Secret Denis
Thirty Seven

"How's your mother doing?" Andres glanced at Rania at the glance of her busy work checking the company files that were piling up on her desk. He then tidied it up in one pile and stared intensely at Rania, waiting for the answer to come out of his wife's mouth with great care.

Rania had just sat down in front of Andres after a few minutes drive from her mother's residence.

"It seems he's really healthy."

"How did you know?" Andres spread his back against his seat of greatness.

"Talk is firm and arrogant. Isn't that enough to show that you're already very healthy?"

Andres laughed softly at Rania's words.

"You're mocking your own mother, hmm?"

"It's reality, baby. How could I dare to bully my own mother." Andres chuckled at the wife's answer.

"Awhile..." Andres picked up a mobile phone that vibrated on the table. Seeing who was calling then immediately brought it closer to the ear.

Rania only noticed her husband talking seriously on the phone. Andres' eyes also stared at Rania. Not long after that, he finished his call.

"Sorry I have to go now. I have a meeting maybe until noon. What are you I'm staying?" Andres got up from his seat. Approaching Rania and looking at his wife was full of regret for having to leave when his wife had just come to see him.

"Go away. I ain't nothing. After this I also want to go out to see my friend. Maybe I'll have lunch with him too." Rania got up from her seat. Tidying up the tie and suit that her husband used. Giving one kiss to Andres' lips and a soft smile that cools. Not wasting the opportunity Andres cupped his wife's cheek with his two hands. Replying to the kiss from the wife with a longer kiss.

Rania pushed on her husband's chest and laughed softly.

"You should leave right away, right?" Andres scowled at his wife with a disappointed look. He briefly kissed his wife's lips again before he was forced to release them. Rubbing the rest of his kiss on the lips of the wife with his thumb.

"alright. I gotta go. I'll see you at home." Rania nodded and smiled. Amused to see her husband who seemed reluctant to part with her.

Andres who had stepped towards the door turned his body back.

"Let me know that you're done with your friend. I'll pick you up later."

"okay." Rania did not want to dispute her husband's remarks. Her heart refused because she knew her husband was too busy to do that. Let it be, she really likes her husband's sweet treatment.

After the door closed, Rania headed for her husband's seat. Sit there and pull out the phone. Pressing one number on the contact list and waiting for the call to be connected.

"Is there any information?" Ask once the call is connected.

"I'll be there now." Rania got up from where she was sitting. Grabbing his bag that was on the table and passing from the room with light steps.

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"Is this the cafe where the girl works?" Rania circulated her gaze around the cafe she had just visited. A comfortable and cool cafe. It was so quiet because there were only a few visitors. Maybe because it has not been an office break so there are not too many visitors who come.

"According to the information I got this is the cafe." The man who had been on the table before Rania came to follow Rania's gaze which scanned the entire room of the cafe. A waiter carried two drinks on a tray. It seems like the man has already ordered a drink in advance for Rania and she knows Rania's favorite drink.

"Thank you." Rania smiled briefly at the female servant.

"Wait a minute." His words narrowed the servant's steps and returned to face Rania.

"Yes mom? Can I help you?" tanyanya politely.

"Are you familiar with...?" Rania's forehead shriveled.

"Marina. Her name is Mariana." The man immediately mentioned the name that Rania was remembering.

"Yes. Marianas. Is there a worker here named Mariana?"

"What?" Rania looked at the man sitting opposite her with her eyes slightly opened as if blaming the man for the inaccurate information she had. So that he felt useless coming to that place right now. The person they were referring to was nowhere.

The maid passed from before Rania after feeling she was no longer needed.

"We can go to her house if you want." Bargain the man to dampen Rania's disappointment.

Rania was silent for a moment. His men once went to Mariana's house and asked her whereabouts. But Mariana did not provide any information at the time. Rania suddenly remembered something. His gaze sparkled at the faithful man sitting before him.

"I forgot one thing."

"What's that?"

"Dennis. People always call him Denis. Not Icha." Rania sipped her drink quickly. Stand up and invite the man to leave the place immediately. Dutifully the man followed Rania's wide stride, leaving her drink untouched. Of course, he did not forget to put a piece of blue money on the table.

*****

Mariana opened her door as soon as she heard a knock there. His eyes narrowed at the two strangers standing at the door of his house. More precisely the boarding house.

"Can we come in?" A woman in her early forties who looked very beautiful and graceful.

"Who are you?" Not answering the beautiful woman's question, Mariana asked back. A sense of surprise and curiosity made him fixated on the doorway and did not immediately allow his two guests to enter. Seeing the appearance of the woman in front of him, he guessed that this woman was not a random person. The guy with her looks really cool too.

"Let me go in first. I'll tell you who I am." Rania stared fixedly at the girl who was still standing in the middle of the door. Mariana finally shifted her body, letting her the stranger in.

"I'm Rania." The beautiful woman reached out her hand which was welcomed by little Mariana despite her hesitation. "Denis' mother."

"Dennis?" Mariana's eyes widened to look in disbelief at the beautiful woman before her.

"Do you know Denis?" Rania looked at Mariana expectantly. He then reached into his bag. Take the phone and open the photo storage application there. Look for a picture that is the only one among the pictures of him.

"Maybe you remember this guy was with you. You're Anwar's brother-in-law Mijan's son, right?"

Mariana grew increasingly interested in hearing the woman's words.

"Do you know Mr. Mijan and Mas Anwar?"

Rania took a breath. Her eyes glanced at the man who was watching her and Mariana. The man smiled faintly. Understand that Rania is starting to lose patience because she has not got the answer she wants.

"Miss Mariana, this lady is Mr. Mijan's former employer. Of course he knows Mr. Mijan and his family." The man immediately took over. His gaze fixedly stared into Mariana's bead of eyes, as if he was intimidating the girl. "Please answer her question. Do you know where Denis is?"

"I. I don't know. I have been with him to come to this city. At that time I also drove to find a rented house, but then when I went there again to see him, he was not there. Several times I also tried to look there, but I never saw him again."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. Why I lied. Mr. Mijan also asked me to look for Denis, but what else, I don't know where he's going."

Rania took a breath. Look her eyes dim. Still disappointed because he had not received information about the whereabouts of his daughter.

"Mariana, please keep my number so that if you have any information about Denis you can contact me immediately."

"of course. I'll call you right away if I see Denis." The man who was with Rania immediately asked for Mariana's phone and typed Rania's number there. Then he also kept Mariana's number on his phone.

"Please Mariana. I really hope you can help me." Rania immediately said goodbye after saying that. Mariana escorted two of her guests to the door. Staring at the luxurious car that carried the two until it disappeared from his eyes.

"Mas Denis, where are you?" He murmured while closing the door to his house.

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