Canticles

145. Bad hunch

At the same time Lanni woke up from her sleep. His whole body and face were sweating. Lanni also found her hands and feet shaking violently for no reason.

" O Allah, what is this," muttered Lanni as she touched her chest to neutralize her fast-paced heart.

Lanni grabbed her phone and called her husband.

" Father Assalamualaikum..," called Lanni with a quivering voice.

" Alaikumsalam. What's wrong, ma'am, haven't you slept yet...? " ask Ramon.

" A... I'm gapapa..," said Lanni nervously but only made Ramon worried.

" Gapapa. Where are you now...?!" ask Ramon worriedly.

" I'm in the room. Please don't hang up. Yeah. I want to see Mamak in his room" said Lanni.

" No need ma'am, you take a break. There are already nurses who nemenin Mamak..," said Ramon.

" A little while now,." said Lanni Keukeuh.

" Okay, it's up to you. Video call yes Mom, I also want to see Mamak..," said Ramon finally.

Lanni smiled and then walked out of her room. He stepped into the in-laws room and opened the door slowly.

Lanni sighed in relief when she saw Rusminah sleeping soundly. On the other bed, the nurse was sitting while teaching. Lanni was happy to get a good nurse for her in-laws.

" Where is Mom...?" asked Ramon from across the phone.

" Alhamdulillah Mamak well Yah. Look, Mama's sleeping now. It's very quiet, Yah..," said Lanni while showing the condition of Rusminah to Ramon.

Ramon nodded happily at the improved condition of his mother. Then Lanni stepped back towards her room.

" I like the same nurse who keeps Mamak Well. Now he's naji again, but it's already night you know.," said Lanni while closing the door to his room.

" Oh yeah ?. Well, we're lucky to have such a rich nurse, Mom. We do not need to worry Mamak is negligent from his worship because the nurse will ngingetin Mamak later..," said Ramon with a happy smile.

For a moment silence surrounded Lanni and Ramon. Both are caught in a confusing situation.

" Well." call Lanni.

" Yes Ma'am.," said Ramon.

" Do you feel like there's something weird tonight...?" ask Lanni doubtfully.

" I don't feel anything Mom." said Ramon.

Ramon was also agitated that night. His mind drifted somewhere. Ramon had previously tried to close his eyes and sleep on the sofa available in Ramzi's inpatient room, but failed. And Ramon was sitting in front of Ramzi's hospital room when the wife called earlier.

" I feel like something bad is going to happen. I don't know what." said Lanni gusar.

" Something bad, what do you mean, Mom...?" ramon asked as he rubbed his face violently.

" I woke up with both hands and feet shaking violently Well. My heart is also beating hard. Honestly now I feel afraid..," said Lanni while gripping the bed sheet firmly.

Lanni's words startled Ramon. He was just as nervous as his wife. How not. Her mother and sister are currently sick. Something bad could happen considering Ramzi's disease is fairly severe and the age of the old mother.

" We'd better pray, ma'am. After that dzikir or njai to be calmer..," suggested Ramon.

" Yes Well. That's why I close first, yes, I want to pray now..," said Lanni.

" Wa alaikumsalam.., "said Lanni smiling while staring at the screen of his phone.

After putting his phone on the nightstand, Lanni rushed out of the room to make ablution. Shortly after, he returned and held a prayer service.

After performing the evening prayer, Lanni recited while sitting leaning against the wall. He also straightened his legs. Lanni continued to recite until she fell asleep on the prayer mat.

In his sleep, Lanni had a dream. He was playing with Rex and Lilian. Strangely enough at that time his two children were young, Lilian was eight years old and Rex was five.

In the dream Lanni, Lilian and Rex were playing hide-and-seek. At that time Lanni chased after Lilian who was hiding moving around, while Rex hid elsewhere.

Lanni managed to find Lilian and they seemed to laugh happily.

Suddenly, Rex's screams startle Lanni and Lilian. The two turned their heads and saw Rex being wrapped around a tree root resembling a huge snake that was out of nowhere.

" Ibuuu...!" call Rex while continuing to thrash.

" Summerxxx...!" call Lanni while letting go of her embrace to Lilian and rush over to Rex.

At that time Lilian seemed to cry because she did not know what to do. Lanni made it near Rex. Lanni stretched out her hand to help untie the roots of the large tree. But when the tip of Lanni's fingers almost touched the tree's root, the tree root moved back and brought Rex along.

" Ibuuuu...!" call Rex again.

At that moment both of Rex's hands continued to move freely. One hand was stretched out toward his mother, while the other hand he used to beat the roots of the tree wrapped around the stomach to both feet.

" Reexxx !. Don't take my son, let him go!. Release My Son...!" lanni screamed as she started crying.

The harder Lanni ran in pursuit, the harder the tree roots moved away. Lilian screamed to her mother and sister. At that time, Lilian's legs were glued to the ground and could not move.

Realizing that he left his daughter alone in the place, Lanni turned around and took Lilian by the hand. He then goes back to chasing Rex. But too late, the roots of the tree had taken Rex away somewhere.

Lanni screamed loudly as she called out to her son repeatedly.

" Seexxxxx...!" call Lanni while opening her eyes.

Lanni stared at the nanar all over the room with a gasp of breath. Both of his eyes were wet with tears and his body was sweating.

" O God what is this. Rex, why are you Nak..," muttered Lanni frantically and then hurried to grab her phone.

With trembling hands Lanni tried to contact Rex. But darling not connected at all. Lanni turned towards the wall clock and saw the clock showing at two in the morning.

After failing to contact Rex, Lanni contacted her husband. Unlike the previous, if Ramon directly answered his call, this time Ramon did not respond to his phone and it makes Lanni nervous.

" Lift up the dong Well. Why is it so hard, anyway," Lanni grumbled as she tried to keep going, over and over again.

Until somehow in the call to how much, finally Ramon responded to the call of the wife. At that time Ramon's condition was not okay because he had just received sad news.

" Yes Ma'am.," said Ramon in a hoarse voice.

Hearing her husband's hoarse voice like someone waking up makes Lanni's emotions peak.

" Where did you go to sleep ?. So good until the sound of cell phones. Even though it was Dad who told me to pray, now even delicious to sleep. How the hell is it ?. You know what if I'm a nelephon because there's something important to say...?!" lanni's nagging.

Ramon was just silent while trying to calm himself down. He did not want to make his wife panic when he heard the news he had just heard.

Apparently the unease he and Lanni felt earlier was a bad feeling that would make them cry.

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