Murder In The Old Castle
106. Mysterious Figure
In the center of the city, close to market buildings and malls, a two-story pharmacy stood grandly. Every day the pharmacy is crowded with consumers who want to buy drugs, because there provide drugs at a slightly cheaper price, and friendly service. The most popular pharmacy guard is Ferdyan Hadinata, or Ferdy. Besides being handsome, he is also friendly with the visitors.
The night was late enough, the clock docked at ten. It looks Ferdy still serves the buyer deftly, while spreading a charming smile. Everyone loves Ferdy's friendly personality and likes to joke around. One of them is Vera, a sweet co-worker dimpled.
“Today you night shift huh, Fer?” asked Vera while tidying up her personal bag.
“Iya Ver's. Why, want to nemenin?” Ferdy asked back.
The pharmacy where Ferdy works is a pharmacy that serves 24 hours, so no wonder Ferdy sometimes has to shift until morning. He's used to fighting.
“Ngak. I'm a coward of the guy. If the night shift really knows. If you are used to be friends with delicate creatures,” said Vera with a smile.
Ferdy didn't answer. He was focused on smoothing out the doctor's prescriptions scattered on the table. For antibiotic drugs, a doctor's prescription is needed, because there is usually a periodic audit from the Health Office.
“Yes, I'll go home first. Beware of working alone!” Vera Goda.
“Quiet me! It's normal!”
Vera leaves Ferdy. The atmosphere of the apothecary was rather quiet, not as usual. Ferdy plays music to relieve loneliness and sleepiness. Tonight was not as usual, it was cold. He stared at the street in front of the pharmacy that was starting to desolate as well. Only one or two vehicles passed by. Even the satay sellers who used to hang out across the street were invisible. Maybe he's on holiday.
Ferdy played a radio broadcast chanting lullabies. In addition to making the feeling better, the songs also evoke his mood. Before he sat back down, he took the time to go to the back room to check the doors and windows. The pharmacy building is equipped with a kitchen, bathroom, and a doctor's practice room upstairs.
The hour hand is shifting faster past the number 12, a sign that has entered in the early hours. A young lady in sexy clothes suddenly entered the pharmacy in a hurry. Her dress is menor, with blonde hair. By age, he was obviously older than Ferdy. Thick makeup covered the holes of acne scars and wrinkles on his face.
“Mas, one safety yes!” pinta the woman in sexy clothes.
Ferdy immediately understood what this woman meant. Indeed, sometimes there are those who look for safety that is usually used by men, through the middle of the night.
“Again job Yes Aunt?” ask Ferdy, while getting a fruit-flavored safety box placed in a storefront.
“Dih, little boy just want to know!” said the woman while smiling flirtatiously.
After getting what was meant, the woman immediately came out, but just a few steps away, she entered again with an anxious face.
“Mas, out of this mending just closed his pharmacy,” said the Aunt.
“Why Auntie?”
“I was looking across the street there's people looking at this pharmacy constantly. It's suspicious. Not bad people. Mending just close!” advice of the woman.
Ferdy was curious about what the sexy lady saw. After he left, Ferdy went to the outer veranda of aoptek, to make sure that the condition of the pharmacy was completely safe. He looked across the street. The cake shop there had been closed, as had the shops next to it. He tried to sharpen his gaze, finding out what the woman had said.
He went back in and sat back down to face the pile of recipes. Not to mention he touched the recipe, suddenly his phone shook. A message came in, and it read clearly. The feeling was not good for a moment. Usually he dared to face everything in this apothecary. This time, he suddenly shivered.
“Fer, you're safe right?”
That was the message that read on his phone. The sender of the message was Gerry, his cousin. Why would Gerry send such a message, as if something was making it unsafe? His heart suddenly beats. He did not reply to Gerry's message.
“Remember! Don't talk to anyone!”
A message from Gerry came back in, but Ferdy ignored it.
He went back to the front porch to see a mysterious figure across the street. He was observing really, it turned out that only a tramp happened to pass by. Mercifully. He felt relieved. Since then, he has often been frightened by his own thoughts. He doesn't care. He just wanted the night to pass quickly, changing the morning.
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My sister was alone in the room. The day was getting late, but he was still opening up a lecture dictate book that was hundreds of pages thick. Nothing entered his brain, as if the material he was reading had evaporated away.
Time passes quickly. He yawned twice, as if to alarm that he should go to sleep immediately. I don't know why she doesn't feel good. He went out of the room to the kitchen. Usually to reduce anxiety, he makes coffee. He hoped there were friends who were still opening their eyes, but it seemed like everyone was asleep.
Ting .. ting!
He heard out there, the electric pole was hit twice, indicating it was two in the morning. Very quickly time passed. The feeling was that he began to study at ten o'clock last night, knowing that it was two o'clock. He stopped making coffee, maybe he did not sleep until morning. He has a morning lecture tomorrow. He immediately returned to the room with a feeling of uncertainty.
The phone he put on the table vibrated. Who sends messages like this early morning? Adinda checks the sender of the message. It was a message from Ferdy.
“You've slept, Din?”
That is how the message sounds. Since meeting Ferdy at a new year's party at Gerry's house, the two become more intimate. Although they do not meet each other, they often communicate using short messages.
Adinda did not intend to reply to the message, because she was already feeling sleepy. If he replies to a message from Ferdy, he can sleep until morning. He ignored a message from Ferdy, then sprayed the room with a mosquito spray.
He went to sleep when his phone vibrated again. Actually he did not want to see the message, but was curious as well. He grabbed the phone, and he opened the mailbox.
“Din, you're safe right?”
He read a message from Ferdy. Why did Ferdy send him that message? What the hell happened to him? The worry ambushed. I hope Ferdy is okay.
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