In the Name of a Mate
Chapter 46: Testing or Karma

The moonlight barged in through the air vents, providing little illumination to the dark room now inhabited by two humans who were busy with their own minds

"Are you scared?" After a long period of silence, finally one of the two men made a sound, he looked at his friend with a difficult to interpret view

"To be honest, I felt guilty when we killed him, but seeing that he is alive now I regret not shooting him in the heart" he said with a slight nudity at the end of his sentence

"How's Rio? We could've threatened him not to expose that evidence to the police using a lot of his crimes. But I don't want him to wander around like an innocent at all"

"I'm sure he'll be sentenced to death or life imprisonment anyway, whereas we'll probably be five to ten years at most" Rio took a deep breath with his gaze fixed on Qais

Today everything was suddenly runyam, Mr. Rangga who they thought was gone now returned even this morning the news was shocked with him who appeared again in public after being reported dead, said the news, moreover, his words that said he would immediately report who did this, even he clearly said about the CCTV footage. Qais knows, it was done deliberately, so that Mr. Rangga felt he was the one who won in this game. But, Mr. Rangga never knew what evidence they also kept

"When I feel happy and find my purpose in life, why is it that b*j*ngan is back again?"

"Then what should we do?" Rio squeezed his hair in frustration

"If we get caught, maybe what we have is now gone. Whether it's love, friends or maybe even family. But if we let him continue to roam, whether it's alive how many people will be threatened" Qais covered his face with both hands. When he started migrating for the better, why did the test feel harder?

"We could have threatened with the evidence that we have, but it's not fair Rio, his mistakes multiplied even to the point of losing some lives. While we're just a failed murder case, is it worth it?" Subconsciously Qais shed her tears. Confusion and anger became one in his heart. Such a difficult choice

"I've expressed my feelings for him Qais, even getting to know his parents. Can I lose him again?" Qais looked at Rio with a look of guilt

"I'm sorry, I asked you to do this. If not, you may still be able to live quietly. I can admit that it was all my plan, I will tell you that you don't know anything and just obey my orders" Rio shook his head hearing that

"Don't be crazy Qais. We're friends who are like brothers, and brothers won't leave his brother just for the sake of a heart he doesn't necessarily have" Qais pulled Rio's arm and hugged him tightly. Maybe no one ever thought, the two people who are known to badboy are now crying. Shedding the burden of their hearts, the decision was already taken. There is no way they are selfish to let the man roam, although in the end they must be willing to feel lost

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He saw that two prayer mats had even spread, it turned out that Qais prepared everything, not waiting for long he took ablution water and mukena to pray together. In each movement also chanting takbir that came out of the lips Qais, Layla thanked for being reunited with the man, the man who wanted to learn and guide him. Qais did the same, but he cried because his heart ached imagining that maybe this was the last moment of their togetherness

"O Allah, is this a test of my hijrah or a karma that I reap from my deeds? I am a weak servant who begs for forgiveness for all my sins if this is my retribution. But if this is how you test my hijrah, make me strong to face it, strengthen my faith and strengthen my heart in your religion. Strengthen my heart for loss that may hurt, you know everything, give me the best. If it might be a farewell, please strengthen our hearts, aamiin"

Qais prayed for a third of the night, wishing only the best, for himself and for his wife.

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The public was made in an uproar with the news of the return of the businessman who had been rumored to have died, Mr. Rangga adorned the television screen in most news stations, including, he was immediately attacked by various netizen questions that were certainly mostly about what actually happened

"I was still alive, I was drifting in the river but was saved by a fisherman. My death was also planned, I will make a report along with proof that the person is the perpetrator who will receive the heaviest punishment"

Mr Rangga's sentence in the interview footage that makes public buzz and curious about what really happened here? Many netizens are curious but Mr. Rangga said it would make this just a surprise tomorrow

"I didn't think he was alive, but I'm not surprised that someone would kill him, but I want to thank him. Unfortunately I was also disappointed, why didn't he just die?" Nessi said that with a flat sentence but her eyes could never lie, full of wounds and disappointment

"After all he is your father Nes, regardless of how he behaves the same way you used to" Layla hugged her best friend and patted her on the back softly a few times

"Shall I call him Ila's father? While she may never even consider me her son" Nessi wept sinking her face in Layla's neck that still held her. They are on the edge of an artificial lake that is fairly quiet because it enters the afternoon, different stories again if the afternoon must have been crowded visitors

"I was heartbroken with him, let alone knowing that my mother had not been able to forget the man. The man who carried wounds and trauma until I was afraid to believe in men again" Layla shook her head hearing that

"I hate him even though he's my father, he's not my daughter's first love, even the last love won't be there for her. He is a man who does not deserve love. He's just a selfish, devil-hearted man who thinks only of the world and all its treasures"