CUTS
THE CHOICE...

He gave me a pretty tough choice. I was confused as to how, if there was Umi or Abu maybe I could ask them but now, I myself. Rendra was still looking at me. His face is handsome too. I immediately cut off our eye contact. He smiled, "Have you made your choice? Me or him. You or your parents?"

"Your parents won't lie, they're devout worshippers. It was easy for us to get information from your parents but I held off colleagues from interrogating your Abu and Umi because I knew their condition. So now all the decisions are in your hands. You don't answer my question, which means you're protecting your brother and that man and then sacrificing your parents. You answered my question of course you also already know the risks for them and Abu and Umimu do not need to be depressed because they have to answer our questions."

This guy is pressing me slowly. His words made me worry. "Please think carefully, after my Zuhr is back again. And I hope you've made the best choice."

Rendra's out of my room. I didn't say anything else. The clock has shown the time of dhuha, I decided to pray dhuha and then pray for guidance to the creator.

Time if not awaited always comes quickly, as well as time zuhur. After the prayer, the door of my room was opened again. They brought food back for my lunch. "In a few hours, our commander will be here." He said before disappearing behind the door.

I immediately devoured the food, there should be nothing left. Isn't this mubazir's friend the devil? I don't want to be one of Satan's friends. I said hamdallah after my stomach was filled with all the food.

As the man said, Rendra went back into my room complete with a chair carried by his men.

"Toy the food is not good, tell me to replace it with another."

I didn't answer. Rendra looked back at me sharply. "I'm waiting for your answer. If you don't answer now then my colleague will ask your parents."

"I don't know where it is, our eyes were closed when we were taken there. We are on a hill that is not very high. They all have guns. There are also wives and small children. When we got home, our eyes were also closed to the foot of the third hill. Then they explained the way back to Abu until the army found us."

"Your gate is there?"

I'm nodding. "Wife and her child too?" I nodded back. "The man who proposed to you?" I nodded again. "Who is more handsome, he or I?" This time I was silent with my face down. "If you look down means he's the more handsome." Tampa purposely raised her head to look at him.

Rendra laughed in satisfaction and I managed to become the most stupid girl in the world. He looked at me seriously. "Cut, you can't go back to the village."

"Why?" Ask fast.

"It's not safe there anymore, I don't want anything to happen to you and your parents."

"Mother will want to return to the village soon, there are rice fields and fields and our livestock." Honest tidbits. Rendra smiled at me, "But the safety of their daughter is more important than the rice fields and fields. Abu and Umimu have chosen not to return to your village."

"Huh???" I'm appalled. How could Abu and Umi make such a decision. "There is no way that Abu and Umi will leave their village."

"You don't believe me? They're even roomed now." I looked at Rendra and she smiled at me. "Do you want to meet them?" I nodded quickly and Rendra smiled back when she saw me.

"Come on!" I immediately stood following Rendra. We walked down a long corridor filled with men in striped clothes. "I felt like I was taking my future wife to my commander. Look, they're watching us." I walked down and followed Rendra's feet. No matter how many soldiers look at me. I just want to meet Abu and Umi.

"Getishalam." Answer them simultaneously.

I immediately ran hugging Umi and Abu alternately. She cried when she saw me for the first time. "Mother is Umi all right?"

"We're good, son. How about yourself? Have you eaten?" Ask Umi.

"Umi, Cut is fine, Umi and Abu need not worry."

"Cut, our time is up." I looked at Rendra. "You can't see Abu and Umi for long, you only have five minutes and now it's up." Said Rendra while looking at the clock on his wrist.

"Abu and Umi take it easy, as long as here Cut and Abu and Umi will be fine. Excuse me first." Said Rendra then stepped towards the door. I hugged Umi and Abu before following Rendra back to my room.

Rendra led me to the door. "Enough rest and think nothing. Eat a lot of food, do not get sick. If there's anything you hit the door later the guards will come. I'll go first." Rendra said with a smile. The door closed from the outside.

I've been here for a week and I've never seen Rendra or Abu and Umi again. What happened to my brother on that hill? I don't know.

I just finished the dhuha prayer until the door opened. Rendra, yes.the man who opened the door was Rendra who I had not seen this week. "Stay there!" I who was about to get up was suddenly ordered to remain seated on the prayer mat.

He walked then suddenly sat in front of me. Our distance is quite close as it is between the priest and the master. "You're beautiful using mukena." He looked at me smiling. I looked down when her eyes caught mine.

"We've combed your brother's place, but there's nothing there. They've moved out after you've left." Whether to be happy or sad, but I'm a little relieved that there was no contact. I can't imagine seeing the bodies of my brother or their young children die by bullets.

"Cut, I want to take you and your parents to Java. Do you want to come?"

I looked at him, "I'm just going with Abu and Umi." My answer.

"Cut, you've been targeted by the rebels. I have something to say to you. Your brother is dead, I want to take you to see his body."

"Oh God." I closed my mouth suddenly while looking at Rendra.

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