NYI TWINS TRIBUTE

Sepi Village

The road in front of the car felt familiar in Riani's eyes. It was seen that Mr. Abdul had fallen asleep, as well as Sella.

Riani's body swayed following the unpaved road. Riani looked next to him, dark, there was nothing to see.

Riani decided to take her smartphone inside a sling bag. The smartphone is turned on and the time is plastered which shows at half five in the morning.

There was absolutely no network making Riani unable to do much.

Without realizing it, Riani fell asleep again with a smartphone that still remains in his grasp.

The noise like someone was looking for something made Riani wake up again. The atmosphere outside the car is already bright with warm morning sunlight.

Riani finds Mr. Abdul and Sella who have been awakened and the voice comes from both of them who are arranging things.

"I'll just wait here, Dul, take a break too."

"Liet down. Have a good rest, bro!" Abdul patted the driver on the shoulder twice, with a smile.

The three of them got out of the car as well as Riani. Having just set foot on the ground, Riani already felt strange.

His eyes looked around and sure enough, he understood and recognized this place.

"I-this is ...." Riani was silent not continuing her sentence, she stared at the house building from the bamboo webbing in front of her.

"Why, Ri?" ask Sella lirih.

"I don't want to go in, Cell." Riani turned around to go back to the car.

"Well, we've reached you, Ri."

"Riani."

The second step Riani's legs came to a halt, Riani's eyes glanced to the right. The voice made her feel even more frightened, yet there was an uneasy feeling in her heart as well.

Riani had no idea what she was seeing at the moment, but it might not be her that Riani was about to meet.

Trying to keep a positive mind, Riani turned back. Now on the doorstep of the house there was a pair of men and women who stood smiling at him.

Riani smiled stiffly looking towards the two of them, Riani's heart pounding fast making her footsteps so slowly to get back to where they were.

"Welcome back," said Suwiryo.

"Do you know each other?" ask Mr. Abdul while looking at Riani and Suwirto and his wife alternately.

Utari nodded her head. "It's Riani, right? He's been here a long time, almost our daughter-in-law."

"They're Bayu's parents?" lirih.

Riani could only nod her head slowly. "I don't want to see them."

"But we've already come here, Ri."

Riani turned her head towards Sella who was standing right next to her. "If I knew I'd meet them, I wouldn't be here, Cell. I want to meet the person who has helped mom with the wedding."

"That's us, Nduk." Suwiryo.

As soon as Riani's eyes opened wide, she did not expect two things. First, Riani spoke to Sella using a soft tone, but Suwiryo could answer her. Second, Suwiryo is a shaman who helps his father and mother perform Nyi Twins.

As if in disbelief, Riani glanced towards Pak Abdul who was indeed standing closer than them.

From where Riani stood, he could see Mr. Abdul nodding his head. "Yes, Riani."

Silent, there was no conversation between them when suddenly there were sounds of footsteps approaching.

"Riani," he called.

Riani turned her head and found Dwi who then smiled towards her. "You're finally here too, you're gonna pick me up for work again, right?"

Hearing the sentence, Riani shook her head slowly. "Ma-sorry-"

"WHAT?!" Dwi cut Riani's sentence just like that, her footsteps walking closer. There was only a distance of about a few centimeters in front of Riani. "IF YOU DON'T ASK ME TO LEAVE RIGHT NOW, YOU WON'T SURVIVE WHEN YOU GET HOME" she warned in a slow but frightening voice.

Riani could only bow, not knowing how to.

"Oh, duh, duh, this is my employer is so beautiful."

"Of course she's beautiful, she's also our daughter-in-law's candidate." Utari.

While Riani could only bow her head deeply, she felt like she was being bullied. Sella and Abdul continue to remain silent.

"Let's go in" Utari said later.

Mr. Abdul has started to move both legs, while Sella starts to pull Riani's hand. But Riani still remained in her stance, she did not want to move at all except to go home.

"I want to go home," said Riani, still bowing her head.

"Step, Ri-"

"I want to go home!" riani said more firmly.

A footstep approached towards Riani who was apparently Mr. Abdul.

"Ri," called her softly. "Father didn't know before anything between you and them, but please focus on your original goal, Ri, remember your late father's message."

Riani was silent, she just shook her head.

"It's all for the sake of your mother's recovery and your father's wishes, Ri." Mr. Abdul is still trying to persuade.

"True my father, let's focus on the main goal."

Riani shook her head strongly. "If I knew I'd meet them, I probably wouldn't be here."

"It's not about who they are, Ri, again you don't know what's going on between you and them, but please focus on the first goal, right you ask to be accompanied here?"

Riani nodded weakly.

"Well, you get it. It's for the sake of your mother's recovery and your father's request." Mr. Abdul is still talking to a gentle jada. "Just ask them a little bit, okay? Let me say it doesn't matter either."

Riani nodded again, but did not lift her head at all.

The conditions inside the house still remained the same, nothing much had changed from since Riani left this house.

All three sat in the living room around a long table. Suwiryo sat next to Utari while in front of them were Pak Abdul, Sella and Riani.

"So gini, Mbah," said Mr. Abdul started the conversation, he called Suwiryo as Mbah. "This is the daughter of the late Agus and Rita, now Rita's condition is seriously ill." Mr. Abdul spoke softly. "the arrival of the two of us here is to ask that the agreement be revoked only, Mbah."

"Do you want the pesugih agreement removed?"

Mr. Abdul nodded for sure. "Yes, Mbah."

"It can't be done easily, especially after you live with the money given by Nyi Twins. That's the name is sweet enough to be thrown away."

"It's not so, Mbah. But what I remember first, the pesugihannya Nyi Kembar did not use human tumbal, the late Agus himself told me. But now even the late Agus himself who became the fall."

Suwiryo chuckled showing her rows of teeth that were crouching with plaques everywhere. "It was due to the greed of Agus and Rita herself. Had they not asked for more, Nyi Twins would not have asked for more."

"So ... Nothing can be done to cancel the agreement?" asked Abdul with curious eyes.

Suwiryo's eyes looked at Riani for a few seconds, then looked back at Mr. Abdul who was his current interlocutor.

"It could be."

"How is it, Mbah?"

"The children of Agus and Rita must marry my son."

The atmosphere of the room turned increasingly tense, silent, no one spoke.

Pak Abdul and Sella looked towards Riani, while Riani shook her head firmly.

Pak Abdul's eyes looked back at Suwiryo. "Is there no other way, Mbah?"

"Nothing," Suwiryo replied as she shook her head. "That's a very easy way." Suwiryo added, he looked towards Riani. "Aren't you also pregnant with Bayu's child at this time?"