
They were already in front of the house whose walls were made of boards, Devan knocked on the door made of the board while saying an excuse.
Shortly after, a couple in their fifties opened the door and greeted Devan's family with a friendly-looking smile.
“Excuse me, Sir, Buk. My arrival here wants to ask permission,” Devan said with his cold and flat face.
Fara cursed the husband inwardly, his elbow nudged Devan's waist deliberately to commemorate the man, he was inexhaustible with Devan who always put on a hostile face. So he intervened to talk. Moreover, his former boss did not understand the code he gave, so the handsome face of the husband was still flat and cold.
“Em like this, Sir. Me and ...” Fara hesitated a little to say, she turned her head while glancing at Devan's face at a glance.
“Me and my boss would like to ask permission to enjoy a holiday around this rice field, is it okay, Sir, Buk?” said Fara finally with a polite speech and sound friendly.
The old-looking couple sat with each other before smiling and nodding simultaneously.
“Of course you can. Ma'am and mas a couple husband and wife and this is his son huh?” ask the mother.
Fara is clumsy, she doesn't know what to answer, considering Devan doesn't want anyone to know about their status. However, unexpectedly, Devan answered the mother's question.
“Iya, Buk,” Devan replied.
The man thought it was impossible for the two people in front of him to spread things about his relationship with Fara. In fact, the father and mother who lived among the rice fields located on the edge of the river did not seem to know him. So, she had no problem answering the mother's question.
“You look very suitable,” said the husband of the mother.
Ainsley who was in Fara's arms hugged her mommy's neck while watching a husband and wife who owned a rice field.
***
The breeze hit Fara's face, the beautiful aroma of nature is so soothing. Wind blowing slowly—produces sound when the rice plants rub against each other.
Now Devan, Fara and Ainsley are sitting in a lake surrounded by green rice fields that spread wide. The bag of food was placed in the middle of them. Ainsley stood up while pointing at the scarecrow.
“Mom, what is it?” ainsley asked with a great sense of curiosity.
“That's the name of the scarecrow, he was there so that the birds did not dare to approach the rice plants,” Fara explained.
Devan watched his surroundings by sitting cross-legged, Fara gave a close lip. Just this time Fara saw her former boss sitting down with his legs folded like they are today. Apparently the man realized that he was being noticed by Fara.
The man put on a cold face with a sharp look towards Fara, his eyes looking as if he was warning the woman not to pay attention to what she was doing.
Fara stuck out her tongue, she mocked her former boss in return for the sharp glare the man gave her.
Devan turned her back in the other direction, she remembered Selena who had done the same thing as what Fara had just done.
“Daddy, come!” shouts Ainsley.
Hearing the boy calling, Devan turned around and carried Ainsley into his carrier. Fara sat quietly watching Devan and Ainsley who were walking to the riverbank. The distance of the river is very close, the beauty in this place is so perfect, the combination of the sound of frictional leaves blending perfectly with the sound of flowing river water.
Fara's eyes focused forward, he noticed a piece of land that had not been planted by rice plants, Fara's eyes rattled in the other direction when he heard Devan's voice sounding panicked.
Fara hurriedly approached her husband and son with a feeling of worry, she asked what had happened. Ainsley was lowered from her daddy sling, the little girl noticed Devan's tense face.
“Like something moving on my leg,” Devan said with a tense face.
“Kiri,” sahut Devan brief.
Daringly Fara rolled up her husband's pants up, there was a black animal wriggling the man's left leg.
Devan's body shuddered in horror, he tried to stomp his feet so that the terrible animal fell from his feet. However, it could not be done as Fara opened her eyes at him while holding her legs with her hands.
“This is a pacet, he just sucked the blood of the father,” said Fara.
Ainsley watched her mommy with narrowed eyes while occasionally shaking her head. The boy and daddy looked just as scared as the little animals that looked ordinary in Fara's eyes.
“You said just?! He sucked my blood! Keep this disgusting animal!” Devan raised his voice.
Fara was upset with her husband, she stood up again and took Ainsley into her sling and left Devan standing around yelling at her.
“Hei! Remove this animal from my feet first!”
“Mom, pity daddy,” said Ainsley with glazed eyes.
Ainsley continued to point at her daddy with a sad look, Fara who saw that felt like she could not bear to prank Devan any longer. Be him coming back to Devan and crouching again near the man's feet after taking Ainsley down from her sling.
Fara took the dried leaves around her feet, and then she pulled the animal with the dried leaves she made as a hand pad.
Fara easily removed the blackish-brown animal from her husband's legs. Ainsley clapped her hands while praising Fara who looked great in the boy's eyes.
“Huh, the same as this is afraid.” Fara snorted, she stood back up.
Fara and Devan's eyes collided with each other, both turning their faces at the same time to break the eye contact.
They're back in the dangau. Fara pulled her husband's leg down. Devan's lips almost protested. However, it was first prevented by Fara.
“I want to clean the rest of the blood in the legs of the father.”
Devan watched Fara painstakingly clean her legs of the remaining blood, the gentle sweep of Fara's hands on her feet leaving the man's eyes closed.
However, Devan's body stiffened instantly, his eyes wide open with a pale face that adorned his handsome face.
“Fara ...”
“What's up, Sir?” Fara heard a panicked tone from her husband's voice.
“I feel the same movement as before. This time somewhere else,” Devan said with a tense face.
Ainsley who did not understand just silently watched his parents.
“Where? Let me get rid of it again,” says Fara lightly.
Devan moved his mouth without a sound. “In my bookong.”
Fara's mouth gaped wide when she knew what her husband was saying through silent mouth movements.
Connect ….
Sin no yes ngetawain sir Devan, othor not exhausted ting-ting the same behavior of this one couple. Hadeuh, fortunately not a leech that stuck.