KARMA: The Female Hunter in MEDSOS

Chapter 1 BEGGING ONLINE

"Dad. Tomorrow Tomi will come here. He said he wanted to meet Dad."

Laras, a twenty-year-old girl, blossomed because Tomi, the lover she knew through social media, wanted to meet her father tomorrow morning.

"You sure Tomi's serious? I'm afraid he'll only play you" replied Rashid, Laras' father.

Rashid is a widower who lives with his three girls, everyday just playing mobile phone.

He has the expertise to edit photos into an interesting video. Unfortunately Rashid's skills he misused.

Rashid sought money to support his three daughters by approaching women on social media.

He will carefully find lonely women and approach them. Then take some of their photos and edit them perfectly.

And the photo or video will be sent Rashid to messenger before he will finally ask for whatsapp number.

Or sometimes even they themselves who give the whatsapp number first.

If so, Rashid felt the opportunity for him to get closer, was wide open.

Rashid will be ready to be their vent. And pretend to be a wise psychologist or even transformed into an ustadz with thousands of hadiths copied from the internet.

And you can be sure they will be fascinated with Rashid's boast. Once they completely bent their knees, Rashid would easily dredge their money.

Those who have been tempted by Rashid's reason will easily transfer their money to Rashid's account.

It was the money Rashid used to support his three children. Even the house occupied by Rashid and his children was the result of his bully.

Salma, his ex-wife has repeatedly reminded Rashid to stop his bad habit.

But instead of stopping, Rashid even more add to his collection of prey.

Salma just wants Rashid back to what he used to be. Looking for a job again, after he was in PHK from his place of work first. But Rashid ignored Salma's wishes.

"No, Dad. Tomi's serious. And next Tomi will bring both parents as well" said Laras.

Rashid who understands the world of social media full of deceit is worried that the girl he is proud of will be the victim of a prank boy like himself.

"Yes, tomorrow I wait," replied Rashid. He was also curious as to what a man who had dared to approach his daughter looked like.

Laras was the son Rashid was most proud of. His ability to write can be thumbs up. Starting from the time of school that many times won the writing competition until finally pursuing the world of authorship in online media.

"What are we cooking, Dad?" asked Laras who was so enthusiastic about the show.

"Dad ain't got no money, son. Has your writing honor this month been melted?"

"It can't be liquid yet, Dad. Maybe next week can only be disbursed," said Laras.

As a writer of novels in online media, Laras has a decent income for beginners like him. Because the writings of Laras much in demand readers. He can get additional honor from the number of viewers that is increasing every day.

"Yes already. I'll try." Rashid grabs his cell phone and starts surfing in cyberspace.

"If you can this afternoon I've got the money. Let it be spent, Dad." Laras never knew where his father got the money from all this time.

For Laras and his two sisters, Niken and Ayu, as long as their needs are met they will not ask much.

Because Rashid is also always angry if his children ask a lot.

Niken, Rashid's second child, still sits in the second grade of high school. In addition to studying, his work at home was eleven twelve with his father.

Almost every day Niken makes a video tik tok and uploads it. All sorts of tiktokers he mimicked.

While Ayu, her youngest child becomes more quiet after her mother leaves them.

Maybe because he's the youngest child who still desperately needs the love of a mother.

Every day at home, Ayu just looked at her father and two brothers busy with their cell phones. Sometimes he also had to hold back hunger if his father had not got the money.

Ayu who was playing with dolls, immediately approached. Because it's a little late, his father's voice will get louder.

"Yes, Dad," said Ayu.

"Here sit. Later you tell Aunt Sisil that you haven't eaten since morning, huh?"

It was one of the tricks of Rashid to earn money easily. He would sell sad stories about his children to his potential victims.

"Hallo beautiful. What else?" greet Rashid by phone.

"Ih, it was already in whatsapp," replied Sisil, a prospective victim of Rashid today.

"Oh yes, forgot. Understand that the phone with a beautiful girl likes to forget easily. Bring it pingin nanyaaa..keep it." Rasyid began to fight which made his prospective victims blush in shame.

After believing his would-be victim was in his trap, Rashid switched his voice call to a video call.

"Hay, how red is his face. So it's more adorable." Rashid blabbed his lips as if he was anxious.

Sisil across there was even more embarrassed. Rashid stroked Ayu's hair that had been ruffled, to make it more convincing that this child had not eaten all day.

"That's Ayu huh, Bang?" ask Sisil.

"Yes, it's Ayu, honey." Words of affection could easily slide from Rashid's lips as he approached his target.

"You look at the camera. Don't smile. Sad let's act sad," whispered Rashid in Ayu's ear.

Ayu obeyed her father's orders. She, who was only ten years old, did not understand why her father often told her to act like that.

"Did you eat?" asked Sisil who was trenchant to see the look of Ayu who I coiled.

On Rashid's orders, Ayu shook her head. But Ayu did not lie. No one has eaten this whole day.

They were waiting for Rashid who woke up at noon to ask for money. But it turns out Rashid doesn't have any more money. Just a few thousand sheets were asked by Niken to buy a pack of instant noodles.

Instant noodles one dredged by three people, Ayu only get the rest of her sauce from her two brothers.

"Absolutely not eaten?" ask Sisil again.

Ayu nodded. Then Rashid stroked Ayu's head again and kissed the top of her head. It was as if he loved his son.

Rashid also put on a look no less sad, until Sisil finally asked Rashid's account number.

"Oh, don't be so dong, beautiful. I'm not good" Rashid replied.

"It's okay, Bang. Create Ayu. Poor thing, this hour has not eaten. I'll hang up on the phone. I'm transferring to m-banking."

"Yes, Pretty. Muaaac." Rashid turned his lips back.

The kling!

The voice message went to Rashid's phone. A photo of the transfer was sent by Sisil.

Yup! It worked! Rashid cried in his heart.

"Clearned! Call your brother, Laras!" Rashid encourages Ayu's thin body to immediately call Laras in her room.

Laras is busy writing for a follow-up chapter in his online novel.

"Sister, called Dad." Ayu returns with her barbie-barbie doll.

"Yes, Dad," said Laras.

"Now, take it all." Rashid gave his ATM to Laras.

And Rashid again spoke in a stale manner to thank Sisil by phone call until his mouth froze.