CUTS
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Hi,,, hi,, dear Readers...

Did anyone miss Cut? sorry I just updated. The author was busy two days ago. Not busy is important just busy streets.more precisely often invited to the road so yes that's it....

Happy fasting for you Muslims....

Happy Reading's....

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Dor..dor....

Tonight again gripped after the ceremony commemorating the proclamation of independence successfully implemented smoothly on the border of our village with the next village. In the middle of the night blind, I heard a lot of people screaming out there. Little Rendra who was sleeping finally disturbed also after several explosions and a series of weapons coming from a post near my house.

I slept on the ground that had been held mats while hugging Rendra. Abu and Umi headed for my room crawling like a baby. I tried to calm little Rendra down by keeping a smile while singing the shalawat. I held her tight so she wouldn't be surprised.

Little Rendra no longer cried when he got his favorite item. The milk bottle had now been turned into a sugar water bottle. He had not been drinking formula for a long time, but his body was still growing big and healthy. He'll bite the bottle's pacifier as soon as the sugar water runs out. It made him happy and calm.

Tonight we huddled on the ground until dawn. I was surprised to find some bullet casings inside my house. It turns out that this bullet can penetrate the wall of my house board easily.

After the dawn prayer, I helped Umi in the kitchen. While Abu helps keep little Rendra who is still not asleep. The sound of a sound accompanied by an explosion was still heard from far away. I can't wait for the morning. What the hell is going on?

The sun was rising as usual. Ash peered through the cracks of the windows made of boards with a slight gap in the middle. But Abu did not open the door, and from the outside he knocked.

Chequek...

They came back to my house. They checked my house without excuse. “Which Red and White KTP?” Ask one of them.

Abu immediately took the three Red and White ID cards he kept. “Do not accept anyone if he does not have this ID! Or your family will end up like the ‘Cuak’ next door.”

Did he warn us or threaten us? I would love to ask. And who do they mean by ‘cuak’ next door? I'm just getting curious. “For a while no villagers can go down to sub-district.” Saying back. A soldier came out of my room with a book that made me look at him with annoyance. The book he handed over to the soldiers who warned us earlier. I think the soldier who warned us earlier was their leader.

God, I forgot one thing and...

Their leader looked at me and looked at the contents of the book he was holding. And he smiled strangely at me. I just wish there wasn't a picture of Rendra in it. “Cut Zulaikha.” Why did he suddenly mention my full name?

“I'm happy to finally meet you.” Readd.

“He's like a chameleon apparently, in front of me he looks fierce but with you he's very sweet.” I didn't respond to her words because I didn't understand what she meant. He handed me a book that turned out to be the novel that Rendra had given me.

They got out of my house and went to another resident's house. I immediately brought the novel back to the room while looking at Rendra. Ash out of the house to see what really happened.

“Mae, here first!” The thirteen-year-old orphan often went to the rice fields in search of quail eggs.

“Si Wan who sells coffee?” Abu was trying to find certainty.

“Eh, Dek Rendra. Come, to the same paddy field bang Mae!” Instead of answering Abu's question, he called Rendra who was walking from the door. I smiled at Mae. The boy who was orphaned and fared the same as the little Rendra. It's just, Mae is luckier because she can know her father's face. Mae was about ten years old when her father died when he was shot during a gun fight not far from his home. At that time, Mae's father was sneaking around to go home with his friends.

Mae and her mother were going down to the sub-district. Security forces are very familiar with the homes of residents who descend to the district. They easily identify if one day something happened. The officers were suspicious when passing through Mae's mother's house which they knew was coming down to the sub-district. They also knew that Mae's father was a rebel.

Security forces surrounded them. There was gun contact there and of course Mae's father and his friends were outnumbered and outgunned. The besieging security forces had already called for help to their headquarters. Before the gun contact, the security forces had already asked Mae's father to surrender. But instead of giving up, they shot one of the soldiers who was besieging and made the other soldiers angry.

Fortunately, Mae's house was not bombed by soldiers, so the house can still be used even though there are many holes in the wall.

“You haven't answered Abu.”'s question I said while smiling at him.

“Hehehehe..maaf Ash. Wan's cheque said his house was burned down by rebels for not giving them money. Burned down Cek Wan's house they met the fathers of the army and finally they shot.” Answer Mae.

Abu was dissatisfied with Mae's story and at the right time one of the villagers next door passed by and was immediately called by Abu.

“Abu, ask for the rambutan, yes?” Without waiting for Abu's reply, Mae had already climbed onto the top of the rambutan tree and it made little Rendra laugh. “Dek Rendra fast big let us climb this rambutan together.” After arriving at the rambutan tree.

Abu glared at him while shaking his head. Mae was like that to every villager. Seeing Mae made me realize that a child still needs more affection and attention from their parents, especially from a father. However, Mae did not get it, so she was happy to seek attention from others. One of them is Abu.

“What happened to Wan, Suf?” Ask Abu.

“Home burned last night, Abu.”

“Certain bomb sound from where?”

“The soldiers who chased them were hit by a bomb throw from the top of the hill where they often carried the citizens they kidnapped.”

“Now how is the situation?”

“Si Wan has gone to the hospital because her son was injured. His house burned down too. There were also many soldiers patrolling up to the hill. I just have to bring a KTP to the rice field.”

“Nobody died right?”

“No idea, Ash. But last night there was a car from the hospital coming. Another one, Wan's neighbor was taken by the army. Said ‘Cuak’.”

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*Cuak is a term for citizens who become rebel spies.

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