Conversations of a Murder
This is a conversation between the woman in the blue headscarf and the boy in tattered clothes.
“Assalamualaikum, akak. I’m sorry to bother you, but do you have any small change you could donate to me? I don’t have any money for my transportation back home.”
“Where are you from, adik? Where are your parents?”
“They are working. They forgot to give me my duit belanja today before I went to school.”
“Oh dear. Okay, wait for a second.”
“Akak, why are you giving me RM50? This is too much!”
“It’s okay, dik. It’s a blessing. Now go home.”
This is a conversation between the son in tattered clothes and his exhausted father.
“Assalamualaikum, bapak. I brought home today’s collection of money-”
“This is all? You’re hiding some from me is it?”
“No, bapak. I would never hide-”
“Do you think I don’t know? You and your damn tricks ah - now you playing them on me is it! Now that you’re all grown up you think you can leave the house and do whatever you want is it?”
“No- please bapak, please stop-”
“You useless son! All you do is make trouble for our family! Get out and don’t come home until I get my share of a hundred ringgit today!”
This is a conversation between the bruised son and the man in the black jacket.
“Uncle, my teacher told us that smoking is bad for our health.”
“You young one easy to say la. When you grow up, it’s hard to stop already.”
“Uncle, what would you do if you think your parents hate you?”
“Why? They beat you up again is it?”
“No, I’m just asking on behalf of my friend-”
“You think I’m stupid? I know your father hits you. No need to lie one.”
“...I’m sorry.”
“You know, if they hit me so bad like this I would hit them back leh. Punch once or twice. Kick him in the balls. Make him feel what I go through for once. Walao - cannot stand la people like this. Sorry for talking bad about your father.”
This is a conversation between a vengeful son and his devastated mother.
“Akif! What have you done!”
“It wasn’t my fault ibu, it wasn’t my fault-”
“You out of your mind ah? What have you done to your father!”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m so-”
“Put that knife back down now, Akif, put it down right now! Don’t come near me!”
“I’m sorry, ibu, I-”
“Let go of me!”
“I'm sorry,"
"...."
“Honestly, I’ve always hated both of you, ibu.”
This is a conversation between a boy in bloody clothes, and the woman in the blue headscarf.
“Assalamualaikum, akak. Do you have some change to spare?”
words in italics are either malay words or malay slang.
*akak - term used to address an older girl
*duit belanja - allowance
*dik - shortform of adik, used to address a younger child
*bapak - father
*ibu - mother