JUDITH

IT TURNS OUT

After almost two weeks passed, the good news expected by the employees of the Orchid House came on Friday night.

"Yudith will be returned to the complex, but will only move next week. For the past week here, he'll be in charge of checking the administration of the children."

Like the hammer of the court that had been tapped, those who felt that Yudith's presence was a bully, without hesitation smiled widely at once too as Sister Rosa finished speaking, even Bu Cici had patted his chest and heaved a sigh of relief.

It's okay to check, just this one week. That's how they think.

As for Yudith, happy or unhappy, she was just as mute as ever. As the girl once said, too, that she would never refuse to be assigned anywhere.

After Friday's brief meeting, Sister Rosa said goodbye, about to go to the foundation compound to follow the nuns' special recollection.

Tonight, while the others were watching TV, Yudith was in the study room checking on the completeness of child administration.

Cici's mom came in to him. "Today there's an entry for Aini and Neli. It's in the warehouse closet. You check it out." Not as usual. This time the tone of Bu Cici's voice sounded friendly.

"Good, Mom." Yudith got up, took two books with him and followed Cici to where the barn was.

Arriving at the destination, Ms. Cici left just like that, leaving Yudith standing in the middle of the room, looking around to find the closet that had written Aini and Neli. After finding it, Yudith began to busy record and make notes.

About two hours later, Yudith came out of the barn and passed Bu Cici in front of the bathroom.

"Dith, tomorrow you go to church at eight in the morning with Regina's mom."

Not had time to respond, Ms. Cici has returned, then waltzed away.

It was better because in fact, Yudith was more accustomed to the cold and cynical attitude of Bu Cici. Bu Cici who looks good actually makes it a little uncomfortable because it feels very fake.

That night Yudith stayed up again to finish the administrative records of Aini and Neli, even to sleep with his head on a table with a book.

After a few hours, the girl woke up. His neck and back felt sore, while stretching out he glanced at the wall clock.

It's four in the morning. Slowly he got up, went to the bathroom. Not wanting to disturb Aini and Neli's sleep, Yudith opened the door very slowly.

The middle room was very quiet and the air felt much cooler outside the room. He stepped towards the bathroom without any prejudice until his ears caught a sound ....

"Don't take Aini's with Neli. The inventor Yudith. Danger later."

"Ish, you son of a bitch. Thank goodness it was pulled into the complex again. It just doesn't make us free."

The noise, but it was very clear, stopped the feet of Yudith who was one step away from the bathroom door.

It was the voice of Bu Cici and Bu Ambar.

Curiosity led Yudith's feet to step toward the warehouse very slowly and slightly on tiptoes. Yudith stood against the wall and eavesdropped.

"Add her laundry soap and bath soap. Trus, it's shampoo too. The snack is separated, Mbar. If mixed later smell of soap."

"That's enough, Ci. Don't be too much, Yudith will be suspicious."

"No going. I told him to go to church at the second hour. He won't see when Yonas and Martin come."

"Ish, make it hard, son. We're hiding like a thief."

You guys are indeed turning. Crazy jerk. I don't like having new members here. Moreover, sane new members are unlikely to be invited to steal the rights of children.

So, this is a reality they want to cover, a disgusting and disgusting fact. It turned out that not only did he dislike it because Judith was too diligent, but also because her presence was a threat.

Yudith did not go to the bathroom. Because if he opens the bathroom door, they will be heard. The barn and bathroom are opposite, but the doors are not directly facing each other.

Yudith sat on the edge of the bed looking at Aini and Neli, who had mild cerebral palsy. Only their feet, hands and mental abilities are a little problematic, the rest seem fine, can be invited to communicate too.

Miris it seems, the two employees must take the right of children to be given to no one. From their talk earlier, Yudith can estimate that such things have often happened.

"Mom Yudith, pee." Aini's slow call jolted Yudith from the reverie. The girl takes the potty and helps Aini urinate.

After that, Yudith should immediately throw Aini pee water into the bathroom, but because he felt sure Bu Cici and Bu Ambar were still in the warehouse, he said, finally he just put the potty containing it in the corner near the door.

When the day was light and all the inhabitants of the hostel were awake, Yudith was ordinary. At half-eight, Yudith and a Surabaya official named Regina, said goodbye to the church.

In a corner of the porch, Yudith saw two large bundles of black plastic and two boxes of instant noodles.

Gosh darn. They dare to take that much. Yudith stared sadly at the items and subconsciously shook her head slightly.

"Good morning, Miss pretty!" a slightly heavy voice lingered in the eastern region of Indonesia, diverting Yudith's attention.

"Forth, Brother Yonas and Brother Martin." Ms. Regina replied cheerfully and familiarly as she walked over and opened the gate.

Yudith followed Regina, but remained silent. Looking at the sultry looks of two moustached men with a burly high body, but could only beg, Yudith's heart was sliced.

"Miss manise, new member here, ko? Oe, inae, pretty-beautiful don't put on a fierce face, ko!" One of them, either Jonas or Martin, tried to tempt Yudith, but was not responded to.

"Mom Regina, I'm waiting in front of you." Yudith pointed towards the corner.

"Wait, Dith." Ms. Regina rang the bell repeatedly. "You just wait, yeah. Dada, I'm the church first."

Not long after Yudith and Ms. Regina passed, Ms. Cici came out with an angry face. "You are so stupid, ko! I told you at nine o'clock, come now!"

"All of us go home to church. Lazy times back and forth." The man who had teased Yudith replied with a laugh.

As he stepped, Yudith pondered. He finally found out the truth. The fact that his presence was not accepted.

After the events of that morning, all day long Yudith's heart was very restless. Even at night he could not sleep well. And that anxiety carried over to school the next day. During the lesson he tried to focus, but instead ended up daydreaming and repeatedly sighing fretfully.

"Why are you, Dith?" ask Sister Vero who has actually realized the actions of Yudith a little strange since she was in the classroom.

"Eh, why?" Ririsma slightly bowed to look at Yudith's face looking down at the book. "Lo what's the matter in the dorm?"

Closing his book, Yudith leaned back, not directly answering the question and looked up.

Should he tell them about the embarrassing incident?

"Dith, you have us. Although it will not be able to help much, at least you can tell so that the heart feels lighter."

"Thus. You don't have to bear everything alone."

Yudith's eyes suddenly widened. You do not have to bear everything yourself, said Ririsma like waking him from a long dream full of twists. Accustomed to saving and bearing the burden alone, Yudith forgot that he could share anything with his friends.

Unknowingly a thin smile fell on the corner of his lips as the burden in his heart eroded slightly. Yes, just by realizing that he was not alone his heart became more relieved.

"Thank you" he said, you are the best, he added in his heart.

"Well, yo ngono. Let's go tell." Sister Vero took the novel out of Yudith's hands.

"They're making it hard for you again?"

Yudith. "There was a very embarrassing incident ...."

"Huh?" Sister Vero scrunched her forehead. "An embarrassing incident?"

"The shameful Lo?" When asked, in the heart of Ririsma guessed, people do not have much behavior like Yudith is about shameful actions what has he done?

"It's not me, but Miss Cici and Miss Ambar."

"What did they do?"

"Lo's bullshit again?"

Not wanting to make his two friends guess, Yudith finally told him about the incident at that time.

"Crazy!" So unreliable if there are people who can do like that, Ririsma like only having one vocabulary that deserves to be thrown.

"That can't be silenced! They've gone too far!" Sister Vero's reaction was more dramatic, to the point that she smacked the novel held onto her own thigh. "You have to report, Dith!"

"Gue agrees with Vero! They should be taught a lesson! This is your chance to get back at them." Ririsma chimed with more fiery.

Seeing the reaction of his two friends, Yudith's heart was now much more relieved. Their support means a lot. It seemed, she should be open more often and share a lot of stories with them.

On the advice of Sisters Vero and Ririsma, Yudith determined to tell Sister Rosa what had happened. However, when the time came, his heart even returned gamang.

Playing a pen between his fingers, Yudith's eyes stared blankly ahead. The child administration books he had to check, neglected, were scattered on the table. He was confused as to how to convey it to Sister Rosa.

A deep breath was blown when he realized that he had held his breath in the last few seconds. It was at that moment that the prowess of Sister Rosa's shadow that flashed outside the study room was caught by the tip of her eye.

"Suster Rosa!" Yudith hastened to rise. Due to his haste, the pushed chair creaked quite tightly.

"What's up, Dith?" Sister Rosa appeared at the door, her face frowning as she saw Yudith stroking her thighs - so she hit the foot of the table.

"Can you talk to me for a second, Sus?" As he asked, Yudith's eyes glanced at the wall clock. At ten, it was appropriate that there was no TV sound from the lounge.

"Wait a minute. I'll go to the bathroom first." Sister Rosa immediately passed without waiting for a response.

"What do you want?"

Yudith scowled as Bu Cici emerged from the side-escape of her still-attentive attentions towards Sister Rosa leaving.

"You were complaining about a guest yesterday, huh?"

Just yesterday the way Bu Cici spoke was soft and friendly, now it's back to how it was. Cynical and clearly hateful.

"No, Mom."

Indeed not. Yudith will not complain about the unquestionable. The mothers have graduated from school, the ban on dating no longer applies to them.

"Not sleeping, Ci?" the pleasantries came from Sister Rosa who had returned from the bathroom.

"You go to the bathroom." Ms. Cici passed indifferently.

In contrast to Sister Rosa who always looks calm and a little sarcastic in every speech, the tone of Bu Cici's voice is always rancid and the look on her face is like a person who is always vigilant, tense and eyes staring in full search.

"Cici's not looking for anything, is he?"

Yudith shook her head, and invited Sister Rosa in, sitting across from her.

Yudith had no intention of complaining and pretended to be stupid and hid behind Sister Rosa. No. gabe. If necessary, Yudith wanted everyone to be gathered and then to speak from heart to heart.

However, Yudith was convinced that what happened was a commotion. Better just talk to Sister Rosa first, after that, let Sister Rosa talk to them.

"By the way, Dith."

"Good, Sus. Emh, look ...." Yudith told him what he heard and saw yesterday, it was inevitable about two men named Jonas and Martin. Because they are also the ones involved. "Sorry, Sus. I don't mean to complain" he said at the end of the story.

"You sure?"

Yudith did not need to answer Sister Rosa's question. It was just the eyes that stared unblinkingly until Sister Rosa herself turned away. Unarguably, honesty was clearly implied in Yudith's dark brown irises.