The Struggle of Women
Episode 17's
The interrogation room was noisier because too much was talking. They accused each other, denied, threw mockery, also almost brawled when right in front of them the police were actually seen sitting sweet to listen to each other's statements.
But no, that picture is not what Elma and Liam are now facing, because of the several hotel officers who came to witness, they have not said a single word. Liam who wants and asks for his interrogation session begins when his lawyer has arrived,
“Hey, Sir. We can't keep waiting, you know we're a lot of work too right? Of course you have the right to use a lawyer, but let's first tell the chronology while you wait,” persuaded the police officer who sat in front of Liam, the two are separated by a table and a computer monitor that fills the table.
But Liam remained silent, sitting quietly as if he had not heard any words. The police in front of him looked upset, glancing at the witnesses and also the same victims silenced. Exhaling violently, the policeman tapped his desk using the pen he had originally worn to scratch his head. “Hey, at least tell us why you kidnapped that nurse?!” ask the officer.
“I didn't kidnap her!” liam reply was no less fierce, presumably accused of actions that he did not actually do, he did not even know where his origins made the man lose patience. Because not only once the question came out of the mouth of the officer, but it has been many times because since Liam chose silence. “I don't even know who this woman is,” snorted Liam glanced at the nurse-clothed woman was lazy. It was apparent that he was not interested in the figure sitting next to him.
“Totally, Sir. Not this Master who kidnapped me—I mean I have never been kidnapped, this is just a misunderstanding.” The nurse spoke up, confirming Liam's words.
Elma who heard it frowned, the description the nurse said was clearly not what she saw. That's not a fact he found on the field. Elma's common sense continued to refuse to accept the statement, judging by which side the woman was clearly abducted.
“Mbak, you don't have to be afraid of this guy. Just say that Mbak was kidnapped!”
Instead of thanking her for being defended, the woman was staring at Elma, as if implying that Elma should be quiet rather than many mouths. “You know nothing, better just shut up and let us go from this place. I was not kidnapped! And this Master is by no means the kidnapper you accuse!”
“Mbak, Ma'am believe in me. Ma'am will be fine, so do not hesitate and tell the truth, Ma'am! We must not make him free from charges! Later similar crimes are even more rampant, we as women must dare to fight, Ma'am!” elma exclaimed from behind the woman, pointing at Liam without a shadow of a swing.
The finger that leads to him certainly makes Liam ride apoplexy. All this time no one dared to be so rude to him, and clearly pointing a finger at someone was not an acceptable kind of courtesy.
“What did you say? Don't talk as if I'm a criminal who's done this kind of embarrassing thing many times!”
“Of course you can anytime repeat something like this, right? Just because you have a lot of money and can hire President Suit for the abduction site, then you hope to escape this case? I won't let it, that's why I'm going to risk myself to have this Mommy talk the truth!”
Liam stood up from his seat, waist-rigged before Elma. This time the man could no longer hold back, as the more accusations floated on him became more and more. “You mostly watch dramas or what the hell? Until his imagination gets that far, huh?”
“What?” Elma also said she did not accept.
The two ends of Elma's eyebrows met, the look of her face hardened even more, “You think I'm afraid? This is your way to threaten and cover up that you have indeed committed a crime, right?!”
“KAMU—”
“STOP!” The debate between the two men had to be stopped by the officer who kicked his desk. Instead of getting clear information, now the two sides are busy even at odds. And a little confusing actually, when the victim should be insistent on defending himself, this time witness who actually did it. “Which I need is your description, not even throw accusations and threats like this!”
Silence shrouded once the police returned to talk, and Liam preferred to return in silence mode rather than having to fight with no quality as he did just now. Well, Liam lost his temper because the person he was waiting for did not come, that's why he lost control.
The footsteps of several hurriedly heard people entered the room, drawing the attention of those gathered there. And sure enough, it seemed like the horde of defenders that Liam had contacted had already arrived to immediately relieve him of this ridiculous matter.
From Elma's side, the woman smiled as the manager of the hotel where she worked came along with the mob. Mr. Alex must have come to support him, so thought Elma— before Mr. Alex's real goal was even directed and fell on the abuser who Elma believed.
“Mr is okay? Is anyone hurt? Or something that makes you uncomfortable?” alex looked panicked. His face really looked pitiful, as if he was carrying a heavy burden there.
“You—you should make sure your employees focus on working in their positions! Not even take care of other people's problems and accuse the non-no!”
The manager of the hotel lowered his head many times while apologizing, making Elma's forehead wrinkle even more. Now his feelings were not after, what he witnessed with his eyes seemed to announce something bad was about to come to him.
“What really happened? Why were you brought here anyway?” This time not only the manager of the hotel where he worked who spoke familiarly with the perpetrators of the crime—even the director of the hotel, Mr. Zian, looked surprised that the kidnapper man could exist in a place like this.
“Ask your employees! And this woman—” Liam glanced at the nurse-clothed woman beside him lazily, she said, “Why could he be in my room in such indecent clothes and hands tied up like that until I was accused of a ridiculous abduction that made no sense.”
Zian looked at whoever his cousin meant. The man pondered, digested the situation and managed to catch a conclusion that eventually blew his laughter. Fishing a confused face in the eyes of those who were staring at him now, and it instead made him laugh even louder, widened to the satisfaction of banging on the shoulders of the hotel manager who was standing beside him.
📽To be continue🎞