BLOOD PASSAGE
Final Decision
It was getting late but I couldn't fall asleep. After my conversation with the lira who suddenly insisted on staying at her maid's house first, I finally relented and followed her will. Lira was asleep. I repeated that word in my mind. What am I supposed to do now. I can't write either, I didn't bring the box here. Latitude, how is it that mother and father survived to the destination. Did they manage to bring the latitude to the healer you called that. Will the latitude heal? the question that I didn't know the answer was in my mind. The little clock on the nightstand was already at one in the morning, I better try to sleep.
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“STAR”
The sound of the lira from behind made me turn around at a glance and return to watering the flower plants in his yard.
“I've flush the back, you still long?”
I shook my head, and resumed watering the plants.
“It's done. Where do you keep the bucket?”
Lira pointed to the red bucket she had brought earlier, near the fish pond that belonged to her family.
“You to the hospital again?”
“for what?”
I stared at the astonished lira who was now walking next to me.
“Check at kevin”
I was again astonished by the lira, it was very unlikely that she would want to visit Kevin if there was nothing important that he wanted to talk to that person.
“Tumben you are excited to visit kevin”
“And he will take us all to the house of foam, I want to know the clarity we will leave on what day. So I don't want to be curious anymore bi”
Gosh darn. I shook my head looking at the lira, if anyone wants to know as enthusiastically as to what the lira is. He is just like a person who is playing monopoly and is eager to take all the fines that are in the middle of the game paper.
“Come now we change clothes star”
I just nodded slowly and followed the steps of the stars into his magnificent home. After a few minutes of waiting in the living room finally the lira appeared before me. He tied his bob hair which even made his short hair that stubborn bottom do not want to be tied and instead came out.
“better your hair does not need to be tied lira”
“Why?”
He looked at me while walking out of the house.
“See only in car” glass
He hurriedly ran small towards his father's car and reflected there.
“And I have labored to bind him, but it is like this”
He took off his hair in annoyance and stuffed it into the small bag he was wearing.
“You have asked permission ra, if we want to go”
“Just remember the stars, I talked about it early this morning with my mom and dad. And they let us as long as we don't go home past four o'clock in the afternoon
I nodded and got into the lira car. In the car there was a lira along with her parents. All I know is they both want to visit grandma Lira in the next village. And will return at Maghrib.
“You guys if the business is done, then go straight home. Don't stop by again”
The firm voice from the mouth of the lira father made me feel a little uneasy.
“Dad just don't want you two why if you go home at night don't misunderstand star”
I smiled and nodded. My feelings improved a little because of the words of lira's father.
“You want to get off where?”
“In front of hospital only how bi?”
Lira looked at me and I just nodded.
“yasudah me and star down in front of hospital alone yah”
“I can't wait to go to bu anih's house. Come star”
Lira pulled my hand and I could only follow her very excited step on the white floor of the hospital.
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“How is sister doing now?”
Lira stared fixedly at Kevin's sister who was sitting leaning on her inpatient room bed.
“Better than yesterday”
I give thanks slowly and so does the lira.
“When is the plan sister will go to the house bu anih?”
“Maybe the day after we can all leave. And yesterday I told Dion”
“Lantas how about fika and kak naisyah?”
I looked at Kevin and was only replied with a faint smile.
“Easy, surely dion conveyed it to them. I told Dion to tell that to fika and naisyah so just relax”
The lira gripped my finger very tightly, it felt sore. He vented his pleasure and fate was even my finger that became a victim.
“The plan is like this brother, me and the stars will probably spend the night in the house of foam. So, if you want to go home first with the others it's okay. I can ask my dad to pick up”
A moment later, Kevin was thinking of something.
“Good then. But if possible we will all stay a few days there, all of you enjoy the holiday time. Tomorrow I'm going to dion's house to talk about it”
The lira grew excited and before she vented her pleasures on me I chose to dodge and move to the left side of the bed.
“Do you guys have any plans what we will do there?”
Kevin looked at us both seriously while me and the lira just shook their heads.
“Our initial plan will only visit the house of bu anih, then after that we will ask about things related to his son named sri weningsih”
Lira spoke slowly and I nodded saying her word.
“How about for example brother and other friends so stay overnight we can all watch ronggeng show in the area. Bu Anih once invited us and our family there to watch the ronggeng. But, just one time. And I heard that the ronggeng event is only held once a year at the end of year”
“By looks like it will be very exciting”
I gulped, my feelings suddenly just weren't good. Like there's something stuck in there but I can't figure out what it is.
“You why star?”
Lira inspired me, and I smiled back at her.
“Tak what. I was just a little paranoid when I heard ronggeng”
Lira laughed, while me and brother kevin could only look at her full of wonder.
“You must have thought of a strange thing that would happen if we watched the ronggeng. Jeez the star is just a ronggeng event, there will be no mystical thing going on. Calm down”
I nodded again, even though my hands had been sweating coldly since then.
“What's wrong as long as we're there can look after each other I'm sure nothing bad will happen”
“Iya I hope nothing will happen”
I again gulped down the saliva with great difficulty, trying to remove the shadow of something that was in my mind. I hope we all get home safely.
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