Take My Heart's

SOLUTION

The clock on the wall of the room has been shown at 11 p.m. Khalisha, who was supposed to be in the dreamland, for tonight, her eyes are still wide open. For two hours he had laid his body on the mattress, even several times to change his sleeping position, but drowsiness did not attack him.

The night air after the rain was indeed twice as cold as the usual nights, making Khalisha reluctant to leave her warm blanket. Cold air like this certainly makes his grandparents sleep soundly in the room. The proof alone, since 9 pm the house feels lonely. Not heard at all the sound of their faithful chatter filling the atmosphere of a quiet house. When thought back, envy also felt with them. Whatever problems they face, they can still relax and always face them together.

He took a deep breath, then sat down on his bed. Unknowingly he touched his chest. Again, he breathed. He forgot that the necklace that had always been around his neck was now in Daniel's hands. Suddenly his mind was reminded of what happened this morning at school. Today was a bad day for him. How not. Instead of avoiding trouble, he makes trouble at school. He could have made Daniel's expensive android broken. Now, he has to replace that android. How unfortunate his fate. Not even looking for money to help his grandparents meet their daily needs, he even has a big debt to Daniel. He himself does not even know until when he can replace the android.

Suddenly the door opened a little. Grandma's figure was seen behind the door. Khalisha stared in shock at the grandmother who was walking slowly towards her. Not usually Grandma is still awake from her sleep and into her room in the middle of the night like this.

"How come you haven't slept, Lis? Grandma thought you were asleep earlier," asked grandma while sitting on the bedside.

"Not sleepy yet, Grandma," he replied, "trus Grandma herself why haven't you slept? I thought Grandma was sleeping with Grandpa. There was no sound."

"Grandma was sleeping with grandpa, but woke up with thirst" said grandma, "you yourself why is this hour still not sleeping? Tomorrow's school, loh. Wake up again."

"Tomorrow holidays. Red date," she replied briefly.

"Oh, tomorrow's the red date. Grandma just found out. Yes but still, even if tomorrow is school holiday, you can not sleep this night. It is not good to lack sleep. Can interfere with health," said grandma advising. Grandma stared fixedly at Khalisha. For some reason, grandma feels something different about Khalisha today. Grandma then again said, "Don't you have any more problems at school? Not usually until midnight like this you haven't slept."

Khalisha was surprised. Though he said nothing, but grandma could easily guess. Seeing that grandma was waiting for her answer, her mind became even more confused. Between stories or not, he just does not want to add to the burden of grandmothers who have a lot.

Seeing her only granddaughter was silent, Grandma felt sure that something had happened to Khalisha.

"It looks like Grandma was right. You have a problem at school. Dong Lis story with Grandma. Who knows, Grandma can help you find a solution" persuaded grandma.

Even though Grandma spoke like that, Khalisha was still in her silence. His mind was still filled with confusion, not sure he wanted to tell about the problem he had accidentally made at school.

Grandma let out a long sigh, then said gently, "You're the same old man. If there is a problem, it must be self-inflicted. I don't want to tell Grandma. Grandma really hopes that you can open up. Although Grandma can not help, Granny can not give input to you. It's okay if you don't want to tell a story. Grandma will not force it. But, you must remember! Whatever problems you face, you are not alone. Grandpa and Grandma will always be with you. You have to remember that!"

There's nothing more Grandma wants to say to Khalisha. Grandma got up from the bed and stepped out of the room. Grandma doesn't want to make Khalisha dizzy. During this time, Khalisha never told me anything about her days at school. As a result, my grandmother never knew that Khalisha had problems at school. Although she was silent, she knew that Khalisha never wanted to trouble her and her husband.

"Grandma, wait!" khalisha exclaimed after a long time of thought.

At once the grandmother stopped her footsteps and turned to face Khalisha.

"What's up, Lis?"

With the blanket still wrapped around her body, Khalisha confirmed her sitting position. He exhaled a long breath, reassuring his mind.

"Lis, how are you quiet? What was? Do you need anything? Say it to Grandma! You need what? Let Grandma get it now."

Khalisha shook her head slowly, then said, "No, Grandma. I don't need anything."

"Well, why did you call Grandma?" grandma asked confused.

"Grandma sit down first! There's something I want to tell Grandma about" Khalisha said.

Shocked at once happy, that's what grandma now feels. After that incident, Khalisha was finally willing to open up to him. Of course grandma didn't waste this opportunity. Grandma finally sat back on Khalisha's bed.

"What do you want to tell Grandma?"

"Actually.I...," said Khalisha hesitantly.

"Actually what am I, Lis?" ask grandma curious. Although curious, but seeing Khalisha who hesitated, grandmother chose not to impose her wishes. My grandmother said, "If you're not ready to tell a story, that's okay. Don't force it."

Khalisha again took a deep breath, gathering courage. "Actually I have a debt, Grandma."

Again the grandmother was shocked by Khalisha. However, this one was something that Grandma had never imagined before.

"You have debt?! How can you, Lis? Grandma once said to you, even if our lives are difficult, never owe each other. Grandma does not want, our quiet life is even messed up because of dizziness think of debt."

"I also don't want to owe anyone else, but the problem is I accidentally rusakin android Daniel, Grandma. So I have to replace the broken android" Khalisha said.

"Android? What'sthat?" grandma asked confused. My grandmother heard that word for the first time. Poverty made my grandmother unable to buy many things. Let alone android, can eat every day, grandma is very grateful. Even my grandmother's television didn't have it.

"I mean hp, Grandma," he answered briefly. He was lazy when he had to explain things that are not important, "i did not accidentally rusakin hp Daniel earlier."

"Yes, Grandma."

"Kok can you rusakin hp him?"

"Actually when I was talking to him at school, I felt like something was pushing me in the back. I fell and hit him."

"So, is that pushing you? Do you know who it is?"

"No, Grandma. I didn't see the person," he answered briefly, "sorry, Grandma. I'm making trouble. Our condition is so difficult."

Grandma stroked Khalisha's hair gently. With a small smile, Grandma said, "No need to apologize to Grandma, Lis. You never asked for anything with Grandma. Grandma even felt like she failed to be a good grandmother for you. I can't give you a lot of pocket money, can't give you anything you want, Grandma who should be apologizing to you."

"Don't say that, Grandma! Grandma was very good to me. I want to take care of and raise me. Though obviously I'm not—"

"Don't continue! Grandma doesn't like it. For Grandma, you're Grandma's favorite granddaughter, "grandmother's cut.

"Yes, Grandma. Again, I'm sorry. I should've helped make some money, but I was giving you trouble."

"Don't say that! Your job is to go to school and learn. Making that money is Grandma's job as your guardian. So, you don't have to think about finding money to help Grandma and Grandpa. You got it, right?"

"But, Nek—"

"It's okay. Regarding your debt, Grandma still has a little savings. You can use that savings to replace Daniel's phone."

"Don't, Grandma!" sahut Khalisha quickly, "I will find my way out myself. I ruined it, so I'm gonna have to replace it."

"But, Lis, where did you get the money to replace that? Nowadays it is hard to find a job. Moreover, you are still in school like this. grandma does not want your school disturbed because of this," said grandmother worried.

"Grandmother calm down. My problem is let me take care of it. I told Grandma it was just to calm my mind, not to ask Grandma to help me change Daniel's phone" Khalisha said.

Although Khalisha said that, still worry enveloped my grandmother's heart. Grandma was afraid that this would interfere with her grandson's school. Moreover, Khalisha was completely unwilling to accept her help, leaving Grandma out of her mind to help her.

"Yes, if you want that. Grandma follow what you want. But, if there's anything, you say yes to Grandma. Don't hold it yourself."

Khalisha nodded slowly. For some reason after talking to grandma, her heart and mind felt relieved, as if the burden that was on her shoulders was gone in an instant.

"If so now you sleep first. It's already midnight. I woke up again tomorrow. Grandma's going to sleep too. Grandma went back to the room, yeah." After saying that, Grandma got up from Khalisha's bed and stepped out of the room.

Khalisha returned to her body. What Grandma said was true. He must go to bed soon so that tomorrow he can wake up early. Maybe tomorrow will be an exhausting day for him. To replace Daniel's android, he has to go back to looking for a job. And for that, he needed a lot of energy to get through it.

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Daniel's two eyes still faithfully looked at the silver necklace he was playing in his hand. Looking at the necklace, it made her recall her conversation with Khalisha this morning at school.The longer she thought about it, the more guilt she felt. He felt that what he was doing was outrageous. Though he himself knew that Khalisha was not the son of rich people like his friends. Maybe at this time, he is confused looking for money to replace his android. He clearly saw the incident. There was someone who pushed Khalisha to make her drop her android. Supposedly, he made the man responsible for the damage to his android, not Khalisha. But what he did was the opposite. He instead made Khalisha responsible for the willfulness of others and let the culprit live a quiet life.

"What am I actually doing? Why would I do something like that to Khalisha? Did I just cancel, huh? So, Khalisha should not bother to change my android," she asked in her heart.

His mind is getting confused. Canceling or not, the choice just keeps ringing in his brain. On the one hand, he wanted Khalisha to take no responsibility for her broken android, but on the other hand, he had no other reason to have Khalisha by his side.

When he thinks back, he does not understand his own way of thinking. Somehow he could be so interested in Khalisha, even doing something like that to her just to be by her side. Khalisha is just an ordinary girl. His face was not beautiful and attractive, not even a rich man, but he wanted to be close to him. Never mind, what Nathan said back then was true. He likes Khalisha. But, how could that be. He had only met Khalisha a few times, not even knowing anything about him.

"It looks like this locket is very important to him. I've never seen him plead with such a pitiful tone" he said again with a fixed eye on Khalisha's pendant.

After careful attention, the pendant was able to be opened. Daniel opened it. Two small photos were clearly displayed inside the locket, a man and a woman. I don't know what the two people in the photo have to do with Khalisha. Recalling Khalisha's expression as she snatched her pendant, she felt confident that the two people were very important to her.

The longer he looked at the pendant, the more guilt became. He felt like a person with no feelings. With his strength he made Khalisha bear the guilt of others alone, and he also had the heart to snatch his precious pendant from his hands. But what he can do. It's all happened. He couldn't have just admitted it. Khalisha must be angry and not want to see him again.

He got up from his bed and went to his desk. His hand opened the desk drawer, then placed the pendant into a small box. Khalisha asked him to keep the locket, so all he could do to reduce his guilt was to take good care of the locket.

"Khalisha, what kind of person are you?" murmured Daniel curiously.

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