Ex's soul

Saturday, December 31, 2022

11:30 p.m

Joko was still pensive sitting on one of the benches in the corner of his coffee shop. It was so late it tended to be almost midnight.

The visitors to Joko's coffee shop have also all gone home, and he is alone. Staring at the empty benches and chairs around him.

His eyes were too tired. So he hasn't cleared up a few used glasses and bowls from customers' orders.

He also left his coffee shop open. The lights in the three corners of the coffee shop are still brightly lit.

Huftz,

He let out a long breath in the air. His breath evaporated, immediately scattering fatigue with an annoyed delivery mixed with deep heart wounds to the dark sky.

"Until when will I be alone like this and this is already the tenth year I feel. It's the night of the new year and the final night of 2022. Towards the turn of the year 2023 and I, ah never mind," muttered Joko Bagus or who is often called Bang Jack.

Wust,

The midnight wind began to blow. Greeted the surface of Jack's skin until it penetrated the epidermis. Bringing the cold air along with the fall of the drizzle which started rather heavy.

It turned out that there was a figure of a female spirit who kept looking at Jack from the front a little outside the coffee shop. One figure of the female spirit that he had left behind and made Jack really have a wound in his heart.

The spirit looked at Jack who was tidying up with compassion. You can see tears from the female spirit like shedding tears.

"Why did you come back Dewi?" said Jack asking the figure of a female spirit who was watching him from outside the shop. It turns out that Jack already knows the presence of the woman's spirit.

"You see me Mas, really you can see me?" answered the female spirit while returning the question to Jack.

"Ten years have passed and everything has changed a lot Dewi. Indeed, I am still Joko, who was your husband before. But Joko now is Jack who really lives because of the Creator alone. If the Ruler lives to rule then I will go," said Jack giving a sign from the answer to the question of the female spirit he called Dewi.

"Mas come back to me, visit me and I want to see you one more time. Let what used to be a story of the past. Forget about the events of ten years ago," said the female spirit, still under the rain standing motionless on the overhang of Jack's coffee shop.

"Do you remember the GODDESS ten years ago? Weren't you the one who said to separate and then the divorce happened? Aren't you the one who wanted me to leave your side? Have you forgotten your own words," said Jack, still in the coffee shop while cleaning up.

"Sorry dear, sorry Mas and I will always convey the word sorry in my five cycles of prayer with your name. You have punished yourself enough, Mr. Never mind stop moving away from this left rib of yours. Have mercy on me and yourself Mas, I really want to see you one more time," said the female spirit.

"Who are you talking to, Joko, my son?" said Mr. Jon who had been sitting near Jack for a long time who was cleaning up and kept watching his son.

It's not that Mr. Jon couldn't see the spirit of the woman who was his ex-daughter-in-law. But just making small talk to his son. Just to comfort his son's sadness that was starting to appear reflected again in Jack's frown.

"Hey Dad, don't pretend you didn't see it. He came wanting me to come back. What do you think, do I have to go back or should I leave this body without a woman who accompanies me until the end of my life," said Jack, sitting on the bench in front of Mr. Jon.

"It's all up to you my son. Even Father actually had no right to interfere in this matter. Because the one who lives life in the future is you alone. So consider carefully and think carefully before setting foot my child. I'm sure you can decide it," answered Mr. Jon while enjoying a cup of coffee he had just made himself.

"What else can you do, financially, I feel like I haven't been able to support other people's children. I'm afraid he'll get hurt again and then go back. It's no one's fault, it's all my own fault. At that time I wasn't old enough to be a husband," said Jack trying to make peace with himself.

"Oh yes my child wake up before it's too late. An opponent of just a fat demons like that isn't hard for you to beat. Get up save the boy. Then go home to rest, because tomorrow will be another year," said Mr. Jon indicating that Jack would wake up from his stupor.

"Allahu Akbar is true, Father," replied Jack.

Jack's eyes opened again, and he heard the screams of the residents. That he is still wrapped around the long tongue of wewe gombel and still hanging on the banyan tree.

"Bang Jack come on don't joke, get up Bang Jack. How come the champ just loses to the devil of a grandmother like that," shouted Feri.

You can see Jack's right hand starts emitting blue light. The blue light began to form a rather long sword.

"Damn you think I'm that easy for you to beat a rotten grandmother!" shouted Jack, immediately slashing wewe gombel's tongue which was wrapped around his body.

Instantly wewe gombel's tongue fell to the crowd of residents. Then the tongue burned to ashes in an instant.

"Be careful not to touch the ashes. We might burn our skin later," said Feri.

"Feri please warn residents not to get close to the banyan tree," shouted Jack as he jumped onto the banyan tree.

"Ready, Bang Jack, gentlemen, please stay away a bit. I'm afraid you'll get slashed or something that could endanger your life," shouted Feri.

"Old grandmother return the child to me and go to your realm. It's not your place in the human world, don't let me force you in a rough way," said Jack again standing in front of wewe gombel who was holding Arjun, mother Maryam's son.

Hertz, hertz,

But wewe gombel doesn't want to compromise with Jack. In fact, he tried to pounce on Jack with his long claws.

"Mr. RT please ask residents to beat the kitchen utensils that he brought back. So that wewe gombel will be swept away by the beat and keep on dancing," shouted Jack to the RT who was waiting with the residents under the banyan tree.

"OK Jack, gentlemen, please beat back the kitchen utensils that you brought," asked Mr. RT Nawan to the residents who joined the crowd.

Tang, ting, tang, ting, dur,

The sounds of kitchen utensils and the screams of the residents began to be heard again. Making wewe gombel start dancing to the rhythm of the residents' kitchen utensils.

But apparently wewe gombel doesn't want to let go of Arjun. Even this time, Arjun was inserted into wewe gombel's front body. Then wewe gombel took Arjun flying away from the top of the banyan tree.

"Arjun my son, don't take my son away!" screamed Mariam's mother so sadly.