The House 1937's
40. Take a photo (3)

This weekend, Auntie began doing her new activities with Herman's analogue camera. Since morning he has been in the kitchen photographing Bi Inah who is doing his job, Grandma who is guarding her warehouse in front of the house. The grandmother who saw her daughter was busy photographing herself, only frowning in wonder and shaking her head.

"What's Lin doing here?", tapped the top of the hall, who indirectly told Aunt to sit there.

"Yes it's okay Well, make mementos only.., later the photo Alin print.", a voice behind him, heard a voice, and Akiong who walked closer to the bale where Grandma and Aunt Alin were sitting.

"Akiong.", Sapa Aunty Alin was friendly and gave the boy a hand signal to approach.

"Yes Iih.", Akiong looked at the camera held by Aunt Alin and then glanced at Grandma.

"Mak, Akiong wants to buy a quarter kilo of sugar as an egg as half a kilo", Akiong handed over some money to Grandma for the groceries he mentioned. Grandma then gave a short nod and got up from her seat to give her sugar and eggs.

"Which camera wants what photo?", Akiong was interested in the camera that he thought looked good.

"So my mother's photo..., you want a photo too?",

"But...",

"Ga nothing Akiong, the same photo of Mom just yes .", Grandma handed him a black plastic bag containing her groceries, and Akiong just stared silently when Grandma asked him to take a picture.

"Photo..., make what Mak?", asked Akiong who looked hesitant and confused, he came here to shop, even told to take a picture.

"For Akiong's memento, today Iih more take photos for the album memento...",

"Oh so yes, kirain what Ih.", Akiong a little amused by the expression of his neighbor who looks excited will take a photo of him.

"Yes, Ih, gapapa, just for a minute, right?",

Hearing Akiong who wants to be photographed, Aunt Alin became more excited and began to set the position of Grandma and herself for this lightning shooting session. After some pictures are finished. Akiong said goodbye to go home, and Aunt Alin noticed Akiong's steps that began to move away from Grandma's shop towards his home.

"Pity yes Well, seem to get less attention at home.", Aunt looked at Grandma with a concerned look, according to him Akiong is a good child and quite obedient. It's just that somehow his own family does not treat him well.

"Yes Lin, indeed pity, Mama is just as fierce as her mother is a little stern and lacking in attention. Though his family in China to take him there, but his mother objected...",

"His mother once shopped here, kept chatting for a while about it",

"Hmm.., if they want the child here, they should know they have to take care of the child properly.", Auntie becomes half irritated to hear the story from grandma, he did not expect this kind of thing to happen to a child his age.

"Already Lin, don't talk about the family next door anymore, there will be no end. You're also actually upset, they don't seem to care about the child. But you know, we can't interfere" my grandmother explained by sipping her warm tea.

"After this, what are you going to photograph Lin?",

"Hmm.., maybe a photo of the inside of the house Well.., or later we photo the foursome of Koh Jun and Bi Inah as well....",

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Aunt Alin began to open her eyes slowly with still blurry vision, she shook her head slowly and rubbed her eyelids that still felt heavy. After his consciousness began to gather little by little, he only noticed the gray ceiling of his house due to the dead room lights. Somehow he felt his room was stuffy and sultry, even though the fan in his room was still burning and functioning properly. He also began to feel sweaty hair begin to fill his forehead. As soon as he wanted to move his body to the side, feeling heavy and extremely stiff, Aunt Alin could not move his body in the slightest, his body seemed to be fixated very firmly on the bed. He has tried to move himself with all his might but still nil. I don't know what made his body so that, he was already uncomfortable with his room that was getting stuffy and sultry, and sweat was almost wetting his face. Auntie really did not understand what caused her body to become like this, he began to catch his breath slowly and began to lift his eyes which were also heavy and he was very surprised by what he saw in front of him. Some figures that are difficult to see clearly they are not humans are now standing not far from his bed, silent rigidly sculpting and staring at him with a pale face and the gaze of hollow eyes are empty. One of them is now sitting on the edge of the bed facing Aunt Alin while grinning sharply. Although the dimly lit rooms tend to be dark, Auntie can still see their apparitions are terrible. And one movement that makes it unusual is that all the figures began to move one step closer to him, making Auntie continue to move her body is not careless. He who continued to move his body to and fro suddenly felt something like a hard blow hitting his head.

Once he opened his eyes, there was no one in his room. There is only him who is now lying on his bed with a blanket and pillow bolster that is tangled and messy. Aunty back lying down while holding her forehead which in addition to wet because of sweat also feels heavy and dizzy. With a little effort, he got up from a lying position while putting back a bolster pillow beside him and stood beside the bed and still holding his head that felt heavy, heavy, then Auntie took the minked glass on her study table and drank almost half the water in her glass, and tried to take a short breath. Whatever happened last night, what he saw seemed real, too real for a dream. Even he still remembers the stature of the figure which of course makes anyone unable to see it. Aunt Alin was sitting in her study chair limp, while tidying up her messy hair, she again circulated her gaze around her room and remembered the position where the figures were standing.....he immediately shook his head, unwilling to remember the creepy thing again and took the towel hanging on the door of the room because today he was going to the photo studio to take a printout of the photo "the lightning" shooting session he did.

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"Alin..., want to take the photos yesterday?", greet the owner of the photo studio with a friendly. Aunty Alin always comes to this photo studio to print his photos.

"Yes Koh, is that the picture?",

"Have been.., for a while, just sit down first.", The studio owner invited Aunt Alin to sit down, but Auntie preferred to stand alone.

"This is Lin's picture, check it out with Lin.", the studio owner handed the envelope containing the printed photo to Auntie, and after Auntie paid for the picture, the studio owner handed over the envelope, then Aunt Alin sat in the waiting room of the photo studio to check the photos in the envelope.

Aunty looked at the prints from the shots one by one. But after he looked back, it turned out that there were some photos that felt awkward for him and when he looked back carefully, Aunt was shocked by holding her breath for a moment. He tried to calm himself down and began to separate the odd-looking photos with other photos that he had neatened into envelopes. He must immediately burn the strange photo upon arrival at home.........

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