Mystery of Small Shoes
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Rudi was very surprised to see the CCTV footage. He tried to remember the figure in the recording, but he could not remember it. He also tried to recall people who might be his enemy or people might not like him. But still he doesn't remember anything.
"I don't think I have any enemies or people who don't like me. Who are they really? Could they be Sarah's enemy?" Various questions raged in Rudi's mind.
None of these questions have a definite answer. It flashed in his mind the name Rizal, yet he immediately dismissed the prejudice. Although there is a possibility, Rudi will not put Rizal as the first suspect, because Rizal is unlikely to hurt Sarah and Fabio. Rudi did not want to make his jealousy as a basis to suspect Rizal.
Rudi continued to look at the enlarged image of the kidnapper. He seems to know her, but he doesn't remember who that person is. Both were dressed in black hats and wearing masks. The police believe that one of them is a woman, by looking at the posture and type of shoes she wears.
Two days passed without any result from his search. The missing person's report was sent to the police station. According to reports, the police have deployed it to various other police stations and have also conducted searches.
Almost all parts of the city have been visited by Rudi, but Sarah was not found.
"Where are you, Sar?" rudi Gumam.
Rudi's appearance looks disheveled, hair is not combed, eyes are haggard and marsupial due to lack of sleep, the body also looks weak due to lack of food intake. Even so, Rudi still insisted on looking for Sarah to see you.
While Fabio, Rudi entrusted him to his family. Sometimes Fabio asked his mother, especially at night. Various reasons have been used by Fathia to appease Fabio and so far there have been no problems with Fabio.
"Mama Bio why don't you come home, Auntie?" Fabio asked Fathia.
"Mama's at work, Mama Bio says to Auntie, 'Titip Bio, huh? Go to work first. Bio his son pinter koq' that he said. Now Bio bobo first. We both pray, yuk. Let mama Bio quickly go home," said Fathia.
Fabio believed what Fathia had told him and obeyed all her orders.
While thinking about where Sarah might be, Rudi gets a call from an unknown number. For a moment he frowned because he saw an unknown number on his phone screen. But he still answered the phone.
"Hello" said Rudi.
"Hello, Mr. Rudi. How are you?" said the man's voice on his phone.
"Sorry, who is this, huh?"
"No need to know who I am. I know who Mr. Rudi is!" answer the man on the phone.
"What do you want?" asked Rudi impatiently.
"Hisband Mr. Rudi still does not like to make small talk like before. Still hasn't changed. I love being to the point like this!" said the man while laughing.
"Just say, what do you want?" snapped Rudi.
"Patience, Mr. Rudi. Don't hurry, I'd like to have a chat with Mr. Rudi. We have been friends for a long time..ha ha ha...!" the man said it was like he wanted to test Rudi's patience.
"Don't say much! Who're you?" Rudi is getting impatient.
"Relax..settle down, Mr. Rudi. I told you, don't rush. Patience...!"
"Don't waste my time, tell me!" snapped Rudi.
"alright. Are you ready to listen to him? I'll tell you, sir," said the man again.
"Repaay!" snapped Rudi.
"alright. I'll tell you that the woman you love is with me" said the man calmly.
"Damn it! Release wife! What do you want? Say it!"
"Want me? It's simple, sir. I want money from you. Not many. Only 2 M. Little, right? That kind of money means nothing to Mr. who is a bona fide company owner" the man explained.
"Bad! Where is my wife now? I want to talk to him!"
"Hey, hey... Mr. Rudi, answer my question first, you can prepare the money in 1 hour, right?"
"Let me talk to my wife first!"
"All right! I give it 10 seconds! Talk to your beloved husband, Beautiful" said the man there. Sarah's voice was crying.
"Hello, Sarah! You're okay, right? I'll release you soon. I'll pick you up!" said Rudi.
"Help me! I'm going home!" sarah said while sobbing.
"Yes, you'll be home soon, baby!"
"Time's up! Mr. Rudi, your time starts from now on to prepare the money!" said the man.
"Ready, Sir. Please Sir prepare the money. In half an hour I will contact you. Please don't turn off the phone and don't try to tell the police. Otherwise, you will find your wife on the news tomorrow morning. Okay?' okay?'
Without waiting for an answer from Rudi, the man immediately broke off their conversation.
Without a second thought Rudi immediately contacted his father to borrow money.
"Assalamualaikum, Dad. Please Rudi, Dad. I want to borrow 2M. It's for Sarah's sake, Dad!"
"Wa'alaikumsalam's chat. Wait, whoa. You calm down, Rud. Explain what happened. Let's think about this calmly" his father said.
"But time is getting narrower, Dad. There's no time to think calmly!"
"Yes, I understand. Try to explain it briefly. What's the matter exactly?" ask father.
Rudi recounts everything that happened and tells his father that the kidnapper is asking for a ransom.
"We better get the police's help. Let them take care of it" his father advised.
"No, Dad. It's the same way I want Sarah to come home with a name. The kidnapper doesn't want any police interference here!"
"Don't worry, it must be just a bluff, for us to comply with his will! Never mind, I'll ask the police for help, they'll know how to deal with the kidnapper. But in anticipation, we will also prepare the money requested," said Rudi's father calmly.
Rudi's father immediately contacted the police and some of his bodyguards to be on standby around their house and prepare if at any time needed.
As the man promised, he called Rudi back the next half hour. Police were not ready to take action. But they were ready to be at Rudi's house. The phone number the caller used changed again. The previous number that has been successfully traced the name of the owner.
"It's been half an hour, Mr. Rudi. The sooner the better, so that my task here is also completed quickly! in 20 minutes I will contact you again to determine our exchange place!"
Clik. The man broke off the conversation.
The police immediately tracked down the number the caller used. The first owner of the number is different from the second. But the police did not stay silent, they tried to trace the whereabouts of the two numbers. But the result is nil. Finally everyone agreed to wait for the next call from that person.
When the long-awaited time came, the man called again and told him the address where they had exchanged the ransom with Sarah.
Upon hearing the address, the police immediately headed for the place and prepared to ambush the man. But the police effort had to be in vain, because 5 minutes before the appointed time arrived, the man changed his meeting place. Of course, the police became confused because they had to change their strategy in a short time.
Finally Rudi's father took the initiative to deploy his bodyguard team to overcome the problem. Having been trained, they immediately moved to the target without being suspicious. Rudi had already headed to the place that the kidnapper mentioned with the ransom he brought.
Rudi kept looking at her phone, hoping that the caller would show up or call her. While sitting on the bench at that place, suddenly a small child approached him and squatted near Rudi. He looks like he's playing with his marbles.
"Dik, don't play here, huh?" said Rudi softly. He didn't want the boy to be a victim if something bad happened.
"Well, Om," said the boy as he ran away from the marbles and a small box that Rudi thought was where the child's marbles were.
"Sir, this is his toy to miss!" rudi shouted, but the child continued to run without looking at it.
Rudi took the box and opened it, with the intention of putting the child's marbles into it. Rudi looked at the piece of paper inside that was neatly folded with her name written on it. Out of curiosity Rudi took the paper and read it.
"Don't move much. Get back in the car and get back to where your wife went missing".
Without much thought Rudi went straight to the building where their wedding was at that time. There was a car at the end of the parking lot that was quite spacious. Without suspecting anything Rudi immediately headed to the place in question, the dressing room where Sarah was seen last time.
Confidently Rudi entered the room. He saw Sarah tied to a chair with her mouth duct tape.
"Sarah, Honey!" rudi shouted while trying to get close to Sarah. But his steps came to a halt as he heard a voice from the back of his body.
"Oh... This beautiful woman is named Sarah! Your taste has not changed, Mr. Rudi!"
"Who are you? Release wife! If you have a problem with me, please don't involve him!" said Rudi.
"so you want? Alright. I'll let go immediately and get our business done. Where's money? You didn't forget to take him, did you, honorable Lord Rudi?"
Rudi threw the money he was carrying in a bag. The masked man opened it and seemed to be satisfied with what he saw.
"All right, then. Nice doing business with you, sir. See you," said the man, carrying the bag with the money.
The man's steps came to a halt when suddenly someone was as statured as Rudi had seen on CCTV footage.
"wait. It's not done yet. I still want to play around with that stupid guy!" Rudi catches that the voice came from a woman.
Rudi began to observe the figure of the newly arrived woman. He tried to remember the woman, but he could not remember her yet, but Rudi felt that he was very familiar with the voice that was a little heavy.
