SURREPTITIOUS
The Part 38

Amadhea looked worried. "Then... I have to how?"

Ratih did not answer immediately.

Amadhea looked down inside. "While I must die, I am ready.I am tired of this life."

Xaga embraces Amadhea and rubs the girl's shoulders.

"Don't say that, Dhea. There must be a way out" said Ratih.

"Yes, don't despair" comfort Xaga.

Ratih saw something moving behind the hair covering Amadhea's left forehead. "Can I see your forehead?"

Amadhea looked up at Ratih and then nodded. Ratih pulled out Amadhea's hair. He saw the oval-shaped lump twitching like a creature in the skin of Dhea's forehead.

"Did you remember, why did you break this?" ask Ratih.

"It seems that because of that time I once fell from the second floor," Amadhea replied hesitantly.

"What?! Falling from the second floor?!" Ratih looked surprised.

Amadhea nodded.

"Try to remember again, did your forehead fall from the second floor?" Ratih closed Amadhea's eyes with both hands.

"Hhhh." Amadhea felt her body hover in the air for a moment before she fell down and landed on the ground.

Amadhea did not feel any pain, even though she fell from the second floor. Maybe because the pain that black-eyed ghosts give you is much more painful than falling from the second floor.

Slowly, Amadhea's eyes closed. She faintly heard a hoarse voice muttering right in her ear, "I just want to take mine."

After that, he was unconscious.

Clack up!

Clak, Clak!

The sound of water drops.

Amadhea was apparently in a flashback when she fell from the second floor at the time.

"Hhhh." Amadhea closed her eyes. All of the plots of the incident had just become backwards and Amadhea was back in her room that night.

Amadhea caught her breath. He fell on the floor crying in fear.

Suddenly the voice of the woman reciting the spell came back. Amadhea cried while covering both ears. He doesn't want to hear anything anymore. The girl felt cold hands touching her head and forehead.

He tried to thrash, but his body seemed to freeze, very difficult to move. Amadhea looked in front of him. There was a large mirror in front of him now. It was the large mirror he saw in Ratih's living room.

Through the reflection of the mirror, Amadhea saw a black-eyed ghost near behind her. The fearsome figure whispered a spell directly into Amadhea's ears while holding the girl's left head and forehead.

Amadhea was crying in silence.

He tried his hardest to move his hand. Amadhea touched the hand that covered her forehead. "Stop!! stop bothering me!!!"

The black-eyed woman laughed gigglingly. "Yahoooo!!!"

Amadhea opened her eyes. Next to his eyes, precisely the left eye turned all black. His blood vessels appeared on his left cheek and forehead. Amadhea was surprised to see her condition through the reflection of a mirror.

"Aarr!!!" Amadhea screamed in pain. It fell to the floor.

The sound of the spells slowly disappeared. Amadhea is still drooping. The mood became quiet. The clockwork seconds from the first floor rang out all the way to his room.

Amadhea touched her forehead. It was there that he only realized that his left forehead was broken by the black-eyed ghost while holding his forehead.

"Hhhhh!" Amadhea opened her eyes. He looked at Ratih and Xaga who were looking at him questioningly.

"This bump appeared when the black-eyed ghost touched my forehead before falling from the second floor" Amadhea said.

"What did he say?" ask Ratih.

Xaga seems curious too.

Amadhea looked terrified. "After I fell, he said... 'I just want to take mine.'."

Pat looked to think. "It may be a bit painful, but hold it, yes."

Amadhea saw Ratih carrying some seeds like seeds and she sprinkled them on Amadhea's brow. Xaga.

"Aw!" Amadhea grimaced as she felt Ratih's fingernails stick into the lump on her forehead.

Fresh blood dripped onto the tablecloth. Amadhea sensed something was pulling from her forehead.

Amadhea and Xaga looked up at the whole black eyeball in the bowl. It seemed that the eye was alive as it continued to move.

Amadhea was goosebumps looking at him, while Ratih was busy treating Amadhea's forehead and then pairing the plaster.

"Is that dangerous?" ask Xaga.

Train to move the eyeballs and water from inside the bowl into a glass jar and then cover it with a spell taped to the lid and at the bottom of the jar. Then he put the jar in front of the glass near the candle.

"It is very dangerous to stick to the human body. The owner of this eye can take over your body slowly" replied Ratih.

Amadhea shuddered with goosebumps hearing Ratih's answer.

"Maybe the ghost wants to take over your body because she wants to come back alive, so she claims that your body belongs to her" Ratih said.

"But my body belongs to me, not to the ghost" muttered Amadhea half-grumbled.

Ratih. "Hopefully after this you're fine."

"Thank you, Ma'am."

After asking for help from Ratih, Xaga took Amadhea to his house.

"Can I?" ask Amadhea.

Xaga nodded. "Of course."

"Is anyone in your house?" ask Amadhea.

"You'll know."

Arriving at home, Xaga parked his motorcycle into the garage.

"Did you see two glowing figures behind Ratih?" ask Xaga.

Amadhea nodded.

"That's the guard" said Xaga.

Amadhea looked amazed. "Guardian angel?"

Xaga nodded. He pushed the doorknob. "Come, come in."

Amadhea nodded. He followed Xaga's steps. When the door opened, Bu Bachtiar was already standing in front of them.

"Xaga, are you home, son?" Bu Bachtiar smiled. He turned to Amadhea. "Who is this sweet girl?"

Amadhea nodded politely. "Good afternoon, Auntie."

However, Xaga pulled Amadhea's arm violently. They also entered the house.

Amadhea was confused by what Xaga was doing. "Why are you, Xaga? I'm not done talking to your mom yet...."

Amadhea did not continue her words seeing a young woman coming down the stairs.

"Hey? Where are you from?" Starla approached them and asked Xaga. He stared at Xaga and Amadhea alternately.

"I'm from the outside with my friend" replied Xaga.

Starla sees Amadhea from top to bottom and vice versa. He narrowed his eyes. "You're Xaga's girlfriend, huh?"

Amadhea. "No, Brother."

"Hmm. Your taste is good too, Xaga. But, Deck...." Starla embraces Amadhea and whispers. "Xaga is slovenly. He takes a shower once a day. Don't be fooled by his good looks."

Amadhea held back a laugh.

"All right, I'm leaving." Starla happens.

"That's the guy" Xaga grumbled at Starla who stopped her steps at the door.

"Oh! Xaga, I forgot to tell you. Today is the date of her death. Don't forget to pray," Starla said then continued her steps.

Amadhea rounded her eyes. He was still staring at the back of Starla who disappeared behind the door, no! Amadhea did not see Starla, but saw Bu Bachtiar who was still standing by the door. The middle-aged woman smiled wryly. A white light surrounded his body then the figure disappeared.

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^^^15.39 | 1 September 2021^^^

^^By Ucu Irna Marhamah ^^^