41. Finding Hints

Book:BROKEN : Satanic Verses Published:2024-5-1

“Jess!” Nick was astonished to see his wife, who suddenly appeared. However, the expression on Devada’s face was perhaps more tense.
“Mommy!” The words just came out of Devada’s mouth. The husband and wife did not understand the girl’s attitude. Especially when she suddenly hugged Jess. Realizing the situation was no longer the same, Devada pulled her body away from Jess.
“Sorry, Mrs. Jess. I didn’t mean to be presumptuous. I only remember my mommy,” explained the girl, regretfully. Jess, who initially wanted to be angry, then widened her smile.
“You know me? What’s your name, Honey?” Jess asked gently. Unmoved, Devada’s face clouded over. The girl felt jealous, remembering Jess’ inhumane treatment of her all this time. In fact, to Elfara. If she doesn’t remember her purpose, she will choose to leave right then and there.
“I’m Devada!” said the girl, then Jess walked over to Nick, and whispered something.
“Do I know her?” The man didn’t know what to say.
“I’m Elfara’s best friend!” Devada said without turning her head. As if understanding the situation that occurred. Jess returned to Devada, then she asked, “Elfara? Who?” A question that suddenly made the girl glared at Nick.
“Elfara is your daughter, why did you forget her? Did you forget about Dev too?” Devada’s strange question managed to put the husband and wife in an increasingly confusing situation.
“Dev?” Jess clutched her head, as if again reviewing a load beyond capacity. Until the moment something heavy got out of hand, Jess screamed hysterically.
“Jessy!” Nick screamed as soon as his wife was unconscious. He rushed Jess to the infirmary.
“Doctor, please help!” A middle-aged man trusted by Erhan’s family swiftly examined Jess.
“How’s it going, Doc?” asked Nick.
“Mrs. Jess’ blood pressure is very low, that’s why she fainted. Since her memory hasn’t recovered yet, please don’t force anything that’s still difficult.” Nick spread his five fingers, then made a sweeping motion.
“Okay, Doc, thanks!” The doctor, whose hair was partly white, nodded, then said goodbye.
“Mommy lost her memory?” Devada distanced herself a little, but how low the sound was, Nick’s hearing caught it.
“Who are you really?” Nick stared angrily at the girl.
“I told you, I am Elfara’s best friend! I think your hearing is still normal,” said Devada. She doesn’t know where she got the courage to say that to her parents. Especially to her own father. To be sure, talking to people who don’t trust easily is a very annoying thing.
“Do you have any evidence?” In silence, Devada finally realized her carelessness. She would not be able to answer because in reality, there was no friendly relationship between them.
“Nick ….”
“Jessy!” Nick walked over to his wife, who had just woken up. Let her drink the freshly poured water.
“Thank you, Nick!” said Jess, holding out the empty glass.
“Do you need anything?”
“No, Nick! Where’s the girl? I have to talk to her!” Anxiety began to build up on Jess’ pale face.
“Calm yourself! She’s in .…” Nick said as he turned his head, but the girl Jess was referring to was no longer there.
“A moment!” Nick contacts the guards via broadcast message to find Devada. However, they said that they did not see a girl enter or leave the building. In fact, they had gone around the building and inspected every room. Nick’s mind started to wander all over the place. How did the foreign girl gain easy access under such tight guard?
“Nick! Where, why is it taking so long?” Jess’ voice snapped Nick out of his thoughts.
“She had gone home!”
“Go home?” Jess shuffled off the bed and walked over to her husband.
“You owe me an explanation, Nick!”
“Calm down, Honey!” Nick tried to cool off his wife’s mood, who was frantically thinking about Devada’s words.
“Relax how? Explain to me! How can I calm down after suddenly hearing from that girl you’re hugging that I have a child? Tell me, how can I calm myself down!” Jess’ sobs squeezed the lump of flesh lodged in Nick’s chest. The man carried his wife’s small body in his arms. Nick feels unable to unravel the sadness that boils down to the eyelids of his soulmate. What to do? Everything feels complicated.
“I’ll explain. Are you ready to hear it?” Nick led Jess to go to their bedroom after seeing her little nod.
Locking the door, they sat on the side of the bed. Nick finally tells that they have a pair of children who are now looking for Nick. Jess’ tears didn’t stop as long as Nick spoke.
“I don’t remember about Elfara yet, but I do remember a bit about Dev. Nick, we have to find them. That time Dev was with me. If I come to this, what about Dev? He must be trying really hard to keep me away from that thug. I don’t know Dev’s fate if he loses, then what about Elfara? She’s a girl, Nick!”
“Calm down, Honey! I will try even harder!”
While Nick was busy calming Jess down, Devada was in a state of restlessness having managed to get back into her body a while ago. She wouldn’t have thought that her mother would experience something that erased her memories. However, she was relieved that the woman was safe with her husband. Although there are questions about the whereabouts of Nick, who has never been by their side. Knowing Nick is her father, she suddenly remembers something. Devada opened the drawer, then took out the photo album she had found at that time. She looked again carefully sheet by sheet.
“There’s no mistaking it, this man with doctor Joana is daddy! What’s the relationship between them?” Devada’s eyes cannot be separated from Joana’s portrait. Moments later, her eyelids closed. Slight movement of the head produces beads of sweat on the forehead and temples. Next, she threw the black album.
“This is not possible!” Devada’s eyes opened, suddenly her heart beat uncontrollably. She don’t know what was floating in her brain so that the big room became noisy with her snorting breath.
“I have to find out the truth!” Carrying body heat, Devada rushes out of the house. Determined for a mission. This beautiful girl will break everything down.
Arriving at Joana’s apartment, the girl sneaked into the building. Darkness dominates, the dim light of the bedside lamp can only be seen in the living room. The silence that fell in the middle of the night made every single sound audible. Likewise with a sigh that was echoing in the room.
Devada peeked through the curtained door, she saw Joana swaying on top of a man’s body. Turning around, she almost vomited her guts. Struggling to contain the turbulence that occurred in her heart and stomach, she returned her eyes to see the figure of the man. This time, she involved her cell phone. Devada’s eyes widen when the man changes his position to the top.
“Shit, it’s him!” she cursed slowly.
Four minutes of recording time, Devada put away the cellphone, and tiptoed slowly to Joana’s room. However, fate could not be denied, her feet tripped over the hairy carpet. The phone fell, and made a sound.
“Who?” Joanna spoke.
Devada rushed to hide behind Joana’s door. The footsteps were so fast that she couldn’t reach her cell phone behind the folded carpet. Through the keyhole, she could see the man walking naked. In fact, his little stick was still swollen. A disgusting and immoral sight. The beautiful doctor’s perverted couple continued walking, then stopped right where Devada’s cell phone had fallen. Pale white, the blood on the girl’s face seemed to migrate to her chest, her heart pumping with a racing horse. The man looked bent as if realizing what he had just stepped on. And when that muscular hand reached out to touch the carpet ….