THE ABOVE THE CLOUD(ABC)
18. Remember, Ke-Lin-Ci!
Mutual until home at seven in a few minutes. With the sound of the door ringing, he could hear the sound of small feet approaching. Sure enough, as soon as the door opened, Sera ran towards him with the rabbit doll she just bought.
“Papa!!” Sera instantly opened both of her hands, intending to hug her father's feet. Unexpectedly, Reksa opened her hand and took Sera into the air before carrying her.
“Have eaten?”
Sera nodded. She then opened her small mouth wide, revealing its already clean contents. Telling him that he had finished his meal, there was not the slightest residue in his mouth.
Mutuals don't understand.
“Have you brushed your teeth?” ask Reksa after a second guess.
Sera looked confused, then nodded quickly before grinning, showing a row of clean milk teeth.
“Smart child.”
Sri's babysitter keeps a suit and a Mutual bag before she leaves.
Muta washed her hands into the kitchen still while holding Sera, before she sat down on the sofa.
“So Sera learned what in school?”
“Bundal hat!”
“Round cap, moreover?”
“Ballonku! Pawngi.., Sela main, hide and seek!” Although his explanation was teetering, Muta listened seriously. Sometimes he corrected Sera's words.
He said, one of the reasons children are late to talk and not fluent is due to lack of communication with the environment. To train it, naturally the child must be a lot on the fishing rod and trained.
In the middle of the chat, the Mutual phone on the table shook. The S initials on the screen make a good Mutual mood instantly decrease.
As if realizing it, the child immediately shrank his voice before silence. His black round eyes looked at Reksa straight and full of curiosity.
Muta took out the pudding and opened it before giving it to Sera. “Papa phone first, yes. Sera eat this.”
Sera nodded without saying a word and received the pudding with sparkling eyes.
Muta grabbed his phone and immediately moved towards the balcony. He closed the glass door behind him.
“Halo Pak.”
“Iya, sir. So far it can. Just wait from there.” Muta called while watching Sera who was eating from behind the glass.
“....”
Muta's initially neutral face began to turn dark as soon as he heard the sentence from across. He turned around and faced the streets for fear of his gloomy face being seen by Sera.
“Haha." Gnashing his teeth with a hard face, Muta let out a soft and polite voice as usual. “Bapak could have. I only expect fluency for my projects. About that I am not an expert at all.”
“....”
Muta took a cigarette out of his shirt pocket, but he only played it on his finger because he realized there was Sera inside. The smell can interfere with the health of children.
“I understand, I'm calm. Other than God, no third party knows.” connection disconnected afterwards.
Mutual stared at the screen moments before ******* the cigarette in his hands that were not ignited. From the beginning he should have guessed how sneaky those people were.
But Reksa has jumped in, he can only finish it. Hopefully, this is the first and last time that Mutuals are involved.
He waited for a while, intending to calm down. But when he turned around, he saw Ser. The little girl pressed her face against the glass with her enlarged round eyes. It's like being anxious to jump in and find out what his father is doing.
Seeing the funny sight, Muta's still-restrained anger instantly vanished instantly.
Muta opened the door and crouched down before holding Sera who still had not reacted.
Sera: !! Papa carried her even though Sera did not ask. Nice one!!
Sera naturally hugged Reksa's neck and started talking again as soon as she felt her father was back to normal.
“Papa, Sela kotol.” says Sera while showing her teeth. Because of eating pudding, Sera felt her teeth dirty again.
The mutual who realized it instantly held onto his forehead. He forget.
Sera forgot.
Sri's nanny forgot too.
Sera had eaten and brushed her teeth, but Reksa gave her the pudding instead.
“Sera has taken a shower?”
Sera nodded quickly.
“Then now we brush our teeth before going to bed, yes?”
“Papa celita!”
“Iya, we read the story together before going to bed, yes.”
“Bu Ina kinci, crocodile, kancil.” Ms. Irna told me about rabbits, crocodiles, and deer. Sera wants that story too.
Other than crocodiles and deer, Reksa doesn't know the rest.
“Also kinci!”
“Iya, same kinci.” windmill? Maybe a story about Country B? About the meadow?
Sera looked at her father's astonishment and repeated. “Kinci.” wait, Sera then wake up. He tilted his head. Doesn't this seem like he called it??
“Iya, mill, yes?”
“Inch!!”
“Iya, kinci, kinci.” may mean key? Mutual must check if there is a fairy tale about the key on Sera's bookshelf.
“Inch!!” sera's tone rose a staff while pushing the rabbit doll in her hand right in front of Muta's face.
Mutual: ….
“This is a rabbit, dear.” despite being anxious, this is the first time Reksa said dear to his daughter. Although his face was normal, inwardly he was unexpected and shocked. But he felt that this was natural. Isn't he Sera's father? Sooner or later he will too.
Unconsciously his eyes softened.
“Iya, rabbit.” Sera nodded.
Muta thought that she should train in earnest the pronunciation of her daughter.
Mutual: “Ke–”
Sera: “Ke.”
Mutual: “Lin–”
Sera: “Lin.”
Mutual: “Ci.”
Sera: “Ci.”
Mutual: “Rabbit.”
Sera was silent for a moment, staring at Reksa then the doll in her hand alternately. This is apparently the rabbit he meant! Now Sera remembers! The rabbit!
Sera immediately exclaimed loudly. “Kewnci!!”
“...” forget. The important thing is that Mutual understands what it means.
“Knowing Papa what's his name?”
“...Papa Leksa?”
“Smart.” Muta rubbed Sera's little head. In addition to the letter R which is difficult to pronounce, Sera clearly knows his name.
Mutual nodded in satisfaction.
“We brush our teeth, yes.”
Sera felt today as happy as yesterday. Although she missed her mama, Sera was no longer sad. He could send prayers every day to his mother.
***
That night after waiting for Sera to fall asleep, Reksa returned to her room. While working on the documents, he called Joe.
“Try see Ridwan.”
“...Ridwan, Sir?”
Ridwan is not a person who is often in the lyrics. Most young people seem to be able to show up in public after he made many contributions, but it can be said Ridwan is quite controversial. As a young boy who holds positions in the legislature, it seems he very often ‘interacted’ with other officials.
Surprisingly, the media like to antagonize Ridwan, which makes people not so positive in looking at him.
“Says he is preparing for this new period?”
“Iya, but the targeted position is not empty, still filled.. so.” Are you sure you want to contact him?
Ever since he noticed his Boss moving here and there, Joe began to pay more attention to the structure of officials in government. Large companies associated with his company.
“Do just that. Meticulous.” Mutual remind.
Joe who heard that clearly understood. “I understand, Sir.”
Mutual thought, of course; ambitious young people are easier to embrace than power-hungry old foxes.
Muta was initially hesitant, but Satria's previous attitude made Reksa stop thinking for a long time. He thought, Ridwan is one of the promising candidates. He just had no media by his side. Wh why?
Of course because he doesn't have enough money.
Mutual decided to sponsor it.
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The author wants to say: I'm sleeping. Sorry. Btw I'm done at 22:14 (TwT)
