The Tomb Next to the House
12. Information Scratching

The next day I went back to Yati's house. On the pretext of being in touch and delivering food to him. But my main goal is to extract the facts hidden by my neighbor.

I'm sure this Yati has some information about the village, and the mysterious tomb. Do I have to subvert someone to listen to the story?

Come on, of course I don't believe in that kind of thing. Death will affect everyone. And every man shall meet his death according to the written destiny of his birth.

"You shouldn't bother, Via. Really, deh." Yati seemed to be accepting the bushel of food from me.

"No problem, Yat. Just relax," I said as I put my butt on the couch.

Before long Yati came from the kitchen with a tray filled with drinks, then placed it on the table. Along with him who sits beside me.

"Please."

"Thank you." I took a glass of his homemade juice, then drank it.

"I'm happy to be close to my next-door neighbor. Unlike most people in this village who always close their houses tightly," I complained, starting the action.

"Actually, this village used to be crowded. Like other villages. But since that incident. Everything changes," Yati said. He seems to be getting swept up in my game.

"What incident?" my fanc.

"The death of Mr. Kades' son-in-law."

"Sound-in-law of Mr. Kades? You mean Bryan's wife?"

"Do you know?" Yati looked surprised.

"He told himself."

"Bryan doesn't usually want to talk about his late wife to newcomers." Yati looked at me in wonder.

"Some," I said, raising my shoulders.

"Bryan's wife died two hours after they officially became a couple. There was no wind, there was no rain and he suddenly fainted. After being rushed to the hospital, he was pronounced dead of a heart attack. Though previously Sekar did not have a history of any disease."

"Blue?"

"Sekar, the name of Bryan's late wife. My best friend at school."

"Innalillahi wa innalillahi rojiun .... "

"But his spirit has not calmed down until now."

"-you mean?"

"Many people in this village are proven to be cursed Sekar. Until the people of this village chose to stay indoors rather than accidentally talking about Sekar," continued Yati, hearing that made me even more confused.

"wait. A curse? Mean what? I don't understand."

"Anyone who tells the story behind Sekar's death must uproot someone, so that the curse does not reach to—Sorry, I have to go back."

"Eh?" I looked at Yati's departure with my mouth open, ready for a lizard to enter.

While being seriously listening, Yati instead stopped the story just like that. It seems he has told me too far.

I get it now. The word 'flag someone' certainly lead to the tomb next to my house if according to the story of Yati at that time.

What a strange belief. But at least I've found a little bright spot about the tomb. So, the tomb next to the house was not an empty tomb. Except Sekar's grave, Bryan's late wife.

And, the reason why his late wife was buried there. The first owner of the house was Bryan. I learned that from Raihan yesterday.

Bryan's intention was to build a household in the house I currently live in. But destiny says something else. Man can only plan, God wills.

I also chose to leave, considering Yati's condition did not seem okay after leaking some facts to me earlier. I actually don't have any heart with him either. How else, I was curious.

"Eh, Mum? How come home?" I asked, when I saw Raihan mas already in the room was lying on the bed.

"Yes. The work is not too much. The next few days it looks like we're going home at night. I could not even go home."

"Well? Why, Mas?"

"Mas there's a new project out of town. So you can't go home often if the job isn't done."

"Yes ... If I sleep alone at night dong," my whine.

"There's an Althaf."

"Althaf prefers to sleep alone in his room, Mas."

"Mas will try to keep going home. But no promise."

I frowned.

It'sit's nothing. After Yati's talk about the inner eye the other day, I became concerned if the invisible creature showed its form suddenly. It's not that I trust his words raw, that anticipation is also necessary, is it?

When the night finally came, we did the ritual before going to bed as usual. I kept hugging my husband's body. Hope to find more warmth there. I don't want this moment to end.

For some reason, I feel like I will lose this kind of togetherness in the future. I hope it's just my feelings.