The House 1937's
17. Who's In The Warehouse??

Jim opened his bag full of toys and took all the toys out on the mattress and arranged them one by one. Today he was staying at my grandmother's house because Om and his wife were having business related to their business and they couldn't bring Jim because they both left Jim in this house. After the incident experienced by my wife some time ago, he had refused hard if Jim will be entrusted in my grandmother's house. But he warned her that they really had no other choice. His wife's parents are dead and he is also his only child. Finally, with a heavy heart, his wife allowed Jim to stay at my grandmother's house. There is indeed Alin, my aunt and sister-in-law who are willing to take care of her son as long as he is here and there is also a father who also loves Jim even though he looks stiff. But still he whose real mother feels anxious if his son temporarily has to stay here.

"Mama don't need to worry, if I'm here I can play with Akiong.", Jim holds the end of his mother's shirt which still shows a worried look.

"Ohh.ya the neighbor's child yes.., yes gapapa you can play with him.", he answered so that Jim no longer asked why his mother looks so worried like that.

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"You don't have to worry too much, right Ada Enah, Auntie, Jun same Alin also at home.", Omku focus with the steering wheel and his gaze stared straight at the highway. He shook his head a little at his wife's paranoid attitude, but he couldn't completely blame her for the paranoid attitude he showed her. Even himself if he could take Jim with him, of course he would prefer to bring all his family without worrying like this.

"Why did Koko look so relaxed?, obviously I was afraid, Koko did not want the incident that night?",

"So before going to the cave have told him to be careful, do not go back home alone, if the neighbor's child also if his son again in the shop Enah aja..., no need to go to his house, his mother is fierce.", Omku showed a face half irritated because he also knew how fierce Grandma Akiong.

"Hopefully there will be nothing, my feelings will not be good", replied his wife in a soft tone.

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Jim who was tired of playing in the room he was in, which was my room, decided to get out of the room and look to the right and to the left, then decided to go to the kitchen and see the condition of the kitchen is also the same. As soon as he saw the side door that was slightly open, he finally decided to go out through the side door and was seen by the empty land that is usually used to dry rice, and he was, and a rickety hut that's a granny's chicken coop. Near the chicken coop was seen a hen with fluffy feathers was walking around the cage with 8 chicks circling it with fine feathers that looked very funny. Jim was eager to hold the chick, but he was once warned by my grandmother not to touch the hen who had the chick because the chicken would be very fierce if anyone intended to tease the chick. Jim who remembered the advice finally looked lethargic, but he returned excited when he saw the old goods warehouse that was right next to the rice warehouse. He stepped into the barn and found the door of the barn open. At first glance he was afraid to see the door of the warehouse that already looked fragile and rusty and the whole of the warehouse that looked old and creepy but it made him more curious and finally he entered the warehouse which is a little dark and feels moist because of the lack of ventilation, the floor is only in the form of soil so that he can smell the soil that is slightly stinging because it is moist. Slowly he walked deeper into the warehouse and saw some old cabinets with thick dust there containing various dishes, bowls, and bowls, cups of various shapes and sizes and he also saw an old dressing table whose mirror looked brownish and whose wood part looked weathered and aged and he started walking towards the table rias it. Jim who was busy observing the old dresser was surprised by a hand holding his shoulder, it turned out that it was the grandmother who was standing right behind him.

"Why are you here?, want to grab something?", asked Jim as he opened one of the old dresser drawers. My grandmother just kept quiet and did not answer the question from her grandson, which Jim did not know was that she was watching him with a sharp piercing gaze, just not so visible because of the dark state of the warehouse. Suddenly the grandmother immediately held Jim's wrist, Jim who was shocked immediately looked at the grandmother who he could not see her face clearly because of the darkness of the warehouse.

"Eh..why Mak?", Jim suddenly felt the granny's hand grip so coldly touch his wrist. Is grandma sick? why are his hands cold?.

Then from outside the warehouse, there was the sound of footsteps that seemed to be approaching towards this warehouse. And Jim was again shocked by the grandmother who pulled her wrist with a slight jerk. And from out there not only sound footsteps approaching, but Jim also heard the voice of grandmother from outside this warehouse!!

If the voice outside this warehouse is the voice of grandma, then who is now holding her wrist with her cold hand. Jim who was overwhelmed by self-defense intuition suddenly shouted to my grandmother who seemed to be outside the warehouse with all his might pulling her wrist. But the grip became a little rough and there was an indistinct hoarse voice from the "grandmother" who was holding Jim. Grandma who was moved to the door of the warehouse followed by Jim who managed to release his hand from the grip of the "grandmother" and immediately ran towards the grandmother and immediately cried in his arms. My slightly panicked grandmother immediately took Jim out of the barn who was still crying quite loudly while gripping the edge of his danger.

"Gapain Jim entered this warehouse?, did you say his play in the house only...", My grandmother tried to calm her grandson who was still crying sobbing. My grandmother opened the door of this warehouse to take some new dishes for her to clean and will be placed on a plate rack in the kitchen of the house. Some plates had been taken and as soon as he returned to the barn to lock the door, he was shocked to hear the cry of his grandson from inside the barn. He did not expect that his granddaughter had even entered this warehouse and inexplicably cried like this.

"Jim ta..Mak.., Jim was afraid.., in the barn there was something like Mom but seremm.", Jim was still sobbing, and rubbed his wet eyes and made his face a little dirty because of the dust that had been stuck in his hands.

Grandma was surprised by what her grandson said and immediately took Jim into the house and asked auntie to get a glass of water for Jim. Grandma who is still in shock with this incident will tell papa to pair the lamp or other lighting so that the warehouse is no longer dark like that. Jim who is now in the kitchen is now sitting in the kitchen chair with his breathing is still not regular. Aunty just stroked the boy's shoulder, lucky that you came just in time, if it's too late he can be kidnapped. Suddenly the aunt whispered something into Jim's ear that made Jim frown in confusion.

"Be careful, that's Wewe Gombel..."

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