The Traces of Destiny
Alex's arrest

Rabbi. . .

The sudden shadow of his son brought reality to what was going on.

NO. TAH...

Still, he argued for several breaths before finally exhaling out loud.

He grabbed his phone and and spoke there. With a trained motion, he pulled Alex's raised wrist, then moved his hand behind Alex's back. After sheathed her weapon, she locked onto Alex's hands, making the man grimace, then pulled him to his feet.

"You'll pay for everything.." Garin starts dragging Alex towards his car, and Toni, who is silent on the spot, suddenly explodes in activity, like a nest of ants just stepped on.

"This is not true. I'll call my lawyer! You have no right to enter here like this even if you are a camat and point your weapon at us!"

He kept shouting for a long time even after Garin was done with two calls on the phone. Garin continued to press Alex's body and head into the back of his car. Alex didn't react much to the pressure Garin put in.

In just a few minutes, Sutrisno and three policemen arrived.

"Don't let it go, or I'll completely finish him off and take his place in prison" Garin threatened as police began to take Alex from Garin's cage.

Sutrisno took the time to talk to one of the three policemen before they took Alex to the car.

Garin looked at Alex intently as the man flashed before him with his hands cuffed.

He wanted to shoot him.

I swear, he really wanted to do it.

And one wrong step, from whoever is there, he will do it.

But it's wrong.

"And you were wrong in the way you handled this" Sutrisno half-whispered as he approached Garin.

How many rules did he break? Half dozen?

Letting Amar go, ignoring the rules, not asking for help, immediately pulled out his weapon and pointed it at Alex's head....He would get in more trouble because of this, and not just a reprimand from Sutrisno or the party. But legally as well.

After Sutrisno spoke to the Numan family, he took Garin away from the place.

Sutrisno got into Garin's car to be able to talk to him. Garin was driving at a moderate speed this time. A yellow dotted line came towards him, passing rhythmically from sight.

In the car, neither Garin nor Sutrisno spoke until they reached the highway. Garin's eyes remained fixed on the road. Although Alex has been arrested, it does not relieve his feelings.

I don't give a shit. Alex is going to jail, no matter what happens to me. Alex would rot in prison like he'd rot me for two years. Those thoughts continued to speak in Garin's mind.

"So, what will Alex accuse this time?" Sutrino asked flatly.

But Sutrisno's question received no response. Sutrisno was heard breathing a few times. They kept each other quiet until they reached the police station where Alex had been placed in check.

Alex was laughing as Garin passed by to another room.

Garin turned around, holding back the overflowing anger within him hearing Alex's laughter. Alex looks calm.

"Sir Camat, I will tell you a little secret. I know you're not gonna shoot. You can't do it, can you?" Alex said from his shoulder.

Garin bit his lips, his face flushed red. Keep control, he told himself. Keep control....

Alex continued on.

"Tell me, are you still dating the girl you were with in Gajafly? I just want to know, because--"

The police tried to defuse the situation by warning Garin.

With that Garin released his hand grip on Alex's collar violently, due to unprepared, Alex darted down to the floor in a lunge position. And unexpectedly a Garin kick landed heavily on his chest. Like a broken mannequin, Alex grimaced in pain without being able to move his body.

"It has. Already, come on.." Sutrisno pulled Garin's body away.

Alex was helped by the police again trying to sit in his chair. While Garin was watching him from a distance of several meters.

A mocking smile was seen on Alex's face.

For the rest of the examination, Alex did not say a word to Garin. He answered every question the attendant examined him without much debate.

Even after Sutrisno forcibly pulled Garin into another room. Alex obediently walked towards his cell.

"So, what happened?" ask Sutrisno.

A few minutes earlier, Garin had appeared with Sutrisno in the cell where Alex was being held. After the police lock him inside, Alex asks to meet his lawyer.

It took extra effort for Sutrisno to get Garin away from there. As Garin and Sutrisno climbed the stairs, the policemen on guard glanced at them, trying their hardest to hide the curiosity.

"I think that seems pretty obvious, doesn't it?" answer Garin.

"It's not the time or the place to joke, Garin. I need answers and I need them now, starting with Amar. I want to know your reasons, why you let go, and what they mean by the matter of life and death. Then, I want an answer to why you got out of here and why is Alex locked up down?"

Sutrisno crossed his arms and leaned against the table.

Over the next fifteen minutes, Garin recounts what happened. Sutrisno's jaw was agape, and in the end, he was pacing around in the room.

"Gosh, you're making me bother with those cops today, let's go back to our office." Bring Sutrisno.

After meeting the police chief for some explanation, Sutrisno walked to the car where Garin was waiting for him.

"Perfect for now" he said.

Garin did not respond to anything.

"You're probably the most troublesome camat in the country, you know that?" said Sutrisno upset because he did not get any response from his interlocutor.

"Can I turn on the radio?" ask when Garin starts the engine.

Without another answer. Sutrisno slammed himself into the back of the chair. "I must be crazy for loving you too much."

Garin turned his head for a moment as he said those words.

"Don't look at me like that, I love you like a brother.. You're a friend who's like a brother to me. Damnit damnit! I shouldn't have to say this." said Sutrisno alone.

He threw his face towards the window, turning his mind to the row of shops along the street.

"Eh, that... Can you stop for a little fry?" ask Sutrisno.

But the car kept going.

"Dam.. Shit..shit!" it is done by pulling his own hair.

"Have, just keep driving all the way to the office, I'll be quiet.. I won't talk to you again until this car is parked there and we'll just talk after."

"Okay" Garin replied.