Murder In The Old Castle
312. Track Nadine
Lily's party and friends reached the intersection of four, but they found no one there. The atmosphere was silent, only the sound of birds dabbling in the branches of trees. The sound of wind rustling, shaking the branches of many trees growing towering around the place. Lily glanced around, looking around for her friends to meet somewhere else, but there was no one she saw.
"Where are they going? Time hasn't returned?" grunts Lily.
"Don't they've found it without inviting us. What if we just find them!" mayan Proposal.
"It's been 15 minutes, and they should have gathered here. But here it is quiet, there is no one. I guess it's not good, is it?" said Lily.
"Hey, let me go find them on the left side of the road, while Maya goes right, and Lily lives here. How's it?" bargain Farrel.
Lily weighed in briefly on Farrel's proposal. Admittedly, he had no better proposal than Farrel's. For the time being, he felt that everything had gone awry, as all of his friends were in a state of dispersal. Of course he did not want to make things even more chaotic. He immediately nodded to agree to Farrel's proposal.
Before long, Farrel soon followed the left side of the road, while Maya followed the right. Farrel sped up the pace, breaking through the many bushes growing on that path. Before long, he found some people standing on the edge of the slope with anxious eyes. He immediately recognized the figures as his friends.
Half-running Farrel met Aditya, Ryan, Edwin, and Rosita who stood on the edge of a fairly steep slope. Farrel immediately asked what had really happened to them.
"Nadine's missing!" aditya.
"God! Disappeared how?" farrel asked with a confused look.
"Later I will tell you. We are waiting for Ramdhan, one of the police officers who is looking for Nadine at the bottom of the slope," Aditya said, pointing to the bottom of the arak, to the bottom of a lush slope, overgrown with trees.
Before long, Ramdhan appeared with great difficulty reaching the top of the slope. His breath was panting, while the sweat was pouring on his forehead. Knowing the appearance of Ramdhan, Ryan immediately rushed to ask some questions related to Nadine's whereabouts. Unfortunately, Ramdhan only shook his head.
"I'm sorry .. I'm sorry" Ramdhan said.
"What do you mean apologize? Tell me what's going on? Did you see Nadine down there?" ask Ryan.
"I'm sorry, Ryan. I didn't find Nadine there at all. Hope he's in good shape. I haven't been able to go any further, because it might be a bit dangerous down there. Maybe after this Juned and I will look further. We wait for instructions from Mr. Reno first," Ramdhan said.
"God! Why wait for instructions? My wife's life is in danger, and I can't just stand by. If you can't, let me go down alone to find Nadine!" ryan said in a panic.
However, before Ryan's intentions were fulfilled, Edwin immediately prevented his departure. The man swiftly held onto Ryan's arm which was being overpowered by emotions. Ryan was about to shake Edwin's grip, but the grip grew stronger.
"Calm your heart, Ryan! We pray that Nadine will be fine. I'm sure he's fine, so you don't have to worry too much like that!"
Edwin tried to calm down.
"If she's okay, she'll still be down there. But why doesn't he exist? What the hell is going on?" ask Ryan.
"He'll be fine. We better trust all this to the cops. We are confident that Nadine will soon be found safe" Edwin continued.
"I agree Ryan. We better wait for Juned's arrival to check the situation below further" Aditya said.
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Juned hurriedly entered the castle's front yard, meeting Reno who was sitting on the front porch, preparing to enjoy coffee. The policeman looked surprised at Juned's hurried arrival. He put his coffee cup back down, immediately got up from his seat, welcoming Juned's arrival.
"What's up, Jun?" ask Reno.
"Something's happened, sir. Something ... something ... "
Juned sounded stammered saying a sentence, while adjusting his breath up and down. Understandably, he returned to the castle with half a run. He is still trying to condition himself.
"What's up, Jun? Calm yourself first. Breathe in!" reno's orders.
A few minutes later, Juned looked calmer. Reno told me to sit on the chair next to her. After taking a deep breath, Juned began to tell him that one of the members of the entourage named Nadien had suddenly disappeared after permission to urinate. Allegedly, the young woman was mired in the ravine, so Ramdhan is currently examining.
"God! Okay, we need to get back to that place, Juned. You show me the way there. Let Dimas and Mr. Ammar be in the castle, we should check things out right there!" reno said quickly.
After preparing, Reno and Juned immediately return to the scene of Nadine's disappearance. Actually Juned felt very tired, because he had to go back and forth to that place again, but he had no other choice. It has an obligation to participate in protecting the adventurers who initially want to venture into the waterfall.
It seems Lily's plan to enjoy the scenery around the waterfall must be delayed for a moment, because losing Nadine makes some people immediately forget the plan. Currently Lily is also restless at the intersection of the road to the waterfall. He waited for Farrel who never returned, as did Maya. He cursed in his heart, because the plan he had prepared long before threatened to fall apart.
The atmosphere of the intersection felt different, as he was standing alone in that place. The mood is a little scary.
He heard people talking not far from where he was standing. Lily sharpened her hearing. He heard the voices of two men talking. Before long, he realized that the voice belonged to Juned and Pak Reno who had arrived at the intersection. Lily breathed a sigh of relief, while feeling worried. Why did Juned bring Mr Reno to this location?
"Lilly?" greet Mr. Reno.
"Yes Sir. What's up, sir?" lily asked in surprise at the presence of the policeman.
"Loh, you don't know yet?"
Lily just shook her head. Juned had no time to explain the matter. He simply beckoned Lily to follow their steps towards the left side of the road. Lily didn't ask much. He immediately followed the steps of the two policemen. There is no more time to explain, because the presence of the two policemen has been waiting, related to the steps that must be taken. Moreover, Ramdhan could not find Nadine's whereabouts at the bottom of the slope.
Actually Ramdhan found some suspicious signs, but he deliberately did not tell the others, so as not to cause panic. He would only tell his fellow police officers. He intends to tell what he saw to Mr. Reno.
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