Reaching Hope
Chapter 131 Looking for Clara

A few days later.

Juan patiently waiting for the arrival of his best friend at the airport, even he came early so happy to see Andre again. He really hopes that the man can help him find Clara, because Bagas and his men until now have not managed to find her.

Juan tells Andre that if he is waiting for him at the airport cafe, while ordering vanilla latte coffee he tries to call his wife's number again. Almost every day he tried, but his number remained inactive. It had been half an hour that Juan sat daydreaming, he did not realize Andre had arrived and was looking at him.

Andre was so sad to see the state of Juan who in an instant his athletic body became thinner, dark circles printed clearly under his eyes a sign he could rarely fall asleep. His skin turned pale white like an undead. The situation seems worse than it used to be, Juan really lost Clara. There were no tears dripping down his cheeks, Juan's pain as he could feel. He quickly wiped his tears and set his attitude to seem ordinary.

"How are my friends, have not met for a long time," said Andre as he embraced Juan.

"As you can see, I'm not doing well" said Juan sadly.

"Then you'll have to tell me everything, now where are we going?" ask Andre.

"It's up to you" replied Juan uninspired.

"Oh don't be like this, you have to be excited. At least for the sake of me who has come a long way for you," Andre pinta.

"I'm sorry, encouraging others is easier than encouraging yourself" Juan said.

"Yes, it was like that" replies Andre.

The two laughed together, Andre was glad Juan still remembered the way to laugh. He really had to help her, Juan desperately needed her support. They decide to Juan's apartment so that Andre can rest while chatting.

"So how's the story going, why did Clara leave?" andre asked when they were in the apartment.

"I don't know either, because I called him when he got home from work and he looked fine. That day I was overtime, so I found out he was gone when it was night" replied Andre.

"Is there nothing suspicious before? Or did anyone see her before the incident?" ask Andre again.

"Bagas had a chance to meet him when he was going to pick up Bella, he received a package containing a camera. Not thinking it was dangerous Bagas allowed him to bring it, he went back to the apartment" Bagas replied.

"It can be concluded that the camera must be the cause, the key to the answer is on the camera," said Andre.

"Yes, but the camera is nowhere" Juan replied.

Both of them seemed to think, they were positioning themselves as Clara who was about to leave. There must be a clue that can be used to find his whereabouts.

"Don't anyone know when he's gone at all?" ask Andre.

"There, the apartment guard greeted him and he answered him as usual. There was nothing suspicious, he said, leaving in a taxi. We have trouble tracking it because we haven't installed CCTV here yet" Juan replied.

Andre looks to listen to Juan's story well. He seemed to nod his head, then suddenly got up from his seat.

"Let's go to my office" asked Andre to pull Juan's hand.

"What Dre is doing, I don't want to discuss business" Juan said.

"I'm not talking about business either, let's go he said he wanted to find your wife,"

Andre pulls Juan's hand so he can't resist, Andre invites him across and leaves the car fixed in the apartment. Juan was confused because Andre took him to the control room.

"Dre enough I've become half crazy, you don't get infected" said Juan.

Andre asks about the day, date and time of Clara's disappearance. Apparently he checked the CCTV in his company that was outside, Juan forgot that Andre's office and apartment were only separated by a highway, so it is possible to see the incident across from Andre's office.

Andre saw the cctv footage from the moment Clara came home from work and was opening the package with Bagas, still looking normal. Juan's heart returned sad to see his wife, he could not bear to not cry. Andre was trying to strengthen him. He sped up the recording in the span of time before Juan came home.

"That's it, that's Clara Dre," cried Juan.

"Try enlarging the license plate number," Andre ordered the technician.

The man obeyed Andre's orders, Andre immediately recorded the license plate of the taxi. He immediately called the taxi contact center. After explaining the problem he was directed to contact the branch office in Surabaya, Andre asked for his phone number and also his office address.

"Hopefully Clara will soon be found, yes, you must be patient" said Andre.

"Thank you, I owe you one" Juan replied.

"You would have done the same for me if I were in your position. Let's hurry up to the cab,"

They immediately set out in search of the taxi office, their hopes were great to get information about where Clara was going. After about an hour of searching they finally found him. Their faces look very happy.

"I'm sorry, who are these gentlemen and what are there needs?" ask the office security officer.

They immediately explained the intent of their arrival to the office. Officers immediately called their superiors, after allowing them to wait a while.

"Sir, I've called the taxi driver to this office. Please wait a minute, he is still delivering passengers for a while" said his supervisor.

"Okay sir, thank you for helping" Juan replied.

"I hope his wife can be found soon" said the supervisor again.

"Amen,"

They waited impatiently, the time felt very long turning. Juan looks paced, Andre understands the anxiety of his best friend.

"How long is it going to be" said Juan.

"Patience, maybe the destination of the passengers is far away. Sit down first, Juan," comfort Andre.

Juan said he sat back in his chair but before long he got up and paced back and forth again.

"Pak Iman has come, he will see you soon" said the supervisor.

A few minutes later, a middle-aged man entered the office, immediately facing the supervisor. After speaking for a while, the man walked over to Juan and Andre who had been waiting for a long time.

"I'm sorry, my name is Faith. He said, You two need to be with me, can I help you?" ask Mr. Faith politely.

"Please tell me where my wife is going, sir?" ask Juan.

"Who is my wife? I don't understand?" ask Mr. Faith confused.

"Look sir, my friend's wife went by taxi you drove. Here's the picture, she's disappeared until now. Her name is Clara" Andre explained as he showed a photo of Clara.

"Son Clara..."