The Tragedy of the Night

The Part 18

The human density this afternoon at the bus station, made the crowds queue. Many people who also want to travel to the city of Jakarta. Nisa's entourage was sitting in one of the seats waiting for the bus to leave.

Their bags all looked full of their luggage. Gabriel fell asleep in the arms of Ibel. His face looks calm and displays a happy look that does not know what makes the baby look happy.

"Sa! Are you sure you want to come to Jakarta? Are you not afraid of coming back? I can work alone there without your help." Ibel could see Nisa's worried face, so she was unsure of Nisa's decision.

Nisa bit her nails and then glanced at Ibel while exhaling a long breath. Then then the pessimistic face Nisa was replaced with a full face to optimization.

"Sir Ibel, how does it go? Nisa is ready to face the challenge there. After all for what Nisa is protracted by the past. Nisa now doesn't think about it, but Nisa has to think about Nisa's future."

"Yes-yes to Sa. But beware you cry bombay until there, I will not hesitate to throw you into the sea daar," Ibel persematik while intimidating Nisa.

Nisa who saw it swallowed her saliva sucked and she immediately threw away the face of Ibel and looked the other way.

After a while, an announcement will depart the bus they are riding in a few minutes again makes Nisa and Ibel in the fog choose their goods and take them to the bus.

Before they enter the bus, Nisa and Ibel first say goodbye to Grandpa Miah who also takes them. Instantly the atmosphere turned into haru and the roar of tears of separation.

"Sir, Nisa many thanks to the grandmother who wants to accept Nisa as she is. Without the help of grandma Nisa does not know how Nisa's fate now." The wnita immediately hugged the wrinkled body of Miah while letting out tears of separation. They hugged for quite a while.

Actually Nek Miah understands Indonesian, but nek Miah is not too fluent if he uses Indonesian.

"You're good there, Sa. His body in the middle of Jakarta was a lot of his obedience, nih Nisa was one seuting his victims, so there are many prayers, do not remember praying five times. The bell! Jagai Nisa is good! (keep yourself well there huh Sa. He said near Jakarta a lot of his obedience, Nisa one of his victims, so many prayers yes, do not remember praying five times. The bell! Take good care of Nisa!)" Ibel was singing her lips, this grandmother whose grandchild, who shared whose attention.

"Hmmm," murmured Ibel lazily. "Jaudah grandma, we handak tulak first. Take care of your great grandmother here, Ibel did not act grandmother anything here. (yeah grandma, we want to go first. Take good care of Grandma here, Ibel doesn't want grandma here anyway)."

The grandmother grabbed Ibel's body and hugged her grandson's body. Every now and then the grandmother's hand rubbed the Ibel's mane so gently. Nisa who saw that instantly her heart softened. The woman immediately looked at the awake Gabriel who was already in her hands.

His heart is like a knife slit if he always thinks the fate of his son later which he can certainly guess will be bad luck. Surely his child's peers will later mock his child with sentences that are enough to degrade a person's mentality. But Nisa can make sure that will not happen, she will be the first person who will protect her child from all blasphemy.

"We're in" Ibel said, surprising Nisa, who was daydreaming.

Ibel knitted her eyebrows together and she stared fixedly at Nisa's face, then snorted, "lo why Sa? If you're not ready, then you're here with grandma."

"Hiih Sa aei, ammon balum is ready here haja wan granny. Amon ikam ni kada ready nayaman grandma kada so bemalam at home angah Silla. (Hiih Sa aei, if you are not sure here just with grandma. If you're not ready, grandma won't be staying at Silla's house)."

Nisa raised her head and looked at Ibel and Grandma Miah, then the woman shook her head weakly.

"No, Nisa went to Jakarta. Nisa also wants to meet mama, and doesn't know that she already has a grandchild." Tucked into a sad tone when saying that line, the woman lowered her head.

Ibel took a breath, "if that's what I want. We get on the bus, we're gonna miss it again."

They say goodbye and wave before actually leaving Grandma, but before that the three of them embrace for the last time.

"Assalamalliakum" said Ibel and Nisa simultaneously and shake hands with nek miah.

Then they both got on the bus and sat in one of the seats on the bus, while their goods were placed in a special place.

Soon the bus was walking and leaving from Ibel's hometown. Gabriel is with Ibel. Nisa stared at the window watching the houses.

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TB