Cinta Bujang Lapuk (Doni Alexander)
Foreign Place

Doni woke up from his stupor. Slowly he opened his eyes to look at the ceiling of the old building. He's sitting on his ass spreading a look watching the place around.

"Where's this? the place feels foreign!" He looked to the side, where Leo and Alex were also lying unconscious.

"Leo, Alex, wake up woy!" Doni shook his body to wake up.

The two of them slowly woke up and they also looked confused as to why they were suddenly in a foreign place like this.

"Where are we, boss?" leo slowly stood up to look at the small window.

"Don't know, it looks like we got kidnapped. Try to think well. Last night we wanted to go home and suddenly someone hit us on the shoulder and we were unconscious until we were here" said Doni.

"You're right, Boss. Looks like we got kidnapped. But what are people kidnapping us for?" ask Alex to think.

"Boss, Lex, there's a lot of people out there working on something" Leo peeked out of the small window.

Doni and Alex came closer to see. And it turns out to be true, a lot of people are working on finding something on the ground.

"This looks like a mining site" Alex said.

"looks like. They were looking for something in the ground" Doni replied circling visions looking for a way to get out of there. He tried to get close to the door and the light wasn't in the lock.

"The door is not in the key" said Doni. Leo and Alex turned their heads, they approached Dini then walked out closer to the workers.

The three lined to the side paying attention.

"Hey, you three. You must be new workers, you guys are working!" sergeant one of his foremen.

"Who do you dare to tell us? boss no, brother no, I dare to command," Leo screeched his lips.

"Here we are Bosses, if you fight you will be just like them!" point it at one of the men being whipped.

"You're threatening? we're not afraid" Alex replied.

"You all want to be whipped first so that you follow us."

"Alright, the feet will do as you say" said Doni.

"Boss..!" leo and Alex were inexhaustible. Doni winks giving the code to follow their will.

"What should we do?" ask Doni.

"You do as they do get into that hole and dredge the ground inside!"

"It's gold mining, boss." Whisper Leo to Doni.

"Well, we'll follow what you want."

And the three of them went into a small hole. However, they could not believe that the hole in it was even very large as an adult.

"Crazy, small outside in a big hole. Many also work inside." Said Leo watching some people who were dredging the ground.

Doni's eyes were fixed on one of the workers there. He slowly approached the old body that was before him. Although the man turned his back and was gnawing the ground. He felt he recognized her.

"You." he said stammered. Her trembling hands stretched out rubbing Doni's facial lines.

Leo and Alex were wide-eyed, both stunned to see the old man's face which had to be the same as Doni's but he looked very old and wrinkled.

"Wa-this face?" the man said back.

"You recognize me, Papa?" lirih Doni glazed.

"Doni..!" The man hugged Doni and cried when he could meet one of his family again.

After a long time, they were found again. After nearly 26 years, Doni was reunited with his father. The diamond exhibition event turned out to bring him to meet the person he had been returning to.

"Doni, are you, son? you remember Papa? Papa's convinced that you're Doni Alexander. Papa misses you, misses your brother, misses papa Aurel's grandson" he said sobbing.

"It's me, Doni. Doni remembers Papa. Doni misses Papa too. Finally, we can meet you. Doni's happy that Papa's alive. Then, where's Albern's grandfather? is he still alive?' cerca Doni erodes the distance.

The man called Papa was grieving. He hugged both knees. Doni and the others sat down wanting to hear her story.

"Your grandfather is gone, Don. They killed your grandfather because he didn't want to turn his diamond company over to the enemy."

"Your grandfather would rather die than give up Aurel's company. We can't get out of here either because this place is heavily guarded by them. You know that your Papa and Grandpa aren't good at fighting. So Papa's been trapped here for decades in order to survive, hoping someone will save Papa."

Doni clenched his hand, hearing the story of the Papa. "Then why did they say that you died and why was Grandpa's body not sent to Indonesia?"

"Since the robbery that took place 26 years ago, we've been held hostage by one of the diamond businessmen. The reason is because our exhibition was the best and they made false news that we had not been killed by the robbers. For your grandfather's body, he's buried here in a public eatery in the area."

"While they were arbitrarily, they buried us properly. We just can't get out of here and we're all illegal miners" the man explained at length and told the story.

"What he is Thomas. American diamond businessman?" leo suddenly.

"We heard them mention Thomas and David. Then why are you here?" the man asked Doni to look at Leo and Alex.

"We were kidnapped. I don't know who and what the goal is, we don't know, Pah. But, Doni's happy. This kidnapping brought me to Papa. Although you left when I was 10, Doni can recognize Papa." Said Doni embracing his Papa's shoulder.

"Papa believes that they kidnapped you because of the diamond exhibition that yours is selling well and selling at a fantastic price."

"Okay, we don't know. But, I'm glad to see you, Pah." Doni and the person called Papa embrace each other to release long-buried longing.

They all talk without thinking about work.

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"Ra, why is Doni's mobile phone not active? is the exhibition always like this?" amel asked deliberately to visit Syafira's house to ask her husband.

"No, Mel. I also called the three of them and none of them were active. We pray they're okay."

Amel was more worried, "Whatever happens, may you remain in the protection of God" Amel murmured inwardly.

Seriate....