The Unused Ex
Looking for Maya and Birrul

Meanwhile, Suhan decided to return to the hospital when approaching Isya. In his heart the young man was already determined to finish his conversation with the delayed Maya.

Unfortunately what the man faced in Birrul's room had taken him by surprise. As Suhan entered Birrul's room, only the empty room greeted him.

"Excuse me, Sus! where are the patients in this room moving to?" ask suhan to one of the sisters who passed by in the hallway.

"Oh. The previous patient in this room is out, sir. Just about an hour ago maybe.."

"What?! Out out? I mean Sus, my son is out of the hospital like that?!"

"Yes, sir, it seems that since this afternoon your wife has been busy taking care of her outgoing mail,"

"Thank you, Sus!"

"Together, Sir! Excuse me.."

Without waiting for the nurse to pass, Suhan just pulled out his cell phone to be able to contact Maya.

"Maya... What do you mean by this, May? Why didn't you tell me Birrul was out of the hospital tonight?" suhan murmured while waiting for his call to be lifted.

But after he put the speaker of his phone in the ear, only the voice of the telephone operator alone welcomed him.

"sorry. The number you are calling is inactive. Or being outside the area. Please call in a moment.."

"Not active?! Do we not dispute the road, huh..? Maybe now Maya has arrived home first." Suhan murmured back.

In the end, Suhan returned through the journey to his home. Although somehow his heart was suddenly clouded by disturbing emotions that he could not explain why.

All the anxiety was only answered when Suhan arrived at his house. Because the man found that there was no Maya and Birrul there.

"May...The love..! Where are you, Um..?!" call Suhan as soon as she steps into her quiet home.

However, his call did not receive any confirmation. Even after he was tired of looking almost to every side and room of the house, Suhan never found his wife and child.

"Where exactly are Maya and Birrul?" muttered Suhan alone in the stillness of the stifling room.

The man then tried to call Maya's number back. However, Maya's number remains inactive as before. So that in the next second Suhan began to contact one by one the closest people to Maya, in order to find the whereabouts of his wife.

There were no results for Suhan's search that night. And the man ended his night with anxiety and worry that he found difficult to manage on his own.

"Where exactly are you, Um..? Why did you just leave...?" muttered Suhan on the living room sofa.

After spending a while there, Suhan finally decided to call Bryan's number, his sister-in-law.

And once the call is connected, this is what the conversation between the two is like..

"Assalamu'alaikum's chat.. Bry!"

"Wa'alaikum hail, warohmatullah.. Brother Suhan.. How are you, sister..?"

"Well.err.gak. actually the condition of Brother is not good anymore, Bry.." replied Suhan in a lethargic voice.

"Ehh? What up. Sis? Brother May and I are all healthy, right..?" bryan asked across the phone.

"Well, there it is, Bry. Brother himself does not know how the condition of Maya and also Birrul now,"

"Lho's? How could that be, brother??"

"Actually.."

And then, Suhan finally told the quarrel and also misunderstanding that occurred between himself and Maya. After finishing the story, Bryan also gave his comments.

"Oo, Gosh! If so, it is appropriate that Kak May is angry, Sis.."

"But your brother is also a bit stubborn, Bry. He didn't want to hear the reason for Brother at all!" suhan sounded so frustrating.

"From the beginning, Maya was that, right? Kan Bry has also been given to Suhan, right..? May is not just possessive. But also melancholy and dramatic! Ever heard the story about Kak May who made sure Bry ran away when we were kids, right?"

"Yes. I've heard the story from my late mother.. He said because I'm angry you two are bandits playing on the dam right?"

"That's actually May's fault. You see, Bry was only three and a half years old. So obviously it's his fault that Kak May is the one who ngajak Bry to the dam first." said Bryan defended himself.

"Don't he say you're the one who took Maya..? Maya says.you whine to him ask to play on the padang.." refute Suhan while remembering the story from his wife first.

"Ehh.. Well, the point is, Bry kan maish is really small, brother. So it's still his fault Kak May is the one who wants to accept Bryan's invitation to play on the bridge. We used to get tepok with Mom on pan*at. It hurts so much, if you remember it again..!" seloroh Bryan.

"...."

"So you really don't know where your brother is, Bry?"

"No. I don't know, Brother,"

"Where would Maya go now?"

"Maybe to his friend's house, brother?"

"Sister Tanyain, but the same brand, Bry!"

"M. M. to the neighbor's house…?"

"Well, yeah, Bry..?"

"Just try to be asked, Brother.."

"Is it possible that Maya went to your brother's house, Bry? to the house of Uncle or Uwak who is far away?"

"All of our Uncle and Uwak, his house is only near there, Brother! No one is far away!"

"Hhh. that's it.."

"Yes.. Uh! A moment! But there's a late grandmother's house in Kaliyu.."

"Kaliyu?"

"Yes. It was just an empty house for a long time. Maya couldn't have moved there all of a sudden, sister.."

"Why not?"

"Soal as Bryan remembered, there was once Kak May had seen the sighting. Sister May is the most anti-horror named, sister!"

"Is that so?"

"Yes. So it's obviously impossible for Sister May to go to that house!"

"Hm.. Any other ideas?"

"Bry remembers first.."

After a few pauses while waiting for Bryan to think, Suhan also came to think of another option where Maya was currently. But his mind was dead-end.

"Oh! Try Aunty Rosa's house, sister!"

"Tante Rosa? who's that. Bry?"

"Friend of the late Mama.. Aunty Rosa used to play at home. But since her son's fan husband died in an accident, Aunt Rosa has rarely played. Well, who knows, sister May went to her house, right?"

"..Who's Aunt Rosa living with now?"

"Do not know, brother. But it's like it's on its own. So it's time for Kak May to go there and get Aunt Rossa,"

"OKAY. If so, could you please send me the address now, Bry?"

"Ready. Bryan will send a message yes, Brother!"

"Thank you, Bry.."

"Sama-sama, Brother Su.. Bryan did you join Suhan Kak looking for Kak Maya too?"

"Don't.no need. Let Brother find Kak May himself first. You just focus on college.later Brother reported how it was!"

"Okay deh. I hope Kak May soon meet ya. Sis!"

"Yes.. Yes, yes, Bry.. Assalamu'alaikum!"

"Wa'alaikumsalam warohmatullah.."

Clik.

And the phone eventually disconnected.

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