DISTURBING NEIGHBORS
59. A forgotten moment

Neska woke up to the sound of her apartment bell being pressed many times. Looks like the guests out there are waiting for the door to open impatiently.

Neska felt that something strange had happened to her, but she had not had time to think about it because the bell sound was heard again to make her want to not get out of bed.

Neska saw the screen first, the screen was a kind of image capture from the outside cctv, serves to ensure who the guests who come and are in front of the door of the apartment unit.

There, Neska sees Sheila coming. The girl was not alone but with Rion who was with her.

Neska opened the door immediately.

"Sheil? What's up?"

"I should have asked you. What's up, Nes?"

"meaning?" Neska did not understand her best friend's question.

"Me, Rion and Brother Cean have called you many times but you didn't answer the call. Chat is also not answered. Where are you going?"

Neska frowned now. His feelings are not going anywhere. Since then in the apartment.

"Look yuk!" bring Neska. "We talk inside" he said.

Sheila and Rion follow Neska's steps and enter her apartment.

Neska explained to the two men that she had not been anywhere since coming home from college. Apparently, he's been asleep for a long time. I don't know, Neska was also doubtful actually. Only, he still felt that something was missing from his memory.

Suddenly, Neska remembered about Karel driving her. Only to the extent that there was Neska's memory of today's events, before she finally woke up because of the sound of the apartment bell that continuously rang.

"So I met Karel, he picked me up to campus and kept me coming home" Neska admitted with a look that still seemed to think.

"Carel?" timpal Rion, he clearly knows who Karel is. Karel used to like Neska, of course Karel knew because he was also their High School friend.

Neska nodded. "Yes, the Karel you know as well. He's in Singapore. Coincidentally yesterday when I came back here he was also a plane and sat in the seat next to me."

"So, he was anther you came back here, was that it?" This time, Sheila asked.

"Yes, continue ..." Neska seemed to remember again the incident that had happened to her this afternoon. The last thing he remembered was that he met Karel in the front corridor of his Apartment unit.

"But ..." Neska hesitated to continue her sentence.

"Why?"

"Something seems strange. I don't remember the moment I walked into the apartment. Suddenly I woke up here" he said.

"What?" Sheila and Rion asked in unison and were shocked.

Neska was getting confused now, she scratched her temple in frustration.

"Udah, I think we can check the room cctv deh." Rion remembers if that was one way of uncovering the missed thing.

"Again" Sheila and Neska timpal compact.

Rion himself felt bad since Neska mentioned the name Karel. Moreover, the young man happened to be in the same seat as Neska while on the plane. Why is everything so organized? Something must be wrong.

"Now you're reporting on Cean's sister, Nes. He must be worried about you. Let's talk about cctv I'm cheating. And if Karel really does not do anything, I will take him without waiting for Sister Cean," said Rion sounded furious.

How Rion is not upset, Neska says forgetting a moment - which is out of the question. This brings Rion to remember the incident of his older sister-Aura-who had experienced something similar. This was what caused the young man to get angry.

Rion is afraid that Neska will be framed, because Rion realizes that Neska has just started her career. Maybe this was because someone was jealous of Neska, or it could be because of Cean's past who wanted to harass the girl. After all, his older brother was too much of an ex who could have avenged the pain of heartache and made Neska the target of that revenge.

...***...

"Where were you?"

"I fell asleep in the apartment, Brother. Sorry yes."

"I'm so worried about you."

"I'm sorry, Brother. This I've called brother directly when I wake up."

"Next time don't be unpatched, yeah. I almost took you to Singapore."

Neska grimaced in her position.

"I must've made big brother confused, huh?"

"Yes, that's it. I'm lebay huh? You're not going anywhere either."

"Thank you brother, sister is not more but brother cares too much about me."

Neska was afraid that something had happened to her in the moment she had forgotten. Suddenly, he felt guilty for Cean. He tried to remember what he had forgotten.

"Have you eaten, Nes?"

Neska did not answer, she was busy thinking about what Karel was doing to her. He doesn't remember how to get into the apartment. His memory could not explain when and what he could suddenly fall asleep on his own bed. Neska still felt that something was strange.

"Does? Are you still there?"

"Yes-yes, Brother."

"What are you thinking?"

"No, Brother. I'm just thinking about college tomorrow. There's a quiz."

"Oh, if so, would you like to learn?"

"Ehm, may, Brother?"

"Yes of course you can, darling."

Neska chuckled a little, then retreated from their ongoing call.

...***...

Cean breathed a sigh of relief after receiving a call from Neska. Thankfully, the girl was okay. In fact, Cean's thoughts this afternoon have been everywhere. He did not focus on meeting and working.

However, Cean's relief was temporary, as a few seconds from that he got a message sent from a foreign number that Cean could already guess who owned the number.

Jelita's.

And the message he sent was a picture of Neska lying asleep with just wearing an underwear only.

"Breng sek!" Cean swearing hard. What the fuck? He denied it in his heart. It must be just Jelita's wits. It's just an edit photo. That's what Cean believes.

He finally gets a message from Jelita.

[This is the new BA in the company, right? It turns out he's not much better than me. Proof he accepted the open BO]

Cean shook his head hard. How could he possibly believe Jelita's words just like that. He will immediately find out the authenticity of the photo before accusing Neska who is not. After all, Neska was too innocent to do such a commendable thing.

Cean chose to ignore Jelita's message. But it looks like the woman hasn't stopped there yet.

[What if these pictures are spread in the media, yes, sir? It could be the name of the company Mr. smeared, not to mention the career of this girl named Neska. He would soon be famous for his own disgrace.]

Cean growled in annoyance, clenching his hands until his knuckles turned white. For whatever reason, he was very upset with the actions of Jelita who edited Neska's photo.

[I'll report you too for editing Neska's photo like that] Finally Cean replied to Jelita's message with a threat as well. After that, Cean immediately left his room to investigate the photo. He will not calm down before knowing the facts related to Neska's photo. Even with the photo file that is in Jelita's hands. Cean did not want Jelita to use the photo to be a weapon that would attack him.

...Connect ......