Jamu Gendong - Young Widow Gebetan Brondong

Chapter 25. Paternity

Pov Linga

Ten years is not a short time in waiting for a certainty. In that period of time I was tossed about by circumstances where I did not know for sure what really happened to my father. Is he still alive or facing God first? However, if he was facing God first, why was it that until now the traces of his body could not be found at all?

My family and I tried to let it go. In my brain and in my heart I have expressed an understanding that my father is already dead in his climb. If fate writes his age must end in the arms of Mount Slamet, I am sincere and willing to accept all those provisions.

If God is still kind enough to grant one wish, I just want to find his body. Or if the body is a very impossible thing enough traces of his clothes I can find. But nature seemed to hide all until ten years had passed, not a single trace left by my father.

I stared at the pusar figure of the man I saw still standing gallantly. Even the curls of his good looks were still clearly engraved on his face. My heart throbbed more and more when I saw that figure smiling sweetly in front of me. A smile that seemed to freeze my blood flow instantly could only leave me speechless and fixated.

"This is Mr. Ndhuk... Don't you want to hug this Father's body?"

I'm woken. The words spoken from the figure of this man seemed to remind me of the longing that dwells in the navel of the heart. I miss no man because I have never met the owner. And now when I was reunited with this figure, the longing fragments were again bursting, filling the chest cavity. I want to hug this guy.

Bak got a supply of energy, my joints and bones felt like I had strength back. I got up from my sitting position and then I scattered this body into my father's arms.

"Mr .... Linga longs!"

Only that word can come out of my lips. I immerse this face in the chest of the man who had so steeped me all his life with love and compassion without the slightest hint of lack. I hugged his tribe tightly to pour out all the yearning that was there. Like a grudge, the longing I feel must also be avenged. And now everything has been spilled. There was nothing else I felt but great relief.

"I'm sorry Mr. Ndhuk, forgive me for leaving without ever coming back again."

"Now the Lingga has found the Father. You go home, we go home together."

I don't know why my brain seems unable to think clearly. I thought that my father was like Banyu, still alive only his tribe trapped in another realm. The longing for my father made me forget that he had been gone for ten years. It is impossible if he is still alive in the world.

"No Ndhuk, you can't come home with me. Mister...."

"Why Sir? Why can't you come home with Lingga. The phallus can bring this young man home. You should also be able to come home with Lingga."

I cut out dad's words. I'm making it up as if I can't take it if you can't come home with me."

I felt Dad stretch his arms. He looked at my netraku fixed as he brushed a patch of tears that still wet my cheeks. The man kissed my forehead so intensely and I felt the warmth flowing through my blood.

"Our world is different. You can't go back to the world because this is where you are. However, you still can not go quietly because the body of the Father has not been buried properly. After you return to your world, you only ask one thing for you. Bury your bones properly. That way you can go quietly."

"Where are the bones, sir? Where can the phallus find the bones."

I have not had time to give an answer, suddenly my tail caught the shadow of Banyu tribe who suddenly sat limp. The man seemed to lose his strength.

"Yes!!!"

I gasped at the sight of Banyu's increasingly weakened tribe. I went up to him and tried to get him back on his feet.

"Ndhuk, go home. The young man seemed to have been unable to linger in this place. Go Ndhuk. Save this young man."

"But sir, Lingga still misses you. The phallus still wants to be here. Lingga still wants to be with you!"

I saw my father smiling again and coming closer to me. "Later after the bones of your Father are buried properly, you can visit the tomb of the Father every day. You can miss there. Now go home Ndhuk, release this youth tribe from the shackles of this dimension."

My body and lips were shaking. Soon after meeting with my father, I had to split up again. I hug my father's tribe tightly again. I feel like I want to stop time so that I can continue to embrace my father's tribe.

"Linga pamit yes sir. The phallus promises to find the bones of the Father and bury them properly."

"Father believe in you Ndhuk, you believe."

I took my arms off my father's tribe. I still have one heavy task to be able to take Banyu out of this dimension. I also ran by holding Banyu's fingers and trying to get out of this realm.

Thank God, at least now I can meet my father. Hugged his tribe tightly and looked at his face. To let go of all the longing that was there for him.

"I-I don't seem strong anymore. I'm...."

Both balls of my eyes back wide and perfectly rounded when I saw Banyu who suddenly shed his body over this stretch of wilderness land.

"Yes.....!!!"

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