The Three Chosen
145. His name is Marwah
That day, Iyaz and his friends got a birthday party invitation from the hostess' son. Unfortunately, Iyaz could not be present because he was having a severe flu at the time.
“ Greetings to Gibran..,” says Iyaz.
“ Yes. Gapapa nih Lo lives alone at home.?” tanya Rocky who comes from Singapore with a stammering Indonesian.
“ Gapapa Kok...,” says with a smile.
“ If there is anything related I have yes Yaz...,” Idris message from Garut it.
“ God willing there is nothing. The hunted went there..,” said Iyaz while patting Idris and Rocki on the back together.
Rocki and Idris smiled and walked out of the house laughing and Iyaz got to the door.
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After eating and taking medicine, Iyaz decided to rest in the room and sleep in order to recover immediately. When I opened his eyes, Iyaz felt his body sweat so much that he went to the bathroom to wash his body with warm water.
“ Alhamdulillah has no more fever..,” murmured Iyaz while touching his forehead with the back of his own hand.
Then Iyaz stepped out of the room to get some fresh air. When going to the terrace of the house, he saw the cloudy weather and the germis came down. Iyaz undoes his intention to sit on the terrace because he does not want to get sick again if exposed to cold air. Iyaz turned to the living room and sat on the sofa watching television.
Feeling bored with the show that aired local television stations, making Iyaz divert television channels
to international channels but the same. Iyaz still feels bored. Finally, Iyaz returned to his room and decided to tidy up his room.
While being engrossed in cleaning his room, suddenly Iyaz was surprised by the noise of the middle room. Iyaz frowned then smiled thinking his friends had returned.
“ You're home, how's the party..?” ask Iyaz while opening the room door.
Sepi no sahutan. Iyaz pegged for a moment because he saw no one in the middle room. Iyaz smiled faintly and then closed the door again knowing that it was only ‘ small disturbances’ from the astral beings inhabiting the place.
But the door of the room did not close perfectly when the noise returned even accompanied by the fall of a large urn in the corner of the room. Luckily the jar was made of copper which was a gift from one of the hostess residents for the hostess owner.
“ So what do you want now..?” asked Iyaz patiently as he stepped over to the urn.
Iyaz grabbed the big jar and put it back in its place. Both eyes stared fixedly at the corner of the room where the urn stood before. There, Iyaz saw the appearance of a female astral creature in a shabby pink dress.
The woman with the hair down looked down her face as if frightened when Iyaz found out about her hiding place. Iyaz carefully placed the urn and sat on the sofa not far from the urn as if waiting for the female ghost to speak.
“ If you don't want any story now, you better go. Not good here for you because We are here all men..,” said Iyaz.
The female ghost raised her face and floated closer to Iyaz. For a moment they stared at each other and it was then that Iyaz could see the girl's past.
Marwah's father was just a laborer in a small-income soap factory. While his mother helped
her husband works as a domestic assistant in a house owned by a wealthy family in the city. Two Marwah sisters were forced to drop out of school because of the absence of fees. Initially Marwah wanted to help her parents by working. But when he received a scholarship, both Marwah's parents asked him to go to college.
Marwah decided to use the facilities from the campus in the form of temporary residence until graduating from college because of the location of the house far from campus. It is almost two hours drive to Marwah to arrive at the campus by city bus. After living in a boarding house, Marwah can save on expenses and use them for more important things later.
Until that fateful event happened. Marwah's body was found inside the room by her roommate named
Raqiyas. When Marwah's body was found wearing a pink dress. Marwah's body was placed on the bed in a sleeping position and covered. Marwah's roommate did not realize that night he slept with a dead body in the same room.
That morning, as usual, Raqiya greeted Marwah as she was about to go to the bathroom.
“ You do not want to go to Marwah campus, not today your killer lecturer who teaches..?!” raqiya asked as she stepped into the bathroom.
After bathing and changing clothes, Raqiya returned to the room and combed her hair in front of the mirror.
“ Still sleeping Mar. Ga college yes..?” raqiya asked again but there was no answer.
Raqiya took a peek as he occasionally glanced at the unmoved Marwah on his bed. When Raqiya smeared liptint on his lips he realized that the position of the Marwah blanket was still the same since last night. Raqiya turned his head and looked at Marwah's body.
“ Kok, not moving at all. Don't-don't it's just a bolster yes..,” muttered Raqiya while approaching Marwah and then pulled the blanket Marwah.
When he saw Marwah's body under the covers made Raqiya surprised, moreover there was blood between the nose, lips and ears of Marwah. Marwah's face also looks blue and swollen as if she had just experienced persecution. Raqiya screamed to the surprise of all the hostesses.
The owner of the boarding house immediately contacted the police and in an instant the boarding house was crowded with police, medics and journalists.
Because of the shock Raqiya was evacuated to another place for a while. Especially when medics say if Marwah allegedly died since eleven hours ago. That means all night Raqiya slept in a room with a dead body !.
Marwah's parents, who live in another city, were contacted by police. They seem very devastated when they find out that the child who became the foundation of their hope died in a terrible way.
The police began to interrogate all Marwah's classmates including Raqiya. But there is no clue who was the last one with Marwah and what was the motive for Marwah's murder. Police only found a letter in the drawer of Marwah's study desk stating that Marwah felt tired, bored and wanted to stop. In the paper also written the sentence of Marwah's apology to all his loved ones.
After an intensive investigation, police were unable to find Marwah's killer. Then the Marwah case was closed. After a dozen years passed now Marwah came back and asked that the killer be arrested. It seems that Marwah is not willing if the people who have made him die live freely without enduring guilt let alone get the punishment they deserve.
Iyaz let out a long sigh while closing his eyes. The condition of his body is not healthy while the ghost of Marwah needs his help.
“ God willing I help you. But not now yeah, I'm not healthy anymore. That's why I'm less sensitive to your presence. Though my family in Indonesia has seen your presence yesterday. Give me some time to find out who your killer is. But until I nemun the killer, I ask not to disturb others.” said Iyaz who is possessed by the ghost of Marwah.
After hearing the promise of Iyaz, Marwah's ghost drifted back to the corner where the copper urn was located.
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