Blue Scandals

16 - Mask

That afternoon Gerry came home angry. Just this time he felt so depressed just because of a problem he considered trivial.

“Where is Rion?!” gerry asked with an angry expression to one of the ARTs working in the mansion.

“In the living room with his friends, mr.”

“Tell Rion to send his friend home. I want to take a shower first,” Gerry said without smiling.

“Good sir,” said ART was obedient and then brought his master's bag to the workspace.

The 50-year-old man rushed to the living room to deliver his master's message to Rion.

“Sorry, Mr. Gerry asked you to send Rion's friends home,” said ART whispered.

Rion frowned feeling somewhat confused by what the ART was saying. It is not usual for the father to ask his friend to come home.

Despite not understanding what happened, Rion finally complied and asked his friends to go home.

Rion's friends went home with confused expressions. Soon Gerry headed for the living room where Rion was.

“Pak Kardi, bring wine,” Gerry told ART.

“Good.” The man called Kardi also brought what his master asked and then immediately went back.

“You're making trouble again at school?” gerry asked with a cold expression.

Rion looked nervous, he could guess that what his father was talking about was related to the raid by the BK teacher.

“Sorry pa, Rion does not know if there is an impromptu raid.”

Prang…

Gerry threw the wine glass right next to his son who was sitting. The glass hit the wall behind his son.

“Can't you be more careful? All the ease and whatever you want has been fulfilled, even your father is always solving the problems you create. Is maintaining self-image very difficult huh?!”

Rion was silent, looking down at the tip of his father's foot.

“Who is that teacher?” gerry asked with a cold look.

Rion remained in a sitting position on the lower carpet without daring to raise his face.

“New teacher BK, that person has only been in school since last July.”

“Original?”

“What I heard was that the teacher was from Semarang, pa.”

Gerry was silent for a moment, seemingly thinking hard. Seeing Julio's face at that time made Gerry feel sure he had seen the male figure.

“There is other information?”

“No pa...”

“Basic useless!”

The atmosphere was silent for a moment, Gerry let out a long sigh and then took the other glass on the table.

After pouring the wine into a glass, Gerry drank it slowly.

“Anu pa... did sir Julio contact papa?” rion asked with a scared expression.

“Yes, he came to the office..inquire about the medicine you brought.”.

“Can papa not move it like bu Selly when I was Junior High?” ask Rion slowly.

Gerry took another sip of the drink and then sighed. He did not want to answer the child's question.

“Jalani your life more carefully. Don't make trouble again.”

Dissatisfied with his father's answer, Rion asked again.

“What did papa tell sir Julio about the drug?”

Gerry looked at his son with a flat expression. “Don't we have agreed since you Junior High if there is a similar problem just say that you are undergoing treatment because of depression?”

Rion was silent, for a moment he could feel relieved because he was sure that the BK teacher would not give further punishment.

“Courier of goods from Styx is still the bald one?”

“Iya pa.”

Gerry seemed to think. His hand stroked his chin which was overgrown with that thin beard. He suddenly got up and left the middle room.

Rion stared in annoyance at his father who had already passed away. He left the room and headed straight for the parking lot.

With her black Y*maha R25, Rion went from the mansion to the vat.

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The next day everything went as normal as any other ordinary day. Julio was focusing on typing a midterm repetition in her seat while listening to a song.

“Pak Julio.”

Julio turned towards the source of the voice and then took off his earphones.

“Ya mom? What's up?”

“You are asked to face the principal,” said bu Sri with a worried expression.

“Good, I'll be there soon.”

Other teachers seemed to be whispering about the various possibilities.

Some of the teachers guessed that the headmaster who called Julio was related to the young teacher who met the parents of the students.

Julio only smiled faintly as he looked at the expressions of those teachers. He also did not bother about the talk that said he could have been expelled from school.

Julio entered the principal's special room leisurely then immediately sat down on the black sofa that looked rather old.

The headmaster closed the door connecting him to the special living room.

“Aduh sir Julio is only a few months already making trouble,” said the principal while pouring tea.

Julio crossed his legs and leaned his back on the sofa.

“Is there any reaction from that party?”

“I was contacted by the local education office hahaha.”

Julio took the glass containing the tea and drank it slowly.

“Means the service is also under their control huh? What did they say?”

“They have asked sir Julio to be moved, hahaha,” said Mr. Arman with a laugh.

Julio did not respond to the principal's reply and instead thought of something else.

“What is the circulation of the drug is also known to the local education office but ignored?”

“I heard there were several cases a few years ago, but all of them did not continue because there were minors involved.”

Julio put down the glass and sighed.

“Classical reasons.”

“Do you already tell Mr Adhi if ‘curier’ it committed violation?”

“Not yet, I have not found any strong evidence. I can not accuse indiscriminately because some of them are confidants Mr. Adhi.”

“He's the type of person who keeps his image but has big emotions behind it. Seeing him directly contacting his acquaintances for such a matter, it was obvious he was not an indiscriminate person. I just found out he's one of the bigwigs of Eurusz.”

The headmaster's expression changed and then took out a few photos from a large brown map.

“It looks like his position is quite high considering he is also as kadiv pr*pam. Several times he was seen meeting with the prince EurusZ.”

“Do not use such old terms, I am nauseous to hear it.”

“Hahaha forgive me. But isn't the nickname for the heirs indeed prince?”

“What I heard, the age of the EurusZ heir is the same age as Reza,” said Arman aka Alex added.

Julio kept quiet and took the tea again. He had heard that rumor once. But he did not expect the person called would be the heir to the dark business was very young.

“I suggest to move more slowly, can fall apart if until their core members realize our movement,” said the principal again.

“Well it's your job to secure.”

The thick-moustached man looked annoyed but laughed out loud.

“Oh yes, 'father' asks you to visit him,” Julio said with a flat expression.

“Hahaha, it looks like ‘ayah’ is worried if I can not take care of his favorite child,” said Mr. Arman with a laugh.

Julio looked at the photos placed on the table. “Teacher here seems very scared of Gerry.”

“Isn't that common? People who have no power are always afraid of those who have power.”

Julio put the photo into place as before. “I will tell the other teacher that you scolded me to look more natural.”

The man with the mustache laughed at Julio's words.

“Wah it would be better if I could really scold the prince of Notus hahaha.”

Julio's expression seemed displeased that every man in front of him called him the prince of Notus.

“Please be generous and do not toss my jokes to ‘Ayah’... This is a rare opportunity I can talk casually and work with the person who will lead Notus in the future.”.

“You think too far, Dad is too young to retire.”

The school principal laughed again. He immediately cleaned up the photos and kept them in a safe place.

Julio leaves the principal's room as soon as he hears the break bell ringing.

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At the same time somewhere else…

 

“Pak I've got information about someone you want to find.”

The bespectacled man in the box handed Gerry some paper.

The man in the brown uniform received the piece of paper and checked the data.

“He is why sir? I did not find any strangeness in the data about the man,” said the glasses man again.

“I just want to check it because someone gave me an information,” replied Gerry briefly.

The bespectacled man was silent with a puzzled expression. He knew very well that the man in question was a person who some time ago went all the way to the p*lres in the district.

The bespectacled man wanted to ask but did not dare until he finally chose to leave the room of his superior.

“Business Consultant?” murmured Gerry with a frown.

The information he got was too neat to make him look strange. The information about the man was quite easy to obtain as when he was looking for the identity of an ordinary person.

Despite having the complete information Julio looked clean, Gerry still felt there was something strange.

Gerry had actually asked all his acquaintances, but almost all of them said they did not know the new teacher.

Only one person mentioned that the regent from the next province was the intermediary to put Julio in the school.

Gerry was upset because he was not satisfied with the results obtained. His instincts could clearly sense that the man who became the new teacher was no ordinary person.

 

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At school…

 

Upon entering the teacher's room, all eyes were fixed on Julio who looked calm.

“Where sir? Said you were called the principal?” ask Mr. Damar.

“Yes that's the way sir, I was scolded by the principal because some parents protested and asked for it to be resolved in school only.”

“Waduh pak headmistress if the ramosur serem pak,” said bu Sri join hoarding.

Julio looked surprised by Sri's words. He did not expect that the headmaster had ever scolded the teacher.

“Yes the name is also angry people, as long as not thrown ashtray bu hehe,” said Julio joking.

Seeing Julio who could still joke around despite being scolded by the headmaster made the other teachers feel a little relieved.

“Oh yes sir, earlier Lilia came looking for you, seemed to want to confirm about the replacement of tutoring schedule for students who will race smart meticulously, he said,” said Mr. Damar while arranging a midterm rework paper that has just been printed.

“Oh yes, I forgot to tell Lilia about that. I will soon deliver.”

“Next week it looks like Mr. Darma has entered again sir, so you can focus more on taking care of the discipline of students.”

“Ah so huh? Fine, thanks for the information.”

Julio returned to his seat, he let out a long sigh. Sometimes his eyes seem unfocused.

The bright brown-eyed man was a little disappointed because soon the time to meet the brown-eyed woman would be reduced.

Julio looked at the calendar on his desk. His eyes focused on the circled date. He sighed again, the time of Mr. Darma's return from his leave coincided with the time where Julio had to visit somewhere.

The bespectacled man opened his phone, typing something on his phone with a sad expression.

“Pak Julio?”

Hearing his name being called, Julio instantly turned off his phone and put it in a drawer.

“Sorry I haven't had time to tell you, for a substitute les yesterday we held today after school huh?”

“Good sir, I have also brought the required books.”

“Oh yes, starting next week Mr. Darma is back in, so starting next week who accompanied the lessons is not me anymore.”

“Good sir. Oh yeah, there are two more meetings, huh? Please help sir,” said Lilia with a smile.

The brown-eyed woman went to tell the first graders.

Julio stayed in his place. The girl's eyes, her face, her smile always reminded her of someone she could no longer see.

Nina…

 

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