Antara Darah dan Hati: Dream Reality English Translation

Chapter 20 Part 7 "Free Man"

POV Karim

Daylight has arrived. I was lying on the bed of the prison cell where I was being held suddenly heard someone from outside my cell calling my name. I recognized that person's voice, he was the warden whom I considered my friend. I immediately got out of bed, stood up and walked towards the door of the prison cell.

"Karim!"

"Yes, sir!" I replied.

"Get out of this cell and come with me." he said then opened the door of the prison cell where I was being held.

I stepped out of my prison cell then I asked him.

"So what other tasks do I have to do, sir?"

"There's no work whatsoever." he answered me.

"Then where do you want to take me to?" I asked him.

"Don't ask too many questions, just come with me." he asked me, I just obeyed him.

My feet walked along the prison hallway with the prison guard, some prisoners looked at me cynically as usual but I tried to ignore them and with my head that keep facing forward continued to follow the prison guard's footsteps until we finally arrived at a room where there was a table and a chair occupied by a policeman and behind the policeman there are many locked locker cabinets then the warden talks to the policeman who is on duty.

"Sir, excuse me, this is the man." he told the policeman.

The policeman stood up from his chair then opened one of the locker doors and took the things that were in it, including my wallet and my clothes that I last wore before entering this prison then he put them on the table and asked something from me.

"Please get out of here."  

I kept silent, still didn't understand what was really going on then the prison guard turned his face to me with a small smile and then he opened his mouth and explained to me the meaning of all this.

"You are found not guilty Karim, you are free to go."

I was still staring at his face then he nodded and led me out of the room to the toilet to change my clothes. After I changed my prisoner's uniform to my clothes I wore before I got locked in this prison, he took my uniform and asked me to go to the prison exit door.

"Karim, please go to the prison exit door, there will be two police officers who will escort you to the prison gate. We will part ways here." said the warden with a smile and then stretched out his hand.

I stretched out my hand and shook his hand, returning his smile and bidding my farewell to him.

"Tot zien, meneer (see you later, sir). I really hope we can meet again at another time and at another place." I said to him then he replied to me.

"Insha Allah, I'm hoping for that too." he answered me.

I was surprised to hear the words that came out of his mouth, this warden was a Dutchman but he said Insha Allah. Is he a Muslim? My mouth opened slowly then the question left my mouth.

"You are a Muslim?"

"Since a month ago, alhamdulillaah." he replied while giving me a smile then he continued his sentence.

"Assalamualaikum."

"Waalaikumussalaam." I replied then he turned his body and walked away from me.

I stepped my feet towards the prison exit, there were two police personnel waiting then they escorted me to the prison gate. Outside the prison I saw mr. Lodewijk, my parents, Muhamed, Ilya, mevrouw Sofia and mr. Wisnu who was mevrouw Sofia's butler waiting for me at the front of the prison gate and the reporters were already waiting too to ask me questions that they had.