Malik asked, jumping to his feet as he saw his three mates groaning in pain and collapsing onto the living room floor.“That bloody Zaqqy did it!” Rinto shouted furiously, clutching his right shoulder in pain.“Bro, what’s wrong with your teeth?” Malik was startled to see that Rinto’s teeth were missing.“Shut up, you!!”​“See, I told you so! If that Zaqqy is still alive!” replied Puji. “You lot wouldn’t believe me until I had to take Malik, Aman and Dito into the forest to prove it. In the end, we were even haunted by a demon in the forest,” said Puji again, thoroughly exasperated.​“What do you mean?” asked Andri and Anto in unison.​"We were trapped in the forest near that old banyan tree. We heard a sound coming from nowhere. We couldn’t escape the forest no matter how hard we tried; we just kept going round in circles," explained Aman.​"Don’t make things up! There’s no way there’s a demon in that place. You lot are a bunch of idiots!" snapped Rinto, thoroughly annoyed. He tried

Hearing Puji’s account, Malik fell instantly silent. He sped off in his car, chasing after Anto’s vehicle, which was already a long way ahead. It didn’t take long before they arrived at Darwin’s house. Everyone got out of their cars without looking at one another. There was no conversation. The seven of them walked into the house. At that very moment, Darwin was already standing by the front door.“Good evening, Boss,” they all said in unison. Darwin didn’t reply. He sat down straight away and crossed one leg over the other.“What on earth is going on? Why did you say Zaqqy was still alive, Rinto?” said Darwin. “You know, your words could come back to haunt you! It could seriously ruin my reputation later if he reports all this to the police or spills the beans on what I did to that woman! You idiot!" he snapped, pointing at Rinto and his friends.​"We don’t know either, Boss, how Zaqqy could still be alive. Because Malik and I made sure Zaqqy was definitely dead that night," Rinto d

said Malik, nudging Rinto. Puji and Aman did the same; they immediately hid behind the bushes at the back.​It turned out that what they saw was Zaqqy going out to the back. He appeared to be picking something up.​“At a time like this, he’s picking up his shoes?” muttered Puji in surprise. His friends simply shook their heads.“Come on, let him be. Maybe he wants to go out at this time of night; this actually works in our favour,” said Rinto. He seemed to be smiling happily, as if he were thinking of an extraordinary plan.Meanwhile, at his house, Zaqqy looked all dressed up. He grabbed his old jacket and warmed up his motorbike in the back of the house.“I’m running late today,” muttered Zaqqy, looking in a hurry. He left his motorbike for a moment and went back inside the house. It turned out his mother had woken up too.“Where are you going?” asked his mother, a little surprised, rubbing her eyes.​“I’m going to work, Mum. I’ve got a job at the market. I’m a labourer starting at t

he shouted as he ran towards the car park.He revved up his old motorbike, whilst the young men from earlier immediately followed behind. Whispers in the market began to grow louder, including those from Wak Gimin and his workmates.“How on earth could this happen? Goodness me! I hope his parents are all right,” whispered one of the traders.“I hope they report it to the police soon. Who wouldn’t panic? He’s at work, and his parents have been kidnapped!”“Oh God, why on earth would they kidnap Zaqqy’s parents? He’s not rich; he’s struggling.”​A few snippets of conversation from the market folk could be heard, but they were simply brushed aside. The market folk went back to work as usual, naturally, as it was none of their business.Meanwhile, Zaqqy’s motorbike sped along until it reached his house. There, the men and women living in the rented accommodation were already visible. They all walked towards Zaqqy with sad expressions.“Who did this, Sir? Did you see anyone?” asked Zaqqy a

"Oh, for goodness’ sake, shut up! Since when have you been minding this place in the middle of the night? Where are the others? Why are you here?" snapped Aman."Oh, Jefri couldn’t work, mate. So he asked me to cover for him for just two days. It’s decent money for me, hehehe. But who’s that, mate?" asked Tono, trying to see the face of the woman Malik was carrying. However, Rahayu’s long hair covered her face, making her hard to recognise.​“Oh, for goodness’ sake, you’re so nosy!” Aman immediately shoved Tono, sending him crashing to the ground. The man looked in pain.​“Don’t get too involved in other people’s business if you don’t want to die!” Aman threatened. They then immediately went inside the lift at the back.“Astaghfirullahaladzim… who on earth is that?” Tono looked terrified as he watched Aman and his two friends bring a stranger into the café. “Should I ring Mr Darwin? But would it be a bother at this hour? But if they’re bringing someone in without the Boss’s knowledge,