Only Raised Children
64. Social Media Trace

Rico and Andi who heard that the owner of the house was in London of course they were very surprised. London's? How could? Didn't Alina say that she was coming home, then how could they be in London?

Hearing the words of the residents of the complex there, Rico grew suspicious of the secret that Alina had been hiding all this time. Is the secret that Alina has been hiding all this time is that she is the son of a rich man? But why keep it secret? Is that a threat to him? Then if Alina really is in London, why is the location of her phone even in the house? Did Alina accidentally leave her phone there so she can't track her whereabouts.

Now Rico is really confused with his girlfriend's life. Various questions were piled on his head, even Andi also looked curious about who the figure of his friend was. Looking at the style of speech, the way of walking and attitude, and the appearance that always looks attractive despite wearing cheap clothes, no doubt if the woman looks like an ordinary person. But they also do not expect that Alina is really a rich person, because the place of residence and daily life of the woman who does not reflect herself as a person to be like Rena. During this time Alina was also seen wearing clothes purchased on the side of the road, and the food was only food sold on the side of the road. 

Today is all they get and Rico invites Andi to come home soon because this afternoon Andi has a promise to go with Rena. He also had to return to his house to rest for a while.

In the afternoon when Rico had just woken up, he suddenly thought about Alina's social media. At that time he immediately planned to find out who Alina was through his social media account. Out of nowhere the idea came from, Rico immediately grabbed his phone and looked for Alina's Instagram account. When he got what he was looking for, Rico immediately pressed his girlfriend's account and there were more than 2000 people who followed him. Only one post that Alina uploaded there, which is none other than a photo of herself while on the beach during the holidays yesterday. 

Because he did not get anything on Alina's account, Rico also searched for me social media Alfian from Alina followers. It wasn't too difficult because he already knew the man's full name. Rico immediately opened Alfian's social media account and fortunately the man's account was unlocked and he was able to freely see the man's post. But unfortunately, even though the account was not in the key, but not a single photo on his social media account that gave him instructions.

Not wanting to stop there, Rico saw a post that marked the man's account and there was one of the accounts that marked Alfian in a wedding photo. Without further ado Rico immediately opened Alfian's wife's account and there were only two posts uploaded by Alfian's wife, who was not involved, one of them is a photo of the woman in the car and the other is a wedding photo. 

Rico zooms in on the wedding photo, seen there Alfian and his wife as brides and on the left right there is a middle-aged pair that Rico believes to be Alfian's parents and his wife's parents. Among the six people in the photo, Rico no one knows anyone, even their faces look very foreign in Rico's view.

Feeling that he did not know everyone there, Rico put his phone back and ignored the photo. No ideas for further plans, Rico chose to go to the bathroom and clean his body.

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At night when Rico is having dinner with his parents, Rico who can't stop thinking about Alina and Alfian then makes both parents wonder when the man is occasionally daydreaming.

"Bang, why are you daydreaming from earlier? Is something bothering you?" santi asked after putting her cutlery on the table. Before he had never seen Rico like this confused person who was thinking about something.

Rico was reprimanded by his mother then realized from her daydream. He did not know what to say to his parents because he did not want to make his parents think about what he was currently thinking. But a few seconds later, when he remembered his mother's words a few days ago about Alfian who had a face and a way of speaking similar to his friend, rico tried to ask his mother again. 

"Em, do you remember the face of Alina's brother?"

"Yes, of course. What's up, Bang?" asked Sanri in surprise.

"Wait a minute, Ma."

Without explaining more details, Rico immediately ran towards his room and grabbed his phone. After that he went back down and showed me a photo which was a wedding photo of Alfian that he had just screenshot from social media account wife Alfian. 

"Do you know any of the people in this photo?" ask Rico.

Santi frowned, then he grabbed his son's phone to see the photo in question. Likewise with Irfan who was curious, he now approached his wife to see what photos the son asked. When they saw the photo, it took almost a minute for Santi to recognize some of the people in the photo.

"Where did you get your picture, Bang?" ask Santi. The look on his face now looks surprised to make, Rico guessed that what he thought since then turned out to be true.

"That's a picture of Alina's brother when he got married, Ma. Do you know the people in the photo?" ask Rico.

"of course. One of the men in this photo is Mama's adoptive brother and his wife, Bang." Santi pointed to a photo of a couple who were none other than Thomas Wilson and also Zara Diandra.

Rico who heard the words of his mother was silent in disbelief. If Alfian is really the son of his mother's friend, does that mean Alina too…?

Santi who just realized that Alfian is the son of his adoptive brother was no less surprised by Rico. He even stared at Irfan with a face of disbelief. 

"Pa, does this mean…?"

Santi was silent by himself, no longer continuing his words, while Irfan was seen thinking of a coincidence that they did not expect.

"Pa's." Santi spoke again. "So is Mama's hunch right? Alina's really Thomas' son, Pa?"

"We have to make sure it is from Alina directly, Ma," said Irfan and immediately agreed Santi.

"Do you know where Alina's hometown is, Bang?" ask Santi then to Rico.

Rico shook his head. Earlier this morning Rico and Andi were looking for Alfian's house, Ma. Said his neighbor there, they're picking up his family in London."

"London?"

"Sir Thomas is in London, Pa. They will come back here" Santi told Irfan. He seemed so excited to say that, making Irfan instantly jealous of him.

Santi who only realized her husband's jealousy after a few minutes can only grin the horse, then she did not forget to apologize. The pleasure of reality that he did not expect made Santi forget about her husband.

While Rico who knows the truth in his confusion just silence. Is Alina really a rich man?

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One week passed, this was the day Rico was waiting for Alina's return. I don't know when exactly the woman will be back, but Rico is sure that Alina will be back today or tomorrow. No communication at all makes Rico can only guess.

Today Rico plans to return to Alfian's house in an elite housing estate. He went there just to make sure that Alina and her brother would return. But when he arrived there, the security guard who served there also said that Alfian had not returned. Because he wanted to make sure for himself the words of the security guard, Rico decided to see for himself the condition of the man's house. And once there, sure enough if the house still looks like before. Empty as uninhabited.

Rico thought Alfian had not returned from London, so he chose to go home and come back tomorrow. But before that, wherever Alina was, she hoped that Alina would contact her immediately because she already missed her woman so much.

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In a car now driven by a driver. Alfian sits at the wheel with Alina and Alfian's wife in the passenger seat. Alina was playing with her adorable niece. Her age of just entering two years made the little girl look so adorable, that it made Alina ignore her surroundings.

When the car that took them arrived in front of the housing complex owned by Alfian, at that time their car passed by Rico's car that had just come out of there. Alina was clearly unaware of that because of her focus on her nephew, but Alfian, she clearly saw the figure of the man from the open car door window.

Alfian who was leaning leisurely in front of him then straightened his body while staring in disbelief at what he saw. He was very curious why Rico was in his housing complex. Did that guy just meet someone there, or maybe…?

Out of curiosity, Alfian asked the security guard who served in the complex upon arrival there. He was so surprised to find out that Rico had been looking for him and Alina there for a week. Where did the man know where he lived, he thought puzzled.

When the car drove back, Alfian asked Alina about this. He thought that if Alina told Rico where she lived, but when Alina said 'do not know' would answer his question, Alfian again looked confused.

"What's up, Bang?" ask Alina.

"So you saw Rico get out of here. Said the security guard up front too, Rico's been looking for us this week."

Alina was no less surprised than Alfian. How Rico knows this housing, he thought.

Because it was felt that if Rico already knew his brother's house and he was also afraid that Rico would misunderstand everything he covered, Alina finally grabbed her phone and sent Rico a message.

'I saw you in front. I just got home.'

On the highway, Rico who got a message from a foreign number momentarily fell silent. If previously he would ignore the foreign number that entered his phone, but now he actually opened the message to see who sent him the message. Somehow he did that, as if someone pulled him and said the message was very important.

As soon as he saw the contents of the message, Rico seemed to frown because he still did not understand the intent of the person who sent him the message. But after a few seconds of thinking, Rico finally realized if the message came from Alina.

He did not know whether the message was true Alina or not, but with the confidence of his heart, Rico turned back and then towards the housing complex belonging to Alfian.

With a fairly fast pace, not five minutes Rico has arrived at the elite housing complex that became his goal. When his car arrived in front of Alfian's house, there were two different types of cars parked in the yard. If about ten minutes ago the house still looks empty, now the house has more lives in it. Makes Alfian think that Alina really has come back and is here.

Can't wait to meet the lover, Rico gets out of the car and approaches the house. The door of the house that was slightly open made a sound inside there sound in his ears. Even the familiar sound of laughter belonging to Alina also made Rico immediately smile thinly.

"Right, that's Alina's voice," he muttered softly.

Rico pressed the doorbell next to the door and at once the sound of laughter in there stopped by itself. Rico was still waiting patiently despite the fact that he was already impatient to meet Alina, until the beautiful figure with the little girl in his embrace came out, managed to make Rico speechless to look at him.

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