Forced to Be Stepmom
The Debate of Andra and Miss Jane

The guardians stared at each other as Andra requested that they bring the eyewitness they said before him.

Andra crossed her hands in a graceful manner.

“Why do you guys look doubtful? Are the eyewitnesses you guys said there really aren't?” Andra asked with both eyes.

“Of course there are. Where might we say it if we don't have it at all”

“Then bring him here and have him say directly that I did violence to my son”. Andra looked resolute and confident as she sparred with her friend Lathan's parents.

“Good. We'll bring him here. Can I call Jane and Vina?” one of the mothers asked her colleague to call her teacher Lathan after she spoke to Andra.

“Good, I'll call him”. Two mothers finally go to call Lathan's teacher who previously said that Lathan had experienced violence from her stepmother.

Andra waited in a calm and graceful manner while sitting with a glass of juice in front of her. The other students' parents waited patiently while continuing to talk about what was going on. They continue to argue that they are not wrong and try to defend Lathan.

***

 Tok tok tok tok

“Excuse me, Bu” a mother knocked on the teacher's room to see Jane and Vina

“Iya, Bu Deti, Bu Ayu, what's up?” jane asked to see two guardians standing in front of the teacher's door.

“Can we talk to mom for a minute?” ask one of the mothers to Jane's mom

“What's the problem bu?” jane looks confused when the student's parents want to talk to her

“There's bu Andra delivering Lathan. We couldn't bear to look at him, so we went up to him and rebuked him not to hurt Lathan anymore. But Ms. Andra said that it was all a lie and asked us to bring witnesses for what we knew”

“True. We'll hear that from Ms. Jane and Ms. Vina, you can't come with us and trust Ms. Andra so she doesn't do the same violence to Lathan. Maybe if the mother talks, Andra will feel embarrassed because her actions have been exposed and do not do violence again”.

The two mothers talk in turn to make Ms. Jane sure and want to join them to detain Andra so as not to do violence again against Lathan.

Ms. Jane was silent for a moment and considered what the two parents said.

They're correct. If I talk, maybe Andra's mom will feel embarrassed and scared because her actions have been exposed and no longer hurt Lathan. I don't want to see the child suffer and maybe with this Mr. Radit can realize that the woman he married was not a good mother to Lathan.

Ms. Jane considered in her heart what she was going to do

“Alright, I'll go with the mothers to meet Andra's mom. Come!” jane said after she felt confident about the decision she made.

“Mari mom. Bu Andra is in school with the other mothers”.

Ms. Jane nodded and followed the two parents from behind.

***

Not long after, the two parents of the student who had left had returned with Jane behind him.

“Sorry, we made you all wait a little. This is Jane's mom, she is aware of the changes in Lathan” said one of the mothers by introducing Jane's mom

Andra ang was previously silent with a calm attitude now began to talk again. He looked at Jane with a cynical look.

“So you spread false rumors that I molested Lathan?” andra asked with a cold attitude.

“I don't spread rumors. I know that you didn't treat Lathan well after she took a long break from school due to illness. She enters school with a broken vocal chord and her attitude also becomes more closed to others whereas before Lathan was a cheerful and very sociable child, but after you became her mother, she said, he prefers to be alone and not talk much”.

Lathan's teacher explains his findings about Lathan's changing attitude

“So you made your own conclusions just because of that? Don't you think that your attitude is too eager to interfere with the affairs of others?” Andra asked with a thin grin on her lips.

“I'm sorry if I get too involved, but Lathan is my student it's only natural if I worry about her condition”. Ms. Jane insisted on what she said.

“Just so? You are very attentive as a teacher. It felt like the teacher at the other school did not do such a thing to his student” Andra spoke with a sneering smile and a mocking tone of speech.

“What does bu Andra mean?” ask Jane with a calm attitude.

“You sure just because you care about Lathan, not because you're in love with my husband right?”

Andra was straightforward about her opinion regarding Lathan's teacher. Instantly Lathan's teacher gasped at Andra's words.

“A-what do you mean? I am Lathan's teacher. There is no way that I would do something like that to my own student” argued Miss Jane with a panicked look on her face.

“Listen to me. I love my son and there is no way that I would be as violent as you accuse me of. That's very unlikely to happen” Andra spoke with a smile that looked creepy

“Bu Andra, whether you believe it or not. For sure we have evidence in the case of the violence you committed on Lathan. We could have reported you to Mr. Radit and if later Mr. Radit sued for divorce and demanded custody of your child, we could have helped him”

“What? Demanding divorce? Child custody? So you guys purposely did this to make my husband hate me? You're all crazy, aren't you? Who are you to meddle in someone else's domestic problems? You even conspired to set up an undisclosed case to make my family a mess?”.

Andra spoke with a cold demeanor and a sharp look in her eyes. He also shook his head many times because he felt inexhaustible with what the mothers did. The guardians were shocked by Andra and Jane's conversation. They did not think at all that everything would be as wide as it is now.

“Bu Andra, I didn't mean it that way. I just wanted to tell you that Mr. Radit could have been angry with you if he knew you were molesting Lathan”

“Cih, you're too convoluted bu Jane. Just say that the reason you make gossip like this is to make my relationship and my husband tenuous right? Unfortunately you will not succeed. Because I never did violence to Lathan and we are happy with our little family. Nothing will be able to disturb our happiness, including You” said Andra who spoke full of confidence.

***

The commotion that occurred was carried out until it spread throughout the school. Lathan also heard that Andra had a fight with one of his teachers.

“Lathan. Lathans. Your mother was having a fight at the canteen with Jane's mom and the other student's parents” said one of Lathan's friends who heard there was a commotion.

“What did you say?! I had to leave immediately and see Mami” Lathan running straight to the cafeteria to see for myself what was going on with the new mother she loved