The Sheen of Love Alzarin

Chapter 46

Beni managed to catch her breath after meeting Astuti's mother. Yes, the old man who came to the orphanage was Beni, a confidant of Johan who used to entrust baby Alza to the orphanage Kasih Bunda.

"Sir, where are we going?" ask the taxi driver.

"Take me to the path of rose number 10."

"Good, sir."

Beni closed her eyes while leaning on the car seat.

"𝘕𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘭, 𝘫𝘢𝘥𝘪 𝘬𝘢𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘴𝘪 𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘩 𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯? 𝘉𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘩. 𝘒𝘶𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘱 𝘬𝘢𝘶 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘱 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘪𝘬 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘪. 𝘔𝘢𝘢𝘧𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘩𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘮𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘮𝘶."

"Sir, it's here." The driver's words made Beni have to get out of the taxi.

"Sir chauffeur, can you wait for me? I'll take some of my stuff and go with your cab. Waita minute! Youunderstand?"

"Good, Cake. If you need help, just say it."

Beni went into the house that he had been living in. Beni went into her room and packed some of her belongings.

Lucky day is almost late, Beni will leave without saying goodbye to the nephew who had been taking care of him. Beni brings some items including the money Johan once gave her.

"𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪 𝘬𝘦 𝘬𝘰𝘵𝘢 𝘉 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘪 𝘕𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘈𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘶𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯. 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘩𝘶 𝘫𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘪 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘱."

With a limp step, Beni came out of the house and met the taxi driver who was still waiting for him.

"Here Grandpa, I'll help!" The taxi driver helped to lift Beni's bag into the trunk.

"Where are you going these nights?"

"Are you willing to take me to town B?"

"Eh?!" The taxi driver was very surprised to hear Beni's request.

The distance from city A to city B is quite far. Maybe tomorrow will come there.

"Hows it? I will pay you at a reasonable price. Don't you worry!"

The taxi driver gulped when he saw that Beni had enough money. Apparently Beni had prepared everything. Beni deliberately took all the money in the Bank because he wanted to go to the city of B to meet Arnis and the Sultan.

"Ba-good, Cake. I'll get you!" The driver's eyes immediately swerved and prepared to travel far enough.

Meanwhile, Astuti is now confused to have to contact Alza now or tomorrow morning. The day is starting to get late. There's no way he's calling Alza at this hour.

"I'd better call Alza tomorrow. Maybe Alza's on a break now." Astuti was finally ready to rest and lay down his old body.

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This morning Alza had a great day. After last night let go of longing with Argan, then there was a little debate with him, finally Argan relented and let Alza stay in his own house. Alza should have learned to be independent and not depend on Argan.

Alza was preparing to leave for the office when her phone rang. He thought it was Argan, in fact it was a call from Astuti.

"Mother?" With a smile, Alza answered the call from Astuti.

"Hello Mother.." said Alza.

".........."

Alza fell silent after hearing what Astuti said. His soul seemed to come out of the body and wanted to directly meet Astuti at that time.

Alza's trembling hands tried to dial Argan's phone number. It seems like Alza today can't go to the office. Alza wants to see Astuti right now.

"Ha-hello, Bang..."

Alza's trembling voice made Argan anxious. As fast as lightning the man met the crying Alza.

"The alza!" peekkik Argan when he arrived at Alza's house.

"Remember..."

Argan sat next to Alza and hugged her.

"Abangs... I gotta get to town A right now, Bang! I need to see Astuti's mom!" said Alza while sobbing.

"Yes, you calm down! I'll help you!" Argan rubbed Alza's back gently.

"Hurry, Bang! I have to go there now!"

Argan let out a breath. Now Alza is like a child who whines asking for toys and must be followed immediately.

"Yes dear. I'll call Ammar first! You calm yourself. Okay?"

Alza nodded. Alza noticed Argan who was contacting Ammar and asked for a private jet to go to the city of A.

"Darling, we're going to the office now! Ammar has prepared a heli for us to town A."

"Eh?!"

...***...

Argan grabbed Alza's hand and grabbed it.

"Darling, if what happened doesn't match what you expected, don't be sad!"

"But, Bang... I'm sure that guy... I know something about my past. He knows who my family is!" Alza remained firm with his thoughts.

"alright. We heard the story of Astuti's mother. Yea?"

Arriving in the city of A, Argan has prepared a vehicle to go to the orphanage. Apparently Argan is often visited the city of A because it has a branch of the company here.

As it turns out, Astuti is already waiting for the arrival of Alza. Moreover, Alza has told if he will come today as well.

"Alza..."

"Mother..." Alza hugged Astuti. "Mother, tell me who the old man is, ma'am?"

Alza is very impatient. He asked without speaking first.

"Mom doesn't know, son. I don't know her either."

Alza and Argan look at each other.

"Is there a surveillance camera in front of the gate, ma'am?" Argan asked.

"There was. Why the hell?"

"We can tell what kind of people came here last night."

Argan's right. Alza immediately asked Astuti to show surveillance footage last night.

"Do you know him?" argan asked as the recording showed Beni on the screen.

Alza. "I don't know him. And I never met the old man either."

Argan rubbed his chin. "If you don't know him, he probably knows you. He actually knows your name."

Alza and Astuti looked at each other.

"Oh yeah, I remember if she took the cab that I was riding in, too. It's probable... You can find out from there."

Argan immediately contacted Ammar and asked his assistant to find a taxi route that Beni boarded. Fortunately, surveillance footage showed the number of the taxi car used by Astuti last night.

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Argan and Alza are now in front of a house that allegedly is the residence of the old man who asked about Alza.

With a rash step, Alza knocked on the door of the simple house. A 30-year-old woman appeared from the house.

The woman looks confused to see Alza and Argan.

"Sorry, who's looking?" tanyakanya.

Alza looked at Argan. Argan immediately pulled out his phone and showed a picture of the old man caught on the surveillance camera of the home.

"Does this grandpa live here?" Argan handed me his phone.

"Eh?! This... It was my uncle. What are you looking for my uncle?"

Alza looked back at Argan. It felt like his tongue was muddled and was just relying on Argan to talk.

"We need to talk to your uncle. We want to ask why your uncle came to Kasih Bunda orphanage and ask about a baby named Alzarin."

The woman looks confused. "Mmm, but sorry. Since last night, Uncle Beni hasn't come back, sir, Miss. Uncle also brought all his things. I'm also worried because uncle is not well."

"What?!" Alza was surprised. His body seemed to be weak without energy. Should he lose track of Beni now?

Seeing the sad look on Alza's face, the woman did not have the heart and said something.

"I don't know if Uncle Beni ever brought a baby or not. At that time, I was too small. But... If you want more information, you can go see my mother. I must know something about Uncle Beni."

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