
I've been fucking shit lately. After being fired from a job. Now another disaster has befallen me. My beloved wife died before the Almighty. He was hit by a train, as he was about to return home after shopping at the market.
Leaving me and my two-year-old daughter four months. Because they do not have a steady income. I decided to go back to my parents' house in Depok.
Leaving our comfortable rented house near this mosque. I decided, as soon as I got to my mother's house. I'm going to sell my bike. My only treasure left.
My mother's house is very large. The front and back yards, too. In the backyard, a chicken farm was made by my late father who was a retired civil servant. From there it was enough to support my mother and my sister's family.
Well, actually the reason I'm lazy to stay at my mom's house, is because. There's my sister's family. I was the laziest and hated to meet my brother-in-law. There are many reasons why I hate it.
First, he is unemployed. The work is not fixed, there are even many who say. If he was a shaman. Second, never pray and fast. Third, I don't know why my sister and mother love him so much.
Not envious. But just bewildered, rich people like that. Treated like a king. That guy doesn't know himself. The cost of alahiran and aqiqah alone from my mother. It's like that instead of looking for work, but even foya-foya.
Play here with his friends. The streets until often left the wife's children for days. All that, it costs my mother. I don't know why my mother and sister care so much about people who are even inferior to those street dogs.
Finally, I arrived at my mother's house. My mother greeted me with joy. She hugged and kissed Amira, my sweet daughter. My sister said hello and kissed my hand, I kissed her daughter too.
My sister, Anggie, also has a son named Caca, who is about five years old. Actually this is his second child. Her first child died when she was just one day after birth.
Caca is very happy to play with Amira. The first time we arrived. Just in the front yard, Caca was already screaming for Amira in excitement. Now Amira was invited to play in the living room by Caca.
“Where is Mando?” I asked Anggie.
“Mas Mando again has affairs outside, Bang,” he replied.
“Work?” ask again.
Anggie just shook his head weakly. Surely the old man just wandered, where maybe he worked. Stupidly I'm still asking about that. I was helped by my mother and sister to clean up the room that we will use later.
This was my room before marriage. I put my clothes and other important files in the closet. Then rest with my son. Talked a little with mom.
Mom asked me to take care of the chicken farm in the backyard. No need to work in the office anymore. I considered the offer from mother carefully. Because I really love my S1 Economics diploma.
Mother also told me, if lately there is something wrong, which happened to some chickens. Some of the chickens died with gaping wounds on their necks. Like being bitten by something.
Because tired and sleepy. I don't really care what Mom's talking about. I'll go to the room immediately. Prefer to rest in the room together with my son Amira. Until it doesn't feel, it's late afternoon.
Maghrib began to say hello. After performing the Maghrib prayer service congregated at the mosque near the house. I went home with a bad feeling. This village seems to be getting dreary. Different from the previous one.
People who worship in mosques are getting fewer and fewer. The lighting is also getting worse. Young people gather and crow on the side of the road more than being in the mosque for worship or seeking knowledge.
It is basically males mahh difficult, there is no cure. Beside her was Anggie and her mother holding Amira. I looked at their faces like a frightened panicked person, what is this?
“What is this, Buu?” I asked while taking Amira from my mother.
Pity me for holding Amira. Can gout later, because the weight of Amira already about thirteen kilos. Good for a two-year-old four-month-old.
I also saw Mando as if he was getting ready, where was he going? bring flashlights and warm clothes.
“What is this, Buu?” ask again.
My mother and sister looked at each other with sad faces. Also, Mando. Don't stare and talk to him. Kissing the smell of his body like a bandot I'm tired and tired.
“Caca missing, Bang,” said Anggie later, wirily.
I was surprised. “Kok, how can!?” ask me with a high tone.
Anggie told me that he also didn't know for sure when Caca was missing. Because at the time he and mom were preparing food for dinner in the kitchen. Suddenly the living room was quiet and quiet.
Not as usual, because Caca always plays with a frenzy and noisy there. She loves to sing and dance to koplo songs. There were neighbors who saw that Caca was invited by our father.
Loo, how is that possible? What's that forgotten neighbor, if our father had died a few months ago?
Finally Mando went to RT Chief, and prepared some young people to help find Caca after this maghrib. I went to look for her, because I didn't want my beautiful niece.
After changing the prayer clothes. I also prepared a flashlight and warm clothes for me to wear in search of Caca. Outside there are already several people and the Chairman of RT who gathered. I rushed to mix with them too.
Some see Caca walking west, precisely to the bridge between villages under which flowing breech is still very very fast. It is said that this river is also said there are still many cultures.
Therefore we had to hurry, we had to move quickly to be able to find Caca. There were about ten people who took part in the search for Caca, including me and our own RT Chairman.
People are looking for Caca. All are new citizens. None of them I knew and became my childhood friends. Only this RT Chief I know. He's Bang Ipin, my senior when I studied silat first at the Kyai Sapin Padepokan.
We split two groups of five people each. I'm with Bang Ipin's group. While others join the group Mando toad bangkong. We split up and started looking for Caca.
Not long ago my group walked. Suddenly there was a big black dog following my group. The big black dog came running after us. I panicked, but why didn't the others?
Was I the only one who could see the big black dog?