The verge of Death

"I saw a sign of death nearby..." The words from Melinda's grandmother succeeded in making the four women in front of her silent and turned to Abriella who felt her heart start beating fast.

Melinda who heard the grandmother's words also turned to her grandmother, "Do you mean to see the sign of death nearby?" she asked.

The old woman turned to her granddaughter and smiled with a knot, she then took her teacup and drank it very casually. Making Jane, Natasha and Abriella stare at him in silence. While Melinda who saw it whined and asked for an explanation from her grandmother.

"Come on grandma... We need an explanation." Melinda asked her grandmother who now put her teacup back on the table in front of them.

The beautiful old woman looked at her granddaughter, then she said, "Be patient Melinda... You always act in such a hurry!" Said her grandmother who gave her a warning but not with a shout. The rebuke sounded like a piece of gentle advice to Melinda.

Abriella glanced at her friend who lowered her head at the subtle rebuke. Meanwhile, the grandmother turned her head back to look at Abriella who was now looking at her questioningly and worriedly.

"You don't have to worry… Because it doesn't mean your death. But I'm sure there's something about death that's bothering you right now." Said Melinda's grandmother back, to Abriella. The old woman stood up and walked towards a room that was on the right side of where they were currently.

Jane, Natasha, Abriella, and Melinda, who were silent, only looked at the grandmother who soon came out carrying a box that was quite large the size of a shoebox.

"What did you mean earlier was… a ghost?" Asked Jane who was curious whether the death that Melinda meant was the spirits around Abriella.

The old woman looked at Jane and smiled, then she shook her head slowly as she replied, "No... But rather it is memories." Said the woman who now made them all feel confused.

"Memory?" Asked Melinda who started to dare to open her voice again after previously being silent because she got a reprimand from her grandmother.

According to Melinda, the woman who is almost a hundred years old is silent and does not answer questions from her granddaughter. She then opened the box and asked again, "You've met someone who was going to die that day, right? What did he say to you?" That's the question that Granny Melinda gave to Abriella.

Abriella who heard the question immediately remembered the incident where she met David for the first and last time when David was still alive. Abriella nodded her head doubtfully and glanced at her three friends who looked confused. They didn't know about her meeting with David that day, what they knew was Abriella and they both witnessed the death of David who fell right in front of them.

"I met David the day he died, just hours before we saw that!" Abriella answered slowly. The story also made the three friends surprised, and looked at each other.

"When? When did you meet him? Weren't we together then, I didn't even see you talking to someone… Ah, was that when we ordered coffee?" Jane asked, remembering the incident where Abriella was silent and stared outside the restaurant.

Abriella nodded her head, confirming Jane's guess. Meanwhile, Natasha and Melinda looked confused because they didn't know that at all.

"So, what really happened then Abriella?" Natasha asked Abriella who was currently breathing slowly in front of Melinda's grandmother who was still silent and smiling at her. Waiting for Abriella's story about the words David gave her.

"I accidentally bumped into David that day… I knew it was him because... he was different!" Abriella said opening her story to all of them. Abriella's three friends who know the fact that Abriella is a fan of the young entrepreneur nodded their heads, understanding what Abriella said at that time.

"He offered me a free coffee... But I refused, and when his friend called him he suddenly looked at me and said if he hoped to see me again..." Abriella fell silent as she repeated what David had said to her at the time. that.

Melinda's grandmother also exhaled and nodded her head repeatedly slowly as she looked back at the box in her lap. Meanwhile, Natasha, Melinda, and Jane, who heard Abriella's story, felt goosebumps at this very precise coincidence.

"This..." When Melinda's grandmother said, the four pairs of women's eyes turned back to her who now handed her a necklace made of cowhide with a box-shaped pendant which was believed to have been inserted in it because it looked thick.

Abriella was confused when she got the necklace, then she asked Melinda's grandmother. "W-what is this?" he asked who was watching the necklace carefully. Melinda's grandmother leaned back in her chair and closed the box, then she answered very seriously.

"Wear the necklace so you can avoid the dream that trapped you. After you put it on, you will no longer fall unconscious suddenly and meet that spirit in your dreams!" It was clear that Melinda's grandmother told Abriella who was now silent and could only stare at the necklace.

"Why did this happen, Grandma?" Natasha asked who was now curious about what had happened to their friend.

The old woman exhaled slowly and looked at Abriella who now raised her head and returned the gaze because Abriella was also curious about the reason why she was experiencing this just because she met David that day.

"The words that the man said... He hoped that if he could see you again, that's why you went through this. The memory of when he met you was the memory he remembered before he breathed his last." That's the explanation that Melinda's grandmother gave to all of them. What made Abriella could only be silent and silent for quite a long time until she finally got up the courage to ask the old woman.

"What if I don't wear this necklace?" Abriella asked which made her friends turn to look at her, while the beautiful old woman looked at her very seriously and her mouth curved downwards.

"You will follow him into that world, and will die in this world! Because it's too risky for you. The proof is that your breath always stops when you meet him!" Abriella was surprised when she found out that her breathing had stopped when she dreamed of David. She thought it only happened once when Brian found her, but after hearing Melinda's grandmother's words, Abriella realized... If her dream had brought her to the verge of death.