The River House

XLI. Miko's missing

Miko, a very active and agile toddler. Her speech that still could not pronounce 'R' clearly made her even more adorable. Mak Surti's son is also very rarely fussy. Even when invited to move house he did not protest, and easily adapt to the new environment.

Actually Miko has started school at PAUD. When Mak Surti and Mr. Nyoto had to move their employers into the middle of the forest, there was doubt. Should I sacrifice my child's education? How does Miko go to school if they live deep in the wilderness?

Mak Surti almost stopped working for Ferry Lawanto. He plans to stay in the city, maybe costing or contracting with Miko. While Mr. Nyoto remains devoted to the Lawanto Ferry family. Once a week or once a month Mr. Nyoto will return to the city to visit family.

Plans that were mature enough were finally broken. Anggun begged Mak Surti to move into his new home.

"Please come with me, Mak. I will be very difficult in the new house later if Mak is not there," Anggun kissed Mak Surti's hand. Hard to believe, the employer to act like that to his household assistant.

Mak Surti is not happy and feels unbearable also to Anggun. His boss was always nice and close to him. Especially when Mak Surti asks how about Miko's education, Anggun guarantees Miko to stay in school by homeschooling. Grace itself will choose and call a professional teacher.

In the end Mak Surti kept up with his employer, moving into a riverside house in the middle of the wilderness. Although now, there was a sense of regret in Mak Surti's heart. Anggun's new home invites havoc. Everyone's safety is at stake.

Mak Surti sits in the kitchen watching the carefree Miko with the lego toy. Anggun's gift toys on his birthday ago. At Anggun's request to the Bayu police, Mak Surti moves into the kitchen with Miko. Her employer is really attentive, do not want toddlers as old as Miko hear the exposure of a crime tragedy.

Actually Mak Surti was very curious about what the Bayu police would say. Who would have thought that a villain would attack Inge so brutally. Is it true that Erwin did it? Though as far as Mak Surti knows, Erwin is a very good young man. If Erwin really did it, what made him turn that bad? Mak Surti's feelings were mixed. She became increasingly convinced and believed her husband's words that the land they were occupying was cursed.

Mak Surti turned to look at the kitchen table. The food she had prepared earlier this morning had not touched her. Even though noon has passed. Everyone is busy with their own thoughts, forgetting the affairs of the stomach.

"Miko wants mam?" ask Mak Surti to Miko.

"Miko wants a toy" Miko said without looking. The toddler had not eaten rice in the morning either. Just a glass of milk in the morning and a few pieces of fruit that go into his stomach. Mak Surti finally shut up, letting Miko cheerfully with her toys.

After a while of just silent sculpting, Mak Surti grew bored. Curiosity on the topic of conversation in the living room is increasingly felt. Mak Surti really wanted to know what was conveyed and asked by Bayu police. Do not Mr. Nyoto her husband, because groggy so wrongly answered. There were also such worries in Mak Surti's mind.

"Miko, I can't go ahead for a minute? Miko's a toy here, "Mak Surti crouched down in front of Miko.

"By buk," Miko nodded.

"You are here, yes, don't go anywhere" said Mak Surti as he landed a kiss on the cheek of his son's stye-scented baby powder.

Mak Surti immediately moved, walking slowly towards the living room. Passing through the hallway of the dining room that felt silent. So lonely, Mak Surti can hear the sound of the back door in the open kitchen.

Mak Surti's heart beat irregularly. The hallway under the stairs that separated the dining room with the kitchen felt long and endless. As powerful as Mak Surti ran, the distance of the kitchen felt far away. His breath was stingy, his chest felt tight. When panic is excessive, the eyes also turn blurry.

Mak Surti's worries really happened. There was no one in the kitchen. Miko disappears with her leg toy. There's a trail of dirty mud on the kitchen granite floor. The door to the outside opened wide, blowing the cold shivering forest air.

"Tolloooooongg!" shouted Mak Surti with all his might. I hope everyone will listen and help him. Mak Surti ran to the exit, but suddenly his knees felt lost. Limp, as if the muscles and flesh that bandaged his bones softened. Mak Surti collapsed on the floor as people from the living room scattered.

Meanwhile, Anggun was still sitting on the living room sofa. He held his throbbing forehead. Ferry also did not move from his seat, although he was curious what really happened to Mak Surti. Ferry embraced Anggun, but Anggun instead pushed him away.

"Why you?" Ferry asked not to understand.

"I have a question for you. Now you have to be honest with me!" Gracefully glared. Ferry felt strange, not usually Anggun to be rude and hard on him.

"What's wrong? Just ask, I'll answer" asked Ferry.

"Mas Ferry didn't attack Inge? You are the one who has mem . .," Anggun covered his mouth, unable to continue his sentence.

"What are you talking about?" deny Ferry, his face looks red. He had absolutely no idea Anggun would accuse him like that.

"A moment before Vivi found Inge's body, Mas Ferry went downstairs, continuing to return to the hunting room. At that time I saw in your hand there was a red liquid. You're the culprit?" graceful tears dripping. His anger was unstoppable, because he believed Ferry had harmed his friend. How could such a gentle husband, turn into a cold-blooded criminal figure?

Ferry sighed. He just silently stared, staring deeply into his wife's eyes that seemed to tremble.

"Then, Erwin found my Ananta ring on the dining room floor. The ring I thought was gone. So all this time, the only inheritance ring from my biological mother was you who brought Mas? You hid it from me, why Mas? And, that means you are also the one who poisoned Erfan Mas. You roam around at night in the dining room, to get rid of the evidence that you don't know what. Isn't that right, Mas?" Gracefully glared, and continued to urge her husband.

"Follow me, I'll explain" Ferry said with a flat-looking expression on his face.

Without Anggun noticing, his conversation with Ferry was listened to by Vita who was in the family room. When Mak Surti's cry sounded, Vita did indeed move from her seat. But he did not run to the kitchen, but instead stopped behind a wall between the living room and the family room.

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