The Substitute

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"I didn't think you were going to betray. What makes you dare to do it?" ask Jack. The man was now sitting on a chair with his body tied up.

"Take off Ameera, Naura... He doesn't know anything about your grudges,"

Naura laughed when she heard Jack ask her to let Ameera go. Though jack was the first person in the effort to eliminate Ameera.

"release it? To get it I had to pretend to be crazy and stay in that horrible place for months, now you're asking me to let it go?"

"If you let Ameera go now, Ozan and his family will probably forgive you."

Jack's words even more burning Naura's emotions.

"You know, Jack... I haven't killed you because you're Papa's closest. If you don't remember that, you've been dead since."

"Naura, you'll be sorry. Stop this before it's too late."

"IF YOU STILL TALK A LOT I'LL REALLY KILL YOU!!"

After saying that, Naura left Jack. He then went to another room where he kept Ameera.

Jack was alone. The man remembered the last time he met his big boss. He secretly visited Hendri in prison.

Flashbacks

That day, Jack went to the prison to visit Hendri, the day after Rangga met him after he got out of the hospital and brought him a letter that Rudi had written for him.

"Jack, I want to ask you one more time" Hendri told Jack.

"What is that, Boss?"

"I'm sorry, I've been implicating you in my crimes. I just realized all my mistakes. Can you do something for me?"

"I'm ready, Boss! Just tell me what to do..."

"I've always asked you to finish off Ameera. That poor boy has been a victim of my crimes. I'm so sorry. Can you protect her from afar?"

Jack was surprised by his boss's request.

"protected her? From whom?" ask Jack.

"From Naura. You know exactly what Naura is. Especially after I'm in jail, he's definitely getting worse. I was the one who had poisoned him with my grudges and hatred. So now he's blinded with vengeance."

"But Naura is now in a psychiatric hospital..."

"If he is declared cured, and allowed to go home, he will definitely seek Ameera and Ozan for revenge. So please, make sure Ameera is always safe."

"May I ask you something, boss?" jack said as he stared at the man in front of him, "Why does the boss suddenly want me to protect him?"

For the first time, Jack saw the middle-aged man crying regretting his actions. The man who had been so filled with the ambition of revenge, that day he was just a miserable prisoner.

"Since Rudi's death, I thought I'd be satisfied because my revenge had been met by killing him. But it turns out I was wrong. I'm not even more calm. And the impact of my revenge is not just on Rudi and his son. But to Rangga as well, and worst to my own son, Naura. I don't want Naura to be a killer like me."

"Alright, Boss. I'll keep an eye on Naura."

"Thank you, Jack. Sorry, I always bother you."

"It's my job."

Flashback off

After that conversation, he never visited his boss again. Jack was more focused on watching Naura. Until two days ago, Naura escaped from a mental hospital and devised a plan to kidnap Ameera. However, Jack is late, and only finds out after Naura manages to hold Ameera so she must pretend to follow Naura's plan.

I'm sorry, Boss! I seem to have failed to execute the order.

****

"You think you can get away with me?" asked Naura with a look of hatred.

"What's wrong with you, let me go!" ameera said as she wriggled trying to untie her body.

"Haha, are you asking what's your fault? Are you pretending to be stupid? Everything I'm going through now is because of your family. Especially your mother."

"My-my mother?" Ameera did not understand Naura's words, blaming her mother for what happened to her. Though his mother died 11 years ago, it was also because of Hendri's crime.

What does my mom have to do with all this. Why did he say my mother made his life what it is now? Shouldn't I be angry... My mom and dad died because of their dad, right?

Naura pulled Ameera's hair so violently that Ameera grimaced in pain.

"You know, Ameera. Your mother was a lowly woman. He ruined my mother and father's relationship, so my mother lived like hell. And he finally chose to end his life."

Ameera gasped to hear Naura explain it while dropping her tears.

"You lied, right? My mother's not like that."

"You don't know your mother's past. Did they hide it from you?"

Mothers... Dad.

Naura then removed her grip from Ameera's hair and pushed her body.

"Do you think I'm a grudge against you because you took Ozan from me? No Ameera, I never loved your husband, I just used him to smooth my revenge. I'll avenge you both, more hurt than I've been through all this time. I want you to die here, in my hands. Ah, no. you three. You, your husband, and that baby in your belly."

After that, Naura left Ameera alone. Ameera was silent with many questions on her mind. About her mother who was the cause of Naura's mother's death.

***

Two days ago Ameera disappeared. Since then, Ozan has not slept and eaten at all, he searched for Ameera here and there but to no avail.

While Zarima every day can only cry for his favorite son-in-law. Thinking about the safety of Ameera and her twin granddaughter.

Rangga was like a madman. Every time he searched and found nothing, he would beat anyone in front of him.

Ramon and Rizal who worked together to mobilize his people to search has not been fruitful, even they have been helped by police officers.

That afternoon, they were in the living room, talking about something.

"I mean papa?" ask Rangga.

"Hendri, he must know where Naura took Ameera. Come on Rangga, let's go see him."

"I'm coming, Pah." said Ozan.

"You rest first, Ozan. And eat, for two days you have not eaten and slept."

"Papa's right, Bang! You need energy to find Ameera. Let me be the same papa there, brother rest first," added Rangga.

Hasan and Rangga then went to meet Hendri at the detention house. Ozan mused to himself, thinking Ameera and her two children frustrated him.

***

Ameera with her body getting weaker can only lie on a carpet, her stomach cramping several times.

"I think it's time we called your husband here. He'll definitely come if I call him."

"Well-ngan!" ameera said in a weak voice, she did not want Ozan to come there, because Naura would just kill him.

Naura grabbed her phone located on the table, "Give me your husband's phone number!"

Ameera shook her head, not wanting to give Ozan a phone number.

"No way" said Ameera, crying.

Naura then put a gun to Ameera's stomach, "You want me to kill your son first, if I shoot here, your son will die first."

"Don't" Ameera grew sobbing under threat from Naura. However, he is reluctant to mention Ozan's phone number.

"QUICK GIVE!" naura's shout made Ameera's body tremble.

Ameera gives Ozan his phone number. Naura laughed with satisfaction, and called the number.

Just as Ozan was sitting leaning back on the sofa, closing his tired eyes, his phone rang. He grabbed the flat object and looked at the caller on the screen, an unfamiliar number. Ozan immediately answered the call.

"Hello..."

"How are you, dear." there was a voice of a woman across the street. Ozan memorized the sound. Instantly his clenched hand trembled, his jaw hardened and his eyes reddened.

"Where's my wife?"

"You didn't even ask me first, have you forgotten our sweet memories of the past?"

"TELL ME WHERE MY WIFE IS!" yell Ozan.

"Calm down, baby. I haven't killed him."

Ozan dropped his tears upon hearing Naura's words. The worry in his heart grew.

"Please Naura, I'll give you whatever you want. But please don't hurt my wife."

"You want to talk to him? He is waiting for you to be saved. Talk to him."

Naura then brought her phone closer to Ameera's ear. But Ameera was silent, not wanting her husband to hear her weak voice.

"Ameera. baby." said Ozan when he heard nothing there.

Ameera who was lying in a bound position was just crying hearing the voice she so longed for.

"LET'S TALK, CALL YOUR HUSBAND HERE." Naura screamed when Ameera did not speak.

"Ma-Mas.." call Ameera in her weak voice, sobbing.

Ozan heard Ameera's voice sound so weak, "Honey, wait. I'll be there to pick you up. Don't be afraid."

"Don't come here, Mas. Please don't!" he said with a soft word.

Naura then brought the phone back to her ear.

"How's Ozan... You want to save her?"

"Where are you?"

"Look, come alone! If you dare come with a bodyguard or a cop, I'll make sure you're crying over your little wife's body."

"Alright, I'll come alone. Give me your address."

"You know what the consequences are if you dare to mess with me." Once again, Naura tried to threaten.

"I know, I'll come alone."

"good. Go to the city border. I'll give you another hint if you're already there," Naura said, disconnecting her phone.

Ozan immediately took the car keys on the table and took out a firearm in the bottom drawer just in case. Zarima who saw the movements of Ozan who seemed to be in a hurry, immediately approached the eldest child.

"Ozan, where are you going?" ask Zarima while pulling Ozan's arm.

"Ameera, Mar... I'm gonna go get Ameera."

"Where's ameera?"

"Naura just called me, she asked me to go."

"Don't go alone Ozan, it's very dangerous. At least call papa first."

"Well, Naura threatened. If I don't come alone, he'll kill Ameera. I don't want to take any chances, Mah. My wife and kids are at stake." Ozan immediately ran towards the car parked in the courtyard of the house.

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**PLEASE DO NOT READ. MESSY WRITING AND WRITING. A LOT OF INAPPROPRIATE WORDS. IT HASN'T BEEN REVISED

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