The River House

23. Chocolate for you

Denis lit his second cigarette. He was still sitting on the back porch of the house with Norita. The rain still faithfully accompanied the two of them who were reluctant to get out of their seats.

"By the way, I used to have a Zainul jahilin," Denis said arriving.

"What have you done to the Rich Man in the past?" Ask Norita. A smile appeared on the corner of his lips.

"Look, it was the turn of the lesson time from biology to prison. Zainul changed sports shirts behind the class. Unbeknownst to him, I cornered Zainul's back with a cigarette. He groaned in pain, and I repeated my actions three times. I think it's funny to do something like that. But if I remember now, I'm really outrageous" Denis sipped his cigarette deep inside.

"All of those invited here were people who had problems with Zainul in the past" Norita muttered.

"I don't think so. As far as I know there were two people who came here, and never had a problem with Zainul," Denis chimed in.

"Oh yeah? Who?" Norita asked curiously.

"Ah, it's not important. There's something more important and dangerous" Denis reached into his pants pocket.

"Huh? What else?"

"Here, read it," Denis thrust his HP at Norita. 

A screenshot, an article about a criminal case with a suspect in a photo of an elderly man. Norita noticed it at a glance and immediately became dumbstruck.

"Sir Mardoyo?" Norita covered her mouth with a palm.

"The man is dangerous" whispered Denis. 

"But right, it's an article from a few years ago Den," Norita noticed the date printed under the article's title.

"Yes but the man is in an unstable mental state Norii. We better be careful" Denis reminded.

"I'm scared" Norita jumped up a little. His hand was clutching Denis' arm.

"Now it's safe for Nori, the Mardoyo is in the woods there," Denis calmed down, patting Norita's shoulder slowly.

Hearing Denis' words instead of letting go of his hand, Norita clung even tighter to Denis's arm. His synthetic body pressed more and more on Denis' arm which was quite muscular.

Denis gulps. The cold air of the mountains, together with beautiful and sexy women, which men are ultimately not minded. While Norita itself does feel like spoiled and seductive almost all men.

"Nori, you're beautiful" Denis said, looking at Norita's reddish lips. Like a freshly bloomed rose.

"It's not time to fight Denis," Norita pura frowned, even though her heart was smiling.

Norita had not heard the promise and praise of a man for a long time. The failure to establish a relationship with her ex-husband was traumatic. However, when he met his old friend, his passion for romance re-emerged. He remembered the old school days, how much he idolized Denis. Just like other schoolgirls, for Norita at that time Denis is a male standard that must be contested.

Now, the curiosity reappears. Norita and Denis stared at each other between the brightly lit lightning.

"I used to give you chocolates. I put it in your desk drawer in class" Norita muttered.

"Oh yeah? I forgot the tuh. So many people were giving him chocolate, "Denis chuckled.

"Iihhh, pretentious females," Norita rolled her eyes, pouting. Denis laughed crisply.

"And what sucks to me is that you gave my chocolate to Zainul" Norita grumbled.

"Well, I totally forgot about that. Ha ha ha ha's. I don't eat Nori's chocolate. I'm afraid of spotty you know. I'll have to keep my face charming, especially when it's my golden age" Denis kept laughing.

"Keep on, what did you do to Zainul?" Denis curious.

"I grabbed the chocolate, I stepped on the stamp, and I forced him to pick it up and eat it" Norita sighed. Denis was speechless to hear it, this time his laughter stopped.

"I thought we were too much, yes" Norita looked down.

"We'd better knock on Zainul's room door and apologize to him, '" Denis touched Norita's chin, telling her to get her eyes straight.

"Why not now?" Norita looked at Denis.

"Now? Emm, for now I want you to come with me" Denis smiled meaningfully.

"Where?"

Denis pulls Norita's hand, holding her inside the house through the back door. Norita, according to her, entered the hallway and entered one of the bathroom cubicles.

"Well?" Norita's whisper.

Denis smiled grinning. He put his hand in Norita's shirt. Touching Norita naughty. Norita is a little surprised, but ends up following Denis's play. Without realizing it, their movements were noticed by Mak Ijah from the bathroom hallway.

"Humans behave like animals" said Mak Ijah with a flat face.

Meanwhile, Ellie was in the living room together with Bayu. They're waiting for Hendra, Iva, Denis and Norita. The long awaited ones never come back. There's a sense of worry in Ellie's mind right now.

"Where is Bay, how are they long? Don't let anything happen" Ellie walked back and forth in front of the TV.

"Calm down, they go in pairs. I'm sure they're all safe," Bayu looks relaxed.

"How can you be that calm and sure of that?" Ellie protested.

"I deliberately split the team in pairs of men and women. The first reason is when paired, if one of the people in the team is why, it means we can make his partner as a suspect. And the second reason is that the men on each team are not random people. Did you forget Ell? Hendra used to be the chairman of the pencak silat exkul. While Denis as far as I pursue the sport of boxing in recent years. Initially for the sake of content, but I saw he was quite serious," Bayu gave an explanation.

"Is that so?" Ellie frowned. Bayu nodded confidently.

"You can do this well. Excellent police officer on this one," Ellie praised.

"I'm even more worried about Mella and Galang. Just like Yodi, Mella is missing, there's no sign she's in this house. Then Galang, he was left in the forest there in this weather condition," Bayu scratched his scratching head.

"Wouldn't we check Mella Bay's room?" Ellie gave me an idea.

"Locked. When we got down from the top floor earlier I had time to check the door of Mella's room," Bayu shook his head slowly.

"Woodu tell me. Is it from our friend here that you suspect the disappearance of Yodi and the death of Dipta, and plus Mella also disappeared? Who do you think is suspicious?" 

"Everyone I suspect, except Galang," replied Bayu quickly.

"Me too?" Ellie looked at Bayu. And answered with a nod of the head.

"What about you? All-knowing person and directing everyone's movements here. Are you not worthy of suspicion?" asked Ellie with an emphasis-tone.

"Emmm, I may, too," Bayu nodded with a meaningful smile.

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