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61. Dilemmas

Madya sharpened her hearing in order to catch the contents of the conversation of the people in the ward.

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The Jasmine VIP Ward

"Mom see my son is this way because of the mother's son! I can't take it!" Daniel's mother uttered words of rejection.

"I beg you not to report my son to the police" asked the middle-aged woman kneeling beside the hospital bed where Daniel lay.

"But, ma'am, this is already a criminal act. If left unchecked, how will the mother's child in the future?"

"Just don't report it so he can still go to school while improving himself. It's into juvenile delinquency. I beg you not to report."

Both mothers are fighting for their children. One is fighting for rights as a victim, the other is fighting for a second chance to correct the behavior.

The mother pulled Zulfikar to kneel with her fingers. He held onto his son. The endless reverberations he gave into his son's hands, signalling to immediately apologize to the victim who had been made overnight in the hospital for some time.

Zulfikar voiced out trembling. "Niel, I'm sorry."

Daniel did not answer. His jaw is still in recovery.

"Daniel didn't respond, Mom. Sorry, maybe it has to be processed legally."

Zulfikar's mother's tears were increasingly broken hearing the decision of Ms. Selly who still wanted to bring her son to justice. He beat his son's shoulder.

"Mom, please think again, ma'am. I am a widow, we live alone. How will I be left alone."

Ms. Selly was silent. He looked at the BK teacher who had lowered his head earlier. He also looked at Daniel who was still lying with a jaw that could not be moved, as well as his left head which was still bandaged because of the stitches.

He felt sorry for the mother and child before him, but also could not let his child not get justice. Her lung-throated flower breathed in deep air while weighing all the decisions.

Ms. Selly could only bow in confusion at the choice before her. Then he lifted his face and looked at the teacher BK who had been in mute mode.

"What do you think I should do?"

The teacher stuttered to a dilematic question. Although he is a professional in the field of guidance and counseling, this case is difficult to decide because it relates to humanity and criminal acts at once.

Selly, who was pregnant, understood the teacher's concern. He does not demand answers. In accordance with the rules of Wakanda, there were still children's prisons which in the next 2 decades were not so functional.

In the 2020s children and adolescents who commit crimes are defended all-out until finally free on the grounds 'the perpetrators are still underage'.

"Mom, I'd like to ask if Zulfikar is lying here, what are you going to do?" mrs Selly asked in a very desperate tone. "Please answer honestly from the deepest heart."

Zulfikar's mother looked at Daniel. He imagined the face of his beloved son was covered in wounds like Daniel. Her tears that had receded came back. "Sa-me .. will report the culprit to the police."

Zulfikar's mother bowed. His heart cannot lie. Which mother does not love her child. If the circumstances were reversed, he would report anyone daring to touch his son.

Miss Selly nodded weakly. The two middle-aged women were each struggling with a dilemma.

"But .. This is the category of juvenile delinquency ...."

"That almost made my son's life fly away?" cut Miss Selly.

"My son is still a teenager, he's still on his parents' side that is me."

"Well, since she's still Mother's dependant, it's Mother who's responsible for all of Mother's children's deeds."

Everyone in the room was shocked, not least Madya and Asa who were eavesdropping from outside. []

Connect ....

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While waiting for the decision of Ms. Selly, we stopped by here first yuk:

...I AM AMONG THEM...

...(.(.Ashefa)...