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“Goodnight miss,” Ima's voice is heard over there.

The person Rachel was in contact with finally responded well.

“Evening Ima. Call me Rachel,” timpal Rachel.

“Adduuh me so not good, feel less polite.” Ema smiled in her place.

“Saas relax aja Ima. I'd rather you think of me as a friend.”

“Thank you, Chel.” Ima's voice sounded doubtful. Rachel smiled slightly at Ima's call, this felt more familiar.

“By the way, what personal thing to ask?” ask Ima later.

“Em, before I reply, please keep replying to my text message Ima. We communicate as if we were sending a message. But don't hang up.” Rachel Pinta.

“Loh, why?” Ima feels strange at Rachel's request.

“There's something I need to do, and I need your help.” Rachel turned on her call recorder mode and backed it up directly to storage to the internet.

“Good, Chel.” Thankfully Ima was so easy to work with and willing to help her.

“Iya miss, what do I need to tell you?” On the other hand, Ima also replies to Rcahel text messages.

Rachel smiled with relief.

“What's the reason you left because you got harassment from someone?” write Rachel.

“What do you mean? What harassment?” ask Ima via voice call.

“Ima, as you hugged me, I saw a bluish wound on your back. Besides you also look very scared and I've experienced that. The reason you left this house, wasn't because you missed your mother right?” timpal Rachel by phone.

“Did you also experience the same thing?” ima's voice sounded vibrating.

“Iya.” He also wrote the answer in his text message.

“Iya Ima, I experienced the same thing and the culprit is my sister-in-law.” Rachel Sahut.

“Can I know more details about the incident?” that's the text message Rachel sent.

“He wants to rape me Chel.” Ima's voice sounded hoarse. Rachel nodded at her place. It turns out Rachel's guess was right.

“Can.” Reply Ima via message.

“Let's see you tomorrow, I'll send you the address.” With trembling hands Rachel wrote the message. It was very difficult to ask the brain and hands to work each.

“Good young miss.” Ima Reply.

The messaging session ends and both focus on the phone call.

The fear he tried to forget while in Ivana's room seemed to come back and he tried to brush her off even though it was difficult.

“An hour before I decide to go home. He locked me in the linen room, pulled my hand and shut me up." Ima starts a story that makes Rachel shudder.

"The son of a bitch forced me to touch his body, touch his vitals. That's very scary miss.” Ima sobbed there.

“I tried to hit him with an iron but his hands were very strong and he even hit my head and back against the wall. He also choked my neck.”

“If no one comes, maybe I'm dead.” With all her courage she continued her story.

“God Ima, sorry that I made you have to recall that incident.” Rachel could feel Ima's fear at that moment. If only Ima were nearby, perhaps Rachel would hug the young girl tightly.

“It's okay miss. I also need to talk to someone so that I can feel relieved. I don't know who to talk to because I'm ashamed and afraid to tell.” Ima was really crying.

Rachel let him go for a while, letting Ima unravel her feelings. He knew exactly how tightness Ima was feeling right now.

“Does anyone know that Brother Brams is doing this to you, Ma?” after Ima calmed down, Rachel asked again.

“Ada.”

“Who?” Rachel was curious.

“Bi Tuti knows that Mr. Brams did that to me. Bi Tuti was actually experiencing the same thing, only that he chose silence and received that treatment from Mr. Brams."

Rachel was completely dumbfounded. He did not expect that behind Tuti's calm demeanor, the woman was actually hiding a frightening reality.

"Mr Brams is not reluctant to fuck Bu Tuti, they have done it several times. The wound on the forehead of young master Brandon, not because Mr. Brandon fell but because Mr. Brams pushed Mr. Brandon when Mr. Brandon saw what bi Tuti and his papah did.”

Rachel's heart felt sore, imagining what the innocent child was going through.

“Bi Tuti also knew that Mr. Brams had locked the lady in his room and harassed the lady. The wound in the leg bi Tuti, not because it was wedged while closing the gate but deliberately pinned by Mr. Brams while hiding in the closet of Madame Ivana.”

“Every time you have that forbidden relationship, Mr. Brams gave bi Tuti money. He said bi Tuti had to shut up or Mr. Brams would report to Ms. Ivana if Bi Tuti teased her. Mr. Brams has CCTV footage that seems to show Bi Tuti teasing him.”

Until this sentence, Ima was so breathless because of the excitement of telling stories. While Rachel could only gawk in disbelief hearing all the descriptions of the incident from Ima.

“Then why didn't you report?” that was the question Rachel asked. The real question is that he knows the answer.

“I'm afraid miss. I'm afraid people don't trust servants like me. I'm also ashamed that others know what I'm going through. I can't imagine, what if my boyfriend in the village knew what happened to me. That's why I chose silence and left so as not to be disturbed again.” Ima said with the exact same feeling that Rachel experienced.

The difference is, Rachel is not as brave as Ima to choose to leave. Of course because she still has responsibilities as a wife.

And at this moment, Rachel could only be pensively pensive in the corner of her room. It turns out that Brams' treatment of him is not just a mere fad, but indeed intends to harass him.

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