
A couple is in serious conversation. After that conversation with my mother. Rendra intends to discuss this further with his wife. After putting Anugrah to sleep, the two were already on the bed.
“How Dear?” asked Rendra after explaining his intentions to the wife.
“What should we not ask Is first, Bang?” tanya Cut hesitated.
“Honey, a child will not know the best for him. We as parents direct and guide him. Maybe now he will hate us but someday believe me, he will thank us.”
“Mama confused, Pa.”
“Honey, how many times have we been called to school because he fought? Do you want until he SMP even up to SMA he will continue to be so?”
“Then, will he not fight in the dorm later?”
“Diplinarity education, Darling. If you agree, I have found a suitable dormitory for Iskandar. There are also various extra-curriculars and Papa is sure he will definitely change.” Cut looked at the husband's bead. In his heart actually he agreed with the idea of the husband but somehow there was a sense of unwillingness for him to part with Iskandar.
As bad as a child, for a mother. He is still a child who will not be replaced. “How Dear?” ask Rendra back.
“How's school?”
“Can handle mail move, Darling.”
With a heavy heart, Cut agreed to the husband's idea. For a week, Iskandar remained in school until the last day of Saturday. He was surprised by the farewells of his friends. He was so shocked that he could hardly believe that today was his last day of school.
Iskandar's face was red. He was angry, his chest was rumbling. Rendra came to pick me up at school. After his friends gave farewell followed by his homeroom teacher. Iskandar went straight away. He did not even heed the call of the father who kept following him from behind.
“Is, wait Papa!”
Iskandar continued walking up to the gate. His face was very red with a clenched fist. He came home on foot regardless of Rendra continuing to follow on the bike.
Rendra accidentally picked him up because he was also the one who delivered. “Come, up!”
Iskandar doesn't care. He walked for almost half an hour until he got home. Iskandar entered without greeting. At the door stood the mother holding her sister. His smiling mother actually got a sharp look from the son.
“Why do you want to upset me? Is it because he already exists?” show Iskandar full of hatred for his sister.
“Is, talk politely with Mama!” sela Rendra's.
“I still have grandparents right in Aceh? Call them to pick me up!”
“Is, you?” cut sound stuck in the throat.
“Why? Do I still have grandparents in Aceh? Why haven't they been calling me all this time? Or Mama did not intend to meet me with them?”
“Is, watch your talk!”
Rendra snapped at Iskandar. “Why are you angry? You are not Papaku.”
A slap sounded. Cut slapped his son although not too hard but quite hurt Iskandar's feelings at the time.
Iskandar's eyes are red. His chest was filled with emotion. “Do not expect me to enter the dorm. Call my family in Aceh. Have them pick me up. This is no longer my home. I don't want to stay here.”
Iskandar slammed the door hard. Cut's been shedding tears. For the first time he slapped his son. Faisal's parents are still alive but they rarely contact because they are too old and busy with their grandchildren, the children of Bang Adi. Plus at the moment. Reni is pregnant with her third child. Gradually the two parents began to rarely contact. During Cut gave birth until his second child was three years old, both parents like Faisal forgot his grandson named Iskandar.
“How is it, Bang?” tanya Cut while calming Anugrah.
Rendra took Anugrah in his arms and calmed the boy. “Stay on the original plan, dear. Let him hate us now but in the future he will thank us.”
Iskandar goes on a hunger strike and does not leave the room until the hated day finally comes too. Right on Monday, Iskandar was taken by Rendra and Cut to an integrated boarding school in one of the adjoining districts. Iskandar is quite persistent but Rendra will not give up just like that to the boy, he continued. all his clothes he put in the bag. Equipment and so on all Rendra who take care of.
Hate it? That was the only word Iskandar could describe to his family at this time. Iskandar did not give up easily, he still rebelled. Rendra pulled her hand until she got into the car. The clothes that Iskandar wore were still sleeping clothes. Rendra had told him to change but Iskandar did not budge.
“He really is Pang Sagoe's nephew.” Celutukan Rendra makes the wife give a sharp look for the husband.
Aware of the situation that is not conducive, Cut left Anugrah at the home of his in-laws. Arriving at Mother Yetti's house, Iskandar chose to sit quietly in the car until Riko joined the tease and of course there was still no reply.
“Let's Om come to see you with lots of food.” Iskandar did not budge. Mother Yetti and Mr. Wicaksono also saw through the glass of the car that was accidentally opened by Rendra.
“Good there yeah, son. Grandma and grandpa will come to see you.”
“No need. Just look at your grandson!” ketus's answer was given to Iskandar's mother Yetti.
“Is, you are not polite with grandma.” Cut Sayings.
“I don't have a grandmother here.”
They no longer prolong the debate. After entering Anugrah, Rendra immediately drove his car to the next kabupate. On the way there was not a word broken out of Iskandar's mouth. Rendra and Cut occasionally engage in light talk. Cut himself no longer advised Iskandar. He didn't want to argue that he knew where it ended up.
Two hours drive finally they arrived at a boarding school that is quite beautiful because it is located on the edge of the rice fields. The expanse of rice fields stretches around the boarding school.there are no houses around here. From the main road they then go to the road that is not too big and specifically to the pesantren.
That said, this pesantren specifically accommodates children with extraordinary levels of delinquency. Here it only accepts boys while its branches in other districts accept girls. Some people welcomed their arrival. The men with scabs and gloves looked friendly. Rendra shook hands with them while to Cut, they only gave a small nod.
Iskandar stared intently at the guy who turned out to be the ustad as well as the steward of the boarding school. For them, meeting a child like Iskandar is nothing new. All pesantren procedures have been completed by Rendra. So, today they will just take Iskandar up to his room.
One room or restroom is occupied by five santri. They get there and how surprised Cut is when he sees the condition of the room that will be inhabited by his son. There was only a mattress and a small closet typical of single children. There is a sense of worry and doubt that touches Cut's heart. He saw the husband and Rendra just nodded slowly.
“Come in! Please get acquainted with your roommates at once will be your brother later during here.” Say one of the ustad.
“Welcome to hell!”
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