I Believe I Can See Ghosts

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"For everyone."

Sasono, Galuh's husband. The other is Kala's mother's sister, Gayatri. Seemed to greet the whole family with excitement. They are all gathered on the porch. Because there are some who want to go to work, or college.

"Our house is comfortable, since that unlucky kid left" he said later.

"Who's the unlucky kid?"

Someone is pointing in a direction. Sasono and his family turned to the source of the voice. Looks like a tall handsome man, accompanied by another man. They stepped closer towards the family's Sasono, with sharp gazes raining down.

"You who?" ask Sasono then.

The family stared at the man who had just arrived.

"I'm Kala's father."

The man who is none other than Philip Immanuel said firmly. Jason and his family looked surprised. But Sasono still showed an annoying attitude.

"Ow, after a dozen new years appear now" he said later.

"After the strange child disrupts the tranquility of people's lives" he continued.

"Rubby."

Philip beat up Sasono immediately. Surprised everyone and tried to separate.

"Phil."

Enrico tried to restrain Philip, but Philip seemed to have been overcome with emotion.

"It turns out the father of the same child, both do not know themselves." shouted Sasono.

"Rubby."

"Rubby."

"Rubby."

This time Philip was blind, even until no one else was able to stand in his way. Galuh, his mother, and Ghita could only scream. Ghandi seemed skeptical of all that. Before long the neighbors began to gather and wonder about what happened.

"Lo tormented my son Kala for a dozen years. If you can't take care of him, why not give up on me all this time."

Philip yelling. Until without having to be explained again, the neighbors finally understood. If Philip was the real father of Kala.

"Where have you been all this time?. Huh uh?. You say it and don't want to be responsible, right?"

"Not playing victim, motherfucker. A few days ago you sent Kala to me. Where does he know my address, if you do not tell me. Where can you tell, if you yourself do not find out. You should have been able to find out long ago, if you wanted to. I never moved from my address. It was not me who disappeared, but Gayatri who left me. Because her parents did not approve of our relationship. I didn't know Gayatri was pregnant, and no one ever told me. I've been trying to find him for years."

Everyone in that place was silent.

"Why do you torture Kala?." Philip yelling.

"Because your son is weird, motherfucker."

"He's not weird."

Suddenly Ghandi, Gayatri's youngest brother, makes a sound.

"Ghori."

The mother rebuked him, perhaps intending to tell him to shut up. Ghandi still chose to speak.

"She's not weird, you're the one who thinks she's been weird all along."

"Ghori."

"Quite ma'am, Ghandi has been silent for too long over your attitude towards Kala. He is not strange, in this country many children who model like him. Who has imaginary friends, who can see what no one else can see. You're the ones who exaggerate matters too much."

"He's disturbing the peace of all of our lives." She screamed in defense of her husband and mother.

"Why not give it to me?" This time Philip returned.

"Sir, ma. I'm sorry."

Someone standing among the citizens said to them.

"I'm the head of RT here, there's Mr. RW also by chance." He pointed to a man who allegedly was the chairman of the community there.

"It's good, we sit down together and talk about this with cold heads."

"I don't want to." said Sasono.

"I would, sir." said Philip.

"I think there's still something to represent, apart from this one demon."

"Lo's son is a demon, motherfucker."

Sasono approached Philip and was about to hit him, but the hunt was pulled by the citizens.

"Please Mr. Sasono, don't think so."

"He's the one who showed up and was looking for a fuss with me."

"This is something we want to talk about."

The compact citizens cornered Sasono.

RT sir asked Ghandi. The 21-year-old also responded.

***

"I was 6 years old when Kala was born. Sister Gayatri, Mbak Galuh and Mbak Githa are far above me all."

Ghandi began to tell the story of Kala, to Philip, Enrico, and also RT sir along with some residents who still secure the location. They were afraid that Sasono would come and make a scene.

Because Sasono is famous as a citizen who likes to make noise in the neighborhood. Anyone has ever been caught fighting by him.

"From childhood Kala does like to say, if he sees something creepy. He said he saw a black-faced aunt, a red-eye monster and stuff."

Ghandi continued.

"She sometimes screams like a possessed person. Sometimes he also sleeps and wakes up suddenly while crying. I remember exactly almost all the events he went through."

"Including when he was beaten and tortured?" ask Enrico.

Ghandi.

"I often defend him. But every time I do that, I get punished. I was afraid, so sometimes I kept quiet. In that house, Sasono and Galuh's parents held the power."

"Are you willing, if I ask to testify before the authorities. Had I reported any acts of violence, which my son had received all this time?"

"I'm ready." Ghandi answered for sure.

The conversation was then continued. Philip asked for some data about his son. Because he intends to move Kala school to Jakarta.

***

"Suckhead."

"Brengseeks."

Sasono ran amok at home, while his mother-in-law, wife and sister-in-law Githa remained silent.

"Why does that jerk know our house?" ask her later.

"Who else if not the unlucky boy mas." said Galuh.

"Bikin' a storm early in the morning." Sasono is back.

"Just let's report him to the police, let his career be threatened. If he wants to be peaceful and get the report out, he's gonna have to pay us hundreds of millions. All for damages, expenses as long as we take care of his son."

"Say if you want money, do not use any threat."

This time Gandhi. The young man had returned from the RT man's house, to retrieve Kala's files. Such as birth certificates, reports and other data.

"You don't have to interfere, Ghandi. You've sided with the man, not your own family."

His mother spoke out and attacked Ghandi.

"Please tell them if you want to report. But they are also ready to report you. Ghandi has sent to them, including to RT's mobile phone. Videos of you guys torturing Kala all this time."

Lightning is like striking hard, but there is no cloud, there is no rain. One family did not expect, if Ghandi recorded their actions against Kala all this time.

"How dare you."

Sasono approaches, but Ghandi is seen fighting back.

"What?" sama later.

"Ghandi, dare you yes." said Galuh.

"And this mas and mbak you who help finance your school." he continued later.

"He financed us, by managing father's estate. He lives with us."

"Bad you, if there is no him, the fate of our plantation will be destroyed. Nothing has happened since my father died."

"Had, just keep fighting. Be and be more bucin. If you need to pray for your husband, be an idol."

"Ghori."

"Mother is the same. Mother is evil mother, evil is her own grandson."

"Silence...!"

"The gayatri has put the family to shame, by becoming pregnant out of wedlock."

Ghandi smiled cynically at his mother.

"Mom forgot?. Hmm?. I forgot when married to my father, the mother was already pregnant mbak Galuh, without knowing who the father is."

"Plaaaac."

A slap landed on Ghandi's cheek. The mother looked at him with emotion.

"Ghandi has wanted to talk about this for a long time. Evil mother is the same as Gayatri, but mother is also not holy."

Ghandi passed away leaving them all, disregarding his screaming mother.

"Your brash son, the son of the devil, the unlucky son."

"Mother regrets giving birth to you Ghandi."