The Moon Among the Stars

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Ayumi returns with her activities in the kitchen to finish cooking lunch. Menu this afternoon, Ayumi only cook fried chicken kremes complete with breakfast and sambal only. The chicken has been seasoned and boiled, just drained and fried to dry.

The dining table has been cleaned and prepared three empty plates stacked into one and three empty glasses for drinking.

Afnan and Moon have been gone since morning, somewhere the two men went like they were making a pact to go together. Initially only Afnan left first, not long after that Moon also came out with unusual clothes. The moon said goodbye to Ayumi to go to the bookstore and wanted to stop by the supermarket to buy some groceries.

From morning on, the Moon followed wherever Afnan went. For this month everything has to do with Brother Zura.

Half an hour Afnan waited for the arrival of one luxury car and immediately climbed into the car. The moon left its hiding place and stopped an online taxi and went up and followed where the car was going.

Not for an hour, the car entered the slum and was not touched by people. The car stopped in front of a tenement house made from a thin plywood.

Afnan and Kak Zura got out of the car and got into the tenement. But not knowing what that place is, it's unclear.

Moon ventured to ask the taxi driver online.

"Sorry, may I ask, what is this place? Why is it so seedy and uninhabited like a deserted village" asked Moon to the online taxi driver.

"This is an isolation village, anyone who goes to this place and is evacuated to this place are people who have infectious diseases, especially HIV disease" replied the online taxi driver.

"Oh like that" said Moon slowly, after not believing.

The moon rested her body in the back seat and seemed to be thinking. 'Whether that is in the Mother Andara, if it is indeed Mother Andara, then the mysterious woman is really Kak Zura and not someone else. But, why if the mysterious woman is really Kak Zura, why dress like that, why?' ask the Moon in his own heart.

"Sorry Miss, are we waiting here or following the car back?" ask the taxi driver online to Moon who is pensive and daydreaming.

The Moon's daydream became crumpled as the taxi driver turned towards the Moon and asked the Moon in a slightly loud voice.

The moon was surprised by the question the taxi driver online seemed to flutter and glanced to the right and left then looked straight towards the front where Ka Zura's car had stopped and now disappeared.

"To the house sir, I want to see the situation inside and give money to the person" said Moon slowly to the taxi driver online.

The driver nodded his head slowly.

"Be careful, because of the danger with infectious diseases," said the online taxi driver slowly reminded.

Not even an online taxi car driven by the Moon reached the tenement, there was a middle-aged woman who came out only using a pink knee-length dress and short shoulder-length hair, carrying a beautiful and branded bag that is lined with one hand.

The woman seemed to be waiting for someone to glance to the right and to the left, until there was a large motorbike approaching the woman who was none other than Mother Andara.

The moon looked straight ahead, looking with her own eyes as well if the woman was indeed Mother Andara, and unmistakably, the mysterious woman was Kak Zura.

"Non, I think she's going to leave, think she's going to follow or stay at her house?" ask the taxi driver online slowly.

"We follow them, sir" the Moon said in an urgent voice.

The online taxi car drove quickly following a large motorbike that smoothly passed several cars in front of it by following the driver's body movements.

Half an hour, the online taxi driver was chasing the big motorcycle that had been left far and lost track, but could rediscover it felt very cool.

The moon still looks straight at Mother Andara who is in front of her.

The large motorbike turned to the right and entered a special parking lot in a building. While online taxi cars cannot access to enter the building and remain on the side of the highway.

"What is this place?" ask the Moon in a quiet and confused voice

"This is a special hotel for officials, or important people in this country, or important guests from other countries who will stay here just for a vacation. The woman was probably one of the comfort women here," the online taxi driver said slowly explaining in detail.

The moon covered her mouth with both of her palms so that her screams could be controlled. It feels really shocked and surprised by the work of Mother Andara at this time while in Egypt.

"You're quite pussy, with the appearance of the comfort woman here, sir?" tanya Moon seeks the truth.

The online taxi driver laughed out loud and smiled broadly.

"It's easy, to recognize a comfort woman like that. But clearly, this woman has pain, this even makes it difficult for herself, if it is discovered with the wearer, the woman can be killed, because it has covered the infectious disease," obviously the online taxi driver was at great length.

The moon seemed to nod his head slowly to understand clearly the intent of the online taxi driver.

"How about, we go or wait," the online taxi driver asked quietly.

"Alright, we go back to the apartment building that I was waiting for first," said Moon briefly.

Along the way the Moon was silent and pensive, leaning her body in the back seat and her head against the windshield of the car. It feels so dizzy, revealing one big family problem. For the Moon, Sister Zura is still a good sister for him, and Mother Andara is Mother of attention.

Before Mr. Sukoco married Mama Anna, the relationship between Mama Anna and Moon with Pak Sukoco's family, including Mother Andara and her two daughters Kak Zura and Rara, was very good. There is no dispute between the two, because Mama Anna is indeed berkja as an admin staff trust Papa Sukoco.

But now everything is different, only Moon and Rara are still on good terms, but since Moon is married, her relationship with Rara also stretches especially now they both have their own busy lives.