JUDITH

JUDITH
ORPHANAGE AND SUSPICIOUS PAPER CLOTS



Once entering the Pasuruan area, the car driven by Bu Duwima veered to the left, to a fairly quiet housing. Mr. Heru stopped near the corner, taking cover behind the mango leaves to set a safe distance.


Not long after that the car stopped at the end of the road, in front of a house that looks the largest is also terraced. After the two women got out of the car and entered the house, Mr. Heru immediately drove his motorcycle on the street of a very quiet residential complex. Housing that is not exactly elite, but saying it as ordinary housing is also too underestimating.


Arriving in front of Ms Duwina's house she stopped, then got off and pretended to check her motorcycle. Squatting down beside the motorcycle while pretentiously busy, his eyes often crept upwards, onto the black glass wall that occasionally displayed faintly twitching shadows.


A young man came out of the house and approached, Mr. Heru immediately pretended to be checking his motorcycle chain.


"The motor is why, sir?" The man asked friendly.


Mr. Heru immediately snatched the sizable twig that was nearby, then hurriedly stood up. Chuckling lightly said, "This, sir, is a twig that is clutched in the spokes of a wheel. But nothing, really."


The man's face was no stranger to Mr. Heru, since the principal's sister had already given all the photos of Irene's family members. Right now in front of him was Irene's father.


The man looked relaxed, but Mr. Heru knew that in fact he was suspicious, visible from the look in his eyes.


"Where are you going through here? Don't know if it's a dead end, it's not the guy here, huh?"


"Yes, no, sir. I'm just a mango crumb. It was past in front of that where there were mangoes whose fruit was thick and I kept coming here. Who knows if there are others. It turns out there's nothing, yeah, I'll excuse you."


"Oh, yes, sir. Careful."


While standing on a motorcycle, Mr. Heru accidentally looked up and found the little faces of some children stuck to the glass were staring at him. However, Mr. Heru just nonchalantly turned his motorcycle, then drove casually.


Irene's father immediately returned home after the figure of Mr. Heru looks smaller. However, instead of driving to the highway, Mr. Heru actually stopped the motorcycle in front of a house on the terrace there was a middle-aged man sitting.


"Good day, sir," she said kindly.


The man stood up, then approached. However, it did not open the iron gate. "Good day too. Can anyone help, sir?"


"Yes, Sir. Here, I'm looking for a TKW shelter house. But I forgot exactly which block?"


The man scrunched his forehead for a moment, then said, "TKW's shelter is not here, sir. But if an orphanage shelters children there. It's his house at the very end." The man pointed at Bu Duwina's house.


"Oh, then I took a wrong turn. So, who's on the other end of that orphanage? Yes, yes, sir. Excuse me. Thank you." Thank you."


After making small talk, Mr. Heru immediately drove. Once on the highway pulled off the motorcycle, then contacted the principal's sister and reported the results of her stalking.


At the foundation office, the fat-bodied woman rushed away after putting the phone handle into place. He was about to go to the Cloud Guesthouse. Once there, she sees Irene is back up, and is helping to squeeze the sprai with Eva. Finally he broke off his intention to speak with Bu Juliana and Yudith, then continued his steps towards the chapel.


Until the day changed night, the principal sister did not appear in the Cloud House. I don't know what he's planning. Family affairs of the clients actually the foundation has no right to interfere, but for the case Irene is very awkward and the foundation can not stay silent.


After dinner, Ms. Yuliana asked other servants to accompany the children to study, while she, Yudith and Irene went into her room.


Irene sat on the chair facing the table, the book was open in front of her and the writing tool was in hand. It turned out that it was as easy as asking Irene to tell her what really happened. In this case, it was Juliana and Yudith who were lacking in sense. Too focused that humans communicate using the mouth, they forget alternative ways that are no less effective.


"Irene said that Miss Duwina is not a mother and Miss Magda is not a sister?" Ms. Yuliana started the interrogation session in a relaxed manner so that Irene would not feel depressed. To this question, Irene simply nodded.


"Then who are they?" added Ms. Yuliana.


Not immediately writing, Irene looked at Yudith as if asking for approval. Yudith smiled and nodded. "An answer if it can be answered. If not, yes, no papa," he said gently.


Irene finally wrote the answer.


They're people from the orphanage.


Finished writing, Irene gave her book to Yudith to read. Yuliana hurried to Yudith's side to read it together. After reading, they exchanged looks.


"The orphanage?" asked Ms. Yuliana with a stupid face. "Then why were you brought here?" While talking, Ms. Yuliana gave the book to Irene and the girl immediately wrote.


Because I'm naughty. He denies setting a bad example. They said they'd take me back if I wasn't naughty anymore.


Irene finished writing and was about to give her book to Yudith, but suddenly dropped out and went back to writing.


I don't want to go back there.


He handed it to Yudith. After reading, Yudith and Bu Juliana exchanged glances again, and Judith asked,


"Why didn't they send you back? Even sent here?"


Apparently, Yudith's question was very sensitive to Irene, suddenly the girl looked down and her tears immediately fell. Yudith hurriedly stroked his shoulders gently.


"Already, don't cry. Yes, Miss Yudith said, if you can't answer, yes, you don't have to answer."


"Yes, already, get here first," said Ms. Yuliana while stroking the girl's hair. "Irene join friends, learn gih. Thank you, yes, for working together."


Yudith helped Irene wipe her wet eyes, then opened the door. "Here you go, don't be sad anymore" he said just before Irene came out.


After that, Yudith and Bu Yuliana chatted together. Meanwhile, in the study room, Irene seemed to be writing. Eva who was next to him accidentally saw what he was writing. The girl's eyes widened, but when Irene stopped writing and raised her face, Eva immediately pretended to know nothing.


Irene doesn't seem to care. The girl held the paper in her hand until it became a lump, then threw it into the trash. Eva remains a faux pas until study time is over. When Irene went to the bathroom, she immediately picked up the discarded paper and kept it in her pants pocket.