The Nick's Life
Escapes

Iza sat quietly on the balcony of her room. His eyes stared blankly in front of him. It's been a week since her breakup with Nick. The girl did not have the courage to contact the man. His words that were gnawing might be that they were matchless, clinging firmly in his memory.

Iza's eyes dewy considering how the journey of her love story. In the past when trying to knit a dream with Anang, he was also let down. The man simply left her without saying goodbye or saying sorry. And now with Nick, even though there was an apology that was said but still painful. Even the pain was deeper.

Iza's daydream was piqued when she heard her phone ringing. Her little heart wishes Nick had contacted her. Iza hurried to pick up her phone that was on the nightstand. The hope is not fulfilled, not Nick who contacted, but Ridho his brother. The girl shifted the green icon on the screen.

“Assalamu’alaikum.”

“Waalaikumsalam sister beautiful brother. How are you?”

Hearing Ridho's voice, Iza couldn't help but cry. Ridho was surprised when not the answer that was heard from the younger brother, but rather his sobs.

“Zi.. You why?”

“A..bang.. hiks.. hiks..”

Iza was crying again. Ridho let his sister cry until she was satisfied. Although without telling the story, he can guess that the cause of the crying of the sister is his own ashes.

After weeping, Iza began to tell her what had happened to her. He had indeed told Nick about his older brother. Ridho supports Iza's relationship with Nick. I don't know why the man was convinced that Nick could make his sister happy.

“I'm not strong bang. hiks.. abi never changed.. hiks...”

“You're patient Zi. Brother's coming home soon. Brother will take you away from Abi. What about Nick?”

“I don't know bang, it's been a week no news. I was also afraid to call him first. He is very angry bang hiks.. hiks..”

“Ajourn the heck, which child is not angry to hear his mother insulted. But I'm sure he'll come back to you. He just needs to calm down. If he really loves you, he'll come back and keep fighting for you.”

“Hopefully bang.”

“Listen Zi. brother ask you to survive any way. Wait for brother to come home, brother will help you and Nick.”

“Iya bang, thanks.”

“Do not cry anymore. You must be strong. If you are weak, you will not be able to face abi. Show that you are not easily intimidated by abi. There's ummi who will support you.”

“Iya bang.”

“Part yourself well. In Shaa Allah, two months later my brother came home. Assalamu’alaikum.”

“Waalaikumsalam.”

The call ended, feeling a little relieved after talking to the older brother. Iza sat on the bed looking at her cell phone. After establishing her heart, the girl opened the whatsapp app and sent a message to Nick

To My Beloved Nick :

Assalamu’alaikum. Nick, how are you?

You're doing all right?

Excuse me...

Iza keeps looking at her phone after sending Nick a message. The mark that originally ticked one was already two, but the color was still ash. Iza was lying on the bed with her cell phone nearby. He tried to think positively, if Nick was busy and had not had time to read the message.

Meanwhile downstairs, Mina is in the middle of the arrival of her brother, Anton and also his wife Winny. The three were talking in the dining room while enjoying risoles as well as steamed cassava. Mina let out her uneg-uneg about the incident a week ago. Anton and Winny listened carefully.

“Say Iza and Nick, Nick's mother has been repented. Keep the problem where?” Winny responds to her sister-in-law's story.

“That's it, mba. I don't understand his way of thinking. If her mother repents, she is a good woman who cares about her child's happiness. This is how ya ngeyel continue, my gemes mba. Lately I've been cheering him on, let's think about what he means. Eh he was even a henchman, maybe he thought I finally agreed with his decision.”

“Hahahaha. Stubborn rich coconut shell,” sambar Anton.

Their conversation paused for a moment when Iza came over. He kissed the backs of Anton and Winny's hands alternately, then pulled up the chair next to his umminya. His hand reached for the risoles that still felt warm.

“How are you doing Zi?”

“Bad om.”

“Propay yes, Zi. Pray to God, ask softened heart of your ashes,” Winny rubbed the top of Iza's head.

“Padahal om likes Nick. He is a man who is firm, responsible and more importantly, he wants to change into a better person. He's not shy about learning with Rivan who is younger than him. Om don't understand what makes your brother not like him.”

Iza did not respond to her mother's words. He just enjoyed the risoles made by ummi. His stomach was hungry because from night it was filled with nothing. Finished with risoles, Iza took a steamed cassava and ate it after chocolating it to her favorite anchovy sauce.

“Iza's eyes are closed to the mist of Mount Semeru.”

Mina's words were immediately greeted by laughter by Anton as well as Winny. Iza only smiled faintly, her heart back upset considering Nick had not yet read the message from her. Suddenly his appetite was gone. He took a glass of water to push the food that felt stuck in his throat.

Iza's mood worsened when Rahardi arrived. The man joined the dining table. Talks resumed, but the topic changed, there was no more discussion about Nick. Iza who was bored woke up from her seat. Just as his feet were about to step, Rahardi's voice called out to him.

“Zi... to the library for a moment yes. Anyone want abi talk about.”

Iza did not answer and did not respond, he continued his steps towards the top floor. Although reluctant, Iza also stepped foot into the library room. After waiting for five minutes, Rahardi entered the room. The man sat in front of his son.

“Sok his family om Faisal will be here. Abi and Faisal will match you with Shehan. He is a good boy and has a good job. You will be happy with him.”

“Udah bi, is it?”

“What do you think of this matchmaking?”

“What is my opinion bi? It's free to say that I've never been heard. Everything went according to Abi's wishes. There is no democracy in this house.”

Without listening to Rahardi's reply, Iza immediately walked out of the library. Rahardi was quite surprised and stunned to hear the words of the princess. But he considers that at this time Iza is still angry with him. And his anger will disappear with time.

Iza went into the room. His feelings grew chaotic after talking to Rahardi. Apparently his brother was seriously about to match himself with the child of his friend. Iza picks up the phone on the nightstand then looks back at the message sent to Nick. The girl breathed a long breath as the ash tick never turned blue.

Are you really going to end our relationship? Are you really giving up, Nick?

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Iza slowly opened the door and then closed it again. In a hurry he put on his sneakers then opened the gate slowly. The girl breathed a sigh of relief successfully getting out of the house. Then Iza quickly ran away from home.

With a breath he arrived in front of the school. There his order was waiting. The girl immediately climbed behind the driver. Before long the two-wheeler was sliding away.

Iza is determined to run away from home to avoid meeting with Faisal's family. As per the message from Ridho, he had to endure no matter how. He chose to leave the house for a while, thinking of a way out and waiting for his brother to return.

Rahardi entered the house after following the cult in the masid. The man went straight into the room. It looks like Mina just finished her prayer equipment. Rahardi immediately invited his wife to sit on the side of the bed.

“Ummi today good cook yes.”

“What's up?”

“Friends abi, Faisal with his family want to come here.”

“Consider visiting or any other means?”

Mina squinted her eyes, looking suspiciously at the husband. Rahardi just chuckled at the wife's behavior. He took off his rope, then looked at the woman he had been married to for twenty-eight years.

“Abi intends to match Iza with Shehan.”

Mina was shocked to hear her husband's words.The man had just hurt the child by separating her from Nick. Now Rahardi intends to match Iza with his friend's son. Mina was inexhaustible with the way her husband's mind.His heart grew furious.

“Abi is outrageous.”

“How difficult? It's for the good of Iza.”

“Kebaikan Iza what is abi's kindness? Abi already knows what Iza.” wants

“What is desired is not necessarily good for him.”

“Then setting him up with Shehan is a good thing? Iza is not a child, she can weigh what is good, what is not for her. If he chooses Nick, then he knows and believes Nick is the best for him.”

“The environment affects a person's bad good. Ummi knows for himself how his mother behaved. Not to mention his cheating friend. How can the child be good with such an environment.”

“So far abi only. Abi can be firm with the establishment of abi, as well as ummi.”

Mina immediately left the room, her heart completely upset with her husband's increasingly authoritarian attitude. The woman then went upstairs to meet Iza. Mina knocked on her son's bedroom door but there was no answer from inside. He opened the door and was surprised to see the child's room empty.

Mina then headed for the bathroom, but there was no trace of Iza there. Encouraged by misgivings, Mina opened the closet. He scanned the contents of the closet and realized that the number of clothes of the child was reduced. Not to mention the cosmetics commonly used Iza is also not in place.

With a hasty step Mina went down the stairs. He went straight to the kitchen to ask his housekeeper about Iza. But the middle-aged woman did not know it either. Rahardi who heard the noise in the kitchen immediately approached.

“What's ummi?”

“Iza no bi. Iza escaped from home.”

“Yang really?”

Panicked Rahardi heard his daughter run away, rushed upstairs. Not finding Iza there, he went back downstairs. The man circled the house to look for traces of the child. Ten minutes later he came back without knowing where his son was going.

“Meet bi?”

“Ngga. This must have been Nick. He must have taken our son.”

“Stop blaming others. Our son ran away because of Abi. Because abi always forced the will. Iza left because she did not want to be betrothed to Shehan.”

“Ngga. It must be because of Nick. Yesterday the boy did not refuse at all.”

Rahardi immediately went into the room to change clothes. He came out with the car keys in his hand. The man immediately drove the car without heating it first.

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Rivan had just pulled out his bike when Rahardi's car stopped in front of him. The young man welcomed his uncle's arrival by kissing the back of his hand. Anton who was about to go to work also approached his sister-in-law.

“What's In, early in the morning to here.”

“I no need with Rivan.”

“What's up om?”

“You know where Nick's house is?”

“Know om, why?” Rivan is confused as to why Rahardi suddenly asks Nick's residence.

“Antar om to it now.”

“You want to say om? I want to go to school.”

“Iza is gone, she's gone from home. Looks like Nick took her away.”

“But says bang Arnav, bang Nick go up the mountain.”

“That reason. He wants to make an alibi, even though he already has a plan to take Iza.”

“Astaghfirullahaladziim. Yes Rivan, you just take your om to Nick's house. Let him believe it wasn't Nick who took Iza.” away

Rivan nodded, he put the bike back in. After kissing the back of his papa's hand, he got into the car. Rahardi immediately drove his vehicle to the hut pinang area. The place where Nick's apartment is.

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Diah left her job when she heard the bell ringing. The continuous ringing of the bell indicates that the guest is impatient. The woman took off her apron and hurriedly opened the door. The woman was surprised to see an unknown man barging in.

“Mana Iza?”

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Meneketehe om, I swear it is not me who cuddle, suer takewer²️