Trouble Maker
Chapter 25
Tina thinks it's time she told Gita the secret. Gita is also now fifteen years old and she should know about her birth mother.
"Mom! You just shut up!" Gita breaks Tina's daydream.
"Ehh.... No, son, I was thinking, about what you said just now" Tina looked a little misbehaved.
"Sir mother, not Aunt Andini, must be daydreaming that way, what the hell, Mom? Is there something you're hiding from me?" Ask Gita.
"No one, there's nothing that I'm hiding from you, really" Tina tried to convince Gita. Gita nodded, accepting Tina's reply.
"Oh yes, ma'am, there's a letter from school" Gita pulled out a letter from her bag. Tina opened and read the contents of the letter. It is listed, so that he or Yanto as Gita's parents are asked to face the school. Tina did not want to ask a lot of questions first and would fulfill the call from the school.
The next morning, Tina comes to Gita's school and meets her teacher, as there are things to say.
"Good morning, sir" Tina said as she entered the teacher's room.
"Good morning, ma'am, please sit down" she said, inviting Tina to sit down.
"I'm Gita's mother, I was told by Gita yesterday that you wanted to see me" Tina said.
"But, sorry, sir, I'm alone, because my husband had a meeting this morning, so, can't come here" Tina continued.
"Yes, Mom, it's okay, I understand that Mr. Yanto is busy and a lot of work" he replied.
"We're just going straight. It's about Gita, Mom. Within a month, there have been several reports from other students about Gita's behavior. Gita was very often making trouble at this school, the worst of it was yesterday, he attacked a new student here, his name is Marni" he explained.
"I don't know what the problem is between Gita and Marni, until Gita like that, looks very hateful to Marni, whereas, according to Marni and also her classmates, she said, it is precisely Gita who is always looking for that problem, sorry well, Mom, I do not mean to mock the mother's child, that is the only reality. I myself am tired of hearing reports about the actions made by the Gita. I convey this to my mother as Gita's parents, so that she can give advice to Gita and in the future she can be better" he continued.
"I, as a Gita parent, represent my husband, apologize for my son's behavior, I promise I will advise Gita and hopefully she will listen and be able to change for the better" Tina said. The teacher nodded.
"Oh yes, sir, I can not meet the girl named Marni, I want to apologize to her for the behavior of Gita" Pinta Tina. The teacher nodded and immediately called out to Marni in her class. Just wanting to ask someone to call Marni in class, the person in question happened to enter the teacher's room to pick up the marker. He beckoned Marni with a wave of his hand, to get to her table.
"Marni, this is Tina's mother, Gita's mother, she wants to meet you and want to convey something to you" he said.
"Nak Marni, aunty as Gita's parents, would like to apologize for what Gita has done to you, auntie hope you will forgive her mistake" Tina expressed her apology to Marni.
"Yes, auntie, I'm sorry Gita, besides I've never been vengeful or even hate her, so, Aunt Tina is calm, I've missed yesterday's problem" marni said smiling.
"That's a lot, son, auntie, she's happy to hear it" Tina said. Marni just nodded with a smile.
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That afternoon Yanto deliberately went home quickly, because he wanted to solve Gita's problems at school. He wants to find out, the reason behind the troublemaking he has done lately. Gita just bowed quietly and listened to the nagging of her father and mother.
"Dad don't know well, Git, what you want to be, your work at school is just troublemaking, what the hell is in your brain!" Yanto looks angry this time.
"Your mother told me everything, father, many reports came to your teacher about your actions and this one was the worst, you attacked your friend, you beat him up, while he has nothing wrong with you, you want to be a school thug or how! You are the same as your real mother, troublemaking!" Yanto's eyes glared towards Gita. Gita caught a glimpse, how angry her father was this time, then lowered her gaze again. Tina kind of gave a code, not to unlock that secret. Because of his emotions, Yanto could not control what he said.
"Wait a moment, same with my real mother? What do you mean, I'm not the father's biological child with that mother?" Gita asked, looking at her father and mother in turn.
"It's not what I mean, you're the father's son and the mother, only your father is too emotional, to say such words" Tina tried to set the record straight and tried to keep the secret closed. Yanto also looks relieved, when he heard Tina found the right reason. Yanto does not want to, Gita knows the truth, because she is afraid that she will hurt Gita when she finds out that her birth mother was Andini and when she was a baby, he threw Gita in the street and let her be taken care of by others. Yanto did not know the exact reason, why Andini had the heart to throw Gita at that time. What he has clearly promised, is to keep this a secret. Later if that time comes, Andini himself will say it to Gita.
"Good thing is that Tina found the right and reasonable reason, almost the secret was revealed and Gita knew the truth, that she was not my biological child and Tina" Yanto said.
"Udah, you don't have to think about what you said just now, you're just an emotion, baby" Tina said.
"Gita, I'm sorry for saying such words, father is too emotional, I don't like your attitude that likes to make trouble and distress many people, he said, maybe for you it's just a joke or something, but, that's way over the line, son. So, I hope, you don't repeat the same mistake again well" Yanto stroked Gita's head gently.
"Yes, well, ma'am, I promise I won't do it again, I don't want to see you angry like that, I'm afraid to see it" Gita promised her parents. They hugged and calmed each other.