Creepy Stories Of Eszed
MOM #3

I want to leave this house, take the kids with me, but it's impossible. I can't leave Mas Hari in such a state. After all, he was my husband, the father of my children, and he was not a bad person before.

Mas Hari left early in the morning without saying goodbye to me. But his departure did not make me feel calmer. In my head just thinking about, what should I do next?

Ting ...

The sound coming from the device dawned on me. Immediately I grabbed and read the line of sentences that came from Mas Hari.

[I'm overtime. Be careful at home .... ]

Ah .. I don't care and throw the device on the bed. The only person to worry about was Mas Hari himself.

Not wanting to feel depressed myself, I tried to contact my in-laws and tell them about the events we've been going through for some time. My in-laws promised to try to contact and talk to Mas Hari to find out and give him advice.

We talked for a long time, and I felt a little relieved after listening to her soft voice, until a notification indicated that there was an incoming message, and I had to hang up the phone, and I had to, because I was unaware that it was almost dark.

[Tonight you put Panji to bed in his room, then lock your room immediately after that. Don't come out before I go home ]

Ardrmghhc ....

Once more. Once again an unpleasant feeling suddenly appeared. What does my husband mean by sending a message that reads like that? It was as if he wanted to keep Panji away from me and do something to him.

Suddenly I began to guess what else he was about to do. My feelings are getting more and more uncertain. I need to get help before my husband gets home tonight. My knees feel so weak.

Nah!

I can't just shut up. I immediately went into the room and took out a small suitcase that was in the closet and then put in some items that we could carry. Anyway there's something going on tonight, don't know what it is, but my feeling is that it's a bad thing.

"Where are you going, Ma?" It turned out that Panji had noticed my disturbing behavior.

"No, hon. We're going for a walk tonight" I said, gently stroking her hair.

"But I'm sleepy." Panji started rubbing his eyes and yawned.

"Sleep for a while, I'll wake you up." I kissed her cheek.

After that he went back to lying next to Keysha and tried to close his eyes. Suddenly the device rang and shocked me.

Damnit damnit! The Mas Day. What am I gonna tell him? Does he know we're gonna run tonight? I feel like I'm being terrorized, even when he's not here.

The drought never stopped making me almost half crazy. Mas Hari will not give up, until I raise his call and talk to him. My body is really shaking right now. 

Positive, positive. I need to be calm and think positive. Although I can't actually do it, at least that's all I can try right now. I hope he just tells me he's coming home in two or three hours.

I tried to catch my breath and act as calm as possible so that Mas Hari was not suspicious. With a slightly shaking fingers, I grasped my gaze.

"Why is it so long?"

"Law. I was in Panji's room and didn't hear a ring, so I didn't know Mas was on the phone."

"He's asleep?"

"Have-been, Mas. You go home sometime?"

"About another hour and a half. Don't forget to lock the door ..."

Without further ado, I broke the connection. I kneeled limp with a breath that was tight staring at the body of my children who were asleep.

Mas Hari could have called, just to make sure I left Panji alone in his room blatantly. There was a tightness in my chest when I heard the words coming out of my own husband's mouth. My tears fell.

"What's wrong?" The voice of Panji surprised me. He seemed to have heard a groan I could no longer endure.

"It's okay, son," I said, wiping away the tears on my cheeks. "There's a lot of dust in this room" I said.

"That's Dad? Bad dad huh?"

The Panji question made my body even more limp. Children have the most sensitive feelings. They could tell quickly, if there was something wrong with her mother.

"No, Son. Dad's not home yet. Just sleep next to Keysha's deck, waiting. After everything is ready, we can go. Okay?" I tried to lie to my son.

Ting ....

Gawaiku. There read the notification that said,

[ Everything okay? Why did you turn off the connection? ]

Ah ... My breath went back to being tight. I feel like I'm out of my mind to be faced with a situation like this.

I deliberately did not open the message so that Mas Hari thought that we had fallen asleep and did not hear the call. But it turns out, wrong. My actions actually made him try to call many times.

Ting ....

[Why not lift? ]

Ting ....

[I know you haven't slept. It's too early ]

Ting ....

[ Okay. I'm going there right now! I can't let it go on like this ]

You idiot! I'm such a fool! Why did I ignore his call? That abandonment actually made him suspicious and immediately headed here. Immediately I grabbed my gawa and ran to Panji's room. 

With vibrating fingers I tried to call Mas Hari.

"Yes, Mas. Sorry, I was in the bathroom. What's up, Mas?" I precede the conversation. Hari was silent, as if studying the intonation of my voice. 

Tut tut, tut tut.

Huh! Whatisthis?

He suddenly switched from a phone call to a video call. My heart almost slipped out of place. What else am I supposed to do?

I paused for a moment and thought. I can't just throw this away. I'll approve Mas Hari's video call request, after which we'll run away with nothing. Yeah, looks like this is the most appropriate thing.

I can take into account, after all, whether he was in the car or still in the office, when he saw the video.

Tit ...

"Keep your camera away."

"What do you mean, Mom?"

"Keep your camera now, Tita!" snuffed Mas Day.

All my life this time I heard him yell at me. Never for a second did Mas Hari make a rude or raised voice to me.

"U-for what, Mas?" My voice vibrates.

"You lied, Tita! You're in Panji's room right now. Where's she?"

"Pa-banner?"

"Yes! Where's Panji?!" Mas Hari's tone of voice shrieked high, making my body flinch.

"What do you want, Mom?!" My tears began to fall unstoppably.

"Oh, Tita! Why are you doing this?" It was seen that Mas Hari's eyes began to turn red showing a huge anger.

Suddenly ....

"Where's mom?" Ah ... It looks like Panji woke up.

I could not reply to Panji's scream, because my brain was still digesting this situation. My tears fell in confusion.

"Mama!" Panji called me back.

"Don't answer!" mas Hari's half-whispering voice jerked my body. Apparently the video call connection has not been interrupted since. "Tita, look me in the eye. I saw it in some of the movies I watched and some of the books I read these days. Now I'm with someone who's coming there. Ah .. It's hard to explain. You're a mother, you know all the members ...."

I'll cut that connection immediately. No longer do I want to listen to my husband's sudden strange words like possession and acting like a satanic cult. We have to go tonight too.

Then ....

"Oeeeeeeeeekk." A strong cry from Keysha sounded.

My laughter rang back. This time not Mas Hari, but my mother-in-law. I quickly picked up because I didn't want to waste a lot of time.

"Yes, Mom?"

"Tita's. Hurry up 'sreeekk' there. There's a 'sreeek' with your son's 'sreeek."

"What did mom say? Mom's voice is dashed."

"Run and take 'sreeek' now!"

Suddenly my life died completely for no reason. It's so weird.

Deg ....

My heart is beating so hard. Although I did not hear clearly, but I know for a fact that my mother-in-law meant Mas Hari. He must have wanted to tell me that we were threatened and told us to get out of here.

Won't think twice more. Immediately I stood up to approach my children who were in the room and went to get them out of here.

"Mama. Adek cry," call Panji.

"Yes, honey. Mom's going there now," I'm back.

Just now that I wanted to open the door of Panji's room and approach Keysha, suddenly my body seemed to freeze with all the horror of realizing something. Something I never realized before.

My breath feels stuck in my throat. Sweat was pouring down from my temple. I cried weakly and shut my mouth so that my groaning could not be heard. My hands are shaking violently. You idiot! Really stupid.

Kreeeeks

The crackling of the open door from the outside rang out on the sidelines of Keysha's cries. Not a word came out of my mouth, not even to breathe, not to dare. There were footsteps of someone approaching this room.

I braced myself to stand and lean against the door, so that no one could open it. With tears flowing very fast, I bit my own lips so as not to make the slightest sound.

Clack

Room door knob Panji turning. I knew he was out there and trying to get inside.

Keysha's crying from my room is getting worse. What is currently in my mind is, how can I approach my son, while my own soul is being threatened.

Sreek ....

Sreek ....

The sound of clawing from behind the door trying to climb up. I prayed with tears, hoping God would help me or someone would come to help me.

Right now I was looking at my reflection in the mirror inside Panji's room. There was a mother who was sitting in tears with a frightened face. Then from the reflection, I saw a small movement not far above the woman's head.

The movement came from the fingers trying to hold on to the ventilation hole above the door of the room that I purposely ran from so that no one could open it. I know that Panji's room doesn't have keys or slippers.

Those are the fingers I know. The fingers of my six-year-old son. Panji Fingers.

"Mama, open the door. Adek nangis tuh," said Panji while peeking from up there.

I could go out now, walk, hold Panji and kiss her cheek for helping by telling her that her sister needs me right now.

But the thing is, I just realized that, since Panji was born, I never taught him to call me "Mama."

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"Yes, Mom?"

"Tita's. Hurry Keysha from there. Something's wrong with Panji, your son."

"What did mom say? Mom's voice is dashed."

"Run and take Keysha now! The banner that is now is not your son! Day saw Panji holding a knife and creeping on the wall that day. All he's done so far is to protect you. Day brought ustad tonight to cure him."

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➖ Sarah Eszed ➖