Little Miss

Part 4 Escape from Home

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At the Jaya family residence looks panicked because the quiet and chatty miss disappeared since dawn. No one knows where the little lady went. Mira everyun's waitress doesn't know. When Mira goes to her little employer's room to wake up to get ready for school so as not to be late, Ave is gone. Mira shouted to her little miss so that she woke up the whole house.

"Where to go, sir?" Ambar's cry was unstoppable again because his youngest daughter was missing.

"Patience, Mom. Must have been found." Brata calmed his crying wife.

"How can you be patient, sir? I don't want to until Ave experiences something similar to Mustika. Mustika's enough dead." Ambar grew hysterical as he recalled his third child dying at a young age from a kidnapping.

"It won't happen again like that, Mom. I promise I'll find Ave."

Eyang Yaya and eyang Uti look restless and look far away when considering the incident 17 years ago where his third grandson Rahma Mustika Dewi died of kidnapping by a person who had evil intentions to ask for ransom the Jaya family. The police could not save the toddler from the hands of criminals. When Ambar became pregnant with the fourth child, the child he was born with became a favorite and guarded child. They don't want to repeat the incident. Moreover, Ave had problems with his heart. He is under the supervision of his family and doctors.

"Le, who called the police?" Eyang Yaya opened her voice. (Son, call the police)

"Already romo. Police say if searching for missing persons should be 1x24. Ave disappeared for 3 hours."

"I don't want to know, sir. Find Ave see you." Ambar cried as he pleased.

"What if the pain recurs?" Ambar panics when he finds out his little daughter has not taken her medication.

"Let me look for him". Ambar immediately ran away, but was prevented by Brata.

Salim who just came from the patrol looks confused by this situation.

"Mbok Sum what is this?"

"Non Ave is gone, Salim."

It felt like Salim wanted to laugh but he could stand it because he saw the look on Sum's panicked face.

"How can I mbok Sum."

"Piye toh arek iki. Ilang yo ilang's. Mbok pisan ora ngerti." It felt Mbok Sum was annoyed with Salim who did not understand. (How the hell is this kid? Lost is lost. Mum doesn't understand either)

"Let Salim find Miss Ave."

"Please find and bring Ave safely yes, Salim," Ambar said before Salim left.

Salim immediately drove Mr. Brata's car to find his little miss. Salim remembered usually Ave if he was upset his lady would surround the plantation with a bicycle. However, Salim forgot how vast the plantation belongs to the Jaya family. There's no way he's looking for her with his feet. So he sent all the workers on the plantation to find his little lady.

"How about Mr Rizal? Have you found Miss Ave?" Salim asked everyone who was looking for Miss Ave.

"Not Salim. You don't know where else to look for Miss Ave" he said desperately.

"Just keep looking, sir. We'll get in touch over the phone, sir."

"Good Salim."

"Where are you, Nonaku?" The whisper of Salim in his heart.

At the end of an empty building. It looks like a girl is holding tightness in her chest. He felt pain in his left chest. Calling someone's name out loud.

"Salim, where are you?"

*****

Salim's Pov

For almost an hour I searched for Miss Ave on every sidelines of the tea plant, but the results were nil. The situation at home is getting messy. Ambar's mother fell unconscious.

I faintly heard someone calling my name, but when I looked back no one called me. Aware of something I immediately remembered the empty building downstream of the river near the tea plantation. We had been there when we were little when we were scolded by eyang Yaya. I immediately borrowed a worker's bicycle and invited one of Rizal's men to follow me.

I haven't set foot down this river in a long time. What a lovely memory with my little lady.

"I don't think it's possible that Miss Ave came here" said the plantation worker Lukman pessimistically.

I looked around the river downstream until I found a purple bicycle with a basket filled with flowers. The bike belonged to Ave.

I ran like crazy and didn't want my little lady to get hurt. I approached an empty building. My eyes don't look around. I finally found a girl in purple and knee-length trousers lying down. Nope. Not lying down, but he fainted.

"Lukman, quickly call Rizal sir. Bring the car here." I cried out in panic watching my little lady's body turn pale and cold.

"Miss, this is Salim. Conscious miss," call me by clutching her cold body.

"Non, open her eyes. This is Salim coming." I called his name once again.

"Cold ..." Miss Ave opened her voice softly.

I immediately took off my jacket and put it on Miss Ave's body.

"Salim ..."He called me lirih.

"Yes Non. Salim is here." I clenched his body tightly.

"I'm sleepy" said Miss Ave with her eyes closed.

"Sleep, Non. Salim will take the lady home." I carried and lifted her tiny body into the car.

"Let Antok drive. You're behind Ms. Ave, Salim, "command Mr. Rizal.

On the way home. I put his head on my shoulder. I also gave her a scarf to cover her cold neck. I really don't want him to get sick. L loved her.

*****

Salim swiftly led Ave to his room which was dominated by purple. Ave's favorite.

"Oh my God, son. Why are you like this?" Ambar was very panicked to see his little daughter look pale.

"Pakde quickly call Rudi's doctor, yes." Raras also looks anxious to see the condition of his sister.

Mr. Malik immediately contacted the family doctor who had handled Ave since childhood.

"Si Ave is lying. Maybe he was intentional." Bagas looks unhappy.

All stared intently at Bagas.

"Dad not already know if his wish is not granted then he will run away. Then it hurts," replied Bagas calmly.

"What are you talking about Bagas? Your sister is sick. How can you talk like that?" Raras did not like the words of his younger brother.

"But it's true, mbakyu," he said.

"Stop it! I don't want to see you guys fight."

Bagas did not accept the words of his brother. He knew his sister must have had a wish rejected by either Yaya's eye or father. Bagas remembered when Ave wanted to enter the same Junior High as Salim. Eyang Yaya forbade it. Finally, Ave ran away from home. Escape in the same place. Basic Ave.

"Why didn't Romo let Ave go to college, sir?" Ambar complained with her husband.

"Try if Romo allows it will definitely not be like this," continued Ambar again.

"Here you go, Mom. Don't talk about it anymore."

Eyang Yaya who heard his son-in-law was talking about it immediately approached the two of them with his walking path wearing a stick.

"Romo let Cah Ayu go to college as long as there are two conditions that you meet. The first place of his college must be the same as Salim, the second matchmaking must still be carried out." Eyang Yaya uses fine Indonesian.

"Certainly romo?"Ambar looks happy.

"Come Nduk. Wes ojo ranting karo Romo maneh." Eyang Yaya finally relented. (Yes. Don't be angry with Romo anymore)

Ambar stroked the long hair of his beloved son who was asleep facing the side.

Ambar doesn't know if Ave is smiling happily when Yaya lets go to college. Ave thinks if his escape plan works.

Tbc.....

Plan Ave succeeded. You naughty Ave.

Looking forward to my story.