Campus Horror
The Part 40
Campus Horror
The Part 40
“Good day, Mom. I'm Jimmy with a police role as an investigator. I'll give you some questions. Please cooperate to respond to every question we ask correctly.” Jimmy just entered the investigation room with a map. Before starting the question, Jimmy did not forget to record the results of the conversation between himself and the Goddess.
The goddess just silently looked at Jimmy who gave the instructions.
“Can you name her full name?” Jimmy started the first question.
“Goddess Laksmita.”
“A date of birth?”
“Fourteen September 1967.”
“Usia?”
“Almost forty-four years.”
“Work?”
“Housewife.”
“Activities commonly done?”
“What other housewives can do, sir? Groping, cooking, serving children, husbands, and in-laws. Can what else I?”
Jimmy looked at the Goddess who answered his question cynically.
Jimmy decided not to respond to the Goddess's reply now.
“Next. What is the relationship of Mother Goddess with the victim, or Asih Prabandari?”
“Asih was an old friend of mine during High School. We are a village. However different villages.”
“May I know Mother Goddess and Asih school where?”
Dewi then mentioned the name of the state school where she and Asih went to school first.
“How is Mother Goddess's relationship with Asih's brother?”
“Custom only. Nothing special.”
“From the information written, Ibu Dewi was studying at the same university with brother Asih. Is that true?”
“True, Sir. But we are different faculties. I studied at the Tourism Campus. While Asih at the Literature Campus.”
Jimmy then nodded his head after hearing the answer to the question he had submitted.
Jimmy then pulled out a worn and dirty pair of navy blue jeans. The pants are evidence of the clothes worn by the victim, namely Asih.
“Do I know this thing?”
The goddess observed a cloth she believed to be those jeans. Then the Goddess raised her eyebrows in surprise.
“That was my pants in college first, sir. Just look at the brand.” Dewi mentioned the name of a pretty famous brand to Mr. Jimmy.
“I saved up a long time to buy these pants. But that day Asih came to borrow, because his body was increasingly changing size. According to Asih, all the pants he had, he could not wear anymore for college. If you have to buy, Asih said dear to the money. So I just loan you my pants. It just so happened that my body was two sizes bigger than Asih, and I was tired of these pants too. Out of date.” Sahut Dewi steady.
Jimmy didn't find the lies from the Goddess' story.
“Then, why can there be blood stains on the pants borrowed by this victim?”
“Blood? Whereabouts? I don't remember, Mr.”
Jimmy then opened the plastic clip that wrapped the evidence.
“It. Over here.” Jimmy showed a blackish stain on the underside of his pants knee.
The goddess was silent for a moment. Trying to remember all the activities that have been done after having the pants.
“Oh! Aye! Time on campus, before Asih borrowed these pants, there was one of his friends carrying a large bag of young mango crackles. So we decided to make a rujak. I got a task section to peel and slice the mango. Unfortunately, my finger was even cut. And that blood may be dripping on my pants. I also do not know if the stain imprints for decades like this.” The goddess breathed a heavy breath. “I should have gone straight home by then and not been at the rujak party, so I wasn't involved with a murder case like now.”
“In fact, I shouldn't have loaned these pants to Asih. Basic Asih, already died is still troublesome!”
Jimmy again did not respond to the words conveyed by the Goddess.
“Good. Thank you so much for your time to answer our questions. After this, our Goddess Mother will be allowed to go home. Please do not travel abroad first. If there is any other need or question, we will contact Mother Goddess back.”
The goddess nodded and thanked Jimmy. Then a police officer escorted Dewi outside the investigation room.
***
Andi faithfully accompanied Dewi who was being examined by the police. He decided to see the traffic crowd in front of the police station. Hand-holding a bottle of red-colored fizzy drink, as well as a pack of cassava chips, Andi kept silent without a sound. An hour and a half ago Andi awaited the examination of his wife.
“Halo, Ma.”
“Where, Pa?”
“Di shop. In front of the police station. Mama is done?”
“Already, Pa. Yuk, we're home!”
“Wait a minute there. Papa will pay for a drink first.”
***
From a distance, Andi was walking slowly towards the waiting area provided by the police station. The goddess was quietly sitting waiting for her husband's arrival.
Andi offered a bottle of cold mineral water to the Goddess.
“Drink first, Ma.”
“Thank you, Pa.” The goddess accepted Andi's gift with a very sincere smile.
“Kok a long time ago, Ma?”
“Iya, there are some questions, Pa.”
“Then?”
“Then what?”
“Ya, how is the police response?”
“The father of the police did not respond to any reply Mama, Pa.”
Andi sat down next to the Goddess.
“Indeed Mama was asked anything?”
“Ya ordinary questions only. Did Mama know the victim? Then why can there be blood stains on the pants used by the victim. Yeah, that's kind of a question, Pa.” The goddess then rises.
“Yuk go home, Pa! Even sit here. Hungry mom, here.”
Andi then followed the Goddess who had walked first.
***
“Pa, stop by to eat first, yuk! Mama's hungry from yesterday didn't eat well. Cook Mama just packed noodles that use the glass.” Dewi complained about the dishes given by the police last night, as the car driven by Andi was pulled from the police station.
“Iya. What would you like to eat?”
“Salad at the cafe near home kayaknya delicious tuh, Pa!”
“Mama looks very tired. Didn't sleep last night?” Andi opened the topic of conversation on the way to the cafe that Dewi wanted.
“Yes where can sleep, Pa. Sit in that room. I feel like a prisoner, Mama. My mom no longer wants to live there. Where to think again, how could-can Mama be associated with the death of Asih.”
“Indeed Mama knew the dead victim?”
“Iya, know.” The Goddess is short.
“Kok can?”
“Ya, can. Mama and Asih used to be a school. Our village is the same. But different village.”
“Kok Mama never told you?”
“What story?”
“Yes if Mama knows the Asih.”
“Loh. Wh-wh-what for? Did Papa ever tell Mama that Papa also knows Asih?” A hard blow received Andi right in the upstream of his heart.
“What do you mean by Mama?”
“Udah. Mama again lazy to discuss Asih. From the past, from him still alive, until now the dead are still annoying and make Mama sick!”
Andi chose silence and did not continue his conversation with the Goddess.
***
I didn't expect. Just because the bloodstains stain it could cause a long story like this. Am I being less careful?
Thirty-five years I have buried those meetings. The name Asih I managed to make disappear from this world. But, all came back because the snot boy interfered.
What am I supposed to do now?