31 Days
Gifts

...Nana laughed at two things....

...News of the murders and the gifts I brought....

...Honestly speaking.....

...I don't know which one really makes him happy....

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Farel stopped the car not far from his house. The thought and tranquility of his soul suddenly became a rage. She had not dared to meet Nana, she did not want to go home empty-handed.

He got out of the car, then walked over. There he decided to pause in front of Tini's mother's shop. He wanted to buy a bottle of cold drink, at his not a showcase door.

His hand reached for a bottle of Coca Cola, and he paid a sum of money to the owner of the stall. Bu Tini was very surprised, because this was the first time he saw Farel snack in his grocery store.

"Son Farel, the snack tumben in the shop Mother," said Tini's mother enthusiastically.

"The weather is hot tonight" replied Farel politely.

He then sat on the front bench of the stall, in a sip of soda water straight from the bottle. In just one gulp, the contents of the bottle had already run out.

Farel's eyes only looked at him blankly. She even quickly forgot Maria's birthday. His mind was on Nana.

Arriving from the right, Surti's mother came walking towards the grocery store. He greeted Farel kindly. Surti's mother then bought a number of new toiletries.

"What the hell is mom, a lot of buying soap bath," asked the owner of the stall with kepo.

"Gini ma'am, Agus said he wanted to overtime at Bantar Gebang police station. There is a new case, he said the murder," replied Ms. Surti with a troubled face.

"Oh, can you? Duh ko end of this our environment so not safe gini yes ma'am," commented the owner of the stall with a frenzy.

"Yes mom, so now you have to be more careful. House don't forget to keep it in the lock." Surti's mother gave advice while putting some groceries into a bag of crackles.

Meanwhile beside their chatter, Farel could only hear a cursory glance. At that time he was quite concerned about what Surti's mother had told him about the latest murder case.

Arrived in the middle of the hustle and bustle of mother's chatter. Adam shouted loudly from inside the house. He carried a broomstick and ran towards the stall.

"It's fried chicken in gondol maling again!" said Mr. Adam with a half-excited panic face.

"Loh ko can.. lest the mustache again gondol our food again sir!" reply bu Tini with a furious face.

Bu Tini rushed out of the stall and snatched the broomstick from her husband's hand. He then immediately went around every corner to look for the figure who had stolen the pieces of fried chicken.

Farel only realized, if mom Tini and husband are offending something they call the mustache. When he got up from the wooden chair, his spirit suddenly appeared.

He rushed over to Tini's mom who was still busy with her broom handle. Farel was convinced that the figure of the mustache was the answer he had been all along.

"Mom, can I help you find it?" farel asked with confidence.

"Son, help me now! You are young, your energy is still strong" replied Tini with a burning spirit.

Bu Tini immediately handed over the broom handle. Farel held it very tightly. Soon he'll catch a very troubling mustache.

"Fareelll. that's right there, right there.." cried Adam as his index finger led to the mango tree at the end of the road.

At first glance Farel could see the figure of the mustache. She's hairy rough with a brown white pattern. Farel immediately chased straight towards the corner there.

He directly swung the broom handle firmly. He floated the broom into the air and prepared to pounce on the living mustache.

But alas, the moustache went and fled very quickly. Farel saw the mustache running towards the top of the tile. He immediately followed with as much light as possible.

He threw the broom into the tile, he poked nyodok on the tile with the end of the broom. Feeling the tip of the broom touching something, he immediately pushed it firmly.

Bruuk!!!

He stopped the action immediately. Farel was so surprised to see a wild cat that was very thin and unkempt. His skin has partly peeled off, a lot of fungi that make his head bald.

"Nana... You have nothing!" farel was upset in his heart.

*****

Farel was back in the car, next to the seat was a cage with a white brown fur cat. The cat was curled up silently with watery eyes.

Farel's heart rages on, he's still not sure if this disgusting country cat is Nana's mooring. At the craziest, he even recklessly will bring a cat full of this disease into the house.

To solidify the decision this time, Farel tried to take a deep sigh. Remove it slowly from the mouth. Calm his mind and soul together.

After feeling enough with the confidence he had, Farel came out of the car garage. He walked while holding the cat cage.

He slowly opened the front door, intending to give a silent surprise. When his foot touched the mid-space tile, Farel clearly heard Nana giggling.

For a moment Farel stopped from taking a step, he wanted to hear his wife keep laughing from the lounge. Farel thought that Nana was laughing watching her favorite soap opera.

He continued his steps until he reached the lounge. There he saw Nana sitting comfortably on the sofa, laughing giggling at the TV screen.

From the back he approached Nana, he deliberately did not make the slightest sound. Not until Nana's position, he accidentally saw the contents of the TV screen.

Nana was not watching the soap opera as she expected. Nana was watching a serious news from one of the channels with the red logo.

Farel very clearly watched, on the glass screen was happening a coverage of the news of the murder. The event occurred around the door of the railway signpost of Bantar Gebang.

Farel's eyes glanced back at Nana, he was still laughing with sparkling eyes. Farel's feelings started to get strange, as this was not normal. Even he first saw Nana laughing off just because of a murder news.

"Na" said Farel spontaneously.

When that voice sounded, Nana instantly turned her body. He still floated a slightly strange face. A smile that Nana doesn't always give to her.

Farel felt goosebumps, his hair did not stop standing. Farel knew that Nana was a rare and strange wife, but laughing at someone's death was unnatural.

"Is something funny?" ask Farel full of probes.

"Nothing, why the hell Rail?" ask Nana back.

"That's what you just saw the news of the murder, in Bantar Gebang again. What is Nana not afraid of?" farel asked with a frozen body.

"No, why should I be afraid," Nana replied casually.

"So why are you laughing at Na." Farel was not satisfied with Nana's answer.

"So Nana saw Agus in the interview of many reporters. Funny to see Surti's son on TV hahahahaha..." Nana laughed again.

"You say funny? Ngaco you Na. Agus is our neighbor, you should feel sorry to see he has to handle a murder case" Farel protested loudly.

Nana this time did not reply, she just threw her thin smile. He looked at Farel without feeling guilty or sorry.

After hearing Nana's answer and reason, Farel's heart still could not accept. After all, he would not laugh at such news.

But Farel was too tired, he did not want to bother with his wife's abnormal behavior. He wanted to rest, his strength was almost depleted from having fought the ferociousness of the mustache.

Farel finally sat down on the sofa. He was now looking at Nana very fixedly. He gave her an iron cage containing the village cat.

"The mustache" said Farel with a flat face.

Suddenly Nana again laughed out loud, this time she held her sick stomach. She glanced at her husband's face with excitement. Both of his eyes were warm and bright.

Farel's feelings began to melt, then he quickly forgot Nana's strange behavior earlier. Although he did not know what the meaning of laughing was this time.