
Joanna returned the wave of her son's hand, staring at Oskar's departure until it was invisible from the eye. Those small steps led Oskar into the schoolyard leaving Joanna still standing in her place.
"Xiao O, don't you grow up too fast. I don't know why mommy was afraid you'd grow up soon and leave mommy alone" complained Joanna.
"Don't think too far ahead of Joanna. She's only five years old now, she hasn't even been circumcised yet" said Aunt Diaz.
"But I've started worrying about it, Bi?"
"Here you go, don't think weird. Come on, we'd better get going" Aunt Diaz said.
This morning, Oskar insisted on leaving alone because Joanna and Aunt Diaz planned to go to the supermarket to buy monthly shopping. But Joanna insisted on delivering it first out of fear that something like the other day would happen again.
At that time, the officer Joanna told her to follow Oskar never ceaselessly apologized when she lost Oskar in the middle of the road. The man even proposed to immediately report to the police.
Joanna is so dizzy. Not because of the negligence of his employees, but because of Oskar's increasingly unpredictable behavior. Somehow explain it, but Joanna fears Oskar is too independent at such an early age. Joanna didn't know if it was good for her son.
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"Itskar!" call a girl with horse-punched hair.
"Lily, what's wrong?" answer Oskar.
The beautiful boy called Lily approached Oskar with breathless breath, then gave a small invitation, "Tomorrow the day after tomorrow is my birthday. You should come. Don't forget, see you in class!" Lily ran to her class after giving her birthday invitation. Not caring about Oskar who wanted to refuse to attend it.
"Oskar, have you accepted the invitation?" ask Ebra, Oskar's friend whose stool is right behind him.
"This?" answer Oskar.
"Oskar, what gift will you give me later?" ask Ebra again.
"Don't know, I'm gonna ask mommy for help looking for her."
"Please think of me too!" sahut Ebra.
"Why not ask your mom?"
"You know, my mom doesn't have time for that. My provisions are often that of Aunt Joanna who prepared them," replied Ebra while making fun of her in front of Oskar.
"Well, I'll tell mommy to find a present with you too, how?"
"Promise yes, don't lie!" said Ebra while giving her little finger.
"Yes" replied Oskar.
Ebra is Oskar's best friend. They were very familiar after their first meeting in a park by accident.
After getting acquainted, apparently the distance of the two houses is not too far away. They will also enter the same school at that time.
Ebra is the son of a single mom just like Joanna, her name is Marissa. Marissa is so busy that Ebra often has to live alone with her aunt who took care of her since infancy. His grandmother and grandfather lived in different cities.
If bored alone Ebra will soon visit Oskar's house to play, study or whatever. For Ebra as long as she is with Oskar her days will be fun. Because of his encounter with Oskar he was not as lonely as before. He was also more excited and cheerful.
Moreover, Joanna and Diaz always welcome his arrival warmly. Not infrequently also Joanna asked Ebra to stay or dinner together. And vice versa when Marissa was home, Ebra happily invited Oskar to spend time at home. Even Marissa bought a lot of toys that each item amounted to two. One item for Ebra, and one more item for Oskar of course.
Marissa, Ebra's single parent, also frequented Joanna. She was so grateful to have treated Ebra like Joanna's own daughter. She also helped Joanna promote Joanna's pastry shop. He has quite extensive connections considering his very promising position so it is not difficult for him just to help promote. Since then, the relationship between them has been getting better. Oskar and Ebra.
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The lesson is over. Kids are heading to the school bus. Unlike Oskar and Ebra, they are both waiting for an uncle's invitation. The two boys were chatting in a room near the security guard post that was used to wait for his guardian's invitation.
"Oskar, Grandma Diaz said Uncle Arthur is getting married. Don't you want to take me there?" ask Ebra in flames.
"Why should I take you?" answer Oskar flat.
"Because I want to go,"
"Aren't you able to leave right away, why wait for me to take you?"
"That's because my mama hasn't gotten her invitation yet, hehehe!"
"really troublesome. We don't need an invitation to get there to know" Oskar explained.
"Well, anyway, when Uncle Arthur comes I'll ask him for permission to attend the wedding" Ebra said.
"Is Uncle Arthur coming here?" ask Oskar with a super plain face.
"Oskar, isn't Uncle Arthur on his way here to pick us up now?" answer Ebra in shock.
"I'm sorry, but it's not Uncle Arthur who's going to pick us up" Oskar replied.
"If it wasn't Uncle Arthur, then who would it be?" ebra began to panic.
"That's another uncle. I only knew him a few days ago, he he he!" answer Oskar while scratching his head. Is he too late to tell Ebra?
"Why?" ask Oskar in shock.
"Why didn't you say it in the first place?" ebra asked half-screaming. Ebra who was originally seated now stood upright as if in ceremony.
Ebra is shocked to find out that the one who will pick them up is not Arthur. His face was deathly pale, he was afraid that Joanna would scold them all out after this.
Oskar called his mother. He said he would come home to pick up uncle. Oskar also said he would come home a little late because he would take a short walk. Ebra knew very well that Joanna would not have allowed Oskar to leave if Joanna had known what she meant by another uncle instead of Uncle Arthur as Joanna and Ebra had imagined.
"Oskar, you're taking me in big trouble" whined Ebra.
In the middle of their conversation, a security guard approached them. "Yoo, your children's invitation has come!"
"Come on!" Oskar pulls out Ebra's hand.
Inevitably Ebra came running as well because it was impossible to let Oskar go alone. What if the uncle is evil and then kidnaps Oskar and asks for a ransom?
At least, if he goes with Oskar, they will be kidnapped together and their mother can join forces to pay the ransom. That's what Ebra's brain is thinking right now.
The two boys ran over to an uncle who picked him up. Uncle with super handsome face, athletic body and kind heart, Louise Matthew.
After their first meeting the other day. Louise and Oskar exchanged phone numbers. Oskar also tells Louise where her home and school are. Almost every day they exchanged messages, of course, without Joanna's knowledge. Louise doesn't know why she likes Oskar. A day not hearing his voice would make him miss.
"Hallo, little man! How are you?" greet Louise kindly upon seeing Oskar.
Oskar ran to greet him like a little dog being given a bone.
"Well," replied Oskar with a smile adorned with dimples. Her tiny hand immediately grabbed Louise's burly hand without hesitation.
"You're Oskar's friend. What's yourname?" Louise turned to ask Ebra.
Ebra retreated backwards, scratched her head and asked, "Uncle is not a child kidnapper, right?"
"Hispers?" ask Louise in shock.
Does his face look like a kidnapper?
"You think?" ask Louise back.
"He he he. Seems not," replied Ebra misbehaving.
"What's your name hm?" ask Louise again.
"My name is Ebra, nice to meet Uncle!" Ebra stuck out her hand, warmly welcomed by Louise.
"It's nice to meet you too. Ebra can call uncle with Uncle Louise,"
"All right! Well, uncle's name is very cool," replied Ebra nodding his head.
"of course. But isn't uncle's face much cooler?" cananda Louise's.
"God! This uncle why is so confident just like Oskar," inner Ebra.
"Well, let's take a walk before we go home!" exciting Louise. He took Oskar and Ebra walked to his car.
"Wahhh," cried Ebra amazed when she saw the car she was about to ride.
Oskar quickly placed one of his index fingers in Ebra's mouth, "Sstt."
"Ops," Ebra responded while covering her mouth with both hands.
"Do you like it?" ask Louise.
"Like, uncle!" answer Oskar and Ebra together.
Louise takes Oskar and Ebra to a shopping mall. There Louise takes the children to the time zone, a vehicle for children to play.
Oskar and Ebra seem to be enjoying their time, while Louise is on standby to keep them. Sometimes Louise takes photos or videos while both are busy playing.
Not felt, time passed quickly. The day was getting late, Louise invited Oskar and Ebra to order some snacks at one of the restaurants in the shopping center.
"Uncle, next time bring Oskar and Ebra to play again huh?" rejuk Ebra with spoiled.
"Do you like it?" ask Louise.
"of course. Isn't that right, Oskar?" answer Ebra.
"Em" replied Oskar while enjoying his favorite ice cream.
Looking at the ice cream stuck around Oskar's mouth, Louise painstakingly helped clean it with tissue, "You're still a kid."
"His father is very attentive yes, his children are also very obedient and adorable. Where's her mother anyway?" chirp a mother who happened to pass by and see the sweet treatment between Louise to Oskar.
Hearing the mother's curse, made the three of them look at each other. Louise reflexively replies, "His mother is in the salon, so the children go with her papa."
Hearing Louise's reply, a feeling touched Oskar's heart. It felt so comfortable and pleasant that it made Oskar look down and smile widely.
"Why?" inner Oskar.
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