
" Daughter, today mom seems to be overtime. I'll cook you all meals for your lunch and dinner. "
Sania who was putting her shoes on just nodded slowly.
" I'll go first."
" yes. Be careful on the road."
Sania doesn't forget to kiss Sandra's hand before she goes to school. When just out of the house, it turns out Ezra had just come out of his house wearing an SD child uniform.
" Sir.."
Ezra approached Sania with slow steps.
" Today's your first day at the new school?."
Ezra nodded.
" Let's go together. Your school's near that field, right?."
Without refuting Ezra and then go with Sania. They walk while Sania occasionally introduces their neighborhood.
" You've arrived. Come in and greet your new friend."
Ezra doubts he also looks very tense in a new place. Seeing that Sania crouched down to comfort him.
" Don't be afraid. Maybe now you're embarrassed but you'll get used to it."
Ezra answered nothing but from his face he was about to cry.
Sania had no other choice and led her into the school area.
" Where's your class, Ezra?."
" Class 2b."
Sania glanced at Ezra whom she was guiding. Ezra's body looks very small and short for a child his age he thought.
Does he eat well.
When she reached the class Ezra mentioned, Sania told her to come in.
" Study well, okay."
" Yes brother. Thank you for driving me."
" Yes, then I'll go first."
Sania steps away from Ezra's school but just before she exits the school gate Sania sees a bunch of kids yesterday harassing Ezra. They were kids from 4th grade.
" Hey hey. that fierce brother is looking our way."
" Well, where?."
" There by the gate."
The children were compact to see the direction indicated by one of his friends. And they shuddered as Sania was glaring at them.
" I'll keep an eye on you."
Sania made a gesture with her two fingers as if she was going to stab them. Then he went to his school
" Why did sister Sania mark us. It's all because of you that's starting to bother the kid."
" But you pushed him first."
The kids started blaming each other. Sania is well known as the savior of the weak children in her neighborhood. He is also very brave to anyone who likes to bully others.
Sania came home from school that day when it had entered twilight because there was an additional lesson suddenly. His stomach was rumbling from this afternoon because he did not have time to eat in the canteen.
After cleaning up and changing clothes Sania immediately headed for the dining table. When looking at the food made his mother quite a lot because he did not eat lunch at home. Afraid the food would be useless so Sania thought about sharing it with Ezra.
" Ezra's.. Ezra..."
Chequek. The door of Ezra's house opened and he appeared from the inside.
" What are you doing? where's mommy?."
" Mama's not here."
" Oh, he's gone huh. Who are you with now?."
" Alone."
Oh, my God, I feel so sorry for this child.
" Ezra have you eaten yet?."
Ezra nodded slowly. Sania became more and more unbearable and he asked permission to enter because he wanted to see Ezra's residence.
Sania looked around her and the house was a mess. Many clothes were scattered on the floor and sofa. It didn't look like Ezra was living with someone.
" I'm gonna put this food on the table."
Deg. How surprised Sania when she found the dining table Ezra not available any food.
Sania looked at Ezra who was standing while bowing her head. Sania's pity and curiosity appeared.
" Ezra you got rice?."
Sania opened the rice cooker on the table and it turned out to be empty. He opened Ezra's refrigerator and there was almost nothing to eat.
Sania rushed over to Ezra and took him to sit on the sofa.
" Ezra, who do you live with?."
" I live alone. Mama said she'd pick me up when the job was done."
God how could there be such a mother in an 8-year-old.
" What is your mother I've seen?."
" No, it's the aunt that mom paid to come here twice a week to clean the house."
Sania closed her mouth in disbelief. So for almost 2 weeks Ezra slept alone in the mansion and took care of his own needs.
Sania, who also has a working mother, has sympathy for Ezra. The difference is that she is a girl who has been accustomed to being independent but for Ezra who is just entering the age of 8 years it is unexpected.
So is it because of this that he became a very shy boy.
Sania who had just returned home from Ezra's house stepped over with a shunt. Before he left the house Ezra Sania had time to cook rice for him and take care of the clothes Ezra scattered on the floor of his house while waiting for Ezra to eat.
When it turned out Sandra her mother was at home.
" Where have you been? what time is it?."
" I'm from Ezra's house, ma'am."
" Oh, the kid you said you just moved in?."
" Yes" said Sania briefly.
Seeing the look on her unusual face, Sandra approached Sania to question her.
" What's up?."
Sania remained silent and thought. But Sandra did not give up on asking him to tell her. And Sania told him everything she saw in Ezra's house and what she knew from Ezra about her family.
Sandra reacted just as Sania she felt sorry for the boy.
But if you look at it from the other side, he who is also a worker who works in a restaurant almost always has to leave his daughter alone at home so he tries to understand.