My fiancee .... A GHOST?
8. Recount
Chapter 8's
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Bella could not sleep tonight, even though she had been trying to sleep, glimpsed by the mother who tonight joined the room Kostnya, the woman who was still beautiful at her middle-aged age seemed to be sound asleep with regular breathing.
"Ma, what exactly are you hiding from Ara, Ma?" bella said in her own heart, she wondered in silence while watching the peaceful face of the Mama who was deep in her sleep.
Bella sighed, looking up at the ceiling of the room, she realized something and looked around for something.
There is a clumsiness today, precisely since the Mama came to visit Bella did not see the presence of Felix from this afternoon. In fact, usually Felix will be near him even though Bella is sleeping.
Somehow deep in Bella's heart felt lonely and lost the figure of Felix who later always accompanied her.
"Felix, where are you? Why didn't you show up?" inner Bella again wondered at the same time looking for the existence of Felix who all day he had not seen.
Bella began to realize, if a little more Felix had accompanied and filled his empty days.
Bella closed her eyes and tried to fall asleep.
Without realizing it, from afar Felix looked at him with a wry stroke.
"Ara, sooner or later you have to figure out who I am and your Mama can't possibly cover this up for much longer. I will force him to open his mouth so you can know everything" Felix murmured from a distance, of course Felix can read the contents of Bella's head at this time and he felt happy because finally Bella was willing to accept her presence and began looking for her.
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"Who are you?" ask a woman in a surprised tone.
"Maybe you've forgotten, but I always remember you, Auntie," replied the young man. His less obvious appearance made the woman of his interlocutor confused, the woman's forehead wrinkled until finally the woman screeched in fear.
"You-you? What, is your k-Felix Fe-Felix?" tanyanya and the young man nodded.
"So really? Are you an adult now?" said the woman while taking a short breath.
"Yes, and I came to collect your son's promise, he is my fiancee" Felix replied calmly.
"Don't bother Ara, Felix. Aunt please."
The woman who turned out to be Mama Bella pleaded while holding her hands together in front of Felix. He looked at the towering figure of Felix, but he could not see Felix's face because it was covered in a very dazzling light.
"Of course I don't want to bother him, Auntie. I just want him to keep his word" Felix said.
"Felix, you have a different world. Don't force it" said Ms. Ika in a trembling voice.
Felix laughed until Bu Ika shuddered at the sound of laughter. "Everything would be easy if Ara had accepted me, Auntie."
"But still it's impossible." The woman shook her head quickly.
"If Aunt doesn't want to tell Ara the truth, Auntie will regret it!" Felix again laughed cynically and at the same time Bu Ika woke up from her sleep with a hunting breath. The sweat on his temples flooded all the way to his own cheekbones. He held his chest that felt tight.
Bu Ika immediately glanced at her daughter who was asleep next to her in a curled up position.
"Ara, Felix is really coming. And he made that promise. How is this Ara? Mama should how?" ask the woman in her heart.
Miss Ika became upset and agitated, especially considering Felix's last words, if she didn't tell Bella what she really was, then there would be a regret.
"It's all Mama's fault, son... I'm sorry, Son!" said Ms. Ika while sobbing.
Bella slowly blinked her eyes, she heard the sound of the sobbing and soon mastered the situation. The girl immediately woke up from her lying position, she saw the mother who was crying, Mama's body seemed to shake violently and Bella began to make her voice.
"Ma, what's wrong?" asked Bella while holding the shoulder of Mama who sat on the bed while turning her back to her position.
"E-uh... You awake, Ra?" Ika rubbed her wet cheeks with origin.
"Mama why cry?"
"No, Mama was just having a bad dream" said Ms. Ika.
"What dream? How to cry?" Bella's eyes squinted, trying to interpret what happened.
"It's nothing" elak Mama.
"Ma, Ara knows Mama is hiding something, please let Ara know everything. Kasi Ara answers. Does this have anything to do with Felix?" ask Bella streak.
"Mama's thirsty, Ra."
Bella nodded and poured the water on the nightstand into the glass, then she gave the glass filled with water to the mother.
After Bella made sure Mama drank with satisfaction, Bella again voiced out.
"Dream mama met Felix?" guess Bella.
Ika nodded, unable to cover up what Bella should have known.
"Ma, try Ara's story. What really happened in the past? Why doesn't Bella remember anything?"
"That's because..." Ma looked hesitant.
"Ma, be honest. Ara will accept everything and again, Ara is sure Felix will not hurt Ara. We've met a few times and Felix showed his good faith" Bella replied honestly.
"Meet you a few times?" Mama looked at Bella's bead, she thought Bella had only met once and that she would be shocked and scared to meet Felix.
Bella nodded to answer the question of the mother.
"Aren't you afraid to meet him?"
Bella shakes. "At first I was scared, but now I'm not."
"That means you met more than once? Can you see it?" Mom's voice was suddenly hysterical.
"Ma, calm down Ma. Ara is okay. So Mama told me that Ara knew how to behave towards Felix," replied Bella.
"Your mother doesn't know where the story comes from. It's all Mama's fault" said Ms. Ika starting her story.
"Take it easy, Mama..."
Ika looked at the child who looked calm, he also re-arranged his hunting breath, he tried to behave as calm as Bella now. Mom decided to start telling stories.
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By the time Bella was 3 years old, Ms. Ika had a close friend named Aunt Neni. Aunty Neni is a single mother, she has a cute son and is five years adrift of Bella, at that time the son of Aunt Neni is 8 years old.
Bella and Aunt Neni often play together, not infrequently they also often quarrel about fighting over toys and ending with the victory of Bella - who does not want to share her toys with others.
Aunt Neni's handsome and intelligent son, managed to make Bu Ika and Pak Setyo fall in love, and, Mama and Papa Bella also agreed to match Bella with the handsome boy when they were both adults later.
Aunt Neni was very happy with the plan. Aunt Neni immediately proposed that the engagement began when Bella and her son were still at an early age for various reasons.
At first, Bu Ika and Mr. Setyo refused, but thanks to the efforts and efforts of Aunt Neni to persuade them, Bella's parents finally agreed.
Armed with a small-time event held, Bella and son of Aunt Neni betrothed like an adult engagement. Aunt Neni also gave a pendant necklace as a form of engagement bond between Bella and her son.
The day was all very happy, including Bella and Aunt Neni's son who were excited, because basically they did not understand what happened, they are just happy to be able to join a party that is decorated with knickknacks and balloons typical of children.
From then on, their families became increasingly familiar and close. Bu Ika was increasingly seen with Aunt Neni like her own family.
However, gradually Bu Ika began to feel that there was an awkwardness when she became more aware of the intricacies of the Aunt Neni family.
One of them when Bu Ika visited the house of his prospective iron.
"Neni, where are you? I brought your favorite hot jerky," said Bu Ika as she entered the unlocked Aunt Neni's house, it was common for them because Aunt Neni always behaved so at the Bella family home.
Ika was getting into the house, he wanted to go to the kitchen to put the food he brought. But before heading to the kitchen, Bu Ika had passed through a closed room that was never seen opened at all by Aunt Neni.
Bu Ika's forehead wrinkled when she accidentally saw smoke billowing out of the gap under the closed door of the room.
Miss Ika was afraid something like a fire in the room, she immediately opened the door of the room which turned out to be unlocked.
However, how surprised Bu Ika when opening the room, the mystical nuance felt thick there.
Bu Ika was flabbergasted when she found Aunt Neni burning some incense inside while a boy was lying in front of her. The boy seemed to be fast asleep and the boy was the son of Aunt Neni himself.
"Neni, what did you do to Felix?" screeched Miss Ika with a tone of shock.
...TBC......
