Shean & Jenny
IDIOMS
“How do you sleep, soundly?” Geany came up to me and gave me a glass of espresso.
“Yes, I took a step back from that pitch-black liquid in one gulp without remaining in a mini-sized white cup.
“At the very least, you do not need to pay rent and queue buffets with visitors at hotel” candanya, followed by loud laughter heard.
My head still feels dizzy from lack of sleep, the cause is Geany who keeps telling me about my grandfather who has dedicated his life to making this place. grandfather even deliberately bought a grain warehouse that had long been abandoned because it had been damaged due to weathering on the foundation of the building and roof.
After renovating the main warehouse, the grandfather hired several tens of people to create a basement which later expanded and deepened until now has reached 18 meters below the surface, pretext for storage of wheat to fit a lot at harvest time. Of course, the wheat in question is the result obtained from 120 hectares of wheat land which is also made to cover the actual operations of the organization that the grandfather founded.
The organization named 'The Chronicle' was founded by his grandfather when he was young with Jose Antonio, his close friend while studying in Melbourne Australia. The two of them engaged in some great adventures in finding various artifacts and describing in the notes of journals and books.
According to Geany's story, Jose Antonio died 48 years ago from an assault incident in Egypt while researching a sarcophagus at the site of the pyramid. Grandfather survived the incident because of Jose's efforts to dispel the looters. But fate he did not survive, his head was pierced by a rifle bullet and died instantly.
Grandfather saw the incident directly with his own two eyes, the closest friend he already considered brother died without any rescue efforts from him. Due to trauma, the grandfather decided to leave France and go to Indonesia and marry a local woman, living happily to old age.
“You are lucky to be directly educated by grandfather, he's the greatest researcher” murmured.
“Now, in my view you are much luckier to be able to get everything you want since childhood. You may not know what it's like to split one egg into 4 pieces so that we can all eat” I've been throwing my frustration all this time to Geany.
“Hahaha.. Funny” He laughed out loud in response to my words. “You think we haven't suffered all this time? All you experience is hard to eat and tektek bengtek trivial things! My grandmother and I had to move around avoiding the terror of evil organizations!” He nodded his face closer to me.
“See..!” he unzipped his jacket and showed an elongated scar on his waist, obviously he had experienced something terrible.
I also saw some brownish scars on the white skin on his back. It could be a lash mark or a sharp object incision.
“What do you know? They savages beat, slashed and whipped me, looking for things I didn't even know existed where” was.
“If it wasn't for the police quickly acting and subduing them, today I wouldn't be here with you and telling you all this nonsense” the look in his eyes sharply threatens, there is an unstoppable overflow of great emotions.
I regret making him angry like that, because if I knew he was bearing such a heavy burden, there was no way I would dare to speak of offending like that. For some reason, it felt like grandfather was giving a lot of trouble to these two families, whether it was Geany or my family.
“Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you” I said slowly.
“Forget it, I don't want to discuss this anymore, you already understand everything, if you want to go home soon, please just I won't ban you. But remember one thing, all this is the hard work of our predecessors who are willing to lose everything for a clear purpose, and you, what is your life purpose?”
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I was escorted to the airport by Geany's personal driver, on the way I just daydreamed and thought about many things as well as his words that asked my life's purpose at this time, whether I had to answer anything I didn't know. All I can think of right now is Jenny's presence that makes me happy and as a man I want to give endless happiness for both of us to enjoy in the future life as a husband and wife.
“Hallo darling... I'm heading to airport” I said to Jenny, we're currently videocalling, and I'm telling her a few things that happened over in France.
“Well, baby, I will definitely pick you up.” He looks worried because in a few hours I did not return calls and reply to messages that piled up from him.
“Sure, I'm fine.. You want to sleep ?” Jenny who was wearing white pajamas looked very pretty, and added to my longing for her that we were currently separated by a very long distance.
“Wait for me baby, I'll definitely go home. Miss you so much sweetheart” I said and ended the call.
The speed of the vehicle I was riding in instantly became very fast, until I was hit by the car door, I don't know what. Suddenly the driver pulled a gas like a wild race.
“Why pack?” I asked but was ignored.
The man, who seemed to be my age, swerved past several other motorists on the great highway of Paris. There seems to be a serious problem but I don't know what's going on. Sebastian the driver reached into his pants pocket and picked up the phone to contact someone.
It sends live-location to be easily tracked by geany or anyone who will help.
“Actually what is this” me with yelling.
“Master, sorry, you better duck so as not to be caught by those chasing us” The order is firm.
“Tell who they are?” I was curious about the 3 black sedans behind us who were trying to catch up.
“They are IDIOM group. Looters group”. Geany had offended this group who also had involvement with the death of my parents.
Sebastian was good at driving the Mercy sedan we were in, he repeatedly outwitted by turning sharply towards another lane to avoid traffic jams to easily spur the speed of the car to the maximum and escape from the pursuit of IDIOM members.
But those who pursue even the merciless professional men continue to pursue without regard for the safety of the other riders who are also passing by. The successive collisions became inevitable but they still managed to catch up a few tens of meters behind us.
Bangs.. Bangs.. Bangs.. Bangs..
The sound of gunshots rang out very loudly, some bullets managed to break the rear windshield of the car.
“Master, Move to the front!” sebastian's orders. I bowed and crept according to his orders it was full of fear.
The noise of vehicles and also the eruption of rifles continued to sound deafening to my ears, I was not accustomed to situations like this, a new lifetime this time was in an unavoidable precarious situation, he said, I'm afraid and also worried that if I get caught, maybe my fate will be as bad as what Geany has experienced.
Even Sebastian was like a possessed man, he kept stepping on the gas without once I saw him braking while turning. His serious face was completely focused forward looking at the road and occasionally looking at the rearview mirror.
“Mr Shean, grab a weapon on the dashboard, please help me” her request, she looks like she is desperate and trying to minimize the risk of getting caught, and there should be self-protection.
This Russian-made semi-automatic pistol although small but heavy enough to burden my hand. Just this time I was holding a real gun for self-protection, I steeled my heart to be ready for the worst that could happen, those who pursue are professionals who have been unfortunate across the black world and are equipped with an education as assassins, certainly it is not a balanced opponent for me, although I can slight karate martial moves, he said, but it will be useless against the rifles they use.
“Take this phone, you will need it later” he said, because he realized that the chase after us is increasing, now 4 cars chase behind and the faster they go.
We entered the path in the dense forest with various kinds of trees on the left-right getting farther away, more lush and dark because the sunlight was covered by large trees. Sebastian realizes that this is a trap, because when it comes out of this forest there is only a dead end with a bridge that has not been completed in the renovation.
“Sial.!” His screams were upset hitting the wheel.
“Master, it looks like until here I can take you, then I beg you to try yourself”.
“Send greetings to my wife and children, tell them I love them wholeheartedly”.
“Hei... Stop talking as if we won't survive” I maki herself who is currently staring blankly towards the road.
Sure enough, about 100 meters ahead was an unfinished bridge renovated and we got into an enemy trap, in front there were two jeeps already waiting, he said, this was all just an ambush that had been planned in such a way.
Bangs.. Bangs..
The hot bullet hit right at sebastian's neck, blood was rushing, he died instantly.
“Takkk... Sebastian!!!!” I screamed until this throat hurt, not believing what happened.
The car lost control, turned sharply downward into the forest, I tried to drive and steer it not to hit the trees, but before long the car hit a big oak tree to make the car destroyed and exploded with a very loud explosive sound.
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