Reaching Hope
Chapter 78 The First Stiff Day

"Why shut up, do you mind if I tell you to overtime?" ask Sandra.

"No, Ma. I'll work on it soon" Cindy replied, taking the report Sandra was holding.

Sandra then sauntered away leaving the two of them together with a heavy sigh. Clara looked at her brother with pity, it seemed like Sandra was trying to make him not feel at home in this office.

"Sister, let me help you" said Clara.

"Clara, you better go home. Cindy's been on a long day off so let her do the job herself, she's grown up so don't spoil her too much" Sandra said suddenly behind them.

Just as Cindy was about to answer Clara, Sandra came to surprise them. He did not shout when he said it, but he spoke with great emphasis as if he did not want any rebuttal.

"Mom Sandra was right, you just go home and let me do it myself. It's just a little bit of a way to be done" Cindy said.

"Yes, I'm home first, sister" said Clara.

Cindy nodded. Sandra hasn't moved on from there yet, it looks like she's making sure Cindy does it herself. Cindy immediately finished her task in order to get home quickly. As he was sleepy he decided to make coffee for a while. On this floor it turned out that there were still many other employees, so he felt a little calm. During this time they were rarely overtime because Andre prohibited his employees from working too much in the forsir.

After making coffee he returned to his room and continued his work. He was astonished to see the report, it seemed to have been resolved more than half but why are there still many on his desk. He did not suspect anything and continued to work on it.

The time has shown at 19:00, it is a sign that he has overtime 2.5 hours in the office. He felt very tired, he had to finish his task a little more. To stretch his stiff muscles he decided to look at other employees outside.His eyes were wary looking back and forth, not a single employee he met. Ms. Sandra's room looked empty, as if she had gone home first.

Suddenly the title feather was goosebumps, imagining on this floor alone. He immediately went back into his room and continued his work to finish quickly. Half an hour later all was done, Cindy breathed with relief. He immediately prepares to go home.

"Oh finally finished too, the worms in my stomach have been singing from earlier asked to fill," said Cindy.

He reached into his pocket to contact Clara, but it turned out that his phone was dead.

"Well I forgot the charge earlier, I better get home soon," Cindy said and rushed out.

Just ten steps out of his room suddenly the office lights went out. Cindy panicked instead of playing, now she could not see anything, which only looked dark. He felt to find a way, armed with his memory he continued to walk so that he could go down. He managed to get to the elevator, but the elevator also could not operate. His current sense of well-being had been clouded by his fear.

"Oh Allah help me, torment, torment." said Cindy began to cry.

His body trembled along with his increasingly violent cries, he was confused as to how. He hopes Clara understands and comes to her rescue. While sitting near the elevator, he heard the sound of a chair moving after a woman's cry. The more frightened he did not dare to look, his face was buried into both knees deeper.

"Clara, I want to go home. Get me right away" he said on the sidelines crying.

In the midst of his fear he just remembered if there was an emergency staircase to go to the lower floor. He began to try to remember the location of the stairs, after successfully he began to walk slowly towards the stairs.

"Please give me strength, Lord.why the first day back to work actually experienced this" said Cindy.

After quite a long time he managed to find the door of the emergency staircase, he tried to open it with all his might. It manages to open even if it requires extra energy. He walked slowly down the stairs. Arriving at the third floor stairs suddenly heard the sound of iron being hit, Cindy was scared half to death until she was unconscious he ran and fell. His knee was injured, but he did not care about the growing pain in his leg.

He continued walking until he arrived on the second floor, he rested for a moment. After gathering his strength, he decided to move on. But when trying to open the door was unmoved, even though as hard as trying the door was not open. Cindy cried even harder, she felt very desperate. Suddenly he saw a white figure hanging above the stairs.

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At the apartment Clara was very worried about her brother. He should have been home since last night but not yet. He had seen the report and he predicted at most 2 hours could be completed. It's 20:30 but Cindy hasn't returned yet, her phone can't be reached. Regulation from Mr. Andre employees overtime at most 19:00 Because after that the lights and other equipment will be turned off automatically. Clara could not help herself anymore, she was afraid of anything happening with her brother. Soon he called Juan.

"Hello, where are you?" clara asked in a panic until she didn't say hello.

"I was on the street with some business, what was it? Why do you look so panicked?" ask Juan.

Clara immediately told me about the incident at the office, until Cindy had not yet returned home. He did not stop wiping his tears, he was very worried about his brother's condition.

"Yes, I've been waiting for you" said Juan.

Clara immediately rushed downstairs, she waited for Juan in the lobby. A few minutes later, Juan arrived. Clara immediately hugged her lover and cried.

"Have not cried again, we will look for him until we meet" Juan said as he wiped Clara's tears.

They immediately rushed across to Cindy's office. From outside the office it looks empty, there is no activity there. Juan immediately went in to the security guard.

"Sir, is Cindy working on the fifth floor out?" ask Juan.

"Oh Miss Cindy's sister Miss Clara huh, sir?" ask the security guard.

Juan nodded, Clara just listening to their chat.

"I don't think I've seen it yet, why, Mr Juan?" tanyanya.

"Today he was told to go overtime, but until now he has not come home" Juan explained.

"Please turn on all the lights, we have to find them now" Juan said.

"But Sandra didn't give me any info. Usually if there is overtime he info to me, so I always check before turning off the lights. I'm afraid to be angry, sir" the security guard said.

"It's quick to do, it's about someone's life. I'm responsible, it's my best friend's company, after all" forced Juan.

Finally the security according. They start looking, they start with Cindy's room but it's empty. They combed through the entire fifth floor but found no one.

"If the lights go off, people will likely choose to go through the emergency stairs, sir, let's go there" the security guard advised.

"Ah right, let's go there," Juan replied.

They went down the stairs one by one. They started to despair because until they reached the third floor door there was nothing. They began to descend the third floor, their steps halted. They were very surprised when his gaze was fixed on the second floor door.

"Astagfirullah Hal adzim" said Clara as she closed her mouth.