Married Handsome Pocong
Chapter 48 - Secret of Retno's Mother

Chapter 48 DPT

"Mbok Darmi, do you know about King Merakin's condition?" ask Ana.

"Ummm, yes Non. It is forbidden to talk about the king here. We only know that the king is sick. Denger horrified he could only fall asleep. Yeah, die with life unwilling. Uh, how am I gonna talk." Mbok Darmi hastily stuffed his own mouth.

"No, I can keep it a secret, Mbok." Ana tries to seduce Mbok Darmi.

"Anu, Non. Mbok wants to eat for you guys, yeah." Mbok Darmi hurriedly left.

"Hmmmm, something's weird. It seems they are hiding about the Peacock King who is sick again," Ana murmured.

"I think so too," said Risa while laying down on the soft mattress.

"I'm going to sleep, too, Sa. I'm so tired of this, where my stomach is also tight," said Ana.

"Yes here sleep next to me. Later we wake up and eat, continue to watch the puppet," said Risa.

"Hmmm, you can too. Yes it's a shift!" Ana settles down beside Risa. Both fell asleep later.

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That night at exactly seven o'clock, the puppet show will be held in front of Mr. Kades' house. The home page of Mr. Kades is indeed extensive. It is often used for various activities. Even often also used for sports matches such as playing badminton or volleyball by village youths.

After dinner, Ana, Risa, Bayu, and Jaya walk towards Pak Kades' house because the distance of his house is only one kilometer. After all, if you use a car even bother later to find the parking, according to Bayu.

While walking down the road to the puppet show, Ana saw something in the banana garden to the left of the road they crossed.

"That's what, huh?" ask Ana.

"Don't ghosts. Don't be on the deck!" said Risa.

"But how, I saw Retno, huh?" muttered Ana.

Always curiosity makes Ana lose her mind and always careless to satisfy her curiosity. Risa immediately followed while Bayu was still confused to enter the garden or not. However, Jaya pulls Bayu's arm.

Apparently when Ana approached, she was very jolted when the figure she saw like Retno's mother had changed. Lisa felt the same way. They hide behind a banana tree.

The figure of the middle-aged woman whose entire skin was wrinkled was tall. The old lady was skinny and a dirty long hoof. Her white hair was tangled, though not all. Half of the hair covers the scalp.

The creepy grandmother's figure was also long-nosed, red-eyed, and had greenish teeth that were clearly visible as she grinned. The figure also has green skin and sharp teeth.

It turned out that made Ana and Risa more astonished when she was eating a baby figure. The figure looks disgusting like a sadistic creature that enjoys the screams of pain of its victims.

“Astagfirullah! I-it's, it's a ghost what, Na?” whispered Risa.

“I don't know either, Sa. But if you look around, grandma attached is not. Grandma is not. Especially not the grandma either. What is clear is that she is the ghost of Peyot's grandmother,” replied Ana.

“Don't us, Na, barbarian mothers also know that the grandmothers are peyot!” sahut Risa started to grumble.

“But, Sa, he ate that baby. Hid amit-amit jabang babu," said Ana.

“Baby branch!” sahut Risa's.

A woman approached the old grandmother. Unfortunately, Ana and Risa also recognized the approaching woman.

"Yes, Na. I'm sure it's Mbok Darmi." Risa then asks Bayu and Jaya to hide.

“Ndoro, forgive my carelessness. You better be careful now. There are journalists who come here and find out about the events of the baby that disappeared. But, Ndoro calm down, the journalist has been finished off" said Mbok Darmi.

The horrible figure of grandma threw the bones of the baby in any direction. He then looked at Mbok Darmi fixedly and smiled grinning.

“Is there any news he's got?” asked the figure of the grandmother who had slowly turned into a beautiful woman with a look that shocked Ana and Risa.

Of course the beautiful face of Mayu belongs to Mbak Retno.

“She hasn't gotten anything yet, Ndoro.” Mbok Darmi.

“Stupid! You are such a fool! He must have gotten something!" Retno was getting angry.

“But, Ndoro –”

“Find out more thoroughly. And find out about the students who just stayed at my house," said Retno.

“Ba-ba-well, Ndoro. Let's go back!" bring Mbok Darmi.

“What happened?” tanya Jaya still did not understand.

Ana and Risa then tell that there are journalists who uncover and almost managed to uncover the truth about the disappearance of the babies. Only he was caught and killed by Mbok Darmi.

“So, Ma'am Retno is a baby-eating demon?" ask Jaya.

“Betul, so do not let him know that Ana is pregnant," said Risa.

Jaya nodded. Bayu seemed to exclaim when there was a group of fathers who reprimanded him and invited him to hurry to watch the puppet. Ana and Risa finally follow.

In addition to the fathers watching, apparently the mothers were also watching. The little ones are not left behind either. Even teenagers are participating. Neon lights illuminate the courtyard of Mr. Kades' house which is crowded with many people.

Ana sat down with Risa and Bayu while Jaya stood watching the audience. They saw Datuk Misan and Mbak Retno sitting in the main seats for officials. No other wife because actually since the grandfather married Retno, one by one his wife was mysteriously ill and died. There are only three left and they are still fighting. Bayu heard that from the gossip of the audience beside him and then he told Ana and Risa back.

When the puppet show has begun, not all focus on watching the scene. Some are busy on their own.

Someone was chatting with the next friend. Someone looks to be with his girlfriend. Everyone is free to do anything.

For them, the important thing to gather to watch the puppet is an exciting thing. It is customary or perhaps ashamed if they do not show their faces in Mr. Kades' house. Villagers understand each other that there is a celebration to come. So, like there is an absence for the residents if the celebration event such as shadow puppets takes place.

Although there are fluorescent lights, the light only covers the front page of Mr. Kades' house. The south side of the house separated from the village road still looks dimly lit. There is a durian tree surrounded by a fence of leaves.

That night, Ana experienced a different atmosphere. It was not the puppeteer's voice that he heard, but there was another voice. He also looked towards Jaya and felt the same way. A voice that seems to grow.

So too with Bayu. He felt the wayang sound in front of him with which he heard differently. Only Risa who was still laughing was satisfied to see the show before her.

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