THE NEGLECTED ZAHRA DIAMOND

Chapter 9

The next day Ms. Dina finally apologized personally to Zalika and Zahra.

Zahra was happy even though Bu Dina did not do it in public, but she was relieved because now Zalika was not underestimated anymore.

When the sport lesson Pak Awam sports teacher Zalika invited Zahra to talk about Zalika's passion for running.

The man suggested to Zahra to do the exercises often to his daughter to increase her speed.

He even offered to be his coach.

"Thank you Mr. Public for your concern" said Zahra

"If you don't mind, Lika wants me to participate in the district level race, how can you not?" ask Mr. Public

"I agree, sir, when is the lamb?"

"Sunday Mom, it's late afternoon if Zalika can come to school for practice,"

"Well layman, thank you very much" replied Zahra then took her daughter home

That afternoon Zahra fulfilled the request of Mr. Civil to invite Zalika to practice running.

The little girl looked so excited while practicing running with her peers.

Zalika is always excited every time he comes to training to make Pak Awam so optimistic if he can win the race later.

Zalika who managed to get a perfect score in all his lessons managed to make the teachers surprised to see it. But even so, not a few of the student guardians who think that Zalika gets a perfect score because of luck.

Zahra ignored the words of the guardians who sneered at him, he still instilled a positive attitude towards his daughter so that she always had the spirit of learning and competing healthily in the classroom.

Finally the day that was waiting for arrived, Saturday morning Zalika was so excited to take part in his first race as a running athlete representing his school.

Although at first many teachers doubted Zalika could win the match, but with the guidance and hard work of Mr. Layman, managed to convince the principal to give permission to Zalika to participate in the race representing Tunas Harapan Kindergarten.

Zahra was so enthusiastic while watching her daughter's maiden match. He continued to give spirit even though Zalika was originally in the last order.

With the spirit of Zalika finally managed to overtake some of his friends in the last minutes until he managed to become the first champion.

Zalika managed to get the trophy for the first time, and it had already made the girl so happy and started to be confident.

Of course, it brought a change for the usually shy Zalika to become more confident when dealing with others.

The development of Zalika is not spared from the observation of Zahra who did not forget to review it in his thesis.

He hopes his thesis this time can be useful for parents who have children with special needs like himself.

In addition, Zahra has also written a book about her experience in caring for Zalika. He wants to share his experience with all parents in Indonesia in order to be able to handle children with special needs such as his daughter.

That afternoon Zahra met her friend who worked at a book publishing company. He was so happy when his best friend received a script from him.

"Thanks, Der, you want to help me write my script,"

"Sama-sama Za, why didn't you come at your ex's wedding?"

"Gee, anyways my arrival is not expected so what am I coming for" replied Zahra

He then said goodbye after his business was done. But because his phone missed he was forced to return to meet his best friend Derby.

A security guard approached him and gave him his missed phone.

He immediately rushed off and picked up Zalika at the residence of his friend Ivory.

"Thanks, Ding, take care of my son" said Zahra

"Sama-sama Za, how is the script, not accepted?" answer Ivory

"Disposed to the trash," Zahra replied in an annoyed tone

"Astaghfirullah, how can the Derby be so rich, do you have any problems?"

"Nothing, maybe this is an order from Ms. Merry, understand that she's the loser" Zahra replied

"Yaudah be patient, even if you can not publish your book in a well-known publisher you can publish the book in a regular publisher or Indi. Let me help you, here,"

Zahra then handed over the manuscript to Ivory.

"Wait a minute Za, I'll tell you if it works. Btw your child is very good at pictures why not take painting lessons, if only he has the talent to be a famous painter,"

"Not minded Ding, but later I try deh, thanks yes input,"

Seeing that Zahra was coming home, Ivory offered to drive her home.

"Don't bother, I can go home by myself,"

"No papa Za, I happen to be lazy so you can just nganter lo go home. I just want to know where you live now,"

Ivory immediately opened the door of his car and let Zahra and Zalika in.

"I'm sorry I'm sitting in the back, not disrespectful, but because my son can't be in the back so I have to take care of him so that our journey can be safe until the destination,"

"Yes I know, sans aja Za,"

Ivory immediately drove his car towards Zahra's residence.

Upon arriving at Zahra's house, he was so surprised to see where his best friend lived.

"Lo really lives here Za?" tanyanya did not believe

"Why indeed?"

"Lo is sultan, how can you live in a simple house like this, you feel at home?"

"The sultan is my former family. You know who I am, why I was banished from the family??, so it doesn't matter if I have to go back to poor life. It was common, and fortunately Lika also never complained and happy-happy just here," replied Zahra

"Thank God that's it, can you really not want to talk anymore?. Dear loh rich genius teacher Lo must stay at home,"

"Indeed, if I teach my child the same who??, then there is a school that still accepts me after the Bahri family blacklisted my name in all schools in Jakarta," replied Zahra

"Why don't you teach outside Jakarta, or open the bimbel. If your son could be the same babysitter?"

"Gue doesn't want to leave my son as a nanny anymore because I don't want my son to get worse. I wanted to heal my daughter and I chose not to have a career so she could recover and live happily with her mother without losing her affection. I won't lose my skills anyway because I've been a teacher to my daughter all this time. I would feel happy and proud if I could make my daughter live a normal life by developing her advantages. Rather than me educating someone else's child while my own child was neglected," replied Zahra making Ivory really salute with his thoughts