Mermaid Demon Mermaid

Gathering

"Lita?" Max stepped out. He saw the girl was holding the chicken coop, while watching the chicken in it. "Lita, let's go inside first."

The girl looked. "Yes." Yeah." He followed Max.

Inside, they sat on the sofa chair with Anna and Anna's parents. There was also Anna's older brother who was sitting on another chair and listening in.

Max conveys his purpose and purpose in coming there after the meeting, and Anna's parents listen. He breathed a sigh of relief when Anna's parents accepted him.

Miriam between yes and not listening to their chat. He just kept quiet while his net looked around.

Anna then asked him to talk. "Are you bored?"

Miriam just smiled. He is not bored, but lazy to listen to a continuation of the story that he does not want.

After talking for a long time, they took lunch together. Before that they prayed in an empty room. Only Miriam does not pray.

"Lho, why don't you pray? What else is a hindrance?" ask Anna's mother.

Miriam did not understand the meaning of the woman's words but Anna answered her immediately.

"Oh, it seems so, Mom."

"Mk." Anna's mother looked at Miriam's face. "Newly this time I can see the face of the Caucasian people up close. Moreover, the people can speak Indonesian fluently. Your hair is white. Can I hold it." Anna's mother touching Miriam's hair made Anna laugh.

"Mom, there's just nothing."

"Yes, if people of the same age as new mothers can get hair color like this. It's still young to have hair like this, it's amazing."

"Mother, it's not gray hair." Anna is still laughing.

Miriam was silent.

"Oh, Lita. Don't be angry, will you? My mom's just curious." Anna is still laughing.

"I can ask, right?" Miriam suddenly spoke.

"What?"

"Why are you wearing a hijab?" ask Miriam plain.

"Oh, that's not true in Islam. Women are asked to wear it" Anna explained.

"I mean, it's not mandatory."

"Mc ...." Anna turned to her mother who was also wearing a hijab. "In addition to religious orders, we are comfortable wearing them" he said steadily.

"Oh."

Then, they had lunch. Anna's got food for Miriam. Roast steak meat.

"Anna prepared this specifically for Max's cousin, saying it's hard to eat if there's none of this" explained Anna's mother.

All smiles looked at Anna and Miriam.

Miriam was wrong. "Thank you, huh?" That's all he can say.

Max smiled happily to find his loved ones familiar. They went through lunch full of laughter.

A short relaxing break after eating where they started chatting casually and Miriam slipped back out to see the pets of the Anna family.

Miriam came to the rabbit cage and saw some rabbits moving to and fro. The size is quite large. He was curious because the animal was rarely seen. He picked up one that was gray white and then held it.

"Funny huh?"

Miriam raised her head.

There was Anna who came over and squatted down beside him. "Do you like rabbits?"

"I just saw."

Anna saw Miriam just holding the rabbit. He rubbed the rabbit's head. " So, Lita. Animals are happy at love."

"Mmh, is the meat good?"

Anna laughed a little. "So that's why you took this rabbit? Just want to know?" He laughed back. "Yes, I'll bring you some rabbit meat satay sometime, for you."

"Yes." Yeah." Anna then rubbed the rabbit.

An hour later Miriam and Max returned home. Max had already discussed with Anna's parents the right time for the proposal and marriage. Also determine the day and preparation to be done.

Anna's family drove Miriam and Max to the car, and looked up to the car.

"Ah, alhamdulillah. Everything is going right." Max who sits in front looks relieved and happy while Miriam, he is still confused to step when Max is soon to be married.

So soon the man no longer needs himself because Anna will accompany him. Then himself? Where he's going to put himself while Max's attention has changed. Will he be determined to stay there? Till when?

Miriam looked at herself from the reflection of the car door glass beside her. Why is it still holding up to this day? Is he just not accepting the truth? Although the air was bright in the afternoon that began to shade it, his heart was clouded. So now, what am I supposed to do?

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Miriam looked at the mirror. He smiled at the head he covered with the scarf he stole from Anna's house. Do I look like I deserve to wear it, mmh? Am I pretty wearing this, Max? He looked at her face with no make up at all. But then he took off the shawl and threw it on the floor.

I will never be the second Anna. I want to be loved by Max as Jelita, not Anna. A drop of her tears flowed.

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Max proved his point. Everyday Max began to be busy with taking care of the preparation of applications and weddings, so he only went to the office for a while and then invited Anna to shop at various places. They have also hired EO (Event Organizer) to take care of their application and wedding events.

Sometimes when Max comes home, there's Anna who comes to the house and chat with Miriam. The girl was of course happy, but on the other hand she was also lonely. Ever since Max took care of his wedding, he rarely talked to Miriam.

Hades is the place to talk. Besides being comfortable, and familiar, she doesn't really like talking to Max's housemaids because it looks out of their eyes, that they look at Miriam strangely, for some reason.

"Miri, how about we go to the beach again?" persuade Hades.

"Ck, I'm lazy!" Miriam lowered her head while playing the grass on the ground with her head.

They were both in the back garden. Hades deliberately chose that place because it was the safest place. They can be alone without anyone suspecting it because what they do there is clear.

"Rather than you staying here because it looks like you're getting bored."

"I'm not bored but upset anymore" said the girl without raising her head.

"Why?" Hades, who sat on the grass and plucked the weeds, held them together in one hand.

"Max rarely talks to me now."

Hades just smiled broadly. Sure oes. That's natural, because Max is taking care of his wedding so he doesn't have time to talk to Miriam. It's just that, until when Miriam will wake up, her time with Max may soon be distracted. Till when?

On the other hand, Hades was pitying, so he did not dare to ask.

"Len. Looks like you're stressed out here, so we'd better take a walk out. How about we take a motorbike for a walk around here while buying a roast chicken?"

"Chicken charred?" Miriam still called the burnt meat charred like steak.

"But it's delicious, isn't it?"

"Yes. Strange as well." Comment Miriam. He raised his face.

"Do you want to see somewhere else?"

"To market?"

"Markets?"

"Yes. I heard the maid in this house got her meat at the market."

"Just because of that?"

"I just want to see the market."

Sometimes Miriam's innocent thoughts made Hades just smile. Very simply, tell the man that the girl does not know much about the human world. Unlike Hades who has a lot of heroes in the human world, at least he knows a lot about human life compared to Miriam.

It stands. "Come on!" He thrust a bunch of wild grass flowers in hand at Miriam.

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