31 Days
Bali Tropical Restaurant
...I can't believe it, don't force me...
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According to information from various sources, (Siska) the last victim who worked as P S K often hang out at the place karoke ++.
Karoke place ++ is in the ranks of East Jakarta night entertainment. It was there that Siska often spent time serving the striped-nose man. Therefore Alex, Agus, Radit and Karina are in charge of visiting the place.
Because this place is strictly guarded, the four detectives entered as guests who will subscribe. But after successfully barging in, Alex also told one of the comfort women to call the owner of the karoke place.
At first they refused, because the owner named Madam Sarah could not be found just anyone. But after showing the police badge and pressing on, the security forces finally allowed the police to meet with Sarah's madam.
The four of them were transferred to a special room. The room was heavily guarded by many tattooed thugs. When the door opened, there was a skinny woman wearing a red dress sitting back there.
He flashed a faint smile as the four policemen sat in front of him. At first glance the woman was uncomfortable with their presence.
"Honestly, this is not a good place for the police to open a partnership with someone like us" Sarah said, laughing snidely.
"Dragon your speech! we're not here to be interested in that kind of bribe money" Alex replied.
"Ok, what do you want?"
Radit took out a photo paper, where it was Siska before she died. Madam Sarah took the photo and saw it with just one flash.
"Why do you keep getting interested in the dead?"
"Did this woman often work in this place?"
"Of course, if the job is in a quiet hotel she will be the comfort woman in this place."
"How long has the victim been working here?" ask Agus.
"Long enough, about 5 years. Siska is a plain country girl who came to this place to find a mouthful of rice. Because she was beautiful, over time she often received calls at the hotel."
Radit again issued a photo paper, where the photo was Siska and Firman who were embracing each other. Madam Sarah grabbed the photo paper and looked quite closely.
"Do you know who the man next to the victim is?" ask Alex.
"I'm sorry for this I don't know, but it doesn't seem like he's a customer in this place. Perhaps a close friend or relative," replied Madam Sarah as she leaned over the chair.
"Are you sure you don't know this guy?"
"Why am I lying, just ask all the staff here. I'm sure no one knows him at all!"
The four detectives put on understanding faces and were a little disappointed. Actually they were hoping to get some useful information about who this guy was.
"But I seem to know the clothes the man was wearing."
"You mean?" alex is confused.
Madam Sarah then pointed at the clothes the man was wearing. A black t-shirt, a logo of a coconut tree with the sun on it. It turned out that all this time they were not very aware of the existence of the image.
"This guy seems to be working in one of the restaurant branches in Jakarta. Judging from the uniform he was wearing, of course I remember where he worked."
"Where's that?"
"Tropical Bali Restaurant. An Indonesian Causine restaurant that is very famous among tourists," replied Madam Sarah with confidence.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm very sure, because it used to be often invited to eat with a boyfriend in this restaurant."
Hearing an unexpected saying, made them suddenly happy. It was not in vain to ask the owner of karoke. This is the right step to look further at the relationship between victims.
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Not having to waste much time anymore, Alex and Agus are in the restaurant management office. A very expensive restaurant that they rarely know about. Only certain people can go in and enjoy the expensive food.
In front of them, there is now a general manager who will handle the needs of the police. With a friendly manner, the manager was very welcoming to both of them.
Alex just got to the point, he wanted to ask and confirm if Firman had ever worked at this restaurant. It turns out that after checking on the bookkeeping of employees, Firman was recorded to have worked 8 years ago as a cleaning staff.
It means that Firman was still working for a year before the murder took place. As far as Alex is concerned, the first victim of this serial murder was a hard unemployed man.
From their explanation, if this woman often comes to the restaurant at night. It's just that for relationship problems they don't know knowing. While Alex was busy asking the Manager a lot of questions, he accidentally saw a lot of picture frames on the wall.
After looking for a long time, Agus finally turned to a photo that he thought was very familiar at all. One photo shows a young, beautiful woman cutting a ribbon.
Agus suddenly stood up, he reflexively approached closer to the photo. How surprised Agus was, not when he saw clearly that the woman was his own neighbor.
"I'm sorry, do you know this woman?" agus asked to break the mood.
"Oh of course we know, the founder of this restaurant is him. She is the daughter of the owner of the company that houses the Bali Tropical restaurant" replied the manager with a smile.
"Do you know him?"
"Of course the boss, his name is Nana, he's my mother's neighbor's house in Bekasi."
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Nana was playing foosball table (football board) at one of the bars near the beach. Even though his legs were in pain, it did not undo his intention to seek pleasure with the Caucasians. While Farel is busy taking phone calls out there.
After he finished with the phone call, Farel walked in and approached his wife. She saw Nana laughing cheerfully with her friend.
"Have your legs improved?" ask Farel.
"I'm young, my calcium level is still high."
"Good, that means we have to be ready to go back to Jakarta."
"Whose phone call was the same?"
"Good, he'll see when we get home. He said there's something important to talk about in person."
"Oh yes, well there will be more surprises dong," replied Nana with a surprised face.
Farel decided to separate himself from the game board. He was not interested, he just wanted to sit quietly while enjoying a glass of cocktail with jazz accompaniment.
He sat down at the bar table and ordered a glass of his favorite blue ocean coktail. A bartender with a calm face began to concoct and serve the drink.
Farel immediately drank it and occasionally saw the face of the bartender man who was always looking towards the game table. At first Farel did not care, but after further review the man instead smiled at his own smile.
"Is something wrong?" ask Farel amused.
"I think I'm looking at someone from the past."
"Who?"
The man then pointed at Nana clearly, the more she smiled. Farel was certainly surprised not to play, he did not expect that Nana had become the center of attention of other men.
"Do you know him closely?"
"He's a rich man's son, how could I possibly be close to him. I used to be the son of a tea farmer who worked for his family. So he's been to his big house once."
Now Farel is getting quieter and stuck in a lot of assumptions. Could this man have lived in Majalengka? Could it be that this man had seen how Nana had been in the past?
Farel should be able to calm any anxiety. He can't be rash this time.
"I didn't think she could grow up so beautiful and lead a normal life" the man muttered with a chuckle.
"You mean?"
"This is a secret between the two of us. The woman was once known as the master's child that everyone feared so much."
"Why should you be afraid?"
"He is very quiet, does not talk much and often rages indistinctly. Many rumors circulating, if the child as small as that often m3tinya the servants in the big house.
Not only that, he often m3kill the livestock of the citizens, even a child as small as it dare to m3bakar tea storage warehouse.
At its craziest, the maids were suddenly m@ti due to food poisoning. But at that time the citizens did not believe, of course the master's son who killed him m3!!" said the bartender man with a face full of satisfaction.
Heard it as if Farel's head was being struck by lightning. Even Farel accidentally nudged a glass until it fell on the floor.
Farel panicked and suddenly couldn't breathe. He didn't want to believe any of that. To him it was just a cheap myth from among the commoners.