Dusk Above the Horizon

Dusk Above the Horizon
memories of the past


On the other side.


Mr. Gunawan stared at the left side of the road, letting Rudi continue to carry the car they were riding in, there was not much conversation between them, as if their thoughts were wandering everywhere.


The old man closed his eyeballs, reminiscing about an old story that everyone had forgotten but never disappeared from Gunawan's memory.


Infusion hoses filled the helpless body in front of the young Gunawan, he stared at the frail body of a man whose age was not far from him, the man on the bed dominating the white color is helpless, helpless, it had been months like that and had not moved at all from his position.


"Juna must be fine"


The old woman he always called Mama tried to smile, staring in the face of Gunawan who sat quietly since earlier staring at his brother.


Although her mother said Juna was fine, she knew the man was not okay, the doctor said.


"Unfortunately, we're just waiting for the time when, there's no hope left"


but her mama is unable to give up one of her sons, convincing herself that Juna will wake up in time.


"She's getting married, having cute kids and living up to old like mom and dad"


I don't know maybe her mama just doesn't who accept reality when she knows how Juna is.


Love can kill anyone, so can Juna.


Loving one woman until it ends like this, the woman lies behind the status that Juna hides among everyone.


In the end the woman still chose a rich man, leaving her poor lover and not being.


Juna hides his status, dating a poor girl from the end of the village, does not say he is the second son of the Gunawan family, his love is too naive, believes in the village girl who chases the rupiah coffers to the city, does not say he is the second son of the Gunawan family, his love is too naive, believes in the village girl who is chasing the rupiah coffers to the city, the woman worked in one surprising place that made people quite dumbfounded.


Show off her beautiful curves every night on the stage of the greatness of the striped men.


That stupid love of yours Juna? is that your eyes? until you close your eyes and ears to the whole reality that everyone is warning you about.


Suddenly a deafening sound came out of the monitor screen beside Juna, making her panic mama and herself, the doctors and nurses scattering into the room.


Panic strikes where Juna suddenly twitches.


"No. he must be fine, Juna must be fine astaghfirullahul'adzim, astaghfirullahul'adzim"


Her mama's shoulders look vibrating, her lips look constantly komat-kamit say istighfar, her mama's tears shed and spilled.


"Ma..."


The young Gunawan tightly grasped his mama's palm, restraining the sobbing Isak that might be about to break.


Next second.


"Ma..."


Young Gunawan hysterical when he realized his mother had fallen.


"Never a poor girl who entered the Gunawan family, they must not know themselves, try themselves and have no self-esteem"


"Forget Hesty, you and she will never let me be together, she and the woman in love with Juna must be the same"


"Hesty is different pa"


"Forget her, or you'll see your 3rd death after Juna and Mama this Week"


"Pa..."


"Mr?"


As soon as Mr. Gunawan snapped from his long dream, he was shocked, opening his eyeballs.


Rudi was seen patting her shoulders gently, staring worriedly at her.


"Are you okay?"


Gunawan was still silent, feeling his eyes shed a few tears, he wiped them slowly, then tried to fix his sitting position.


"Night you have another nightmare?"


Ask Rudi slowly.


Mr. Gunawan sighed softly.


"It's very difficult to get rid of bad memories in the past when we continue to see that part of the memory in front of our faces"


Gunawan said slowly.


"He'll be broken soon, don't worry about anything"


Rudi spoke slowly, looking at the old man in front of him with a view that was difficult to explain.


*******


We're just two people who met because of circumstances, though,


take advantage of each other for the same purpose.


The same woman who destroyed two families at once without feeling.