The Disappearance of Anjani Clarissa のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 11 - チャプター 20

Jani stepped onto the floor with nervous, hesitant steps. After spending several days in this enormous house, she still had not memorized the layout of every room, especially the far end of the third floor, where Bastian had summoned her that evening, right after he and Nathan just got back from their office in Interglobe Tower.As far as she could remember, this was only the second time she had ever set foot on the third floor. She usually spent the entire day on the second floor, where her bedroom and Adrian's were located.The third floor, it turned out, was used as a recreational and activity area. There was a long table that looked like a conference table, a billiard table, several classic arcade machines from the 1980s, and, in one corner, a mini theater and a library.Bastian had asked her to meet him in the library, which also served as Adrian's private study and had once been the late Mr. Saksono Herlambang's personal workspace.Jani had to take a deep breath before she could

The black car pulled over and stopped along the stretch of roadside commonly used by ride-hailing taxis waiting for passengers in front of Pondok Indah Mall 1. A young man with a broad forehead and a gray jacket quickly got in after confirming that the license plate matched the number in the text message he had just received.The moment he settled into the rear seat on the left, the car started moving again. Quite fast, too. Though naturally, there was no way to enjoy that speed for long on Jakarta's notoriously congested main roads, eventhough now it has already past 9 PM.The man in the gray jacket placed his bag on his lap. His facial features made him look considerably older than his actual age, which was certainly below forty. Awkwardly, he struggled to shove his phone into his jacket pocket before glancing at the large man sitting on the right."You're not Rico," he said hesitantly."No. I'm Benny, his replacement," the large man replied. "A replacement, but actually someone in

Jani swept her gaze across the room before her. Yes, from where she was sitting now, she really did feel like she was perched on a throne.Adrian Herlambang had deliberately designed his private workspace in the library that way. The floor stood on a raised platform above the rest of the spacious room, complete with two sets of five-step stairs on the left and right, making the whole thing look like a stage set.The large L-shaped desk was made of teak wood that had to be extraordinarily expensive, carved with the Interglobe logo, a globe with three rows of waves running across its front. Anyone sitting in the guest chair facing the desk would be looking straight at that emblem.Behind the desk stood a plush swivel chair with a backrest so tall and ornate that it looked grand enough for one of the senior lawmakers in the Indonesian Parliament building. Jani didn't feel like she was sitting on a chair at all. It felt more like a spring mattress. Give her another fifteen minutes there a

Her First Kill“Run! Now!” Kris shouted again.Jani moved before her brain could catch up. She crouched as low as possible and ran in the direction Kris pushed her, toward the side of the warehouse. A barrage of gunfire shook the air. The Orion men returned fire. From somewhere ahead came Bastian's roar.“Don't let them get close! Kris, protect Mrs. Shahnaz! Get her out of here!”“Yes, Boss!” Kris shouted back.Jani glanced over her shoulder to see where Kris was.It was a huge mistake.The moment she slowed down, a bullet slammed into the metal pillar beside her head, sending a shower of tiny sparks into the air. It missed her by inches.She screamed.“Don't look back!” Kris barked. “Keep moving, toward the cars! I'm right behind you!”Jani ran again. She had never imagined herself experiencing anything like this. Now people were actually shooting. And they were shooting real bullets, meant to take lives.“Over there!” Kris shouted. “Out of the warehouse!”They finally reached a side

Still slightly sweaty after being ordered by Mom to fix the crooked bench at the food stall, Eki carried the toolbox through the front room toward its storage spot in the backyard.The four girls were still busy around the dining table, doing something that had become increasingly unusual among the current generation.Playing cards.Not long after her earlier rant and after entering the house and meeting Windi, Nina had idly checked the small cabinet beneath the TV. There, she found a deck of playing cards that had belonged to Eki's late father.What started with a few questions about how to play it eventually turned into an actual game of cards with Eki and Windi. Nurul joined in afterward, making the whole thing even livelier.Eki had to leave when Mom called him to the food stall, temporarily replaced by Dias, who happened to be free because the stall was quiet.Now, more than half an hour later, even after Dias had brought them delicious bowls of soto from the stall for lunch, the