The Desired Substitute

BEAR FRUIT

Juna along with Bima began a search at the station. He asked the officer at the station with an April photo. However, neither Bima nor Juna got an answer that led to a bright spot when asking the officer. His name is also a business, who knows one of them there has ever seen the existence of April.

"How's it?" juna asked Bima after they were in the car.

"We should look at the residential area, who knows April is in one of the houses" Bima proposed.

Juna agreed. They got out of the car and started walking into the settlement around the station. Not an elite settlement, but ordinary. But pretty clean is not as seedy as it was a few years ago.

Juna and Bima began to explore each alley, to ask every citizen he met. Who knows, some of them have seen April.

Already all the gangs between the settlements they traced but there was no result.

"We take a break and find food. Hungry now" complained Juna.

Bima agreed to postpone the search. They will rest while foraging still around the station.

Bima very salute with Juna. He wanted to go down directly looking for April, even though it had been slandered by April. April also caused Raya to fall from the top floor of the hospital building, but there was not the slightest hatred that Juna showed to April or herself.

They were waiting for the food they had ordered. Padang restaurant is the destination for lunch this time.

They ordered various dishes served. There is rendang, gulai head snapper, jerky bullock, and gulai cuttlefish.

While waiting for the food to come, Juna contacted Raya.

"Hello, Assalamualaikum, how's Mas?" tanya Raya is curious across there.

"Wa'alaikumsalam." Juna breathed his breath out violently. "Sorry, there are no results yet" replied Juna.

Sounds Raya breathed heavily.

"It's okay, Mom. Mas Juna wants to help find Mbak April only Raya is happy. Thank you, yes" said Raya.

"Yes. Have you eaten?" ask Juna. The food they ordered came soon. "I'm again in the field restaurant," continued Juna later.

"Well, the steppe restaurant?"

"Yes. You want something?"

"Em, bring me cassava leaves and green sambal only," replied Raya.

"Rarely that?"

"Yes, after all Mother cooked rendang, so enough green sambal and boiled cassava leaves while bribing rice that previously bit one large cuttlefish.

"Em, I want you. One but a big one. Assalamu'alaikum," said Raya quickly then immediately turned off the voice call without waiting for a response from Juna.

"Wa'alaikumsalam." Juna then smiled to himself while looking at the screen of his phone.

Bima who had heard Juna's chat with Raya was not able to resist wanting to ask.

"You look happy Juna, married to Raya. I became happy to see it," said Bima sincerely.

"Alhamdulillah, it turns out that Raya is not as bad as April first said. I'm quite sorry that I used to swallow information about Raya from April."

Bima paused her bribe. He took a glass filled with water to wet his throat.

"I hope you can forgive April" said Bima.

"I've been sorry for a long time. But if to believe him it takes a long time," replied Juna.

Bima nodded in understanding. He knows how much April hates Raya. Bima also knew when April gave different information about Raya to Juna. However, he could do nothing, because of his love for the now-lost woman.

After finishing his lunch and taking a short break, they resumed their search.

As they headed for the car, Bima accidentally dropped the April photo she had brought with her to conduct a search.

"Sir! Sir! Someone fell down" exclaimed the parking attendant and handed the photo to Bima.

"Thank you sir." Bima looked at the photo, he wanted to ask the father of the parking lot if he had ever seen April, but he doubted that April would go to this place.

Without Bima guessing, it was Juna who asked the parking lot man earlier. The parking attendant observed the photo provided by Juna. And he smiled shortly.

"Oh, this is Ma'am Aap isn't it?" the parking attendant asked Juna back.

"Name April Sir. Have you seen him?" ask Juna.

Feeling that there was little hope, Bima finally approached them.

"True sir her name is April. We're looking for him." Bima is now chiming.

"If in my place his name is Aap. But it looks so similar. Could it be the same guy?You see, he only lived in my village for two days" said the parking attendant.

"Mother can take us there?" ask Bima enthusiastically.

"It could be sir. But how do I do my job?" The carpenter was reluctant to leave his job, because of course if left he was not able to get money.

Apparently Juna caught the intention of the parking lot man.

"Later we change anything, if what you are afraid of is not getting money because of work permit," said Juna.

"Yes sir, I'm my boss's permission first."

They are now driving to the village where Mr. Handoyo-father of the parking lot. The place was not far from the restaurant just now, just had to enter a narrow alley. So that the car is parked on the side of the road, then they walk into a narrow alley that can only be passed by two adults who one must stop first if accidentally cross paths.

They entered the apartment. The flats occupied by Mr. Handoyo are quite clean and neat. It consists of ten floors with two hundred houses or rooms.

Mr. Handoyo then headed straight to Mpok Hana's house. The middle-aged woman who accommodated April , according to Mr. Handoko.

Mpok Hana's house is on the seventh floor. There was no elevator in the apartment so they had to climb the stairs to reach the seventh floor.

Finally they arrived in front of Mpok Hana's house. Mr. Handoyo immediately knocked on the door.

"Assalamu'alaikum, Mpok."

Shortly from within, someone heard.

"Wa'alaikumsalam."

The door was opened and featured a simple and smiling middle-aged woman.

"What's up, Mr Han? Tumben clock is here at home, does not work?" ask Mpok Hana.

"Work Mpok, but permission first. This is a guest who wants to meet Mpok Hana," he said while pointing at Juna and Bima.

They then walked in and sat in the small living room. Bima then explained their purpose in coming to Mpok Hana's house.

Mpok Hana also confirmed that April was with him. He takes April home with him out of pity. Mpok Hana every day selling cakes around the station. At that moment he looked at April who was sitting with a blank look. Momentarily Mpok Hana remembered her dead son. So decided to invite April to stay at his home.

"Ap, please make a drink 3 glasses for guests yes," said Mpok Hana from the direction of the living room.

"Ready Ma'am" replied someone who was very Bima and Juan recognized his voice from the kitchen.

"If Aap doesn't want to come with you guys back yet, don't be forced? Later you will slowly persuade him," said Mpok Hana commemorating Juna and Bima.

Before long, the long-awaited person appeared in the living room.

"This is Ma'am, tea ...."

"April."

TB

Sorry for not being able to update every day 🙏🙏🙏

Sorry yes, for this part Raya just passing as an advertisement.

Insha Allah the next part has already appeared again.