Episode 4
The next day at the Putra Bestari College Football Field
The evening wind roared fast and gently slapped Diana's cheek as she was busy doing the assignment work that its deadline at the end of the month.
"You know, it's this The first time you do Miss Lia's work earlier. You were usually doing the task when the deadline at the crisis hour. Sofia asked Diana when she saw that her friend was hardworking, completing their lecturer's assignment.
"I don't know, and I feel like I want to start this work early. Diana replied that her hand didn't stop finding the reference in the book in front of her now.
Sofia made a damp face for a reason given by Diana. Suddenly, a memory popped into her mind.
"Haa, you don't tell me what happened last night? Tell me quickly." Sofia shook her friend's shoulder hard. Diana snorted softly and said, "I think you forgot to ask me. I just wanted to be a little happy because I was too lazy to tell you."
"Ahh, no reason. Hurry up!" Sofia rolled her eyes at Diana.
"Okay!" Diana raised her hand in a sign of surrender to Sofia.
"The story starts like this....." Diana's explain to Sofia about yesterday's incident was quite long until her throat felt thirsty.
"Ooo ..." Sofia's lips continued to circle after hearing the end of Diana's story.
"After that, what about the guy shirt? Have you washed it? Have you sent it to its master? Sofia has many questions after digesting Diana's story in her mind.
"No, I'll wash it later."
"It's like that; then it's up to you. Oh yes, I'm forgetting. What is the progress of your mother's will?"
"I thought, I want to find my father after we finish this semester. I just don't want my studies to be disturbed."
"It's okay." Sofia continues to agree with Diana's opinion as she sees her friend's face start to change after telling her about that kind of matter.
"It's over; I have to go back now." Diana saw the sun begin to disappear from the horizon and decided to return home.
"Take care of yourself, okay. Don't drive too fast. Anything wrong happen, call me." Sofia helps Diana pack the assignment materials and puts them in Diana's duffel bag.
"Hmm..okay. You have to be back soon too. Tell your brother, don't play football too much. Look at the clock too." Diana heeded her best friend's advice.
Sofia laughed when she heard Diana's taunts against her brother.
"Bye. Assalamualaikum."
"Waalaikumusalam." Sofia's eyes slowly sent her friend's departure until it disappeared from her sight. Sofia exhaled as she thought about Diana.
"I hope you're resilience to face something like this." Sofia calmed herself down by saying that for not to overthink Diana's current condition.
"Bro ..." Sofia yelled at her brother, who had no sign of stopping playing from the game.
His brother, Syafiq, just smiled when the younger sister started calling him to come home. "Okay, gang. Let's stop first. Continue next week." Syafiq said to the other players as his action stopped the game almost did two hours ago.
The evening atmosphere began to calm down and left a deep memory in students' minds after struggling to gather knowledge from early morning to evening and had time to spend leisure time with other friends.
The sound of cook could be heard almost all over the terrace house from the kitchen. Diana is busy making her dish which is fried rice. Seeing that there were not enough ingredients to cook other foods, Diana decided to fry the rice using the fried rice seasoning in the fridge.
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After cooking, Diana brought a plate of rice and drinking water to the living room to eat while watching her favourite drama. That girl so focus watched the story until she did not realize that the clock showed 11.30 p.m.
Suddenly, Diana's smartphone beeps a cat meowing, signalling a new message sent to her. She quickly took the TV remote control to turn off the broadcast of the story she was watching. "Who's texting me this night?" Diana asked with a slight grunt. Eyes continued to stare at her smartphone and were shocked when an unknown number had sent a form of media to her.
She quickly opened the media with a burning heart. A picture of herself, and there are words under it. It read, 'Don't you dare look for your father. Otherwise, your life is in danger, and I will not hesitate to send the person you love to go along with your late mother. '
The smartphone slipped from Diana's hand because the girl was too shocked by the message given. Luckily the phone fell on a thick carpet; otherwise, it would have cracked the mirror of the technology device somewhat. Diana rubbed her chest gently to calm her heart that felt like breaking due to the message.
"What happened? Why can't I find my father?" Diana managed to look at the picture of her mother's deceased, who shyly took a picture with her on her mother's birthday a year ago. Diana took the picture next to the couch she was sitting on and hugged it tightly like she hugged her mother.
"Oh God, help this servant of yours in facing all the tests you have given me. Amen ..." Diana reached out her hand to ask for help from the Almighty and slowly scooped up her face after assuring her prayer. Diana was a little relieved when she finished praying.
She put the picture back in its place. Diana managed to close her eyes for a while so that her mind could digest what had just happened.
After that, she slowly tidied up the coffee table and lifted the plate and glass into the kitchen to wash them. After a while, Diana went up to the room. She wants to rest her mind, which is still shocked by that message.
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