My wife Kuntilanak
Chapter 32. Doppelgangers

Bam! Rani's heart almost fell, when she heard the sound of the door slammed hard with rough footsteps. She immediately followed her husband who entered the room.

"Well, Tumben's home, Mom?" rani.

He was astonished to see Aksa still wearing shoes inside the house. Though the man he knew since High School is famous for being neat and clean. Instead of answering his wife's question, Aksa took a rough breath and went into the bathroom, still with her shoes on her feet.

"That's weird? Is he kebellet again?" Rani muttered softly, while walking back to the kitchen.

Not yet had time to continue his activities, Rani's attention was again disturbed by his HP ringing. His eyes widened when he saw the name that appeared there.

"Hello, Mum. Why did you call me?" Rani walked back to the room.

"Sir, please open the document cabinet in my study, yes. Look for a thick black map" said Aksa across the street.

"Huh? The paperwork? Yes just take it yourself. I'm cooking again" protested Rani.

"I'm still meeting in the subdistrict, Dek. Please get me the documents, keep the photos on me" Aksa said.

"Th-this is really you, Mom?" Rani stopped her footsteps, right in front of the room door. The sound of water from inside the bathroom, sounded loud until it came out.

"Yes that. Who do you think you are? Let's go find some. Here's the file again needed. I ..."

"Wait a minute, Mom. No kidding. If it's you, who's in the bathroom?"

"Huh? The washroom? I'm in this camat office again. Where you can go home, so please find the file."

"Mas, I'm serious. You don't prank me anymore, do you? You just got home. Keep going in the bathroom. I thought you had a stomachache and kept on going."

"God! That's not me."

"Te-continue, how is this?" Rani's knees felt helpless. Her mind raged, who just came home and resembled her husband?

"You calm down, yeah. You take the kids, then come out slowly. Keep the door locked from the outside. The phone's not shut." Aksa who asked Rani not to panic, he himself was more panicked.

"Yes, Mom."

Rani then ran to her children's room, and dragged them out of the house.

"Mama, my cartoon is not finished yet" cried Nada. The five-year-old refused to leave his room.

"Shut up, Son. We have to get out now." No matter Nada who screamed in tears, Rani continued to force her two children to leave the house.

Seven-year-old Najla did not protest much, and followed her mother's orders. She seemed to understand the panic-stricken face of her mother, despite not knowing what was happening. However, just arriving in the living room, the bathroom door opened.

"Oh my goodness, my. He's out." Rani Bisik.

Whether Aksa heard his voice or not, because of his HP he put in his pants pocket. Both of his legs were weak.

The man who resembled Aksa stepped out of the room, and found Rani who was still in the living room. Najla squeezes the end of Rani's negligee and takes refuge behind her mother's body.

"Lad..." Seru Nada was about to run in front of the handsome man.

"Tone! He's not your papa!" Unknowingly Rani again snapped at her youngest daughter.

"What did you say?" The man with a heavy voice turned to look at Rani.

Rani's footsteps suddenly stumbled. His heart sighed in annoyance, at this moment he was getting weaker.

"Yes....!" Rani screamed loudly, when she saw the figure in batik clothes.

"Mama, don't die." The youngest screamed while crying.

"Come on, Tone." Najla pulls his sister's arm, and runs to the neighbor's house to seek help.

...***...

"Where's bojoku, Mbok?"

"Inside, Son. Still the same Miss Nurse," said Mbok Minah while pointing to the treatment room at the village health center.

"Suwun, Mbok." Without wasting any time, Aksa immediately met Rani who was lying weakly on the cot.

"Mas," murmured Rani weakly, upon seeing her husband coming.

"Where are you, baby? Where's kids?" The man's eye beads scoured the corner of the room smelling carbolic to find his two children.

"I'm okay. The children are in the playroom, with son-in-law Mbok Minah," Rani said softly.

"Is my wife really okay, Mom?" Aksa throws a question to the nurse who is guarding Rani.

"Yes, Mr. Kades. He was low blood and had been given medicine. Maybe he's tired, just needs a break. Ms. Rani can go home, sir," the nurse replied.

"Oh, thank you, ma'am," Aksa replied.

Not wanting to interrupt the couple's moment, the nurse rushed out of the room and left Aksa and Rani alone.

"I don't want to go home, Mas" Rani said quickly.

"Loh, why? What happened in the house?" search Aksa curious.

"That thing looks like you, Mom. He looks a lot like you. Only his attitude is different," said Rani while sobbing. His body shook again.

"What creature?" Aksa hugged his wife tightly.

"I don't know. It looks so much like you. Except for his neck that could rotate three hundred and sixty degrees and his body that was full of bloodstains. His voice is also very heavy" explained Rani.

"Huh?" Aksa's heart was racing, when he heard his wife's words.

"Ah, at first the skin is like a human. But long hairy like... Genderuwo," Rani added.

"I don't want to go back to that house anymore. I want to go back to the city," urged Rani. His face looked extremely depressed and frightened.

"Yes, yeah. Tomorrow I take you to the city" said Aksa.

"No, not tomorrow. I want to go home today too, Mom. The house is serem. The orchard."

"But we have to take a detour, Deck. The road is ugly and further away. Pity the children if brought through it late in the afternoon," said Aksa trying to give understanding to his wife.

"Keep you want me scared all night in that house? No, I don't want to" he said.

Aksa took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly. "I'm not going anywhere anymore, Dek. Meetings in the district have been represented," said Aksa patiently. "Tomorrow early in the morning I will drive you home to the city" he said.

Rani kept shaking. His lips advanced a few centimeters forward. His eyes turned in the other direction while snorting in annoyance.

"If not, we'll stay at my parents' house until the holidays are over."

"In that empty house? Don't want to."

"The house will always be cleaned Mbok Sarmi, baby. Not creepy, really," persuaded Aksa.

"I want to go home anyway. Point."

"Well, I'll take you to town. But we still have to go home first, take the goods," said Aksa relented.

"Mas, try to be honest with me. Why is our house so disturbed by such subtle creatures? What have you done?"

Aksa just shook his head. Let alone Rani, he himself asked why lately they have always been terrorized.

"Who is this woman named Laksmi? Why has it been since I met him that my life has changed?" murmured Aksa to himself.

"Huh? Wh who? Which woman?" Rani is getting windy, hearing Aksa mention another woman.

(Connected)