Cempaka Bride

Chubie's mother in action

4

Meanwhile, in Ivan's room, the men were gathering while enjoying a milk pie made by Triska and Ayu.

Hasni and Rama were playing chess seriously. Ivan accompanied their play with guitar strings and his raspy voice.

While Zein is struggling in front of the laptop, busy with office work that must be completed before he applied for leave tomorrow.

"When, yeah, can we just calm down again?" ivan suddenly said.

"Hopefully soon. If this continues I may find another boarding house" Hasni said. For a moment he and Rama looked at each other before his gaze refocused on the game of chess.

"Finding cheap and delicious costs here is not easy, Bang," said Rama. He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

"Ho oh's. Before meeting this place, I moved three times. Stay here the most delicious," Ivan said while tuning the guitar strings.

"We'll hang on first, Bang. Waiting for ustaz on Thursday. Then, we just make a decision," interrupted Zein while turning off the laptop.

He slowly got up from his seat and stood up, spread out his arms and twisted his waist to the left and right in turn.

Then sit back while plucking the last piece of milk pie.

"Yup! Yes said Zein. We see what his development is like. Besides, if I rush to move, I feel sorry for the girls. Don't we how do we try them?" timpal Rama's.

Momentary silence. All that was heard was a passage from Ivan's guitar that was not clear the song.

Grrrrr.

Grrrrr.

Suddenly the sound of a cat growling from the terrace. They all fell silent and looked at each other.

Zein got up and walked out of the wide open door. Avoiding the incident of the door being locked again like yesterday, so they deliberately left the door open.

Ivan put the guitar on the carpet and stepped over Zein. Behind him Rama and Hasni followed.

The gray-black-coloured cat was still growling towards the parking lot of the motor.

As Zein passed by Ayu's room, the women were seen peering through the window.

Seeing Zein and the others coming out, Ayu quickly opened the door of the room and stepped outside with Triska. Dinar and Tia ran into the room.

"Sstttt .. kunaon?" zein asked as he lifted the trembling body of the cat. Her hand stroked to calm Mother Chubie.

The cat continued to growl while looking at the parking lot.

Suddenly Zein's eyes caught a white flash that passed from Rama's room to Afni's opposite room.

His hands caressed the back of his goosebumps. Behind him Ivan glared sharply at the door of Afni's room.

Ssrreeekk.

Ssrreeekk.

Ssrreeekk.

There were footsteps of someone away from the door of Afni's room.

Krrriieeett.

Blahammm!

Suddenly the front door of the house opened and slammed hard. Following the lights out.

Zein, Ivan and Rama ran towards the door. However, they had not yet exited the door was closed again.

Zein who was at the front saw a glimpse of a woman in a white dress drifting slowly towards the front fence of the house.

Sayup-sayup heard the sound of a heart-wrenching cry.

Rama who tried to open the front door again panicked when the door was not open. He remembered last night's incident. Finally he just peeked out of the long, striped window.

"Rima .. don't do this!" he said slowly while leaning his head on the door. Her eyes feel hot. Slowly, the light began to fall from the corner of his eye.

***

The sounds of the night animals are so simple that they cause horror. A strong wind roared from the front of the house. Suddenly the floodlights in front of the boarding house went out. Leaving a dark and dense atmosphere and a gripping silence.

Two patrolmen were walking around and saw a woman standing near the boarding gate. His crying voice sounded soft.

"Eta saha' nya'?" ask Asep to Udin.

(Who is that?)

"Teu nyaho's'. Jigana awewe," replied Udin while shining a flashlight towards the fence.

(I don't know. Like a girl)

Slowly they stepped closer. The closer Udin felt his hair begin to stand.

"Neng, what's the night here?" ask Udin.

The woman was silent and did not answer the question. Udin and Asep looked at each other. Shocked in surprise as the sound of the woman's cry changed.

Hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi.

Sontak Udin and Asep ran off the ridge without realizing the figure had disappeared along with white smoke like fog.

***

"Tell me what you know about Rima's death" Zein said, staring at Hasni, Rama and Dinar alternately.

"I wasn't there when it happened. I just came before Zuhur. At that time the state of Rima's house was already crowded with police officers," Rama replied with a trembling voice. Her hands were busy squeezing hair while sitting leaning against the wall of Ayu's living room.

"I just came in the afternoon, because the plane I was on was delayed in Semarang. When he arrived there it turned out that Rima had been treated in a hospital," said Hasni while rubbing her face.

The memories of that moment were deeply imprinted in his heart. The feeling of happiness will see the 'sister' who will get married instead turned into sadness.

Still vividly reflected in his memory the grim and sad faces of his friends. Everyone present also looked shocked.

Afni and Dinar don't stop crying. While Nani and Karin were seen leaning against each other and several times wiping tears.

Yono and Hasan were sitting languidly on the terrace with second brother Rima. Rima's father still locked himself in his room. While the mother was waiting for Rima in the hospital accompanied by her son-in-law, and Rima's future husband.

"At the time of the incident .. I was helping the committee to serve various snacks that will be served in the event of a marriage contract," Dinar said slowly.

He paused for a moment before finally sighing long and exhaling slowly. Trying to expel the tightness that suddenly appears in the chest.

Slowly Dinar told a story while occasionally wiping tears. His friends listened carefully.

They did not expect that Rima's life ended tragically. He is severely injured while trying to break up a fight between Irwan and a man who loves Rima.

The man came with dozens of people with rogue faces. They stopped an ongoing marriage ceremony. Suddenly, the man attacked Irwan. However, Rima moved forward faster and protected her future husband by making herself a shield.

After shouting hysterically at the sight of Rima falling and covered in blood, the man was immediately dragged into the car by his men. They immediately passed away regardless of Rima's dying condition.

No one was chasing them because everyone was in shock and panic.

Rima's already weak body was carried by Irwan who immediately ran to the car. Fahmi, Rima's first sister drives a craze to a nearby hospital.

Rima was treated for two days before finally exhaling her last breath in her husband's arms.

***

Next morning.

"When are you going?" ayu asked Triska who was dressing up in front of the mirror.

"God willing it is Saturday morning" Triska replied as she rubbed the thin powder onto her smooth white face.

"Hmm .. If so, I'm the same Tia would like to move to my cousin's house in Kosambi until you go home."

"Yes, Mother. It's better that way."

"What about Bang Hasni?" tia asked who just came out of the bathroom.

"He said he wanted to travel around West Java in order to task. Where does he want to live alone here," Triska said with a small smile.

"What about Almak Chubie, Ris?"

ask the dinar that appeared from outside. In his hand carried a plastic bag that turned out to contain fried food.

"Kutitip with the other clinic staff until I get home," Triska replied as she plucked a piece of bakwan from the bag.

Stand off.

Ayu grabbed the phone lying on top of the bed. His hands shifted the phone screen quickly.

"Sir, this is a message from Teh Afni. He said he had a phone to Mbak's phone but it was always a busy tone" Ayu said as she reached out to Dinar.

"Try me to check first" said Dinar while standing and stepping into his room.

Shortly after, he returned with a paled face.

"Why, Mommy?" tia asked as she put on the veil in front of the mirror.

"My phone .. suddenly was on the kitchen table. Though I remember very much charging the phone in the living room when I was left to buy fried earlier. The cable is also still stuck in the electrical plug," explained Dinar with a vibrating sound.

Momentary silence. They all looked at each other.

"Fry the fry anyway" interrupted Ivan who suddenly nongol at the front door. Without waiting was offered he immediately entered and sat on the floor of the living room. His hands plucked a piece of gehu and cayenne pepper. Chewing vigorously without paying attention to the bewildered faces of his friends.

"Well, so go together, right?" asked Rama who came while putting on a tie. Seeing Ivan who was sitting firmly, Rama also sat down and plucked a piece of cireng.

"So, Mas. It's ready," replied Ayu who appeared with a black blazer suit and a green blouse of a ribbon-accented bottle on the neck. Her hair was beautiful.

"Wuidih .. tumben looks gini feminine. I usually wear trousers," ledek Ivan.

"Relin'!" hardik Ayu's. However, he also smiled in response to Ivan's joke.

"Van, I'm a jerk, yak!" tia said from inside the room.

"Pay!" sahut Ivan's.

"Nhh ...."

"Fill gasoline, Tia!"

"The feeling of every nebeng I have to fill with mulu gasoline!" tia's murmur was met with another laugh.

For a moment they forgot about the incident of switching Dinar phones.

***

After Isya the women had gathered in Ayu's room. The men returned to their rooms.

The window of Rama and Zein's room has been replaced with a new one by Bu Wahyu's subscriptions.

Triska is writing a script for her romantic novel that is currently airing on Mangatoon. His mouth was unceasingly humming to the rhythm of the song from the head set. Occasionally his hands caressed Chubie's mother who was sleeping coiled in his lap.

Ayu and Tia are watching a Korean drama from Tia's tab. While Dinar is cool to reply to chat on the green application.

None of them noticed when a thin mist appeared in Rima's former room.

A woman stood looking at the door of Ayu's closed room from behind the window.

The woman walked slowly out of the room through the wall. He stopped at the usual boarding house where the kids were gathering in the park. His gaze could not be separated from the door of Ayu's room.

Meanwhile, Zein who was struggling to work on the report suddenly felt a heavy air coming from outside the room.

Slowly he moved to the edge of the bed. Placing both feet to the cold floor. Stand up straight and step forward to the room window.

Peering from the gap of the curtains, his eyes caught the faint figure of a female in a long bridal gown.

"Astagfireullah! Why did he show up again?" zein was riled up. His hands did some breathing movements. Trying to make a magical fence along the row of rooms to the end of Ivan's room.

Sweat started to pop on the forehead. He was trying to bring out all the ability to keep Rima from interfering.

Suddenly Rima turned to Zein's room. His gaze seemed to pierce through until he could see Zein standing behind the curtains.

Zein stopped channeling her inner power when she realized that Rima was looking at her.

Gathering all the courage and strength to face Rima, Zein's hand moved to open the doorknob of his room.

"Bismillah!" zein said as he walked out of the room.

His steps came to a halt exactly two steps from the door as he saw Rima flying over.

"Don't try to go forward, you can be wretched!" firmly Zein.

The rhyme stopped immediately. From a distance of about five meters they looked at each other. Rima looked at Zein with eyes full of sadness.

"Zeez!" call Rama who was standing at the door of his room. Rama who did not see the figure of Rima, was confused because he saw Zein talking alone without anyone near him.

"Whose conversation?" asked Rama while he was down.

"Stop! Don't go forward, Mum. Just stay there!" zain shouted without looking.

Suddenly Rama felt his hair begin to stand. Shocked in shock as he felt a chill touch his left arm.

Zein ran over and immediately pulled Rama's right hand to his side.

"There was ... that touched. earlier,"

rama's great-grandson was barely heard.

Zein nodded and pulled Rama's hand as he stepped away from the place towards Ayu's room.

"Dark! Open door!" zain shouted from outside.

Ayu who was startled to hear screams immediately ran over and unlocked the front door. Zein and Rama entered with paled faces. Their breaths are panting. Sweats splashed on their foreheads.

"What's wrong?" ask Ayu confused.

"There's Rima in front of Rama's room!" whisky Zein.

Ayu gulped and shut the door again. Step back towards the room and jump directly onto the bed. Take cover behind Tia.

Rama stepped into the room and sat across from Triska. Zein entered the kitchen, and soon returned with two glasses of water. Pouring a glass to Rama who received it with trembling hands. Another glass of Zein quickly gulped until it ran out of silence.