KALIYA (THE HAUNTED DOLLS)
Chapter 23
Andara cars began to enter a quiet place, which was only surrounded by plantations and forests around the road.
Once in doubt but it is the impression that the road is in accordance with the instructions of Mr. Kosim. After this place, new Andara will find residential residents. A remote village away from the frenetic city.
Andara also drove her car at moderate speed. I don't want to get lost somewhere else.
Until finally, Andara saw a sign that read Rawabangke village. Slowly, the tires of your car also revolved through the unpaved road. Red soil with puddles in some holes make the road feel slippery.
You have to be careful through a small road that only fit in one car.
Silent, deserted as uninhabited. Residential areas consisting of only a few houses, even far from each other. Really a rubbed area.
Andara pulled over her car when she saw an old grandmother carrying a sack in her hand. He was walking in the opposite direction to Andara's car.
Andara waited for the old grandmother to pass her car, she was sure the grandmother must have walked towards her.
" Good afternoon Grandma, "greet Andara after opening the window of the car.
" Once in the afternoon, "the answer is short.
" I'm sorry Grandma I want to ask, which house is Mr Purwa next door? " ask Andara.
The old grandmother was silent, her face immediately exuded the tension of hearing Purwa's name being mentioned by a stranger to her.
The old granny simply pointed straight ahead without making a sound.
Andara followed the woman's index finger, and her net caught a building at the end of the street.
" Oh that's yes. Thanks grandma. " Andara smiled kindly yet the old woman hurriedly left, like frightened.
" It's so weird ! " murmurm Andara.
He returned his car to the direction indicated earlier. As soon as your eyes widened to see the old building that was not taken care of and most surprising again, the house was exactly the same as the house in his dream.
Andara got out of the car after a while observing the house from inside the car.
An uncomfortable cold begins to be felt. Until he held his nape and circulated his gaze around the place.
There is only a vacant lot, a garden around the house. You think the house is the last house in Rawabangke village because the road that passed was deadlocked stopped in front of the house.
Slowly you climb the stairs to the terrace. This building is made of full wood even until the porch tiles are made of wood board.
" If there is no Sinta then I look for information from whom? " murmurm Andara.
He thought it was a waste of time just coming to Kaliya's house. He should have gone to the nearest police officer who might have handled the Kaliya and Purwa murders.
When Andara turned her body about to leave from there, suddenly she heard the sound of the door creaking open. Andara turned, turning half of the body.
The main door of the house is wide open, no one can open it. There is no wind that can make the door open by itself.
Feeling challenged and curious. Andara walked closer to the door.
" Excuse me ! Is there anyone inside? " calling Andara began to step into the house.
Andara had coughed when the smell of dust began to inhale his sense of smell.
Some chairs looked upside down from the position they should be, the tile board was filled with thick dust and rubbish scattered. When Andara walked until sounding his own steps when stepping on a weathered board.
A piano was stored in a corner of the room, in an ancient wooden cabinet stored radio and also an old television. Which may not work.
Andara stared at the family photo displayed in the main room. It looks dirty and unclear until Andara rushed to pull the chair upside down earlier. Andara climbed the chair to bring the family photo figura displayed there.
Andara grabs the tissue in her bag and then rubs the dirty part of the photo with the tissue. In an instant, you can already see one by one the people in the photo.
Andara believes that the three people in the photo are Purwa, Sinta and their daughter Kaliya.
Purwa's face is very familiar to Andara, he had seen the figure when buying a doll some time ago. This further strengthens Kosim's remark that the doll stall has long been absent and replaced with a grocery store.
That means Andara and Sandrina entered another dimension when buying dolls at Purwa's store.
Andara's nape began to creep especially when he heard the sound of footsteps in another room of the house.
Andara intends to save the photo figura back to the original place. Suddenly a piece of paper fell from behind the figura. First you put a figura, then he grabbed a piece of paper that was almost damaged in eating termites. But he can still guess if the paper is a greeting card from someone.
" Happy birthday dear Sinta. " You read the handwriting of the little card. But he could not read who the sender of the birthday card was because it was damaged.
Tap,,tap,,tap,,
Spontaneous Youara turned her head when she heard the roar of steps walking into another room.
Andara rounded her eyes when she caught the figure of Kaliya peeking behind the door by only exposing her head which was certainly with a creepy face. Even worse, Kaliya now waved at him as if inviting Andara in even deeper.