You're Not a Figurant
[POV Alex] Ch 26 - Looking for Khansa

There are six points where indicated offer sales and book rentals. I started to go to that place one by one. In the first place, Khansa does not exist. So also in the next place, until the last place, I could not find Khansa there. My mind started to get upset.

"B*al! *del! Where are you, baby?! Do you really intend to leave me again? What wrong?! Why can't you accept me?"

I hit my head on the wheel. My brain can't think. The shadow of Khansa leaving me completely freaked me out.

Ting... Ting... Ting... (Notif incoming message)

I grabbed my phone to see who was calling me. It was from Fian.

16.31: Mas, I just checked my phone. It turned out that an hour ago Mbak Khansa called me.

16.32: I overslept, so I could not answer the phone. I called again and the number was off.

As soon as I read the message from Fian, I immediately called and bombarded him with questions. But the result is nil. Absolutely no clue Khansa goes where. I finally decided to find Khansa alone.

I remember his habits while still at J*****. In addition to lectures, Khansa also teaches in several places. I visited those places, but the results were still nil. Fear came back to me as soon as I realized the places that allowed Khansa to get away from me. Yes, I have not been to the terminal, station or airport!! Why didn't you think about it before?!!

I drove the vehicle towards the airport. Hoping to find Khansa there, but there was none. Because in my city there is only a small airport, so the flight schedule is not as crowded as big cities. In ordinary days there are only two flights and when you look at the time, there is no way there will be another flight that day. The possibility of Khansa going through the airport, is highly unlikely.

I went to the next place, the station. I walked around every corner of that little station, but I didn't even meet Khansa there. I went to the information section, to inquire about his whereabouts. But the station insisted it would not divulge its passenger information. I tried to hold back my anger. Choose a safe and peaceful way to find out. I urged them to meet me with the station master.

With a few urging times, I managed to meet up and start negotiating. After the price is suitable, the station head will open the passenger information data. The result remains nil. No one named Khansa Aulia as a passenger. I even searched the CCTV, but the figure of Khansa never set foot in that place.

Desperation, fear, anger, disappointment, sadness become one. I went to the last place, which was the terminal. Arriving at that place, I began to search in every mode of transportation that existed. From angkot, buses within the city, even cross-provincial buses. There's no Khansa anywhere. His figure seemed to be completely lost to the earth.

Like a madman I asked everyone who was there. Shows Khansa's photo and urges them to remember her face. Out of the hundreds of people I met, none of them remembered Khansa. I even again urged the terminal officers to show me their CCTV. I do it in a peaceful way, money. But free, Khansa again I did not find.

My body started shaking. Cold sweat returned. I bought a cigarette, took a strong sip, trying to get rid of nervousness. When the cigarette was unable to relieve the nervousness and uneasiness, I took some of the liquor that was on the store display and upheld it.

I want to scream, cry and grope. Begging Khansa to come back to me.

Like a fool and a lunatic, I sat on the terrace of the terminal sipping a cigarette and drinking a few bottles of liquor. People who pass by try to avoid me. It seems like they're scared of having to deal with a drunk like me.

Dddrr... Dddrr... Dddrr...

My phone's vibrating. I wish Khansa had contacted me. It turns out my guess was wrong. It wasn't Khansa who called me, it was Diana.

"Yes Di?"

"Al, where are you? He said he'd go to Dino's wedding?" Ah, I totally forgot. My goal is to J**** one of them is to attend Dino's wedding. But since there was an incident of Khansa's disappearance, I forgot about it!!

"What business?"

"Khansa is gone."

"Huh? Don't joke dong Al, it's not funny."

"I'm not kidding. Khansa is completely gone!! I'm at the terminal now. I've been looking for him to and fro, but Khansa doesn't exist. Arrghhhh!!"

"Al... Al, calm yourself down first. Relax Al, don't get emotional. I'm going to the terminal, right?"

"No need. You go straight to Dino's wedding. I'm sorry I couldn't pick you up..."

"Al, horrify me. Just calm down, okay?" Diana tried to calm me down. But my heart cannot be calm. I've been almost half crazy, seeing Khansa never exist.

"Al, take a deep breath, exhale slowly. Try doing Al." I want to follow Diana's advice. I took a few deep breaths and exhaled slowly. After doing it a few times, it seems that way is quite effective as well. Slowly I started to calm down.

"Tell me everything, Al. Don't leave out the slightest detail, okay?" I also told him everything. As Diana said, not leaving out the slightest detail.

"Al, I don't think Khansa went anywhere."

"What do you mean Di?"

"This is Al. Khansa had gone to the house, while no one was home. Like you, Khansa must be trying to get in touch with her family. But knowing his family had no one to answer the call, he must have decided to leave the house. You said Khansa also contacted her sister, right? In my opinion, the person who intends to leave will not do so. I'm sure Khansa is still in town. Maybe he was staying somewhere, whether in a hotel or at the home of a relative or friend. That's what we don't know for sure. My advice, we go to Dino's wedding now. I'm sure Khansa will go to the same place. He couldn't have accidentally turned off his phone. Maybe his phone is running out of battery. Positive thinking dong Al." I permeated Diana's words, her few words had a point as well. "If Khansa's not at Dino's wedding tonight, I'll help you find her. We can get our people to look for him. How's it?"

After thinking for a while, I decided to agree to Diana's idea.

"Yes, we met at Dino's wedding. I'm leaving now. Remember Al, keep a positive thinking." Finished saying that, Diana hung up her phone call.

With a giant step I went to the public toilet and washed my face that was irregular in shape. Messy hair, dull face, red eyes. Not suitable for going to a friend's wedding.

I tidied up my appearance as much as I could, but it could not hide the alcohol content and the smell of cigarette smoke that still emanated from my body.

I stepped into the parking lot and got into the car. Then I started to change into formal clothes. After doing so, I drove the car at high speed, to the hotel where Dino's wedding took place.

I hope Diana's words are true. Khansa didn't leave me. Khansa was just in a position of not being able to reach me. Khansa will come to me tonight.

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