The Choice of Old Man
Legal Path

The yellow light of the pole light illuminated the paved street in a deserted alley. There were no bikers or pedestrians on the road, only Ilona was alone. He walked slowly, occasionally looking up. The stars are seen twinkling in the dark sky. Ilona straightened her eyes back to the front.

"Wait, that ... ." Ilona shrunk her eyelids. It appeared that a girl was holding on to the barrier wall, staggering about in clothes filled with bloodstains. Seeing her, Ilona had the initiative to help the girl.

Not yet had his feet stepped, a young man came from behind the girl. Then, stab the girl until the blood spout on the asphalt. Ilona slowly retreated her steps. He fell because he tripped on his own leg. The young man stopped his action and turned his head towards Ilona.

"Alex?"

The young man named Alexander Wijaya threw the body of his victim. He walked up to Ilona who was sitting in front of him. Alex squatted down, then pulled the girl's hair. During Alex's crime spree, this time he was caught killing someone. Moreover, the one who saw him was his schoolmate.

Next to Alex's hand pulled down Ilona's lower jaw, stuck her sharp nails in the girl's facial skin. "Well, how far has he been?"

Instead of answering, Ilona looked away. A sigh rang out as Alex placed the tip of his knife on the corner of Ilona's lips. Stammering, he asked back. "Why ... Why did you kill that girl?"

"Answer my question before your lips are torn." threatened Alex. The knots at both corners of his lips lifted up. "Do you want to be the same as Wilda?"

"Please, no." Ilona shook her head in fear.

"Gue doesn't care. You've seen it all, so you have to accept the consequences."

In one hand, the man slashed the tip of Ilona's lips. The girl instantly covered her blood-splitting wound. He wants to escape, but Alex drags and slams his body into the wall. Alex's knees clamped down on Ilona's knees, after which she clutched her neck firmly.

"Die lo!"

****

Faintly, there was the sound of someone shouting at the intersection of the deserted alleyway. Regan, who was in charge of replacing Keenan, patrolled the streets, looking to the right. He placed his palms over his eyebrows while squinting his eyes.

"That's not Alexa's theme ... ." Regan turns to see a young man in a black hat strangling Ilona. He did not act directly. However, took out a gun from inside his jeans pocket.

Regan straightened her hands forward, aiming at Alex's ankles. He pressed the trigger lever on his gun. The young man fell down after being shot by him. He did not forget to tell other police officers through HT (Handy Talky). "Targets found."

"Okay, we'll be right there."

Regan comes to Ilona. Before getting there, Ilona had already run until they collided. He watched the girl before him closely. The next second, the man wiped the blood that kept flowing at the corner of Ilona's lips using his index finger.

"The culprit ... ."

"Sshuutt's." Regan placed her index finger in the middle of the girl's lips. "Clearly that's later. Your lips must hurt when you talk."

Several people in brown uniforms arrive, some arrest Alex and confiscate evidence in the form of a folding knife belonging to the young man. Alex looks relaxed when his arms are stricken, even he did not fight against the police. One of them felt the pulse, checking the breathing and body temperature of the victim. Then, switch to staring at Regan and Dimas alternately.

"Where?" ask Dimas. One of the police officers nodded. "Reg, take the witness away from the scene."

"Yes." Yeah."

Regan pulls Ilona's hand away from the scene of the crime. Witnesses and suspects should be kept away from getting into a dispute between the two.

Before moving the victim, Dimas marked the girl's line with chalk. Not to forget, he checked the identity of the victim through the ID card in his wallet.

"Gue serial killer, at once ... Drug courier."

"I've been doing this for years. Exactly, after I got away from those three thugs." Alex said again. Dimas immediately pulled out his phone and recorded the young man's confession. "Doing drug transactions at SMA Pradita Dirgantara, and ... I almost killed Alexa."

"OK, enough. Keenan will be interrogating you at the police station." said Dimas.

Some of the police officers took Alex into the car. The three detectives shared their duties. Keenan interrogates Alex, and Regan asks the witness for information. Dimas was managing the crime scene.

****

"Should have been, from the beginning! Don't make it hard for me to be like everyone else." said Keenan.

This was the second time Keenan had thrown a street board at the interrogation table. No, not in front of Nathan but Alex. Keenan had heard from one of his colleagues, his brother-in-law almost killed Ilona and had killed a girl. He was not angry, only his patience was as thin as a tissue torn into two pieces.

Shortly after the noise, Alexa appeared from behind the door, approaching Alex while propping the phone on the table. His screen played CCTV footage, as his twin brother strangled him. Alexa learned about this from Keenan.

Meanwhile, Alex witnesses his own cruelty on the screen of the phone. He did not dare to look at Alexa's face. The lies he had covered for years, he would eventually unload in this room, in front of Keenan and Alexa.

"Said Keenan ... Before I lost my memory, you almost killed me? Do you do the same thing to my best friend?" alexa asked her twin full of questions. "Thank you head!"

Alex raised his head, then nodded. "Take a. But despite all that, I don't know if it's really my twin sister."

"Ceritain, from the beginning you confessed to crime until now. If you can't, write on this paper." Keenan placed the pen on a street board with a blank sheet of paper. Suddenly, he remembered Nathan who was still in the holding cell. "One more thing, you know Nathan?"

"He's a mob boss. If it's me, his accomplice." replied Alex lightly.

A moment of silence enveloped the interrogation room. Keenan and Alexa throw each other a look. The girl looked up at the ceiling, a rough sigh blowing in the air. Alexa still can't believe it. Alex who he knew as a good child was able to get entangled in various criminal cases.

"Lou's color has crossed the line. I want this case brought to justice. Alex, you have to pay for everything you've done." said Alexa stared intently at Alex.

Alex smiled and nodded. "It's better that way, I'm even seneng if this problem is brought to the legal path."

"Keen, can we both stay? There's something I want to talk to him about." asked Alexa turned to Keenan. The man walked out of the room, waiting at the door, letting the two brothers talk.

The girl sat in the chair opposite Alex. Without making small talk, Alexa immediately questioned the reason her twin sister did not tell her identity from the beginning they met at school. Alex explains, if he can not admit about himself just like that, he is also tired of being an accomplice to his boss.

"What drugs did I encounter in that class from you?"

"Take a real guess again." Alex slightly developed a smile.

"Do you also know the name of Papa's wife? Ratna Dwiyanti, right?"

"No. She's just Dad's young wife. Our mother's name is Athifa Wijaya."

At first glance, Alexa remembered the woman who kept calling her in the hospital a while ago. Tears falling on the cheeks. How foolish he was to ignore his mother's screams, preferring to go with Gavin.

Mother ... .

TBC.