JAGRAK

PART-02 MISSING

Part 02

Bandung City, same day.

Bambang Wisanggeni's residence.

Wisanggeni was seen in a hurry to enter his residence. His son, Saka, and his daughter, Nina, followed behind him. They had just returned from congregational Asrhar prayers at the mosque. Wisanggeni immediately looked for his wife, Magdalene. While Saka and Nina went straight to their respective rooms.

"Magda! Magdalene!"

Wisanggeni shouted as he circled the house. He opened the rooms, then he went into the kitchen but his wife was nowhere to be found. Finally, Wisanggeni opened the back door. As expected, Magdalene was in the backyard busy with her favorite flowers. Magdalene did not go to the mosque because she had a different faith. Magdalene is an Orthodox Christian from Kupang. They met when Wisanggeni was on duty there.

Wisanggeni approached his wife with a worried face, there was anger that he tried to suppress. Magdalene realized that her husband was worried and immediately left her job and greeted him.

"You are back. May I make you some tea, Wis?"

"I wasn't looking for you for tea," said Wisanggeni curtly. Magdalene smiled faintly and tried to process what was really going on. Wisanggeni is indeed a very hard and firm person. But also a frank and kind person. Magdalene was sure that she had made a mistake.

"Wis, please tell me what's wrong?" she said quietly, clearly Magdalene was very careful when she spoke.

"Why doesn't Fareda go to the mosque for congregation?" Instead of answering Magdalene's question, Wisanggeni asked her back . "I didn't see her at home either. I told you many times not to treat her like your employee!” It was clear that Wisanggeni was angry. For matters of prayer and congregation, Wisanggeni is non-negotiable. According to him, morality and prayer are the most important things in life. Whoever prays is right, his morals must be right. Plus, his house is inhabited by two different faiths. According to him, it was the only way to take care of his younger brother's sons and daughters who were entrusted to him. That's why he would be very angry if anyone tried to mess with this. He would never give the three and those around him a chance to bid for any reason.

Magdalene looked stunned for a moment, then rushed into the house without saying a word. Go straight to the phone sitting in the living room. Magdalene called her office, but the person she expected to answer the phone wasn't there. The assistant who answered.

"Asih, why are you answering the phone, where's your boss?"

"Sorry ma'am. Fareda was out of town, there was an urgent matter.” After receiving an answer from Asih, Magdalene hung up the phone without asking anything else. Wisanggeni, who was standing beside her, stared intently, waiting for an answer.

"She's out of town Wis, sudden event," Magdalene explained.

"Out of town,which city?" Magdalena was asked and could not answer because she did not ask Asih. Wisangeni, immediately redialling the phone beside him.

"Yes ma'am, is there anything I can help you with?" Asih answered on the other side.

"I'm, Asih."

"I... yes sir," Asih's voice sounded nervous.

"Fareda is out of town?"

"Yes sir, that's right." Asih's voice is calmer.

"Where's out of town?" Asih explained the hamlets, villages, sub-districts in the Ciamis City area.

“You mean the nearest hamlet bordering the Forest of Prohibition?”

"Yes sir, that's right."

"Okay Asih. Thank you."

Wisanggeni hung up the phone and walked back and forth. For some reason his heart was not calm when he heard about the Forbidden Forest. He didn't speak a word. Constantly busy with his own thoughts while constantly pacing the living room.

From the look on his face, it was clear that Wisanggeni was frantic. "Gusti, I hope my hunch is wrong," he said in a half-whisper. Magdalene, who was also there, did not dare to say anything. She understands very well that her husband is not someone who can be interrupted in a situation like this. Moreover, seeing her husband's behavior after hanging up the phone made Magdalene even more silent. She's just biased waiting. Finally, Wisanggeni decided to look after Fareda.

Before leaving, Wisanggeni knocked on Saka's door and said, "make sure your sister goes to the mosque for Maghrib and Isha prayers!" I have to leave for a moment, if it's time for the fajar prayer I don't come back then you also have to make sure your sister also goes to the mosque for the Fajar prayer!" "Okay, Dad," Saka's answered briefly.

After that, Wisanggeni whispered something into Adi's ear. His son nodded emphatically. The next second, Wisanggeni left Adi's room and said goodbye to Magdalena. Ten minutes later, a black sedan came out of the garage. Drove slowly out of the residential area towards the main road. It was almost midnight when the black sedan entered the Forbidden Forest area. Continue to enter the village mentioned by Asih. Before leaving, Wisanggeni asked for details of the people who contacted them.

Wisanggeni went straight to the intended address. The owner of the house had already opened the door before Wisanggeni knocked on the door. After explaining who he was, Wisanggeni was finally invited in. However, Wisanggeni politely refused because he was reluctant to interfere any longer. Wisanggeni immediately said goodbye when he learned that Fareda had left the village since that afternoon. His hunch grew stronger that something had happened to Fareda. Wisanggeni closed his eyes, trying to search with his inner eyes, but everything was dark. He couldn't see anything. There is no other way. Wisanggeni must find Freeda and be patient with his limitations.

His car drove slowly out of the hamlet onto the asphalt of the main road in the Prohibition Forest area. For some reason, his hunch was that Fareda was in this forest and was in trouble. The car is still moving slowly. Wisanggeni really hopes to see Fareda carrying her shoes, because that is what she often sees when she comes home from work in the afternoon before Ashar. His lips smiled wryly, his eyeballs held deep sorrow. There is regret in the heart. The regret that he couldn't get Fareda to break the gap between her and her. His younger brother educated Fareda with saklek(1) Javanese manners. Wisanggeni hated this very much. This is what makes her work hard even though all her needs have been met. In addition, she also refused to go to formal school. This frustrated Wisanggeni. He keeps cursing himself.

Wisanggeni suddenly braked the car when suddenly he saw something passing rolling on the asphalt and then turning to the edge right in front of him. "It's like someone's body?" he thought breathlessly. Wisanggeni was very scared and shocked because he was daydreaming at the time, so that what passed before him became a terrible shock. Without thinking, Wisanggeni immediately got out of the car and confirmed what he saw. Wisanggeni did not turn off the car engine because it needed lighting. His steps traced to the place where what he thought was a human body rolled and turned. Wisanggeni was even more shocked by what he saw. He could faintly see the human body curled up under the Mahogany Tree.

The light from the car's headlights does not point directly at the side of the road but is bright enough to confirm that it is a human body. Wisanggeni rushed to the body and turned it over. His eyes looked confused and disbelieving. His legs immediately went limp and fell to the ground on his knees as his body turned perfectly.