(NOT) Your Ordinary Lab Girl
Pion

“Excuse me?!” Ray shouted representing my surprise, of course he did not accept clients and his best friend as chess pieces as good as their eyes.

“How, Remi? You must know better why I asked you.” Langdon paid no heed to my objections and Ray, this time looking Remi right in the eyes.

PRAANGS!! The sound of a glass breaking on the floor threw some of the people in tiptoes in surprise.

“You're crazy Langdon! Why are you feeding your own son! Let the village woman take responsibility for her own actions!!” Leah stood up from her seat with a look of wrath while pointing at my face, seconds later her expression changed which was with a parched face walking towards Remi and touching Remi's shoulder which made her scowl in disgust. “Remi, darling. Don't listen to your daddy, you have the right to refuse him.” he acts like a good mother.

“Get rid of your hand, or I broke.” Remi threatens the lucky Leah, who is instantly self-conscious and pulls her hand back.

“Langdon, Sir. I represent my client expressing objection. They both don't have to agree on anything. It would be wise if we let the police investigation proceed as it should without being interrupted.”

“I didn't ask your opinion, Ray. I'm waiting for my son to answer.”

“Remi, you don't have to listen to them.”

“I agree.”

All eyes were instantly round, as were me and Ray hearing Remi's decision. My hand pulled the back end of his shirt and hissed from behind his back.

“By! Don't joke!”

Remi turned around and looked at me. And I found out from his sharp gaze towards me, he was not joking. “No ... We both know you're innocent, this is ridiculous.”

“Meha, the public and news seekers only need martyrs to dampen their curiosity. If it was YOU who was arrested, then people would still find out about me, they assume that you are nothing more than a victim because of my position who has money. The atmosphere will become chaotic due to the anger of the citizens.”

“What if we both refuse?”

“They will forcibly close the university because the public is not calm there are still serial killers hanging around.”

“What if, after you've been arrested but murder still happens?”

“Then the public will know if the killer is not the two of us, win-win solution.”

“I still don't accept, Remi.”

“Ssh, Meha. I'm doing this for you, I believe you'll be able to do it, find the killer. In the meantime, stay with Ray, he'll take care of you. Don't wander alone at night even though I know it's your forte.” Although he said it while smiling, but my heart became sick.

“How, Remi? If you agree, we can coordinate this with detective Tom.”

“Alright, I'll work on it. In the meantime, you and Miss Meha can go out. Ray, stay put, we need to formulate things that need to be coordinated later with the authorities.”

Remi and I came out leaving the politicians formulating our lives in the future, but Leah followed closely behind. His face was not hidden, like a bull raging a loud gust out from both nostrils, Remi was already on standby by being a shield in front of me.

“Leah, if you make a drama, I'll complain about your foul deeds to Dad. I have CCTV footage of your behavior in Miami with your personal “sopir” it.”

Those words were able to tame Leah, he ber”oh” slowly and passed like nothing ever happened, I forgot if he was once a “model”, it would be easy for him to change expression.

Remi led me to a room that looked like a teenage boy's room, a poster of a 2000s-era footballer stuck to his wall, some of the famous rock musicians of the same era were also complementary. Not to forget a basketball hoop that is slightly tilted because it is often used in his era.

This room must have gone through the most memorable times for its owner, even though it looks simple. “Remi, whose room is this?” I wonder, since the atmosphere is so very different compared to the entire contents of the house filled with luxury and antiques, this is the room of an ordinary boy from a middle-class family, he said, not a sultan like him, that's why I asked.

“This is my room,”

“No way, and all this time you still live in this room?” I chuckled amusedly at the thought of her life being trapped in a time machine.

“No, I don't live here Meha. I live with Ray, we rented a 3-room apartment near campus.”

“Really? I never knew.”

“Because you never found out about me, Meha.” He took my nose dry. I sat on his soft bed, all the stuff here looked well-maintained.

“Remi, I don't think you should do this because of me.”

“Ssh, Meha. Not because of you, well because of you anyway, but it’s all worth it.”

“I disagree.”

“Listen, Meha. You who know your friends best, you who can look for loopholes from the police investigation, find the killer Meha. Dan, careful. No one is taking care of you.”

“Entah, Remi. My mind is clouded, I don't know where to start. Especially with your current position, I'm not sure I can.”

Remi covered both my ears with her hands, she recited the word “brush your eyes”. According to his direction, I closed the two neutrals, Remi's hand was able to muffle the crowded sound and trap me in a room like a bunker in deep soil. It was just me and my own mind there.

That's when I saw the gap open.