Murder In The Old Castle
268. Departure Preparation
The drowning changed nights. Mr. Paiman has prepared all the needs of the guests who are planned to come tonight. The rooms are prepared and arranged. According to the information obtained from Mr. Reno, there will be six people who will come. They are people suspected of being involved in a murder case that is going viral lately.
At the police station, Reno was waiting for the artists to be taken to the isolation house. Laura Carmellita comes first, meets Reno at her office. The parasite looks agitated.
"This is my career debut playing in a horror movie for the first time. I haven't started filming yet, got an isolation call. I hope this isn't the end of my career, sir" Laura said.
"I've spoken to your producer, and he's agreed to postpone filming involving you, until the case is fully resolved. It's just a matter of Laura's time. If you open the killer, then you don't have to worry" Reno said.
"I'm not the killer, sir! But still all this makes me uncomfortable" lamented Laura.
"I understand, Laura. No one is comfortable with this situation, including the killer though, he will continue to look for ways that he can satisfy his ambitions. In this house of isolation will be exposed to all of your original characters. We hope this will make it easier to bend the perpetrator" Reno said.
"Hopefully this plan will go smoothly, sir, and not the other way around" Laura said.
"What do you mean?"
"Hopefully this house will not be the scene of a new massacre. Wasn't in the previous case, a girl was killed in her own room?" ask Laura.
Reno just sighed. In the previous case, indeed killed Miranti in her own room circulated widely among the public. Some people even blame the police for this. From the case of Miranti, actually Reno was able to take lessons, so in the future, more strict guard and security is needed.
Reno did not answer Laura's question when Rianti arrived at the police station. As usual, he was alone without Henry's company. The woman knew that Laura was in Reno's office, so she just sat in the lobby, with no intention of meeting Laura. Her feelings still can't accept that Henry doesn't love her anymore, and prefers Laura. It's not a rumor, but a fact. Not because of the entertainment media that reported their closeness, but Rianti saw with his own eyes and head..
Laura who had finished chatting with Reno came out of the office. At first glance there is Rianti in the lobby room. He also felt awkward about the situation. Clearly he felt guilty and ashamed, even though he did not want Henry to approach him. However, his name is already famous as a third person who damaged the relationship between Henry and Rianti.
"May I just sit in Mr. Reno's office?" laura said as she turned around, about to go back into Reno's room.
"Why? You're awkward meeting Rianti? Isn't it after this that you're gonna live in the house? My advice, approach and talk. Maybe he trusted the media so much that he felt so jealous of you" Reno said.
"Pak Reno believes that I am Henry's usurper from Rianti's hands?" ask Laura.
"Come, Laura. That's none of my business. Even if I believe it or not, it makes no difference. My realm doesn't take care of the artist's household, so yes I don't really care about that. Sorry Laura" said Reno.
Laura's just a beard. He followed Reno's advice. He stepped into the lobby room hesitantly, then met Rianti who pretended not to see his presence. Laura felt awkward at first, but was encouraged to sit next to Rianti. Of course, this made Rianti an incredible shock.
"Ma-sorry Ma'am. Can I sit here?" laura said with a smile.
"May, please! But I'll go!"
After saying so, Rianti bellowed, moving to another chair a bit far away. Laura's feelings became increasingly unpleasant. Apparently Rianti already really hated his existence. Now, he was present no longer intending to approach Rianti. He just sat quietly on the sofa.
Soon, Riky arrives at the police station. As usual, he looked agitated. Many times he glanced at his watch, glancing around. He only found Rianti and Laura there.
"Eitherway. I don't care if they're here or not!" riky answered.
Laura's just a beard. Riky's reply surprised him a little. In the past, Riky who he knew before was a cheerful character, but now he sees Riky as a figure who is ugly and angry. He turned towards Rianti. The woman took out a makeup box and started to slap her cheeks, to make it look more radiant tonight. Laura really felt awkward sitting alone.
The arrival of Riky, followed in succession by Widya and Guntur. Everyone there is ready with supplies. They carried large suitcases filled with clothing and other supplies. Widya is warmly welcomed by Laura. They chatted intimately until Reno came out of the room to meet them.
"Who is not present?" ask Reno.
"Bang Henry is not yet visible, yet" Laura said as she stared around.
Laura suddenly realized that her words could cause polemics. He accidentally mentioned Henry's name, so Rianti felt uncomfortable.
"OK, while waiting, let's talk about this isolation program. Surely this is what we do to protect all of you, whoever the perpetrator is, either from your own or perhaps someone else, which is clearly the isolation program we use during the search for the identity of the perpetrator. The rules are clear, and we hope you are not too tense, just relax, maybe not for long .... "
Reno's speech stopped when he saw Henry was caught entering the lobby with a lot of luggage. His breath was breathless, sweat dripping down his forehead.
"Sorry .. Sorry I came late. There's something I need to finish, so I need to hurry to get here. I was worried that I had been left out yet. Again sorry," said Henry as he wiped the sweat dripping on his forehead.
Reno continued his explanation of the isolation program that the artists would go through. That sat, Reno had to cross off several names namely Ollan and Faishal. Ollan was in Kampung Hitam, and Reno was convinced that the gentleman was not involved with the case. If he is in an isolated house, Ollan will likely be targeted by the killer.
While Faishal certainly can not be brought to the house of isolation. He is currently being closely guarded by police in a hospital room. No one is allowed to visit because they learned from yesterday's toxic pizza experience.
"Ah, no!" widya said as she stared at the screen of her phone fixedly.
Paras Widya suddenly turned panicked, so everything there was astonished. They looked at Widya questioningly. Widya hands the phone to Reno, because it seems like there is something important there.reno receives Widya's phone, staring at her screen carefully.
"Geez!" reno muttered.
On the screen of the phone it is clear Widya got a threat from an unknown number.
You think this isolation will keep you from dying? See you later in the isolation house!
"You just read this?" ask Reno to Widya.
"Yes, I just opened the phone and found this message," Widya said a little nervously.
"This threat message was sent about an hour ago, before you were all at the police station. I know one of you has sent this message to Widya. Or even Widya herself who pretends to get this mysterious message, as Ferdy did in the previous case. Whatever it is, this message means challenging the police. So I tell you, the police will take up this challenge. We'll meet in the isolation house and we'll see who gets bent between you or maybe someone else outside. Let's see!"
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