The Three Chosen
74. Trance
On the day before dawn, Neta woke up. This time he sat down with his eyes closed. Bayan and his wife and three Neta sisters have woken up and are preparing to perform the Fajr prayer. They accidentally didn't wake Neta because Neta was idle and let her sleep longer because of the holiday.
Neta sat up straight with her eyes closed . At that time Neta was like being taken wandering at a time where it was seen a girl was sitting waiting for the presence of someone in a place.
The girl named Laudya repeatedly turned in the same direction hoping that the man she was waiting for would come soon. Well, it turns out Laudya is waiting for her lover. They had made an appointment to meet this afternoon at the place where Laudya was waiting.
Laudya's lover, Sofian, is a private driver from a wealthy family. While Laudya is a private tutor who teaches general subjects for the youngest child of a wealthy family.
Guess how early the meeting Laudya and Sofian. They met while Laudya was teaching the son
the family's youngest known for having difficult emotional control or autism.
At that time Laudya had difficulty facing a child who was rampaging because he did not want to learn. Laudya had told the parents of the child not to force the child to study because it was not good for him. But the parents of the child don't care. They gave orders to the baby sitter to prepare all the actions of the child's school and force him to study at that time.
And the child refuses in his own way of going berserk and crying. Not only that, but the child as well
throwing whatever was nearby at his nanny included Laudya. The two women tried to dodge and try to calm the child.
“ We can not maxain Rafa to learn Mbak, free. He's not ready to learn today.” said Laudya.
“ I know Mom. But the Madam had said that rich earlier, I did not dare to refuse..,” said the baby sitter.
“ What Rafa likes to mosquito rich gini Mbak. Kok I was even horrified that the way Rafa bersamuk could actually endanger himself and many people later..,” said Laudya again.
“ Often Mom, if you do not love Rafa it feels I also want to stop. Abis Rafa can't
guessed emotions. But her parents don't seem to know. They make rules as if Rafa is just as rich as his normal sister.
“ You mean Rafa is not normal.?” ask Laudya.
“ Yes, Rafa is Autistic Mom. He can't be too happy or too sad. All her wishes must be fulfilled, kal gaha yah rich gini deh..,” sahut the baby sitter while avoiding when Rafa again threw objects that are nearby.
Suddenly Laudya sees that Rafa grabs the glass ashtray and throws it in any direction. At that time Laudya could not avoid and just closed his eyes imagining the pain that would hit him when the glass ashtray hit his body later.
But Laudya was not in pain. Even the atmosphereendadak quiet. When Laudya opened her eyes. He saw
Rafa was being hugged by a man from behind his body. Miraculous. Rafa looked calm and nodded his head as the man whispered a sentence that calmed him down.
“ That's who Mbak..?” ask Laudya.
“ Thank God, Mas Sofian came..,” said the baby sitter.
“ Who is Sofian..?” ask Laudya again.
“ He's a personal driver Mrs Bu. The guy is nice, and Raka likes him. Raka always nurutin everything that is said to be the same Mas Sofian. Only Mas Sofian can nenanangin Raka if again raging Bu..,” said the baby sitter while stepping closer to Sofian and Raka.
Raka looks calmer and looks according to when the baby sitter took her away to change her dirty and wet clothes, then Sofian approached Laudya with a smile.
“ Bu guru gapapa right..?” ask Sofian well-mannered.
“ Yes gapapa Mas..,” sahut Laudya.
“ I'm Sofian...,” Sofian said as he reached out his hand.
“ I Laudya...,” sahut Laudya while welcoming Sofian's hand.
From then on Laudya and Sofian grew closer and decided to make love.
Laudya's daydream ends upon hearing the approaching footsteps. Laudya smiled as she thought that
it's Sofian. But for a while it seemed that Sofian did nothing but stand behind Laudya.
As impatient as Laudya turned his head and his eyes narrowed as he watched Sofian's battered face.
“ Your Face why Mas...?” ask Laudya.
“ Gapapa, this just fell yesterday..,” sahut Soian.
“ Ga may just fall. It's rich in abis wounds beaten up Mas. You got into a fight, who did.?” laudya.
“ Have gapapa. I'm just here to tell you that we have to end..,” Sofian said.
Laudya sculpted and tried to sharpen his hearing. He looked at Sofian fixedly, but Sofian just looked down while feeling his bruised face.
“ You mean what Mas, We broke up.?” ask Laudya carefully.
“ Yes...,” sahut Soian fast.
“ But why, what's my fault Mas..?” ask Laudya.
“ Ga there, You ain't nothing wrong. Only you're too good for me Laudya. I'm shy. I'm afraid you won't be happy with me later. So instead of continuing to give empty hope to you, we'd better break up now. You can find someone better than me. Sorry...,” Sofian said as he looked at Laudya.
“ Haapan empty. You mean you haven't been serious about our relationship.?.?” laudya asked, not accepting.
“ I like you Laudya but not love. There is another woman who made me fall in love.” Sofian said.
“ So You cheated on Me Mas..?” laudya asked with a disappointed look.
“ I ain't cheating Laudya. I fell in love with that woman first, but I felt like I wouldn't be able to have her, so I got your attention and we got it. But lately he and I are getting closer. We were interested in each other and decided to have a serious relationship. But that can only happen if I break off our relationship because I don't want to be in a relationship with two women at once at the same time.” Sofian said at length.
Laudya was crying. His heart was broken, his dream was destroyed. After saying everything he had to say, he,
Sofian leaves Laudya alone. Laudya cried to see the body of the man she loved drifting away and disappeared from before her.
“ Why Mas, why do you make me rich heartache gini. I didn't accept...,” muttered Laudya while squeezing her dress.
Suddenly Laudya felt that her head was dizzy and everything she saw suddenly turned around. Laudya closed her eyes and heard the chanting of the holy verse beside her. Feel close and calm. When he opened his eyes he saw that Iyaz, Izar and Kyai Hamzah were sitting not far from him. They seem to be teaching and dhikr.
“ You are aware of Neta..?” ask Bayan to make Neta jerk.
“ Father...,” call Neta down.
“ Yes Nak. These are Ustadz Hamzah, Iyaz and Izar. Dad deliberately invited them to help you son..” Bayan said.
“ Help me..?” ask Bayan's Neta.
Apparently Neta was possessed by Laudya's spirit. Neta even screamed and raved indistinctly in an upright sitting position. Worried, Bayan goes to meet Ustadz Hamzah and takes him to their house with the twins.
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