The Talc of Nyai
Falling in Love, Again?

Tiara hasn't been out of her apartment in two days. Only Rendra, the older brother delivers food to Tiara. He was trying to be a good brother to his sister. This afternoon Rendra came back, he was quite worried to see the pale face of his sister.

"Ra, are you sick? Pucet was really on the face from yesterday. We're going to the doctor, right?"

Tiara shook her head slowly, she was busy changing television channels to make Rendra dizzy.

"What do you want to see?! Replace just from earlier?"

"No idea, just a prank."

Rendra sighed, he took a plate of rice kebeli complete with fried chicken and also the pickle. "Feed your stomach!"

Tiara lazily grabbed the plate from her brother's hand. They fell silent again while looking at the television show that finally caught Tiara's attention.

"Pak Amrin's men nyariin you." said Rendra in the middle of enjoying their lunch.

"Uhuuuk," Tiara choked, she hurriedly took the water.

Rendra noticed Tiara, her sister was clearly hiding something. "Pak Amrin committed suicide. What, you know?"

Tiara coughed again, she shook her head.

"It's rumored you met Mr. Amrin before he died. Bener, Ra?" Rendra asked again like a police officer who sought information from the suspect.

"Toni died when he met you, now Mr. Amrin. I'm suspicious of you, Ra?"

Hearing Rendra's suspicions, Tiara tried to remain calm. He did not answer, and continued eating. But Tiara's silence made Rendra more intensively ask.

"Miko, Arka, everything related to you is dead." Rendra's face turned serious and tense. "You killed them all Ra?"

BRAAK!!

Tiara was upset and hit the table hard. "Arka and Miko didn't die because of me!" she turned her two beautiful eyes to her sister.

"Toni and Mr. Amrin deserve the punishment, but I'm not the culprit! They died for their own stupidity!"

"But everything refers to you Ra, you're the last person there is with them! Don't you think that makes the police suspicious?" Rendra pressed Tiara even more.

"I didn't touch Tony at all. He died by himself, and so did Mr. Amrin. He killed himself, I wasn't even there at the time." Tiara looked at Rendra with a flat expression, the empathy on the death of the two village thugs was evaporating already.

Rendra slammed her back onto the sofa, her appetite gone. She shuffled her hair in frustration. "May the police not find your relationship with them, I'm just worried about …,"

"We're moving out of here in a month! Go to another city and forget everything here."Tiara cuts off Rendra's words, affirming his plans to move away from his hometown.

"Moved? Where else?"

"Somewhere, far from here where people don't know and don't know who we are!"

They stare at each other, both of them are indirectly involved in Toni's death case so disappearing is the best way.

"One more thing, help me get to the guy we met yesterday." Tiara said again and this time surprised Rendra a little.

"Alan?"

Tiara nodded, Rendra's forehead creased and he tilted his head. "Why should I help you get him? What kind of rich kid is he?"

"He's your life guarantee,"

"Huh, what?!" Rendra was shocked to the point of surging from her seat. He immediately moved his seat and approached Tiara. "What do you mean? Serem is a life guarantee?!"

"I should get him no matter what Ren does, because if not ..," Tiara hesitated to continue.

"When do you wait until? if not why Ra? Why is my life guaranteed?!" Rendra could not wait for Tiara to speak.

Tiara sighed heavily, then turned her head towards Rendra. For a moment Tiara hesitated but eventually began to tell her about her true circumstances.

Starting from his meeting with Bayu, the agreement that Tiara made with the Nyai and also the collateral that must be given to Bayu and the power of demonic talc. It also tells the story of the deaths of the men around Tiara and how Bayu worked.

Rendra was surprised not to get upset, he suddenly retreated away from his sister. Rendra did not believe Tiara's confession. He also did not expect if his sister took shortcuts for the beauty and wealth that he got today.

"Crazy! You, you are choosing that path! Don't you think about the consequences of Ra!" Rendra shouted, he looked at his sister closely - sticking from head to toe.

"So this is all the result of my man you?!" his eyes widened, his suspicion of the money Tiara had earned in such a short period of time answered already.

Rendra is confused, angry, scared, and disappointed at Tiara's choice. Although they lack knowledge about religion, but Rendra knows the perpetrators of any model that uses soft media from the supernatural will lead to disaster.

"You can live a good life until now because Bayu, your debt is paid off, and all our enemies are gone." Tiara this time spoke without looking towards her brother, her expression flat.

"I need Alan's life or ..," Tiara paused her sentence.

"I'm the one who died!" He turned to look at Rendra, when Rendra limp his body sagged to the floor he was confused to behave and say what to Tiara.

"If I die, I can't guarantee your life is also safe from the pursuit of those roof tiles!"

If their lives are good, if fate does not play with both lives, if the father wants to recognize them as children from the beginning, and if Rendra is not entangled in persuading the duo Amrin and Toni, he said, maybe life choices won't be this difficult. A million words if it filled Rendra's disheveled mind.

"Why Ra, why don't you want to tell me the same story?!" she was half hysterical.

"Where were you when I was alone? You go that way I'm even selling me to Toni!" Tiara repeats and remembers Rendra's mistake.

"Udah, I am responsible! You want to go home now, I want to be alone."

For a while they were silent to each other, only the sound of the television still faithfully filled the silence of the room. Rendra looked back at his sister for a moment before standing up and saying, "Take care of yourself, Amrin's men are looking for you."

Rendra passed by leaving Tiara alone. Tiara closed her eyes, her hands clenched, her heart ached with Rendra's words during the conversation.

I'm so stupid, Ren, so stupid! I seduced Bayu, not thinking long. If I could go back, I would like to go back but it is not possible either. Your life too my life can float. I still want to live enjoying what I have now. Sorry Ren, sorry I dragged you so far!

Tiara cried in silence, what words were appropriate to describe her current feelings. Tiara regretted but also enjoyed the result. He did not deny Bayu made himself calm and protected. He also enjoys every touch of Bayu.

Tiara oh Tiara,

His phone rang, Alan sent a short message asking him to meet again. Tiara is confused, she hesitates to answer but then she replies to Alan's message. They will meet at a cafe in the Pleburan area, Han's Coffee.

As promised, they met. Tiara looks beautiful even with her casual clothes, powder polish plus natural lipstick make it more beautiful to shine. Since getting off the taxi, Tiara has always been greeted with adoring gazes by the men, mostly college students and young executives who have just returned home from work.

"Hi, long wait, huh?"

Alan's smile expanded perfectly, he was amazed by Tiara's beauty tonight. "Well, you're beautiful again! Special to me?"

"Iish what the hell, ordinary times. You know how I am?"

"Hhm, yes, but I can honestly say no Ra?"

"Say, did anyone forbid?"

Alan smiled faintly, "I prefer the old you, the more natural, the prettier."

DEG!!

Tiara's heart feels stopped beating, he did not expect Alan liked the appearance of his old cat.

"Oh so now I'm not pretty?" he tried to cover his surprise.

"Beautiful, too beautiful, too beautiful! Until you see the eyes of the boys - hoot everything to you!"

Tiara looked back and sure enough the adoring gazes of the men were all fixed on her. Tiara chuckled, and drank the ice cappucino of her order.

"The name also has eyes, whatever they want to see."

"Ehm, can't I just find something?"

"Ask me?"

"Santi said you still can't sincere Arka huh?"

Tiara folded both hands on the table, looking at the man who was a little similar to Arka. "That's it, why?"

"What a special occasion is Ra, in your heart?"

Tiara sighed before deciding to tell her about Arka. Their accidental meeting and Arkan silliness. The story of the figure of the man who was the first to become his close friend just flowed from Tiara's lips. Sometimes Tiara smiled, occasionally turning sad but laughing back as Alan comforted her.

Tiara has not realized that Alan deliberately made her tell stories so that the burden on the heart of her beloved girl is reduced. Alan cared for Tiara regardless of the enchantment spell Tiara had cast before.

Alan grabbed Tiara's hand and grasped it tightly, "From now on, I'm here. You can share a lot of things with me. I may not be able to replace Arka but I can also make you smile and happy."

Tiara's heart warms, strange vibrations radiating from Alan's hand. Not sure what happened, Tiara just felt comfortable with the dimpled man in front of her.

Did I fall for him?