Irise Delegnere (ALIVE'S Book 3)

by Faulina Arif

  Ichsan suddenly stopped and then throwing that snack in his hand to the trash can that he finally found. He then turned around and looking at Dani that can only stare at his snack with a sad face.

  "As I said before, don't eat when we still in duty. Did you never see your figure in the mirror? Look at you, similar to a pig! Are you a pig?!" Ichsan insulting him harshly.

  "Bu . . . "

  "Get back to the office!!" Ichsan ordering him with furious face. He didn't give him any opportunity to finish his word.

  "R-right away sir . . . " Dani answered fast, he didn't want to make Ichsan becoming more furious.

  Ichsan walking toward where his car is parked. He go toward the driver seat but halted his step because he saw a big shadow fall near his foot. Ichsan turn around and nearly collided with Dani that turn out followed him since then.

  "Hey, who the hell ordering you to ride in my car?" Ichsan shouted.

  Dani fell silent in confusion.

  Ichsan clucking while feeling annoyed. "Go away, use a bus, I don't want my car tire deflated because of your weight!" Ichsan chasing Dani away while wagging his hand toward him.

  Dani fell quiet for a moment while thinking Ichsan words. If he ride a bus, he thought he can take the time to visit a super market to buy more snack without any need to hear Ichsan lecture.

  "Yes, sir!"

  Dani turned around and walk leaving Ichsan.

  Next time I will make sure to kick his ass, Ichsan grumbled. Becoming more upset while looking at Dani ass that swaying because of excessive fat when he was walking.

  Ichsan get in to his car. He put his small note in passenger seat beside him and then accelerate his car in the main road.

  After working with Sofian, getting a partner like Dani which can't do anything and can only know things about eating making Ichsan blood pressure rise, it’s truly a nightmare for Ichsan, that fat pig isn't reliable at all compared to Sofian.

  Even before meeting with Sofian, Ichsan always getting a reliable and high quality partner. They of course not as smart as Sofian that know many things, but at least they can be relied upon.

  Ichsan is now realized, there's a few people that didn't like him. Maybe one of those persons is Rudi. There is so many able officer in their office but why did Rudi partnering Ichsan with that useless man? It is reasonable if Ichsan have a prejudice toward Rudi. Rudi could intentionally did this because he disliked Ichsan.

  IRISE DELEGNERE

  Reyn and Zafar moving the house furniture outside the room so that Aria and Marsha could clean the entire room inside the villa more easier.

  After things that happened in that night, Reyn taking Aria, Marsha and Zafar leaving the city and hide in his private villa which was located above a hill, far away from the city.

  In that place no one will found them. At least that was what Reyn think. Because that villa was bought by Reyn with his savings. To be more exact a few year ago when his business is in good order and he had much savings. Because of that David didn't know about Reyn villa at all.

  For a long time, he never stayed in his villa, and of course that place would be not well taken care of. Dust and spiders web filling all of villa's room especially its furniture.

  When buying that villa, Reyn thinks maybe there's a time that this villa will become useful. Could be as a hiding place when the situation worsen or only as a place for him when he need a solitude from another people. Even so, Reyn never visiting his villa, at least in this one year.

  "If I meet him, I will make sure he will pay for all of this. I will kill him!!" Marsha grumbled while cursing.

  Reyn look toward Marsha.

  From a while ago, Marsha cleaning the floor accompanied by a curse that came out from her mouth. After everything that happened, in the end Marsha could revert back to her normal self. And that could make Reyn, Aria and Zafar relieved.

  Faisal terrible death, giving Marsha's mind a temporary trauma. Suddenly at that time she becoming absent-minded and losing control toward herself. Marsha drowned by her fear till she can't move moreover thinking straight.

  Thank god after meeting with Reyn and leaving that place toward the safer ones, Marsha condition becoming more better. Sometimes she feeling a little fear when she remembered about that incident. But Marsha can accept Faisal death and let everything go.

  And now when Marsha is in a good condition, that girl is not stopping to swear and curse at Hafiz. Marsha blaming Hafiz for Faisal death, only because he was not in the workshop when that attack happened. If Hafiz was there, Faisal maybe have a chance to survive, and Faisal didn't have to fight those people alone.

  "Marsha, we still didn't know about that. I'm not sure if Hafiz has anything to do about that night incident." Reyn trying to make understanding toward Marsha.

  "If not him, then who?? He intentionally go when we all must overcoming that big trouble. He is a traitor big bro!" Marsha lifting both of her eyebrow with a stiff facial expression.

  "Hafiz had a reason why he must leave the workshop at that time. And no one from us that could expecting our enemy raid."

  "Reyn is right. Hafiz said to me if he wanted to meet his old friend." Zafar added.

  "Shut your trap!!" Marsha yelled and glared toward Zafar.

  Zafar trembling in fear, he close his mouth at once tightly. A cold sweat dripped from his face. Seemed like Marsha still didn’t like him. Even though that night Zafar is the one that helping Marsha.

  Marsha returned to look at Reyn. "Then where he is now? That scum can't even be called and he didn’t even call one of us."

  Reyn sighed. I hope he didn’t return to workshop and caught by those bastards. Reyn thought.

  Reyn can only answer Marsha question inside his mind. It's no use, Marsha is too angry. That girl will not listen to Reyn at this time.

  Whatever things that Marsha said, Reyn still can’t feel suspicious toward Hafiz. Instead, he blaming it all toward himself, because he lost a part of his most important memories. And now, although that memories was returned and he could remember every detail about it. He still couldn't deliver the truth toward Marsha.

  How could he explain to Marsha, if in reality his father is the top leader of Elysion in this south-east Asia? On his father order both of Marsha's parent is killed. It is really hard to tell that all toward Marsha and even to Hafiz, his closest friend.

  It is possible, if their raid was happened because of David orders. After knowing that Reyn is involved, of course things that David targeting is Reyn workshop. To get what he wants, David will kill and destroy anything even though that obstacle is his dearest and only son.

  Reyn tooth was gritted when he think about that. However in this time he can’t do anything at all.

  In front of a window, Aria that now cleaning it, hearing Reyn and Marsha conversation in silence.

  Aria gripped a cleaning cloth in her hand.

  All of this is purely her fault, not Hafiz or anyone fault. That is what she thinks in her minds. Because until now no one is knowing if among those attacker at that night, standing a man which she trusted most.

  Thanks to Evan, Aria and the other could find the facility in that island and could infiltrate there safely. Without Evan, their journey will not be this far. But because of that same man, Faisal is killed and now they must find another hiding place.

  Aria will never forgive that damned traitor. In Aria eyes, Evan is not only blowing their hideout location, but he was also playing with Aria feeling.

  In the time when everyone is busy with their thought, Zafar was also flowed into a slight doubt. Zafar didn’t know what to do after this. Will he stayed or go far away from Aria, Reyn and Marsha that full of blood and vengeance.

  All of this is truly far from what Zafar know. His normal life is not like this and he truly didn’t want this even one bit. But if he must go, where will he go?

  In the past this world is really vast for Zafar. His long hand can't even reach one quarter of those. Many place he wanted t
o visit and study to get a precious knowledge, but he didn't have any opportunity to do all of that. Zafar is only like a little virus inside a human body. That is how he see this earth which he lived inside.

  After all bad things happened, that vast world is now changed. And now everything become smaller. Where ever he go, he felt there is no safe place for him anymore. Those people could find him and kill him easily. The time becoming longer and full of terror. Zafar was clueless, what should he do so that he could feel safe and fine. Zafar is doubted, is that safe haven is still there for him?

  IRISE DELEGNERE

  Ichsan increasing his car speed. He cancelling his agenda to go to his office and instead turning his car direction to the opposite because he got a call from Rudi.

  Rudi saying that they found a man corpse with age of 50th in harbor. After that corpse taken to police hospital, they said that corpse is belong to Fahri.

  An important meeting making Rudi can't go to police hospital to directly see it. And he asked Ichsan to substitute himself as to make sure about that news.

  Ichsan was ultimately surprised because of that. How could Fahri corpse was found if the last rumor Ichsan hear that Fahri is going to someplace remote to calm himself. Ichsan thinks, a bad omen he felt since he was imprisoned becoming a reality.

  Sofian too is also never appear and suddenly Ichsan heard this terrifying news.

  When he's arrived at the hospital, Ichsan hurried to come into the morgue. In front of the morgue there was standing 3 police officer that he know which now talking with 2 of morgue manager.

  Ichsan approaching them that saluting him at once.

  "Is his corpse inside?" Ichsan asking.

  A police with thick moustache named Umar nod and with one of morgue manager, he lead Ichsan to enter the morgue.

  They approaching a mortuary refrigerator. There was lying a copse and at that moment Ichsan was speechless, his eyes opened wide in disbelief.

  That corpse is rotten and already had bad smells. However from that corpse facial structure and a mole in his forehead, Ichsan was sure that corpse belong to Fahri. And aside from that, there is a bullet hole in his head.

  "How can this corpse could be found?" Ichsan asked with a cold sweat in his face.

  "A worker in that harbor found that corpse floating in the water this morning sir." Umar answered.

  "Then, where is that person?"

  "He's being interrogated sir."

  Ichsan stayed quiet for a long time. His right hand touching his chin, it's his habit while he think seriously.

  Ichsan feeling becoming uncomfortable after seeing that corpse in his front. It hard for him to believe what he see now. Feels like only yesterday Ichsan and Fahri chit-chatting, and then Ichsan seeing Fahri drowned in sadness because of his wife death. And now, Fahri is the one that feels the same fate same as his wife with gunshot in his head. This is truly unexpected for Ichsan.

  As a professional detective, Ichsan tried to ignore his uncomfortable feeling and do as he must. Rather than stayed quiet and keep on swimming in the stream of confusion and disbelief, it's better for him to found the truth about his superior death. That is his mission as a detective.

  "How about the medical report of this corpse?" Ichsan asked.

  "It been out sir, but the report is taken back to our HQ. We had less to know about that."

  "Is there any evidence that found with this corpse?"

  Umar nods. "A pistol that used for killing was found sir."

  "How could you found it? Is that pistol been found near the corpse?"

  Umar shook his head. "No sir, after we receive a report when someone found a corpse, investigation department immediately closing all of surrounding area and doing searching activity. Then 3 hours after that, they found a pistol in one of warehouse in the harbor."

  Ichsan frowned his forehead. "Then, where is that evidence?"

  "The same as that report sir, it is taken to our HQ. So the investigation department could do thorough investigation."

  "So, when is the exact time this corpse was found?"

  "At around 7 in the morning sir."

  Ichsan stares at the corpse in front of him. If he know about this faster, he will not becoming a spectator like now. Another team handled that case. Ichsan can't do much and can only found out by himself secretly while waiting the investigation result. Ichsan was hoping, they could do their work right and will not underestimate this important case.

  Ichsan turned around, walking to leave the morgue accompanied by Umar in his side.

  "Ichsan sir, can I ask you something?" Umar asked.

  Ichsan stopped in front of the door, exactly before they come out from the morgue. "What is it?" He looked toward Umar.

  "I hear, you worked under Mr. Fahri before. That means, you know Mr. Fahri well, right?"

  "Well, seems like it." Ichsan answered.

  The other 2 police officer hearing their conversation approaching them and standing beside Ichsan full of curiosity.

  "If so, you can recognize him right? Then is that corpse really was Mr. Fahri, Sir?" Candra asked in hurry.

  Ichsan looked at Umar, Candra and Saiful alternately. "Did all of you . . . Never meet with Fahri?"

  "I ever meet him once, but that is a long time ago, Sir. So, I can't remember his face well." Umar answered.

  "We are new officer sir." Saiful pointed at himself and Candra. "We never meet him and only know about him recently."

  "True, sir. Since the news about wife and daughter of the head of our investigation department unusual death is spread, we just recently knew that what the news mention is Mr. Fahri wife and daughter." Candra added.

  Ichsan eyes opened wide in surprise. "W-what the hell do you mean about his daughter death??!" Ichsan voice becoming loud and his heart racing with his question that come out from his mouth.

  Ichsan never heard about that news at all. Thing that he know, until today Fahri daughter is still alive and fine even though Ichsan didn’t know where she was.

  Candra and Saiful looked at each other and trembling in fear because they saw Ichsan expression that was changed because of anger.

  "Did you not know sir? Few days after his wife death, Mr. Fahri daughter corpse was found in the garbage landfills." Umar that was much older and more senior than Candra and Saiful trying to explain.

  Ichsan gulped, stares at Umar with eyes wide open.

  "Her corpse was found naked and buried in garbage. A scavenger is the one that found her corpse. The medical report said if she was tortured and raped before killed and then her corpse was thrown to the garbage disposal area."

  Ichsan rage overflowing and suddenly he punching the wall in his right side while at the same time growling till all his tooth was seen.

  Candra and Saiful jumped in surprise and becoming more frightened.

  Different with Umar that familiar with Ichsan behavior. Umar is not surprised anymore because that is who Ichsan was, hotheaded and always like to argue with his superior. It's not seldom for Umar and Ichsan meeting in a circumstances like now. But this is Umar first time to found Ichsan in frustrated state.

  "Is there any more information concerning that? Who's handling that case?" Ichsan asked when his rage is subsided.

  "I didn’t know for sure, Sir. But things that I heard, because they couldn't found Mr. Fahri, that case was intentionally suspended."

  Ichsan stayed quiet for a long time. Thinking these crazy things that happened toward Fahri and his family.

  Umar could read an uneasiness in Ichsan's face. "Rumor about Mr. Fahri family is spread among police department like a wildfire. But we still didn’t know any details about that, because that case is not yet processed and seems like it was kept to be a secret. Mr. Ichsan is in the same office with Mr. Fahri, so I think you know that more than me."

  "Because of that, all of you asking me about that corpse, is that Mr. Fahri corpse or not?" Ichsan asked to make sure.

  Umar nod, followed by those 2 new polic
e officer.

  Ichsan sighed deep." Yes, that is him. Thanks for your information." Said him while walking away, leaving those 3 police fast without any explanation.

  Those 3 police officer looked at each other, they are confused to see Ichsan behavior.

  On the way, Ichsan smiled sour. This is his first time to appear like an idiot to another officer. At least Umar was right, the people from another office could know about Fahri family news, but Ichsan didn’t hear anything concerning it at all. And the worse things is, no one of his colleague at his office or even Rudi telling that information toward him. Till he must inadvertently hear that information from another officer in different office.

  Isn't this problem truly important? Their superior wife and daughter is murdered. Fahri is also their precious co-worker, but why all of people in his office is so cold hearted and only stayed quiet as if there is nothing happened.

  If the evidence was now in their office. Ichsan must see that with his own eyes and immediately meet with Rudi.

  Now, after Ichsan knows everything, for one thing Ichsan was sure, Fahri family's death is closely related. There is some one that must take a responsibilities with all of this unreasonable incident. And Ichsan is promised to found that one person.

  IRISE DELEGNERE

  "Am I bothering you now?" Irfan approaching Evan that now was sitting in the roof of facility building.

  "What is it?" Evan asking with his eye sight directed toward the sky, not so interested with Irfan appearance.

  Irfan walked to the front approaching the roof railings. He sighed and then turned around, looked at Evan while leaning his body and both of his arms in the railings.

  "Hey, I wanted to talk. Did you still continuing that game of yours?"

  Evan looked at Irfan. "What do you mean?"

  "As for you to know, I always observing you in these past 5 month till now. And I also know, you hide that woman in your house."

  Evan eyes widen in surprise.

  "What did you do there with her? Had a sexual intercourse?" Irfan mockingly smiled.

  Evan had a cold sweat and his facial expression stiffen.

  Irfan mocking smile was gone and his face changed to be more serious. "Did you remember about your task? Your mission that was given to you? You remember, right?"