Revenge By Law's
ARTICLE 42

“Ando is also a victim, right? So, Mommy is still insistent on protecting her? Mbak knows how much he hates his father, but is confused because his mother did nothing? Ma'am! What else are you afraid of? Is Mbah planning to live like this forever? Will you destroy Ando's future?”

Indira tried to suppress Alya with a flick of questions. He followed the mother and child from behind. He knew that his attitude would not change the woman's opinion and only caused annoyance. But he's run out of ways. His four days of effort were fruitless, leaving him quite frustrated.

“Can a lawyer force people to be his client?”

“It doesn't have to be me. Whoever the lawyer you trusted, I don't care. Provided Mbak is willing to bring this matter to the legal path.”

Alya again ignored him and Indira again followed them. They finally arrived in front of Alya's house. A man wearing a singlet and shorts was standing on the terrace. His face was violent when he looked at his wife and son coming and grew even more violent when he saw a woman following his wife.

“Please, go. I will never report it,” Alya said with a face and a compassionate tone, making Indira feel guilty and pity.

Indira let the mother and child into her house. He could only see from a distance as the man scolded Alya. Quickly, Indira pulled out her phone and pointed her camera at the family. The hand of the man who had already raised and seemed to be preparing to land hard on Alya's face, descended slowly after seeing Indira.

“Do not deal with that family,” said a middle-aged woman who emerged from behind the fence of a house near there. “The neighbors have tried several times to remind the husband, but he actually went berserk. Even he did not hesitate to threaten with sharp weapons.”

Indira thought for a moment and smiled. Shortly afterwards, a noise was heard from inside the house, followed by Alya's screams and Ando's cries. Occasionally the sound of a man's clashing with insults is heard in between.

“Nek, please contact the police station and say a crime happened here.”

“What? ‘Nek’? Hey, I'm not that old!” the woman said angry. However, his anger turned to worry when he saw Indira move. “Hey, Son. Where are you going?”

The woman calls Indira who walks past the fence of Alya's house. He banged on the door of the house while shouting the names of Alya and Ando.

The door opened and the violent-faced man greeted him with a snap. Indira could see Alya behind the body of the man was lying on the floor while crying with his son.

“You who?!”

Indira's face flushed. He looks angry. Even in his entire life, he very rarely felt that angry. If possible, he wanted to smash the man's face until his life was lost.

“I am the only person who can save Ando and his mother from bad guys like you.”

                  *

 The atmosphere in the Sukadamai rutan visiting room that afternoon was quite quiet. There were only a few visitors who came to see his relatives there. Among them, there is Rama who regularly visits his brother who is very respected.

“Tumben Abang is not worried because brother Indira did not come,” chirps Rama while chewing the martabak he carried, which should be for Abi.

“He has a personal life that we sometimes forget. Since my case, no day has passed without taking care of our families, except while hospitalized. So, I respect her privacy life by not worrying about her today.”

Rama nodded. It makes sense that his brother said. Then, he continued his meal.

“O yes, why did you ask Rama to investigate the background of Mr Indira? Is she tractor?”

“You mean traitor, right? Not a tractor, but a traitor,” corrects Abi while slapping Rama's mouth slowly. His habit of being upset with his brother. “I told you to do it precisely because I wanted to help her, not because I suspected her.”

“Really? Indeed, what wrong with kak Indira?”

Abi sighed before answering a question from his sister. “You know Hulk? Indira is Hulk.”

Rama laughed at the answer. However, the laughter was dim as he found absolutely no signs of joking on Abi's face. “Seriously? He can turn into a big green creature like the one in the movie?”

Abi again slapped Rama's mouth and this time it was much firmer.

“Actually Indira has great potential to become a great lawyer. You can see for yourself how his ability when dealing with Totok some time ago,” said Abi who did not pay attention to his sister who was grimacing in pain while rubbing her mouth. “But he has a problem in confidence.”

“I mean, minder?”

“That kind. He is like afraid that his opinion or analysis is wrong and actually endangers others.”

“Then, how can he look very confident when solving the Totok.” home fire case

Rama nodded. He began to agree with his brother's opinion. “Just right Brother told us to meet Totok in the market.”

“Yes, there are two reasons. First, if it's in the trial, I doubt he'll be angry. He is stronger at controlling emotions. Second, Totok is a patient person. But, he would be an annoying person if anyone purposely humiliated him. Of course it would be very possible for him to make Indira angry. Moreover Totok is a witness who made him humiliated in the first trial.”

“Ya, right. Especially at that time Indira was upset all day.”

“Kesal why?”

“Entah.”

They still do not know that at that time Indira was upset because she did not go to see Abi and heard a love triangle story between Abi, Regina and the prosecutor Jerold.

                  *

 “Actually, who are you?”

A police officer interrogating is still confused by Indira's status. From the identification mark, he was a citizen of another city. He does not know his friend fighting, and vice versa.

“I'm a lawyer Alya, wife of this man,” replied Indira whose hair was already messy and her face slightly battered, like the cruel man she was pointing at.

“Lying! My wife never raised him to be her lawyer!” shouted the violent man, who was immediately pacified by the policeman.

“But Alya's mother didn't admit it. You've been following him for the past four days and begging to hire you as his lawyer,” said the policeman with his hands towards Alya and Ando who were sitting in a chair near the waiting room with terrified expressions.

“I didn't force him to hire me as a lawyer. I only told her to report her husband for having done KDRT,” let Indira defend herself. The policeman turned to stare intently at the violent man, so his vicious face started to turn into a nervous face.

“Ti, ti, no. I never did the KDRT. You can ask my wife directly,” said the cruel man. He turned to look at his wife while holding her pocket, which gave off a smart phone.

Indira stared suspiciously at the man's every move, especially when making eye contact with his wife. While Alya was very frightened and showed a hearty expression, like she was pleading with her husband.

“Then, why is your wife's face so scarred?” ask the police.

“So he fell down the stairs. I just want to help him stand up. Indeed, I admit, I snapped at him for not being careful and endangering our son as well. Then this woman came and suddenly raged on me.”

Indira still did not answer. He looked at Ando's face that was sound asleep in the lap of his mother. For a long time he thought, even to the point of ignoring the call from the police who interrogated them. Then he set his eyes on the cruel man.

“Alya's mother is my client. She wanted to sue her husband for committing the KDRT against her. During this time Alya's mother did not dare to complain because her husband threatened to spread a video that could harm my client. But, I can make sure that the video can not be at all violent that this man has done.”

That cruel man paled. And so does Alya. From their attitude, it is proven if Indira's speech was right. But he still guesses.

“Video? What video?”

That cruel man was nervous. He held his phone tightly as if he was afraid of being taken. Sweat began to pour from his forehead. He did not dare to answer, even just looking at the face of the police who were questioning him.

“Look, Ma'am! He won't show you the video because he knows it can't be used to attack you. Now, tell me I'm Mbak's lawyer and I'll defend Mbak from the crimes this man committed. The law is always on the side of the right people and I will make sure you get the proper legal treatment. Remember, this is for the happiness of Mbak and the future of Ando.”

Alya covered her face and started crying until Ando woke up and tried to calm her mother, even though she was crying. The violent man was confused, like he was about to escape from the police station.

“Some times he had me hit Ando and record him. He threatened to report the video if I reported the violence he had done to me. He said, it will put us both in jail and it is not a good thing for Ando.”

Alya continued her crying. Meanwhile, the room was suddenly silent as if it was giving Alya and her son an opportunity to release the suffering that had been held in their chests.

While the cruel man bowed in shame and fear. Especially after realizing that Indira looked at him with anger.

“Think I kicked your stupid face. But I don't want to be punished because now I'm solving an important case. I will only make you receive the appropriate reward in accordance with the applicable law. I promise I will make you receive the maximum penalty.”

Indira ends her threat by issuing a letter of power and a pen and handing it to Alya for signature. “Whosoever commits an act due to the influence of force, not convicted - Article 48 of the Penal Code. The right law will free you from punishment. You and Ando can live happily\, while that bastard languishes in jail.”

Alya was glued for a moment, then took the letter and signed it. Officially, Indira is now a legal advisor to a client named Alya Susmita and they immediately made a KDRT report at the police station with the suspect on behalf of Letto David.