I'm Not a Wild Grass

The perpetrator is Azki?! (POV Loan)

After the Maghrib prayer, I waited for some time until the old maghrib time passed. After the time of Maghrib had passed, I called Kiyano again. I'd like to hear the continuation of her words about Lala seeing Mark alone on the street.

Just thinking about it made my heart bitter. Especially if I really saw Mark alone? I don't know what exactly is going through my son's mind..

"Laila?" Sapa Kiyano from across the phone.

"Yes, Kiy. Please tell me again, what you saw. About Mark.." I asked.

"What really happened to La? So is it true that we saw it was Mark? Why-"

I cut Kiyano's sentence with a reprimand.

"Tell me what you saw first, Kiy. Only then will I tell you what happened" I said in a pushy tone.

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"alright. So, that was me and Lala just came home from the supermarket. We happened to pass in front of your house. It was Lala who saw Mark for the first time. I was driving a car. So I just saw Mark when our car was going far," Kiyano told me.

"And at that time Mark was really alone, Kiy?" Ask me to make sure.

"Yes. I wasn't sure what I saw was Mark. Because I only saw your son once, right, La? But because Lala insisted on saying it was Mark, so I asked you.."

"Mark is really alone, Kiy?" Ask me impatiently.

"Yes. At the beginning I also only saw a little boy standing alone by the side of the road. But then there was a silver car stopped in front of the little boy. A man got out of the car to open the passenger door in the front seat. And the little boy got in the car with the man."

"Are you sure it's Mark, Kiy?" I repeat.

"Well. I stopped on purpose by the roadside. Just to make sure that's true is Mark. And soon the silver car passed me."

My heart is beating fast. Waiting for the continuation of the facts that will be revealed by Kiyano regarding his true no child he saw it was Mark.

"Then?"

"Then when the silver car passed by, I did not clearly see the face of the boy, La.." said Kiyano with regret. Along with my heart, I felt disappointed again.

"But I clearly saw the profile of the man who took the little boy into his car" Kiyano said later.

Deg. Deg.

A glimmer of hope came to my mind. Although Kiyano couldn't be sure if the kid he saw was Mark, I somehow had a feeling that something he was going to reveal next could help me find Mark, and maybe even Nila.

"Who? How does that guy look, Kiy? Do you recognize him?!" Ask me to sue.

"Yes. I recognize him, La. I've met him twice."

"Two times? Does that mean you don't really recognize him?" I surmised.

"Mmm. You could say so. But I think you'll recognize him, La. Because just yesterday afternoon I found her at your house," Kiyano said at last.

Deg. Deg.

"Who did you say?! The tall guy with glasses?!" I repeated Kiyano's statement just now. I didn't want to catch her wrong speech.

"Yes. That's youho. The guy who wears a dark turtle neck t-shirt that played to your house yesterday afternoon, La.. His name is if I don't remember it wrong.."

"Azes. Ki..?!" Unknowingly, I immediately connected Kiyano's words.

'"Yes! Aye! Her name is Azki. We talked for a while.."

My mind seemed dead-end when I heard from Kiyano's mouth that Azki was the one he had seen with Mark. Unknowingly, my mouth was commenting on Kiyano's words on the phone.

"What are you talking about, right?" Ask me in passing.

In the meantime, my mind has finally put together all the events since me and the kids went to the zoo.

About the time Azki disappeared along with the disappearance of Nila.

About Mark's attitude after being called by Azki this afternoon. Where Mark looks more moody than before.

And also the picture made by Mark! Clearly in the picture of the lidi who took the picture of Nila, there are two circles that encircle the eyes of the lidis.

I thought it was the eyes. Although in other pictures of people, Mark describes it in the form of dots only.

But after I think about it carefully this time, it could be that it was a picture of glasses! As also worn by Azki in his daily life.

I've heard of Erlan. If Azki ever won the national hacker competition. So to hack cctv anywhere, of course it would be a very easy job for the young man, right?

'Yes Allah.. Azki! Is this true, Rabb? But.. but why?? What exactly was the purpose of him doing this?!' my mind screamed in silence.

Meanwhile, my sense of hearing continued to catch sentence after sentence delivered by Kiyano via phone.

"At first we were just talking about introductions anyway. But then I asked about Nila that I had seen her carrying yesterday-yesterday again," said Kiyano began his story.

"Wait first! Nila's? You just said Nila's name, Kiy?!" I cut Kiyano's words, as soon as I heard Nila's name called.

"Yes. tilapia. Yesterday the day after, Lala and I went to the zoo.."

"When that?"

"Sunday's Day.."

Deg. Deg.

'That was the day I also went to the zoo with Azki and the others! The day that Nila disappeared!' my inner screams again.

"Continue?" A lump of anger started burning in my heart. Starting from a small spark, until slowly growing and continuing to grow. All this anger is directed at Azki. The man I trusted so much to be called Papa by my two children!

"As I kept going home, I saw Nila being carried by Azki to her car. I thought it wasn't Nila. Because of his usual pigtails, it was covered by a pet hat."

"Green color is the bottle for the hat?" I guess. Because last Sunday Azki was wearing a bottle green pet hat.

I only realized that ever since he came back from the bathroom (according to Azki's confession), the man was no longer wearing his pet hat.

"Yes. Like her is indeed the color of it," replied Kiyano.

"Continue?" Ask me again, getting impatient.

"I kept looking at her face, and I realized right away that it was Nila. I remember the face of Nila. About him he copies your face really, La.." said Kiyano.

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"Continue?" I didn't respond to Kiyano's earlier remark. And asked him to continue telling stories.

"I keep greeting the man. He is who Nila is. But he snapped at me and said that the kid he was carrying wasn't Nila.."

"At first I thought I misidentified Nila. But with our second meeting yesterday, I was even sure that the one that Azki carried yesterday was actually Nila. Who is he, who is La? Like her kids you're so close to Azki?" Kiyano closed his sentence.

"He was. Erlan's late friend, Kiy.." I said straightforwardly and firmly.

"...what?!! What did you say, La?! al..deceased?! You mean, Erlan,.he...he is dead?! I don't know, La.." Kiyano said in surprise.

"Yes. Don't think. If so, thank you Kiy. I-" I was just about to say goodbye, when I heard Kiyano say.

"Wait a minute, La! Tell me what's really going on? You promised me the real story!" Kiyano's tag to me.

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I first let out a tired breath. Only after feeling calm, I continued my story in one long sentence.

"Actually, since Sunday afternoon, Nila disappeared, Kiy. And this afternoon, Mark disappeared. Most likely, the two are currently together with Azki. And now I want to go to her house to pick up the kids. I don't know what exactly he wants to do with taking my kids away. All this time our relationship has always been good." I said at length.

"What?! Nila and Mark are missing?! Don't be rash, La! Don't go to Azki alone. What if he has malicious intentions to you and the kids?" Kiyano advised me.

"Let's calm Kiy. I wouldn't be that stupid to go see him alone either. I'll take Papa and my brother, Darman. I'd like to have a good talk with Azki."

"Why not call the police? What if things get out of control?!" Kiyano again warned me.

"That's.I'll think about it later. Yes, yes, Kiy. Thanks for everything. Assalamu 'alaikum!"

Clik.

And the phone connection, disconnected already.

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