Sin Favorite

CONVINCE

AUTHOR POV

Adrian observed the place now inhabited temporarily by Nadine in great detail. The interior and the arrangement of the apartment from top to bottom, before he and Ray sat themselves on the sofa.

"Sorry, this is all I can offer you. I myself just moved here a few hours ago, so there is no preparation" said Nadine who came with two bottles of mineral water for the two guests.

"No problem! We ourselves will not linger here. Our arrival was just to confirm a few things." Adrian does not want to mince words anymore, he wants to directly express his intentions and goals here.

Nadine nodded her head. "Okay, what can I do for you?"

"Do you know the person in this photo? His name is Galih Damara." Adrian shows Nadine a 4R photo, which shows Galih posing wearing a maroon shirt.

Nadine took a photo of Galih from Adrian's hand. He saw the photo really. A man who looks his father's age, with a tall and well-built stature, mature tan skin, and a firm face.

"I'm sorry, I don't feel familiar with the person in this picture." Nadine answered Adrian's question.

"Are you sure?" ask Adrian again.

"I'm sure I've never met that person at all" Nadine was absolutely 100% sure that she had never met that person named Galih.

"Galih Damara is a fugitive we've been looking for for almost 10 years. He is currently on a police search list. His crimes are well known everywhere."

Adrian tried to lure Nadine to give further information. "If you don't mind, can you please tell us about your father's incident?"

Nadine's heart is in a state of anxiety right now. On the one hand, he wants to try to be open to Adrian and Ray. But on the other hand, he was also a little hesitant about their identity.

What Nadine was afraid of, she gave information to the wrong person. Adrian and Ray are strangers to Nadine. So it is impossible for Nadine to spread the chronology of the shooting incident that happened to her father carelessly.

"I promise, I'll help you!! Your information will be very useful, because with that I can trap Galih and his minions into the bars. They will be punished accordingly!!"

Adrian's determination is very strong to convince Nadine who still chooses to silence.

"I can't lie if I'm still hesitant to tell it. But I'll try to trust you guys."

Adrian's moves in convincing Nadine came to fruition in the end. Gradually Nadine began to open up and want to tell the chronology of the incident that befell her father to Adrian and Ray.

Hearing Nadine's story doesn't surprise Adrian and Ray. From the beginning they were convinced, that it was no longer an open secret if Galih did things that were out of bounds to achieve his goals.

Broadly speaking, the explanation of Nadine was actually already known by Adrian. It was just that he wanted to dig deeper into the information, if perhaps there were any details left behind.

"May I change now to ask?" said Nadine.

Adrian raised his right hand as a gesture to invite Nadine.

Adrian stared at Nadine's bead that was unwittingly inundated with tears.

"Yes, Galih is the culprit. All the evidence points to him. In the past, this guy named Galih was friends with your father. They even run a business together. But after a few years later, they start to have different visions and Galih becomes a deviant person. There was a quarrel that ended in a fight. The relationship between the two has been heating up ever since."

Nadine tries to digest the information she just got from Adrian. He just found out that his father had a best friend. It's quite surprising, but it's a fact. All this time Nadine only knew if her father lived alone.

"Based on the last information, your father has evidence of Galih's crime stored in his flash or hard drive. That's why Galih's after your father. He and his men ambushed your house in search of the flash."

"Galih must have forced your father to give him the flash. And guess what your father turned him down. So Galih attacked your father until he had to die. Even your older brother also disappeared" continued Adrian.

Nadine's knee suddenly squeezed when she had to recall the incident yesterday. He is currently in a state of mourning.

Death of his father, disappearance of his brother. The incident was still fresh in his memory, especially his father had just been buried this morning.

Nadine never thought that everything would be this complicated. Is this why his father and brother Nathan have been acting strangely for the past few months? Because there's something to hide?

"It's so important that my father had to sacrifice his life to protect that little thing!"

"Very important! Not only is the evidence of Galih's crimes contained in the flash, but there are other mysteries and secrets that must be solved. If the flash is in our hands, Galih can be thrown into prison easily. That's why we both came here" explained Adrian.

"But unfortunately I do not know about the flash. The shape of how, the place where it is stored.I don't know." Nadine answered.

Adrian is not surprised anymore, from the beginning he can guess that Nadine does not know anything. Aaron must have protected his only daughter, so he closed a secret meeting about his past and others to Nadine.

Adrian is overconfident and insists on forcing her to meet Nadine, hoping she knows something. But actually not.

"Is there not a hint Miss? Maybe your dad ever gave you a little clue?" Ray who had just been silent to see the interaction between Adrian and Nadine, began to take part in the conversation.

Nadine tried to remember again whether there was something a little missed by her.

"Actually, before my father died, he told me that he asked me to bring his papers and a safe in his closet" Nadine said.

"For the valuable documents, I know very well it is just like diplomas, KK, home certificates, savings books, as well as cafe ownership and travel business owned by my family...."

"..but for that safe, I've never opened it. I don't even know if my dad keeps a safe like that at home."

Gotcha!!!

The safe.

Here is the clue that Adrian meant. It could be that the contents of Aaron's safe can lead him to find Galih.