The Choice of Old Man
Mass Cemetery

Alexa looked at the nineteen tombs with a sprinkling of flowers on the red ground. Five days after the massacre, he ventured into a mass funeral. He did not know where his parents and grandmother were in the tomb. There is only a tombstone without a name. As a result, Keenan and Alexa sprinkled flowers in the nineteen tombs.

When giving the flowers, Keenan eyes never stop shedding tears. But not for Alexa. Her tears would not come out even if forced, her heart seemed to be numb.

In addition to the nineteen people killed, including Sofyan, Athifa and Megane, seven people suffered only gunshot wounds to the arm. The news was immediately spread widely on television. Keenan and the police have conducted press to show the identity of the perpetrator through the ID card he met. Gavin and Alex are officially tagged as fugitives.

This time, the media crew did not just accuse Hoodie—Keenan as the culprit. Instead, they speculate Gavin did that out of envy, not wanting to see his name shine in the eyes of the people of Jakarta. Regan and Dimas thought the same.

Keenan attached some of Gavin's photo-drawn paper to power poles, alleyway walls, bus stops, and on the outside walls of Lexa's Coffee Shop cafe.

"I'd like to meet the owner of this cafe!"

"Ah, that's her new Lexa."

Ilona pointed towards the open door. Ratna Dwiyanti immediately turned around, the woman looked extremely furious. Then, he approached Keenan and slapped a slap on his cheek, surprising all the cafe visitors.

"You must have framed my son, right? It could be that you stole my son's identity card. The cops?" Ratna threw her spit on the floor. "What kind of police is this? Defaming people recklessly without proof."

Alexa closed her eyes, trying to defuse her anger. "Tante, don't make a fuss here."

"You again! A son of a bitch doesn't have to interfere!" Ratna's index finger almost touched the tip of the girl's nose.

Keenan was about to pull Alexa's arm, to tear them both apart. Everyone is now on Alexa and Ratna. However, the girl had lost her patience.

"You're the actor! Suddenly came into my family's life, claiming to be the helper of the accident 9 years ago. Though, you were the one who hit me back then." Alexa glared at Ratna as she stepped up. Meanwhile, the woman retreated backwards. "Mom and son alike!"

Alexa glanced at Ratna's tightly clenched hands. He patted his right cheek with his index finger. "Slap the brave. Why is it only Keenan that's slapped? Afraid? Afraid of getting a will?!"

The entire visitor became filled with excitement, looking at Ratna with a look of disdain. The more heated up the commotion, they capture the moment and upload it on social media.

Keenan opened his jacket slightly, removing the transparent plastic from the pocket inside. He held it in the air. "Gavin's fingerprints were found in this wallet." he said.

Ratna's forehead is wrinkled. He looked at the man suspiciously. "lik! That must be your wits, right?!"

"Which police might lie. It's just a fake cop covering up the facts." Keenan concluded.

Alexa pulls Ratna's wrist, pushes her out of the cafe. This was the first time he had been rude to an old man, but if an old man like Ratna, he could not tolerate the woman's attitude. Alexa knows the intent of the arrival of her late father's second wife, not, ex-wife.

"Never show up in front of me again or the people closest to me!"

"Bas on the brother of the inmate!"

Alexa laughed out loud at the curse. "Aunty's son too, would-be inmate! Now a fugitive cop. The trash of society like a Auntie's son, the pantes languishing in jail!"

Ratna gritted her teeth. It could be that a snot boy like Alexa would dare to fight him. In fact, the girl used to be very weak, never being rude like this.

"Review, yes, you! I will make you poor!"

*****

Next day. Alexa began to study hard, often attending offline schools and studying books about the law. Since the rampant case occurred in the city environment, the principal decided to assign teachers to teach students offline. His teacher was no longer Gavin but someone else.

"Dirahin teacher knows how you feel!"

"The class's about to start, Ale, the hunt!"

The voice of the students on his iPad that makes Alexa careless. Just as he wanted to press the camera icon on the iPad screen, Keenan appeared bare-chested and wearing only knee-length shorts. Drops of water soaked his writing book, Alexa twisting her shoulders. Yeah, the guy had a shower after a workout.

Keenan pressed the mute button on the iPad that stood upright on the table. "Lo still want to talk to me?"

"Gue's busy, don't you please don't bother."

Alexa is about to turn on mute mode in its discord app. However, Keenan took Alexa's hand. Before exiting the room, the man grabbed a black T-shirt on the bed and walked towards the rooftop, leaving his iPad still on.

Arrive at the rooftop, a place that has always been a favorite of his parents. In the view of the house directly to Lexa's Coffee Shop. Alexa noticed visitors passing in and out of the cafe. The radiance of the sunlight dazzled the eyes, he blinked as soon as his rays pierced his pupils.

"Let's learn martial arts" said Keenan.

"Yes ... ."

Alexa seemed unenthusiastic standing in front of Keenan. The man sighed, then pressed behind Alexa's knee with one leg. "Upright!" He did so repeatedly until the girl's knees were straightened. In fact, Keenan only provokes the emotions of Alexa to respond to his actions.

"It's not up yet, stand up again!" keenan. He put both hands behind his back.

The girl got up, braced her footrest on the floor. Keenan pressed behind Alexa's knee again. This time, Alexa's knee didn't fall off. Sweat appeared on his forehead. Keenan raised one end of his lips, staring proudly at Alexa.

"Do you know why I'm doing it?" asked Keenan while touching Alexa's reddened knee. "This part is always an easy target for the enemy, when you focus on punching, they—"

"Let's!"

Although not excited, Alexa listened to Keenan's explanation, until she spontaneously landed her knee on her husband's face. Keenan fell on the floor, his gaze directly facing the sky.

"Lo's okay?"

Keenan's face exposed to sunlight, now blocked by Alexa's face on it. A thread of sweat dripped from the girl's chin until it fell into her eye bags. Although Alexa did not always show concern for him, but his wife still extended help to him.

Keenan received Alexa's hand. He looked down while laughing for a moment. Then, the man lifted Alexa's body and slammed it on a padded mattress that was on the edge of the rooftop barrier. How much Alexa's heart was almost dislodged because it was so stunned when her back collided with the mattress below.

"Stop, I'm bright ... I can't." Alexa raised her hand. He caught his breath a little.

"Where can it be. I have to teach you to be a tough woman, not easy to flabby, meme-menye. If you've read a novel, you know. There are readers who do not like soft girls, there are also those who like." Keenan said.

Until here, Alexa's eyes were round in disbelief. He stared at Keenan sharply. "Now I'm not that weak anymore, yeah, stop quipping ... ."

The phone in Keenan's pants pocket rang, he put his index finger on his lips, hinting Alexa not to speak for a while. Keenan looked at the name on his screen. Regan Syahputra's. He picked up the phone from his partner.

"What's wrong?"

"Wine! Dimas recklessly disguised himself as his mafia boss, now he's nyari where the location of his headquarters" said Regan panicked.

TBC.