The Tippingback of Rania's World
Episode 23 - Unraveling the Puzzle

"Duh, my head is heavy. The more thought gets the more complicated. I was like a tangled yarn," murmured Rania.

Last night he could not sleep because he thought of Anjani's words. Why doesn't anyone realize that his eye color is different than in the photo?

When he asked his family last night, Bang Arka only replied that the color of the eyes could have changed. It depends on health, food and climate.

Based on the results of browsing Rania on the internet, what her brother said was true, anyway. But that's only 1:1 billion people. After all, as far as Rania knew her eye color was blue since childhood.

"Don't be right, huh? All photos are just edits. But it seems impossible, deh. Are they going to manipulate everything? What's the mystery behind all this?" rania muttered alone.

The jedug!

"Hadoooh's... Sick knows," said Qiandra.

"Wire, here! Early in the morning I met my late grandmother," murmured Rania.

"What did you say? Grandma attachments? Where are grandmothers as beautiful as me? See these. My shoes are dirty with siomay sauce because of you. These are expensive shoes. You won't be able to replace it" Qiandra said.

"Start, deh. Angry as a rich girl like in soap operas," inner Rania in the heart.

"You are a rich man. Buying new shoes every day is not a problem, dong. Which part of the rich man next door, who had breakfast siomay mas-mas in front of the fence?" rania Syndir.

"I can buy shoes at any time, but you have to take responsibility for damaging my shoes. Anyway I want what breakfast and where it's none of your business. Apologize dong. Wipe up my beautiful and expensive shoes" said Qiandra.

"Lap it yourself. What's the point of having two hands if they're never used? Your shoes are not damaged, tuh," replied Rania.

"Didih, how do you encourage, anyway? The antagonist is me or you?" qiandra said getting annoyed.

"Udah is no longer a bully that can only cry," replied Rania.

It felt like Qiandra was eager to spill siomay sauce on the girl in front of him. Then grab her hair. But all that he could endure. The reason, a few days ago he was called Miss Elya because of the case of bully. And more surprisingly, the one reporting the incident was her mother.

"Where do you know that I bullied Rania? And Rania also knows a lot about the ins and outs of our family. Is she not the mother's son of another man?" thought Qiandra. He did not pay much attention to his dirty shoes.

"Why see me like that? Prettier than you, huh?" said Rania who still has not moved from her position.

"Ih, what the fuck. Wait for me too" said Qiandra. But the woman then noticed Rania from head to toe.

"yes too. Rania's hair color is similar to mama's, her skin color is too. Maybe it's a real mommy's son. But then his identity was exchanged and taken care of by others. I have to make sure of Felix, here," Qiandra said in her heart.

"Hey, where are you going?" ask Qiandra.

"It's up to me where to go. The time to darken your shoes?" reply Rania.

"Wait first. I want to ask you, you know where my whole family came from. There's no way you've got an insider informant" Qiandra's fishing rod.

"Yes wear insiders, they want to apply for work. I know everything because..."

"You're Chloe's son, aka Mama's son?" cut Qiandra.

"Da-where do you know?" rania was surprised. Could it be that Qiandra already knew everything?

"Then your father?" Qiandra did not answer Rania's question, instead asked back.

"Well, what do you mean?" Rania's confused. "How far do you know?" ask Rania.

"That's my business. You just answer my question," Qiandra said.

Rania fell silent. His heart began to fidget. What is this child hiding?

"Qiandra, I want to see your childhood photos" said Rania suddenly.

"For what? You want to report us? I live with treasure while you're a wasted princess, right?" qiandra. "You have no right to ask anything of me. Just answer my question," he continued.

"Oh, God... It's not like that. And I also have no obligation to answer your questions" replied Rania. He was getting angry and at a loss for words. "I just want to see how adorable you were as a child" raced Rania.

"Oh, wow. We're not even close enough to exchange photos. I won't let you get any closer to my family in any way. Even if you are really your mother's child," Qiandra replied.

"Tell me, where do you know and what have you known, Qiandra Ansley," urged Rania.

"Did you say that? What did you say my last name to? You insulted me?" reply Qiandra.

Several students started to swarm in watching the two girls quarrel. But their chatter was stopped by the sound of a bell coming in. Qiandra then rushed to the classroom.

"Our conversation is not over. I'll look for you later" said the blonde girl. Looks like the super model has forgotten his shoes that are patterned siomay sauce.

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"The camping? If you want to join the camp, there are two extracurriculars that you can follow. Scouts and Nature Lovers" explains Mr. Salamun, one of the scout coaches at their school.

"Hm... Look, sir," Rania arranged the words. "I just wanted to ask you about the last camping activity at our school" Rania said.

"Last camp? Hm... Father doesn't remember too much. That was a year ago. What do you want to know?" ask Mr. Salamun.

"A year ago? Not a week ago?" rania thought to herself.

"I mean camp at the lake last week, sir," said Rania not to give up.

"Son, if you mean the camp held by a student club without a school party, you don't know" said Mr. Salamun as he opened his laptop.

"But if you mean the official activities of the school, the last camp was held a year ago. After that we temporarily stopped the activities outside," explained the forty-year-old patiently.

"You know what, there's a schoolgirl missing in the lake? Although it has been searched for weeks, but still not found his body. We avoid it happening again" continued the sports teacher who doubles as the scout's coach.

Rania's heart was pounding hearing that. Disappear for weeks? A body? Which one can he trust? His family or his teacher? Did he disappear a year ago, and then he came back in a state of memory loss?

Not likely. Obviously last January he still had a big show in Europe with his team.

But if it was him who disappeared at that time, why did the whole family and the school not have a scene when he re-entered?

"Can I see the documentation of the activity at the time, sir?" ask Rania.

Mr. Salamun frowned, but then he turned his gaze towards the laptop and searched the activity folder at that moment. He then showed it to his students.

Rania looked at each photo carefully. In the photo of the umpteenth Rania's eyes are rounded. A schoolgirl in full scout uniform stood in line. It was Rania, but if he looked carefully, the color of the girl's eyes was brown.

"May I have a picture, sir?" Rania.

"All right, you got a flash?" sahut Pak Salamun relented.

(Connected)

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