
*** chapter 3 ***
Setta, now 11, will soon have his final grade exam in the sixth grade of elementary school, welcoming him.
Setta looked at the photo on his study desk. Both of his parents smiled at him from the photo. The Papa held Setta and Nathan's brother hugged Mama's waist. Recall that day, the day that her mother and father paid for the last time. After successfully selling a cornfield, they had a bus accident that collided in a row on the toll road. The toll road is also said to be haunted. His mother and father were pronounced dead instantly.
"What's up, Deck?" Nathan opens the door to Setta's room to surprise the girl from her daydream.
"Again read the book, Bang," said Setta while giving a stabillo mark on the reading of the book that he would make a summary. That method includes the powerful to facilitate Setta in remembering the lessons from the books he read.
"You're getting into Space Junior High?" nathan asked who was laying on Setta's bed.
"Bang, don't go there, just swipe right, Bang!" prevent Setta.
Nathan knew there must be something he couldn't see accompanying Setta in his room. The man immediately shifted.
Setta began to accept his destiny of being able to see astral beings that could not be seen by ordinary people. Perhaps because he was often alone and felt he had no friends, he preferred to get used to being with the invisible. Setta's friends also always stay away from him out of fear. The girl always sees strange things at school and scares other friends, because of Setta's unusual behavior.
Nathan once took his brother to a clever man named Mbah Raji. According to him, Setta has an aura that is liked by ghosts and it is difficult to close the inner eyes of the little girl because of the very strong guard accompanying her. According to Mbah Raji, Setta is guarded by a good genie who resembles a tiger. After all Setta was willing to accept the presence of those who came from another realm. It's just that Nathan wants his sister to behave just like the rest of the friends. Nathan wants his brother to ignore the ghosts that come and go through him. Just think about yourself and act like a commoner, Nathan asked Setta.
Nathan immediately shifted at his sister's command with his hair suddenly bristling to horror.
"No brakes, Set?" ask Nathan.
"Lumayan, one eye is missing, sometimes maggots come out, his face is pale, his body is all blood but it's dry anyway, it's stuck in his white negligee, he again ngeliatin Abang."
The girl answered flatly and was still focused on summarizing activities.
"Ih, you are even explained the details that way, tell others not to see Brother, Abang mah not cute for his people."
Nathan grabbed a pillow on Setta's bed and covered the side of the ghost.
"Sir, are you in Space Junior High?"
nathan asked again and answered a nod by his sister.
"Good then, you have to be enthusiastic, if you can also get a scholarship, because the money left by papa is starting to thin" said Nathan.
"Yes, Bang."
Setta smiled looking at that one-of-a-kind brother. Now it's just Nathan that he has, after his grandmother died a year ago of a heart attack.
Nathan studied at the Police Academy which required him to bring his sister and grandmother to the city. That he did to be closer to the location of the campus, in order to achieve his goals as a police officer.
"Let's eat first, and then learn again!"
The man stood up and rubbed Setta's head.
"Yes, Bang."
Setta tidied up his study table and followed Nathan to the dining table.
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That day after Setta took the school examination, his name was plastered as the number one student who obtained the highest score. As a result Setta easily got a scholarship from SMP Angkasa, a junior high school that became a favorite school in his city.
"Congratulations, Dek, you're so proud of me" Nathan said
"Thank you, Bang, we go to Mama's grave, Papa's with Grandma!" pinta Setta's.
"But, Brother has a promise with Bejo, he wants to make the musical instrument business that," said Nathan.
"Just ask, who knows can get a cheap supplier along the way," said Setta still begging.
"Yes, you call Bejo first, yeah."
Nathan pulled out a cell phone from his pocket to contact the friend.
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Bejo finally wants to follow Nathan to lead Setta to the graves of his loved ones. The girl always thought how she could never find the spirit of her parents while the spirit of the grandmother was still wandering in her house.
The black-haired girl looked at the trees moving back from the window of the old cadet car her brother was driving.
"Tan, I'm thirsty nih stop at minimarket what stall first to buy a drink, where to pee too again," said Bejo pat Nathan on the shoulder.
"Yes bentar, besides where there is a stall on the streets deserted gini" said Nathan.
"No, there's a stall!"
Appoint Bejo with his happy face like he just found a treasure in the open ocean.
"Don't go there, Bang!" sahut Setta who observed the two men in front of him.
"No, my sister said, don't go around!" exclaimed Nathan who did not stop his car at the stall.
"Why the hell, Ta? there is something wrong with the stalls, you are disgusted ya mentang - mentang tuh stall on the side of the road?" bejo asked, looking back at Setta.
"I'm not disgusted, just don't, brother!"
disallow Setta. The girl was still looking back looking at the stall earlier.
The stall turned out to be a magical stall guarded by evil jinn to mislead the humans who passed in the area. The figure of Jin the woman waiting for the stall was actually a goat-like body that stood with a horned human head. Merely, Bejo and Nathan see the shopkeeper as an adult female figure who wears a model kebaya first.
"Udah nurut aja the same as he said, hold first, be willing again also meet stalls," said Nathan.
"But I can't stand it, I peed in the bottle too." Bejo looks for a used bottle in Nathan's car.
"Sister Bejo, jorok nih, beware if you are desperate to pee in the car later I videoin continue to send to social so viral," threatened Setta with annoyance.
"Eh call me brother Jo don't Bejo! not cool Satan, beware yes do not make a video yes, can be removed from my police if it goes viral."
Bejo stared intently at Setta.
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