
"Sir..." Chan was a little afraid to ask this house question. Mr. Bhur's steps stopped. He looked towards Chan.
"Look, sir." Chan scratched his back neck.
How do I explain all this?
"You don't suck at not-no, sir." Mr. Bhur stared fixedly at Chan's eye beads.
"Okay, sorry."
Bhur Pak continued his steps. He walked to Adka's room. Followed by Chan.
"Please, Sir." Mr. Bhur raised his hands waist-high, allowing Chan to enter.
Chan just nodded and smiled looking at Mr. Bhur. The butler simply flinched with a deathly pale face.
What's with the waiter?
"Who are you?" Adka yelled at Chan, making Chan's mind crumble.
"Cats, Adka! I'm Doctor Chan. I'll cure you of your stomach ache" Chan said as he walked closer to Adka.
"Did Mom tell you to come here?" adka muttered, squeezing both hands.
Mammy? Is Adka Sharla's son with Adnan?
Chan widened his eyes and looked at Adka.
"Mother Sharla is not my mother, Uncle. My mother is Mama—" Adka's speech was cut off.
"Alright, let's check on you." Chan is calm because Adka's birth mother is not Sharla. He also did not want to interfere in the affairs of the Adnan family.
Chan's done checking Adka out. He wrote a recipe for Adka. Adka was worried how she would pay Doctor Chan.
"Uncle, I don't have any money." Adka lowered her head.
"It's okay, your mother will pay me." Chan smiled looking at Adka.
Chan then moved from his seat. He approached Mr. Bhur who was standing at the door of Adka's room.
"Sir Bhur, please redeem the medicine I have written on the prescription. May Adka get well soon." Chan patted Mr. Bhur on the shoulder.
Mr. Bhur just nodded his head. Chan walked up the stairs and was about to get down. Suddenly, Chan's sense of smell was activated. He smelled the burning paper.
Chan stopped his steps and turned his body to face Mr. Bhur. Chan's gaze was focused on the ashes in Pak Bhur's hands.
Mr. Bhur just smiled looking at the two beads of Chan's eyes. Chan furrowed both of his eyebrows. Staring at the astonishment of Mr. Bhur. Chan chose to continue his steps. His body was already sweating cold sweat.
As he passed through the living room, Chan heard the voice of his ex-lover shouting and calling his name.
"Sarah ..." murmured Chan. He stopped his footsteps. Then he shook his head, he continued in his footsteps.
Flashback is over.
***
[Lapondi Hotel, 8:30 AM]
Sharla scrunched her eyes. His eyes adjust the light of the room. His hand accidentally touched the chest of Adnan's field.
Sharla gasped and moved straight out of her sleep. He smelled incense. He got up and went to the bathroom.
He felt his head was heavy. He held his head towards the bathroom. When she reached the bathroom, Sharla felt nauseous and vomited all of her stomach contents.
"I drank too much" he murmured.
When he was about to clean his watafel, he saw a lot of maggots and caterpillars in it. Added to blood clots. The maggots and caterpillars were swimming in Sharla's blood clot.
Immediately Sharla opened the water tap and cleaned it. Sharla's breathing is irregular. He held his head which still felt heavy.
"I have to take a shower." He walked to the shower and cleaned his body. When she finished, Sharla put on her clothes.
Sharla saw the incense still burning and the manpan containing the fallen fruit scattered. Sharla scrunched her brows.
He approached the tray and picked up one of the pieces that had been charred to the ground.
"What's going on?" muttered. He looked at the two charred fruits in his hand
"What are you doing?" adnan's voice made Sharla flinch. Sharla immediately threw the fruit she was holding.
"A-I just ..." Sharla says hanging. He did not dare to continue his words.
"Make me a cup of coffee!" adnan. Sharla just nodded her head.
Adnan turned around and walked away from Sharla. Sharla stared at Adnan's footsteps. Sharla's eyes widened as she watched Adnan's direction away.
Loh, why doesn't he turn right? Isn't the room on the right?
What was he looking for in that room?
Sharla did not want to think about many things. Then he walked into the kitchen. Make a cup of coffee. He then brought the cup to the room that Adnan entered earlier.
While passing through her bedroom, Sharla had a glance towards the bed. Sharla gasps at Adnan who is still asleep.
Sharla stopped her steps. He retreated and looked at Adnan's white back from the direction of the door.
If he's still asleep, then who asked me to make coffee? And who came into that room?
Sharla's legs began to tremble and limp. He lost his support in his legs.
PRAKKKN....
The sound of falling glass came from that mysterious room. Sharla immediately looked at the door of the room. His hands were trembling and the coffee he was holding almost fell.
Sharla closed her eyes. He felt afraid. His breathing is no longer regular.
"Lord, help your Servant."
"Sharla ..." Adnan's newly awakened voice. Sharla immediately opened her eyes and looked at Adnan.
Sharla's eyes were already covered in tears. Lips tremble. He then walked up to Adnan, put a cup of coffee on the table near Adnan and immediately hugged him. Adnan gasps.
"God sent you to protect me" he said, hugging Adnan's burly body. Sharla fell down her tears, hitting Adnan's body.
The god? Does he still believe in God? Hid.
"What's going on? Why are you crying?" Adnan brushed Sharla's hair.
Sharla puffing. He then told me everything he had experienced. Starting from vomiting blood to strange sounds coming out of the next room.
Alicia! Can you not bother Sharla? If you do this, Sharla will not be your follower and all my efforts during this time will be in vain, Adnan thought.
"Listen to me, you had too much to drink last night." Adnan held onto both of Sharla's cheeks. "Maybe you're hallucinating. Is your head still hurting?" He then held Sharla's head.
Sharla just nodded her head. He wiped his tears that drenched his cheeks. Adnan got out of his sleep and leaned over the bed. He again led Sharla into his warm embrace.
Sharla then let go of her embrace. He walked to where his phone was stored. He received many messages from Chan.
One was to ask Sharla to keep her distance from Adnan.
Sharla picks up her phone and walks towards the kitchen of the Adnan hotel. He immediately contacted Chan.
"Why did you send so many messages?" sharla said, tracing her waist.
"I just want you to know that Adnan's not a good guy." Chan's tone was very worried.
"You just calm down. Everything will be fine" Sharla said. He then closed his call.
***
God, forgive the Author who made Adnan's character a person who does not believe in your existence. *-*