Baby Amber
Chapter 46 What happened to Ibra?

Mom's back from the field. The sun was already very hot because it was right above the head. I chose to clean my body and continue to rest because I was tired all night on the way.

"Eat first, Di." Mom's preparing lunch at the table. Immediately I got up and devoured the cooking that my mother served. I didn't ask anything, even when I found out I came alone without taking Ratih.

"Mom." call me clean to the woman who gave birth to me.

"What's the matter, Di?" apparently I already know what I mean. Even I seem to know that everything is not okay.

"Can you stay here for a while?" many doubt. The mother I spoke to was silent. But from the look of his face signifies a curiosity and worry.

"How is he now?" ask Mom later.

I took a long breath. Prepare the right answers to your questions.

"Rati became a victim to the selfishness of her Father, Mom." said I lirih. The mother who was watching the television momentarily turned to me.

"What does that mean, Di?" Mother fixed her sitting position, shifting closer towards me.

I told you what my mother-in-law said last night. Between believing or not, but my mother-in-law said it was all reality. All this time she tried to close her eyes with the attitude and actions of her husband. It's just that, when Mother-in-law saw with her own eyes the appalling condition of Ratih after staying with them for one week at home, made Mother-in-law aware. It can't be left on for too long. Mother-in-law does not want her child, Ratih became like a woman who is not sane and also the death of Ranti became unsettled. Even his spirit that should have rested quietly still had to wander here and there because it became a curious spirit.

"Astaghfirullah hal'adzim." She covered her mouth with her palm. It was clearly a shocked expression from his face that already looked wrinkled everywhere. Especially me as the husband of Ratih who never knew the real thing that made my wife become like this.

"Ask Mbah Trimo how good. I really don't mind if Ratih will recover here." replied Mom.

I plan to go back to Mbah Trimo's house in the afternoon. At least now I can rest first before the afternoon to go to the house of Mbah Trimo. After all, last night's trip made my body very tired and like it was running out of energy.

It turned out that there were a lot of phones and messages sent by Ratih since this morning. Indeed, I did not tell Ratih, Mom or anyone at home that I would return to my hometown to meet Mbah Trimo.

"Yes, Brother. Mas is fine. Sorry, I was busy. So just had time to open HP." I sent a message to Ratih by giving an excuse if I was busy at the restaurant.

"Mas, Ratih knows that Mas is not busy today. Mas Hadi lupakah?" Trainer returned my message. This time accompanied by an emoticon smiling cynically at me. I swallowed the saliva while reading the contents of the message from Ratih. It's not that I'm afraid of him if I get caught, it's just that I forget that Ratih would know what I did when it came to him. Moreover, said Ratih, his brother will always give information to Ratih whatever I do outside the house. Ratih thinks that if Ranti loves her so much, anything will be told to her if it comes to me.

"Your wife thinks that her brother's spirit is protecting her. Giving information about you outside the house he considers as the attention of an older brother to his sister" Mbah Trimo said at the time.

"His brother's spirit deliberately wants to follow you wherever you go because he's fallen for you. So all that he made an excuse to stay close to you by telling your wife about your whereabouts." Mbah Trimo made me scratch the nape of my neck that suddenly just brushed.

I put the device back on the room table. I tried to neutralize the feeling and tried to close my eyes. Given the current must be the spirit of Ranti is also around me, at least I will try to be more careful again in acting. Don't let the spirit of Ranti angry like that time and back to disturb Mother also me.

The ringing of the phone woke me up who had slept because I was tired. I saw Ibra's name there. Immediately I swiped the green screen and heard a voice over there.

"Sir, when did you not get to work?" ibra sounded like she was scared.

"Lack of knowledge, Bra. Sorry, I forgot to tell you" I said still in a calm tone.

"Sir.. sa-my..." Ibra stopped her speech. But his voice sounded like he was scared.

"Why are you, Bra? Is there a problem?" I became unsettled when I heard the sound of someone laughing.

"Sir, I-I want to resign my work." said Ibra suddenly to my surprise. Ibra doesn't usually ask to resign like that. There had never been any sign of him wanting to resign from the restaurant before. At first, he was the most excited at work.

"What's wrong, Bra?" I tried to find answers from my subordinates. At least he should give a clear reason if he really wants to stop working. He is the employee I can rely on the most. Moreover, I was in this condition, only he that I can rely on as my replacement to handle all the tasks and work at home eating because he is the longest working.

"Bra. Can you explain why you suddenly want to resign?" ask me in a soft voice. I who woke up suddenly because of the sound of the phone ringing, plus hearing Ibra's resignation suddenly made my head pulsate violently.

"Ma-sorry, Sir. I-I can't give you an explanation yet." replied Ibra stammered. I haven't spoken yet, Ibra has turned off the phone unilaterally. When I called back, there was no reply from Ibra across the street. Though it looks like it has rang many times on the phone screen, but there seems to be no sign Ibra will pick up the phone.

"Let me try one more time" I murmured. My curiosity made me not despair of contacting Ibra again.

"Aaahhh." at last, I said, putting the phone screen in my ear.

"Ha-hallo, Bra." I called my employee's name across the street. But no answer was heard from Ibra. There was only a heavy breathing sound across the phone.

"Cats, Bra. Ibra. Are you still there?" I called Ibra many times, but the man I called her name never answered.

"Bra, Ibra. What's going on?" I panicked more and more for him.