ENDRO, THE BODYGUARD

THIS ISN'T A DREAM

Poor Om Endro... Om Endro must be very sad... Oh Allah... I can't even stand being in Om Endro's position.

Nummi did not stop looking at the door of Endro's room which was locked tightly from inside. Ever since they entered the house during Maghrib's time, not once did the middle-aged man show his nose again in front of the girl.

Not wanting to hope for more, Nummi decides to go inside her room. He knew, it was likely that Endro would not come out again that night.

Meanwhile, in his room, Endro looked moping. He hugged the bolster and squeezed it so firmly. His heart felt as if it was being slashed open with a bloodless wound inside his chest.

He sobbed at his almost dusk. Things he'd never done before. At that time he did not even have time to wail even after waking from his stupor though.

Twenty-five years since then. He just realized it, regretted it and even mourned it.

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Mentari's breath goes up irregularly. Screaming and panting in the face of the sacred moments of death. Her face looked unusual, beautiful and radiant, although bruises lined up there. "Sa-ya-ng.. a-ku... ba-ha-gi-ii-a... a-kuu..." instantaneous silence.

Endro was stunned for a moment. Heart's plump. He was wounded without blood as seen in the wounds on his wife's body.

Endro looked at Mentari's thigh from behind the knee-length dress his wife was wearing. Lots of blood there.

"No... This is impossible... My baby-to-be...?l" His voice came out with a rack. " dear... Dear... Wake up, I... Tell me this is mimipi, right?" Pinta Endro is heartbreaking. Pilu and mendayu.

"Darling... Dear... Banguuun.... Mentari... I beg banguunnn.... The mentari... Don't leave me, Mentari..." Endro shook his wife's body. But it's not moving anymore. His right hand, which had covered his wife's stomach, was rubbed against her face. He kept shouting while burying Mentari's face into his chest, so he was unconscious.

Kamil, Endro's father who had just been released by the police because he was held captive with nini in the room also suddenly collapsed while holding his chest that felt sore because he saw his daughter-in-law lying there covered in blood.

Yeah, lucky he came home with a nice stranger, someone who was destined to come into his life, and give him a lot of change. Give him a new family all right.

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"Starting..." Endro said softly in half his consciousness. He repeatedly called his wife's name. Someone who is carrying his baby. The woman he always wanted to protect.

Slowly, Endro opened his eyes. He began to wake up from his stupor.

"You're sober, son?" Tanya Ridwan showed a slight concerned smile to Endro.

"Yes Allah..." Desirnya panic. He was acting like a man who had woken up from his nightmares. His breathing roared violently irregularly. Cold sweat poured from his forehead. "Tu-Master???"

"Oh yes, right..." Endro looked relieved. He did not realize that he was still wearing clothes covered in Mentari's blood. "Sir so stopped by apparently... Where is my wife, sir? He's fine, right? I had a very scary dream..." Endro looked shudder.

"You are strong, son..." Said Ridwan while patting slowly Endro's shoulder.

Endro returned. "M-m-you mean sir?" His eyes turned towards the room door. On the outside, there were people in the crowd. He looked down, his eyes were rounded to find blood on the clothes and pants he was wearing at that time.

"N-no... Not likely... I'm sure it's just a dream... It must be a dream..." Endro shouted hysterically. He immediately got up from his bed and ran outside. His strength was weak, making him fall many times before reaching his wife who was lying stiff in the middle of his house.

Everyone who witnessed him, also resisted sobs. They understood very well how Endro felt at that moment. Poor man who just left his wife, especially his wife was also pregnant.

Endro crawled slowly. Her chest of flowers held tight.

"Monitorized... You don't remember, huh? I even sacrificed my education for you. Father has also sacrificed his plantation, also for your sake. What is this, Mentari? I've even said, I love you. I love you, Mentari..." Said Endro while looking at the face of Mentari who had been pale and stiff. A calm face in his peace, unmoved and no longer able to make a sound, nor even able to open his eyes to see himself.

"What is this, Mentari? Whataa?... You just gave up, huh...? Come awake... Our kid? What about our son? A mentor? Why don't you leave a little more for me?. Even my courage goes with you..."

Nini who had been beside the body of Mentari, sobbing to hear all the words of Endro.

"Son Endro..." Call Nini lirih. He rubbed gently on Endro's shoulder. Give it as much peace as possible.

"Nitie? Nini's..." Endro threw his head into Nini's lap.

"You're patient, son... You are strong..." Nini's words strengthened Endro, even though his own heart was wounded at that time.

Again, how lucky they are with the presence of the figure of Ridwan Ghani. Through him, God allowed Mentari to die in Endro's arms. Through him, everything so complicated can be overcome. He was the one responsible for taking care of Alex's arrest, who took Endro's father to the hospital, and who had also asked the residents to help him take care of Mentari's funeral. Ridwan Ghani has not seen his family for a week.

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