The Angker Heritage House
Family Consultative
Oh my, Auntie. Kirain what?" Karen smiled, her right hand closing her sweet mouth that was about to laugh.
"Creak." The black crow suddenly flew across the kitchen ceiling. Then, go out through the window that is left open to invite morning air to refresh the room that feels stuffy. Both of them were surprised by the flapping of their wings and the loud sounds coming from the bird
"Bi, since when was the bird in this room?" karen looked confused. Bibi just shook her head while pleading for protection to the Almighty to be protected from both visible and invisible evil.
They both ended the serious conversation. Karen helps Bibi serve breakfast dishes to the family who have started sitting at the dinner table waiting for a warm dish ala Bi Halimah.
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"Please, the breakfast is ready" Bi Halimah told all family members.
The fragrance of fried red onions so dominates the fragrant of the dish. Once all the dishes are ready, start the staple foods that contain carbohydrates, desserts, milk, sweet tea water, and fruits as desserts. So, start the breakfast event in the big house with a magnificent do'a before the meal led by Karen.
Breakfast is over. Bang Hadi asked all family members to gather on the third floor to discuss the heritage house.
The deliberations also arrived. Bang Hadi started by saying hello.
"Assalamua'laikum, brother. On this occasion, I want to discuss how the next plan to take care of the sale of this house. Does anyone want to give input?" bang Hadi asked his sisters.
"So, we both make promotions as attractive as possible to captivate the hearts of others. Maybe by spreading a brochure that includes a description of the location and price of this house." Bang Imam gave his proposal with vigor.
"But we have to expand its sales target network. Obstacles, many residents in this village have claimed that this house is a haunted house. Moreover, the news has gone viral. How to make the news does not expand, especially to expand to urban areas. " It is now Bang Ezy's turn to reveal the statement regarding the heritage house.
"Yes, we must act decisively to the person who has made this house viral because of its awesomeness." Bang Hadi immediately answered Bang Ezy's question.
The three siblings were cool in arranging a surefire strategy so that the house sold quickly. While Karen tried to hold opinions on its disagreements that do not have evidence.
Suddenly Bang Hadi rebuked Karen who was still pensive to take her mind off the conversation of her three brothers.
"Well, that's why you asked me to stay and take good care of this house. As much as possible you should be able to give a good impression of this house. Minimum to the locals. Go hang out with them. Give the impression that this house is not as much talked about."
For a while, Karen was only able to nod giving a gesture of agreement before it was time to reject their plan.
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Meeting's done. One by one, both brothers and their wives resigned from the house on the grounds of having a private house that was worried if abandoned for a long time. Meanwhile, Bang Ezy must stay one more night before tomorrow he must continue his mission in the company of his lover's father.
Around 10 o'clock: 00 WIB. Karen asks Bi Halimah to sleep until 13:00. After that, Karen asked Bi Halimah to call and visit the two craftsmen that aunt told me about this morning.
Karen filled the time to wait for aunt's bedtime by watering the plants in front of the house. He prepared a water barrel filled with tap water available outside the house. While waiting for the huge barrel to fill up, Karen plucked the grass that had accidentally grown on the sidelines of the plant in several flower pots.
When he was busy cleaning the grass, suddenly the crow he had met in the kitchen room fell before his eyes in a lifeless state.
"Astaghfirullah." Karen reflex uttered the phrase istighfar in shock.
The girl looked around the house, right and left. But I don't see anyone there. In fact, only the three of them became residents of the house. Bi Halimah, Bang Ezy, and Karen.
'Who threw this bird to death?' karen murmured in the heart. He looked towards the third floor, which was the top floor. His gaze was sharpened when he saw the shadow of a woman who was standing staring at Karen's body that was fixated in the front garden of the house.
Karen rubbed her face once. Once again he noticed, but the shadow was lost with a wave of curtains that seemed swept by the wind. 'Strange, even though the window of the room was closed. Wind from where?' muttered the beautiful girl then.
His heart kept wondering. Unknowingly the flowing tap water had filled the large barrel that he had left filled full of water.
"Astaghfirullah's. I forgot to fill the water. Because of that bird." Karen was surprised again when she found the bird that had fallen disappeared. He increasingly does not understand the events he experienced. But, he realized. He is becoming a joke of supernatural beings today. Without thinking too much about it, he continued his previous mission. That is, watering an average flower is almost withered.
One by one the plants he water enough. Make sure all the plants get some water out of his hands. Suddenly a farmer of two men and three women passed by his house. He was greeted kindly by residents who had just returned from his yard.
"Non, Karen. When do you come home, Non?" ask one of the people.
"Yesterday night, ma'am," Karen replied with a smile.
"Come, Sir, Ma. Stop by first." The white girl invited the farmers to come to her house as a language of pleasantries.
The five people simply smiled and shook their heads. Before they finally took a step forward to continue their journey. While saying goodbye, one of the farmer's fathers gave a message to Karen to be careful living in her house. Karen just smiled and nodded slowly.