Lantern Behind The Bars

Back to terror

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1 week passed.

My days were hard after knowing what my father was doing, like there was pressure in my mind, a burden for me to keep a secret of this magnitude.

But I have to be strong, there are still many things that have not been revealed including the crime motive of Aunt Isma, and again it turns out that Aunt Isma's husband is the stepfather of my friend, Zena.

It turns out that adult life is so complicated, it is really draining of mind and energy, it is difficult to find a truly honest and sincere person.

I promised myself I wouldn't just pick a partner, I would focus on pursuing my dreams.

What's more to get married, it won't happen before I actually prepare myself and everything.

Today, I had to go to school to receive a graduation letter, and I immediately rushed to go to school.

But before leaving, as usual, my mother's security left it to the mother's employees, Mang Nanang and Mang Barus.

When I was about to get out of the house, it turned out that there was already Zen waiting for me outside.

He invited me to go to school together.

"Hi Sherin, Good morning," said Zen, with a big smile on her lips.

"Eh, Zen, you ... ?" sahutku. I was wondering why Zena had come to me without giving me any news before.

"Yuk yuk .." ask me. Opening the car door for me.

I didn't ask much and just got in Zena's car. "Thank you,"

"I picked you up on purpose, I joined you alone to go to school" Zena gave me an excuse that I thought was strange.

"Emm . that's it," I don't want to talk to anyone much, so I just respond to Zena as necessary

"You why Sher? Early in the morning I was upset, why the story dong same me?" Ask Zen.

It seems like Zena was astonished at me because of my slightly indifferent attitude towards her.

"No, I am ordinary" I replied, as necessary.

"What looks from the look on your face, is it because of the time problem?" Zena still seems curious about me.

"Emm .. no, I'm fine Zen," I said, still with the same answer.

"Hmm, if you don't want to tell a story, smile first let me not bete," Finally Zena gave up and no longer talk to me much.

But Zena kept comforting me with her silly behavior, until she finally got to school.

Arriving at school, I was treated like a queen by Zena, until I was like an artist and became the spotlight of all my friends.

I tried not to pay attention to their views, I also ignored Zena and Zen seemed to also understand my attitude towards him.

"Are you ashamed of Sher's same friends?" Zena asked me, half whispering in my ear.

"It's not Zen's shame, but I have to respect them, I know they've idolized you a long time ago, right?" My heart, what is.

"Hihi, you're a fun person, I'm getting better, too" Zena suddenly chuckled at my answer.

"More what? Why are you laughing?" I asked, while I looked at Zena with a strange look.

"The more hectic," Zena's answer was increasingly heard.

I could only shake my head at his strange behavior this morning. "Anything is yours, am I first, huh? Thanks for the invitation!"

"Okay, see you later, yeah," Zena waved her hand at me, I replied, then I immediately ran and entered the classroom.

Shortly after I sat down in the classroom, my Teacher Preceptor came in and started the day's activities.

After the Graduation Letter is distributed and all students are declared Graduated, then we gather in the field to celebrate Graduation.

On the field I see Zen being called by many of his other friends, maybe asked about his graduation.

I just follow the activities, we enjoy, sing together and so forth.

But in the midst of my excitement, suddenly I heard the sound of my cellphone notification from behind my pocket, after I saw that there was a notification from the CCTV camera.

I opened it immediately, after I saw that there was a lot of activity in several places, I saw Mang Nanang making a torch, while Mang Barus was waiting for the mother who was lying in the family room.

I wonder why Mang Nanang made a torch, after I replayed the CCTV footage, it turned out that the incident then repeated again, Aunt Isma again made a tantrum on the mother, she said, but this time he did not include snakes but caterpillars and scorpions from the backyard.

I panicked and immediately prepared to go home, then I immediately said goodbye to my friends.

But when she arrived at the school gate, Zena came to follow me with her car, and offered to drive me home, I did not reject her offer and immediately rushed into Zen's car.

"Sher, what's wrong with you? How do you look panicked?" Zen asked, his eyes looking in wonder at me.

"My mother Zen, can I ask for help in accelerating her pace?" Answer me quickly. My mind was filled with negative things, I was worried that something bad happened to my mother, because I saw her lying in the family room, while in the backyard there was a commotion.

"Your mother why Sher?" Zen asked back, then fixed his sitting position. "Well, if you're ready, I'm gonna speed it up,"

I did not have time to explain because I was fixated on Zen's crazy action driving his car, Zen speeding all out, until another vehicle he dragged with his horn.

"Oh my goodness, Zen, don't be so tight with the car" I shouted at Zena, as I held my seatbelt tightly.

"Sher, I'm careful" he replied casually.

Finally only 15 minutes on the way, we also got home, without thinking long I just went into the house with Zena, Zena, I saw the mother was lying down and all over her body a lot of bumps even seen some of the mother's faces.

"Mother, Mother why?" I immediately asked my mother, while rearranging my breath that was a little uncontrollable due to panic.

"Sherin, are you home? Mommy's okay, how's the graduation result, son?" Sahut.

"Mother, it's all over Mother's body bentol-bentol, is it okay? I passed Mommy .." I could only look pityfully at you, because the bump must be very itchy.

"Thank God you graduated, congratulations, dear? Mommy is okay, just itching, already in eucalyptus oil oil just now,"

"Thank you Mother, I'm going to the back first Bun, want to get some water for Zen,"

"Oh, there's Zen up ahead too?"

"Yes Mother,"

Then, I went to the back to meet Mang Nanang, it turns out that Nanang mang was trying to catch scorpions also kill the caterpillars, the feathers, my feathers goosebumps because they see a lot of caterpillars walking around the wall of the backyard.

Its large size was filled with dense and long black feathers, its body wriggling making me shudder in horror at seeing it.

While some scorpions are seen crawling in some places.

I also immediately asked Mang Nanang how the chronology of the incident when it was known there were animals in the backyard, because I had not had time to see all the events in the CCTV footage.

"What is the story, how can you get hives?" I asked Mang Nanang.

"So gini Neng the story, the mother back took the clothesline, then shouted while running from behind because there were many scorpions Neng, almost mother fell but fortunately Neng survived, Neng said, keburuhdahan same Mang Barus," said Mang Nanang, trying to explain.

"Well, but Mother how's Mang?"

"She said her stomach was a bit sick earlier Neng, same Mang Barus on the papah inside, but the mother suddenly itchy, right seen it turns out there are some caterpillars in the clothes are dried, but, maybe the fur's stuck on mom's shirt, too,"

Mang Nanang's answer made me worry about my mother. "Geez, why not rush to the Mang Clinic?"

"So already want to be taken, even the car was ready, but his mother nolak Neng, he said it's okay to rest at home,"

While chatting, suddenly a scorpion crawled at my feet, I was surprised! I immediately threw out my legs and ran over with a ragged pair of glasses while shouting. Mang Nanang panicked and directly aimed his torch at the scorpion.

"Please .. please .. there is a scorpion, please .. there is a scorpion."

The whole house immediately panicked because of my screams, mother panicked and immediately wanted to come to me, but Mang Barus held mother to wake up.

Zena, because she heard my screams, came straight to the kitchen.

"Sher, what's wrong with you?" Zena asked with a panicked look.

"Please Zen, there are a lot of scorpions there" I said. I showed it to the back yard.

"Well, how come there's a scorpion in your house, but you're okay, right?" Zen asked back, with a look of wonder.

My feet were very sore and hot from the scorpion's sting. "My feet are Zen, you're sick!" My stint.

"Geez, where do I see first, the danger Sher, if you get stung by a scorpion," said Zena with a worried look.

I showed Zen the scorpion's sting. Before long, Mang Barus came over and asked me about my situation.

"What's the matter Neng, Neng Sherin why?" Mang Barus asked, with a face that also looked panicked.

"A lot of scorpions behind Mang, my legs are bitten." I clearly.

"Oh my goodness, jeez Neng, are we going to the clinic? I'm afraid of why."

"Wait a minute, you sit down!" cetus Zena's.

Zen immediately picked up a chair, then told me to sit down, then suddenly Zen sucked the scorpion venom on my leg without saying much, then threw it away again.

He did it repeatedly.

I just gawked at being fixated, I was really surprised by Zen's reckless act of sucking poison with his own mouth, I was worried that he was exposed to his poison as well.

"Don't Zen, it's enough, you'll get poisoned if you're like this, too" I asked Zena to stop doing that immediately.

"Udah, you're in it, hold on for a while yes pain her," said Zen, completely ignoring my words and resuming the action.

"But Zen, if you're why-why? Aww sick!" shirih ku.

Zen sucked my legs as hard as he could, I could only grimace withstanding my pain.

"It's over, now you drink, Sher" said Zen.

"Let Mamang take his water yes Neng," Mang Barus timpal said.

"Thank you Mang, all for Zena as well, Mang, Sorry," I said.

"Yes Neng .." Mang Barus also quickly rushed to get drinking water as I requested.

After drinking, my tears shed unstoppably, because I felt sad, panicked, angry, hateful, and also sick as if they were packed into one in my heart.

But, Zen suddenly wiped my tears gently, then hugged me. I just kept quiet, this was the first time I felt a hug from a man.

There was a sense of warmth and comfort I felt from Zena's embrace, the fragrance of her body made me feel calmer.

"Patience yes, do not cry dong, if the cry will be lost her beautiful loh," said Zen, his palm touching my shoulder arm.

"You can make people laugh" I finally smiled.

The flutter of Zena actually made me want to laugh, then I immediately let go of Zen's embrace.

Before long Mang Barus also came with drinking water and mops to clean the traces of scorpion venom.

I immediately gulped down the glass of water brought by Mang Barus.

Zena immediately rinsed to remove the scorpion venom from her mouth.