After being bathed, the body was brought back into the house to be immediately shrouded. Those who bathed Razi had great difficulty because blood was still coming out of the man's body so that when he was lifted, blood inevitably seeped out. They were going to stuff his stomach with cotton so that the blood would not come out.
They were afraid that later the shroud would be soaked with blood so they had to redo the shroud, so after Zayn thought about it, he immediately stuffed it with cotton so that the blood would be absorbed by the cotton inside so that it could no longer come out and stain the shroud.
"Zayn." Tomo approached the young man.
"Yes, Sir." Zayn replied very politely.
"When everything is finished later, I want to ask for a favor and don't refuse me." Tomo said with red eyes.
"What are you talking about, Tom? Your son hasn't even been buried yet, but you're already busy asking for favors!" exclaimed Anjar, Tomo's younger brother.
"I just want to ask for help, Sis." Tomo said softly.
"I know what you're thinking, don't think anything strange about my child's death!" Anjar snapped, looking displeased.
"How can I not think strangely, Sukma was killed like that and then followed by Razi." Tomo also began to get heated.
Anjar was very annoyed with her brother because Tomo already wanted to use the power of a religious teacher or even he would definitely look for a shaman to see who had done evil to his children. As a sibling, of course, Anjar was already very familiar with Tomo's attitude.
"We'll discuss that later, Sir. Now let's take care of Razi's body first!" Zayn spoke up.
"Alright." Tomo nodded, feeling very weak.
"God willing, everything will be revealed, the important thing is that you pray a lot to Allah to be shown the way out." Zayn advised the old man.
The one who was advised only nodded and went back to taking care of the body of his son who was being shrouded. Tomo was sure that something was wrong with both of their deaths. because Sukma had died in a dismembered state, not to mention now Razi who was found with a ripped stomach in front of the peanut garden.
"AAAAAHHKK!"
Just as Tomo was about to relax and calm his heart, from the group of women, there was a loud scream as they brought Sukma's body into the living room to be shrouded too. Screams were not only from Bu Dian's mouth but also from everyone who participated in bathing the body of Tomo's youngest child.
"What's wrong?" Tomo and Reno ran closer and were immediately shocked.
"Quick, help, take all parts of her body!" Mak Ratih and Mak Sabar, without fear, collected the parts of Sukma's broken body.
"Oh God, my child!" Tomo cried, hugging the head of his child that had separated from its body again.
"Huhuhuuu... What sin has Sukma done, what big mistake has she made?" Bu Dian muttered weakly.
"What are you talking about, Sis?!" Tomo snapped, not accepting that his child was spoken to like that, even if it was his own younger brother who said it.
"Enough! Don't fight anymore, let's take care of this as soon as possible." Mak Ratih mediated between them all.
Ainun was also there and had also participated in bathing the body earlier. When Sukma's body was lifted to be brought inside, Ainun also saw how the body that had been stitched together fell apart, like a plastic object that was smashed to pieces.
Therefore, the head and other parts also broke up, now they were collecting them one by one and decided to bury Sukma in this condition. Because her body also began to rot even though it had been injected with formalin at the police station yesterday.
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Two mounds of soil that had been sprinkled with seven kinds of flowers were now the final resting place for Sukma and Razi. The two siblings could be said to have died only one day apart, and then Razi followed his younger sister in a condition that was not much better, although not as bad as Sukma's.
Their departure left a deep sorrow for the family, especially their elderly parents. They thought they would die before their children, but it turned out that it was the children who died first at a very young age because Sukma was only twenty years old.
"Be patient, maybe Allah loves Sukma more so she was called first." Mak Ratih continued to comfort her former employer.
"I really can't let go of Sukma and Razi like this, the wound of Sukma's passing hasn't healed yet, and now Razi has followed." Bu Dian sobbed.
"It's so sad about Sukma, who really killed her." The neighborhood chief's wife also spoke softly.
"I pray that the person who has hurt my children will suffer for the rest of their life." Tomo growled in front of his children's graves because Sukma and Razi were buried side by side.
"You can't talk like that, let Allah avenge them and the police will surely find the killer soon." Mak Ratih advised.
Tomo bowed his head because he really couldn't understand who would dare to hurt his family like this, even though he felt like he had never wronged anyone. Even about becoming the village head, he didn't ask for it at all, it was only the residents who were busy wanting to make him one.
"Tom, I don't know what people who don't like me will say to you! But I have absolutely no intention of hurting your child, you may not believe it, but I have spoken honestly." Eko asked Tomo to talk.
"Please convince me that it wasn't you, Ko." Tomo asked, crying again.
"By Allah, I swear in front of your child's grave, I have never killed or harmed Sukma or Razi." Eko immediately swore without fear.
"That's enough, gentlemen, we can't accuse each other like this." Zayn didn't want the situation to get any hotter.
"I'm just speaking my mind, Ustad! I even dare to face Ustad Zaidan's wife because he said he can read minds." Eko spoke his mind.
Tomo became doubtful that it was Eko who had hurt his family, maybe it wasn't the village head after all. Maybe Eko really didn't want to run for village head anymore because he had resigned himself to the fact that Tomo was the one who wanted to rise, as the residents had hoped.
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