Hidden In The Mist
Chapter 4 Good

Angga took the plate with doubt. His eyes glanced at Ryo who first took the rice and side dishes presented on the long table. Jaka does not seem to have an appetite for food. He put the fried chicken on the plate, and didn't touch anything else.

"Herly said it's good to be here first, but I don't see her at the dinner table."

Angga expressed suspicion for the absence of Good. Ryo who had no bad thoughts, became affected. He thought again about the intent of Herly's invitation.

"Ok we do not have negative thinking first bro, maybe Herly does have a unique taste in arranging the house."

"We'll just wait for the host to come back, let him explain everything later. I also did not want to think negatively. But I think there's too many weird things we've been through."

"Honestly, I'm also curious about Good. It's been fifteen minutes since we entered this house, but the boy doesn't welcome us either."

Amidst their serious chatter, suddenly Herly had returned to eating. The young man, seeing Angga has not touched any of the dishes available at the dining table.

"This food is clean. I have no intention of inviting you here to be poisoned."

"Maybe you're confused, because I just invited you to visit, after three more years of our graduation."

"Yes..in addition to this house far from the city, we are not too familiar time in college. But how else, the friends I know well are just the four of you. That's the reason why I sent out an invitation, so that you guys would come to visit here."

"Thank God you guys wanted to come. Romoku was old, he told me that he had a legacy in his birth village, so before he died he wanted to return to his childhood home, and asked that later, before he died, can be buried with our ancestors there."

"But before that happens, Romo wants to see I have a friend. So he can calm down before he dies."

"I don't know, I don't understand his thoughts either. As you can see, my life is quite prosperous. But Romo has his own mind about the meaning of friendship. According to Romo, only good friends can help when we fall."

"So I give up, there's no harm in pleasing parents. Therefore, I invite you to meet him."

"But before that, you guys have dinner first. This dish has been specially prepared for you. It's rude to let a new guest come from afar hungry."

Herly sat on the end of the long table, he took the rice, side dishes, and vegetables presented without hesitation. Seeing that Jaka was not feeling well. He immediately took all the dishes and ate them.

Same with Rangga. Although Herly's reasoning is a bit cliche, but she doesn't have enough evidence to remain suspicious of a college friend they haven't seen for a long time. The goose immediately ate in honor of the host. The awkward atmosphere slightly melted away, they had dinner while reminiscing about the past.

"Oh yes Her, it's about Good, since I haven't seen the boy, has he really come here, if so, then where is he?"

Angga again asked about the presence of their friend named Bagus. Apparently Angga wanted to settle the suspicion in his heart. Herly smiled then turned her eyes towards the stairs.

The figure of a man descending from the stairs in all black clothes. A cynical smile seemed to expand on his lips. The man was a good, their old-fashioned friend.

"Hallo guys, we'll finally meet you here. I've been waiting for your mates."

Nice walking towards the dining table, and sitting near Herly. Angga looked at Nice with a strange look. Nice appearance was very different from what he had ever remembered before.

"What's wrong, why are you looking at me with such a strange look?"

"Oh. no. It's okay, I'm just amazed at your new makeup."

Angga looked clumsy, he felt awry in the presence of Nice. Honestly Angga is still curious about the life of Good all this time. It used to look good to be a mecca with friends on campus. But now he just looks stiff with all-black stellan.

For a moment the atmosphere became silent, everyone enjoyed the dish presented with a little awkward. Then Ryo tried to break the awkward atmosphere in the dining room, by opening the conversation again.

"Well, by the way, your wife, where is Her, why isn't she introduced to us?"

"Include us dong, eat the same here, let the atmosphere be warmer."

"Yasmin is on top, he is taking care of all my romantic needs. Later after eating, I will take you to each room, then we will meet the father, all I introduce you to Yasmin."

Ryo nodded and the conversation was over. The atmosphere returned to silence, they immediately spent dinner to be quickly freed from the awkward situation that felt pressing inner.

"Let's friend my friend take Kaian to their room. Mom's gonna rest soon, so we're gonna meet her first. After that, you guys rest in each other's rooms."

Herly guided her friend to the guest room that had been provided. They put their luggage down, then followed Herly to the third floor of the house.

There are only three rooms on the third floor. One large room in the homo, one more room in the Herly and wife, and one more room, deliberately left empty, locked, and not allowed to be entered by anyone.

Herly opened the door to Romo's room. An old old man, sitting in a wheelchair accompanied by a young woman paraded ayu. Herly came in, introduced her friend.

"Romo introduce this friend of my friend, they are far away from Jakarta, specifically want to meet with the father."

Herly let Angga and friends into the room. The figure of the man who was summoned by Herly, looks very withered staring blankly in the dim light of the room lamp.

The physical appearance of the old man was terrifying, his body was thin and dry, only bones wrapped in skin remained. His eyes are soft, his breath short.

Romo asked everyone to approach with a hand signal. Herly asked her friend to come close.

"You're good friends of Herly's, please help me take care of her, accompany Herly yes son. This boy has no one, only me, who will not be around his mother for long."

"Herly.., the age of the father has lived a piece, later if the father is not, you just send some people to bury the father in our ancestral village, so that the father can gather again with the mother, so that the father can gather again with the mother, and all your brothers' brothers are there."

"Remember you tell people not to attend the funeral of the father. There will be no need to come there again for nyekar, or for other reasons."

"Romo tired, want to rest, you also must want to rest, travel here very far, so better rest."

Romo's will sounded odd in the ears of Herly and his friend. But as a good boy, Hrrly did not dare to ask what else denied his father's words.

Herly carried her romance to the bed, then kissed the old man's forehead. After that they left the room. Herly took her guest to the living room. There he introduced his wife Yasmin to Angga and a friend.

"Meet me Yasmin, Herly's wife, we got married a year ago, and thank God we're still allowed alone, we don't have a baby."

A young woman named Yasmin shook the hand of Herly's friend, while introducing herself. Paras ayu Yasmin makes Ryo so jealous of Herly's luck.

"I don't think you're good at choosing Her's wife, if you know this, I also want to find the village flowers here to be a companion."

Ryo jokingly teases Herly. Yasmin smiled shyly, she immediately asked permission to clean the dining table, while Herly invited her guests to have a casual chat in the living room, while reminiscing about their past.

Angga who is still somewhat curious about the mysterious figure of Bagus, then try to explore his personal life. He was itching to know, what caused his friend to turn derastic.

"Three years is your activity what Gus, long time no news, know just meet face, you already with a different look. Changed a total of three hundred sixty degrees."

"All I remember is, you used to be a popular guy on campus. Dandanan Color full, which became a friend's fashion mecca. Now that you're different, I'm up to pangling, what exactly is going on?"

Angga began to explore the personal life of Bagus. Mimik Nice face looks not like there are others who harass his personal. But since Angga was the one closest to him, so he didn't mind telling him about his past.

"When I graduated from college, I joined a band at the cafe. Like you said, we were very popular, the coffers were flowing, and I was plunged into promiscuity. Until finally at one time I met Diana, the beautiful girl who made me smitten. I decided to leave the world of black gelamour."

"But the people in my old company, I didn't seem willing to be happy, a woman from my past came again and took Diana from my life. I'm broken, my heart's broken."

Angga was quite surprised to hear the dark story of Good. Losing a loved one is not easy, it takes a long time to heal from the wound.

"Then what did you do after Diana left Gus?"

"I'm angry, I'm avenging Ngga, just as Diana and our future princess died, I did the same to the one who took away our happiness."

Angga shuddered in horror at the words of Bagus. He doesn't want to know how Good gets his revenge, but Good instead tells Angga what he did to the woman.

"You know what I do to women****** that's not?"

"I made him suffer. Same as I felt. The Santet that I sent out was gnawing his body until he died!"

Nice jaws thickened, his eyes bulging in anger. Angga knew he had been mishandling old wounds. He apologized and immediately switched their conversation.