The Midnight Radio
Episode 71

"Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi. The story of Midnight comes from the second floor studio 12.08 FM Radio Rebel Bandung with Inoxu and Adul here. How's everything going? Sorry just came back to accompany the listeners all, because—."

"Because Inoxu Tea just finished the honeymoon," cut Adul fast.

"Yes right! I'm out of honey moon—."

"Honeymoon, Tea," Errata Adul.

"Yes, and take a nice gulp of the world. Ahaha! One song requested by Mami AHN of Chocolate with Karma will be the beginning of the story tonight. Greetings to Uffay that have damaged my heart and trust. Uffay, what are you doing? After the song there will be a story from the source of all of us. So, stay tuned and don't go anywhere." I turned off the mic and saw Adul who was choosing the number of the source to call.

"Beres," murmured Adule before his head twitched following the song.

"That's it, Karma. This song is very famous and often becomes the national anthem for the ranks of people hurt huh gaes huh? Oops joking! On the other end of the phone is our source, let's say hello! Halow, who and where?" Adul started the broadcast back.

"Hello Kang Adul, Inoxu Tea. It's from Aerea somewhere."

"Waduh, Tea. It's demit, isn't it?" tanya Adu whispered to me.

"Shhhhh!" reply while putting index finger on lips.

"Please Aerea Tea, what story to share?" ask again.

"My horror-tipped romance, Inoxu Tea."

"That's it, Tea. This Jejadian is rich," said Adul again before I tapped his shoulder tight.

"Mango, Aerea Tea," I welcome.

"I am the young wife—."

"Well, Tea! Is it the same Karma song?" ask me spontaneously. I gave him a sharp look so he closed his mouth for a moment.

"I'm sorry, Tea, for the interruption. Please continue," I said.

"Oh yes Tea, nothing. I am the favorite young wife of a businessman in West Java, call it Pak Haji. Mr. Haji is eleven years older than me and has been chasing me since I was in junior high school. We married my third from high school because of a parent's errand, because he paid off my mom's debts.

Early marriage, many insults, insults and also the curse that came from the first wife of Pak Haji. However, I remained strong and continued to go along with him, because I knew, he loved me more than his first wife so over time, there was also a sense of affection in my heart.

Our married life went well at first, although I was often humiliated and reviled. The treatment of Pak Haji was very pleasant and also strengthened my sometimes weak mind. He is often romantic and attentive.

Until one day, something beyond logic happened to me. This is because, there is someone who wants to destroy the household of Mr. Haji with me, as well as the household of Mr. Haji with his first wife.

Initially, I gathered with friends to do aerobic exercise as usual. One of my best friends is an indigo child. He asked me to diruqyah because according to his vision, I was flat-faced. He also said there are people who make Pak Haji ji*jik and do not want to see me again.

Whether it happens that the reason is that or there are other reasons, Mr. Haji's attitude changed towards me. Our usually friendly and romantic relationship suddenly became bland. It's weird in my opinion.

A few days after Mr. Haji's change of attitude, I cleaned up a few pots in the yard and accidentally found a plastic package tucked between the leaves. Because at that time Mr. Haji was in my house, I gave the package that turned out to contain white incense. Mr. Haji decided to burn this incense in front of the house. As he burned it, something felt like it hit me to the point that I didn't remember anything else.

According to Mr. Haji, I was angry with him. Since Pak Haji also has a little bit of mental science, he managed to make me aware after a while. I am confused because I have never felt that way.

The second time, while cleaning the room, something moved under the bed. Out of curiosity, I tried to grab it and ended up shocked when I saw the black snake child in my grasp.

The one that scares me the most, is the last night Pak Haji stayed. I woke up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. In the bathroom, I could only stand glued because I saw myself convulsing on the bathroom floor, banging my head repeatedly against the wall.

Instantly I took a break in my heart and felt something hit me strongly again. I shouted and called Mr. Haji who eventually had to drag me out of the bathroom. My body was stiff and I cried screaming until my first child helped wake me up.

Even I almost hit my youngest child who in my vision was a very creepy black-eyed child. It subsided after the dawn of the adhan.

In the afternoon, Mr. Haji went home to his old wife. When he was leaving, he said that he felt there was something strange about the house we were in and somehow he was always upset and even sick of seeing me. Because of that, he told me to look for a spiritual teacher who could teach me to focus more on worship and gain calm.

Abah, my spiritual teacher said, if it is true that there are people who are still at home who have evil intentions and intend to destroy my household with Pak Haji. Not long after that, the maid in our young house stopped working and went home.

Hopefully in the future, our relationship can be even better, because after all we have become one big family. At best, Tea, Kang, my story. Sorry for the extension," Aerea Tea story at length.

"Hello? A tea? Kang's? I have finished the story," he said again that made me jerk and spontaneously pull the hand of Adul who was supporting his chin until his head fell on the table.

Brak!

"Eh yes, Aerea Tea, sorry. I was so impressed with his story. But thank God yes if now there is no more clumsiness," I cried while holding back laughter seeing Adul rubbed his face slowly.

"Yes thank God there has never been a strange incident again, Inoxu Tea. So many stories from me, sorry for the extension."

"Makasi ya Aerea tea, healthy always with the family," I reply closed the conversation before turning off the connection.

"The end of the Aerea Tea story marks the end of the Midnight Story this time. One last song Ibun Aksha requests from Rossa with Too Love will be the closing story. Inoxu, Adu and team please leave, wassalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh."

I turned off the mic and laughed off seeing Adul who was still pouting.

"Sorry, Dul. The trick was spontaneous just pull your hand," I said between laughter.

"Ish Teteh, mah! Adul again sleepy digituin, shocked to know!" his gerrick.

I took off the headphones and put the phone in the bag as Gia walked up to me.

"Wood!" bring him.

The three of us left the studio and headed downstairs where I saw Bang Win sitting on the sofa with the laptop still burning in front of him.

"Beres, Yank?" ask when Adul and Gia already say goodbye home.

"Alhamdulillah be well done" I replied as I sat next to him. He ruffled my hair slowly and grabbed my hand.

"In the meantime, again uoload the recording file first for a while," he said that I call.

Something flashed through my mind as I remembered the source who had just read in the Midnight Story.

"Win' Bang?" call oelan.

"Yes, yank?"

"Will Win have plans to marry again?" my many.

My words made him look at her quickly. "There's not. Although I do not know in the future it will be like aoa, but I have the principle that getting married is quite once in a lifetime," he replied while looking at me fixedly.

"Is there anything else you think?" askalanya.

"Yes just think if later Bang Win married again. Can it, right? If it's fate," I'll repay you.

"Yes maybe. But to get there there will be my personal interference. For example, I have to get married again, there will be a choice for yes or no. The decisions I make will ultimately be my destiny because we really don't know what our destiny is. If so, it could be my destiny to get married twice. Otherwise, it could be my destiny to marry only once.

So what you're saying is, if I remarry by fate, it's got to be step by step. It didn't happen so soon," he explained.

"For example, there is a man who wants to remarry. When it happened he said that he was destined to marry twice and have two wives. No! That's not the concept. He could refuse if he wanted to. He has complete control over whatever his choice is. And that's completely different from destiny.

Something can be said to be fate, if we continue to refuse something but in the end it still happens to us inevitably. So don't over-complicate yourself in doing something and then associate it with fate."

I nodded in understanding.

"That is why, I always pray that God will allow my heart to be linked to only one human being you" he explained in a soft voice.

His reply instantly made me hug him from the side spontaneously.