40 Days

Chapter 11

Like the nights before her, a silent atmosphere adorned. Every now and then only the long howls of the night beast caressed Maura's hearing senses that were currently asleep until the girl slowly opened her eyes.

The cold made it difficult for Maura to return to dreamland, especially when the bladder was full, forcing her to wake up and immediately go to the bathroom.

In his lyrics Khadijah who was on the side, asleep in sleep. Maura got up and down from the bed, slowly opening the door of the room so as not to wake Khadijah up.

He walked to the back room with the help of a lighted yellow chandelier that is not so bright.

Surrounding Maura looking at the wall clock in the dining room, the hour hand shows at one in the morning.

Arriving in the bathroom he immediately completed his hajat. Relieved after urinating, he immediately returned to the outside.

Just two steps from the bathroom, he was startled by the splashing sound of water. It was as if someone was playing a dipper inside, until Maura turned around to reopen the bathroom door that had been tightly closed.

Netra caught the strange thing in there, many flowers scattered on the bathroom floor even the wet red soil was seen among the flowers.

His sense of smell also caught an unpleasant smell, such as the smell of carrion that pierced the nose. Maura immediately closed the bathroom door with trembling hands and her eyes began to circulate throughout the room.

Maura immediately took quick steps to return to the room. Cold sweat had soaked his temples, his feet and his entire body were shaking violently with the growing fear of becoming.

Only he would open the door, the corner of his eyes saw someone standing in the corner of the main room. Maura's steps stopped for a moment, he swallowed saliva repeatedly heartbeat has begun to irregular. Without even turning his head the corner of his eyes still caught the creature, a creature that stood in a corner with dangled hair covering its face, stiff and pale hands stretched out toward him.

Brawny

Maura rushed in slamming the door of the room, with a hunting breath she leaned behind the door.

'' Maura, why are you son ? '' khadijah's voice shocked her. Khadijah woke up because Maura closed the door very hard.

Now Maura's face looks very tense, he can see her breathing was fast and irregular.

'' I urinated, in the bathroom I saw flowers mixed with red soil, I also had time to smell bad there. In the corner of the living room there was someone standing, Maura said slightly whispering.

Khadijah knitted both of his eyebrows. He climbed down from the bed closer to his daughter standing up.

Khadijah tried to reach for the door leaf to confirm what Maura said, but Maura prevented him. The girl shook her head while she brushed off her Mom's arm.

Maura endured her cries and fear, she did not want Khadijah out of the room because the figure must still be there she thought.

'' Son, I want to make sure things are outside, said Khadijah.

'' Don't ma'am, said Maura continuing to shake her head.

'' Don't be afraid, I'm here. '' Khadijah looked at Maura reassuring her daughter if all would be well.

Slowly Maura shifted her body that had earlier blocked the access of the room.

Chequelek

Khadijah opened the door wide, he began to climb the tiles with a sweeping view of the main hall and stopped at every corner.

There was no one there, unlike what Maura just said.

'' There's nothing, right ? '' said Khadijah as he looked back.

Maura did not answer, she was sure she had seen the figure even though the figure had now vanished when she left the room with Khadijah.

'' We check to the back, and I want to take ablution. You also pray tahajud yes let his heart calm, invite him.

Maura nodded according to her mother's advice, she had almost forgotten her obligations as a Muslim lately since all her life was foreign.

Arriving in front of the bathroom, Maura again hid her face when Khadijah opened the door.

But the same thing with the figure, the red flowers and soil were not there. Even Khadijah did not smell anything but the bathroom fragrance hanging behind the door.

'' Why did what I saw just now all of it disappear ? I'm sure ma'am, I saw it clearly. '' Maura clasped her Mom's arm.

Khadijah smiled gently at Maura's panicked face covered in excessive fear.

'' Yes, I believe you can't make it up. Yaudah we take ablution first, said Khadijah.

Maura nodded slowly, she immediately took ablution first then her new mother.

Washing ablution water feels cold and cool even to cool his heart which is currently increasingly calm, fear slowly disappears especially his self will face the Khaliq.

Khadijah became the priest in front, Maura on the right as a makmum. After saying the intention of Khadijah also raised both palms while saying takbiratul ihram and followed Maura.

But strangely, Maura could not remember the prayer reading, repeatedly he repeated the iftah prayer but did not finish because it forgot as if the prayer he had never read before.

He only remembered at the beginning but after that his mind blenk did not remember one bit. He had not prayed for a few days since his accident. It is impossible if he forgets a verse that has been memorized since childhood.

Not wanting to stop there, he stopped reading the iftah and would start reading alfatihah, but again he did not remember the verse by verse. All he remembered was the order of prayer, but not his recitation.

His brain began to work hard to remember God's lafadz-lafadz, but nothing crossed the memory. Now he began to be frustrated, because he could only follow the Khadijah prayer movement without joining his prayers.

One, two skirts when they were almost finished, they were now sitting at the end of the row. Khadijah performed it solemnly with Maura who had earlier in her prayer just trying to remember the reading that she had forgotten just like that.

Maura cursed in her heart, cursing herself as if irreligious to not know how to pray. The memory in his brain seemed formatted even like he had never worshiped before until he did not memorize a single prayer reading. The thing that really tormented his inner self.

Suddenly his nape felt cold as if someone was blowing from behind. His hearing whispers softly but could not understand what his pronunciation.

Maura tried to stay in such a position of fear, because she did not want to cancel the Khadijah prayer. Until arriving when saying greetings, Maura turned to the right then to the left and...

'' Aaaaaakkkkk,,, Maura screamed when she saw someone right beside her.

The creature's face was pale white, its mouth was wide open as if there were no supporting jaws there, both broad and black eyes without any beads in sight.

'' Maura, Khadijah immediately approached Maura who was now covering her face with both palms.