Aunt Melinda

Counseling Room

1999 Years

Linda is already in the first grade of Junior High. She looked even more beautiful, with her clean skin and towering tall body, with slightly blond straight hair.

The changes that exist in her, make Linda actually feel inferior, because it becomes different, with other friends.

"Mom. Linda's often on the ledek of friends, if Linda's not her son's mother. Is Linda a pick-up boy? someone else's child, the one you took." Linda once asked her mother about her different physical differences with her friends.

"You're Linda's mother and father's son. Do not ignore the words of your friends. They're just jealous, with your pretty face."

That was the answer given by her mother, when Linda asked about her physical differences.

But at Junior High School, which of course, more children, who come from outside her village, who do not know how things are and Linda's family, are suspicious.

Many of her friends bully her as well, saying that, Linda is someone else's child, who was dumped, and found by her parents who are now.

Linda's face, more similar to those of Europeans, or European Indonesian stucco. Of course, this makes others distrustful, if Linda is native to Indonesia, with both her parents being native to Indonesia as well.

"A bastard probably."

"Maybe he's a discarded child, because of dark results or infidelity."

"It could be, Linda's mother kidnapped her, was a baby, and was in the hospital."

"Linda's daughter's maid, who raped the employer maybe?"

"Suitable to be a model or artist."

"So my boyfriend is more suitable. Haha..."

The conversation of Linda's friends, who are girls and guys, is certainly different.

Some were suspicious of Linda's family and parents background, and some praised her advantages as well.

In fact, the guy's been fantasizing if, Linda would be his girlfriend.

But Linda, who was so quiet, could only listen to all their words, without being able to answer and explain the reason for her physical differences.

"Why is Linda different, Mom?" linda asked her mother again, at night, as she helped her mother lift the pot from the furnace, with the contents of the boiled beans in the pot.

Linda's mother did not immediately answer the question from her son.

After finishing slicing boiled beans, Linda's mother just answered the question.

"Linda. You look different from friends because, there was a great-grandmother, who used to be, was once the wife of the Portuguese."

The answer given by her mother, made Linda interested to listen further.

Linda had never heard of this story before.

Apparently, according to the story of his mother, there was one of his aunt, who in the colonial era, married a European.

More precisely the Portuguese.

From her mother's story, Linda connects the history of her city, with some legends, which she had read from the school library books, which she had borrowed.

*****

According to history, in this city was once a very crowded port city at that time.

The city where Linda was born, there is indeed a beach, which now no longer has a large port.

There were only small harbors used to anchor fishing boats, or ferry boats on small islands, not far from Linda's place.

Although the location of Linda's house and the beach is far away, about an hour and a half, but Linda can see, when she comes, if there is time for sightseeing at her school, in Elementary at that time.

In this city, there are also historical buildings, which show that, in ancient times, Portuguese and other Europeans, came and settled in this city.

The migrants were mostly wealthy merchants or shipmen, who, of course, came and went for a very long time.

Under such circumstances, many of the immigrants eventually mixed with the local community, by getting married.

Of course, their children will be mixed with their race. Alias polyester.

Unfortunately, of the few descendants of these people, not all of them are equally physical.

And Linda's family, including those who rarely follow European races.

Moreover, it had been a very long time, from her great-grandmother Linda before.

But who would have thought, Linda still has a European race, which she now has.

That is why, he became like not a native Indonesian. Just like his other friends.

Although in this city, Linda is not the only different person, but if in her village, which is already not located near the coast and port in her city, it makes itself very different from the others.

But because of this difference too, which makes Linda feel excluded, even bullied friends, called illegitimate children, and not the biological children of both parents.

*****

"Melinda. Is this your birth certificate?"

Counseling teacher, at Junior High where Linda learned to call him into the room.

The teacher heard, some gossip, if Linda is not their age, because her physical appearance is more mature, compared to other friends.

"Right sir," Linda replied with a bow of her head.

The teacher observes how Linda, who is currently sitting in front of him, then looks at the sheets of paper, which Linda used to use for admission requirements to this school.

The teacher was curious, with some rumors, with the figure of Linda whom he had never met.

This is because, the male students, many say that, Linda is perfect for dating.

The thing that unsettles educators, moreover, they are still in Junior High school.

The mental changes of children, being teenagers, are certainly not the same, for curiosity with something new.

But, the teacher so gulped his own saliva, while staring at Linda's face in a long time.

'He has a very special attraction, for a man. Unfortunately, many boys are talking about him.'

The teacher hurriedly turned her attention, from Linda's face towards the papers she was holding.

There is nothing suspicious, from the paper.

Only Linda's physical appearance, which was indeed not the same as her identity, was the village child of her parents, who only worked as a village farmer as well.

Secretly, the teacher noticed Linda's face again, which was still lowered.

"Shut up and do nothing, I can be interested. What if he.'s...'

The teacher seemed to flinch several times, to chase away what was currently inside his head.

The thing of course, that was once inside Linda's own head.

"Do you have a show after school?" ask the teacher to Linda.

Linda looked up, staring at her teacher, while shaking her head.

"Let's go home, you're here again huh."

"To this father's room again?" linda asked doubtfully.

"Yes." Yeah."

The answer from her teacher who seemed cold in the ears, made Linda afraid.

He felt he had never done anything wrong. But by getting into the BP room, Counseling Guidance, it made her like a schoolgirl who made a big mistake.

"Am I going to be expelled?"

Linda's mind was everywhere. He was afraid that he would be expelled from school.

"No. There's something you have to do after school, right here."

***Hayo... What kind of teacher would you like Linda to do? 😱😱🧐🧐