Corpse

Burns (2)

"I'm sure you can be good, believe in yourself" Lastri assured me

"You believe me tri? if I mess up what?

"You're not that stupid as you are, believe me, you can" said Lastri, holding my hand

tin tin tin tin

the sound of motor horn jono sir

"Sir jono has come yet sar, I have asked for help to anterin you"

"Jude, I'm leaving first.."

"Yes, be careful"

I open the front door, there is already a jono sir and ci rika dimotor. Yes ci rika sitting on a motorbike, Pak jono, sitting sideways to the right.

I was afraid to sit next to Ri.

"Bu Rasti, sit it far away sitting near the seat handle? said mr. jono

"That's okay sir, let's go sir"

Then pak jono put forward his motorbike, when there was a sleeping policeman Pak jono said

"Bu Rasti is a small body yes ma'am, this bike is so heavy yes, like a three-loh bonceng" said pak jono invite me to talk

"I'm sorry, there was someone riding besides me, so I sat at the end, the father put the bike slowly yes sir"

"Mmmm.I mean mother aa.da ghosts go bonceng" said Pak jono frightened

"Sstt. don't worry sir"

Jono sir was silent, I saw his face pale.

"Udah nyampe nih ma'am"

"Thank you sir, here's the money" I said while giving 10 thousand rupiah.

"No need mom, just take my alms for mom, throw away all shit" said Pak jono again

"Udah you accept, God willing you do not get unlucky, this is your sustenance to make a living"

"Suwun ngggeh bu"

I also stepped into the house ci rika, in front of the gate I was greeted by his son.

"Loh, my own mother. Miss Lastri's not coming?"

"No, ma'am was sick after the church"

"Oh yeah yeah, let's go in ma'am, I'll take you to the room"

When the door of the room was opened, the rotten air burst into the pungent smell of camphor.

Slowly I got closer to the side of the bed and I opened the makeup kit. Seen burns that are still flushed on his right face.

I also remember the pastry message when in the past, if there was a corpse whose face was damaged, must be covered first with a bandage that was given a little glue.

I also began to cut bandages and cotton. When I want to put a bandage on the face of ci rika's corpse. Suddenly my right hand was held by him and the room lights flickered.

"Astaghfirullahhaladzim" I said slowly

I also read al-fatihah to ci rika.

"What's quiet there, I just want to make your makeup one last time"

The lights slowly stopped blinking. I continued my work and thank God there were no more distractions.

When I want to apply lipstick sounds.

"I want to look beautiful with red lipstick"

I too am a mangosteen.

"Alhamdulillah is done" I murmured in my heart

Not long after I cleaned up the makeup equipment, my son came in.

"Well, is it finished, Mom? How is the lipstick red? I asked for nude color so as not to cry" she approached her mother's corpse

"Request bu rika herself mbak" I said spontaneously

"Hahhh, don't joke. The time of the dead can talk" said the son of mother rika with a surprised face

"Sir, we live in this world side by side with the next nature and there are people who are given the advantage to know nature like that, for example me"

Miss Rika's son also nudged the sign of understanding my words.

"Pak please lift my mother's body into the crate" said the son of Miss against the congregation outside

Ci rika's body was snapped, while me and her son ci rika were still in the room.

"Mom, this is an honor for mom, thank you for coming. Thanks again"

"Yes it's the same"

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As I walked towards the front door of the house, I suddenly saw a figure of a man with a charred face that I could not recognize.

"Who's that guy"? I murmured in my heart