SHORT STORY

Whisper

             I remember that day, when my grandma was pass away. It’s happened when I on second year in senior high school. When I on my class my teacher call me and led me to her room, she told me that I should back to my home cause my granda was terminally ill. My grandma was live in Wonogiri, its take 4 hour from my place to my grandma’s home.

            Then I prepared to back to my home. Its about 15 minutes form my school to my house. Finally I arrived at my house and I saw a sadness in the face of my parents, especially my father cause my grandma is his mother. We prepared to went to my father hometown.

            First we went to my unlce’s house to tell him that we went to my grandma house for a few day. When my mother chatted with my uncle I heared someone whispered softly in my ear. He said “Hurry! Hurry! You can’t spent your time here”. I told to my parents to hurry and go to my grandma house.

            Finally we went to bus station and ordered 5 tickets for my parents, my young brother and I. It’s about 10 minutes and we get in to the bus. When we on the way I heared that voice again. That voice I heared latter. The voice wisphered very softly, he said “Hurry! She had to go”. I felt a chill and sweating profusely. The wind is very cold but my sweat stay out. I tried to sleep, and about 20 minutes later I awaked and I heared that voice again, the voice wishpered softly.  Know he said “she is already gone”. Not long after my father receive a call. I saw my father face, I look a vey deep sadness in his face. His tears came out from his eyes. He told us that my grandma was pass away. My mother hug him and tell him to be patient. Finally we arrived at my grandma’s house. There are very crowded. In the night we prayed for her together with the neighbor. The next day my grandma was buried.

            Two day later I told my mother about the voice that I heared latter. She hug me and told me that my grandma very love me and she want to met me before she was die. I can’t stop my tears cause I can’t fulfill her hope. In the night we started to pray for her again. And I the next day my brother and I back again to my house but my parents still stayed at my grandma house until 1 week.