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ARFA NEWS

Everyone can make mistakes that are unintentional and never realized. I was wrong to judge Bray and his mining company based on my prejudices and point of view. Without dialogue. Without understanding that the company has been trying to make villagers live more decent lives. I was too late in being disappointed by the loss of baba and the peaceful life of the village community that had been built baba also lost with the mining company and modernity.

Bray is not like baba. Not a person who is willing to leave the established life to preach and live by relying on the generosity of nature given by the Creator. But Bray cares enough about the environment and human rights. Not a businessman who only thinks about profits for himself and his golongan.

"I think the foundation can finance research by anthropologists who want to learn what is needed and desired by the Lili tribe or villagers who you say choose to return to the forest after our arrival. Make a tender announcement for it."

"Why should an anthropologist?"

"Because they are more skilled and experienced in dealing with alienated tribes. We are aware that opening a mine is one form of social change that is influential in the lives of local people. Your and I'm different points of view are clearly different. You consider us destroyers of civilization. While we assume it has helped build a more viable civilization by providing social facilities and reallocating citizens."

I'm nodding. I slowly took my salary and asked Google what an anthropologist was.

"Antropologists can be neutral in examining what are the habits and needs of people in a community group. Not just looking at it from one point of view."

Oh it turns out that anthropology is a science that studies all kinds of intricacies, elements, cultures produced in human life. They study how society's economy, religion and beliefs, governance politics, human physique, health, technological development and various other aspects affect the lives of a group of people.

"Suit." I exclaimed. No need to figure out for yourself how our brother chose to go back to the forest. Simply send an anthropologist to research their situation and find a solution recommendation for their good. I think it's the best solution for me and Bray who are in the opposite viewpoint.

"Fund issues can be found later. Sure enough every good intention will be opened."

I smile. Wonderful idea. I'm sure I can put my money aside to make it happen. Hopefully the cost is affordable by my pocket which is currently a bit thick. Fortunately, there was an unexpected windfall. God is so good to me. Not only are my insights more open, but there are many ways to quell the unrest that plagues my mind.

"Mas Bray is smart." I'm embarrassed.

Bray smiled proudly.

For a moment we stared in silence. I'm proud of him. I feel lucky to be close to him. I can't wait to have it. He's worth more than anything.

"Oh yeah, do you know where your best friend Arfa is now?" bray asked to break the silence between us.

"don't know. Arfa hasn't been answering my chat for a long time. Maybe I changed the number."

"He's no longer working on Obi Island."

"Not knowing either."

Bray took a deep breath. "Arfa fled from the island of Obi last month."

Whahuh? Escape? Why did he run away?

It's been more than 2 months since Arfa didn't answer my short message. He called her once but did not connect. I think Arfa is angry that I interfered with Deya's problems and his family's debts.

My relationship with Deya was also broken after she and her family hit me many times. We're both pissed. Sometimes we regret why our friendship broke up because of that misunderstanding. What am I. Already have a little friend, cracked anyway. But it's not all my will and I don't know how to fix our relationship. My heart still hurts. His insults and accusations are still often stirred in my head. He doesn't feel guilty. I also. There is no point in our relationship.

"Arfa made a big mistake that embarrassed Hisham" Bray said with a grim face. He seemed a little hesitant to say it.

"What mistake?"

"In PT XY actually he had a case of negligence that caused his coworkers to die as victims of a work accident."

I'm flabbergasted. Unbelievingly. Arfa never told me about this case. Hisham also did not.

"I don't feel good talking to you. Arfa has pleaded that the matter not be made public and not reported by the police. Instead, he wrote a letter of resignation. We consider this case a human error. The worker who died we returned to his family well and gave compensation according to the rules. Death and accident insurance work we also take care of until the family sincerely does not sue the company. Hisham advised Arfa to work more carefully and gave him the opportunity to work for a similar company on the island of Obi. It turns out that there he made a heavier mistake, which was to escape by carrying the company's assets."

"Isn't it hard to escape from Obi Island?"

"Eitherway. Probably already planned. It's not just Arfa who's involved. There were 5 miners that one team with was involved in that case."

My God, what is the debt of his parents that makes Arfa desperate to do that? Or did he not feel at home on the island of Obi and then desperate to escape? I don't know the answer because I've been too busy thinking about myself. I don't know what kind of trouble hit my own best friend.

Where is Arfa now? I became worried about his situation. Is my best friend okay?

Arfa, where are you?

"Hisham reprimanded his colleague for recommending Arfa."

"Why didn't Hisham tell me the same story?"

My nyaliku immediately shrank. It's so scary to be angry. I just reacted spontaneously. The flames of jealousy are burning. I thought knowing that Arfa was my best friend from childhood Bray wouldn't get angry if I was worried about him. Moreover, Arfa had disappeared without any news.

"Hisham has contacted his family. Arfa did go home and paid off all of his family's debts. Just a day at home and then go again. According to the family's confession, he said he had to rush back to the island of Obi. Strangely, until now he did not return to the island of Obi and his phone number could not be reached."

Oh my God, I feel guilty. I scolded Arfa and asked her to marry Deya or settle her family debt so that I would not be constantly accused and insulted. It could be because of my insistence that dark-eyed Arfa join a gang of workers who fled by carrying company assets.

"Why did your face turn pale?"

Apparently Bray noticed a change in my facial expression. I had to honestly express what I was feeling.

"I feel guilty. I called and forced Arfa to marry Deya or pay her family debts. At that time I was very upset because Deya and her mother often hit me because of misunderstanding about Arfa. Moreover, Arfa left without saying goodbye to those who demanded payment for her family's debts." I replied in a soft voice. I'm really sorry. I should have been more patient with Deya, instead of scolding Arfa.

Bray brushed his lips with a faint smile. It looks wise but there is a look of disdain. What a strange smile. Even though it was strange, it still made my blood flow faster and the hormone oxytocin scattered to spread a sense of happiness that I could not describe with words.

"Don't Arfa steal because of you."

"So, is this my fault?"

"Yes. Your fault. Because you're beautiful, so Arfa won't marry Deya to pay her family's debts. He paid off his family's debt for sure because he was still hoping to marry you." Bray said without aling-aling.

Huh, hick. Hisham must have told his boss how I got along with Arfa.

"You have the same taste of Arfa?" suddenly he suspected me.

"No."

"Really?"

"If so, what would Bray want?" Being upset makes me dare to challenge him. I stood up and looked at her eyes sharply.

Bray looked down and held a smile at my reaction. "I want to put you in the aviary of my heart so that I can't fly anywhere. Arfa is now a police fugitive. I'm sure you don't want to marry a fugitive."

"Before becoming a fugitive I did not want to marry Arfa" I replied sewot. "Almost he's a fugitive." Bray was still smiling.

"As a friend I care and worry about him. He's been with me since I was a kid, when I didn't have any friends and accompanied me to study to complete the equation exams after packages A, B and C. He was almost always there when I was hard. There's no way I'll ignore him when he's in trouble." I said.

Bray is still smiling.

"Do you know how much Arfa owes?"

"Around 100 million."

Bray nodded and smiled lightly. Indeed, the Arfa family debt is not a large amount for a Firdaus Sanjaya. The price of the jewelry he just bought for me was many times the value of the debt of the Arfa family. But with that amount, villagers can buy several hectares of gardens that can produce agricultural commodities to sustain life.

"Tell me or Hisham if there's any news from Arfa yeah." Bray's voice starts to soften.

"Absolutely, Arfa still has links to Bray's mas and Hisham's brother?"

"There's."

"What problem?"

"I'll tell you later that the case is clear and certain."

"News now!" whinek.

"Better ascertain the case first so that you do not think. I don't want to convey something that while still in the form of a guess." he said trivially.

I stomped my body on the chair while grumbling, "Then you shouldn't have told me. I'm curious."

Bray smiled without responding to my frustration. I'm annoyed by his careless attitude. Often does not respond to something that they consider unimportant. That's important to me.

"We go home yuk! Later on." Without waiting for my approval Bray raised his hand and instructed the driver waiting for us at the other table to leave the restaurant immediately.

"Come, Honey! This restaurant is about to close." he persuaded while pointing to some officers who had cleaned up preparing to close the booth.