Trapped in the Kalimati Forest
Chapters 15. After returning home

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Rania was taken care of by the grandmother and her granddaughter who was about 10 years old until she completely recovered. Until the next day after Rania managed to communicate with her family in the city, Rania was picked up by her grandmother who turned out to be looking for her.

"Oh Allah Ran..." Rania's grandmother cried and hugged Rania tightly.

Rania felt the same longing, she was relieved to still be able to meet with grandma and she could still see the world. "Grandmother.hiks." Rania's cry broke out in the grandmother's arms.

"Thank God you are safe, son! Oh Allah is the Wrestler..." Grandma hugged Rania tightly, giving thanks to the power over the safety of Rania, her granddaughter.

"Sorry Rania Grandma, sorry Rania...Rania is not the same as Grandma! Hicks..." The 17-year-old girl was still crying in her grandmother's arms.

At that time Rania was immediately taken home by her grandmother and her family driver named Joko. Along the way Rania was silent daydreaming, she just stared out the glass of her car. Look at the forest around it.

"Ran?"

"Yes grandma?" sahut Rania without looking at her grandmother.

"Grandma's glad you survived, son, it's been a week for the police and SAR team to find you in the forest. But you weren't found either,"

Rania looked up at her grandmother, what did she say? aweek?

"Mom, grandma said a week? The police and the SAR team are looking for me?" Rania asked with a frown.

Aweek? Was I just there one day?

"Yes Ran, you've been missing for a week. Ivan's parents, Mila, Rendra and Nita also find them. Ran, do you know where they're going?"

Just one day feels long there.

Rania clenched her tightly, only eyes flowing as her grandmother asked questions about her four friends. "Hiks..hiks.."

The girl was simply unable to say what had happened there, she was not ready to say it yet. The weight of his heart if he was forced to have to remember the events in the forest. Getting out of there is luck. Ms. Wida understood that, she did not ask anymore.

"Dear baby, don't answer me. We go home yuk, everything will be fine.you can tell me later," Ms. Wida, the old woman hugged Rania who was crying sobbing.

"Grandmother, Ivan, Nita, Mila Sama Rendra..they..." Rania sobbed in her grandmother's arms.

"Udah Ran don't go on, we go home, okay? Later at Oma's house make your favorite black squid, son?" Persuade Bu Wida to his grandson who is still crying. Inwardly, he regretted why he had to ask about Rania's friends.

It takes approximately 3 hours drive from a remote village near the Kalimati forest to get to Rania's house located in the capital because of traffic jams. If it is not stuck, 1 hour has arrived.

Bu Wida brought her granddaughter into the house, Rania's gaze was empty and felt hollow. Yes, empty and heavy for Rania because she returned alone, while the four friends have become curious spirits in the forest there.

Guilt gnawed at his heart, piercing his heart, especially his guilt at Ivan. It was because he clearly saw Ivan being carried right in his eyes and Rania couldn't help him.

Pity seeing her grandson like that, Bu Wida tried to comfort her. All kinds of ways he did so that Rania would talk, even entered school time Rania did not enter school on the grounds of illness.

Yes, he is sick! Not heartache playing on his mental pain. He never got out of the room after a week back from the Kalimati forest.

GECK!

GECK!

GECK!

"Assalamualaikum ma'am" said the girl and boy.

"Waalaikumsalam," Bu Wida's gaze looked at the two children.

"Mom, I'm sorry to interrupt.we're going to meet Rania" said the girl politely. "Include me Amira, Rendra's sister." Amira introduced herself as she reached out to Bu Wida, gladly the old woman welcomed her.

"I'm Miss Wida, Rania's grandmother." Ms. Wida introduced herself.

"Oh yes Ma'am, introduce also this is my name Galang. She's Mila's sister, Rania's friend." Amira introduces Galang.

The young man dimpled the one cheek was smiling kindly at Bu Wida. "Oh my God, I'm sorry. Forgive me for being disrespectful, come on in!" Ms. Wida almost forgot to let her guests into the house.

"It's okay, ma'am" replied Galang.

Galang and Amira entered the house along with Ms. Wida. The two of them immediately said their goal was to meet Rania and ask about the story of the Kalimati forest, so they could find their missing sister.

"I'm sorry before, I didn't let you meet Rania. But Rania, won't even open the door to her room after coming home from there. He won't come out of his room, if you can persuade Rania please." Obviously Bu Wida said the situation about his granddaughter.

"Yes ma'am, we'll try." Amira said full of determination.

Bu Wida leads Amira and Galang to Rania's room, the door of the room tightly closed. "This is Mom's room?" amira asked to see the white door.

"Yes, son,"

Bu Wida knocked on Rania's room door many times, as Rania did not open the door of the room, not even making a sound. Galang and Amira glanced at each other, they were already impatient to talk to Rania.

"Ran.. open the door, this is Rendra's brother and her sister Mila who want to see you, son..."

Various kinds of seduction and persuasion are continuously uttered by Bu Wida, but those in the room do not budge. Every time the door was broken, Rania just fell silent like a stressed person. At least he didn't commit suicide and wanted to drink a drop of water, even if he didn't want to eat.

"Mom, may I try to persuade you?" Amira's Advice.

"Please son,"

This time it was Amira who knocked on the door, "Ran.this is brother, brother Amira. Brother came all the way here to see you Ran. Please tell us where Rendra and your other friends are."

Inside the room, Rania curled up but she moved her head towards the door. It seems that the girl heard Amira's words.

"Rendra, come to my sister." said Amira with tears and a hoarse voice.

Rania began to respond, her face looking restless behind the darkness of her room.

Galang also spoke, "Iya Ran, even Mila also came to Kak Galang. In the dream, Mila asked for help to sister while crying, she said her soul was not calm."

Woken!

Rania immediately got out of her bed and stood in front of the door. The girl was preparing to hold the doorknob, was she going to open it?

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