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19. Secret Message

Anjani nodded her head hearing Malika's explanation. She really understands what her new best friend is feeling right now. Losing both parents at the same time as losing self-respect, makes anyone fall. Anjani is sure that when one day she also goes through the same thing as Malika, she can't guarantee that she can survive like Malika now.

There was a moment of silence without anyone trying to make a sound. They are busy with their own thoughts. No one had any intention of starting a conversation before suddenly a knock came from the door.

 Malika and Anjani looked at each other trying to convince their ears that what they were hearing right now was real.

"Let me open the door. You just sit here and watch who's coming."

Malika nodded her head then she let Anjani step towards the door. When the door opened, suddenly in front of them appeared a handsome man who they had just met on the way to the room from the laundry room.

 "Sorry Brother, can I help you?" Bima who was standing in front of Anjani nodded his head then he took out a paper and handed it to the girl. Without speaking Anjani accepted and read the contents of the writing on the paper that was offered by Bima. Several times Anjani frowned trying to understand what someone had written for her

"Have you allowed me to leave you? I have some work to do right now and I can't stay here for long?”

 Anjani nodded her head. Although she still had some questions, she didn't want to prevent the man from leaving herself in the room. Anjani took a deep breath and then walked over to the table and sat on a chair while trying to understand the writing that Bima had given her.

Seeing Anjani's confusion, Malika stood up and approached the confused girl. She put her hand on Anjani's shoulder, trying to motivate her to share the problem with her.

“Why is Big Sister silent like this? Don't you want to share your story with me? Maybe I can help you solve the problem you're having."

 Anjani handed Malika the paper.

"I'll be waiting for you at the usual place. There is an important matter that we must discuss one-on-one.” Anjani frowned, then looked at Malika as if she couldn't believe the girl's ability to read the code written on the paper. She looked at Malika while trying to solve the puzzle that was really making her head spin, but Malika easily solved it.

“Can you read passwords? I've never learned about ciphers and am currently really confused about what I received from Bima. I don't know who sent the message. Do you want to take me to a place where I have to meet someone who asked me to come or can you tell me who this mysterious sender is?”

 Once again Malika looked at the paper in her hand and tried to find out the sender of the letter. Even though in her heart,  Malika was sure that it was Bima who gave the letter, she had to make sure first before getting suspicious of a man she didn't know.

"It says Airlangga here."

"Airlangga? Are you sure he sent this message to me? All this time he always avoided me and tried to give me an unfriendly face. Could he be the one who invited me to meet 4 eyes and talk about a problem. I guess he and I don't have any problems.?”

 Malika smiled, making Anjani stunned to see the sweet smile from the lips of a very beautiful woman. She was actually happy to see her new friend showing a cheerful face today, but her dizzy head was already making her uncomfortable.

“Are you sure that the sender of this message is Erlangga? Don't let me meet someone wrong just because you've read"

“Obviously there's nothing wrong because I found the name below with a few letters of the password with the password written in front of it. Do you still don't believe me if you don't believe me? You can prove it now. What do you think is the place where you and  Erlangga usually meet all this time? I can't prove if what I said is true that it was  Erlangga who sent this message, not Bimo."

 Anjani nodded her head then she cupped her hands in front of her chest and not long after she left Malika in the room. Silently she left the room to a place she used to spend time alone when she was feeling lonely. Arriving at her destination, Anjani didn't see anyone there at all

. Several times she looked left and right trying to find out who had asked her to meet at that place.

 Anjani was getting frustrated because after a while she didn't find anyone there. She began to suspect Malika who misread the writing given by Bima. Anjani almost left the place before finally hearing someone clearing his throat behind her. She turned around and saw a handsome man standing looking at her with his eagle eyes.

"Older brother…."

 That was all she could say. Her lips really felt like they were locked and it was too hard to speak. She could only stare at the man who had always shown her unfriendly attitude. She tried to be aware of various possibilities.

After a few moments of silence, Erlangga finally cleared his throat for the second time, making Anjani lower her head even more. There was fear in Anjani's heart when she saw that Erlangga did not want to open his voice first.

"Brother called me here? Is there something important that we are going to talk about that you should invite me to meet? So far as I know there has never been any serious conversation between us. Several times we met, my brother never showed the attitude like now. Is there anything I can help with?"