
In the morning, Mario was about to come back intensively looking for Anjani. Also, do not go to the office to be able to focus on finding the wife. However, John asks Mario to come to the office. Important business, that's the only explanation John gave. Making Mario must come immediately for the sake of clarity.
Mario hopes to meet his father soon. Mario had to wait a few minutes for his father to arrive. Fortunately, during the wait there was his father-in-law who always gave advice and encouraged his heart.
John's coming. First greet besan, then ask Uncle Li to accompany his breakfast. After that, there was only John and Mario in the room.
"What's up, dad?" Mario asked immediately.
"Guard of your video spread. He's your ex-relationship" John said.
"Is he a Deer?" Mario guessed without hesitation.
"Frightly so."
The look on Mario's calm face is now full of seriousness. Previously the name Dewangga had become an option in his conjecture. It's just that Mario has no evidence, and can't seriously investigate because along with the escape of his wife.
"What motive, dad?" Mario's question this time was shrouded in emotion.
John did not answer. He stared at the eyeballs of the son. There is a message implied is being channeled through the eyes. John wants Mario to calm down. Not rash will be a helper in order to prevent hasty decisions.
Mario understood the meaning of the father's gaze. Slowly, Mario's emotions subsided. Once calm, Mario again asked the question.
"What motive, dad?" The same question, but there is no obvious emotion.
"Bendure to you and Lovey. The cooperation contract that you broke, apparently had a big impact on the Dewangga company. Apparently your steps are followed by other business people who are also bound by cooperation with Dewangga."
"It is appropriate that an adult be treated as such. Cunning way. Cheating." Mario's emotions appeared again, although not as big as before.
"There is one wrong thought in the man. Why were you targeted in his revenge sting? Because you seem to shine more among other relationships" John said.
John's last sentence is more like a compliment.
"Mario, your performance is well known by high-end businesspeople. You should be proud of that. But you also need to be more vigilant. The other neighbors might also appear without you expecting."
John stepped closer to the son, then patted him on the shoulder.
"Straight paths are not always smooth. Be patient, be firm, and do not make decisions. Think about it mature. You're father's proud son."
At the end of his advice, John hugged the son. As a father, John knows the feeling that is raging in Mario. Losing track of Anjani already makes Mario so devastated. Plus the case of a vengeful motivation, it must be what feels in the heart and mind so varied.
"One more thing you need to know." John took off a hug.
"Hm? Is there another problem?"
"Yes, but I've done it all. In this office there are spies, and still in contact with the Dewangga. It is only fair if distribution errors are so easy to occur. Dad's done away with. The culprit's been fired. The recruitment department of the employee has been completely overhauled. So ... You're calm. Find your wife. Find me. I'm sure you'll be reunited."
Mario's heart was moved to be more eager to intensify the search. His family and friends have been supportive. Mario will not waste.
"Then Mario said goodbye, Dad!"
"Eh-uh. Wait for. I know you've been dying to find your wife. But don't forget your stomach. If Anjani is here, he will definitely reprimand you. Come on, follow your father-in-law. We'll have breakfast first."
Mario according to him. Thirty minutes to breakfast with his father and father-in-law. After that as usual. Mario is searching for his wife.
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The scorching sun was so stinging, but it did not discourage Mario from going around here and there, asking about the wife. Mario's destination is the train station. Mario asked the officer, who knew anyone had ever seen the figure of the wife. Not only that, Mario also asked the taxi driver and public vehicle driver around the station.
Mario's stock is a photo of Anjani, with a little story about his physical characteristics. However, free. No one has ever seen him.
Mario's next destination is the terminal. Quite a crowded vehicle that passed by. Vehicle smoke, dust, and heat do not dampen the intention. Mario's return intensifies the search. The same way was done. Shows a photo and tells a little about his wife's physical characteristics. But again, there is no real development.
"Anjani baby, I'll keep trying to find you. Wait me. I'll find you."
And ... the afternoon was coming. There is absolutely no development. One station and one terminal did not produce any additional information. From Ken and Isabel there was also no development. However, all that did not make Mario daunted. Mario continues to intensify the search effort. A day has passed without any progress.
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Three days later, still working on the same thing, Mario switched to another terminal. Back to trying to ask here. Ask the driver, kernet, and also coffee shops. Unfortunately, again no one has ever seen Anjani.
"Bro, take a break." Ken pulls Mario's arm towards the car.
Yes, in this search Mario is not alone. Ken's coming with him. Encouraging and wondering.
"Drink!" Ken attention, give a bottle of drink.
Mario accepted it, sipped it quickly, and lost his thirst.
"Ken, do I look like a guilla?" Mario asked that.
"of course. The Mario I know is a Gilla!" sahut Ken's.
Mario. I didn't think I would get that answer from my best friend.
Ken patted Mario on the shoulder. "You're gonna be in love business, bro! But I like your fight to get Anjani. From college to the present."
Mario smile. For a moment his memory soared. Back to a few years ago, when Mario-Anjani just knew each other. Both struggle to show seriousness, until it leads to a halal bond of love.
"Btw, Bro. Can I ask you something?"
"Please."
"Why do you avoid the instant way in search? Like .... make missing person news on TV, social media, pamphlets, then prize billions."
"Then I just sat still? Didn't he? Is my wife's return worth only billions?" At the end of his sentence, Mario shook his head.
"Anjani is much more valuable than billions of rupiah. Perhaps, if I make news in exchange for a reward, Anjani will be found quickly. But who knows the depth of heart, Ken. It could be that Anjani does not like my way, and is getting further away from me. Do you understand what I mean?"
"I get. Then ... You must be strong. Patience. I'll help you keep seeing you."
Again, the support came again. Make Mario excited more to look for Anjani.
And ... The days passed. More than a week Mario continues to search with passionate. Ken, always accompany in every quest. Now, the two of them were in a different terminal than before. The same method used as before. With photos and stories.
From late afternoon until late afternoon, Mario and Ken had no progress at all. Until then, when the intention to go home was almost realized, just Mario was moved to step foot into one of the kernet that the bus had just arrived from outside the city.
"Excuse me, Mas."
"Yes-yes. Whahuh? Want to take the bus?"
"No, Mas. Just wanted to ask. Have you ever seen a woman in this picture?" Mario shows a photo of Anjani.
"Not knowing me!"
Mario was a little disappointed. He intended to take another photo of Anjani, but first the kernet called his other kernet friend. The cybernet whose bus just parked at the terminal.
"Here see. Someone asked the girl, nih!"
"Let's see!"
Photo Anjani switching hands. And ... a single bright spot came immediately.
"This is a pregnant woman who was on the bus!"
The deg!
Mario rounded his eyes. His heart was beating suddenly. There is a sense of happiness, and want to know immediately the continuation. However, Mario calls Ken first, so that Ken can watch the information.
"Surely have you seen my wife?" ask Mario.
"Oh, so that's his wife. Kasian tuh chick, mas. Big pregnant but taking the bus alone" explained the kernet.
Mario's heart was so bitter when he heard the description of the kernet. On the one hand, Mario can not deny the thumping mood because of one bright spot over the existence of Anjani.
"Golden. That time this pretty girl came down in what city?" This time Ken asked. "May you tell me a little, Mas!"
The story of kernet. About his friend who asked for help to give a comfortable seat, to about him who sought a rickshaw when the bus stopped at the terminal.
"Can we meet the pedicab boy at the terminal there?" Mario is enthusiastic.
"Wad. Sorry, please, Mas. This bus is leaving again. Who gets tickets on the bus? Is it the driver? Who's driving who?" Kernet refused.
Mario can't press. Can know the destination city of Anjani alone Mario was amazingly happy.
"This is it, Mas. Masnya stay to the terminal there, keep asking one-on-one pedicab there. Not much of a rickshaw, Mommy." Kernet proposed.
"Yes, then, Mas. Thank you so much for the information."
It was Ken who thanked him, because Mario seemed to be in control.
Shortly after, the kernet saw his friend's taxi. Friends who at that time asked for help to find a comfortable seat for Anjani. The friend in question the kernet is a taxi driver Bastian acquaintance.
"Daunt, Mas. There is a tax on my friend. At that time he asked for help for his wife nyariin comfortable seat on the bus. Bentar, Mother. I'm calling him."
Add another bright spot. Infinitely happy in Mario and Ken. Mario is one step closer to his wife.
"This is it, Mommy." The kernet appoints taxi driver Bastian's acquaintance.
"Who was my wife going to the terminal?" ask Mario.
The taxi driver looked confused. Wife? Which wife? That's how he thought.
"Big pregnant girl back then, Sen!" Kernet reminded me.
"Oh. Pregnant girl Bastian's friend!"
The deg!
Deg-deg's!
Mario and Ken were surprised to hear the name of the taxi driver. Didn't expect another bright spot to bring progress so far.
"Bastian? Do you know Bastian? Bastian works in a textile company, doesn't he?" Mario wants a clearer explanation.
"Yes, that bus. At that time Bas asked me to help make her nganterin nih nih pregnant women until the contract also began. And .. oh my goodness!"
The taxi driver shut his mouth. He forgot that Bastian had told him not to tell anyone. But, the rice had already become porridge. The explanation is already out.
"Mas. Please help me! Take me to my wife's contract. Please, Mas. I really want help." Mario mean.
No longer able to be calm, that's what Mario showed. The bright spot that Mario got made him no longer able to be patient. The longing is deep. The sense of wanting to meet it can no longer be muted. Unbearable.
The taxi driver seemed hesitant, between assuring or rejecting the request. Seeing that doubt, Ken intervened. Usually Mariolah who is good at bargaining, but not in impatient conditions as shown at this time.
"Wait here, Bro! Let me talk!"
Ken forward. Pulling the taxi driver's arm slowly and slightly away. Mario just saw it. Waiting with a heartbeat that is still the same fast pace. Until then, Ken came with news that revealed a smile.
"Yook! We're leaving now, Bro! We three. Me, you, and Husen." Ken pointed to the taxi driver who looked resigned to his face.
"Alhamdulillaahafemore. Come on!"
Gaspitch. Mario, Ken, and Husen first refuel and buy some snacks for the trip. And ... they went to the contract.
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In the contract, Anjani looks restless. Anxious because they can not resist the longing that rises. Anjani really misses her husband. However, there is a reason that makes Anjani can not do it. There's lara, and it hasn't been treated completely.
"Son, less than a week you'll see the world. Do you want to see your daddy too?" Anjani.
Anjani's chest was pounding, as there was such a faint movement of the womb. The baby in Anjani's womb seems to agree.
The test!
Anjani's tears fell. Without cue. Without preceded pain or tightness in the chest. Just drop the clear circle dripped just like that.
"You don't just need a mother. You also need a father figure. But ... can you forgive your daddy, son? What should you do if you meet your daddy?"
Anjani wiped her tears. Anjani did not think at all that the one who was missed by him, the beloved husband, the husband who had hurt but still missed by him, was now on the way to his contract.
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