The Tomb Next to the House
28. Greyish

Finished discussing a few things, we finally returned home after performing the congregational dawn prayers at the nearest mosque.

Althaf was in her room when Raihan and I were sitting in the living room. We were silent to each other. No one is willing to open their voices between us.

"Deck .... "

"Mas .... "

We open the sound at the same time.

"You were once."

"Mas first is okay." I feel like I need to listen to Raihan first.

"OKAY. Sorry, Mom, huh?"

"Eh?"

Shocked dong. When suddenly. Yesterday Raihan was angry like a fidelity. I don't want to hear all the excuses I'm making. Why is he apologizing now?

"Please apologize for being rude to you. I don't know what makes it so." Raihan's explanation got me thinking.

"What do you mean, Mas?"

"Suddenly Mas Kayak wants to be angry with you. Especially if you are with Bryan. It was like directly spurring emotions that Mas himself could not control."

Raihan continued. "But out of Khalid's ustadz house earlier it feels like Mas's heart became adem. Emotions, crap or whatever it is gone somewhere."

"Something seems to have done, Mas deh," I concluded.

"What are you talking about?"

"Some sent us some. Let our marriage fall apart, ma'am."

"Haha. Since when do you believe that, Dek?" Raihan laughed at me.

Indeed, this is the most absurd conjecture I have ever thought of. I don't believe it, but it's real. Let's just prove it. Who would dare to disturb the peace of our family?

In the mind, the name Gita just ringing. I suspect the woman who confessed to Raihan's co-worker. Even I still feel anxious if they're playing behind my back.

"So he said, Dek?"

That heavy voice slightly jolted me from daydreaming. I turn my head towards Raihan mas, staring at his shady face—different from yesterday which looks dark full of anger.

"I can see invisible creatures, Mas. My inner eyes are open" I said, to the point.

Raihan's eyebrows rose slightly, looking at me like I couldn't believe it. As if to ask. 'Are you kidding me?'

I answered before he asked. "I'm serious, Mom. No kidding."

"Oh, so do you believe it?"

He's muttering. I was the one who was astonished. Why wasn't Raihan surprised or denied?

"Initially, I didn't believe it. But Ustadz Khalid said it was true."

"What's? Ustadz Khalid knows?" My eyes wide.

"Don't be surprised. He can even help you close your eyes again."

"Seriously? But .... "

"But what, Deck?"

"This inner eye is like giving instructions to me, Mas."

"What clues?"

"The tomb beside the house."

Raihan's face changed.

"Don't fuck around, Dek. You know for yourself that the tomb has taken a lot of casualties. I know everything. Including about the thing that befell our next door neighbor."

Deg.

So my husband already knows if Yati and her husband died because of me?

Indirectly it is a fact and I do not deny it. I thought that at that time Yati had deliberately told me the story about Sekar. I don't know what the motive is. He was willing to sacrifice for me.

Censure herself and her husband to tell me the truth. Did he do it because he knew that my inner eye was open? Which makes me feel better about what's around me. Just like his son, Bagas. They're like asking for my help to investigate their deaths.

"Dad?"

"E-eh, what?" A soft pat on the shoulder surprised me.

"You like to daydream. If you were kayaking last night, Mas'd be worried," Raihan said.

I just responded. Hiding my mind that's somehow bogged down. Many thoughts raging. And there hasn't been the slightest epiphany because everything is still gray.

"Aah!" suddenly shouts.

"Eh, what, Deck? How do you play yell? The ears are pengang, nih." Raihan looked at me in wonder. Swiping his ear close to me.

"I remember the last place I went before I woke up, Mas. Old warehouse behind Mr. Kades' house. Yeah, I can't be wrong." My eyes lit up, like I had just found a buried treasure.