THERE'S ALWAYS A LEANING PLACE

Kidnaping

After the study, Ratna and Via stopped by the stationery store to buy the need for packing.

"Until 12, how many orders, Rat?" ask Via.

"What has not been done there are 10. Per order of about 2-3 kg."

"Alhamdulillah" said Via.

After shopping, they rushed back to the shophouse. Mira and Salsa were sorting out the items that had just come.

"Assalamualaikum" said Via and Ratna together.

"Vaalaikumsalam. Bring what is it?" reply Mira.

"We just bought combat equipment for packing" replied Via.

"Oh, we just happened to have finished sorting out the items to be sent. The duct tape and plastic are gone." Salsa explained.

"We stopped by to buy. You've typed in the consumer address, Sa?" Ratna looked at Salsa.

"Already, Ma'am. Shall we pack now?"

"Yes, there are no buyers. Yuk!" bring Via.

They deftly wrapped the pile of items that Mira and Salsa had sorted. In less than half an hour everything was neat and ready to be delivered.

After the prayer, Mira was ready to go home. He was deliberately rather early because two weeks earlier he had difficulty getting a city bus. To get home, Mira had to take the city bus 2 times.

"Be careful, Ma'am. Greetings to the family" said Via.

"Yes. I'll go home first, yeah. Assalamualaikum."

"Waalaikumsalam," answered the others in unison.

By 17:00 the shop was closed. Salsa has also returned to her home. Via and Ratna both live in the shophouse.

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After Maghrib, Via and Ratna add memorization and relax. They deliberately do not open the online store application because they want to rest.

“Alhamdulillah, mid semester is done, yes. Huff, plong tastes. This week my head seems to be spinning. About value, bodo is very. The important pass.” Ratna threw her body onto the sofa.

“Sstt, can't do that, Rat! Do you remember Kak Azizah's explanation during the study last week?” Via remind.

“Which one? How can I not remember, huh?”

“Ah, you are. What do you remember, anyway?” gerutu Via's.

“Hehe. I just opened I Love You Mr. Mafia. Caca's character looks like you. NI there is another good, Back to Yesterday and I Hate You Young Master.”

“Eh, progress. Can you follow the stories of all those novels?” ask Via astonished.

“Can, dong. If you forgot, read the previous episode.”

“Really understand?”

“You don't believe it?”

“Sorry, all this time I don't like English, right?”

“What's the connection?”ask Ratna back.

His face showed confusion.

“Lha that you mentioned three titles of English novels, right? You really understand?”

“If only love, hate, back, yesterday, I know, dong!”

“Then, how is it filled?” ask Via curiously.

“Kan speak Indonesian,” replied Ratna casually.

Via shock. His laughter suddenly exploded.

“Hahaha, kirain you can use English fluently. Not only the title that uses English.”

“Eh, people read novels that first noticed definitely the title. If the title is not interesting, it must be lazy, right? Therefore, the author selects an interesting title. Yeah, right?”

“Iya, yes. You know best about that. Back to the study. You really don't want what Azizah's sister said?"

Ratna shakes. He really doesn't remember what Via meant.

“That, that every word spoken is a prayer. When you say a word, it's as if you're making your own ideals in the future.”

“Keep, what does that have to do with me?”

“Not you said anything bad?” Via remind.

“Which one, huh?” ratna asked confusedly.

Via patted his eel then said, ”It was lo, you said about the value of bodo very origin pass.”

“Indeed why?”

“You only expect mediocre value? Why don't you expect high grades? Maybe all this time you have never expressed better hope, so your value is mediocre.”

“Masa, anyway?”

“Eh, don't believe it? Didn't Brother Azizah call it the proposition, too? Verily, a servant who speaks with the words of Allah ’Azza wa Jalla without thinking, Allah will raise them to some degree with those words. And a servant who speaks in the words of Allah without thinking, Allah will plunge him into hell with those words. Inget, no?”

Ratna just grinned In her heart she regretted her words all along.

While pondering, Ratna's phone embroidered the call sign coming in. With a slight indolence, the girl grabbed the flat object that was previously lying on the table.

“Assalamualaikum.”

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“What? Then what's the condition?”

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“Terus...continue to be treated where?”

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“Oh, so. Yes, yes, Ratna is there now.”

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“Waalaikumsalam.”

Via looked at Ratna full of question marks. He felt there was something serious about the conversation on the phone.

“What's up, Rat? Who's on the phone? You seem to be panicking?”

“My, Vi. Tanteku. The doctor is currently observing my tant. I'm being told to the hospital now.”

“Yes already, are you in need of a family meeting. Go then! Take a taxi!”

“Om already told the driver to pick me up. But if I go, who are you?”

“You don't have to worry. I can take care of myself, really. Go!”

Just as Ratna picked up the bag, there was the sound of a car horn coming from outside. Ratna ran down the stairs. When he opened the door, he was surprised.

“Assalamualaikum.”

“Waalaikumsalam. Sister Ratna? How to go back again?” ask Ratna.

“My house is empty. I didn't open a message from my sister. They went to Grandma's house in Jember. Instead of being alone at home, I came here. Where are you going?”

“Ke hospital. That, it's been awaited. I'm going first. Assalamualaikum.”

“Waalaikumsalam.”

After locking the door, Mira climbed the stairs to the 2nd floor. His arrival made Via shocked.

“Mbak Mira? How back?”

“It turns my family into Jember. I didn't open chatt from my sister before I came home.”

“Then I don't go home.”

Via grabs his phone and then types a message.

“Indeed Dek Via want to go home?”

“Iya. I can't be alone in the shophouse. Someone was going to pick me up. I'm off, deh.”

“Oh, gitu.”

“Mbak Mira ride what was it?”

“Taxol. That's the safest.”

After prayers, the two girls intend to rest. Just came out of the bathroom, Via saw a notification of incoming messages. After reading, Via returned his phone back to its original place and threw his body into the bed.

As the short clock pointed at the number 2, the atmosphere was completely silent. The shop and its surroundings were so quiet. However, suddenly the silence was broken by the screams and the sound of pounding at the rolling door.

"Via..via..bukain!"

Via woke up from his sleep. He was shocked because of the harshness of the pounding.

"Isn't that Ratna's voice? Why is he back at this hour? Didn't he bring the key? Did he forget, huh?"

Shortly after, the door of the shop opened. A girl appeared from inside the shophouse.

"More ged ...."

The girl's voice instantly stopped when her mouth was smothered by a sturdy hand. In just a few seconds, his body was limp. Before falling, the person smothering his mouth caught that slender body.

"Close door!" whispered the man.

It turned out that there were three men in all black clothes and wearing head coverings that were also black standing in front of the door of the shop. Then they get in the car.

The minibus car was sliding quickly leaving the shophouses that occupied Via and his friends. Because the road is empty, the driver can advance at high speed without difficulty.

An hour later, they had arrived at a secluded house. They also entered the house that seemed haunted.

One of the men with the head covered contacted someone over the phone.

"Night, Boss. I'd like to report that we've kidnapped the girl."

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"Yes, he I brought to the headquarters outside the city."

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"Okay, I wait. Don't forget the bonus, boss! Hehe...."

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