The Winter Promise
Chapter 99: The Bitter Coffee of Life.
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The bell rang at an unusual hour.
“Consideration for all students of SMK Sawah Besar, Today all of you are repatriated early due to the kidnapping cases that are currently rife. It is expected for all students and students to go straight home without going anywhere. Attention once again..”
An announcement from the students heard from the loudspeakers in the class.
As my friends have said, the school repatriated the student sooner than usual and related the abduction case.
It is still two hours or less fifteen and all exculpation activities are eliminated for now.
“Do you want to go straight home Mar?”
Riki asked me while I was putting my things in the bag.
“Of course I want to go to the office first, only after that I go home. Don't you want to get a job soon?”
“Is that true?!”
The excited Riki instantly accelerated his movements tidying up his belongings.
Today I also want to hear it directly from Maul about this, because if I go straight home, then, I don't think Maul would say that to me because there's no time to say it. In the office, I can talk to him on the roof.
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“This is my friend named Riki.”
I introduced Riki to Mr. Hari and also Kak Malik who was currently in his room Mr. Hari at that time.
“Oh so you whose name is Riki.”
“Na-name s-s-my Riki, sa-my friend Amar.”
Riki became nervous while talking to Mr. Hari. Why he should be nervous, not just like him.
“So when can you work here?”
As I expected of Mr. Hari, he was no-nonsense and went straight to the heart of the conversation.
“Today I'm ready.”
“Because at that time Amar had told me and happened to be an empty place, you can work from today as well. Malik, you can take her to see her work.”
Tell Mr. Hari to Brother Malik who is standing next to him.
“Then you can come with me Riki.”
Riki and Malik leave Mr. Hari's room.
“Why is daylight like this you've reached Mar's office?”
“School returns us sooner than usual.”
“Why?”
“Say kidnapping cases that began to bloom back.”
“Kok I did not snort at all about the kidnapping on the news.”
Mr. Hari is starting to think something about it.
I also did not hear about it in the news, not just on television, not even on the internet, nobody discussed the issue at all.
“You should also be careful about this Mar.”
“Ready!”
“Did you come here with Riki alone?”
“No, I came here along with Maul as well.”
“Where is he?”
I just turned my eyes the other way because I knew that Mr. Hari should also know where Maul is.
“Is he on the secretary desk?”
I just nodded my head.
Mr. Hari sighed after hearing that.
“Does Maul also like Friska too?”
If Mr. Hari has asked like this, it is common knowledge that many people in this office like Friska.
“Entaih, it might be like that.”
“How many are after Friska!”
Mr. Hari is dizzy himself because of it.
“What's the reason?”
“I actually don't matter if everyone likes him as long as they use it to get them excited while working, but I'm afraid once if there's an internal conflict going on because of it.”
What Mr. Hari said could have happened, but it would have been impossible if we had stopped them or told them to compete fairly. It all depends on Friska how she responds to the people who like her.
“Bapak himself does not target Kak Friska too?”
“I still hope with my old girlfriend.”
Mr. Hari smiled as he said that.
“Not Mr. Febri has reminded you to leave the woman.”
“Although it is like that, but I will fix it.”
Mr. Hari said that with great confidence.
“Not it tiring?”
“Exhausting how?”
“Iya, change its nature to become what we want. If I think it is better to find a woman whose nature is already good than to improve her bad nature.”
Because it is definitely troublesome and tiring, especially if the woman has a stubborn nature. It's like you have to work twice for it.
“If you already have a girlfriend, surely you will understand how I feel.”
“Maybe.”
It makes sense, I could say that because I had never been interested in a woman who made me want to change her nature.
“By the way how is Natasha progressing?”
“Natasha is a very quick person to understand something, I have not so much trouble teaching her.”
“Natasha is indeed a smart child from small, I am very sure that she can master her work in a short time.”
Mr. Hari was proud of what his sister had done.
I didn't bother teaching him either. Besides, I'm getting help from the employees who are here.
“How about the sales of the comics we have marketed?”
“I just talked about it with Malik earlier.”
“What's the good progress?”
“We do not know until next month, because when next month we only know how many comics are sold from the bookstore that markets our comics.”
“Hopefully the result is good.”
“I also expect it.”
If the results are good, there is a possibility that my salary will also increase. But it seems that for the next few months I do not want to add to my income first, let my income from monthly salary only, so, because the money from Pak Hari's payment was not used at all and I was confused what I should use for that much money.
When there is no money I am confused when I want to buy something and now when I have a lot of money, I am also confused about what I want to spend it for. It's complicated my life...
After speaking with Mr. Hari, I approached Maul who was talking to Friska at the secretarial desk. I could see from afar that he was joking about something.
It seems like the topic they are talking about is very fun.
“What is your business done Mar?”
Maul immediately greeted me when I got near them.
“Iya.”
“Where's Riki?”
Maul looks around me and doesn't find Riki with me.
“She is away with Kak Malik to see the work she will be working on and in which division she enters later.”
“So what do you want to do now while waiting for Riki to be done with his business?”
I think it's better to go to the roof to talk about the kidnapping while waiting for the pick-up time to arrive.
“How about we go to the roof to rest, there happens to be something I want to talk to you about as well.”
“Ok.”
Judging from Maul's face, it seemed like she already knew what I wanted to talk to her about.
We went to the roof and ordered coffee to talk with us. After the coffee was finished, we sat down on the empty chair that was there.
“I already know what you want to talk about, surely you want to talk about the reason why the case is getting rife again.”
That's good, I don't have to explain it at length to him.
“Become”
“I don't know at all for now, my father never told me.”
“Did you never ask?”
“Last-lately I never asked about this kidnapping case because I already know that the case is declining. So I don't really care about it anymore.”
I'm the same as Maul. When this kidnapping case has decreased and in the news there is rarely anything to talk about this kidnapping, I also do not care because I assume that this can be resolved by the police, he said, but it turns out my guess was wrong.
“Means we can assume that something is hidden by the police from the community.”
I tried to deduce something according to the facts I saw on the ground.
“Maybe.”
“If judging from how to play, it looks like someone in the police who has a high position is involved in this.”
“Reason?”
“Can manipulate media to make media silent like this. Who can do it other than the person who has an important position in the police.”
It could be that the person has a higher position than his father Maul. That is why the progress made by his father Maul can not run smoothly.
“Why can you be sure that Mar?”
“My installation says so.”
“Do you want to try to solve this?”
Maul smiled slightly as she said that.
“Why did you two say the same thing about this.”
I just let out a breath.
“So Riki said something similar?”
“Yes, and my answer is still the same: no.”
“I guess you asked this problem because you wanted to solve it.”
“If circumstances require me to do so, I will do so.”
Maul slightly put away her coffee and started to open her laptop.
“Last-lately I've also been investigating it.”
“Tumben once you act before I tell you to do it.”
“I've been restless this problem is not resolved immediately, I so can not go out at night freely because my parents always forbid it.”
It was only natural that my mother had also scolded me a lot lately if I wanted to go out of the house. At that time, I just wanted to go to a shop that was only three houses away from my house.
“Absolutely you are a person who likes to go at night?”
“I like to go to the cafe to just change the atmosphere while working on the task, if at home continue it is very boring.”
“So, to what extent have you investigated the matter?”
Maul also looked around us to make sure that at that time no one heard our conversation. I also saw that there was only a barista in the mini bar and that was a very long distance from where we are sitting now. I doubt that he can hear our conversation clearly, because here sometimes there is a sound from vehicles passing in front of the office.
“I already know where the location of the human trading place is.”
Maul whispered to me.
“Really!?”
I was so surprised when I heard it. I did know how Maul was looking for information, but I didn't expect that she would be able to gather information so far.
“Please your voice.”
“Good.”
I also returned to calm.
“I can't be one hundred percent sure about this, but I can only assume that they always do human trafficking in different places so that it can't be tracked by the police.”
“If you already know, why didn't you say this to your father?”
“Kan I told you that this is just my assumption, even I myself do not know where exactly they did the auction. Whether in a hotel, or in an open hall that can be rented easily.”
Then you just as well do not know where the location Mul, I think you already know with certainty the location of human trafficking.
“So they use the auction system in selling the humans they have kidnapped?”
“I don't know either, but I think it's like that.”
“You watch too many movies.”
“That's all I can think of for now.”
I think I've got clear information about this kidnapping. It turns out that our path is still far from solving this case until we actually find a way. There are still many mysteries to be solved.
“What work are you currently doing Mul?”
“Last-lately my job was just watching and checking report from my division head only, the rest of the other employees did it.”
“It's like the job the boss did.”
“You're alone Mar?”
“I'm just like you.”
Even lately I feel that my work is very easy, especially if it is reported that it is not written the problem that is happening either in the application or problems with the comic. But it was quite boring because I only had to read the files sent by the division head every day.
“Oh yes, how is the development about Akbar? I haven't heard from him at all.”
“The problem is over and I already know that Akbar works at one of the cafes in the mall.”
“It's great that you can find out without my help. Have you met him at work?”
“I accidentally met him when accompanying Kak Malik met with the comic to discuss the issue of his comic bookkeeping.”
“A very remarkable coincidence, I so do not have to bother to find the link.”
Maul drank his coffee.
“It is not necessary because the problem is finished.”
“Good then.”
Not only Maul who is happy because there is no need to bother looking to find out, I am also happy when this problem is finished.
Then Riki came to the roof and approached us both, his face was very happy.
“How?”
I asked him who was sitting with us.
“I joined the social media division and served as a designer. I also start work tomorrow, he said my work will be sent by email.”
“Have you filled out your files Rik?”
Ask Maul.
“I just finished filling it together with Kak Malik earlier.”
“Then after the asar prayer later we better go straight home.”
My advice to both of them.
“Alright, but before that I want to enjoy a cup of coffee first.”
Riki goes to the barista table to order his coffee.
That afternoon I stared at the cloudy sky with the rays of the sun that began to turn orange. I also thought for a moment about this kidnapping matter, because I was eager to solve this problem. But on the one hand I don't want to interfere in the affairs that the police should have done. I also saw the coffee in front of me that was still spinning after I stirred earlier.
It does create a dilemma in my mind, but I hope the police can solve everything.
the End Chapter 99
