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That night, Shanaya accidentally returns to Shaka's apartment. Today's work was exhausting, and he wanted to lay down immediately. Meanwhile, he lives a little further from the office. Therefore he chose to visit his lover's house to save time. Shaka does live alone, he is used to living alone after getting a job three years ago. The two of them have been in a relationship for a year. The classic encounter takes place at work and ends in a more intimate relationship. It's just that Shaka has now moved to another office, but the two of them are still committed and see each other almost every day. Arriving at the lobby, the girl saw Shaka had just entered and was about to head for the elevator. Her smile widened, but she was stunned to see that Shaka wasn't alone. Beside him was a woman he knew very well.

"Irene?! What is he doing here?" Shanaya mumbled with questions she directed to herself. Her mind could already guess what was going on, but her heart always refused. Shanaya quietly followed the two people. His heart slowly heats up, especially when he sees Shaka holding Irene intimately. But Shanaya didn't want to act rashly, because she wanted to see the extent of the relationship between her lover and best friend. The elevator took the two people up, Shanaya took another elevator and immediately headed for the seventh floor where Shaka lived. As soon as the door opened, Shanaya stopped in her tracks, since the passage was deserted, there was no way she could follow her two targets in such proximity. Shanaya hid near a wall that was able to block her body from being seen in Shaka's room. As soon as the door to Shaka's room opened, Shanaya then began to move closer.

Behind the room, Shanaya could sense what was going on in there. He couldn't open the door and saw with his own eyes what the two of them were doing. Shanaya decided to leave Shaka's apartment, but the sound of breaking glass made her stop. Now he put his ear closer to the door. Irene screamed, although Shanaya didn't see what was happening, she could guess what was happening there. Not a scream of pleasure, but a scream of pain. Irene's voice suddenly disappeared, making Shanaya's forehead wrinkle. Irene was heard struggling with a voice that occasionally rose and fell, followed by falling furniture. Shanaya is getting more and more confused. He was about to open the door, but hesitated. In the depths of his heart, he has many questions wants to get answered immediately. What happened, why did the two people who looked like they were in love, even fight in a matter of minutes. That's how Shanaya felt, especially the clatter of falling furniture followed by broken glass made her even more anxious. Shaka is sometimes temperamental, he even hit Shanaya once just because of a trivial matter, but that hasn't happened again until now.

Their voices were getting smaller and smaller, Irene kept screaming and struggling, followed by Shaka's screams telling her to be quiet. Shanaya was curious and finally ventured to open the door. The girl already knew the passcode for Shaka's apartment, because she often came to that place. He immediately looked for the whereabouts of the two people. The condition of some of the rooms looked chaotic, lots of things were scattered about and broken, so Shanaya had to be careful when she walked. Bloodstains were forming a long line on the floor. Shanaya shuddered at the thought of whose blood had turned the white tile floor red.

"Don't expect you to marry me! You're so stupid, Irene. After all, from the start, we were just having fun! Did you forget?! If you don't want to abort the baby, I'll kill him! Even you!" said Shaka with emotion. Shaka threw Irene's body into the wardrobe. Irene, who was already helpless, crawled away from Shaka, but Shaka moved faster. His right foot kicked Irene's stomach many times. Irene groaned in pain as she continued to hold her stomach.

His hand reached out, trying to reach Shaka, begging for mercy. But Shaka seemed to mean what he said. He didn't stop torturing Irene. With her own two eyes, Shanaya saw Shaka strangling Irene tightly. Even Irene's choking voice made her feel as if she felt the pain her best friend was going through. Irene's head was already covered in blood, making the girl weak. Shanaya did not think that Shaka had the heart to do such a terrible thing. Her body was shaking violently, she was scared but couldn't help Irene who was already helpless in Shaka's room. Shanaya backed away slowly, she wanted to get away from that place and forget everything she saw. The train sped up, taking Shanaya to her destination. He only brought a suitcase with perfunctory clothes. Some of his belongings he deliberately left at the boarding house. He had no intention of returning, but he didn't want to take all that stuff with him either. His departure this time was a bit rushed. The grandfather had died of a heart attack. Not only because of that, but he was also avoiding Shaka, his lover. Messages that enter the Whatsapp group make Shanaya scared again. Irene reportedly died in a traffic accident, her car was crushed and her body was automatically crushed. Everyone believed the news, but not Shanaya. Shaka is very good at manipulating the situation and making Irene's death an accident. Shanaya then turned off her cellphone, then put the flat object into her bag.

Only a few hours later, the train that took him now arrived at his destination. His father's birthplace. A place he rarely visited. Even as long as Shanaya lives in the world, this is her fourth coming. The first time Shanaya set foot in this village was when her father died. Shanaya's father was buried in the family graveyard at the end of the village. This has become a tradition from generation to generation in his father's family. The second time was when his grandmother died. Then followed by his mother who was found hanged next to his grandparents' house. Not long after that, now Shanaya returned to this village to attend Grandpa's funeral. His father's extended family had many who tried their luck in the capital, so Shanaya was most responsible for her grandfather's funeral. Moreover, his grandparents only had two children. Shanaya's father and her father's younger brother, Syahnas. So the big house belonging to his grandparents will be empty for a long time because Syahnas lives in the capital with his family. Shanaya thought that she would stay in the village for a while.