THE ABOVE THE CLOUD(ABC)

63. ERIK

That one-night clock, while Muta was sorting through the documents, a piece of paper slipped out. He read it for a while, seeing that the paper contained information on the nature tadabur program for Sera at her school.

Behind it is a form to fill in the name of the child who participated, as well as a parent signature column. The mutual repeats the reading from the beginning and remembers the date stated.

“....wait, already in September?” Muta opens the calendar to make sure that her daughter will have a birthday soon. “True too. Sera is now third grade, already wants eight years old.” at the end of his sentence Muta stunned.

Sera's been eight years? It doesn't feel like the girl is getting bigger. Unknowingly a smile was etched on Mutual's face.

Three more years he will enter Junior High.

Time really passes by quickly. Mutual opened the internet to find out what gift ideas he should prepare.

Ding

The email received an incoming message. Mutual directly open it as soon as reading user ‘Royal’. He opened an email containing photos of a man taken from a hidden corner. The first picture shows the man coming out of the toilet. Next the picture follows the man to his house and the photo stops there. It took a long time for Mutual to realize who the man in the picture was. Why would Royal send a picture of someone he doesn't know?

Could it be that he's a rival who just got out of prison? When reading the information of related people, then he remembered.

Erik. Muta frowned.

Erik?? Muta tilted his head. Why does it feel familiar?

Erik!!

Muta held his forehead and remained silent for some time. Erik's sister Lily, and also his uncle Sera.

Shit, so it's time for that guy to get out of jail?

Muta squinted her eyes, why did she feel like something was awkward? Since the cause of Mutual trap Erik was due to his relationship with Sera, Mutual could not think of any other reason except this.

Erik was released from prison when Sera was eight.

The dream that once haunted him, drowning in time, slowly came to the surface. Why did so many dreams have to be dreams like this that he clearly remembered? Seeing the shadow of his daughter's doll-like face today was much more painful than when he first dreamed.

Mutual's growing affection for Sera makes him feel unwelcome just by the fact that Erik is living free.

“....” Mutual tapping the table, the longer the beat the faster. Unfortunately, he is a peace-loving and law-abiding citizen. Since the events in the dream would never happen, which Mutual would confirm, he only needed to send people watching over Erik for now.

****

The lizard came, the lizard came.

During the day's break Sera went to the recreation room to find out what kind of performance she would be performing for the school's art scene. Every three years, the school will hold an event involving SD, Junior High School, and High School.

Sera became one of the participants and she wanted to do her best because. Her father will be watching then!!

Five minutes before the break was over, Sera exited the room and met Akmal.

“Why are you here?” ask Sera astonished. At once, Akmal was anti to appear and take part in the stage. So what was he doing in front of the recreation room?

“Bu teacher asks me to call you.”

“Why?”

“Says someone's looking for you. Because the school hours and security guard are not sure of her identity, so she is left waiting outside the gate.” Akmal said flatly.

“Searching me?”

“Hm.”

Sera rushed to the spot, yet behind her she heard the sound of footsteps. Sera glanced and saw Akmal, and David followed him.

“...What are you guys doing?”

“Teachers are busy with stage preparations for other children.” said Daud reasoned. Because of the two of them, Akmal and David refused to join, neither was there any work.

“Who wants to meet you?” ask David. Akmal at the side listened. Although he said nothing, he was also curious.

“Lah, I also don't know.” said Sera frowning.

“...Don't-don't you be a member of a banned organization, huh?” Akmal was suspicious of Sera. Sera ignored. But in his heart he also wondered, actually this person is looking for him?

Question is, who? Sera is not familiar.

Sera walked near the school gate, but his arm was held captive by David.

“I don’t think you can go there.” said Daud, his nose shriveled. Seen however, the person looked suspicious. And for Sera who lived far above average, how could she possibly get to know such a person?

“Quiet, I just want to ask, will not be out the gate.” said Sera calming.

“Why didn't you call your Papa?”

“I'm third grade, not a toddler anymore. Relax, I must call Papaku.” but if it's just a question-and-answer, Sera thinks she doesn't have to trouble her already busy Papa.

David finally took off his hand and watched sharply Sera who walked to the fence.

The man, Erik, saw a little girl walking towards him. His uniform was neat, his hair was shiny and his face was clean. The girl looks well groomed and in love. Although Erik had forgotten, but the look on his face could not hide his resemblance to Lily. Erik was convinced that this little girl was his niece. If her sister wasn't starving, she was sure Lily would have looked like this when she was a child.

While how he knew the location and name of his nephew he had never met, only Erik knew.

“I'm your uncle.” Erik drew a smile and gripped the iron fence. His smile was more suited to scaring young children, however, Erik was frustrated and depressed at the moment.

Sera who saw him was surprised, but outside he still stood quietly. His childish face was expressionless and Sera asked slowly.

“Whose you?”

“I'm your uncle, I'm your mother's sister!” erik said enthusiastically. His niece went to school in this nice place, not only was her life good, it must have been the one who cared for her nephew someone rich. Thinking about his life in prison and the narrowness of his life after returning home, Erik could not help but come here.

Hearing that the man in front of her was her mother's older sister, Sera's eyes were rounded. This time he did not manage to hide his surprise.

“Hehe, you don't know.” Erik licked his dry lips and said quickly. “When your mother died, you should have stayed with me, me, I'm your uncle.”

Sera frowned, even David and Akmal who were standing a few meters behind, frowning. Erik spoke in a high tone, of course they could hear.

The security guard at the post heard the noise and intended to act. Sera gestured, The security guard finally sat back down.

“I don't know who you are.” Sera said firmly. “You better get out of here, before someone else comes to secure Mr.”

Erik glanced at Satpam and just smirked. Too bad what Sera meant was not the security guard, but his Papa. Sera's warning will not be remembered by ungrateful people.

Mutual of course will not be silent knowing there are people who disturb his daughter.

Although Sera was curious about the person who said ‘paman’, since Reksa offered Sera martial arts, she had been instilled with a sense of alert.

Sera still remembers the events of Abima. As a child with limited energy, Sera had to think about her safety.

After saying so, Sera immediately turned around.

“Ayo.”

David and Akmal did not say much. The two followed Sera back to class.

Before Sera could send a message to her Papa, information that Erik visited Sera's school had reached Reksa.

“Good.., very good!” Muta gritted his teeth and slammed his palm against the table. The force was so strong that the items on top of the teak wood trembled for a moment before stopping.

Joe, who was about to enter discussing work, stopped outside the Mutual room for a moment. From the sound of anger inside, the other members of the secretary had already understood that this was the sign, Their boss was upset. It's better to wait until his boss' emotions are down than to go in and out.

“Pak Joe,” Jihan winks from her cubicle towards Joe, “Mening snack first while waiting for Mr. Boss.”

Joe grimaced in his heart. “Have it so.”

Who provoked this one yaksha rage? Joe looked up at the ceiling and thought, if this matter is not finished now, he should stay up again. Please, he's not strong. But if he comes in, he might lose the bonus this month.

Joe was still agitated, until he saw the figure of a woman coming out of the elevator.

"Aryan."