The House 1937's
23. Wells

Tonight papa will do a night watch session outside the house considering the events of the disappearance of the entrance belonging to the grandmother some time ago. Papa had previously discussed this to Grandma to prevent something similar from happening again. If the theft case is repeated, of course papa will be made dizzy. In addition to having to try to find the perpetrator of the theft, papa also does not want grandma to issue her fussy attitude again. Papa who was in the grandmother's room at that time and discussed this matter with four eyes, for a moment the grandmother was a bit hesitant about the proposal that Papa conveyed to her. Grandmother's doubts arose because papa wanted to do the night guard session alone, without anyone accompanying her at all.

"Danger Jun if you keep the night alone outside the house. You just do not keep it alone.", Grandma patted his son's shoulder with her hand that already looks wrinkled, she knew that this son was a little stubborn if he really wanted to do something, he knew that he was a little stubborn if he really wanted to do something, no matter if it is dangerous or not.

"Well, Jun went to Pak Tani, and Giman and Najim too, they said that Jin could not keep the mallm outside later. Yes.., want to not Nah.", Papa shrugged his shoulders casually which was immediately pinched by Grandma.

"Kalo until there is a thief continue to carry weapons is a danger", replied my grandmother who was half upset.

"Please Well, Jun brought it too".", My papa began to insist.

"Unfortunately wait for them to be able to take care of you can't ya?", Ask Grandma while massaging her painful knees and see the grandmother who massaged her knees papa immediately took the initiative to give a slightly more powerful massage and make her feel comfortable.

"Yes later Well if you want to take care of it again, if tonight is just Jun alone first", replied papa with a reassuring look.

"Yes, but you are careful huh.", replied the grandmother, seeing the strong will of papa like that grandma can only sigh and hope that hopefully no unwanted events occur.

"Jun was afraid after yesterday Enah's entok that was taken, fearing that someone would take the chicken Enah too...",

"Do you think so?",

Papa nodded his head.

"Yes well, even if the location of the cage is not as far as the cage is entok, but Jun feels that there will still be someone who wants to take the chickens..."

"Yes, tonight you're ready for the guard...",

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Papa sat on a long bale on the front porch, smoking his kretek and accompanied by a glass of warm tea and a small plate of boiled cassava that was delivered by the aunt. Tonight was not too cold and papa slightly flicked the holster he brought to repel mosquitoes that were quite a lot when the night like this. He observed the road in front of the house which has now started many vehicles passing by, although at night it is still very quiet as usual. Since the installation of more and more electricity in this area makes the streets and houses of the citizens more bright so as not to make people difficult or feel afraid if accessing this road and its surroundings at night day. Grandma's house has been installed electric current so that the house is brighter with modern electric lights and is able to use other electronic tools such as fans, refrigerators, and electric irons. In the middle of his daydream he heard the sound of the door opening and saw my Tantu standing in the doorway and approaching papa who looked astonished.

"Why Ko?, rich in wonder?", Tanteku took a position sitting right next to a hot tea glass and a small plate containing boiled cassava that seemed to start cold because papa only ate one fruit.

"Not sleeping Lin, but coming here" my father again exhaled cigarette smoke from his mouth.

"Koko don't smoke often, it will be rich Babah loh.", Tanteku warned papa about the late grandfather who had died from his acute lung disease. The disease suffered by grandfather because grandfather was a heavy smoker.

"Si Toni you didn't tell me that.", Papa mentioned the name of my om in an irritated tone.

"Yes, I don't often. You already know also the cave smoking.", My father half laughed with a sullen Aunt's expression.

"The photo that Alin told had been burned" Hearing my aunt talk about the photo, my papa looked at him with his serious face.

"Good Lin, you have to burn the picture.., if you are not afraid of "follow" continue here...", Papa already knew about what happened to Aunt when the lights off in the middle of the night were raining at that time. When papa heard the pretty creepy story of Auntie, he did suggest having to burn the photo so that the creepy black creature who participated in the photo did not follow him back.

"Ko.., until when do we have to stay in this house continue?, Koko knows why...", Aunt holds Papa's arm and papa just looks at him with a flat gaze and a little resigned.

"Don't ever want to move let alone sell this house Lin, Enah has clearly not agreed to it. You know this is a house of remembrance from Babah.", Papa also thought if there was another option but to stay in this house, maybe he would consider other options that's all.

"During the evening until what time?", Aunt saw the face of papa who was slightly out of sync between papa's desire to do night watch and his face that looks lazy. But Auntie knows very well if papa wants to do something, then he will really do it, like the incident of Enah's entry that disappeared some time ago.

"It's safe to finish cepet, if not yes.., maybe until the morning.", Papaku mocked Aunt again who was replied with a mild blow Aunt on her shoulder.

"You know, there's nothing right at the front door, yeah", my aunt just passed by and went inside the house.

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Papa started doing this night vigil by going around a few times around the house only. Actually he wanted to also walk down the back of the house, but he undoed his intention. Waking up at night and seeing the back of the house later he will do in the guard the next night alone, along with Mr. Tani and Giman and Najim. Some residents who were doing siskamling and passing in front of the house had greeted papa for a while and asked about the night guard activities he did.

"Tumben Koh keep the mallem at home", asked one of the residents who are from the siskamling group.

"Yes sir, I'm missing some Enthok Enah yesterday. That's why I take care of the mall so that there are no more lost events...",

"Oh yes Koh I missed, something Entoknya is missing. Turns out it's got a good thing huh...",

"Yes sir, yesterday after my dizzy event You are very fussy when you know the Entoknya is gone. That's why I'm guarding the malem.", now..",

"Yes Koh in the area of my house also like there is a turnover, chicken or entoknya there are just missing.., there is also siskamling there..",

After a short chat, the residents who siskamling earlier begged to go around again and papa continued his night duty. It was cold tonight, but also uncomfortable with the sound of a mosquito buzz that is noisy enough to the point that papa had to flick the holster on his waist while occasionally watching around with a flashlight in his hand.Sudden rays from the flashlight in his hand like a catch something moved but he could not see it clearly because something was moving very quickly and papa again moved his flashlight to be able to see more clearly something that was moving. It sounded again like someone was moving and papa half ran to the source of the sound and it turned out that it came from around the chicken coop owned by grandma and papa diverted the light beam of the flashlight to the other direction, because papa was afraid that the flashlight would shockingly wake the chickens in the cage and make a very noisy cocktail. Papa watched for a moment the chicken coop, and reflex turned to the light of his flashlight was lit and it turned out that the light from the lamp was lit into the old well that was in the middle between the chicken coop and the old furniture warehouse owned by grandma. The well has been rarely used since the grandmother installed a water pump machine in the bathroom. And what made papa surprised was that there was a pale white-skinned creature with long hair decomposed like he was squatting as if protecting himself from the flashlight and with lightning fast he entered in the well with an empty eye gaze and only the cornea of his eye that immediately made papa shudder in fear and immediately ran back towards the front porch of the house. He remembered that the old well should have been flattened considering that it was rarely used.