NIGHT BUTTERFLY
#54
Lastri. He stopped his steps. He saw Rahima running towards him.
"There is a small cottage on the edge of the rice field, about 300 meters from this place. You can stay there while you wait for the morning. Be careful, the Jamblang from yesterday had planned to rape you. Suniri told me, so I called you again" whispered Rahima after arriving near Sulastri. His body was stuck to Sulastri's body. Sulastri glanced towards the grove of banana trees where Jamblang stood guard. Sulastri held Rahima's hand in dismay.
"Keep, how is this. What should I do," asked Sulastri.
"Go, I'll wait for him here. Come, leave. Be careful on the road" Rahima said. He pushed Sulastri's body out of the place immediately. After that, Rahima turned around and pretended to head to his cottage to trick Jamblang who he believed was getting ready following the departure of Sulastri. The still dark atmosphere, made Rahima invisible as she returned to the entrance gate through the sidelines of a banana tree. From his hiding place, he saw Jamblang coming out of his guard. He seemed to be sinking while looking to and fro. Rahima slowly pulled out her body from behind the sidelines of the banana tree. He held a knife in his hand.
"Where are you going, Jamblang!" shouting Rahima. Jamblang surprised. She did not expect Rahima to suddenly be standing outside the gate.
"What are you doing here, Rahima. Not afraid of you I report to mami," snapped Jamblang.
Rahima held up the knife in his hand.
"Hey, what's going on here, Rahima, Zelayin's mom will scold you all out if she knows you're getting in my way"
"What task, Jamblang. Don't lie to me. Don't think I don't know, you're gonna rape Lastri, right?" Rahima smiled. He shook.
"Don't fuck around, Rahima, move aside!" snapped Jamblang hard. He did not care about Rahima who stood in the way, still with a knife in his hand. Because Jamblang seemed to ignore him, he put a knife in his hand to the arm of Jamblang.
I was shocked and took a few steps back. His torn arm and started to bleed, making him complain of pain . He growled furiously. His gaze was sharp towards Rahima.
Mami Zelayin who was inside her cottage turned to the door that was still open. Several women residents of the complex were seen scattering towards the guard post.
"Hey, Suniri, what's wrong," Zelayin's mother called one of them. The woman called Suniri stopped.
"Rahima and Jamblang, Mami," replied Suniri.
"What the hell else," muttered the mami Zelayin. He immediately went down the stairs and immediately headed towards the direction of the sound.
"Yes, my God, what are you two doing. Rahima, what the fuck, get rid of the knife" cried Zelayin. He was so shocked when he saw Rahima still brandishing his knife towards Jamblang. Growing in shock when he saw the bloody arm of Jamblang.
"What's up, Rahima. Take off the knife!" yelled mami Zelayin the second time. Rahima dropped the knife in his hand. Mami Zelayin is approaching soon. The knife lying on the ground kicked him far away.
"What are you doing Rahima" said Mami Zelayin.
"He's mean to Sulastri." Mami Zelayin is closer. He circled around Rahima's body. He grunts.
"What was your relationship with that woman that you defended her like this." Rahima did not answer. He was still staring at Jamblang. Mami Zelayin turned towards Jamblang.
"I warned you, Jamblang. We are in an unsafe position. If that woman reports us before we can sell this place, then we're ruined." Mami Zelayin looked displeased.Jamblang lowered her head.
"Now, in. Observe your wound," Zelayin's mother gave the order.
Rahima looked towards the darkness of the night. He hoped that Sulastri would be far away from that place. He immediately stepped into the complex.
* * *
Slowly the light began to get rid of the dark. The morning sunlight began to shine brightly in the eastern sky. The sounds of small birds starting to fly over the rice fields in the roadside rice fields sounded crowded filling the morning atmosphere.
Sulastri lowered his foot into the roadside ditch to measure its depth. The water looks clear flowing into small trenches towards the rice fields that lie behind it. He washed his face and sat back down on a bamboo chair inside the hut.
There are not many vehicles on the road. The amber he had been waiting for passed by was not seen at all. He hasn't checked the money Rahima gave him last night.
Sulastri. The money he took out from behind his clothes was only fifteen thousand rupiah. He doesn't know where he is at the moment. The atmosphere is very quiet. Vehicles that pass only a few. He did not ask Rahima. Maybe he knows the way to Ki Hamdi's road. As far as he looked towards the front, the atmosphere in the far distance remained like the atmosphere he was now sitting in.
Sulastri got up and went out towards the paved road. After looking for a moment at the grove of banana trees behind him, he then began to slowly move his legs. Along the way, his time with Rahima filled his mind. It made him unconscious that he had left that place.
Sulastri smiled. In front of him a small stall roofed with dry straw stood modestly by the side of the road. He had to buy something to prop up his stomach that was starting to feel hungry. Maybe the shop owner also knows where to go to ki Hamdi street in Jerowaru city.
"Jerowaru is still very far away, ma'am. Probably about 30 kilos from here," the shop owner said as Sulastri asked. Sulastri. He picked some wet bread in front of him and started eating it.
"About the cost to get there, ma'am," Sulastri said as he chewed his food slowly. The owner has not answered. He was busy draining the oil from some of the freshly-picked fried tempeh from the frying pan.
"Come on, Bu, the mumpung is still warm" he said as he placed the fried tempeh on a large plate in front of Sulastri. Sulastri smiled.
"If the cost goes there, I don't know, ma'am. Understandably, I have also never been there at all," said the shop owner. He looked towards the house behind the shop. It's like looking for someone.
"Irpan..," He called someone.
"Yes, ma'am" replied someone deep inside the house.
"Cost to Jerowaru about how many rupiah, yes,"
A teenage girl was seen coming out and standing at the door of the house.
"What the hell, ma'am," he said frowning. He looked towards Sulastri.
"Mother asked, how much to Jerowaru cost,"
"If not one thirty-five thousand, ma'am, but that's what it used to be. Don't know now." After saying that, the teenager went back inside his house.
Sulastri lowered his head. The money he holds will certainly not be enough. Not to mention to pay for the bread and fried food he ate. 30 Kilos is not a close distance. But inevitably he had to take it even on foot.
Sulastri. It turned out that far he was separated from his children.