Little Monster

Lea Crying

Lea's eighth and ninth days here, everything went as usual. Our morning activities remained the same, Mas Indra ran early in the morning, I fed Lea, bathed her, dressed in school uniform and puffed her hair and with Mas Indra, we delivered the monster to school.

I had a new weapon for Lea to comply with by threatening to drive her home, I was a little relieved because if she started to rese', I would immediately take the car keys and say :

"*Home to yukk!"

"I don't want to go home."

"Well, if you want to stay here, don't be reckless, okay*?"

Mas Indra also several times used the same 'gun words' whenever Lea refused to stop playing or refused to go to sleep.

So Mas Indra and I compactly said we'd take Lea home if she started being naughty.

Afraid of being escorted home, the boy I saw little by little began to change somewhat from the very beginning we met and before staying here for a few days.

But I'm sure the threat won't last forever. For now it can still work, but what about next week?

Ohya .. isn't Friday the last three weeks Lea stayed here? I can't wait to get through the grueling 5 days next week.

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• 10 Days to

Haisshh ... I was stuck in traffic because I was passing through an unusual route, I thought that by going this way, I would have reached Lea's school sooner because I was also a bit late when I left home to pick her up this afternoon.

Ten days here, the monster had wet the bed twice. Fortunately I installed 'bed protection' that coats the mattress, so the toothpick does not penetrate the mattress. I just need to wash the bed linen and mattress protector made of that cloth and hang the pillow and bolster. But still my work increased, which resulted in me being late to pick her up for school.

"That's so much sih!! wrong route, stuck again!!" my screams while spilling my frustration saw the row of cars in front of me that did not move at all.

"I should have used a motorbike just so I could freely swerve from this annoying traffic jam" I regretted in my heart.

"But, Sa, later the boy was hot because at this hour, the sun was very hot. Not to mention that one monster likes to sleepy when coming home from school. Could fall off the bike later! if you bring a car, at least he can sleep comfortably in the passenger seat next to you. Macet has also become an icon of this city, like you are a new person who feels stuck just once. Just be patient." The other side of my heart whispered to me to remain calm and patient in the face of the traffic jam this afternoon.

Arriving at school, I saw the front gate was closed and only opened slightly for the entrance of one person.

"Oh my God .. It's Friday, there's no extra tutoring at school! all the children must have gone home ... where is Lea?!" I felt so guilty for making Lea wait for me for too long.

"Sir, I'm going to pick up Lea, Apple class," I said to Satpam's father, who was standing guard at his post.

"Please, Ma'am, his son is still in the same teacher," replied the friendly security guard.

"Thank you, Mr ...."

I rushed in and found Lea sitting with her teacher to wait for me to pick her up.

"*Hello, Miss Rahel .. sorry well .. it was jammed in the street ...."

"It's okay, Mom .. but next time come early."

"Good, Miss."

"This is PR Lea, please let him do it alone, just accompanied, do not be done by parents."

"For last week's PR, Lea was working at her Mama's house, Miss .. I didn't know it wasn't Lea who was struggling."

"Yes, Mom .. next time let her son do it."

"City, Miss ... Ohya, indeed PR is only shared every Friday? not given every day, is it Miss?"

"Yes, just every Friday."

"Allah ... Thank you, Miss Rachel, we're saying yes."

"Say goodbye to Miss Rahel*," I told Lea to say goodbye to her teacher.

"*Bye bye, Miss Rachel .... (See you, Miss Rachel) ...."

"Bye, Lea, see you next Monday. (See you next Monday, Lea)."

"See you*," Lea lirih replied while holding my hand and we left the School.

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These few days I no longer ask Lea "what would you eat?" because surely the answer is none other and not is 'tale equal flat'.

I did keep giving her what she asked for, but I also cooked her soup and meat. If he refuses to eat, I'll just use my gun. During the meal session, I did put the car keys on the dining table so that if the monster began not to swallow the food that I feed into his mouth or he linger swallowing, I'll take the key and pretend to take him home. Hehehe, all this time it has always succeeded the threat.

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Ohya, since Lea's 6th day here, I have also made a "Time Table" or schedule and what activities Lea should obey while in this house. For example :

• 14:00 Hours - Break

• 16:00 Hours - Learning and Playing

• 18:30 Hours - Dinner

• 19:30 Hours - Free Time*

• 20:30 Hours - Sleep

Free Time* or 'free time' here means that, Lea can play with her Papa or watch cartoons accompanied by me and Mas Indra. I don't want that kid to actually turn into a terrible monster when he grows up because of the ill-fitting spectacle for a boy his age.

One day when I asked her what her favorite cartoon, Lea told me, that she always watched soap operas on TV entitled "Holy Love" with her Grandmother.

"Oh my God, I was the only one this whole time even rarely and never even watched soap operas on Indonesian TV," I murmured in surprise.

It is not that I do not appreciate the work of my own country, but such soap operas are not my taste.

And it turns out, the boy even became one of the soap opera loyal audience.

"Wire, lest the child is doctrinated and judge that all stepmothers are cruel and evil as often aired by various soap operas on television. Lest Leah will hate me because I am a cruel, fierce, evil stepmother again." My mind ran everywhere imagining what soap operas the little monster had been watching?

For a moment I remembered his misbehavior, Lea did like to get angry, snacking is not clear, mecahin stuff at home and even often hit and kicked Maya.

Is it all because of the influence of television and the spectacle that he had witnessed with his Grandmother at home when Lea was left alone with his Grandmother while Mbak Dewi was engrossed in the streets and ber'hedon' ria with her social friends?

"God, Sasa Miciiinn .. What do you care anyway? there are five more days of Leah living in this house, after that, free! No more shuttles or toothpicks to clean." Kutepis julidku's mind.

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Today Mas Indra only went to the office in the morning, so after lunch and rest, I asked him to help Lea to install her PR. Madam Dewi will also pick up Lea at 9pm, so there is still plenty of time to work on all the PR from school.

Surprised also by the Kindergarten school which he said was 'international', gave so much PR to the boy who was just about to turn 6 years old. PR is also 4 kinds, Bahasa Indonesia, English, Mandarin and also Mathematics. I even pity the child who is so small but already burdened with so much PR.

But on the other hand, is not it also good to make the child learn responsibility early on? They even had to do PR on Saturdays and Sundays which should be school holidays. Every school has its own standards.

Or it could be, sending children to certain schools just as a place of prestige and showing off parents only so they can be proud to send their children to famous schools with a cost per year that is quite astonishing? I don't know ....

"PR Lea must be done here and let him own the master, Mas ... you teach him if he can't," I whispered to Mas Indra.

"Yes, honey."

The monster did not want to work on its PR for various reasons. He also confessed that his mother would let him play and not work on PR if Lea did not want to.

But Lea forgot that this is my home.

'My house, my rule!' Home, rules!

Not only on Lea, Maya also if here must obey the rules that I make in this house, for example, after peeing must be flush, should not throw litter, after finishing playing, for example, the toys need to be put back in their own place, which although they often have all the toys and make me clean everything up when they are not in my house.

The children are very comfortable in my house even though I am a fierce Sasa Micin like a lion, said Mas Indra. But they are still happy and at home here even though I make a lot of rules.

Hmm .. maybe because I let them play and even I let them make my whole house mess like a ship breaking, doodling the walls of their room with markers and crayons even though I bought them 'whiteboard' or whiteboard for them to play as teachers and students.

I also provide various toys, picture books and coloring books as well as coloring supplies, reading books, story books and study books for Kindergarten children. My message, to not damage or eliminate the goods that exist and must share with each other 'share' or share with each other, if I see Maya and Lea grab each other goods, is, usually I take it and I confiscate it until they apologize to each other, get better and promise not to wrestle again.

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"Lea if you don't want to do PR now, let's go home!!" I threatened that little monster.

"*Not coming home, hiks .. hiks ...."

"Don't cry, work now!!"

"I am, I am .. tired .. hiks ... hiks ...."

"God, go home ... Papa ... anterin Leah come home aja yukk, Pa* ...." I threatened him back.

"Not coming home, I want to be here .. hiks, hiks ..." The monster was crying louder. I see it seems like Mas Indra could not bear to see his son crying because he did not want to do PR.

"Let's work one sheet first yes .. if you don't want to work, Papa take you home ..." Mas Indra was very heavy to say that, but Mas Indra also did not want to see me rampage if he defended his son.

"I want to do this one, this one is the same one this later .. huhuhuhuhuhu .." The boy's tears flowed down his cheeks, he said, I just gave him a tissue so he wiped his tears and snot without caring about the monster crying as he pleased in front of his Papa.

Right, I'm a stepmother who has no feelings, cruel, evil and cruel as often shown in soap operas on television?

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