The House 1937's
28. You Should Come With Me !

Aunt Dewi inhaled the fragrant aroma of the warm black coffee she had just made in the kitchen. He finished helping Grandma tidy up the kitchen table and cutlery that had been washed clean. Papa and Aunt Alin had left from morning to carry out their respective activities, Aunt Alin went to work and Papa opened his shop in the Market. There is only him and Grandma who is now on guard in his stall and Aunt still wants to be in this kitchen alone. Aunt Dewi sat on a long wooden bench while sipping her warm black coffee with a mind that melanglang buana considering the times she still lived in this house.

According to him, a very striking change in this house is the installation of electric current, so that grandmother and others can use many electronic devices such as electric lights, refrigerators, electric irons, and so on, fans, radio and television gifts from it can also light up well. He remembered very well when he was a child, he had felt the limitations of technology in this house, such as using petromak lights or kerosene lamps as a source of lighting, he said, or use a windlass for water sources. But there was one incident that he had experienced in this house that he really could not forget until today. A terrible event that made him have to stand forcibly between life or death.

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"How is this Bah?, Neng Dewi whose body heat has not come down as well.", Auntie again put a wet cloth on the head of the Little Goddess who does feel hot, which is indeed hot, to the point of making the child's face slightly reddened with a very lethargic look. From yesterday the child who was only about eight years old was experiencing quite serious heat. Babah and Enah plan to take their children to Kota for treatment, but they have not yet secured a car loan for their means of transportation. Understandably, at that time rarely people had a private car. Moreover, the area of this house is also still far away so it must do excessive effort and a little hard if you want to get or do something.

"We better buy Oplet Bah if the money is enough.., so easy if you want to go anywhere.", You frown while looking at her husband, remembering Babah had said that if the money from the rice fields and the pig crops he had obtained, he planned to expand his pig and wanted to buy several hectares of land.

"Yes.., but there is no good Oplet yet.., so it is held for the purchase first.", Babah does plan to buy an oplet car, but used cars with quality that is still very good to drive. It's just that he hasn't got it yet.

"This Goddess how Bah?, What if the heat gets worse?", Enah holding the sleeve of Babah's shirt, from yesterday he was very worried about the condition of his eldest daughter, he has given traditional medicinal herbs to the Goddess to lower the heat. But to this day there is no significant change, the heat is not getting better, but vice versa.

"Yes that was also again thought of, Dewi has been given medicine?", asked Babah to make sure. Babah and Enah do have a habit if someone is sick they take traditional Chinese medicine in the form of traditional herbs that have been dried and boiled.

"Already Bah, but the heat has not improved.", Enah really looks worried, hoping to immediately get a car loan to go to the city to bring Dewi treatment.

"Is that so?", Babah was seen rubbing her face with a hint of Frustration. Obviously he was very worried because other than the heat, he saw the expression of his daughter's face that was a little strange, with eyes that were so lethargic, he said, and the Goddess had hardly spoken since yesterday and seemed unable to move her body at all.

"My feeling is not good", Babah looked at Enah seriously.

"The goddess was sick until that, you saw from yesterday that she could not move.", Enah's face immediately pale when she heard Babah's words. She admitted that what her husband said was true. His heart was getting louder and his palms were starting to feel cold.

"Hopefully we can get a car loan quickly Bah.", replied Enah then while returning to the kitchen with Aunt to return to prepare medicine for the Goddess. All forms of negative thoughts he put away in his mind, with the pounding of his heart that is still strongly driven, he said, in his heart Grandma prayed to Almighty God that his eldest daughter would soon improve and return to her usual health.

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All Dark Gulita !

The goddess looked in all directions and only a darkness enveloped her. He looked to the right, to the left, to the top, and to the bottom, a great confusion had engulfed him at this time. He began to feel his own arms that began to feel cold. He took a breath and shouted to Enah and Babah, but he was surprised because his voice did not come out at all, but he was difficult to try to scream as loud as possible.

He was getting angry and of course this was a very scary experience for an eight-year-old like himself. He still tried to stand with his legs slightly shaking, and bent his arms as if he was hugging himself with a view that still leads to and fro. Where'sisthis? why is it so dark? is this at home? where are Babah and Enah?, Why can't he make his own voice?, questions cry out in his heart in the darkness that now envelops him.

In his confusion, the Goddess sneers heard a strange voice that seemed like something was approaching him. The boy's gaze turned wary by re-circulating his gaze in that darkness. The longer the sound was heard the closer it came, and the little Goddess was very surprised by the source of the voice that was now in front of her. A figure that looked like a strange and creepy woman was hovering around him. His half-naked body was visible with all the disgusting ulcers and fiery red eyes that were very sharp piercing. His thin and ulcerous hands were like making a flailing motion towards the Goddess while still hovering around the child. The goddess only gaped in fear with this strange sharp-hoofed creature that still continued to surround her while saying.

"MANEH KUDU MILUAN AING.!!!!, AYEUNA MANEH KUDU MILUAN AING...!!!!!",

(You Should Come With Me, Now You Should, Follow Me).

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