The Woman in the Heart of the Adjutant
Chapter 20

The Woman in the Heart of the Adjutant

Chapter 20

"Who, Mas?" A beautiful woman came out of the room.

"Mother's adopted grandson" Bayu said.

I greeted and extended my hand.

"Toky looks like you, huh, Mas?"

Not surprised to hear the words of his wife, om Bayu suddenly coughed 

"Wake in first! Chatting at the dinner table seems better," asked Mbah kades. "You haven't eaten, have you, Cha?" 

"On the road already," replied Acha.

Bayu's wife helps Buk Kades prepare food at the dinner table. Sometimes Acha finds out when Bayu looks at her. Of course that makes Acha uncomfortable.

Dinner took place with the atmosphere of the feet, Bayu's wife looked at Acha with a view of dislike. I don't know what's on his mind. Acha just met him once.

"You sleep here, don't you, Cha?" Bu Kades' voice broke the silence in the dining room.

"If Acha comes home, how about, Mbah?" Acha asked back.

"Yes, no! Tomorrow morning we go there again. We clean that house first. You can only stay there when the house is clean."

Acha just follow what Buk Kades said. It is true that the house is full of dust. It's been almost five years that Acha hasn't been home.

After dinner, Acha and Bu Kades spend the night chatting in the TV room until late at night. Ms. Kades was excited to hear Acha's stories. How his struggle to become a scholar did not escape their story.

"Sartika is indeed a great mother, she can make you this strong, Cu," muttered Bu Kades as she rubbed the top of Acha's head.

Acha also recounted how sad and shy she was to break up the marriage just because she was pithing to the mother. 

"Patience, yes, maybe it's not your soul mate." Bu Kades' facial expression looked extremely tense. "It's late, we go to sleep, yuk!"

Acha just followed, to be honest he was tired as well. I want him to meet the bed quickly.

Acha's room is next to Bu Kades's. The house is quite large, having four rooms. Only two rooms were filled. He's another holding room reserved for guests.

Acha reached into the phone in the pocket of the hoodie she was wearing, it turned out to be at one in the morning. When Acha opens the phone screen. There was a good-night message from Eligius. Acha smile. Wanting to retaliate but, it was night time scared of disturbing Eligius' rest.

It's almost three o'clock, Acha has not been able to sleep, there is a feeling that Acha feels. Suddenly his heart was pounding very fast, he seemed to have a premonition that something would happen but, he did not know what it was.

Want to do the Tahajud Salat certainly can not because Acha has not slept. Finally he just tried to think. 

Thrust yes feels dry, when he was about to drink, it turns out he forgot to bring drinking water to the room. Finally he went out of the room to get a drink in the kitchen. 

Some rooms were dark because the lights had been turned off, there was only a beam of light from Bu Kades' room, it turned out that the door of his room was not tightly closed.

When passing through the room Bu Kades Acha had a glance inside it turns out he was performing Salat. Acha just went on with the plan to her kitchen. Not lingering in the kitchen, Acha returned to the room again. 

While passing through Ms. Kades' room, I don't know what kind of demon forced her to eavesdrop next to the door. At that time Ms. Kades was holding a photo of Alm. Her husband's. 

"Sir, if you're alive, you're very happy to see him back." 

The words that made Acha dare to eavesdrop.  He wondered who Buk Kades meant.

"Grandson?" Acha asked in her heart.

"Now he's a law scholar, sir."

Hearing the word law scholar, Acha immediately thought that what he was talking about was him.

His body trembled after hearing that. Acha hurriedly entered his room. 

"What Om Bayu raped mamak?" Question after question came to Acha's mind.

"Sartika was amazing to educate her, sir."

Almost Acha fainted hearing a Kades Buk chat with a photo of Alm. Her husband's. Acha rushed back to her room.

Acha is very unsettled. Sweat pours out as if beating the cold of the night air in this village.

Still with trembling hands Acha looking around for her phone. The first person he would tell what he heard was eligius.

Acha doesn't care anymore, Eligius is asleep or not. He had to tell Eligius because he did not know what steps he should take.

"Sister El," Acha greeted in a voice as if holding back tears after her phone call was answered by Eligius.

"Why, Honey?" sahut Eligius is at the end of there.

Acha did not quite catch up with the answer of the man who this month was thirty-nine years old.

"Acha knows who raped mamak" whispered Acha in a disjointed voice as she was already crying. "Acha confused, Acha scared should be how."

"You're serious, Cha?" Eligius rose from his sleep. "You sent a location! Brother's leaving tonight."

Acha follows Eligius' orders. He sent his village location. Eligius recognized the village, as a former member of the armed forces he was quite familiar with the village of Acha because he had been assigned to the district.

"Son't turn off the call, yeah. Brother get there now." 

"Be careful, yes, brother!"

"Yes dear," said Eligius.

It was only then that Acha realized that from earlier Eligius called him affectionate. Acha closed her eyes, trying to calm herself down. 

How he should hold back, waiting until Eligius arrives. While from the capital to the district alone must travel for eight hours.

"Be careful, Brother," said Acha and he prayed for the safety of Eligius on his way.

Acha wishes dawn would be quick to say hello, he already wants to quickly leave this house. He's really disappointed. It turned out that the people who were considered as the helper gods turned out that they were hiding monsters.

The man he has been calling Om is Acha's biological father. She's the one who ruined the future of the holy girl in this village. He also made Acha born as a child without a father until childhood through various insults and exclusion.

Buk Kades is very good to Sartika. It turns out his son was a trouble maker. People are uncivilized, have no heart.

[You don't be rash, yeah, Cha! Brother doesn't want anything to happen to you. Wait brother!]

Acha read the message Eligius had just sent to his phone..

Finally, the sound of people teaching from the mosque located at the end of the village. Acha breathed a sigh of relief, she was finally able to return to grandma's house immediately.

He had no sleep last night. His body was no longer tired. He had to pretend he didn't know anything.