When the Inca became the Inca
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Rhode accompanied Niskala in her room. They ate in silence while staring at the garden of the Janu family residence which had been shrouded in the darkness of night.

"Ehmmm, did you cry over the woman called by the man who came earlier, right?" rhode asked unconsciously. She did not want to pry into Niskala's past, but somehow her lips betrayed Rhode.

His heart was too curious which made him unable to resist asking. Niskala looked at Rhode intensely, which made the girl feel guilty for asking wrongly. Niskala let out a tired sigh, and in the end she told her tragic love story.

The story ends with Rhode crying while sobbing in Niskala's arms. He did not expect that his superiors and relatives had experienced events that would make the heart sliced sembilu when they heard it. Rhode could not imagine being in such a situation.

He may have lost all his family members but he was nowhere to be seen when the accident occurred, but Niskala saw all the events that the man experienced firsthand.

"Ma.., I'm sorry brother because I scraped my brother's old wounds. Me, I was wrong!" said Rhode who sobbed in the arms of Niskala who felt full from Rhode's roaring cry. This time, he could tell his story to others. During this time only Kanigaralah know the details of the incident.

Niskala just took off her embrace when she felt Rhode had calmed down. Rhode's face that realized their position, instantly met with embarrassment. He immediately apologized to Niskala because instead of entertaining, he was comforted by Niskala.

Niskala just smiled knots while shuffling Rhode's hair softly while thanking him for sympathizing when he heard his story and trying to help him since the office.

"Thank you for helping me through today, now go to sleep. Good night, Rhode!" niskala said when they were standing in front of the door of the room occupied by Rhode. Rhode nodded as he looked at Niskala with puffy eyes and blurred vision from crying too much.

Rhode without a cue, hugged Niskala once more and rushed into her room. He stuck his back on the door while holding his chest to neutralize his beating heart. He did not think that he dared to hug Niskala like that.

Yes, I'm just trying to cheer up, Sister Niska! No meaning whatsoever! Why does the heart feel anything more?

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Meanwhile somewhere else, someone was mengingau in his dream.

"HURRY UP! YOUR TIME IS NOT LONG! If you don't leave, then those who come back to you will go in your place!" the voice that gets farther away.

"Waituu..., Wait..., Don't go!" the Inca screamed in her sleep that made the Inca jerk and get out of bed.

"Mi..., what dream is that? Why does it feel so real?" muttered Inca while rubbing her face. He felt as if the dream was a sign and also a reminder to him. Inca suddenly felt fear as well as sadness, enveloping him.

Kanigara, who had just come out of the bathroom, was confused when she saw the wife sitting on their bed holding her chest. Kanigara immediately approached the Inca to check on his wife.

As soon as she saw Kanigara, Inka hugged her husband tightly. Her pregnancy hormones made the Inca more spoiled and reliant on Kanigara. The Inca became more frequent in asking Kanigara to accompany him.

Kanigara always tried to fulfill the demands of the Inca, because he did not want to make his wife sad and affect the feelings of the Inca who might interfere with the growth of their future baby in the womb of the Inca.

Kanigara did not force the Inca to tell stories. He chose to hug his wife so that the Inca would calm down. He knew there must be something that his wife had experienced in her dream.

"If in the near future we have to part, are we ready?" Inka's question in a soft tone that made Kanigara surprised. He did not expect the Inca to discuss separation with him. He felt a fear that some time ago haunted him, now reappeared to the surface.

Inka nodded. Kanigara gently hugged the Inca while stroking the soft back of the Inca which was their new habit since the Inca became pregnant. It was always done by Kanigara to reduce muscle tension and pain in the back, waist and hips that the Inca experienced since the stomach was getting bigger.

God, don't take him from me!

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"Gi, I think our plan should be accelerated!" the Inca said when they finished breakfast, the next day.

Is the Inca time approaching? Gianna looked at her best friend with a sad face. Inka just smiled knots and patted Gianna's hand and said that everything would be fine. Gianna knew that the Inca were lying, but she did not want to pry the Inca's heart any longer because she feared it would be unprepared for the Inca to be honest with her.

In the end, Gianna could only nod in resignation. He knew the Inca had mature considerations and Gianna's only duty was to give full support to the Inca.

"Begging kenneth to find Leticia as soon as possible. I know Leticia was the key to my question about her relationship with Ucok!" it was the Inka who made Gianna nod in understanding.

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That night two men were sitting in the Janu family residence.

"What did Miss Inca think? He kept asking to find Leticia as soon as possible! Do I need to tell you the location of Leticia, sir?" kenneth asked Niskala who was in front of him.

"She definitely wanted to make sure of something to Leticia! Just tell me, I'm afraid the little girl will find another way, if she doesn't get any information about Leticia as soon as possible!" reply Niskala.

Kenneth, who was Niskala's right-hand man nodded and immediately carried out the orders of his superior. From the beginning Kenneth was the one Niskala ordered to be a secret informant to the Inca.

After carrying out the task given by Niskala, Kenneth sat back down and looked at the superior closely as if he was waiting for time to ask something that had been filling his mind.

Niskala returned Kenneth's gaze casually. From the look of his right hand, Niskala knew that the man who was younger than a year from her, wanted to ask something and Niskala knew very well where Kenneth's question was headed.

"Is there anything you want to ask?" niskala said casually which made Kenneth grimace, because again Niskala seemed to be able to read his mind. Without hesitation Kenneth immediately asked a question that made Niskala shocked for a moment and then chuckled.

"Why did you ask me to be an informant for Ms Inka for so many years, even before Mr Kanigara married her?"

Kenneth was a little confused when he saw the laughter that adorned the face of his superior. Shortly afterwards Niskala nodded and was ready to give an answer to her right hand.

"Because I'm back, to make sure that poor girl stays alive and doesn't get the same injury!"

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