Murder In The Old Castle
203. Wait around
The artists and crew in the studio were still choked to hear Riky's words. They are confused as to what to do. They are actually very tired of all the activities they have done throughout the day, and this time shows two o'clock in the morning more than fifteen minutes. They looked at each other, waiting for each other.
Anita looked shocked, she covered her mouth with her hands, not expecting this terrible incident. And so are the women there. Their parasites turned fearful. Likewise with Ollan, the waving man looked unusually panicked.
“Ap-what should we do?” ask Riky.
The parasites also look pale from confusion. He hopes that all who are there can provide a solution to this situation.
“Of course we'll call the police! No one touches anything around Mr. Daniel's body, let the police handle it!” faishal's orders.
Faishal hurriedly pulled out a cell phone from his pocket to call the police. Thunder, the thirty-year-old man walked out of his study. He seemed curious about what was happening.
“What's the matter?” ask Thunder.
“Someone killed Mr. Daniel in the toilet, Gun! His neck was snared with a cable by someone who knows who,” said Riky.
“Gosh! Snared? Who did? Is one of them here?” thunder asked as he glanced at everyone in the room.
“We also don't know the culprit. But everyone in the building has gone home. There's security downstairs, but it's unlikely that the culprit's security. Maybe the culprit is someone among us,” Riky said.
“Maybe Faishal .... “
Suddenly Anita made a sound as she glanced at the handsome man in annoyance. Anita Wijaya is one of Mr. Daniel's favorite artists. He has starred in several films starring Daniel Prawira.
“Hey! Don't be so careless when you talk! I'm upset with Mr. Daniel but that doesn't mean I killed him. I respect Mr. Daniel as a director. Reprimanding artists is common!” faishal.
Because of Anita's words, she stopped calling. Apparently he was provoked by the emotion of hearing the speech of the girl of the last dozen years. If only it wasn't a girl who spoke, maybe Faishal would have hit her mouth.
“Then who? Anyone want to admit murder?” anita said with sewot.
“Quiet! Cool out! It's not our place to accuse each other. We need to call the police to get this done. Even the police cannot decide without an investigation. So, we have to wait for the police investigation,” said Guntur mediated.
“I think we should contact the security below first. Let security connect with the police. It is better not for us to report ourselves,” added Hendry.
All agree with Hendry's words. By phone from the office, Faishal contacted the security at the bottom, reporting that there had been a murder on the fifteenth floor. No one dared to leave that place. Despite their fatigue and sleepiness, they couldn't just leave before the police arrived.
Shortly two security men from the main lobby came and immediately checked the scene of the crime. They were very surprised by the incident. One of them gave the order.
“Fathers and mothers are calm yes. We wait for the police to investigate. We will immediately contact the police, and please gentlemen and mothers not to leave this place first, until the police arrive. Please do not go to the toilet first, until the police investigate the place,” orders one of the senior security who was on duty that night.
They obey the security orders. A moment later, they split up to find their seats. Their parasites still looked agitated and anxious. The murder of Mr. Daniel was truly shocking. It is certain that the project will be delayed because the director was killed.
“This is really a jerk! That crazy killer has ruined all plans!” lamented Riky.
“About who is the killer?” ask Faishal Hadibrata.
Faishal just sighed. He can't say anything.
In the other corner of the room, looks Rianti Tobing, wife of Hendry Tobing seen pacing, while playing his phone. He also seemed upset by the incident of Mr. Daniel's death in the film studio.
“I want to go home. I don't know Mr. Daniel very well. I have nothing to do with his death. My time is also checked?” rianty.
“If mom comes home, eyke will come too. Eyke fear here iiih ...”
Ollan, the manager looked agitated as well. Many times he fanned himself with a lot of paper scattered on the workbench.
“You're not going anywhere Ollan! You stay here!” henry's orders were firm.
“Why do you eyke here, Bang? Later Eyke was even whipped again,” said Ollan.
“Nobody does anything to you, Lan!” said Hendry.
Ollan looks manyun hearing that.
While in the front room, the female artists gathered, sitting in a circle on a sofa. Each showed anxiety. No one was chatting with each other, as they dissolved in their respective jitters.
“Your career in the movie world will dim, Nit,” suddenly Renita makes a sound, breaking the silence.
“Kok Mbak Reni said that?” anita denga sewot.
“And anyone knows that you're Mr. Daniel's golden boy. If Mr. Daniel doesn't exist, who else will use you as an artist. I'm not sure there are any other directors who would like to. Your acting is also mediocre. So how dong,” said Renita.
The speech was quite spicy, but Anita did not dare to argue. His age is quite young when compared to Renita who has been struggling in the film world for longer. Even so, he felt heartache hearing Renita's words.
“Mbak Reni is also playing the film esek-esek doang...”.
Anita muttered, barely audible. Renita did not hear, because she was careless, while playing a cell phone. He was annoyed to be trapped on this fifteenth floor. While in another chair, Laura leaned her head while closing her eyes. He did not care about the conversation between his two co-workers. His feelings are uncomfortable. He felt that all the artists involved in Daniel Prawira's film seemed to look down on him because he had just played the first film.
Suddenly, Widya, who had been in the kitchen since, appeared in the room while carrying mugs filled with hot tea.
“It looks like we should have tea first let the mind calm down, like that TV commercial. Anyone want tea?” ask Widya.
“Still Yes Mrs Wid. Do you know that I'm thirsty!”
Anita took the mug on the tray and drank the tea slowly. Renita still doesn't care. Laura opened her eyes slowly, took the mug, and had tea with Anita and Widya. In the end, Renita also joined them, drinking tea while waiting for the arrival of the police at that place.
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