LAST GREETINGS

Episode 4

"Anything I would do to be with you, even against the world if I had to - M. B. Sogen "

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Mike grabs his phone - checks out some of the whatsapp messages coming in. Some of the messages were simply broadcasts of Catholic daily devotions. There are also group messages that are just good morning.

But his finger immediately stopped at a message from Mega. Not usually early in the morning Mega has sent a message. Mike clicked on it - he was stunned to see it. Is this really ?

TWILIGHT

*there is a different

at dusk that was dim

breeze stroking mesra

I stared - my gaze was empty

on the rows of clouds chasing each other in the air

something is strange

I clearly feel it

I'm sure I wasn't wrong

yeah, I've fallen in love

to the man who fills my days

last night was still gone

still empty here

in my little heart

but now I suddenly strangle my neck

love; the taste came suddenly

I know I was wrong

I know you're angry, don't like it

he should have died

but I'm an ordinary man

powerless to dispel the magic; I have truly fallen in love with you

at dusk - Mega*

Mike's riveted. Stunned and staring blankly at the contents of the message in the form of poetry from Mega. His body suddenly twitched. Not a word came out of his mouth. Even in his heart he could not do it. Mega is in love with Mike. Mega has boldly revealed her heart.

Mike quickly pressed the home button on the phone screen - straight back to the main menu display so that it clearly showed a photo of his mother and late father. He put his phone on the table and went to the bathroom to wash his face.

Mike actually rarely showers in the morning when he is at the saha boarding house, unless he goes to work in the morning. If not everywhere, washing his face is enough for him.

He returned to the table, trying to grab his phone but the movement of his hand stopped instantly. Mobile rings. A call came in from Mega.

No. gabe. I cannot refuse this call. I let it ring - I let it break the silence of my dorm room, her inner self.

Mike let his phone ring on the table until the call stopped on its own. He walked into the bathroom again, picked up the towel he had hung on the bathroom doorstep last night.

He himself was confused by his attitude that suddenly wanted to take a bath even though today he was not going anywhere. Mike plans to re-learn the college sciences he has acquired.

The phone rang again while he was in the shower. Fuck'em. Mike let. He was taking a shower. At most Mega again who called, he murmured in his heart. Mike quickly finished my bath. But he himself was still confused by what he was doing. Just take a shower.

His mind arrived - it was fixed on Mega again.

Maybe Mega called asking him to see her. Ahh, what the fuck. Not likely. Mike began to wrestle with his own thoughts. It's still a holiday. What do you need to meet ? But wait, the poem. Yeah, he must have known Mike had read the poem that represented his heart. Did he call just to ask why Mike didn't answer ?

*****

Mike was tidy - wearing a black t-shirt, long shorts just up to the knee; black as well.

Suddenly the phone rings again. Mike glared trying to read the writing on the mobile phone screen.

"Ibuuuuu," he shouted slowly and quickly grabbed the phone, sliding the green button answering the call from his mother.

"Hallo, Ma'am, "Mike immediately greeted his mother across the street and heard the voice of the old half-woman. His voice is heavy and dashed, maybe the influence of the signal in his village which is still not as good as other areas.

"Hallo, son," the mother's voice from across sounded heavy - a bit less obvious but Mike tried to hear it well.

"Sorry to bother you, son. I just want to let you know, Om Bram is dead" said the mother directly to the point.

For a moment Mike looked. The shadow of the lekaki face that mother mentioned appeared instantly in her memory. The man, the mother's brother who helped the mother take care of the father's chicken farm after the father left.

The man who took the role of father when he left his father. Now Om Bram is gone. Two great fathers in Mike's life are gone now. Mike really only has a mother now. There's nobody else.

"Hallo, son," mother's voice startled her.

"You heard it ?" His mother asked again after a long wait for Mike to respond to his mother's words.

"Yes Mom. I heard it, "he answered quickly, trying to hide the sadness in my mother.

"Yes, son. I'm just telling you about that. Take care of yourself, son. Pray Om Bram that all his sins will be forgiven" the mother reminded before ending her phone call.

Mike's heart raged incoherently. His affair with Mega who early in the morning had sent a poem of expression of his heart he had not yet finished, now he had to hear the news of the death of Om Bram.

Mike bowed languidly. Both of his hands were holding and squeezing his own hair. He grabbed his phone again, looked for a photo of Om Bram stored in the gallery of his phone, then stared blankly at the face of Om Bram.

"Om, sorry Mike can't go home. May God forgive all sins. Rest in peace Om," he said softly on the photo of Om Bram. Without realizing it, tears were on his cheeks. Mike has lost two fathers in his life.

The man whom he had considered his father's successor in recent years, who helped his mother take care of her father's cattle, has now gone home.

It felt like he wanted to stop fighting here and go home, spend more time with his mother, help with all the small business needs left by his father. It was heartless to leave his mother who was now completely alone.

Mike rubbed his hair and set his seat - he was cross-legged. Mike closed his eyes, trying to calm his mind and forget all the problems that were currently plaguing his mind. Mike made the sign of the cross and prayed alone to ask God for the salvation of Om Bram's spirit.

May God forgive all the sins and mistakes Om Bram has committed during his lifetime and provide the most beautiful paradise for Om Bram.

Without realizing it, her tears came back to her cheeks. Mike crying.

"The most painful loss is when that person leaves us and passes away from this world "

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