Genius Son My name is Aji
There's No News

"Is Elisha's family in trouble with finances?" jeny asked, to Rio.

"Where do I know Jen. But I think, most likely, yes."

Jeny, swerve towards Rio. "Ihsss, there too!" jeny. She felt annoyed by Rio's attitude that looked like he didn't want to know.

"Let's see, Elisha's address given, what's close to my house?" rio asked, distracting Jeny.

"This," Jeny replied, handing over a piece of paper, which the campus administration officer had given, to Rio.

Rio, received the paper, then read it a glance. "Oh, quite well from my house, too" Rio commented.

"How far is it?" elisha asked, wanting to know.

"About fifty kilometers if not mistaken," Rio said, while tapping his own forehead, like he was thinking.

"But it can be reached, right?" jeny asked to make sure, if his proposal would be approved by Rio.

"Well! It's also not like walking if you want to come," Rio replied, grimacing and not understanding, what the meaning of Jeny's question.

"I mean, you can ask for help from other people in your house, such as your father's employees, or your playmates in the village, to see the situation of Elisha or his family. We don't know, Elisha's really home or not right now."

"So, who came to Elisha's house, what excuse did you try? yes, suddenly do not know nyariin Elisha that's it!" rio replied, not thinking anymore.

"Not Rio! Yes, at least observe, there was no Elisha in the house that day? or just ask and tell me what it is."

"Hmmm..."

Rio, don't say anything. He also did not know, wanted to ask for help to who in the village. If you ask one of his father's employees for help, you can, the employee will tell stories to his father, and that can raise suspicion. Whereas yesterday, he had just met his father, who came to Jakarta for the inauguration of the new bus fleet base. And at that time, he forgot to bring his cell phone, so that Elisha could not reach him.

"Is Elisha angry with me?" rio asked slowly, as if to himself.

"You mean, why is Elisha angry?" jeny asked, upon hearing Rio's question earlier.

"It's okay. That night, when you said there was a proposal and Elisha was still at your house, for the last time, he called me a few times, but I told you the same, if I have a need and the phone is left behind, so I don't know what Elisa wants to say. The next morning, when I wanted to call back, he couldn't be reached. You know that, too, when you were on campus a week ago."

"Don't Elisha get kidnapped? robbed or what? If so, let's go to the police station and make a missing persons report?" take Jeny, with a panicked face.

"Eh, not that Jen either. We can not be sure the truth, if we have made a report, and it turns out Elisha, is in his house in the village how?" rio asked, starting to hesitate with his own thoughts.

"Ah You! if the love of that proposal, do not be too convoluted. Now you ask for help from your house people, or who it is, to make sure that Elisha is there or not in his house."

"That's it..."

"Yes Rio. It would be clearer if it was done. If you already know, it will make it easier for us, to make other plans. For example, where and how to find Elisha in Jakarta," said Jeny, explaining her thoughts to Rio.

"OK deh. But don't ask that today be done too! you don't know, there's nothing I can ask for help today, or as soon as possible" Rio replied, with an anxious face. Maybe he doubted the idea of his friend, Jeny.

"Well, I can't promise. It wasn't I alone who came to Jeny's house," Rio said again, grimacing.

"But the El said he likes my brother too. Is he ashamed to confess to me?"

Suddenly, Jeny remembers that Elisha once told her about his feelings for her sister, Aji.

"Ah, it's been a long time Jen," Rio said flatly.

"Huh. You know that too?" asked Jeny in surprise.

"Know. But if it's just that, I don't think it's possible. I'm more inclined to the problem earlier. Because it has to do with everything. If it's just about the heart, Elisha isn't that fragile!" Rio, say for sure.

Jeny, nodding understandingly to what Rio said and thought. She also feels that, indeed, Elisha's problem has nothing to do with her feelings for her brother, Aji.

"alright. I'm waiting for news from you. Hopefully soon!"

Rio only smiled faintly while pointing his thumb at Jeny, a sign of agreement.

*****

In another place.

Elisa is cleaning up in a mini market. He just became an employee there, a few days ago. He asked to be put in the morning, and not work at night, because at night, he had another job. And fortunately, the owner of the mini market where he worked, agreed to his request at that time.

"Elisha! please take the mop water back. The shop will open soon."

"Ok mbak!" elisha answered, with a blink of his eye.

Elisa, who is small in stature, is adaptable. He also doesn't hesitate to ask questions and hang out with people, so he can quickly make friends, even though he's a new employee.

"El. Have you had breakfast?" ask his other friend.

Elisha just nodded and smiled. He did not want to answer for sure, because he was not used to breakfast with rice. He knew for sure, if the question his friend had, it must have meant breakfast rice.

"Yes already. Happy working El. Later in the day, maybe your work uniform will come. You've been here a week" said his friend.

Elisa, it has been a week working in the mini market. But he has not yet worn a work uniform, because the trial period in the mini market was during the week. So, in the afternoon, he'll get his work uniform.

"Hopefully what I'm doing here can help myself. I really need to be able to fight on my own. Let it be, my phone I sold yesterday, right I also need money for a new boarding house close to work. Anyway, I don't need it yet. Anytime there's more money, I can buy."

Elisa did not think, if her friends, Rio and Jeny, were confused looking for her existence.

He seemed to enter into another world, and forget, if there are people who also care about his condition.