Misty Soil

Drifting

Taking, returning, getting something or getting affected by it. A few words of worry pressured about the occurrence of the story of karma entering the area of foggy Lake.

“The condition of the father and mother is fine, the fever has also disappeared.”

“Thanks a lot doc.”

The words of the doctor who relieved their hearts. For the sake of her favorite child, Sandika called a private doctor from the city to treat Cerry. He was still asleep, a warm blanket wrapped around his body. On a long night, Sandika tells all the events of her life to Rina. Tears broke upon seeing the suffering of the humble man's life story.

“I originally thought you were having an affair.”

“How can I be double if my old lover can't be forgotten.”

Sandika's words cut her feelings. She ran crying out of the house, the pain was unbearable. Lina threw away the chaotic feeling and sadness of walking around the house. She considered far away her husband loved the ghost figure until now her feelings seemed to remain the same.

“Mother!” call Cerry from the top of the attic.

“Give notice of falling! Don't move and stay there ya”

Lina ran up to catch Cerry, she was unconscious. Lina screams Sandika, they put Cerry in their room.

“Dad, mom.”

“You how the hell mas, I stay in Cerry for a while just like you how he already wants to jump from the top of the attic.”

“From yesterday Cerry with me Rin.”

“This is what proof?”

“Bu, don't get mad at dad huh. Dad and mom want to accompany Cerry to bed tonight?”

“Ya darling. Mom and Dad will stay here.”

The ringing of Sandika's cell phone makes Rina imagine when she was a child to see the two quarrels due to calls that she should not know. Another woman who called dad when Rina was nine. Her father's cell phone screen broke on his mother's slam and cried taking Lina and Lina away. Natih did not think that all this time she was a second wife. Supar pulled Natih's hand apologizing. The woman was forced to hold back her anger given the fate of her two children alongside her an unemployed woman.

“How is the fate of an anti kun child without a father? What do I support them with? Finding a job is very difficult”

The sentence was clear when his mother Natih explained why he still wanted to be his father's second wife. But, not with today Rina sanely in between sad jokes wondering if the ghost of Murga will call her husband in the middle of the night.

He was an honest man despite being cold. Anything personal, he always told her everything. The call on the phone screen read Mr. Egen's name. He opened the message.

Whatsapp message from Egen sir.

“Master, I have news of Mr. Beben returning from abroad. His health has improved, but he has paralysis.”

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Rina got up from the bed, she opened the door very slowly not wanting to wake Cerry and Sandika. Down the stairs, flashing lights saw a rocking chair that moved by itself. He ventured closer to the chair holding the movement to a halt. He once asked Cerry how he could meet the figure of the creature he called as brother.

Ringing cell phone calls Natih.

“Assalamu’alaikum bu.”

“Walaikumsalam, what's up baby? Tumben clock calls mom.”

“Bu, I sometimes deny Cerry can see the figure of another creature referred to as a child who has an inner eye. But why can't she see the figure of Lina's sister still hanging around in our house?”

“True too you said, tomorrow I'll go to the smart guy to ask about Cerry. Now you sleep and take care of your health. Tomorrow call mom again ya.”

“Yes mom, oh yeah___”

The call was interrupted as it was so shocked to feel his shoulder being patted by something. In the corner of the wall looks shadow getting bigger and bigger. Rina shrieks. Sandika was present behind him immediately she hugged. He pointed towards the wall, the same apparition he saw. Sandika approached the growing shadow. The smell of incense stings on the shrill screams of Cerry's voice.

“Mas, our son!” Rina.

In the sleep has not opened his eyes, the shrill scream of Cerry's voice is very loud. Sandika recited Surah An-Nas and verse a chair in her ear. Sayup-sayup he opened then look very frightened face.

“Dad, mother, there were brothers who wanted to pull Cerry away.”

“No one is. Cerry is sleeping again. Tuh look! dad snored.”

Sandika pretended to let out a loud snoring and wriggled closer to her son. Slowly he opened his eyes whispering; “Don't forget to read do’a if you want to sleep.”

Cerry hugged his father against Rina.

The family that looked so harmonious was actually sheathed in grief. Sandika enveloped the two, noticing the look on Rina's already asleep face. He was pitying to see the stubbornness of Rina waiting for her to truly love him as sincerely as she was. Even after marriage, they say hello.

Turning on the phone looking at the message from Egen, the next morning he took Cerry and Rina to visit at the mid-city central hospital. The dining table has a hot tea kettle, a glass of milk in the chair Cerry, fried asi, porridge, bread, several bottles of jam and fresh fruits. Finished cooking and taking care of Cerry, Rina cleaned herself up and headed to the dining table. Sandika was already there smilingly waiting for the two of them.

“Cerry hasn't gone down mas?”

“Not yet, we are waiting for a moment just eat together.”

Cerry is still busy chatting with Tata. The ghostly figure of the little boy pretended to smile to pay attention to the beautiful dress of the Disney princess. He was so jealous to see his life look so happy.

“I used to be not as happy as he” muttered the ghost figure of Tata.

“Ta, I've been waiting for my father at the bottom. You want to come with me?” ask Cerry.

Tata nodded, they went down the stairs while holding hands. This time Cerry did not bring a bag of rabbits or his favorite Teddy bear. He is accompanied by a ghostly friend named Tata. After breakfast, they looked for Mang Kurat and Mbok who had not been seen. Lina who did not think too much about the behavior of the workers urged Sandika to leave immediately.

“We just lock his house. Maybe the mamang and mbok again came out there is an urgent need” said Rina.

Who would have thought that their two domestic workers were part of the unseen inhabitants of the foggy lake village?