MARANTI (FOOD OF THE DEAD)
EPISODE 55: PLANS
Until late at night Jamila could not fall asleep. He remembered what he had done to Mr. Ratno a few hours earlier. At that time the beautiful woman was avoiding the man who was actually always in her daydream. Because he knew someone was jealous that he was too close to Mr. Ratno. But, the result of the act just brings a feeling of guilt to the woman herself.
“Mil, wait!” mr. Ratno shouted as Jamila was walking home.
Jamila sped her way and was not overtaken by Mr. Ratno, but the old man ran after her instead. Because he could not bear to see Mr. Ratno chattering, Jamilapun finally slowed his way and he was followed by Mr. Salihun's friend.
“Where are you going, Mil? How to get on this road?” reprimand Mr. Ratno while sighing.
“I'm going home, sir. I deliberately went down this road because I was still traumatized by yesterday's road. I met the ghost again,” replied Jamila.
“Justeru if you go this way you will take a longer time. No one goes down this road! Ntar if someone intercepts you on the street, who wants to call you?” reprimand Mr. Ratno.
“Yeah, at least I feel safer if you go this way,” replied Jamila.
“What if I accompany you to the house?” Mr. Ratno offered his help.
“Thank you, Sir. But I can go home by myself. It's not good to see people together. Know for yourself, right, people here love to gossip their neighbors?” jamila Protest. He suddenly remembered the talk of Minul time in front of the house of Mr. Dimas who told him not to be nervous because he chatted with Mr. Ratno.
“Why are you, Mil? You weren't like this? Kok, now suddenly shut yourself up like this?” mr Ratno's Protest.
“Nothing, Sir. I just realized that we should be able to maintain our attitude. Moreover, the nights like this,” replied Jamila by suppressing the feeling of unbearable in her heart.
Jamila did not say, he continued to walk through the road that route was rather long. Sometimes he looks back to make sure that Mr. Ratno is still there. He was afraid to walk alone at night. Especially after seeing the condition of Mr. Dimas' body that looks creepy. Mr. Ratno did too. Actually, that man is not a brave man. However, for some reason if with Jamila the desire to protect him appeared and he also ventured to walk alone along the streets of Pomegranate hamlet.
After walking for a long time, Jamila finally arrived at her house. He hurriedly entered his room and he showed as if he did not care about Mr. Ratno's presence there. In fact, when he reached his room, he was still peering at Mr. Ratno through his window glass. He felt sorry for Mr. Ratno who turned out to be attentive to him.
“I'm sorry, Mr. Ratno. I didn't mean it that way. Actually, the biggest cause of my treatment is not because I am afraid to argue with Minul alone. But, more to me still doubt whether you are my soul mate or not? Because I see you as good to everyone. Not only me, but you are also kind to Minul. If we are too close and it turns out your soul mate is Minul, of course Minul will remember that we often walk together. He will always be suspicious of me. I don't want that to happen to me in the future. It's better that I stay away from you for a while until you really make your choice,” Jamila said with tears.
Meanwhile, Mr. Ratno at his house also thought about the change in Jamila that was so fast. After that time the female Magrib still looked warm. But, after meeting at Mr. Dimas' house why Jamila turned into a figure who kept her distance.
“Mil, am I the only one who has feelings of interest in you? While you are not! So, what kind of attention have I seen all this time? Or, may I have misjudged you? Are you actually just using me as a way to get close to Salihun? Don't you know, actually approaching you is a big risk that I have to take because I know that Salihun really likes you. But I can't lie to myself. I love and care about you, Mil. But, why are you acting so cold towards me now? Is it true that the one you approached was not actually me, but Salihun?” Mr. Ratno said to himself.
Both of them were hard to sleep this night. Anxiety and guilt plagued both hearts and minds. It turns out true what the saying is that if love is attached, cat shit feels brown. All the residents of Pomegranate hamlet were talking about Mr. Dimas' death, they both thought about their own feelings.
“Pak Ratno, looks like I should test you. Yes, I will arrange a plan to make you alone with Minul. I want to see with my own head what you would do if you were alone with Minul. It just so happened that Ms. Reni asked me to help pick up banana leaves in her garden tomorrow morning. I will ask Minul and Mr. Ratno for help to go to the banana garden on the grounds that Ms. Reni was told. And I myself will sneak peek at them. Yup! Finally I can sleep well now,” said Jamila ten minutes before she fell asleep soundly.
“Yes! I have a good plan to find out how Jamila feels about Salihun. I have to make them both. Didn't Bu Dewi leave money to me to shop for the needs of the seventh day at the cake shop located on the road in front of the hamlet of Pomegranate? I'll arrange both of them so that they can be together tomorrow afternoon. I will peek at them from a distance. If indeed Jamila showed interest in Salihun, it is true that my guess is that Jamila only used me to get close to Salihun. My heart will certainly hurt if that happens, but any sooner I know it will be better,” said Mr. Ratno to himself ten minutes before finally he could fall asleep due to fatigue.
Pomegranate Hamlet that night was so quiet gripping. Especially at the house of the Goddess. The woman had just fallen asleep in her sleep after crying to see the condition of Mr. Dimas' body which was magically shown through her Mobile screen. When sirens and rumbling voices echoed from Mr. Dimas' house, the woman did not join the crowd like the others. He was busy looking after his baby son who was fast asleep. However, he already knew for sure that Mr. Dimas was dead and the one who killed him was Laras.
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