Trapped by Pandora
Chapter 22: Lost
Eleven o'clock in London time. Beryl blinked, looking at the bright blue ceiling. Colors that can calm the heart when disturbed fret. He was eager to plunge himself into the vast ocean. Soaking in the cold ocean water. Depress the inflamed lara.
How unfortunate he is when it comes to romance. Two loved women just left him, leaving a tightness in the chest cavity. Wealth and power mean nothing. Even a suitcase of money will not be able to solve the problem of heartbreak. Is there perhaps no chance for him to feel true love?
His mind wandered in remembering the incident earlier this afternoon. As soon as Eijaz saw Alin in the company lobby, he fled when the assistant was about to approach, without thinking Beryl immediately ran after him. Although staggered, but he was already determined to get the girl's love once again.
Arriving in the lobby, Beryl orders the company's security officers to inspect the cctv. He hopes Alin's trail can be detected by the camera system. From cctv monitoring, Alin's body motion was running towards the park not far from his office building.
Beryl came out of the security room as fast as lightning like a man of fidelity. He prayed that God would keep Alin there until they met. There were millions of words of apology strung up on his lips. If necessary, he would kneel before the beloved woman. Unfortunately, Beryl was late. Three times walking around the park, there was also no finding of the figure Alin. His body was hollow, half broken charcoal, the spirit that had once flared up now shrank.
Sayup-sayup heard the sound of vibration coming from his mobile phone. Half lazy, Beryl grabbed the phone lying on the right side. Kishika's name is dancing on the phone screen. Beryl rubbed her face, trying to get rid of the sadness so that her little daughter did not worry when she saw the video call.
"Hi, Wonder Woman! How are you?" I say with a little forced smile.
"Dad, have you met Mommy Alin? Mommy's fine, right? When did Daddy bring Mommy home? I want to see Mommy," Kishika's cerocos makes Beryl's ears ring.
"I'm a nightmare, Dad! In my dream, Mommy Alin jumped into the abyss! I'm afraid I can't see Mommy anymore" Kishika's tears broke.
"Oh yeah? Baby is just a dream, don't cry! Daddy's met Mommy Alin."
"Really, Dad? Where's Mommy? I want to see, Dad!"
Kishika stops as she pleases, her heart blossoms as Beryl recounts a meeting with Alin-the doctor of her three children's beloved.
"Mommy's on vacation, so can't go home yet. Be patient, baby! Daddy promised to take Mommy Alin home, "honestly Beryl didn't want to lie to Kishika, but she had no other choice. He doubted the promise he made.
"Promise yes, Dad!"
"Promise!" Beryl held up her index and middle fingers.
"OK, Dad! I love you!" Kishika disconnects video call.
Beryl was back in bed. Trying to close his eyes and for a moment forget his love story that is on the edge. Shadows the disappointed faces of her parents and children, if she can't bring Alin back together.
Five minutes later, his phone was back. Beryl picked it up without seeing the caller's name.
"Hello!" saith.
"Alin's missing!" voice across the phone.
"What!" Beryl immediately woke up from the fall, so shocked.
"Ov, you're not kidding me, are you?" beryl panicked.
"So soon I called you and said that my daughter you love is missing, do you think I'm having fun?" Othman raised his tone.
"So far she hasn't come home! We've been looking for him everywhere. Only a cell phone was found in the front garden of the office," Othman's voice turned like a desperate man.
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Zhiggy Otto Yosrey gritted his teeth, furious that his men had not managed to find Alin. Clenched hands held back anger, his feelings were mixed. A cctv recording obtained by one of his men shows that Alin was taken by someone. Unfortunately, the car the person was driving was untraceable. Zhiggy wondered inwardly, who would dare to play around with his family.
“If that person meets, I will finish him!” sulk Kaif.
Beryl took the video seriously, repeating it as if looking for clues. From the video, Alin was talking with a man, and the two of them separated. Not long after Alin left the park bench that had been stopped, a person dressed in black appeared in front of him and took the girl away. Many times Beryl tried to enlarge the image, but the man's face was not clearly visible.
“Have you guys contacted Keven?” ask Beryl.
“Rigel called him. Keven has spread spies all over London,” Zhiggy replied.
“He will not fail, trust me!” Beryl was trying to control her anxiety.
His current hopes depend on Keven Saverio, a young man of noble descent who is highly respected throughout Europe and Japan. Rigel's husband-to-be has extensive connections and access in Europe, America and Asia.
“Do we just keep quiet here?” Kaif is impatient. He was not calm because Alin was still out there with no news.
“Report to the police is also not the right solution at this time. I think Beryl was right, Keven will definitely find her.”
“But, Dad ...,” Kaif was about to protest her daddy's decision. However, Othman's unsettling gaze made him puff out a wisp of emotion into the air.
“I don't know how, but I hope you can find my daughter soon!”
Yola who had been quiet restlessly started talking. The girl who had just lived with them after decades of living apart, now suddenly disappeared. Regretfully venting, he should have been able to prevent Alin. Not just letting him go alone without an escort.
“My dear, Alin will definitely be found. Pray, because a mother's prayer will not be rejected!” Othman held his wife's hand. Embracing Yola's shoulders to ease her worries.
All of them in the living room clenched their mouths tightly, drifting in each other's thoughts. Anxiety, panic, confusion, fear, fret and uneasiness mixed into one like cake batter. Once glanced at the phone they were holding hoping for a glimmer of good news.
Kaif walked here and there, her feelings were chaotic. He felt guilty for what had happened to his sister. It should have been noon this afternoon he had not provoked Alin to go visit Beryl. If something bad happens, he is the only one to blame. However, he could not be rash. Kaif picked up the jacket lying on the sofa, she did not want to keep quiet by bearing such a heavy burden.
“Where are you going?” Othman looked at his second son.
“I can't sit still at home, Dad! I've been going crazy for a long time! Let me out looking for him,” Kaif frustrated.
“Wait! Keven sent something,” Zhiggy's remark stopped Kaif.
Zhiggy swiftly opened the message from his sidekick. A video and the location of Alin's whereabouts. Zhiggy looked at the location map Keven shared. A place that is quite remote and quite far from the crowd. Zhiggy's eyelids did not blink watching the video footage he was playing. He was shocked to not believe what he had just seen. Without further ado, Zhiggy searched for something on his phone's contact list, then made a call.
“Alaric! Where are you, asshole!” upset ass.
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