Last Ramadan for Nayla

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"David, about last night I'm sorry, mama?" pinta ma'am Amel while they were having breakfast that morning.

"Yes, forget it ma, oh where are you?" david asked when he didn't see his father that morning.

"Owh papa might sleep in his office, because last night papa went to the office he said there was work to be taken care of," explained Amel.

"Oh!" that's all the word that came out of David's mouth, he went back to eating. Tina wasn't there, she wasn't healthy yet so David was just having breakfast with his mom, David knew his mom was lying to him, "where maybe you slept in the office,papa must be sleeping in his second wife's house, "inner David.

As soon as David left for school, Amel's mother went straight into Nayla's room, while she was washing her clothes.

"After you've finished your holiness, you clean it up in the backyard!" tell Amel ma'am, the woman is like a very vengeful child on this one.

"Good ma." Nayla replied, she did not argue at all.

"And remember yes! You do not dare to approach David again, if you really want to stay here," threatened Amel ma'am. Nayla nodded quickly, she was a child and was very afraid that if she was dumped in the streets, no one cared, no shelter she did not want to be like that.

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"Why are you David?" ask Andi my friend David and his best friend.

"You've never been hit by your own papa?" asked David who made Andi surprised, once he asked such a thing.

"Yes no, my father is a loving person, if one of his ngingetin well never play hands." Answer Andi honestly.

"You've been hit by papa you, have you?" andi asked, looking suspicious.

"Not really." David replied while scratching his non-itchy head.

"You know Elin no, our class sister who is one class with your sister?"

"No, what's the matter with him?"

"He was always beaten by his own father, his father was a gambling man. Well, if you lose the bet then Elin will be the prey." Answer Andi explained.

"You know where it came from?" David was curious.

Hearing Andi's story, David again remembered Nayla, his sister was also often beaten by his own papa, while he could only see without helping.

"Not today is it like that Dav, we even often see him on television, the child who was killed by his mother because of depression, the father who beat his son to death, he said,isn't it strange how humans can act so cruelly, animals protect their children." Andi said that makes David can only be silent, he is busy with his own mind.See there is no response at all from his interlocutor, Andi felt bored.

"Ah no fun talking to you Dav, mending to the canteen." Andi said leaving David alone in the quiet classroom, because all the students were already at the cafeteria for lunch.

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Tina notices Nayla who keeps sweeping the backyard, supposedly Nayla is currently studying at her school, but since papa and mama hate her too much, so she has to sit at home,he was not even allowed to go out by his parents.

His bedroom window did indeed lead to the backyard, so he could easily see what Nayla was doing. Nayla continued to wipe the sweat that was pouring on her forehead, she could not bear to see it anymore she could not possibly continue to stand in her room, she had to help her sister.

"But, if I go out, Mama will be angry, Nayla will also get her gum." Tina became hesitant, finally she chose to stay in her room, rather than later would only make things worse, mother Amel is not an easy person to compromise as her father.

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When David came home from school did not go straight home, he told Mang Adi to go around first, whatever he wanted in his way, he himself did not know.

"Den David we stop here for a second huh, there's something you need to buy Adi manganese." Said Mang Adi while turning off his car engine.

"Yes mang." Answer David.

While waiting for his driver David swept his gaze around the highway he saw from a distance some small children who were busking in the streets,some were sitting by the side of the road waiting for the passersby's mercy to give them a little money to buy food. some of them were abandoned children, who were abandoned by their parents, but no hands were outstretched to help them. David feels more guilty because all this time let Nayla starve, he did not even come to protect her when Nayla was tortured by papa, he felt himself had become a very evil sister.

"Sorry den, Mang Adi a little long." Mang Adi said, now the man was in the car and turned on the car engine to resume their journey.

"Are there parents who don't love their children?" ask David. Mang Adi frowned - not usually David asked such a thing.

"There are, in the news, many of those who are reported to have died because of the murder of their own parents." Answer mang Adi.

"I'm getting confused" murmured David getting dizzy.

"Why did David ask such a thing?" ask mang Adi.

"Yes, the question is oh yes mang according to Mang Adi what if there are parents who hate their children because the child is disabled?"

"Only those who are not grateful for the gift of God who will do this, but Adi also has an older sister he can not walk normally, his feet are disabled but his parents love him very much, they're actually just physically disabled, but their hearts aren't." Mang Adi.

David increasingly understood what was said by Mang Adi, during this fact David also often saw Nayla pray in his room, while those who are physically perfect just not like Nayla. Nayla was small but so obedient, David never even saw his parents pray at home, even david and tina also never taught about religion, all they get from school. Both of his parents went to the mosque only during Lebaran alone, the rest did not.

David felt ashamed of himself with his sister, he had grown up already second grade Junior High, but knowledge about religion is still very minimal.

"Lho, don't you think David's daydreaming?" reprimand Mang Adi when David was just silent.

"While thinking about something mang, we stopped for a while at the stall, yes mang, David wants to buy rice." David said he wanted to buy food for Nayla, because Nayla was usually very rarely fed by her mother, and this time he would buy chicken meat for Nayla,because she knew Nayla really wanted to feel what that meat tasted like."

"Yes, it's den." An Adi man replied that seeing David telling him to stop in front of the food stall made the man wonder and wonder.

"It's not usual for David to buy food like this, not at home too." Mang Adi said in his heart.

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