Angker Village
The Jebak

All the residents gathered at the house of Mr. Rt. They'll deliberate about Ratna's mother's offer. I secretly came to listen.

"How about this Mr. Rt, do we have to pay five hundred thousand. Can't be less?" Ask one of the citizens.

"Yes. Ratna's mother asked that, I asked for leniency, seeing that all of you work as farmers." Said Mr. Rt who already felt full of his brain.

Ani's mother came forward, expressing her opinion. He asked all the people to pay attention to him.

"If I'm alone, just agree with Ratna's mother. We have no other choice, if our lives are lost it will be even more difficult. Although the money is five hundred, so great for me but my life is much more meaningful. We agree," said Ani's mother, who made all the citizens nod. It is true that life matters more than anything.

While everyone was busy playing, someone patted me on the shoulder. He was one of the villagers. I'm worried, if I get caught.

"Son, why are you wearing this shirt and covering your face?" Ask someone.

I don't know what to do. If she answered, she would recognize my voice. But, if it did not answer, this person would be suspicious. He could have shouted that made people look at me.

"Oh, what are you doing here?" Ask Ana who came suddenly. I breathed heavily, and immediately left from there.

"That guy, that's suspicious. He covered his face, like a bad guy."

"Quiet, mom. Let me check, leave everything to Ana." Said Ana who ran after me.

Ana walked near me, opened the door of her house and put me inside. Quickly, Ana locked it back up.

"Luis, I told you. You don't have to come" Ana said when I was safe at her house.

"sorry. I just want to know how he is."

"Yes, Luis. But you can be found out. Just wait here, I'll definitely come back and bring Marni's pink book. I'm going to Dion's house first" said Ana, who came out of her house.

I lay my body on the bed. It was morning, my eyes heavy. Want to be closed. I patted my pillow to sleep. A shadow featuring one family sitting in the living room. I can't see their faces, just the neck down. But their voices were heard in my ears.

"We have to finish Luis off, as soon as possible. Because of him, we can make our plans fall apart." Said a woman.

"But he's been kicked out. I don't know where he lives now."

"You fool, Luis didn't leave this village. He's still on the loose, unbeknownst to the people. The cost is also, at the village border. This is a chance for us to kill him." Everyone laughed out loud.

I who heard myself wanted to be killed, immediately woke up. My heart is running a marathon. From his voice, I don't know him. I was confused as to who he was and why he wanted to kill me so badly. As I was thinking, Ana's door opened. I immediately looked towards him.

"You, why are you looking at me like that?" Ask Ana who went into her room.

"Luis, what's wrong with you. Your face is sweating, are you sick?" Ask Ana who put the pink book on the edge of the bed. I hurriedly checked my temperature.

"Hot room,"

"Ana, I dreamt of a man who was planning a murder. They want to kill me." I said, making Ana dumbfounded.

"I don't know. It sounded from his voice, I didn't seem to know him." I said, looking at Ana. I was afraid that this dream might come true.

"You're out of bed in the morning?" Ask Ana. I quickly nodded.

"It was just an ordinary dream. People say, pamali sleeps in the morning. Sometimes we lose our parents faster or we have nightmares. No need to think about it" Ana said.

I feel calm, I hope it's true what Ana said. Where there might be people who want to kill me, only Mother Ratna intends. But Ratna's mother doesn't know I'm here. And that person's voice, not Ratna's mother's.

"really. Just a dream. Wherever possible, they knew they would still be in this village." I said that calms my heart.

Ana and I, uh, saw Marni's pink book. As per Marni's instructions in the dream, she wrote something in this pink book. Ana and I turned the pages back, all the pages of the book were still empty. There was no ink trail other than Marni's name.

"Luis, is this the book?" Ask Ana who is feeling desperate. He stopped turning the page.

"i'm serious. The color and picture of the book are the same. But, there's nothing here. Has anyone taken it?" I said guessing.

Ana and I closed Marni's pink book. There's no leads in it. Suddenly, a message came into my phone.

BROTHER LUIS, I'M SCARED AT HOME. DAD THIS MORNING, FOUND A LONG SHROUD ON THE PORCH OF THE HOUSE. THERE IS ALSO A WARNING IF BROTHER LUIS WILL SOON DIE.

Reading my sister's message, made me in shock. My dream just now, wasn't just a lullaby. But it's true, the proof is that someone sent a letter to my house. I told Ana. Ana and I decided to go to my house, while poking around. After arriving, my sister showed me the letter she meant.

"Luis, it's true. Someone was intending to kill you," Ana said as if in disbelief.

"Sister Luis should be careful. Just stay here, let nothing happen to Luis." My sister said with a worried face. My heart started to fidget, but I could still smile so that my sister wouldn't think too much about it.

"At least, just the ignorant. The writing looks ugly, like children's writing." My answer.

"Yes, Idar. You don't have to worry, I'll take good care of your brother. He temporarily stayed in my house, so that no one would dare to harm him." Ana. My sister feels soft. She as I and Idar spoke, someone knocked on the door shouting. Ana and I quickly ran to the back of the house. But two people were already there. I hurriedly closed the door back, before it was seen.

"Damn, we're in a trap." I said. Someone had planned it, by sending a letter to lure me to come here.

"Squeaky. He seems to know our movements. What's the culprit, the guy we know?" Said Ana.

"How about this, brother. Residents have started screaming and breaking down the front door." Said Idar who could not calm down.

"Where are we hiding?" I asked, looking around. There is no hiding place in my house, the residents will definitely search and can find me easily.

"Idar, open the door. Someone saw Luis, come into your house. Right, is Luis inside?" Shouted mr. Mus.

"Idar, if you don't open the door. We had to break down!" Force citizens.

The sound of my door, the louder it gets. The citizens have started to break into it and I have not found a suitable hiding place. Until finally, the door opened. People rushed in and started looking for me.