college friend. That means, students are here, right?"
"Well! Really true?"
"He went out and moved out of this campus because of his own work, right?"
"Is it possible, the victims are the same again? You see in this news there is a motive for revenge as well."
Ara immediately left her seat, while her friends were still searching for news related to Clarissa.
"Clarissa critical? how come there's no word from the police?"
"Or did you know? Could it be, Brother Awan already knows too?"
Ara muttered and wondered to herself, with what happened to Clarissa. He thought that, the police must have given an explanation to the victim, if the suspect got into trouble.
"Try calling kak Awan then" muttered Ara again, who immediately made a phone call for her fiance.
Tut tut tut!
Tut tut tut!
There's no answer.
Ara again tried to contact Awan. Eventually, he switched to his father's number.
Tut tut tut!
..."Yes Ra. What's up?"...
..."Daddyh. Brother Awan is with dad in the office?":...
..."No. gabe. He just came out to meet with a client. Along with the manager too. What's up?"...
..."Manager sir in?"...
..."Ja. He went to work, just like always. What's up?"...
Finally, Ara told about the spa she had been with from her friends.
..."Didn't the manager say anything to your father or brother Awan?"...
..."There are. That was yesterday Ra."...
..."Then you know already? Brother Awan already knows?"...
..."Yes Ra."...
..."How come Ara doesn't know?"...
..."We're in the office. I forgot when I got home. And maybe, the Clouds forgot to tell you."...
...'Aoa sir manager didn't say anything to father or brother Awan? For example, ask for help to dismiss the case?"...
..."Why do you have such thoughts?"...
..."I don't know. Ara was just thinking about Clarissa and her papa."...
..."Never mind. You just focus on college. The manager didn't say anything."...
..."Alright yeah."...
Click!
"Hufh. It turns out that Father and Brother Awan also already know all. Thank goodness then." Ara did not return to her place.
He walked towards his class, and waited in the room. He thought it was better, than hearing about Clarissa's news.
*****
In office.
Abhimanyu took a deep breath. He actually did not want to talk about this to Ara.
Because he knew, if that Ara was the one who could not bear it.
Awan also doesn't want to talk about Clarissa anymore with Ara, until it's time for the trial.
But apparently, Ara actually found out about this on her campus.
Clik!
Door opens. The cloud came along with the company manager.
"Please Yah."
"Per Mr. Abhimanyu."
The cloud and the manager greeted Abhimanyu, who raised his head looking towards the two of them, who had just come from work out of the office.
Abhimanyu just nodded, then asked about the work of the two of them earlier. "How's klein?"
"He's satisfied Well. He will prepare everything, for the purposes of our cooperation contract next week." Awan answered questions from Abhimanyu, about his work earlier, along with the manager.
The manager nodded his head, saying the words spoken by the Cloud just now.
Now Abhimanyu stood up and asked the two to sit down first. "Sit. Something I want to talk about for a moment. But, this is not an office matter."
The cloud and the manager, nodded and both sat on the sofa in the room.
Abhimanyu also sat down and started the conversation.
"How is Clarissa Sir?" ask Abhimanyu, the manager.
"Well! uhhhh..."
The manager was quite surprised to hear the question asked by Abhimanyu, about his son. He could not immediately answer the question from his superior.
The clouds frowned, hearing the question as well.
"Sorry Mr. Abhimanyu. Cla_Clarissa is in critical condition. I'm sorry on behalf of my son."
"What's up, Dad?" tanya Awan, who did not know if she had been contacted by Ara.
Finally, Abhimanyu told her about Ara, who had called her. "Didn't you check your phone?" asked Abhimanyu, who had heard that Ara was trying to call Awan.
The cloud opened his phone, which he apparently kept in his briefcase.
"Oh yes Well. The clouds don't know."
The manager was silent. He didn't know how to tell about his son's circumstances. Because Clarissa is critical, and can't be looked at freely.
"He's at the police hospital. Can't wait. There must be permission to visit him. And the guards said Clarissa's trial will be delayed until she's healthy again."
That was all the manager could say, according to what he knew yesterday.
"Why is he really?" ask Abhimanyu again.
"According to the test results, he took a drug that could be deadly. Clarissa is stressed and wants to end her life. What a pity his fate. It's all my fault Mr."
The manager, Clarissa's father, told her what happened to her son. His eyes look teary. He knew that his son had grown into a teenager who could not be controlled.
But it was all his fault, too. It was also his ex-wife's fault.
"Hopefully, after he recovers, he can forgive me as his father" said the manager, wiping away his tears that had dripped without him noticing.
Abhimanyu and Awan, so too late in the sad atmosphere.
"Sorry Mr. I'm back in the room."
Feeling uncomfortable, the manager finally decided to return to his own office.
*****
In apartment.
Ahmed has arrived, according to his request yesterday. He wanted to start learning to cook it, by not waiting for a long time.
As soon as he saw Anggi get off the school bus, he immediately picked up a bag of ingredients to make a cake. Only then approached Anggi to come home together.
"Don't Ahmed want to learn how to make cakes today?" tanya Anjani, who checked Ahmed's luggage.
There is glutinous flour, brown sugar, shredded coconut, and others.
"I want to make a bujis cake."
"Cake bujis?" asked Anjani, who was confused by Ahmed's answer.
"There's no cake. Emhhh... may be a Bugis Bun cake," said Anggi. Think of a word, which is similar to the one mentioned by Ahmed.
"Ah yes, that was the intent of i. Buji!"
Ahmed tried to clarify the word bugis. But still, that blob finally came out of his mouth.
Bugis cake is a typical Indonesian food made from glutinous rice containing grated coconut. Although the name is the same as the tribe in South Sulawesi, namely the Bugis tribe, but this cake is actually widely obtained on the island of Java. In Java, bugis cake is called mendut cake.