Episode 9

Nani heard that Nana was seriously ill, but she wasn't interested in coming home to visit her older sister. Nani had experienced too much heartache from the village flower's sharp tongue. Even when they were joking around, Nana would often insult her younger sister. It was as if there was no opportunity to miss insulting others, that's what made Nani very upset, even hateful. Now that she received news that Nana was sick, she didn't even know what her illness was, because Nani wasn't interested in knowing about the girl who had hurt her so much.

Maybe if it was only once or twice she was insulted, Nani wouldn't be this angry with Nana. However, the insults were continuous, leaving her with no more forgiveness. Aunt Las had also advised Nani to go home for a while to see Nana's condition, because Aunt Las had seen how severe the village flower's illness was. But Nani remained insistent on not going home. Aunt Las didn't want their sibling relationship to be separated forever. Until now, she and Mrs. Asih had never had a big fight to the point of not talking. But Aunt Las also realized that she couldn't fully force Nani, because Nani was a victim of Nana's rude mouth.

"What am I going home for, Auntie?" Nani was still busy ironing clothes.

"Just to see her, dear! It's not good for us as siblings to be at odds for too long." Aunt Las advised.

"But she was the one who started it." Nani wouldn't lift her head.

"Let people be bad to us, dear. But the important thing is that we are always good, God never sleeps." Aunt Las persuaded with difficulty.

"Whatever! I don't want to go home." Nani was annoyed.

"Have pity on your mother too, she must be hurt seeing her children not getting along." Aunt Las started mentioning Mrs. Asih's name so that Nani would be moved.

Nani was silent because indeed her mother must be very sad to see the relationship between her two daughters not getting along. She was eventually moved and decided to go home later that afternoon, even if it was only for a while to see her sister who was sick. It was the consideration for her mother's feelings that made Nani want to go home.

If she didn't think about her mother who was gentle and easily cried, Nani would definitely be reluctant to go home. To hell with Nana's illness, maybe it was retribution from God because Nana's mouth was very fond of insulting people. Everything bad would definitely get bad retribution, of course.

"Later, we'll go home with Auntie, in the afternoon." Aunt Las said softly.

"But I can still stay with Auntie, right?" Nani was afraid of being kicked out.

"Of course, Auntie is happy when you're here." Aunt Las nodded.

"Later, Auntie won't want to take me in anymore." Nani said while folding clothes.

"Why not? It's nice to have you here, Auntie can just relax and doesn't have to work." Aunt Las replied.

Nani laughed because it was true, since she was here, Auntie never let her do any work. Nani did all the housework, from cooking and cleaning the house. Because she also felt sorry for Auntie, who was already old and still had to work. Her child was only Dani, because Auntie's husband had died since Dani was three years old, and she didn't remarry. Her love was gone for her husband, there was no more love left.

"After we go home, let's stop by Mrs. RT's place first." Aunt Las invited.

"You go ahead, Auntie, I'm embarrassed." Nani refused.

"Embarrassed of whom? You're human, Mrs. RT is also human." Aunt Las grumbled.

Nani was embarrassed because Mrs. RT had a single son who was almost the same age as her. She was embarrassed about her bad appearance.

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Mrs. Asih hugged her youngest daughter who had just arrived. She missed Nani so much, who hadn't been home since a week ago. It seemed that Nani's heartache was so deep that she was very reluctant to go home.

"Come here, my child." Mr. Irwin also hugged his daughter.

They hugged each other to release their longing, as if this separation was very far and they had not seen each other for a long time. Even though it was only a few houses away, Nani's departure, which was in a state of running away, made the parents very sad.

"What's wrong with her, Mom?" Nani asked softly because she heard a moan from Nana's room.

"It seems like breast cancer*, but she doesn't want to go to the doctor." Mrs. Asih replied softly.

"Why not? Cancer has to be operated on, right?" Nani was surprised.

"Your sister is sure it's not cancer, because since yesterday the doctor also said that it's not cancer." Mr. Irwin explained.

"It's swollen, Mom?" Nani was a little creeped out hearing the moan.

"It's not just swollen! Now your sister's breast is rotting and has holes in it." Mrs. Asih replied.

Nani covered her mouth in disbelief at what she had just heard. How could it be possible that in just a week it had rotted and had holes in it?

"Then why is she just left at home, it's better to quickly find a cure." Nani panicked.

"Nana wants to seek treatment from a shaman, because she believes that it's witchcraft." Mr. Irwin replied, staring at his daughter's face.

"Witchcraft?!"

Mrs. Asih shook her head because she was sure that her youngest daughter wouldn't do such a thing, it was just Nana's bad prejudice against her sister. Seen from Nani's surprised reaction just now, this girl couldn't possibly be so cruel to Nana as to hurt her this badly. Aunt Las also shook her head, because the old woman knew what Mrs. Asih and Mr. Irwin were thinking.

"Isn't witchcraft to make us like someone?" Nani asked with innocent eyes.

"That's a love spell, dear." Aunt Las almost laughed at her.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, we're not even sure it's witchcraft." Mrs. Asih ended the conversation.

"But I also suspect it's witchcraft, Honey! Because the doctor also said that Nana doesn't have any illness." Mr. Irwin started to get scared.

"Indeed, it's good to find a shaman who is really good, not a fake one." Aunt Las suggested.

Mr. Irwin nodded in agreement because Nana's illness was rather strange, the doctor said there was nothing wrong with Nana's body, but in reality she was suffering that badly.

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