PAMAL

Desa

the car drove ushered in an oil palm plantation that lined up neatly towards a village

Eva pensively glanced at her sad eyes staring out the window, there was not a word out of her beautiful lips even though the trip took 2 hours more than the airport kedesa no question as if his brain was empty lazy to think.

arriving at the gate of the village that looks beautiful with trees still standing upright even though it is a rubber tree that is deliberately planted by residents to make a living for the elderly who cannot work in the oil palm head company.

Cars continue to drive many villagers are gathering to gossip about their children playing various games on the home page.

"sir is still far away" asked Mr. Ivan to the driver who brought them

"already near Ivan's mang, it was at the end of the bridge of the house kai Burhan" while pointing to a house on the edge of the river that looks only the kitchen from across.

"Eva you live here first yes, hopefully kai Burhan can treat you" he said to his only daughter.

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arriving at Burhan's house, Ivan came down and ran to the old man who was waiting for them to sit in a wooden chair in the house.

"assalamualaikum"

"waalaikumsallam nak Ivan how are you"

"alhamdulillah well, how are you"

"alhamdulillah is good"

"Eva here son"waved his hand at Eva who stood staring beside the car his eyes swept every inch of the typical L-shaped house stage of the house.

"let's go in first" asked kai Burhan

they also enter the old-fashioned house but neat and comfortable.

"come in, sit down first"

"yes, thank you kai"

"this is a kai whose name is Eva son of soraya"

"ooo, thank God you are safe yes cu, be patient" said kai Burhan with his dialect and language mixed with regional languages.

Eva just silent her heart ached remembering the incident that befell her and her mother soraya a few months ago.

After talking lightly eliminate the fatigue of eating fried kunjui (cass) and black coffee Pak Ivan immediately stated his intention to take Eva to this village.

"our ancestors used to have such talent, it is a hereditary blessing but after knowing Islam is rarely a descendant who has that talent only the last few years it was his grandmother soraya"

"Really, this means Eva was chosen by her people for this blessing"

"You could say so"

"but what can be treated" asked Ivan expectantly

"God willing to work with rukyah "

"alhamdulillah, amen easy hopefully Eva can soon recover kai"

"amen insyaallh ,"

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in the afternoon before the sun was already wanting to return his complaint, Eva was sitting in the house, across the house there was a musolah that was already crowded children who wanted to pray congregation some parents were seen in the musolah ,the sound of the chanting of the holy verse al-qur'an suda echoed from the loudspeakers perched on the roof of the musolah.

"Eva,, "

"yes yeah"

"come in baby maghrib"

"iya cu will be hidden ghost "kai Burhan chuckles trying to comfort Eva who looks moody than ever before. "no cu kai bekanda" he continued to see Eva who did not respond to his jokes.

"i can sit in the hide of ghosts" asked Mr. Ivan was curious about kai Burhan's jokes

"don't you just joke, play hide and seek maghrib who can't"

"why" asked Eva began to open her mouth, she was curious when it came to a taboo.

"people said that Maghrib was a demon out when playing hide and seek at dusk will be hidden ghosts so if people who hide ghosts we can not see it or hear it even though the person is nearby we'll tell you another story,"

Kai Burhan and Ivan and the driver who delivered them had left Eva at home.

"cu let's go in" said nini siti Kai Burhan's wife

Eva just nodded her head and waved her way into the house.