Cempaka Bride

Birthmarks

Zein's hand moved about to open the doorknob. But Rima brushed it off and pulled Zein's body to the wall.

The door opens from the inside. A foot stuck out of the door.

"Think again, Amanda. Don't be rash. How could you be angry again, if he finds out you're trying to escape!" firmly the voice of a man was clearly heard from where Zein was standing.

Zein started to panic. His brain is working hard to find a way to get out of here.

Suddenly a coldness covered his body. Rima stood his back, resting on both hands attached to the wall.

Their bodies are very close. Zein could even feel his breath gusts coming out of Rima's transparent body.

The man walked out of the room, turned around and closed the door quietly. His hand moved to lock the door and pocket the key in the right pants pocket.

For a moment the man shook his eyes while closing his eyes. Then his right hand moved rubbing his face, hair and neck in several movements.

As if sensing something was nearby, the man turned to where Zein was standing.

Their distance that was only a few steps away made Zein even more anxious.

The man took a step forward, then tilted his head to make sure he saw something.

Zein held his breath as the man took a step closer. The man looked intently at his eyes.

Ttrvlriinngg.

Bbbrrraa!

The sound of objects falling from the lower floor made the man turn his head to the right. Zein noticed a birthmark under the left chin of the man.

"Boss!" call someone from below.

The man in proportion with the same height as Zein looked back at the place where Zein was standing. After making sure there was nothing, he finally stepped away, and went down the stairs while running small.

Zein breathed a sigh of relief. Rima took a step forward until their bodies were again at a distance.

"Thank you" whispered Zein.

Rima smiled. Then a nod of chin pointed to the room where Amanda was locked up.

Zein's eyes went around looking for something to pry at the door. But Rima moved first.

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The key is open. Zein held the doorknob while praying inwardly.

Slowly he opened and pushed the door inward. For a moment he familiarized his eyes with the darkness in the room.

Zein took a step forward and stopped right at the doorway. His gaze was veered with a pair of eyes of a woman glaring at him.

***

Meanwhile at the boarding house, Tia tries to calm the panicked Triska.

Rama and Hasni who heard the noise outside finally woke up.

"Zein why?" rama asked while holding onto Zein's cold feet.

"Abang again doing a body release," replied Satya.

"What's a body release?" asked Hasni while crouching next to Rama.

"Abang travels through the dimension of time. I don't know where he's going, but you can be sure that you're tense and anxious" Satya explained.

"no danger? Can you come back again?" ask Rama.

"Can go back again. The problem of danger depends on the situation and conditions there. Those who do body release should be accompanied. That's why you forbade me to come along" Satya replied as she rubbed the sweat on her forehead.

He was trying hard to make inner contact with Zein.

"Because only you can help her back" Hasni said.

Satya nodded.

"Can't we catch up to Zein's?" ask Ivan. She was really worried something was happening with her best friend.

Although sometimes he and Zein often teased each other and argued, but Ivan felt that Zein was the person who understood him the most than other friends.

"If I knew the place might be. The problem is that I don't know where Rima took Abang to," explained Satya while looking down and squeezing her curly hair with anxiety.

Ivan, who saw Satya being focused on making inner contact with Zein, finally took over explaining the beginning of this incident to Rama.

***

"Amanda?" call Zein lirih.

The woman flinched. He watched Zein from head to toe.

Zein closed the door back slowly and took a step forward.

"Amanda, my name is Zein. I'm a friend ... Rima," explains Zein.

The woman's eyes glared again. She nodded slowly as if she did not believe Zein's words.

"I live in the same boarding house as your residence in Bandung. The name of the owner is Bu Wahyu. Bang Hasni, Rama and Mbak Dinar are still living there" Zein continued, taking another step forward.

"I brought Rima here. Breaking through the passage of time, to set you free" Zein continued.

The woman shook her head. He covered his face with both hands.

Slowly Zein approached. Trying to gain Amanda's trust.

"We don't have much time, Amanda. Come on, come with me!" bring Zein.

"I ... can't go with you," she said.

"Why? You don't believe me?" said Zein. He tried to sharpen his hearing to make sure there were no suspicious sounds from downstairs.

"Koko, must be angry if I try to run away again," her voice sounded bitter.

"He won't find you if you come with me" Zein explained. She deliberately softened her tone so Amanda could believe it.

Amanda shook her head again, "She must have found us. His hands are everywhere."

From the end of his eyes Zein looked at the approaching beam of light.

The sound of car tires colliding with gravel makes him sure of the arrival of someone in this place.

Zein moved to the large window at the end of the room. Take a peek from behind the curtains to the spacious courtyard below.

A mini-bus approaches the house. Then it stopped just under the roof of the terrace and the engine was turned off.

The car door opened and closed twice.

From where Zein stood there was no visible figure of the person who got down from the car. There were only the sounds of some people chatting on obscure topics.

"Go" said the woman sitting on a small bed in the middle of the room.

"You should come with me!" firmly Zein.

"I can't. Koko will scold me later!" the woman's voice began to rise.

"He won't find you. I promise to take care of you!" Zein insisted.

The sound of laughter from downstairs made them turn their heads.

Zein walked to the door. Stick the ears to make sure no one gets up to this second floor.

Then he approached Amanda who was still sitting with both legs tied to the body.

Zein reached out her right hand to Amanda who was just looking at her in confusion.

"Come on!" bring Zein.

Klekakkkp.

Klekakkkp.

Klekakkkp.

The sound of heels climbing the stairs made Zein's pulse even more irregular.

"Go!" firmly Amanda.

Zein tries to reach Amanda's hand, but suddenly feels her body lifted and sucked into the whirlpool of time passage.

Amanda kept looking until Zein's body disappeared in a dark vortex in the corner of the room.