Part 26

After facing a busy day with his students' thesis defenses, Fachri hoped to return to the apartment soon. Considering it was already late afternoon, and his phone was left somewhere unknown. Thus, he couldn't contact Airin in case he came home late. It was better to go home immediately than risk getting stuck in traffic. However, as Fachri was about to leave the campus grounds, he was surprised by the sudden appearance of a middle-aged woman in front of him. The woman placed her hands on her hips and shook her head, observing her son who hadn't come home for weeks.

"Do you want to be disobedient? How could you not come home for weeks like this?" The middle-aged woman scolded, expressing her frustration as Fachri had not been returning home. She had searched the apartment, but her youngest son was nowhere to be found.

"I've come home, Mom. If you don't believe me, ask the maid at home. Mom is the one rarely at home anyway." Fachri denied, not starting his car because he didn't want to