Chapter 24: new step
Jon look at Hafiz
"You finally arrived"
"Well i ignore mostly all traffic law"
Hafiz sit beside Jon and pat his shoulder
"You really love her huh?"
Jon look at Hafiz
"Yes but don't you feel mad now because me the shooter probably target me maybe it my rival because me she she she..."
"Why i need to be mad on you? She my friend after all and of course stuff already happened anyway well for sure I'm gonna hunt those guys down anyway thing get out of control nowadays"
"But you seem relax she your friend now critical" said Jon
"What you expect me to do? To cry? To throw tantrum? To get really mad? It not use after all I'm more worry about how i can explain all this to her Brother Zikri he lose his parents now her sister critical"
"Yeah Zikri hmm well he probably gonna blame me"
Hafiz sigh and Jon look at Hafiz and add more word
"You know Hafiz actually i make promise to Liya i gonna stop all this?"
"All this? What you mean?"
"Underground matter I'm gonna leave all of it basically my brothel, my fight club and my gambling business I'm gonna shut down all of it"
"Huh i thought you care about money"
"Well my money laundering business already enough i guess that also make money but not lot like my illegal stuff"
"So basically for a girl you make that promise"
"Yeah do you think i can change for better be more responsible and try to fix back what i did?"
Hafiz stare at Jon and laugh
"You ask me? You ask me that question? Listen here pal i don't know like i really don't know"
"You trying to said you also can't change huh"
"To be honest i hate myself, i hate myself, I hate what i did and of course i don't know if i change am i gonna be forgive? For what i did"
"Lot of self hate inside you well i think all people had a chance to gave a second chance"
"I don't know i run from my punishment.... I run from the consequences for what i did and yeah i think back well should i deserve second chance"
"You need a new step i guess"
"Yeah"
"We all just a idiot"
After a while doctor told Jon that Liya survive but from the bullet she also probably paralyzed
Jon eye widen for second and somehow he manage to gain back his calmess and he look at Hafiz
"I take care of her"
"Good i guess you nearly get snap for moment"
"Like you say everything already happened if i started screaming like crazy now nothing can change to fact"
Hafiz and Jon get inside the ward and see Liya unconscious but at least she still breathing Jon ask the doctor if she can speak and doctor confirm there high chance her voice not gonna disappear and everything is okay just she gonna be paralyze and need a wheelchair for her entire life
Jon sigh and get out from the ward with Hafiz follow suit and they walk out from the hospital and Jon get inside the car
"Where you gonna go Jon?"
"Pick Zikri sigh i explain to him everything for while he needs to live with me"
"Zikri know you?"
"Well he call me Uncle Jon already hahahaha"
"You 34 year old guys anyway uncle is accurate to be honest"
"Don't need to spice everything up"
Hafiz look Jon drive away and Hafiz return to his condo and get into bed
"I barely can't sleep because that dream and suddenly with Jon call huh"
"So what you gonna do tomorrow?"
"Probably search the culprit"
"Culprit huh"
"Well you know what part i said now"
"Come on relax i know after all I'm part of you after all i know"
"Well why you here now?"
"Just to see you and I always with you remember that you can't erase me never i with you since your birth"
"Well i stuck with you huh"
"Well yeah"
The 'voice' look around
"Nice house you got here Hafiz not bad"
"Yeah"
"Dirty money?"
"Yeah"
"Hah why i ask that of course i know"
"Hey do you think people can change?"
"To me everyone had a chance a second chance everyone can change"
"Are you sure"
"Hafiz I'm not sure we share same philosophy after all i just your dark thought and voice inside your head"
"Huh"
"Some people actually shouldn't even had right to live"
"Yeah?"
"Like rapist, murderer, corrupt people and more sometimes it better for them to die before they do more damage"
"Huh well i don't what to said"
"It not about Jon right it about you am i right Hafiz"
Hafiz nod his head
"Ironically if i follow my philosophy i also shouldn't be alive right now but being hang on rope"
Hafiz look at the 'voice' and he disappear
"And you just gone great!"
Hafiz get to sleep and tomorrow he lot stuff to do
.......
Hafiz ride to station and meet Cheng
"You call me Cheng?"
"Yeah i know you search the culprit that paralyzed your friend i already see the case and i hand the case to somebody else"
"What?! You must be kidding me!"
"Relax Hafiz i need you for something else"
"For what?"
Someone knock the office door
"Get in" said Cheng
Someone enter the office it a girl and she not in normal police uniform but instead in formal attire
"Detective Hana nice to meet you Inspector Hafiz"
The girl gave Hafiz smile and Hafiz look at Cheng
"Can i ask why"
Cheng throw the drug on table
"Remember this drug? That the problems the drug had terrible effect like other drug but worse of it those drug can make someone not them like a mindless zombie who just angry and worse"
Cheng slam the table
"Someone put the drug inside hospital patient and what happened next 32 people die that patient go crazy and go on to killing spree"
Hafiz eye widen by the word
"You must kidding me and now i need to work with this girl?"
"Correct"
Hafiz look at Hana
"Well we work together now Detective Hana"
Hana just keep smiling the smile to someone else it look sweet but Hafiz somehow feel creep out by those smile
"Great i hope we both can be a great team!"