Pickup Transportation
Section 15: Marni
“Bu .... “ Aditia saw someone at the end near the garden exit that penetrated into the neighboring house of the garden owner and also penetrated into the river behind the house.
“Bu .... “ Aditia chasing someone, stature like a woman in all black clothes, Aditia is not sure it's her mother, but she really hopes it's her mother.
Aditia just thought of calling, she finally took her cell phone, she called Mom, the phone was off. While the woman at the end of the road started walking away from Aditia.
“Bu .... “ Aditia tried to chase after him, until at the exit of the garden, Aditia saw the woman walking closer to the river, her steps were very fast, although not sure it was her mother, but Aditia kept chasing.
Even though it was night, Aditia continued to chase after the woman, the woman she thought her mother, the woman walked without looking, the way the road seemed strange, like being dragged, but why she was so fast.
“Mother!!!”
Aditia tripped over a large stone, she fell to the ground, the day was getting dark, plus Aditia was not focused until she did not see the actual stone was large, on the edge of this river there are no street lights provided as well, Aditia continues to chase the woman in black, without enough lighting, at night anyway, no wonder he stumbled and fell.
Aditia woke up and was shocked, she did not see the figure again, the figure disappeared in the dark of the night, all that was left was the rustling sound of the river water and of course the silence of the night.
Aditia finally returned to the house to walk around, not through the garden anymore, because she had to climb the wall of her house if she returned through the garden, he passed by the front although a bit twisting the way brighter and who knows can meet Mom.
“Dit, I asked the right neighbor left, no one saw your mother, they said last saw your mother last night fitting in the lecture Mr. RT, after that from the morning, they said last saw your mother last night fitting in the recitation, Equally Mother does not come out, usually your mother always buy vegetables at a traveling greengrocer, but yesterday she did not come out, the door of the house continues to dipurup Dit.” Mr. Dirga told Aditia as soon as Aditia got home.
“Tadi Adit as I see Mom, but fitting Adit call him instead keep running, Adit chase, uh even ilang.”
“We wait until tomorrow morning Dit, if Mother has not come home too, you will send some police to look for her. Now we focus on getting Marni out of your sister's body, pity, she doesn't seem to have eaten or drank, not since when. Oh yes, you have called Mr. RT and told Mr. RT to contact Mr. RW, you are afraid things will get worse, so you asked them to come here.”
“Iya Sir, we should indeed call them.”
“Assalamualaikum, Adit.” There's someone calling from the outside, like Mr. RT and Mr. RW.
Aditia came out and greeted them, and she let them in.
“Pak this Pak RT and Pak RW, they brought Ki Kusno as well.” There are 3 men coming, Ki Kusno is the most looks very sepuh, if it is studied maybe around 80 years old.
“Sit Sir, sorry for this we inconvenienced.” Mr. Dirga let them sit, while Aditia to the back provides coffee, because that is all Aditia can provide.
“Pak sorry, Aditia can only provide this.” Aditia then presents 5 cups of coffee, they sit on a bench, Aditia small house does provide a simple sofa bench, a long sofa and 3 single sofas, Enough for all of them to sit.
“Dit, Which mother?” Mr. RT asked.
“Don't know sir, said neighbor Mother last seen yesterday after the recitation at the house Father, after that Mother is not seen again, this morning even Mother did not shop vegetables as usual.”
“Oh yes, yesterday After the study, Father's Wife said, if your mother came home first, she looks pale, then saying goodbye, Father's Wife finally drove forward, then, then suddenly fitting until in front of your mother looks rushed, she is not saying goodbye as usual, just running, because it is studying, so the Father's Wife does not pay too much attention anymore.” Mr. RT told Aditia.
“Does Mom wear black dresser Pak?” Aditia asked.
“It seems not, she wears a purple Dit dress, uniform with the clothes of the Wife of the Father and other mothers.” Mr. RT explained.
Aditia wants to make sure whether the woman she saw was her mother or not, it seems not.
“Well, this is Ki Kusno, this Ki Kusno is the most reaped person here Dit, he knows the ins and outs of this area, so maybe a little bit more he will help you and the family, can Ki Kusno see Dita first?” Mr. RT asked.
“Bby Sir, please.” Aditia took them all to Dita's room, Dita looked still tied up, but she glared and giggled as we all went in, her body turned to us.
“Assalamualaikum Dita.” Mr. RT tried to greet Dita.
Dita did not answer, she giggled even louder.
“Marni.” This time Ki Kusno who greeted, this greeting made Dita turn towards us, he looked shocked by the arrival of Ki Kusno.
“Kusno!!! Dare you come!!!” Dita sounds heavy and hissing.
“Marni, why are you coming again?” Ki Kusno stood in front of Dita.
“I want this child, I want this child!!!” Dita said still with a terrible hiss.
“What really happened Sir?” Mr. Dirga asked Ki Kusno.
“That time was 1997 .... “
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1997 YEARS
There was a woman named Marni, she was the kindest, most beautiful and friendly woman in this area, the area where Adit's father and mother lived, Aditia's father and mother had just married, Aditia is in the womb of her mother, this couple does not delay pregnancy after marriage.
Marni is currently 18 years old, the age at which a girl looks brilliant, Marni a well educated and religious girl, not found the slightest disability in Marni ... That's what people think.
“Marni does not want another, Marni just wants to be a civil servant, so allow Marni to lecture Pak.” Marni talks to her father, her father is just a shoe factory worker, where she can afford to pay for her daughter's college.
“Father can not afford Marni, tuition is expensive, just work first, once you have money, just college.” His sickly father also tried to give him understanding.
“No sir, we still have a house, we pawn the certificate, then after that I can go straight to college after graduating High School, when I graduate college, I promise you, sir, I'll take this home certificate back.” Marni still insisted.
“But mortgaging this house to the Bank is really a scary thing, son, there are flowers running and if we can't pay off then we will be evicted, want to stay where else are we? This is our only legacy Son, this is the legacy of your mother's family, you have no right to pawn or sell it.”
“Father coward! You only have one child, but can not fulfill the dream of his son, I want to become a civil servant sir!” Marni ran to her room and cried a bit, while her mother could only cry in the kitchen.
Her mother knew there was something else that made her daughter want to be a civil servant, no, it's not about dreams, it's about other things, and it's really embarrassing if she told her father Marni.
“Bu, do we just pawn this house for Marni lecture?” His father Marni finally weakened, saw his daughter crying all day, did not want to eat and drink. “he is our only daughter, got it first we had to wait for 5 years.” I remember how Marni's mother was difficult to get pregnant and had several miscarriages.
“Better to lose a house than lose a child bu.” You are downcast, his affection for Marni is very deep, the child he wants to have to wait for 5 years.
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Marni gets what she wants, she goes to college, the first semester she becomes a student with excellent grades, her beautiful face and high intellectual ability make her name quickly known, in her village she became dream, on campus was the same.
A life so confusing her name is inversely proportional to her life in a house that is in short supply, but Marni is not a bad girl, she lives everything patiently, for her ideals, until one day ....
“What's with my face?” Marni wakes up in her sleep and finds her face blistered, all her skin wrinkled like a granny.
He came out of the room and ran towards his mother who was cooking in the kitchen.
“Mother, Marni face why?” Marni screamed as she saw her face smashed.
“You? Your face is fine, no why-why.” Her mother was confused because her face was fine.
“Mother look at Marni's face, this is a sore blister bu, this is also all Marni's skin so wrinkled, Marni approaches the glass that is in the bathroom near the kitchen, she sees how ugly she is.”
“Pak, Sir, Marni why nih.” Her mother was confused, as she did not see anything strange from her daughter, but her daughter insisted on saying that her face was destroyed.
“Nak, here.” His father Marni pulled his son and saw his face, nothing was found wrong there.
“See this, Marni's face crushed Sir!” Marni is hysterical, her father believes, there is something wrong with Marni, because Marni is not a person who likes to lie, likes to make up stories or drama, he said, Marni is an honest person and does not want to do what is not important just to attract attention.
His father immediately took him to many smart people, but unfortunately, no one was able to make him recover, his father Marni had exhausted his wealth and energy, after 3 months of seeking treatment did not also meet, his father Marni was exhausted, Marni does not go to college because of embarrassment, when people see her as ordinary, nothing wrong, she is still beautiful, but Marni sees the opposite, she sees her face destroyed, and the pain feels real.
Because of this disease, Marni's mental fall, he became a little crazy because of the will and pain, from starting not to eat, not to drink until finally not going to sleep, and finally did not want to sleep, in just a matter of months her body had become emaciated, there was no longer a beautiful aura within her.
His father and mother began to despair, because they already do not have money to seek treatment anywhere, to eat alone they are not able, only from the mercy of their neighbors they can still eat.
His Father's Mother's house was threatened with confiscation because of the inability of the Father and Mother to pay interest installments every month, they resigned to the provisions of God.
Right after 6 months Marni was sick, finally Marni died, in a state of body that only wrapped in skin, she began not to wear clothes before her death, her body was found in a state of terrible, sad, in his smelly room, because of the traces of unclean dirt, without clothes and eyes and mouth wide open, until the end of his life his face still showed how scared he was to himself.
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Marni's death was in an uproar, all the people who helped the funeral process did not bathe her body, her body was very smelly and dirty, at this time people saw her exactly as she said, her face blistered and her skin wrinkled, it was all because he was indeed malnourished, the effects of not wanting to eat and drink.
People see what Marni sees every day on her, but they see it is precisely at the end of Marni's life, Marni herself who makes the condition of her body become as real as what she hallucinates.
After the funeral, all the residents returned to life as usual, which was different only, there were no beautiful and smart village flowers there anymore, no one wanted to know what happened to Marni, she said, only the lonely Father and Mother left, without a daughter who is the only hope to sustain their lives in old age.
7 days after Marni's death, the village was back in an uproar, it was Friday, the night was cooler than usual, the patrolmen also felt that this night was very quiet, and the, there was no sound of insects. The patrol officer was 3 people, after circling the compound they decided to rest in the post, the time showed at 1 am.
“Night Sir .... “ A perfumed woman once greeted the three patrolmen.
They all automatically turn away.
“Night, where are Neng Marni going?” An officer recognized him.
“You go home .... “ Marni replied with a lascivious voice and a grinning face.
“Udah this malem, would you like to transfer?” someone offered themselves.
“Iya delivered by Neng.” Others chimed in while teasing.
Lau finally one of them drove Marni home.
After Marni and one of the young men is nowhere to be seen again, a patrolman suddenly breaks out in cold sweat and realizes something.
“Bu-not Marni .. has died?” He said quietly and looked a little dazed.
“Astagfirullah .. “ other young men were frightened when he also just realized that the woman they greeted was, in fact, dead.
The smell that had once tasted fragrant, immediately turned into a foul odor, padaha Marni and one of the young men who drove her were already invisible, those who were afraid finally decided to go to Mr. RT's house to report the incident earlier.
Elsewhere, the young man who drove Marni still accompanied her, she walked beside Marni, although it was a little wonder why Marni was wearing a long black dress these nights and the road was a bit dragged, because usually his clothes are always casual, such as jeans and shirts, he still does not think too much about it, can deliver the most beautiful girl in the village is a gift to him.
“From where Mar, really malem home.”
“From there.” Marnie pointed behind his body.
The young man thought, isn't that the burial area?
“From campus?” the young man tried to make sure again, this time he was behind Marni, his steps halted as soon as Marni pointed at the grave.
Marni shook her head, she wasn't from the campus.
Somewhat suspiciously, the man kept her from behind, until at the intersection, Marni was still straight.
“Mar, your house will turn left.” The man reminded, Marni still walked forward not heeding the man's warning.
“Mar!” The man tried to call her, but Marni was still straight ahead, their distance felt quite far.
Finally the man ran after Marni and wanted to tell her he was going the wrong way, “Mar!” The man was still trying to call, Marni still did not stop his steps. “Mar.” Finally the man held Marni's shoulder, he hoped Marni would stop, as her hand filled it, he felt Marni's body cold, ice cold, Marni stopped, Marni stopped, his body and face were still facing forward, the man still felt strange, why Marni's body was so cold, he was still trying to think, until ....
“Antar I Mas .... “ Marni turns her head to the back, at this time the man is already facing Marni, but her face alone, her body is still facing forward, but her face is still, the man reflexively removed his hand from Marni's shoulder and fell unconscious, but before his consciousness was completely lost he heard Marni whispering in his ear ....
“Luuuraaahhh .... “
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Author's Note :
Why do you think Marni whispered the word Lurah to the man? comment yes below, I want to know there is a frequency is not the same as me?