
Rattling rain in the morning woke Azkira and Fathan. Perhaps, both of them already felt enough with their sleep time. That morning they compactly glue the deck in tightly hugging.
"Abang, the AC can be turned off, no? The rain outside makes the cold air feel up to here," Azkira said as he buried his head in the chest of Fathan's field, as he usually does.
Without refusing, Fathan immediately took the AC remote, and turned it off. "Is it better now?"
"He'em," Azkira replied spoiled.
"Abang, I want to eat something spicy" Azkira said.
Fathan smiled sumringah. "Is my wife craving?" fathan asked while pinching the spoiled nose of Azkira.
"Come, but it looks like it."
Accepting all the spoiled attitude Azkira like his whining, the request he uttered, and also his fussiness, somehow makes Fathan's life feel more colorful. "So, what do you want to eat, my dear?" ask Fathan gemas.
"I want to pickle fruit" Azkira replied.
"It's still very early, dear."
"So I can't eat pickled fruit? Yes already, then I don't want to eat anything," whined Azkira as she pursed her lips.
Instead of being upset, Fathan became increasingly anxious with his wife, "Not to be, but later your stomach hurts, dear. You have to have breakfast first" said Fathan, then embraced Azkira affectionately.
"Well, but I'll pick up some fruit later" Azkira said. And in the end Azkira also obeyed the proposal of Fathan.
A few hours later, Fathan fulfilled his promise to fulfill the wishes of his wife who was in the cravings. Occasionally Fathan grimaced, where when watching Azkira was eating pickled fruit that tends to be spicy with a slightly sour taste greedily, like eating bread alone. Not long after, Fathan felt himself nauseous and dizzy.
"What's the matter?" tanya Azkira saw Fathan's strange gurgle.
"I don't know, I feel nauseous and dizzy" replied Fathan.
"That's Den Fathan's name when he's craving, too" he brought Bi Inah up laughing.
"Den doesn't believe that Bi Inah told you. Husband cravings when his wife is pregnant it is common in many people, although not all, Den," added Bi Inah again.
Azkira laughed until he was blown away when he heard that. "Why is that, Bi?" he said with the rest of the laughter still tickling him.
"Auntie doesn't know either, Non. What is clear is that it is common for pregnant women," explained Bi Inah who remains busy with her work wiping tables and others.
Perhaps, the description of Bi Inah does sound absurd. But in fact, it really did happen. It is not a lie, but a strange, but real situation.
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At an orphanage not far from where Adnan's disappearance was small. Antoni's men were looking for information about Adnan with a photo showing portraits of Adnan's face as a child and Azkira. Antoni also told her that the target of their search was a male toddler, while a female baby who was none other than Azkira was not included in the target.
After a long chat, Antoni's men, known as Jalal, get a bright spot about the existence of Adnan. According to the information from the orphanage, he had been adopted by a couple. Then, Jalal also asked for the name and full address of foster parents who adopted Adnan.
Jalal along with two of his men rushed to leave the orphanage, after getting the information needed. Later, he contacted Antoni, to provide an up-to-date update on the mission for which he was assigned. Straight away, Jalal pressed the call sign on Antoni's contact.
[Phone hoisting.]
[Hello, Sir. We've got accurate information from the orphanage. Apparently true, the child we are looking for did live in the orphanage, before finally adopted by a couple,] Jalal in a conversation with Antoni.
[Good! You search again and search until you can,] Antoni said giving orders from the other end of the phone.
[Good, Sir. We'll inform you again about the latest news.]
[Call ending.]
From where he was, Antoni heaved a sigh of relief. "I finally got it. Your son is alive, my friend," he murmured with teary eyes.
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