The Choice of Old Man
Artificial Breath

"Lo who?!"

Slowly, Alexa walked backwards with wide eyes to see a man in a dark blue jacket already on the porch of his house. He was going to school because he was ten minutes late.

Alex has done his job to exchange the panda doll at Gavin's request. However, his boss's plans changed. Gavin tells her to go back to Alexa's house and take the girl to headquarters. Alex felt he had been played by his boss.

"Aakh— le-lepasin. T-please don't kill me."

After a moment of silence, Alex clutches Alexa's neck. Anger was so gleaming from the sharp gaze of the man before him. The girl beat Alex on the shoulder, her grip getting stronger. Even breathing he could not. Vain. Alexa's body slumped down the floor.

Please, anyone please help me ... .

Alexa reached out, trying to grab Alex by the neck. However, his eyelids were heavy, as if telling him to fall asleep. While Alex, keep pressing his fingers in there. Suddenly, Alexa's body did not respond, her eyes slightly opened staring at the door.

I am so stupid that I digrepin lo dateng. Impossible if you can get here.

"Alexa?" Alex patted Alexa's cheek. He put his index finger on the right side of the girl's neck. Both of his eyes widened to feel Alexa's pulse weaken. With trembling hands, Alex let go of his grip.

This was the first time the man felt uneasy after killing someone. A second later, Alex ran out the door. Let Alexa droop weakly on the floor. It's bodo time with Gavin's orders. Unknowingly, CCTV managed to record the crime.

Hoodie and Alex cross paths. He almost turned his head, as Alex ran past him. Hoodie came back because she forgot to tuck a letter in her doll. The man was pecking at the doorway, seeing Alexa drooping weakly on the floor.

"Alexa!" Hoodie raises Alexa's head. Reflexes, he felt the girl's pulse weaken.

The man took off the covering cloth in his mouth, then opened Alexa's mouth and gave her an artificial breath. "Lexa, please wake up!"

Keenan Pratama, a mysterious man who has always paid attention to Alexa. At first, it was just to help the girl from the three mischievous youths. As time went on, Keenan became curious about the state of Alexa after the events of the day. From that day on, Keenan always waited for her on the sidewalk of the road, where they first met.

Alexa is not coming. Keenan finally found out where he lived. After getting it, Keenan always comes to pay attention to Alexa's room. From there he realized that he liked the girl. It's just not having enough courage to express his feelings, because at that time Alexa was depressed.

Keenan tried it back, giving Alexa an artificial breath. How many times will he do for the girl's safety. Like that time. Either coincidence or fate brings the two together. At that time, Keenan was very grateful to be able to find the girl he had been looking for, for the third time he managed to save Alexa from danger.

Keenan put his index finger in Alexa's nostril. His breath was still not felt. He stared softly at the face in front of him, his heart as if scratched by broken glass looking at the pair of closed eyes.

The man clasped tightly onto Alexa's body, burying his face on the girl's shoulder. Suddenly, Alexa's hands coiled around Keenan's waist. Slowly, his eyes opened. "Blogo ... In here?"

Alexa's sentence was greeted by a gentle head swipe from Keenan. He immediately raised his mouth cloth. "Yes, I'm here."

Keenan lifted Alexa's body, laid her on a long sofa. The girl smiled showing her white teeth. Behind the cloth, Keenan returned Alexa's smile.

"Sleep. I'm not going anywhere." said Keenan softly. Alexa replied with a nod, she tried to close her eyes for a few minutes.

Keenan walked into the CCTV room as well as checked it. He left the door wide open, so that he could see Alexa sleeping on the sofa.

Now, a monitor screen shows a man changing his doll. After a few minutes, the man again barged in and strangled Alexa. Keenan witnesses for himself how Alex is terrified after trying to kill his wife.

"Who is he? Why is he after Alexa?" mumbling Keenan.

The phone on his desk shook, Keenan noticed a new message unread. Dimas sent a screenshot. A Twitter account named Ilona posted a picture of her and Alexa while kissing in front of the school gate. Before long, Dimas contacted her.

"Lo's seen, right? Why would that be?" ask Dimas.

"She almost opened my cover cloth, when I was in it." said Keenan.

Rough breathing sounds through cell phones. "Who's that girl? Yang ... Lo kiss it."

"This is me."

Keenan's role at the police station is crucial, without which all cases would not have gone this smoothly. He used to pretend to be a customer in order to catch drug dealers. For him it was easy, but not for Dimas and Regan.

His nickname, is the Hero of Society. Keenan earned the nickname from starving homeless people, as he provided food aid under a bridge. From that compliment, Keenan decided he would continue to go undercover while doing his duty as a detective.

"Talk it later, now I want to take care of something." replied Keenan, looking at Alexa for a moment, then turned back to the monitor screen. "We need to find this guy."

"Who?"

"The man who almost killed my wife."

****

"Gue, you said. Don't come back before you kidnap Alexa!"

Gavin swung his whip on Alex's back. The man was used to the punishment Gavin had given him. Anyone who opposes or fails to follow orders from his boss will be punished.

Alex's clothes had fused with the liquid smelling rancid, his body felt sticky. Blood was flowing down his back. Gavin swung his whip again and again. Alex looked up, then closed his eyes while enduring the pain all over his body.

"Lo almost killed Alexa, right?" ask Gavin.

Alex lowered his face. "Yes, almost."

Once again, Gavin again lifted his whip until the man's body collapsed. Gavin puts both his hands in his black pants pocket, then steps away past Alex.

Alex reached out to grab his boss' ankle. "Sister, can't you let me go. I don't want to live like this."

"Lo thought, Wijaya's family would accept a serial killer like lo?" The man shook his head. "Gue doesn't feel bad. They are now happy without you, in their eyes you're just the culprit."

Alex was stunned for a moment to hear Gavin's reply. The man is not entirely wrong. Moreover, Sofyan had a good reputation among high-ranking officials. Somehow his father's colleagues reacted to knowing Alex was an accomplice to a mob boss and drug courier.

I don't know when Alex should live like this. There may not be a day when he is free from all the crimes he committed. Inevitably Alex must accept if at any time his crimes are exposed. Gavin's words instantly made him realize. No, Alex does not want to be affected again by the incitement of the 25-year-old man.

"Surprisingly, you can't kill Alexa. Kan, she's your twin sister." said Gavin.

Alex gasped, then immediately turned to look at Gavin. "No way."

"Full name, Alexandra Wijaya. Bener, right?"

Alex recalled the moment Alexa gave him Kopiko candy. It turned out that the girl sitting in front of him that day was his twin sister, which made him certain. Alex looked at his palm, he even wanted to kill Alexa just because he was tired of being a errand boy. The man really could not forgive himself.

"You want them to survive, don't act rashly. Admit your usual duties." threatened Gavin.

"Lo ngancem me now? Not going to work!"

"Oh, huh?"

Gavin turns his laptop around to face Alex. The screen shows Keenan and Alexa's rooms. Seen there, the man laid Alexa's body on the bed. Keenan was silent for a moment, before finally turning his head towards the eyes of the panda puppet.

"What did you do that camera?"

Gavin snapped his finger. "Yes. It's one of my main weapons, so you don't stop being my accomplice."

TBC.