Cerita Kakek Homo Mga Nobela at Kwento

In 1890, my great-grandmother Takoda was only a child when her ancestors told her stories while they huddled around the campfire with handmade blankets from buffalo hide. Later, she told my mother the same stories about humans who could walk on all fours and pale skins and drink your blood. Nowadays, no one talks about the past, which leads us to believe they are just scary stories the tribe elders tell for fun or to put fear into the youngsters so we won’t enter the woods outside our borders. However, I believe nothing they say. But my grandmother does and never lets my family forget it. I usually get grounded for laughing at her, thinking she’s a crazy old woman.

“I’m stuck. We’re trying to get a background on this cowboy and I’m coming up blank.” My dad leans on the table. “What do you know?” “Only that he’s 5000 years old, he was locked in the pool by his brother and now he’s out and extremely pissed off.” I toss another dead end book on the table. My dad crosses his arms and lowers his head. He’s thinking. “It sounds familiar.” He says. “What?” I look at him. “The story. It sounds familiar. A tale my father told me when I was young. A tale of the firsts.” He side eyes me.

Ia sengaja ingin memamerkan malaikat kecil yang hadir di antara keluarga Hadisusilo. "Anak itu lahir tanpa ayah yang artinya anak haram, hasil perbuatan zina yang tidak termaafkan. Apa kamu sengaja ingin mempermalukan papah, Vano?!" Rahang Pak Rudi mengeras, wajah yang mulai keriput itu merah padam.

What a complete failure our eight years of marriage had been. Meanwhile, Catherine cried until she passed out. Orlando carried her and headed outside with her child. He turned around and warned us, “It’s a fact that Larrie is already dead. We’ll speak no more of this! None of you should cause us any more trouble. If not, you’ll bear the consequences.” The Mendes family fell silent. Orlando’s word was law. No one dared to refute him. After completing the cremation procedures, everyone left the mortuary. Under Orlando’s instruction, they took me home after being discharged from the hospital.