The Tippingback of Rania's World
Episode 26 - Unaligned Times

Chloe watched the partially weathered board house carefully. The roof is fragile, as if it will be lifted only with a gentle breeze. All the doors and windows are locked. There was no sign of life in it.

"Wilson, is this really their home?" ask Chloe.

"yes Madam. Usually at this hour they've gone home from school and work" Wilson replied uneasily.

Usually at five o'clock in the afternoon, they've gone home. But today, it has almost recovered four minutes of waiting, the awaited has not yet appeared.

Actually it is not difficult for the Chloe family members to record their activities and go to work directly, as material report to Chloe. But of course it violates the privacy and the rules that apply.

"Where is the lady going?" ask Wilson when Chloe gets out of the car.

"Regardless of the neighbors" Chloe replied flatly. He cannot just sit around waiting.

"Good afternoon, Mom. May I ask?" chloe said to one of the neighbors who was sweeping the yard.

The young woman called Chloe gaped at the person before her, "It's so pretty. Is he an artist?" thought the woman.

"Excuse me.." said Chloe once again.

"Oh, yes. Excuse me. Please, what do you want to ask?" suhut the woman with the hair plucked it later.

"Is this really Princess Jennia's house?" ask Chloe without saying anything.

"Jennies? Aye, right. W-what's up, huh?" The woman's face suddenly changed.

Is Mr Gelfara's family in debt? Lately, a lot of people have come looking for them at home. A few days ago even two men of large stature like thugs were always monitoring the neighbor's house.

At first glance, the woman also saw a large man in the car.

"If you can tell, where does he work? What time does he usually come home?" ask Chloe again.

"I'm sorry, whose mom, huh?" said the woman.

"I'm an old friend of Jenni's mother," Chloe replied briefly.

"Friends? How suspicious, huh? I can't give you the wrong information" muttered the woman who was sweeping the page.

Chloe looked at the woman before her with a smile. He patiently awaits an answer. He was not aware that the person he was asking was suspicious of him.

"Mother Jenni and her son work as ART in a shelter. Then her husband was a gardener in the barn house," said the woman in the end.

"Continue?" ask Chloe not satisfied.

"Night trading food. It's usually at this hour that they're home" the woman replied. "Don't they deliberately not come home because they don't want to meet these people?" thought in the heart.

"Where are they selling," asked Chloe.

"I-that's. at Simpang Tugu," the woman replied getting nervous. "Yes God. May my attitude not be wrong" he prayed in his heart.

"Oh, yes. Do they have a daughter?" Chloe continued to flank him with questions.

"What else is this? They want to kidnap and sell their kids if they don't pay off the debt? Anyway, I won't let them get any more information" he said.

"How's it?" chloe is waiting for an answer.

"I-iya have. But I don't know where they are" he replied.

"Ah, thanks for the information. This is my business card. Please tell me if they're home" Chloe said.

"Ba-well," replied the woman with sweat dingi that splashed. "May they never come back here again" he thought.

Chloe returned to the car feeling a little disappointed. He had no more information than the woman. Exactly the same as he heard from his men.

He could not meet the woman he had long missed. How is he doing now? Is it as good as the one in the photo?

Drrr... Chloe's phone rings.

"Hello, honey," Chloe replied.

"How, honey? Have you met him?" ask Geffie, Chloe's husband.

"Yet. They're not home" Chloe replied in disappointment.

"I don't know. Should I let go again?" crying Chloe.

"Dear, I'm sorry. No cry. We'll definitely find a way to meet him" Geffie said, feeling guilty.

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Decades ago, after Chloe made it to her first fashion show, she returned to the town where she and her father lived.

He seeks out the existence of angels who have saved their lives. But, baby, it came a little late.

Two hours earlier, the cleaning service officer at Pak Alfarobi clinic resigned. He left his job and college to return to his hometown, Cirebon.

He gets word that his father disappeared into the ocean with the other sailors. His mother should be the head of the family, and support his three younger siblings.

Jennia, as the first child, felt responsible for the family. The twenty-one-year-old woman gave up her dream of becoming a nurse. He started a new life in his hometown.

Mr. Alfarobi can only tell until there, according to the letter left by Jennia before saying goodbye to leave. He did not even tell me his address.

Over the years Chloe searches for her whereabouts, but she loses track.

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"Should I go back to losing you, brother? I just want to return the favor to you," Chloe cried at this moment.

"Madam, what if we look at the sale?" wilson.

"Ah, it's fine, too" said Chloe, wiping away her tears.

A few minutes later, they arrived at the place in question. Again the zonk. The sales cart that is usually filled with Moluccan origin snacks, now looks empty. The other traders did not know of its existence.

Chloe's really resigned. Looks like he has to be patient to meet them, until he returns from Europe, a few months away.

Nyutti...

"Ouch... Sick.." complains Chloe who just entered his car.

The blue-eyed woman felt a tremendous pain in her left leg. It felt like it was being sliced by a sharp object.

"Why Madam?" his assistants were worried.

"Don't know. But it hurts a lot" Chloe said, holding her leg. "Rafles, please head to the nearest hospital" Chloe asked the driver.

"Okay, ma'am," replied Rafles.

Drrr... Drrt... Chloe's phone rang repeatedly inside the bag. But the roar of a car drove into the hospital, drowning out that crucial phone noise.

"Hello, Wilson. I just found the position of Arka's phone, Jennia's eldest son. He is now in..." Felix finally called Wilson.

"Felix, just report later. Today, the life of the Madam is more important. We are now heading to the nearest hospital" Wilson said.

"Good God, madam why? What hospital was he taken to?" felix.

"Don't know. It is the nearest hospital here. At the moment the Madam is in an impromptu state. Mr. Geffie is also heading here" Wilson explained.

Rafles turned their car into the courtyard of Medika Nusantara Hospital, when Wilson was busy calling.

"Alright, but I have to keep giving you this information. Who knew the Madam would ask when she woke up" Felix said.

Tut's...

"Ah, i*l! Wilson turned off the phone" Felix said.

Not out of his mind, Felix sends a short message to his employers, Chloe and Geffie.

"Princess Jennia is undergoing foot surgery at Medika Nusantara Hospital. I'm sure his family has been there for a few days too" he wrote.

(Connected)

Thank you for reading. See you around.